Chapter 25 - Mission Board (1/2)

When they left the office, Luke let go of the girl's hand. ”Let's go?”

It was still less than three in the afternoon, so it meant they had the entire afternoon ahead of them.

Although the elf was a little embarrassed, she regained her posture and, not wanting to be rude, said, ”Are you going like this? I mean, this isn't even armor, is it?”

The girl was talking about the outfit Luke was wearing, and she was completely right. The boy's clothes were more than old, yet they were his best clothes, because before that there was not much money left for him after buying food and paying rent in Oukiwa.

”I'm fine like this. You shouldn't worry about this. Focus on your sword and your clothes.” Luke said and left towards the stairs.

Nathalia realized that she had misunderstood the touch on the hand she had received. They'd only known each other for a few hours, there was no way they'd ever become friends, at least not yet.

As they passed the balcony, they both pulled out their adventurers' licenses.

The simple license was just a cheap metal pendant with the first name and current Class engraved on the front. On the back was a sentence the half-wolf couldn't read, but Nathalia could.

”A sharp blade. A healing potion. A Return Stone…” The girl read aloud as the two left the guild through the front door. ”This was supposed to be something emblematic, wasn't it? Why is it so bad?”

Although this carving made no sense to Nathalia, Luke interpreted it as a shortlist of essential items to enter a dungeon.

A sharp blade will serve to deal with the creatures. The healing potion, in case you're hurt. The Return Stone, in case you get lost.

When Luke explained this basic thing to the girl, she felt pathetic for not having understood and reminded herself that not a Return Stone.

”Do you have one, Luke?”

”No, they are a little expensive.”

Gradually, Nathalia was beginning to understand the financial situation the half-wolf was in. Old rags, plain sword, and no money, this could only mean that, for some reason, he was keeping the advance the Matriarch had given him.

In fact, the boy gave most of the money to his companions in an act of condolence.

”Come on, there must be a store that sells nearby. I'll give you one as a gift.”

The half-wolf nodded, because he had no reason to deny a gift, just regretted that he couldn't reciprocate, as he was going to steal from the girl's family next month.

”Before that, we'll take another mission on four.” said Luke.

”Why?” The elf questioned, after all, they already had a mission to accomplish.

He turned and said with a grim smile, ”The Guildmaster's quest will be our secondary objective. Our priority is to raise you in class, and that is only done by fulfilling official missions.”

There were many missions on the board, and the best ones had already been taken this morning. The options for Class-F were:

Mission 1 - Whoever is strong enough to defeat Steel Fist, must attend the Leather Sturgeon, the reward will be fifty silver coins.