Our guild's name is "SUNTORY GUILD" they said that this guild was a monster for the past hundred years and it also said that the past strongest mono users used to belong to this guild.
"Missssssssss!! Yokubo!!!"
"Hmm?"
Komida Yokubo, our guild receptionist manages all activities of our guild.
Adventurers were usually at the maze at this time so Ms. Yokubo decided to read the past time.
She responded quickly to the voice that called her.
"He made it safe again today...
what had it been it's been 4 weeks since this kid came in register with the guild.
It had fallen on her to become this Seventeen-years-old Meiro advisor and coach.
he managed all quests for the adventurer, and jobs regardless of age or gender could secure. He is still a teenage boy and hated sending him off into deeper or the dangerous part of the maze.
The only part that she is worried about the boy named " Shinko Apollo" was that she was in charge of his safety.
She smiled and look happy to hear his voice and relieved that he had come back to the guild safely.
She hurried fixed her clothes and fixed her eyeglasses and came through the door."
Her good body posture and beautiful white smooth skin and her transparent emerald eyes her long blonde hair shine after sunlight. Ms. Yokubo is my advisor to the guild despite her good looks she was barely not perfect as other managers it was her beauty. The part of her beauty and the guild uniform, black jacket, and pants, suited her good body posture very well and she is incredibly strong everyone will get scared when she got mad.
Ms. Yokubo was very known as the "Green Serpent" when she was still an adventurer and decided to become one of the receptionists of the guild we don't know why she decided to become a guild receptionist that she is so strong even given her own her title "Green Serpent."
"MISSSSSSSS YOKUBOOO!!!"
Someone was covered in Light red blood and flew into the guild!?
"is that him?"
"KYAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!"
"Could you tell me everything you know about Aurelia Violet, Please!!!!"
"You know shin after being covered in the blood go wash first before asking something unexpected!!!!!!"
"HE-HE sorry about that..."
I just hang my head and listen as she speaks.
We are in the small room set up that they called the "lobby of the guild quarters" sitting in a glass chair across from each other, then a floating table enhanced by a mono between us.
I'm clean now Ms. Yokubo but that doesn't stop her from making a dramatic sigh.
"I can't just believe it!! that you running through the city with that blood coated over you!!!"
"B...but..."
Hearing someone the same as pretty as Ms. Yokuba say something harsh makes me tear up in the corner of my eyes.
Ms. Yokubo smiled and coated her hands with mono and genuinely and pull my nose.
"Be careful!! next time okay?!!!"
She gives me a smile that I was frustrated looking at it. I nod up and down fast as I can.
"So you wanted to know Aurelia Violet?"
"Well about that..."
I tell her everything about what had just happened in the maze my face getting redder with every word.
I just started on the lower path in the maze and I got encountered the big three-headed-bear man I was shocked even about trying to get away with it and getting cornered.
Then being saved by a beautiful goddess in a certain death situation named "Aurelia Violet".
and finally, I told her how tried to say thank you but my whole body was shaking reach up to her and tried to handshake her but I was nervous that's why I ran back full speed to headquarters.
Ms. Yokubo was kind enough to lend me her ears and get more passed some frightening detail.
"Aghhhhhh!!! why would you not listen to me!!!! you are alone! Solo! in the maze you can't just go that deep without permission and preparations!!!! how many times should I tell you that being an adventurer has a limit understand!!!?"
"Yes!!! Maam!!"
That's Ms. Yokubo right there acting like my mom again "get some insurance and safety first"
I guess newbies like me really need to take her words seriously. From what I've heard most of the adventurers who died in the maze are newbies.
No one can guess what can you encounter in the maze even if you were only on the lower path of the maze.
everyone knows that you can encounter a Big three-headed-bear head in the upper lower path of the maze I can hear Ms. Yokubo saying " No one can tell what will happen in the dungeon" but seriously if it weren't for that girl I would be dead now.
I swear to god i would never ever forget a single word that Ms. Yokubo tells me starting from now on.
"Sounds like you got some weird fantasy in through to your head right now"
"Ha-ha,ha-ha-hahaaaaa"
yep, she was right i went on an adventure to meet girls she must be frustrated right now.
It's true the main reason why i become an adventurer is to meet some pretty girls as i could just like in the tales of dream story where the hero is meeting many pretty beautiful ladies Ms. yokubo is always
all over written all over my face that's why she always know that I'm up for something.
but today I'm going to abandon all those dirty dreams I'm turning over a new leaf ill be going in pure purpose on the maze.
all because I met that girl.
"Um if it's okay?.... Could you tell me about Ms. Violet now?
