"Hey, hey! get me more beer."
"Miss! I want another drink!"
"Oops, I'm sorry I didn't mean to spill the water on you."
'Anyone who loves isekai would die for this kind of experience, I even once dreamed of getting hit by Truck-kun while walking on a pedestrian lane.'
Anon is at the entrance of the hub.
"Good evening, welcome, I'll guide you to a vacant table."
"Uh yes thank you very much."
Anon was welcomed by the waitress who led him to a table near the edge of the hub.
"What kind of drinks do you like sir?"
"Let me see."
the waitress handed him the menu.
"Please give me a bucket of this, and also, I want to order this meal."
"Right away sir."
the waitress walked away...
*BANG*
a commotion is rising on the other side of the hub, a two groups of mercenaries are quarreling.
"HUH!? I got this chair first, what are you talking about?"
"I already told you! I just took a pee, this is my seat you sh**!"
"What's with this noise?"
a person cuts in.
"Ooh, that's mister Blight the leader of the scarlet blade."
the two groups stopped their fight because they know who the man that has just arrived was.
"If you're going to make a scene here, just leave in peace before I throw you out in pieces. I am planning to have a relaxing night, I want to have a good sleep."
the hub has fall silent. no one dares to make a sound.
"Waitress, give me the steak, I want it."
"But mister Blight, this is an order from another person, not yours."
"Is he more important than me?"
"It's not a matter of importance mister blight, we treat our guests equally."
"Hmm? alright, just serve me anything ready."
The man called Blight looked in Anon's direction with a fierce gaze.
Meanwhile, the waitress served Anon's ordered food on his table.
"Hey, hey man."
the guy from the table next to Anon whispered to him.
"It will be better for you to volunteer yourself and give the steak to mister Blight."
"Why? this is mine, and I've waited for this to get served."
"Don't you know him?"
"No."
"Okay, I'll tell you this. That guy right there is mister Blight, leader of the platinum ranked adventurers called Scarlet Blade. if you're a newcomer to this city, you better not get into his bad side."
Anon used his skill [true insight] and peeked at the man named Blight.
He instantly gains information about the man's stats like knowledge is being poured into his mind.
'They fear this man? he is just a level 24 warrior.'
"Oy, are you paying attention to what I'm saying?"
Anon stares at the face of the man who was talking to him.
'This world's power level is very low.'
"Aish... never mind, you're big enough to know what is the right thing to do and what is the wrong one."
"Thank you for your concern old man."
"....."
Anon continued to eat his food.
"I'm not wrong if I were to say that he's some sort of a bully right?"
"Huh?"
"Old man, how long is he doing this?"
"They rose to the platinum rank 2 years ago, If I remember it correctly, months after they got promoted he became so full of himself."
"So basically it's 2 years, and in 2 years there are 24months."
"Uhuh."
"Will you be happy to see him getting punched in the face 24 times?"
"Haha, of course, everybody thinks that he's too bossy around here."
After wiping off his mouth with a towel Anon got up and walked toward the table of Blight.
While blight is busy talking to someone, suddenly.
*THUD*
out of nowhere, Anon punched blight in the face, blight has lost consciousness on the first punch. after falling to the ground, Anon continuously attacked the unconscious blight.
everybody in the hub has witnessed the beating.
"15,16,17...23,24."
Anon stopped on the 24th count. he look back at the old man next to his table and said.
"How was it? is it good?"
"....." the old man cannot speak his mind. he was afraid that the scarlet blade might target him as well.
"Well, if you're not going to answer me, I am going now."
Anon approached the waitress and paid his bill before leaving.
everyone inside the hub was silent even after the man that caused the incident have left.
it took a while before they stepped forward to check on blight's condition...
"God, who is that guy, he completely smashed mister blight's face." one of the crowd muttered to himself.
_ _ _ _ _
𝘎𝘢𝘴𝘱...𝘎𝘢𝘴𝘱...𝘎𝘢𝘴𝘱...
Lilia was gasping for breath after a long day of training.
"You still have a long way to go, Lilia."
Jericho. her senior, a 4th-year student of the academy, as well as the number 1 candidate for the knight promotion, has been practicing with Lilia every afternoon for 4 days now.
