Third person POV
Later on, after lunch, Lloyd said to his childhood friends, "Alright then, guys, let's go to the adventurers' guild so you guys would have new adventurer's licenses of your own within my country's jurisdiction." He said that with positive confidence. In response to that, his friends were stunned and then remembered what he had said to Hertzel this early morning before the sun rose. So, Camden said to him, "You really mean it? I mean, for real?"
Lloyd then nodded with positivity. "Yes."
As a result, his friends accepted it, becoming a bit too excited to be licensed adventurers within his jurisdiction in Wooda.
So, all of them went out and headed to Wooda's adventurers' guild in the capital, with Lloyd leading the way. Camden and his friends brought their weapons and equipment with them while Lloyd only had his small cloth bag since they will be going to the guild to have Camden and his party registered as official adventurers. Along the way, Camden and his party saw how the capital was as busy and full of activity like their hometown Ole City or any other human civilization out there. Not long after, they had arrived at that guild, which was now named as the Wooda Adventurers' Guild, and Lloyd's friends saw how its exterior was like their old guild back in Ole city, Langton.
"Look at this place…" Camden commented.
"Woah, this one is like any other guild anywhere," Electra added.
"Yup, this is it," Lloyd responded to their comments, before all of them went in.
Inside the guild's lobby hall, the place was bustling with activity. Many adventurers and explorers of different kinds and ranks interact with one another while drinking, eating, and laughing. The Quests Bulletin Board was filled with available quests for everyone, with the quests themselves having specific rank requirements and other requirements to be qualified. At this hour, Westlan was a bit busy on serving his guild members at his receptionist's desk. Lloyd already knew that that guild was gaining in popularity lately, with many members hailing from different countries outside of Wooda's borders. Even so, many Undead animals also became members as well, and some formed parties either with their own kind or with human members.
And so, seeing how lively and busy the guild was, Lloyd and his friends proceeded to Westlan's desk. "Good afternoon," Lloyd greeted him nicely and politely. Westlan heard that and let go of his paperwork, before looking at him and his friends. "Oh, hey, guys. What's up?"
"We're here to register for the licenses under this guild, please," Camden replied back positively.
"Us, too!" Gaia added happily while raising her hand for a few seconds.
Electra and Ivory then nodded in hopes of being included in the registration with Camden and Gaia.
Westlan was surprised to hear that. "Woah, why?"
And then, Lloyd revealed to him what Hertzel will do to his friends back in their old guild in Langton, saying Hertzel's line in his own words.
Moments later, Westlan was disgusted by it, not just Hertzel is an arrogant hero, but also, he treated Lloyd's childhood friends like slaves or even worse, tools for his success as a hero of Langton. "Woah, that jerk would tell their guild to have their adventurer's licenses revoked just because they had ditched him off? That's' ridiculous! He's the one who treated them like crap! That's what he gets for doing that!"
He then facepalmed in stress and annoyance, before letting a deep sigh. "Don't tell me he did a lot worse than those atrocities."
"Um, Hertzel-sama was also paid more for our completed quests than we do," Ivory revealed.
Both Lloyd and Westlan were shocked to hear that.
"And," Gaia added another revelation, "he ate better food while we ate food scraps from his leftovers."
Lloyd already knew that, but Westlan was angry to hear that.
Westlan considered that as inhumane and insane as hell, slamming his fist on his desk hard. That sudden noise was heard by everyone in the lobby hall, causing Westlan to apologize vehemently for his sudden outburst. With that the members in the hall went back to their thing as if nothing happened. After that, Westlan looked at Hertzel's ex-party and Lloyd and said, "I truly understand, guys. It seems that you had did the right thing to ditch him off during that raid by your former country in Bewote. That is what he gets for treating you like that."
Camden and the girls nodded in agreement, while Lloyd listened only since he already knew that.
After that, Westlan accepted Camden's request and gets some blank registration forms from one of his desk shelves, placing them on the desk in front of Camden and his friends. Then, he grabbed his desk quill pen from its ink bottle and gave it to Camden. "Here, use this to fill this form." Camden then accepted it and used it to fill one of the four registration forms with his personal information. But, he saw the unfamiliar letters used for the labeling of the form and asked, "Um, what those letters and words mean?"
The girls then looked at it, and Lloyd eventually guided him in the meaning of those words.
With that, Camden managed to fill out the form.
Once he did so, he passed the quill pen to Electra. "Come here and fill up yours."
Electra then accepted it, went closer to the reception desk, and did so, before passing the pen to Gaia and telling her to do the same thing.
Gaia did so, and she passed it to Ivory while telling her to do the same thing as well.
Ivory did so, and gave the pen to Lloyd, who then returned it to Westlan while saying, "They're done, Westlan-kun."
The girls had registered in while Camden and Lloyd guided them in the meaning of the words on the registration forms.
Westlan received his pen back and looked at the filled registration forms to check them if they were filled properly.
Then, after a short inspection, he gave Camden and the girls a thumbs-up, indicating that they are now officially registered into his guild.
Camden and the girls were stunned at first, but they were happy that they are now official adventurers in Westlan's guild.
Lloyd and Westlan were happy for them as well.