On the way to The Daylight Order, Alvin was thinking about their schedule. He planned to quickly send Ben to The Daylight Order first, then went back to the academy. Although he got back his money, he didn't want to let Ben go without any consequences of stealing money. Luckily, it was a holiday for them, they had some spare time for this.
On the street, Alvin was walking at Ben's left side. Charles was walking at Ben's right side. Both of them hold the rope to prevent Ben from running away. There was a tape on Ben's mouth to prevent him from shouting.
The Daylight Order wasn't far away, they probably would reach there in 20 minutes.
"Eh? Isn't that teacher Elias?" Alvin raised his eyebrows and said. He saw Mr Elias walking towards them from the opposite direction.
"Ya, is teacher Elias." Charles said as he saw Mr Elias.
"Teacher Elias." Alvin called as he waved his left hand at Elias.
Elias just came back from the market, walking back to the academy. Hearing Alvin's voice, he paused for a moment and turned his head to Alvin. Then, he saw Ben who was trying to talk even though there was a tape on his mouth.
"Hey, what happened." Elias frowned and asked.
"emm... Teacher Elias, we caught a thief." Alvin smiled and said. Then Alvin told Elias the incident that happened, from they looking for an icicle fern to fighting Ben.
All the while Elias was listening patiently without interrupting Alvin.
"So, we are sending this Ben to The Daylight Order. Teacher, you want to go together?" Alvin said.
Hearing that, Elias paused for a moment, as if hesitating whether going or not. He gazed at Alvin and Charles.Then, he lowered his eyes lid and gave an unnoticeable sigh. "Alright, let's go."
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After walking for 20 minutes, around 3 pm, they reached their destination. They stood in front of a big building with a signboard 'The Daylight Order Arcanum Branch'.
"So, this is the Daylight Order that Ethan founded." Charles raised his head and gazed at the signboard.
"Looks great." Alvin glanced around. It was a big, red colour building. There were two guard at the entrance. Many people were walking in and out of the building.
"Let's go." Elias urged.
"oh, ok" Alvin said then he led their way into the building.
As he entered the building, the first thing he saw was a big picture of a swordman. The swordman in a red colour shirt, holding a long sword, standing on top of a spire.
From the description at the bottom right corner of the picture, Alvin knew that the swordman was the legendary Ethan. Alvin's eyes widened as he saw that picture. The picture was as big as a door, hanging on the wall of the lobby.
"Wah, the legendary Ethan" Charles exclaimed. His gaze was filled with admiration.
Alvin glanced around the lobby. On the left side of the lobby, some people standing in front of a mission board, checking if there was any suitable mission for them.
On his right side, there was a man sitting at a desk.
"Should be there" Alvin raised his chin and gestured at the man.
Then, they walked to the desk.
"Mr Chris, we just caught a cloud holder. He is a thief." Alvin said as he saw Chris's name on his badge. At the same time, he dragged Ben to come in front, showing Ben to Chris.
"Thief?" Chris raised his brow and looked at Ben. Then, he looked at the only adult in the group, Elias.
"ya, thief. Alvin, explain what happened." Elias nodded his head and said.
"Ya, we ..." Then, Alvin and Charles explained the whole incident to Chris. Elias was standing behind, observing how they deal with Chris.
After 15 minutes of listening to their story, Chris understood what happened.
"You guys are lucky, today one of the lightwardens, Grace was here. Normally she won't be here. She will only visit us in the beginning of the years. But, for some reason, she came to our branch two days ago. So, for now she is in charge of everything." Chris said.
"Take this number and go into that room when this number is called." Chris said as he handed Alvin a number card.
"Ok, thank you." Alvin said as he took the number card.
Then, Chris brought Ben to another room and locked him inside.
"Teacher Elias, why are so many people gathered over there?" Alvin put the card into pocket before asking, pointing at the mission board.
"That is a mission board. Many organisations issue missions for cloud holders. When the cloud holder completes the mission, they can get the reward. You can have a look over there." Elias said.
Out of curiosity, Alvin and Charles walked to the mission board, joining the crowd, Elias was following them.
Normally, the mission board area wouldn't be crowded. Some days even had no people at the mission board. However, today, there were many people standing in front of the mission board.
Standing behind the crowd, Alvin and Charles couldn't see the board because they were blocked by the tall adults in front of them. However, they were small kids, so it was easy for them to squeeze in.
They managed to squeeze in easily. They raised his head and looked at the mission board.
The missions were categorized into S class, A class, B class and C class. Alvin noticed that people around him were talking about the mission.
"Got new spire. At the North side."
"Ya, dangerous but the reward is great"
"I heard many people were going to the new spire."
"Really? I wonder what type of spire it is."
"Usually the first batch enters the new spire will get the good things. Last time my friend got a rank 6 gems, now he is rich. "
"But people die also."
"Of course, it is a new spire, no one knows what is inside."
"Ya, good and bad. The good thing is all the gems, cloud plants, and treasure. The bad thing is it is dangerous."