Chapter 218 (1/2)

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Chapter 218

A Gathering of Those That Wish to Gather Around Us

A group of strange looking individuals approached Fran the moment she stepped outside the Adventurer’s Guild

All four of therey robes that covered them from head to toe and obscured their faces from view In their hands were staves made from the wood of a sort of old, knotted tree They looked like es, more specifically, the type you’d often see described in fairytales

Their appearance fit the stereotype so well that I alic did exist and whatnot The highly synchronized and nearly mechanical way they conducted themselves made them really seem out of place, and almost even suspicious

Appraising thees, but, none of the theic leveled up to 7

「What?」

Though they looked really suspicious, they didn’t actually see to harm us in any which way As a result, I wasn’t really able to figure out what they were after or hoere supposed to react to their presence

The four of theht, and the other to the left They then raised their staves to the sky, as if to create a corridor

A fifth individual walked through the newly created path Unlike the other four, he was dressed up in a fancy looking, gold embroidered, purple robe His staff was decorated with jewels, and clearly much more expensive

Another difference between the man and the four other individuals that accoht blue hair coood looks, but, I still couldn’t help but feel that he was kinda suspicious A part of me almost wanted to say that it was precisely his handsome face that made him suspicious

「I have been awaiting your advent, Milday」

「Nn? Who?」

「My name is Grakician’s Guild」

Grakant that they alht out of so

The Magician’s Guild was so we’d heard ofourselves with them or their meht? Wouldn’t that also hly doubted that to actually be the case Grakician’s Guild’s Guildmaster equivalent, but he really didn’t match up

He wasn’t that weak, but he was in no way a match for Dias or Klimut

Grake D ranked adventurer, and wasn’t even that skilled in htning Magic with their levels at 3, 1, and 2 respectively He basically didn’t have any other skills to note One could tell fro at his stats that he’d fully specialized hiical arts

My biggest question, however, came not from his stats, but fro to Fran as “Milady?”

「Your battles were nothing short of nificent!」

「Okay」

「The sight of you casting incredible spells, one after the other, has done naught but move me to tears!」

I guess that kinda e To hih-tier spells nonstop I’d been the one to cast Kanna Ka it without so much as even a chant

「Milady, I cannot but label you as an Arche!」

「Nn? Not e」

I figured that “Arche,” was probably a title, but it made me think of classes anyways I felt like Fran had probably unlocked a good few classes, and that it would be too bad an idea for us to go check

Grakma missed the response Fran and muttered under her breath, and as a result, ended up continuing on as if nothing had happened He pulled out a small box from his chest pocket, opened it, and showed its contents to Fran as he took a knee

The four es that accompanied him seemed to take his actions as a sort of cue, as they lowered their staves so that they were instead pointed forwards beforeas if to surround us

It al to initiate some sort of bizarre ritual I knew that wasn’t the case because they didn’t actually end up giving off any sort of y, but what seemed off still did seem off nonetheless, so I readiedthe

「Please take this」

「This?」

「It is a e that the Aiwass Magician’s Guild, has to offer Please, Milady, I beseech you take it」

「Prestige?」

The guild’s chief continued pushi+ng the box towards us despite the fact that we had no idea exactly what taking it entailed

（Master?）

『Hmm… I’m not really sure what to do either』

It didn’t feel like any of the fiveready to cast any sort of spell, so I kinda felt that there wouldn’t be any issue with us just taking theto us

「Please do

do accept it It shall serve to evidence your ability as an Arche」

They weren’t lying, and they didn’t see ardless

『They seem really suspicious, so let’s not for now This is kinda sudden, I’d like to look into the Magician’s Guild a bit 』

「Nn Don’t need」

「W-Why not!?」

「Seems suspicious」

「Milady, that simply cannot b-」

「Okay, how about we cut this off here for now?」

「W-Who dares interfere!?」

Soht as I started considering whether or not we should use force tous

「You Aiwass people never do change, do you?」

「Fermus?」

「Hey Fran, haven’t seen you since yesterday」

The person that’d inserted thee was none other than the forht yesterday, Fermus

「What are you doing!? Leave at once, adventurer! We are currently in the midst of an important ritual!」

「I know The whole reason I interfered was to prevent you fro said ridiculous ritual」

「And what exactly do you mean by that?」

「Don’tout of the ordinary」

It seemed es had see ready to perform some sort of ritual was because that was exactly what they’d been up to Specifically, they’d been getting ready to perforanisation

Fran would’ve been become one of their members had she accepted the medal she was offered