Chapter 159: Meeting (1) (1/2)

The journey back to the Adventurer's Guild was uneventful. Although when Aiden walked by the Haunted House, he stole a few glances at its direction, he did not halt his steps. He was sure there would be a quest to investigate it, and then he could check it with all the authorization that could be needed.

As he got to the Guild's house and pushed on the tall double-doors the same packed front hall greeted him, similar to how it was yesterday.

”Is this place always this full?” He asked as the same crowd greeted him.

”Yeah, pretty much.” Cole's voice came from behind. Patting Aiden's shoulder as he walked past him, he smirked as he continued. ”Come, let's get your guild card, and get ourselves a juicy quest!”

As he talked, he was already several steps ahead, walking towards the Quest Board on the sidewall with hastened steps.

Seeing him rushing forward so eagerly, Aiden smiled but didn't say anything. His eyes scanned through the crowd, eventually resting at the curly brown-haired girl standing by the counter looking at his direction with an already rosy cheek. She had a shy look on her, and couldn't directly withstand the boy's stare, she could only steal a couple of glances every now and then.

Walking forward, Aiden approached the desk, while his eyes looked at the back door. In his system, he already had a bit of that area mapped out, but after a while for some reason, his [Dark Sense] was blocked off. He couldn't tell if it was the same warding that he met a few times already or something entirely different, but he couldn't get a full map of the building's layout no matter what.

As he got close, he smiled at the shy, already beet red girl, and with his calm voice greeted.

”Hey Mary, how are you doing today? Do you know if my card is ready?”

In response, Mary hesitantly nodded once, then before Aiden could ask anything more, she turned around and rushed towards the back door. Only when she got to the door did she speak up.

”Y-yes! I will go and get it for you right now! G-give me just a moment, okay Aiden?”

Although she phrased it as a question, she did not expect any answer as by the time she finished talking, her short figure was already gone in the depth of the halls unknown to Aiden.

”Hey, check this one out Aiden!” Cole's loud yelling came from the left. A short while later he came with two pieces of paper flailing headwind as he rushed to him.

”Check these out! These are cool, and we could probably do them together!”

Taking the papers, Aiden checked the information on them. They were both a quest that required them to venture outside of the town. The first asked to gather some sort of white flower that grows at the riverbank, and the other one was a quest to gather some weird frog's gall bladders.

”Gather Hydros Flower Buds

Difficulty: ★

Description: We would require the White Flower Buds of the Hydros Plant that grows alongside the riverbank just outside of town. Please bring back at least 10 intact Flower Buds in pristine condition to consider the quest as completed.

Reward: 10 Draquilean Bronze Coins / Piece”

”Gather Thorny Forest Frog Gall Bladders

Difficulty:★

Description: We would require Thorny Forest Frog's intact Gall Bladders. We require to bring back at least 6 intact Gall Bladders in pristine condition for the completion of this request.