Chapter 19 - The Blessing

Gojo waited patiently since now they were very close to Geradin. It has been five hours since they left Latom.

Finally the city of Geradin came into sight. It was a city surrounded by high walls. The walls had gaurd towers placed at certain intervals.

Before reaching the walls of Geradin they came across a huge queue of carts and people stretching from the walls.

Customary check was mandatory before entering Geradin. Also it was necessary for the people to have some kind of identification to avoid misunderstanding and trouble. Gojo and Grisella had their guild cards with them.

As they entered the city they were greeted with a incredible sight. There were well organized houses and alleys, also the houses were tall often with two stories. The horse carts came to a halt at the center of the city.

Gojo, Grisella and Sid got off the cart around here. After that each of them got four small copper coins and a small silver coin from Eric Flavel.

" Hope we get to see each other more often. Do keep up your adventuring. " said Eric Flavel as he left off with his servants.

The three of them walked around the city. There were beautifully dressed people all around the place. They headed straight for the adventurers guild.

" This is the adventurers guild. It's quite different from the ones we saw before arriving at Geradin. " said Sid.

The guild building was white and decorated with shades of colours at the corners.

" So should we enter the guild first or should we search for lodging before ?" asked Sid turning towards Gojo and Grisella.

" I guess let's first find lodging then we can go to adventures. " replied Gojo.

Sid then took them into an alley. This alley had many dull buildings very different from the ones they saw before.

In the alley Sid started walking towards one such building.

" I will help get you affordable rooms. So follow me. " said Sid as he walked up to a door and knocked on it. Gojo and Grisella silently followed.

The door opened and a short old woman stepped outside.

" Here for some rooms eh ?" she said raising her eyebrows. " Well then you have come to the right place. I have got the most affordable rooms for adventurers like you. "

The old woman led them to the second floor. She stopped and pointed towards three rooms.

" Check these out I am sure you would like

it. " said the woman and gigged at them.

Gojo looked in his room. There was a bed and a table. The room had one window. It looked pretty decent to him since most of his time indoors he spent in Jujutsu dorms.

" It looks decent, I will take it. " Gojo told the woman.

" Very well then, overall it would be two small copper for one week for each of your rooms. Breakfast and dinner will be served here. So you people arrange for the lunch. Oh, and there is a bathroom with entrance from behind the building. " explained the old woman.

After paying the woman Gojo entered his room. First he went and opened the window. To his surprise he saw another window a few yards away. There was another short alley down there.

The next day, Gojo and Grisella stood in front of the adventurers guild building. They asked Sid to come with them but it seemed like he had already joined a group of adventurers before so they parted ways.

The both of them entered through the sliding door of the guild's entrance. It was spacious inside. Various adventurers of various races and ages had gathered there. That day Gojo and Grisella took a quest for gathering herbs from edge of the forests.

The quest did not take much time as they faced no obstacles. On their way back they came across a road lined with many temples belonging to different deities. Gojo started looking around for a temple belonging to Goddess Lena.

He was at the entrance of a temple when the temple's bell rang. As soon as the bell rang it seemed as if the world came to a stop. Gojo looked around, he couldn't hear anyone in the temple.

Suddenly a bright light flashed from the direction of the deity and covered the whole temple. From within the light emerged Goddess Lena.

" How has your life being in this world Honoured One ? Do you like it here ?" she asked.

" Well the world is decent. I will keep adventuring to understand the world more. " replied Gojo.

" Very well I will grant you any one of the following powers. Honoured One you are to make the choice. " said Goddess Lena.

Two blue screens flashed in front of Gojo. On one it was written ' Levitation : Level 1 ' and on the other one it was written

' Teleportation : Level 1 '.

" Which one have you decided to choose ?"

asked the Goddess again.

" If I had an option, I would have chosen both. But since I can only choose one, I will choose Levitation as it would help me scout my enemies and catch creatures that can

fly. " said Gojo.

" Alright, your wish is granted. See you later Honoured One. " said the Goddess as she vanished. The bright light also went out.

After exiting the temple Gojo saw Grisella running around as if trying to find him. He walked up to her.

" Where did you suddenly disappear ?" she asked.

" Oh I just visited the temple of Goddess Lena. " said Gojo.

" Is that all ? Did nothing else happen with you ?" Grisella asked.

" Ah no, nothing happened. It was just a

visit. " replied Gojo.

Thankfully Grisella did ask him any other questions after that. Since it was getting dark they both returned to their rooms.