After listening to their morning class about 'how to naturally control magic' Adam and Raiser walked out of the class after saying to the girls. They went to the class of Theo, Quon and Jeke. The trio of friends were from class B from the same year.
The classes were divided into A, B, C, D, E. In Class A, all the talented people and first 20 in the entrance exam results are allotted. B is next set of talents with 30 students after the first 20 in score board. The rest of the students are allotted to the next classes in the order of top scores with 20 students each respectively.
Reaching the Class B, the whole students were in a commotion as to why the prince and a nonsensical talented young man like Adam came to their class. The girls had stars in their eyes while the boys excluded auras of envy and jealousy.
Wanting to take advantage of the situation, a girl with Violet hair and dark blue eyes stood in front of the duo with an excited face. Although the other girls felt anger and wanted to shout for her greed, they all fell silent as they knew who the lady was.
Bowing politely, as, even if she have the highest position in this country, she have to respect the two as one of them the prince of the country and the other is a talented future head of a Duke house. But unfortunately for her, she was only the daughter of a Marquess. As such, she is very compelled to respect them even if she never wanted to.
But she was okay with it. 'They are two big-shots of this country. Although there is only a little chance to get appreciation from the prince, there is still a chance since this son of the Duke is here. Even though he is the same age as me, his talent is something unseen in the history of the world! He will be a very successful person. If I can gain his favor, it will be very beneficial.'
Making her blush, the duo smiled at her, but as she was about to introduce herself, Adam made her blush crimson when he asked, "Hello beautiful miss, May I ask you to call Theodore, Quon and Jeke from your class...?" He bowed politely with enough respect for her and kissed her hand out of habit, which made her fluster as even if she wants to resist, his handsomeness was something impossible to resist. But not wanting to make a bad impression for the fire time, she hid her blushing face and said,
"Yes, Lord Adam! I will call them!" Although he could have found them if he used his eyes of omniscience, he wanted to act like a student for now. After a minute, she returned and said the trio left to the cafeteria. Bidding farewell to the girl, Adam and Raiser left for the cafeteria.
Stopping her thumping heart, she remembered that she actually forgot to introduce herself. But knowing, she now had a chance because of his compliment about her beauty, she decided to take this as a step forward.
Even though the other girls knew she was greedy and arrogant, she had the right to be, as her beauty was only second to the girls like Amy, Ellie and Xe's. Sighing for their lack of luck, the girls felt now even more envy. But if Adam heard their complaint, he would have admonished them as each one of them were beauties who could destroy the idols in his previous life. But, he wouldn't be as ignorant as to make them the most beautiful as in his eyes as in his eyes, his girls were the only most beautiful girls.
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On the way, Adam and Raiser stopped by the Class C to bring Jesda with them, which made the poor boy, the target of envy and anger. As both of them were very desirable characters, they felt this boy was unworthy of this relationship. They wanted to be in his position.
Jesda even wanted to run away, but stopping him, both Adam and Raiser glared at the remaining students with hostility, which made the whole class to feel a shudder pass through their spine. After glaring for a few seconds, they made it so that, no one will try to hurt a friend of the two famous boys.
After stopping the bullying, the trio reached the cafeteria. When they saw the trio of Adam's roommates waiting for them, they immediately went and began eating their lunch. Only Jesda seems to be very nervous throughout the period.
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After they finished their lunch, they walked towards the Adventurers guild. On the way, Jesda feeling still very self-conscious, asked,
"Is..is it really ok..okay for me to be with you all..?"
The other five stopped on their tracks and stared at him in annoyance. As they felt he was about to cry, Theo said with a smile, "Stop hurting yourself Jesda. We already told you that we accept you. Why are you valuing yourself so low..?"
Although he wanted to say something, Adam denied his chance as he said, "Jesda, I know it's impossible for you to trust us so suddenly. That's why, you can see yourself. First try it. We will all help you. Of course we don't need anything. In fact we are not in need for anything. We just want to help you. We will wait till you can trust us. For now, you have someone you trust within our group don't you..?" He turned towards Raiser with subtle blush that only seen by Adam and smiled. Raiser nodded proudly. Seeing this Jesda giggled with a smile that made the their mind, excluding Adam go blank.
As he already seen through everything, he was just acting ignorant. He know there must be something wrong for him to hide. But not wanting to be a trigger for anything, he only smiled meaningfully at Raiser.
He felt very annoying seeing Adam's eyes. But not understanding why he is smiling at him like that, he ignored it. As for Jesda, he seems to have seen this. He looked at Adam with a doubtful gaze. Then a determined look appeared on his face.
Seeing this, Adam was sure he is planning something. But ignoring his look, he asked as he pointed towards a building, "We are here. Let's register and go for our first Adventuring!" Although he could probably do any task easily, he was excited as adventuring was a sure-factor in the setting of a fantasy world.
Seeing his excitement, the others laughed and followed him. Opening the door to the guild, they saw a tide of people walking there and here, talking amongst themselves.
Most of them ignored them. Least of them glanced at the entrance of some young boys wearing uniforms of royal academy. As they don't want to offend the academy, they ignored their existence.
Walking towards the recipient, who's a girl with black hair and black eyes which is quite rare among here, they were welcomed with a warm smile.
"Welcome to the Guild! Are you here to register..?"
As the de facto leader of the group, Adam said, "Yes! We six are planning to register and also form a party. If you would please explain everything we need to know, we will be grateful."
Seeing and hearing his politeness, the girl was sure he is the son of a high ranking noble. Smiling happily and not minding it, she handed out some sheets of papers to them.
