47 Frowned Upon. (1/2)

The next day, Ozul and the duo arrived at the Guild.

They received a stink eye from everyone else as all the Mercenaries had received the news of the newbies getting promoted to Silver Rank in just two days!

Of course, Ozul's team could care any less about the opinion of some random nobodies.

Just when they entered the Guild, Roland noticed them and appeared before them in a flash. Before they could ask anything he said;

”I've been waiting for you, Ms.Raven and Mr.Blaze.”- Roland said while completely ignoring Ozul in the back. For all his experience as a receptionist, he still couldn't figure out why Raven and Blaze's faces showed displeasure right after his greetings.

They would've already beaten the guy up if previously they had not received orders from Ozul not to create an unnecessary commotion.

”What do you want?”- Blaze asked with a cold voice. His natural Ice affinity didn't help to stop the drop in temperature either.

”H-haha... Master Borin wanted to see you.”- Roland awkwardly laughed as he couldn't figure out what he had done wrong.

Blaze turned his head towards Ozul and saw him nod. Only then did Blaze gestured with his hand for Roland to take the lead.

This time Roland was paying particular attention to their behavior. When he noticed the respect these two Rank-5 Mages gave to Ozul, he realized his earlier blunder.

'No wonder...sigh. But what is so special about that kid?!'- No matter how much he tried to probe, there was nothing unusual in the kid aside from his otherworldly looks when he removed his pointed hat.

Just when they were walking down the corridor, they could hear the voices from Borin's office;

”Where had you been, Larry?”- It seemed to be the voice of Borin.

”H-haha... We had to take rest after the mission and couldn't report yesterday.”- The man Borin referred to as Larry spoke. The man continued;

”Forget about us, where have you been?”-

”Oh, I was summoned to the headquarter in the Capital.”- Borin explained. Mercenary Guild had set up headquarters in almost all the central locations of the Powerhouses on the Mainland.

”Headquarters? Did something urgent came up for them to summon a Branch Master?”-

Larry asked as long-range communications were not a problem for them. There must be something essential for them to summon Borin in person.

”Count Edwin had issued some important missions. In fact, I summoned you for the same mission.”- Borin said with a grave voice. Just as he was about to explain, Ozul, followed by Raven and Blaze came in.

All the eyes came onto them as Borin welcomed them with a smile. Larry watched with a confused face as he thought he might have seen these people somewhere before.

When Ozul's group laid their eyes on Larry's team, it did not take them a minute for them to recognize their faces.

Blaze and Raven's faces turned frosty as they glared at Larry's team. However, Borin did not notice the weird atmosphere and gestured towards the trio to take a seat.

Ozul sighed and began to speak himself since he saw that Raven and Blaze could not take their eyes off of Larry's team.

”So, why are we here?”

Master Borin was confused as to why the 'not-even-a-Mage' kid was talking, but he answered nonetheless;

”I was just explaining this to Larry. You see, due to some reasons, Count Edwin in the Capital City has issued a secret mission whose details I can't discuss until you accept the task.”

Ozul's interest piqued when he learned that his 'uncle', Count Edwin, was involved. Borin continued his explanation;

”Also, due to the difficulty of the situation, you guys will have to work together.”- Borin said while pointing towards both groups.

When Larry heard that he would have to work with some unknown people, he wanted to reject right away. But a certain man with cyan-colored hair spoke out first;

”No! We will not work together with these scums.”-

Not only Borin, everyone else, including Roland, was surprised by his sudden reply! Larry gritted his teeth as he heard the insult. Borin thought that the trio did not know about Larry's team, so he tried to soothe the situation;

”You may not know them, but he is Larry—One of the only two Gold Rank Mercenaries in Adron City! Just the day before, he came back from an important mission.”-

But no matter how much Borin persuaded, he received no positive response from Ozul's team.

Larry's team stood on the sidelines with ugly faces. They felt like some woman who was unwilling to even marry, but was divorced!