A wooden table was set inside the guild, once again all sorts of food was placed Jaune- Pyrrha and Scar alongside his new slaves all arrived, the darkroom was nowl dimly light, before the three couldn't see their surroundings now a small speck of their surroundings could be seen.
However now Naotsugu was not present, the three ate in silence eagerly devouring the food in front of them. Scar drank wine as he ate fish and stake, Pyrrha carefully picked at several fish crabs, while Jaune drank cold water along with hard sweet bread.
As they ate they each took a brief glance of the empty chair that remained unused, yet Naotsugu's chair was not present, none of them had had any real training with each other, nor did they have any form of understanding of each other's way of thinking.
Yet they were expected to pass a test that would determine the rest of their lives.
As they ate the weight of what was to come began to set in, yet none dared to say a word, never did they realize that several sets of eyes were watching them from above. The Adventurers were now looking at the new additions to their family.
The three women ate eagerly yet they didn't try to say a word, they each took from everything and drank what was familiar to them, quietly they all cried, none of them ever beloved they could, would be able to do this again.
A warm meal and surrounded by people.
Tomorrow their fates would be decided but today they were all the same, people that had simply gone with the flow of what had happened, people that were so rounded by strangers and had nowhere else to go.
Tomorrow they will be sent into an unknown field, that had monsters, surrounded by people in the same situation they were in and yet they couldn't help but feel excited about it all. None of them had a past now, the people they were didn't matter, the bonds they had, now only they remembered them, it was a start from zero for all of them.
Scar remembered his brother as he looked at his right arm and allowed his power to flow, before his eyes met Jaune who was seated in front of him.
Pyrrha looked at her shield and short sword as she ate, long gone were the crowds of cheering people, no one knew who she was here, yet despite her mother and father not being there she wasn't completely alone.
Jaune looked at his sword and at his shield, each one had a number of scratches on it, a cruel reminder of the past that his weapons had, yet for some reason Jaune briefly wondered how many more would be added in the feature.
Far from the guild house in a tent guarded by defense bots, soldiers and some fanus Weiss sat next to a maid the woman graved her head in pure frustration, the fire inside the tent threatened to burn the tent itself, so the wood needed to keep it going was denied to it.
Slowly the wind outside began to grow in power, forcing those outside to rely on their clothes and keep moving in order to not freeze to death.
"What are you so against learning what I have to teach?" The maid asked Weiss.
"I'm not good at any of this." Weiss answered the woman.
"Everyone can do this." The Maid said before pausing a moment. "But the only one available at the moment is you." The maid said as she took another handkerchief and began to fold it.
"I wonder are you against learning this because it will put you under your father's thumb because you're prideful or because you're scared you'll actually like the results of this?" The maid said as he finished folding the handkerchief.
"I'm supposed to make someone I barely know." Weiss began only to be cut off.
"And because of that certain people have already signed trade deals with your city, your people are receiving medic in and the technology that is being brought in, is helping replace our own that can no longer function." The maid said as she took a dress shirt and began to fold it, before handing another to Weiss, who imitated her movements.
"We're two different people." Weiss protested.
"Who now have to rebuild from scratch, the only difference is that you're a noble lady born into your family and he's a married man that earned his position within his house." The maid quickly cut Weiss of.
"Better him than a complete stranger." Weiss said, remembering her father's words as well own.
"A marriage that benefits all is better a marriage that benefits no one." The maid said before pausing to look at Weiss the white-haired woman had perfectly folded the man's shirt.
"If I were to say no or just run away later." Weiss said, as she looked at the peace of cloth in front of her.
"Then you would seal the fates of many, in the short run, but in the long run you would seal your own. People won't just forgive and forget the one responsible for abandoning them in their time of need." The maid said, as she took a large pot and placed it above the fire and quickly throwing several dry pieces of wood, to burn.
"I'm the ruler not him, I may be forced to show face but it doesn't have to the same behind closed doors." Weiss said as she took a knife and began to cut some vegetables that were handed to her on top of a cutting board.
The maid smiled, before closing her eyes and whispering to herself. " The question is that when its all said and done, will you want to leave and run away or will you desire to be with him at the end.
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