"well its against guild regulation to give out some information to a one adventurer"
She paused for a moment before saying "All I can tell you is only information about Ms. violet"
"Wow that's already out there?"
Ms. Yokubo is helping me out because i'm still a newbie but Ms. Yokubo kindness is amazing.
Full name: Aurelia Violet. She is the strongest and among the fastest at Mathilda household and the vice captain of the heartstring guild one of the strongest guild in this country and her mono is called "lippenstiff" or they said her ability is that her mono can make the enemy smudge and make smeared through the target and can make the enemy poison there is no question but her swordsmanhip is strongest of all among the adventurer. She once wiped out a ten gorgons all by her self and because of that power she is given the title being called The "Poison Violet." some go as far called her "Sword dance princess."
from what I heard mathilda household calls her "Aurelia or Au The Golden one" males who try to put some moves at her are slain or utterly destroyed. She just passed recently the ten thousand kill mark.
"Let's see, what else... With her amazing body and strength like that, there are plenty things to talk about."
"Um... Not as an adventurer. What does she do at her free time? what food does she likes? maybe you could tell me more."
Ms. Yokubo blink her eye's three times and coat the paper that she's holding on. I think my face is on fire.
"What's the meaning of the shin? do you have a thing for Ms. Violet"
"No, nah... well kinda.. yes"
"Hee-hee i dont blame you for that im a girl even me my heart skips beat when i see her"
Ms. Yokubo brings a cup of tea to her lips. How can she be that elegant just drinking a tea?
It's not just Ms. Yokubo look up to Aurelia Violet she's even popular with other adventurer's to
Eye's like jewels framed with soft skin, dedicated chin and has a pretty nose. She is living and breathing definition of her beauty. There are rumors about how many men after her heart, but no one knows for sure. well Ms. Yokubo is my boss and we are talking like this!!!! i maybe a lucky guy or what?
Ms. Yokubo looks little down after saying that but tells me that she never heard of anyone dating Ms. Violet.
"I really don't know about her hobbies or anything like that...wait, wait, wait!!! this a workplace! these question have nothing to do with your job!!!"
"But you could try?"
"N-O unless you have something to do with your job, go home already!"
She stands up and almost chase me out of the room. It was pointless to try and stay any longer. She follows me out of the guild lobby.
the lobby is overwhelming is made out of white dragon scale. with all various picture of the strongest household in this country and the past guild members of the guild but i wonder why the strongest mono users doesn't have a single picture on here.
"Ahhh your such a tease Ms. Yokubo..."
You know, you are adventurer there are plenty things that you sould thinking right now"
"yeahhh.."
Yes, i know
"I don't want to say give up, but you have to face facts. Otherwise this will be a problem for you"
Focus on being adventurer for now that was she's trying to say. But seriously it felt like death sentence when she brought up the household. Ms. Yokubo must have notice it the will to live draining my face and decided to try and get my mind off it by getting back to business.
"Are you going to get some money?"
"...Well yeah, I slayed few monster before meeting the The-big-three-headed bear. so yeah"
"Then let's go to the exchange room. I'll walk you there"
The exchange room we go there and pick up my pay for today.
Well somehow there's a stone that they called it "Mana stone" mana stone can be drop when you slay some monster you go to the exchange room and trade it and earn from it.
I trade some of my Mana stone that I got for killing some hornets. Everything comes out to about 1,3k value of money. Less than usual, but considering i ran away from Ms. Violet, I didn't spend as much time as usually do in the maze.
Let's see... Weapons repair, food for me and the head of my household.. I guess no new item for me today...
"Shin?"
"Oh yes... what is it?"
Ms. Yokubo walk close to me and she stopped just before reaching the door.
She looks like she has something on her mind, and then say: "Girls prefer males that are powerful and dependable." So maybe if you work hard and get stronger soon as possible....you know?"
"Maybe if you make a name of yourself, Ms. Violet might notice you?"
Did Ms. Yokubo said that the boss who is looking down on me, just say that? i guess she's trying to cheer me on as another person, not a superior. Oh yeah my smile growing into my face.
Confidents, energy and hope flood all over my face in as i step out onto the street. I feel it and turn my around and yell back at her:
"Ms. Yokubo!!!!! I love youuu!!!"
"... What?"
"Thank you!!!"
Ms. Yokubo bright red face makes me laugh as i step out at the guild.
The Labyrinth City, Honsha.
There is a Labyrinth city beneath of the maze. It might better to say that beneath to the maze there is a massive city called Honsha.
The Guild who go even deeper at the maze at the core of the maze. It's not just human, either; you can meet many kinds of Demi humans living in flourishing metropolis along side us.
