The receptionist starts reading the adventurer card but the first thing he notices is Noah's adventurer rank
- WOW! A BB-rank adventurer at such a young age!
Noah shakes his card. The receptionist read the name written on the adventurer card
- "Noah Arcadios". he says
The receptionist gasps
- YOU ARE NOAH ARCADIOS!? THE THIRD SON OF DUKE LUKE ARCADIOS!? yells the receptionist
- No need to make so much noise. says Noah
The other receptionists and the people that are inside the bank start staring at Noah. Someone starts approaching Noah
- Well Well Well! If it isn't my dear younger cousin, Noah. says a person with red hair and dark red eye, the same height that Jynn has, a robe with the Arcadios crest, and black shoes
- I didn't expect to see you here, Blego. says Noah while turning around to face him
Blego Arcadios is Noah's cousin and the son of Luke Arcadios's younger brother, Rektor Arcadios.
- I have heard a lot about you these days. says Blego
- Can't really say the same for you, Blego. replies Noah
Blego is 10 years old , making him a second year at Fayrak academy.
- What can I say? Unlike you, I am not an illegitimate child so I don't need to put in as much work as you do. says Blego with a smirk
Blego walks up to the receptionist Noah was talking to
- You don't need to worry. says Blego. I can confirm his identity. He is the son of THE duke Luke Arcadios and one of his maids. The illegitimate child who was born from a mistake of the duke. Noah Arcadios
Noah smiles. His smile was a smile that was hiding an immense amount of anger.
{Noah}
" This bastard never changes, does he? Ever since I was a kid, he always bullied me when there was no adult around to ensure he kept the image of a spotless child that never caused any trouble."
{Bright}
- Huh!? Why didn't your brothers do anything?
{Noah}
" Because they didn't know. This bastard always made sure that nobody, even the servant in the house, was here before bullying me."
{Bright}
- Wow! Kids sure are something else.
- Yeah, they really are. mumbles Noah while looking at Blego with anger
Noah chuckles
{Bright}
- What is it? Why are you laughing? YOU ARE SCARING ME, NOAH! WHAT WILL YOU DO TO HIM!?
{Noah}
"Don't worry, Bright. I won't do anything to him now. The crowd is not big enough."
- Hey! Blego! calls Noah
Blego turns around with a pissed expression
- What do you want? asks Blego with a face that was clearly showing that he was holding his anger in
{Noah}
" He looks really mad.... Perfect! Don't worry, you bastard. This is only the start"
- How about we spar during next week's pointers exchange? asks Noah to Blego
- WHaT dID YoU SAy? asks Blego with his face completely red and the vein on his forehead looks like it's about to explode.
{Noah}
" Waa! His face looks like it's gonna explode! Is this normal?"
- ARe yOu SuRE? asks Blego with the same face that looks like it will explode anytime
- I am. replies Noah
{Blego}
" WAIT! This is the perfect chance ti humiliate this guy on live TV! HAHAHAHAHA! You are done for Noah!"
{Bright}
- Is this guy even trying to hide what he is thinking?
{Noah}
" He was much better at doing so when we were younger."
{Bright}
- Why does this guy even act like that toward you?
{Noah}
"Didn't you see what happened between me and him?"
{Bright}
- Truth be told, for most of your childhood we were in a sleeping state.
{Noah}
" Sleeping state?"
{Bright}
- We call it "sleeping state" but we weren't actually sleeping. It's because when we would enter our "sleeping state", at these moments we couldn't see what was happening outside.
{Noah}
" Did it happen a lot?"
{Bright}
- During your childhood it happened a lot but as you grew up it happened fewer times
- Fine! Let's do it. says Blego. During the pointers exchange, we will spar.
- Good. I will see you then. says Noah
Blego leaves. Noah turns around to face the receptionist
- Well? Can I open an account? asks Noah
- O... Of COURSE YOU CAN, YOUNG MASTER! says the receptionist
[After Noah is done and left the bank]
Noah is walking in the city toward the adventurer guild
{Noah}
" I almost had to meet the bank owner. Damn it, being a noble sure has its downside."
{Bright}
- I wouldn't call meeting the owner of a bank a downside.
{Noah}
" That's because you don't know how the world goes. The rich always try to get close to the nobles. To make us owe them "Favors" Tax evasion and a bunch of other stuff like that. Commoners think that the noble world is a beautiful romantic peaceful life but they couldn't be more wrong. Unlike my family, most other noble families are dirty to their core and have committed multiple crimes and atrocities."
{Bright}
- Atrocities? What do you mean by atrocities?
{Noah}
"..."
{Bright}
- Noah. Were you a victim of these atrocities or was someone you know a victim?
{Noah}
" What are you talking about?"
{Bright}
- Last time you said that there was a family that you wanted to destroy, didn't you? Which family was it? Hmmmmmm.... Right! It was one of the Ducal families! But which one was it already?
{Noah}
" It is the Layton duchy"
{Bright}
- What did they do to you, Noah?
{Noah}
" It's nothing worth mentioning, you don't need to worry about it. I will have my revenge against them."
Noah opens the door of the guild and walks in.
- Are you here to visit your squad members? asks Atille that walked up to him when she saw him
- They are still here? asks Noah
- From what I heard, they still haven't woken up. answers Atille
{Noah}
" What? All they have are broken bones. They should have already woken up by now."
