"Why! Why is she here? Wasn't she still a gold-ranked?"
We had received a priority on the first promotion when we registered, so in a way, Dawn had not raked up any achievements at all. I had heard from others at the guild house that she would come in now and then and take up the longest quests where she had to travel a lot.
We missed each other every time, and I would have left a message or something for her.
But I was advised sincerely not to. Most adventurers are crackheads and I wouldn't have heard them out, but it wasn't just anyone but Iffy who advised me against it.
'Call it a woman's intuition. If you see her, you're dead. I don't care how strong you are, I think she might make gods themselves punish you. Just what did you do?'
Those words and the expression of sheer terror on the face of the person who could smile after fighting against me during the tests were enough to convince me to avoid Dawn the best I could.
