98 Talking (2/2)

”Hey, don't look at me like that. That was a few thousand years ago, alright.”, she shook her head, ”Whatever. Anyway, after starting his rebellion it didn't take long until he got defeated and was then banished from the family. Because of the way the rebellion happened, there wasn't any other punishment, besides the loss of any noble status. That's why we still have the family name, Berg.”

After she had finished her story, Ivan was really interested in how she and Lara would react when they met.

”Anyway, back to the topic. Next time, be more careful. Sadly you can't change the mode, for now, so you will have to make the best out of it.”

”Is it really that bad?”, Greg asked, feeling worried for his friend.

”If they are careful and manage not to die, then it's a giant opportunity. And for us, it is one too.”

”Right. So does everyone agree to form a team to train in the dungeon, during Tuesday and Thursday?”, Greg asked.

”So that's why you were waiting for me.”, Ivan exclaimed, finally finding out the reason they had waited for him.

”Yeah, so what do you think?”

”Sounds good. But isn't our group a bit unbalanced?”

”Not really. Even though we are all mages we have different specialization. But we are still missing one person.”, Irena answered.

”Ha, I have already got someone else in mind, to fill the last slot.”, Greg said proudly. He was the one who had brought up the idea, so it didn't come as a surprise that he would have someone in mind for the last position.

”Shoot.”, Irena said impatiently.

”Relax, she will be here soon.”

”She?”

”Yes, she is my girlfriend.”, as soon as these words left his mouth everyone chin nearly fell down to the floor. This was something they had never expected. Greg loved to talk about anything and everything, so how come they had never heard about him having a girlfriend?

Seeing their shocked expressions, Greg laughed proudly. ”Ha, you would have never expected that I would give you such a surprise right?”

They speechlessly nodded. It was indeed a surprise. Ivan was even unable to decide which was the bigger surprise. That Greg had a girlfriend, who could stand his incessant talking or that he had managed to keep quiet about it.

Irena was the first, to regain her calm. ”So what role does your girlfriend has? We are kinda missing a healer, so it would be great if she could do something in that direction.”

”Don't worry, she is a paladin.”

”That's great.”

Both priests and paladins channeled the energy from their god, to fuel their skills. But while priests were mainly focused on healing spells paladins were much more versatile. They usually trained in healing skills as well as fighting skills, making them superior to priests. Of course, they too had their drawbacks. But unlike one may expect, it wasn't that they were weaker at both of these areas than these professions that focused on only one area, but that the requirements were much higher. It wasn't public knowledge what exactly these requirements were, but only one out of ten thousand candidates were eligible to become a paladin, making them exceedingly rare. And for one of them to be Greg's girlfriend really came as a surprise.

Under his breath, Serge murmured, ”I wonder how she looks. To take Greg as her boyfriend, her taste surely has to be heavy.”

All of them had great hearing and he wasn't that quite when he murmured, so besides Greg who got angry, the others laughed.

Three different laughers rang out at the same time. Unknowingly a petit girl had appeared behind Irena and Ivan, who too laughed when she heard what Serge had said.

”Hi, I'm the one with the heavy taste, you talked about.”, she greeted Serge, whose face became as red as an apple in shame.

”Hehe, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you.”

”Don't worry. I know that it was just a joke.”, the girl waved his apology away and sat down next to Greg.

”Hello everyone, I'm Pia. I'm sure Greg already told you everything about me.”, she then introduced herself, but to her surprise, the others at the table shook their heads.

”Nope, he only just told us that he had a girlfriend.”

”That's surprising.”, it seemed she was well aware of her boyfriend's tendency to talk.

”Sweety, I wanted to give them a big surprise, so I kept quiet about it.”, Greg explained when she threw him a questioning glance.