"Hahaha! Drink up, my boy!" Randolph laughed as he refilled Lux's cup with ad. "You really took your ti to visit us. I really thought you forgot your Master."
"How could I possibly forget you, Master?" Lux replied. "There were just many things happening at the sa ti, and I didn't have the opportunity to visit everyone here in Leaf Village. How are you? And what have you been doing as of late?"
Randolph drank from his own mug and let out a loud burp before answering Lux's question.
"As you can see, I'm doing fine." Randolph smiled. "The kids these days are so motivated to beco adventurers that they kept on visiting my shop to have their weapons repaired. Um, by the way, where is Little Eiko? Is she hiding sowhere?"
The smile on Lux's face disappeared, making Randolph, who was in a good mood earlier, feel as if he had stepped on a landmine.
"Eiko died protecting her Mama from soone who wanted to possess her," Lux replied. "But don't worry. She will be revived soon. Actually, I think she will revive in a few days."
Lux took out the Blue Egg from the special storage ring that Iris had given to him to store Monster eggs.
Randolph patted his chest as he looked at the Blue Egg in front of him. Everyone in the Village, especially the young Dwarves, idolized Eiko because she had accompanied Lux on his adventures.
This was the sa reason why almost all of the Dwarves, including the Solaians who had arrived in Leaf Village, chose to have a Sli as their first Beast Companion after hearing the story about the Leaf Village's Hero and Guardian.
"Oh dear, can you tell us what happened?" Grandma Annie frowned. She was quite fond of Eiko, and hearing about the little sli's death made her heart ache.
Laura and Livia, who also had slis of their own, wanted to know what happened. In fact, the two Slis that belonged to the two girls had already climbed up on Lux's body and were currently looking at the monster egg in his hands with great curiosity.
Both of them could feel that the monster inside the egg had this kind of royal presence, so the two Slis acted like paying their respect to their Princess, who was still not born.
Lux nodded and told everyone the story of what happened while he was away from Leaf Village. After finishing his tale, a collective sigh reverberated inside the room as everyone gazed at the egg in Lux's hands.
"Eiko is a good child," Grandma Annie said softly. "Even though she's still young, she did her best to protect her Mama, which is very noble of her."
Laura and Livia nodded as they hugged their own Slis. Both girls felt sad about what happened to Lux. The two girls knew how fragile Slis could be, so they never allowed their contracted monsters to fight monsters stronger than them.
"Yes, she is." Lux smiled. "But I'll make sure that she gets stronger this ti around, and that no one will be able to bully her that easily again."
Randolph chuckled and jokingly told Lux that he would create an armor specially designed for Eiko, which made both of them laugh.
Lux had never heard of a sli wearing armor before, so he didn't know if his Master was joking or not.
A while later, Cedwyn told Lux that he would personally handle the building of the house ant for Heidi and her mother, Lilia. Although they were Humans, he was sure that the Dwarves in the Village would get along well with their two new residents because he trusted that Lux wouldn't bring anyone with a bad character to Leaf Village.
"Sir Cedwyn, about the Recomndation Letters for making a Guild…" Lux broached the real topic of why he returned to Leaf Village. He explained to Cedwyn and the other Elders about his difficulty.
"Guild Creation? Is that all?" Cedwyn laughed. "Don't worry, just head straight to the Stronghold of Norria and register there. Do you need a Guild Token? I think I still have a silver token sowhere in this house."
"Um, what about the Recomndation Letters from the Guildmasters of the Adventurer's Guild?" Lux asked. "After that, I still need to take the Trial of Leadership…"
"Recomndation Letters? You don't need them," Cedwyn replied and brushed off Lux's worries about collecting Recomndation Letters. "As for the Trial of Leadership, you don't need to do that either. Just go to the Stronghold of Norria and find Sir Thoram.
"As the Commander of the Riders of Norria, he can vouch that you don't need to undertake the Trial of Leadership. That is only a test to see if the person applying to create a Guild has the capabilities to lead it. You, my boy, are more than capable of doing that."
Lux blinked as he processed everything that Cedwyn had told him.
"You an, I don't have to go through all that to create a Guild?" Lux asked just to be sure.