That's all about i know about Honsha, Well my bad studying was never been my thing. I know that much about the city because i live here.
People who make a living in the maze are called "Adventurers" like me.
I grew up in a small town not very far from here. looking back at it i was really sheltered kid. My grandfather and my grandmother adopted me and brought me up but they died about a year ago. There was nothing left for me there, So i packed up and left and moved to the city.
I don't think i will say at this point but i came to Honsha to meet some beautiful girls in the maze.
"...Real men try to make harem!!"
How many times did my gramps said that? I i can still imagine his smile so full of life.
Gramps and Granny read the adventure Fantasies book for as long as i remember. I loved the Heroes of those stories. They slay some monster and saved some people from certain death, rescued the princess from anything, and look so heroic while doing it. Everytime I hear my gramps tell me those story, I saw my self as a HERO. My head was full of fantasies and filled with a dream of being one of them.
"Hero greatest taste of victory and glory is not from slaying monster its all about meeting girls"
As i got older, part of me accepted the fact i would never become the hero of the fantasy book, but in other hand grump built me up so much that the girls become my new goal.
If i can be one of the heroes are made... If i can get into the maze...
If i could just do that, then the girl of my dream would show up any day.
I admit that i was winging it when i first got here. But now, after a brush of death, i feel stupid for going into the maze just for ladies.
Today make me realize just living is hard.
I will never take the maze lightly again.
But now i have completely different reason for going into the dungeon including Ms. Violet.
I slip a crowd on main street.
some adventurers, Demi humans and some look like townfolks and some of it look alot more dangerous. A human boy country like me is very out of place around here. The noise and shout everything was so very loud.
i make my way out of the crowd and turns out im suprised i don't get lost more often.
I crane back at look up an old abandon house. I dont think anyone has been here for a years.
To think of it this two story house was to be built a Blacksmith house. There are pieces of the walls are missing well actually they were piles on the ground where they fell. There's a hint sadness to this place.
A one statue of someone smiles down on me from above the main door of the blacksmith house. She been so better this days. Half of her face was missing, and chuncks of rock from her body are gone.
"yo!"
There really no need to check i was making sure that i was alone before going into the blacksmith house. there are no doors at the main entrance well same for the security then again , the inside isn't much better than the outside.
For short the blacksmith house was looks half destroyed. as i step my foot inside, my foot landed on weed growing out of the broken floor tiles. Even the pieces to the ceiling are really gone.
I go through the wreckage path heading towards to the small room behind the statue. It was once storage room but and its still lined empty shelves. but the shelf at the very back of the corner is actually a door to a stair well i pull it back and climb down.
The stairway isn't that long theres still some lights from outside thats why i had no trouble opening the door.
"Ms. Patriarch!!!! Im home!!!"
As my voice echoes off the basement the smell of home of the wafts into my nose. The room is small. But big enough to live in comfortably.
The person i called is sprawled on the brown sofa just inside in to the door. she look up from her book and jumps her feet.
Just by looking at her you would just be thinking she was a young girl that just about to hit a puberty. Being that she is shorter than me many people will mistaken that we are brother and sister only a year apart.
Her cute little tiny feet thump up quickly on the floor and run's at me with a big smile with her kiddie face.
"Hey!!!! welcome back! aren't you a bit early?"
"Well actually i almost died at the maze today ha-ha-ah"
"What!!! are you okay?! id be shock if you really died to that incident. I'd be lonely and possible really sad too."
Her little hands dance up and down to my body to check if there is any injuries.
I can't help but to just blush a little bit. Her kind towards me and the tone of her voice always cheer me up.
"Oh don't worry i wont make you worry i would not leave you dry Ms. Patriarch!"
"Im glad you've made out your mind im kinda thirsty i need some water"
"that's an interesting way to put it..."
both of us crack a smile walk to the back of the room.
The girl that who sitting right now front of me without doubt her shiny jet-white-hair falls down on the side of her head cover her ears and her blue eyes and her cheeks make her look very young which is why i cant believe how much of her boobs push up her clothes.
I try not to look but its hard to not to...
And this is Ms. "Patriarch Aldaine" im a member of her household at the Patriarch household other like ms violet is a member of the mathilde household.
they said they maybe perfect beings yet have their flaws and mono with there children lured by many head of the household basically basicallly became there children.
well some of the household are very large like the household of Ms. Violet and some of it are very small like ours.
"Its okay!! our household just got started. Better yet, its on the rise! sure it might be difficult now, but soon as get past rhis first part we'll be sitting pretty!!!"
"Shin!!... your just so..."
