Chapter 196: Chapter 194: New year resolution
"I am very grateful to you for bringing my son back ho, I really thought it was you until you suddenly entered into the ground" Mr Bristol said to Reinard who just ca back after searching and looting the dungeon.
"Yes, it’s more of a cloning kind of ability" Rein answered him.
"Wow, you can do that too?!" Brostol asked in amazent.
"Yes I c-"
"Beautiful! Beautiful Sir Reinard" he cut in before Rein could finish and was praising Rein with all regard, "you must be a very strong person from far away, you don’t get to see strong guys like you being an adventurer!!"
"...that’s rather odd." Reinard said.
Mr Bristol cald down and sat, "well thats because they are all in the millitary"
"The military?" Rein asked.
"Yes, the military. The military gives strong guys like you more worth"
"Isn’t the military under the control of the union?" Rein asked out of confusion.
"No, Sir Reinard don’t think like that, the military and the union are two different bodies, if the union is an organizing body, the military serves as a security body, they work hand in hand with the unions but they would never bow their heads, when the military and the union body don’t agree on a thing, there is always a blood war, but normally we civilians are not always affected, since our safety is their priority. But you see the military is a collective body, while the union is a different single-man operation with different ideologies. The military recruits strong guys and train them, resources are also adequate available, resources that even the public guild does not have the power to make available, the military pays more and they have many privileges that is far better than being an adventurer, which is why you don’t get to see many strong adventurers here, and even the ones around always get killed in dungeons. The whole system is ssed up, adventurers guild would refuse to send a survey teams to dungeons just to be cost-efficient, adventurers are ripped-off of their loots, it’s all crazy and ssed up, the guild needs a reform, Potram needs a reform, but more than focusing on one, the mayor is rather interested in gathering stupid plants"
’Okay, now that’s weird. Plants?’ Rein was shocked. He looked at Bristol who’s lantation was gradually coming to an end.
"Is that why you moved to the outskirts?" Rein asked.
Bristol smiled, "well, it’s more of a racism issue. You might not have noticed, my wife is a beast-folk, particularly of the fox tribe"
"...really?" Rein asked.
"Yes, for our peace, I moved away. Though all races are legally accepted within Potram but there is still discriminations, against beast-folks mainly, just like how many humans will not welco vampires because of their history together."
"What history?" Rein asked.
"Sir Reinard, it really seems like you are from far away. You don’t seem to know anything about this continent. Well vampires most delicious feed was humans, which brought up a racial war between the two, one that still remain till date"
Reinard smiled, "Mr Bristol you seem to know alot, is Thurber asleep"
"Ah, yes he is" Bristol answered with a wide smile.
Rein stood up, "I should leave for the guild, thank you for giving a good report."
"Do you really have to go now? It’s very late" Bristol said.
"Are you worried about ? I’m the one you called strong monts ago"
"Ah... forgive my insensitivity, shall I see you off then"
"No, you don’t need to. I’ll be back again for Thurber’s lesson" Rein shook Bristol’s hand and left.
Afterwards Rein went to the inn he booked and slept the rest of the night. The next morning which was the last day of the year, Rein went to the guild to submit the report and also filed a complaint for improper dungeon survey which almost led him to lost his life, he particularly over-emphasized based on Ariel’s advice to use this as an opportunity to maximize his profit, as thus the guild gave him a fee of 300 gold coins and gave him two ranks up as he requested, the coins were not particularly amazing to Rein who was very rich. Rein demanded a eting with the guild master which they strongly denied afterwards Rein went out to explore and celebrate end of the year like every other person, as he steeped out of the guild building, a familiar face approached him.
"If it isn’t Sir Rein" Pashar waved from afar as he ca closer to Rein.
Rein made a tired face, "No need for the honorifics" his face turned normal as he shook Pashar by the hand.
"Do you have plans for new year?" Pashar asked.
"...not really"
"Then do you want to et my surbodinates and celebrate together, it’s been a long year and we are venturing into a spectacular one yet again"
’Well, this might not be a bad idea, since I don’t have anything to do’ Rein smiled, "I’ll be honored"
Pashar smiled, "No no, drop the honorifics you too"
Rein smiled and they walked together. As they walked Rein asked a question.
"You are an half-elf?"
Pashar stopped moving and looked back at Rein.
"I’m sorry if I shouldn’t have asked"
He smiles, "No its totally okay, it’s just weird how you noticed, I don’t have pointy ears you know"
"You do have a large amount of magical power, it wouldn’t be an understatent to say the most I’ve encountered in this city, and the blonde hair is popularly among elves, especially wood elves, but I though wood elves were specific to the Western continent"
"Wow"
"What?" Rein asked.
"No forgive ..." Pashar began to laugh, he soon pauses and talks, "your face... you are looking like you successfully blew my cover or sothing and the wariness in your expression. You have nothing to be wary about, all your guesses are right but I do not intend to harm you, it’s just the dungeon raid together and we may even path ways if you want."
"Which dungeon are you talking about?" Rein asked.
"Well it’s a vampire dungeon, particularly called Kazimir’s lair, our sources ntion that there were alot of relics in that place, it’s far but I promise you it will.be worth the journey"
’What?’ Rein was surprised but showed no signs of it, ’...now thT they ntion it, I took all the relics there except the three I was not able to defeat because of ti. And I have not even gone back to wake Ben’s master... I should use this opportunity to do that’
Rein sighed, "okay" he continued with Pashar and finally arrived at their house, it seed like a collective apartnt for all of them.
’...they seem to be group of really close friends’
Pashar called everyone out and began his introduction.
"This is Dylan, he’s a player as you can see his dark skin, he’s he’s very good gunslinger"
Dylan, a tall black dude with braided hair smiled to Rein and shook him by the hand.
"This is Gretta, a player also, she’s a warlock, unto the next per-"
"Nevermind, I’ll talk myself" the pink-colored short hair and soggy eyes girl said, "I’m an arachnid...my na is Jihi"
"Sorry, what’s an arachnid?"
"Jihi noo-" Pashar tried to stop her but she already sprouted two spider legs behind her back.
Rein wasn’t scared or showed no signs trying to hide it like the others suspected instead he was deep in his thoughts.
’There’s still alot I don’t know about this world, there’s too much...’
After a while of Rein’s thinking he finally ca to a decision in order to gather a lot of information.
"I’m a player also"
"What?!!" Pashar opened his mouth wide. "Seriously?! You look so much like us, the white skin... how exactly?"
"Let
guess you are a Caucasian?" Dylan asked.
"No, I’m not. I’m from Africa, but I had an Arican mother, this happened to
after so evolution of sort
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