"Please fill in your details. As for your strength, since you all are students of royal academy, you have all must be at least at Knight rank as a knight or intermediate rank as a magister. Thus, those who are knights, will become C- rank while magisters will become D- rank from the start. Only academy students are given this benefit. If you want to upgrade your rank, you have to both become stronger and show the evidence. In our case, we do it like this."
"When one of the students requests for a rank up, we ask the academy about the student. After that, we will arrange a task for him/her. It can any random tests. It may be is to fight another adventurer, saving someone, escorting someone, defeating bandits or finding a treasure of a specific rank from the tombs..."
"There are some rules, that are absolute to the guild. You can learn about it from the guides from here. Rewards for the jobs, in other words, money can't be increased or decreased like you want. You can post any requests, if needs be."
"Now, if there's anything else, please ask. If not, please fill the sheet and proceed for registering."
In the form, there was allotted space for Name, Class, and Rank of strength with Evidence. Class is their occupation. For example : Swordsman, Assassin, Magister, Physical fighter etc. Rank needs to be proven through showing the combat power by fighting, or show specific documents proving their claims.
As they had the academy uniform, they didn't have the need for it. As for their classes, Quon chose to be a swordsman, Raiser and Jeke chose to be Magister, while the former is a attacker and the latter is a healer. Theo is unexpectedly a physical fighter even though he is a talented magister. As for the timid Jesda, he too chose the magister class. As for what he can do, it's still unknown to the others. Adam chose the Assassin class. With his speed and hiding ability, no one can defeat him in that aspect. Though he didn't have a weapon suitable for an assassin.
Reading through the form, the lady asked, "Sir Adam is an assassin, Sir Raiser, Sir Jesda and Sir Jeke are magisters. One of you is a healer too!Lord Quon is a swordsman. As for Lord Theo, he is a physical fighter!"
"Your party is pretty good. I will register now.... And done! Now, have you decided your party name..?"
The boys said no. "I see... Well, you don't have to rush. You can change your name anytime you want. For now, you have to choose someone as your leader. Who will it be..?"
Without even thinking a lot, all of them excluding Jesda looked at Adam. But disappointing them, he said, "I think we should choose Raiser. I am not that good at leading others in a fight. Besides, with Jesda here, I am sure he doesn't want to obey someone he has yet to trust."
Nodding in understanding, the other three turned towards Raiser. Although he was surprised Adam denied such an opportunity, he too understood why he said that. Sighing softly and turning towards a guilty looking Jesda, Raiser said,
"Fine! I'll do it!"
The lady smiled before writing down his name on a paper. Then the lady handed out seven cards to them.
"Each one with your name alone is your personal guild card. As for the last one, it's the guild card representing your party. Your rank and name is written on the card."
"Also, the card is a magic tool. It's a very expensive object. So make sure you all not lose it. Because, if you lose it, you wont get a new one. In other words, your adventure future is gone. So keep it safe. Also,you have to do at least one task a month. If not, your guild card will be revoked. Now, if you want to take any tasks, go and have a look at the task board. If you see any request you feel like doing, just come and ask me."
Nodding their head, Adam and the boys went to see if there's anything.
[ Request to find herbs (10x) - Reward : 2 Silver Coins ]
[ Request to kill Goblins (5x) - Reward : 10 Silver Coins ]
[ Request to Investigate Forest near Guja Village - Reward : 50 Copper Coins ]
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Coins were the currency in this world.
• Copper Coins
• Silver Coins : 50 Copper Coins
• Gold Coins : 100 Silver Coins
• Platinum : 1000 Gold Coins
The rewards for finishing a request was actually lavish. But this one request caught their attention. Especially, Quon. He was showing a nervous expression. He took the paper pinned on the board and went towards the recipient lady. On reaching the desk, he asked,
"Excuse me Lady. May I ask about this request..?"
Although she was happy hearing a young man calling her 'Lady' she maintained the expression of a professional and responded,
"I forgot to introduce myself it seems. I apologize. My name is Kellia. As for your question, yes I will explain. This village is near the Royal capital. But it's surrounded by a dense forest. Yesterday, a villager came here saying that they found something strange. They felt like something is watching them. As we can't just trust such a superficial request and send high ranking adventurers, we told them, we will post a request to investigate the strangeness of the village. That is all we know. As the reward for the request is low, no one is willing to go and take a look. Well, it's only been two days. I am sure someone will go and do it sooner or later."
As the lady was about to return to her work, surprising her, Quon asksd, "Can we take this request..?"
She was confused as with this low reward, why is nobles like them is willing to take it. But not asking her doubt she nodded her head. "You can choose this one. It does not have a rank to complete, so anyone can take it. Do you wish to do so..?"
Quon nodded. She used a seal and handed the paper over to him before bowing. As the group exited the guild, Quon feeling guilty turned towards the others and bowed.
"I am sorry! I was selfish! I should have asked you all first!"
Blinking their eyes with a poker face, they all said in unison, "You are still a child, Quon!"
Tilting his head in confusion, he was about to ask when Theo said, "We are friends! Did you seriously thought we would be angry at you just for this..!?"
Chuckling lightly, Adam said, "Like he said, we are friends Quon. If you need something, just ask. We can at least try to help you know..? Now, this village... Is it where you come from..?"
Feeling very happy at their attitude but diminishing his happiness at the mention of the village, Quon replied, "That's right. It's where I was born and grew up. My family is there too. So I was worried. I wanted to make sure that they are fine...."
After looking at each other, as the leader of their party, Raiser smiled before saying, "So we are going to Guja Village, right..?" Others nodded. Seeing this, Quon smiled and thanked them. After borrowing some horses, they left the Royal capital.