97 To the Royal Palace. (1/2)
They reached the Mercenary Guild as Raven and Blaze were both immersed in their own thoughts.
Ozul noticed how even the Mercenaries were gossiping about some special events happening today. As he heard their whispers, he realized what they were talking about;
”Dude! Tell me, what's the occasion? I just came and saw this!”
”Yeah. It's cool, ain't it—So many big shots appearing at the same time in the Guild.”
”You know I even saw the Wind Eagles! The Platinum Rank group!”
”Forget about them, did you see the beauties in the Blue Petals~?”
”Ya ya! All you think about is beauties!”
. . .
As Ozul passed by these people, he heard how many of the popular Mercenary groups had been sighted around here today.
Ozul was walking behind Blaze and Raven, so all the attention was focused on them when they entered the guild building.
Moreover, he also wore the Silver Badge and forced the duo to wear Gold Badges on their shoulders, which also shifted all the attention to them.
The recent news about their group helping Duke Edwin protect the innocent from a ferocious Monster had already spread to the streets.
”Pst... Look, aren't they...”
Instantly, the topic of their gossip changed to the trio. However, everyone only had Blaze and Raven in their mind. Their minds automatically discarded Ozul's figure.
Walking inside, no one obstructed their path even though there were many glaring at them from afar.
Lucy had been working behind the counter with a pile of documents in front of her. She instantly noticed the trio when they entered.
”You are here!”- She arrived before the trio. Specifically, before Blaze and her face turned red with embarrassment when he looked straight at her.
”...Okay, Follow me.”- Lucy said when Blaze had not responded to her even after staring for a minute.
As she led the way, the trio followed right behind her until they reached the office of Emory on the second floor.
Around tens of men stood outside the door, all wearing Silver Badges. Just as they were going to enter, the door opened, and a man wearing a Gold Badge walked out with big strides.
As the Gold Rank Mercenary walked out, he just gave a side glance at the trio and walked away with his group while snickering.
The trio did not mind that and just walked inside. In the room, Emory sat behind the chair with a teacup in his hands. From time to time, he would take a sip from it.
”So you guys are here. To be honest, I had thought that you guys had run away already.”- Emory said with a sneer.
He thought that since the group had shown up for the mission, it meant that his 'intimidation' yesterday had worked pretty well.
”Eh? When did people start running away from flies?”- Blaze asked with a confused expression acting as if he was genuinely puzzled.
”At first, I wanted to inform everyone Mercenary participating together in the training ground personally. But due to the urgency, you will have to go to the Royal Palace yourselves.”
Emory tossed a scroll that had the stamp of Mercenary Guild to Blaze, who stored it in his Spatial Ring.
”All other Mercenaries are gathered there. You will receive the task details from the person in charge there.”
The trio left the room with any pleasantries after receiving the scroll. Lucy wanted to stop and have a talk with Blaze.
”Ugh!”