Her little hands dance up and filled with hope and happiness she gaze at me.
But my Master is happy that is all matters.
She's the one who took me a city boy who dreaming about a harem and whatsoever who almost got crushed by the hand of her she encourage me. She is so very important to me.
I want to help her anyway i can.
That was the first promise i ever made to myself. I wanted to help her with all the thing that i could do and i wanted to help her at the first place and that's not gonna change.
"I was so happy and lucky to meet someone like you!!! now for our future, Let us see your status and what your mono is!."
Master jumps off the sofa her impossible large boobs jiggle as she moves and i saw it bounce but im trying my best to look it away and now smilling again, I really have to try harder to keep my off at her chest.
Other head of the household calls her "Miniature Big Boobs" making fun of her otherwise what the heck is the meaning of "Miniature?"
"All right!!!!... give me your hand like usual"
"Okay."
And she rubs my hand going over same spot once, twice many times until she relaxes my skin.
Ping Ms.Patriarch or the head of my household pulls out a needles. And drop a blood at my hand.
"The red drop literally send some waves through my hand and sinks in."
"So you went to the lower upper path of the maze to meet some girls uh? what a weird fantasies are going through your head what are you thinking? There's no way ideal virgin you have in your mind is going to be dangerous place, now is there?"
"V-VIRGIN?! b-but anyways, It's not like that i want! i have morals!"
She looks down at me the spot where the blood landed working down slowly and changing the markings at my hand.
A person had this abilities only when they got the power of being a head of a household. And there is that they called "Appuguredo" like for short simple put appuguredo is experience and yes of course it's just cannot be seen like a normal people like me but it tells you what are you status right now or in appuguredo you will know what is the type of your mono they will know some by something miracle happens to you by slaying some monster. For example Appuguredo is a fuel a person growth through blessing.
Everything you have accomplish or experience both quality and amount all show up in Appuguredo.
To put it in another way Appuguredo is: Level up!!!
"And anyways it was Aurelia violet was it? if she really that pretty and pretty insanely powerful all other men will not leave her alone i guess she got bonded with someone else right now."
"....Do you think so?"
"Yep shin!! listen your just gonna get over to her. You should move on and focus more on yourself or to the girls i'm hundred percent that there is a beautiful girl will accept you soon that will support you through life and things."
ohh great i'm tearing up again i don't want to think about it and she's bashing Ms. Violet. Why is she in such a bad mood? did i do something wrong or what?
"Your so cruel Master! i will still not going to give up without even trying!"
We just meet there's no telling what's happened.
master stared at my hand and seeing all the status/Appuguredo.
"master i guess my mono can use the power of the enemy within only 10 seconds"
"Even me i don't know that it's first time i heared about that mono power but they said kusho is ability called " Give and take."
"...i see"
"Well its okay don't worry now u know what is the type of your mono is"
"Master there's a weird question mark in my status what is this?"
"Its weird why is there a question mark beside the kusho"
"well just don't mind that we will find out some solution soon when you gain alot of experience what is that is."
There are Four types of mono in this world First is "Kusho, Doku, Rea and lastly Rakku"
like Ms. Violet is belongs to the doku cause Doku they said that this type of mono can make the enemy crazy like for the example Ms. violet smudging the enemy"
and the rea is it has the power to guide the people for short "leadership"
and lastly rakku is the most rare once this thing can give you three or four ability that possible that it can be Kusho or Doku if your lucky you can get the 4 types of the mono.
Through the day.
I glanced over my appuguredo and look at the clock wall.
"Master!! it's already evening shall i get the dinner ready? I know we just going to have a potato smash party, But that won't be enough to us up right?"
"Sure i leave it to you, shin."
"okay!!, Master!!"
I turn from the goddess cure smile and go to the kitchen, i can only cook really easy stuff so yeah i don't expect anything from it. But Ms. Yokubo make me think i need more money about it. I'll start focusing on that and try to save much as can from now on.
Ms. Patriach aldaine send shin off to the kitchen as off seeing him off to war once she was there she leave out a big sigh.
Ms. Patriach aldaine pick up his status sheet from the floor and started to compare it to the written to his hand.
I guess shin grow up so fast he is really completely different from us even the slightest thing could change them and spread quickly.
I hate this he changed! He changed because of her! and it isn't fair! ! wont accept it!! damn it!!
She took another look at shin hand.
and looked at the question mark that had on shin status.
Shinku Apollo
Strength - 100 Defense - 80
Utility - 94 Agility - 160
Mono type: (Kusho/?) "This mono type of is that he can remove the ability or sweeps the ability of the target and can use the ability of it for only 10 seconds for short {Give and take}.