"Thank you for today's sparring sir, Jericho."
"Tomorrow is the opening ceremony for this year, I hope to see you there."
"Yes sir Jericho, I'll attend the ceremony tomorrow."
"Go and fix yourself, we're done for today."
"Yes!"
After cleaning herself, Lilia decided to go back to her dorm. while walking through the open field, she saw someone she knew.
"Good evening Fern."
"Hi Lilia, long time no see, how are you?
"I'm fine Fern, what are you doing here outside at this hour?
"I am practicing my summoning spell. last time I succeeded in summoning a griffon."
"Ehhh?"
"Yep, however, it is still a hatchling."
"But, it's still a great feat, it just means that you have improved a lot since the start of the summer break."
"Yeah, but how about you Lilia? did you get an improvement?"
"I've been continuously practicing for the past months, but I feel like I am stuck on a wall."
Fern noticed that Lilia was sad, but she quickly picked up and comforted her.
"Cheer up Lilia, we all go through that, I've experienced it too before but I didn't give up."
"Thanks for cheering me up Fern. I will do my best to catch up with you."
"That's the spirit, Lilia!"
"So, are you going to show me your summoning spell?
"Ah yes, I'm already done with the preparations, I'll start right away."
Fern puts her hands forward and started to chant words.
"Summon, Griffon King!"
Fern was surrounded by the light of the summoning spell. after some time, the light subsided.
"Griffon king!?"
Lilia was surprised. she thought that Fern was just trying to summon a normal griffon. she has no idea that she was attempting to summon the king of griffons.
"Here it is Lilia, the Griffon King."
"But, it is still a hatchling."
"It may be a hatchling but it will soon grow to be the king of griffons, at least it is what I believe."
"You're not wrong."
"Do you want to touch it?"
"Does it bite?"
"No, It is a gentle one."
Lilia reaches out to the baby griffon.
"Can I ask a question?"
"Yes, what is it?"
"They say that every beast in this world is wild, how come this baby griffon is gentle?"
"It's because it is a summoned beast, from the time that they got summoned, they already have affiliation with their master. unlike those wild beasts that got captured by hunting, summoned beasts are easy to train."
"This is very convenient magic."
"By the way Lilia, why did you shift into the knight class when you were in the mage class before?"
"It's a long story Fern, but to make it short, after the assessment from the 2nd year they advised me to change my class because I am more adept with the sword than magic. I didn't question it, because my father is a great swordsman."
"But you have mana right?"
"Yeah, but my mana capacity is not meant for battle."
"So you are forced to shift in the knight class."
"Yes, that is what happened."
"Mhm. are you busy for tonight?"
"No, I have nothing to do this evening, I am heading to my dorm when I saw you in the middle of this open field."
"Do you want to go out? Come on, I'll treat you to dinner."
"Really? I'm sure there are a lot of people in the city right now because of the opening ceremony tomorrow."
"Let's go, let's have fun while we still can."
"Right, starting tomorrow we will not be allowed to go out again."
Lilia together with Fern. they both roam the city...
_ _ _ _ _
"Did you hear the latest news?"
"Yeah, about the leader of the scarlet blade?"
"He got what he deserves right?"
there are lots of people talking about the incident. it was a hot topic.
the members of the scarlet blade are also on the move.
they were hunting down the man that attacked their leader.
and right now...
"Tell the boss that we have the target in sight."
"Alright, I'll be back in a minute."
it took them 4 days to find Anon. it is because he's very unusual.
every time they got a lead about this man, and try to corner him. they always find themselves in an empty space or area.
"Hmm?"
two girls are approaching the guy.
he knows their identity because they are both daughters from great noble families of the empire.
_ _ _ _ _
"Anon! hello."
"Lady Lilia? what are you doing here?"
"I'm with my friend here, Fern. she invited me to a dinner and we're planning to roam the city."
"Is he your friend, Lilia?" fern asked.
"Yes."
"Would you like to join us?"
Anon straightly rejected Fern.
"I'm sorry but I have personal things to do right now."
"Can't it wait?"
"Uhhh..."
Anon is not busy, he just didn't want the two girls to be caught in his mess...