"Nope," Cedwyn answered. "Ah. But there is one thing you should do. In order to create a Guild, you must have at least Twenty mbers. You are supposed to be given twenty mber Tokens after you successfully clear your Trial of Leadership.
"You will then give those mber Tokens to the people who have agreed to join your guild. Once all of them receive the token, they will automatically be registered as your Guild mber candidates, allowing you to use a Guild Token to create your own Guild."
Cedwyn then rummaged through his storage ring and took out twenty Red Tokens, which were similar to Casino Chips.
"Back then, I wished to establish a guild of my own, but a lot of things happened…" Cedwyn explained before glancing at Grandma Annie and Randolph, who pretended to not hear Cedwyn's words and continued to drink the mugs of ad in their hands.
Seeing that the two intended to ignore him until the end, Cedwyn sighed as he handed the mber Tokens to the Half-Elf.
"Lux, inherit our dreams and wishes," Cedwyn said. "Create a guild, and make sure that it will beco the best guild in the world. I will not settle for anything less, do you understand?"
"Thank you, Village Head," Lux replied as he gratefully accepted the mber tokens.
"So do you have any guild mbers in mind?" Randolph asked. "You said that you only have a few days before the duration of your quest ends. If you don't hurry, you will not be able to reach the necessary quota."
Lux smiled as he handed one of the mber Tokens to his Master, Randolph.
"Master, please beco my guild mber," Lux said with a smile. "We will need your expertise as a Blacksmith."
"Excuse ?" Randolph tilted his head in confusion. "You want to beco your Guild mber?"
"Yes."
"Are you serious?"
Lux nodded. "Dead serious."
"Well… I guess you only want to reach the quota as soon as possible." Randolph shrugged as he accepted the Red Token that was handed to him by his Disciple. "Sure, I'll help you out. It's not like I'm doing this because I want to beco part of your Guild, okay? Don't get the wrong idea."
Lux chuckled because he knew what Randolph was thinking. He was sure that his Master thought that he would leave as soon as the Guild was created, but Lux didn't want to let his Master go.
After all, expert Blacksmiths who were able to craft Mythical Armors weren't cabbages that could be plucked from just about anywhere. He would love to have Randolph in his Guild, so that the Dwarf could help him create so weapons and armor sets that would benefit his Guild mbers.
"Grandma Annie, please join my guild as well," Lux said as he offered a Red Token to the old lady who would always be on the front lines whenever Leaf Village was under attack by Monster Outbreaks.
"I'm too old for this, Lux," Grandma Annie replied. "I will just hold you back."
"Nonsense." Lux shook his head. "Grandma Annie is an alchemist. Having soone like you around to create pills and dicines for the Guild will greatly boost its strength."
"Fine." Grandma Annie smiled as she accepted the Red Token. "I can't believe that at my age, I will be joining a Guild. I'll just babysit the young ones for you, okay? I won't go charging off to the battlefield for your sake."
"That's fine. I don't want Grandma Annie to get hurt either."
"Mmm. At least you know that my old bones can't take a beating."
Laura and Livia glanced at each other before raising their hands together.
"We want to join too!" Laura shouted.
" too!" Livia seconded.
"Um… this." Lux scratched his head. "I don't think your Brother will agree if I let both of you join the Guild."
"It's fine!" Laura stated. "Big Brother said that there will co a ti when the Village Hero will need our help. We will join the Guild to help you."
"Yes!" Livia nodded. "You are Big Brother's benefactor, so you are also our benefactor. Please, let us repay you for helping our Big Brother, and bringing us to this wonderful Village."
Lux was still on the fence about allowing the two little Dwarves to join his Guild. He didn't know if Sid would agree to this because the Dhampir was overprotective of his little sisters and didn't want them to co to any harm.
The door of the house opened and Sid entered as he said, "Please let them join your Guild, Master. This is my wish as well."
Laura and Livia cheered in happiness when they saw their brother, then they ran toward him to give their Big Brother a hug.
The doting brother hugged his sisters back before patting their heads. Just as Sid was about to ask if they had been good girls while he was away, a shadow fell upon his body.
"So you're making a Guild? This sounds interesting."
From behind the Dhampir, soone whom Lux hadn't seen for a while had appeared.
It was none other than the Draconic Kobold, Cadmus, who was the Half-Elf's enemy when he had just started his journey in the world of Elysium.
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