Noah starts walking toward the infirmary
{Bright}
- You are evaluating their recovery speed by your standards, which are far from the norm. It's normal that they still haven't woke up, Noah
{Noah}
" Not at all. If it was me, I would have never gotten injured in the first place. Even before I regressed, I wouldn't have passed out even with those injuries."
{Bright}
" You just did it. Think about it. If you were an 8 years old kid who just came out of a situation where you almost died, would you really be alright?
{Noah}
" They are not normal 8 years old kids. Both of them are clearly much more talented than the norm."
{Bright}
- Are you even listening to me? The point is that these two are way too young to be able to deal with these kinds of situations. It's only normal that you give them time.
Noah arrives in front of the infirmary. He grabs the door handle
- Time? Time is not on our side, Bright. says Noah while turning the handle and entering the infirmary
Juliana, who is sitting on a chair next to Gancelot's bed, turns around to see who opened the door
- You're already done with the whole bank thing? she asks
- Yeah. They still haven't woke up? asks Noah
- No.
- Did you speak with the healer?
- Oh. There is no need to worry. says Juliana. The healer said, that right now, they are sleeping.
Noah lay down on the bed next to Abel's.
- What are you doing? asks Juliana
- I am getting some rest. says Noah while closing his eyes
{Juliana}
" Now that I think of it, unlike us, he didn't even take a minute to rest. He immediately, after coming back from the Eucerin plains, went to the bank and he walked to go there and to come back here."
- I'll keep an eye on them since I already rested after meeting the healer. You should rest. Juliana says
[Inside the Inner Realm]
- I thought you were going to rest. says Bright
- I already told you, didn't I? says Noah. Time is not on our side. I don't have the leisure to rest
Bright sighs
- What are you here for? asks Bright
- Full Immersion. answers Noah
- You want to train toward Full Immersion?
- That was the goal when I started training toward mastering my Inner Realm. says Noah
- Forget it, Noah. It's impossible for the current you. says Bright
- What are you talking about, Bright? asks Noah
- Unlike Mind Immersion where you only need to reach a certain amount of mental strength to master, for Full Immersion you also need a certain amount of strength plus more mental strength.
- How strong does my body need to be? asks Noah
- At least, as strong as it was before regressing. answers Bright
- So, I need to wait-
- Two years. You need to use Body Reconstruction on yourself with a mineral that's at least mithril or stronger. explains Bright
- Mithril or stronger, huh? Mithril is incredibly rare plus it's the third strongest metal in this realm. Let's not even talk about its rarity. In my past life, I was only able to find it because there were some near the ruins.
- The ruins were preserved and the Wrethers tribe never let anybody approach them, even they don't get too close to the ruins. It's normal that you were able to find some there. says Bright
- Why do I even need physical strength to reach Full Immersion? asks Noah
- I already told you about it.
- About what?
- The barrier between consciousness and subconsciousness. When you are gonna try to enter your subconsciousness it's gonna block you and you need a body strong enough to handle and resist the pressure from the barrier
- So that's why.... Alright! I've come to a decision. says Noah
- Decision? asks Bright
- Bring me to the barrier, Bright. says Noah
- Do you have a death wish? asks Bright
- I don't. I simply want to know what am I gonna have to deal with. says Noah
Bright sighs
- Fine. says Bright as he extends his hand to Noah. Take my hand
Noah grabs Bright's hand. Bright closes his eyes and starts unleashing his prana. The prana that Bright unleashes gathers at his back and creates two angel wings. Bright open his eyes
- Are you ready? asks Bright
- That's all? asks Noah
- What are you talking about? asks Bright
- I mean, unlike Dull you only have two wings. says Noah
- That's because I am only partially releasing my Blessing. says Bright. What Dull showed you was the full release of his Secundus.
- Partial release?
- If I were to do a full release I wouldn't be able to keep it up long enough for us to reach the barrier.
- Makes sense. says Noah while nodding
Bright starts flying toward the sky of the Inner Realm, when they get closer to the sky, Noah's whole "body" starts hurting
-*huff* *huff* UGH! What... the hell... is this*huff*... pain? asks Noah with difficulty while grabbing his chest
- We haven't even reached the barrier but you're already feeling the pain from getting too close to it. says Bright. Do you still want to continue? It's only gonna get worse.
- I *huff* *huff* need to UGH! see...*huff* it. says Noah with difficulty
- Alright I am gonna up the speed a level!
- Do*huff* it!
Bright dashes toward the sky and when they reach the sky, what they see is a white dome-like barrier covering above the sky of the Inner Realm
- *huff* *huff* *huff*
- That's enough. We are going down, Noah. says Bright. You can barely breathe!
- UGH! *huff* *huff* Let's... UGH! Let's go down.
Bright dashes back toward the ground and lands. When he lands his wings made of prana dissipate. Bright looks at Noah who is trying to catch his breath.
{Bright}
" I am surprised. I thought that he would have passed out before we reached the wall but he actually made it there."
- You are amazing, Noah! says, Bright
Noah looks at Bright with a perplexed expression
- What are you talking about? asks Noah
- Nothing. Don't worry about it. You should leave now, getting too close to the wall exhausted your mental strength.
- You're right.
Noah's body dissipates out of the Inner Realm and he falls asleep