I explained how I am going to leave the town so I can't keep going on hunts and have to prepare for the departure to Anabelle; it's like only a matter of three days and then I am out of Sephra.
"Oh, you ant it like that; I thought you got bored of hanging out with ." Anabelle sighed. She literally thought I was bored of her. How can soone be bored while being with her? She's fun to hang out with.
"Yeah, I thought I should tell you before leaving." I said,
"Where are you going from here, then?" Anabelle asked, It's normal to be curious.
"Not far, just to the western border." I answered, It's not like I don't believe her, but I won't tell her about my trip to the kingdom of Reva.
"That's quite interesting." Anabelle raised her eyebrows, like she rembered sothing.
"Interesting?" I didn't get the aning behind it.
"You're aware that I work for a rcenary organisation, right? In a few days, naly the day after you indicated you would leave the Sephra, we are travelling to the capital to finalise our business before moving to a town close to the western border." Anabelle explained that her group is here just for vacation, so it's understandable that they are going back, but it's quite baffling that they are going in the sa direction as .
"So?" I think I know what she is trying to convey, but I still wanted to be sure.
"So we can give you a lift to the western border if you wait for one more day than your decided date of departure." Anabelle said it enthusiastically.
"Really? " Don't you have to get other rcenary mbers consent before that?" I know that she's in a not-so-great situation with her friends,so going in there out of nowhere would not be a good idea.
"Then we just have to get their permission, right?" Anabelle said calmly, "It's like that's not even a problem for her.
We agreed to et tomorrow morning at the guild and then speak to her friends about travelling with them after talking for a little while. She is heading to the hotel they are staying in, and I am going to my house.
...
"Rise and shine, princess." Blaze woke up in the morning with such crappy words; why does he have to call princess the first thing in the morning?
I feel sluggish because of all of the things that happened yesterday. I just don't feel like going outside, but I have an appointnt with Anabelle today, so I've got to go.
She said she'd introduce to her friends, aka group mbers,
I got up from the bed and looked around my room, specifically towards my table, and as always, there was an azure-feathered bird sitting on my desk.
"Oh, you are here again." I walked to the bird. At first, the bird would always fly away even before I got close, but as ti went by, it seed to know that I was harmless to itself, and now it doesn't even hesitate to fly over my head or shoulders.
This bird has been coming to my room since the day I arrived in this world.
I pulled so sunflower seeds out of the desk drawer and fed them to the bird. I bought them from the market, especially for the bird.
Peck peck
It pecked at the seed and then flew out of the window.
"Now then, let's get going." I brushed my teeth,took a bath, and changed my clothes.
' I still don't like the clothes, though." I always have second thoughts whenever I wear sothing from this closet.
"Then just buy so clothes, dammit,"" Blaze said, not so calmly. I'll take his advice.
"Yeah, I will, but for now, let's get down." I descended downstairs and was t with the sll of heavenly food that my mom had been cooking since the morning.
I had breakfast and left the house.
I am headed towards the guild. Anabelle said that all of them gather at the diner for breakfast and then just chill there.
I don't know what kind of people her friends are, but I hope they are not unfriendly, because if they are, then
"You will kill them.' Blaze finished my sentence, but what I was trying to say was completely different. I ant to say, "Ugh, who am I even explaining myself to?
Bump
"Hey!" Soone bumped into my shoulder as I was walking.
"I am sorry, but I am in a hurry." The man wearing armour apologised as he ran away in the direction I was going.
"That's weird." I saw a few more guards running in the sa direction; it's like they are on so kind of red alert.
"I hope everything is alright." I prayed that nothing was wrong and headed on my way to the guild.
...
Once I was at the guild, I entered the guild, and what I was t with was an atmosphere that I never imagined that such a busy guild could have.
The whole Demacia guild is in a very gloomy atmosphere; it's like everyone is wary of sothing.
"Ren, here." Soon Anabelle's voice invites in the direction of the diner; there are a few more people with her. I walked there.
"Good morning." I greeted her the mont I got to the table. The table was occupied by a group of five people, including Anabelle.
"Good morning, Hey, listen, everyone, this is Ren, the boy I've told you about,my hunting partner." Anabelle introduced to them: "And Ren,these are my friends, Barbara, Ali, Zark, and Henry."
"Hi,we heard a lot about you, kid," said the muscular woman to the left of Anabelle. She has blond hair braided in two long braids. Her na is Barbara.
"Hello there; nice to et you, young man. My na is Zark." The bespectacled man next to Barbara offered a hand for the handshake. He has a long staff beside him; he must be the mage of the group.
"You've got nice hair, by the way; it looks like a bird nest." The bald guy besides Zark threw in a mischievous comnt,
"Ali!" Anabelle raised her voice at her friend's disrespectful manner, but I cut her off in the middle when I offered a handshake to Ali and Said.
"Not as good as yours though; I hope I'd be able to have hair like you, then I won't have to be worried about combing them or styling them." I answered with a big smile on my face, and I saw the bald guy's face turn rosy due to sha. I heard a suppressed laugh from Barbara's seat.
"You—" he tried to say sothing, but the man to his left shut him up.
"I am sorry for my friend's behaviour; he's a little bird brain. I hope you won't take his joke to heart." The last guy, who must be Henry, apologised on behalf of his friend.
"No, don't worry, I was also playing. Anyway,my na is Ren. Nice to et you." I diverted the still-in-the-air hand that I previously offered to Ali towards Henry, and for goodness sake, he shook my hand, saying,
"Nice to et you too; I am Henry Cloter." He introduced himself.
Henry, by appearance, looks like a reliable person; he has brown hair and chestnut eyes and is like slightly shorter than in height, maybe like five and eleven or sothing.
Anabelle then told them the reason for my arrival, and they listened. The Ali guy, for so reason, said sothing rude here and there in between but was silenced by Henry,as I thought he was a reliable person.
"Ren,you are going to the western border, but why?" Barbara asked this question:
"Umm. I am applying for the imperial academy of the Hestia Empire, so I was going for so real-life experience." I thought a lot about it and ca up with this reasoning: simple but reasonable.
"Okay, then I guess you are applying next year since admission for this year is done already." Zark said as he adjusted his glasses.
"Yeah, I am trying." I answered, to which he just nodded to himself.
"Well, in this group, nothing happens without asking anyone, so we are going to have a pole." Henry brought everyone's attention to himself. "Listen, whoever is theopposite of bringing this kid with us, raise your hand."
Raise
Ali was the only person who raised his hand.
"Hey! "You've all gone crazy, or why are we even bringing a kid along with us? He'll just be baggage to carry around." Ali was not happy when no one other than himself raised the hand.
"That's rude." Anabelle tried to argue but was stopped in the middle of the sentence when a man wearing a full knight's armour ca to our table.
"Sorry to interrupt, but are Miss Anabelle Lockner and Mr. Ren Hilton here?" He asked politely, but I can sense his piercing gaze even through his helt; it's like he is evaluating us.
"Yes, I am Anabelle Lockner, and Ren Hilton is the na of my friend over there." Anabelle took the lead in the conversation. "How can we help you?" she asked.
The knight then pulled a poster out of the sack he was carrying and showed it to us.
"Have you seen these guys anywhere?" He asked, and I felt my heart stop for a second at the mont when he asked that question.
There was a poster of Kyle, Kale, Dane, Nyle, and the other two mbers of the goon gang with capital letters spelling the word
"MISSING"
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[A/N: Busted!?]
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