"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" A warrior smiled at me coldly as he cracked his knuckles.

"The only Magic Swordmaster that One-hit KOed Mitsurugi here." An archwizard said blankly.

"And the one who brought the princess here." the Crusader said in agitation.

"Look, guys, it wasn't like what they saw or told you..."

"DO YOU HAVE ANY FKIN IDEA HOW CLOSE WE WERE FROM GETTING EXECUTED?"

"If we didn't know where you two went, we would have got our heads chopped!"

The adventurers got more agitated as time passed.

"I am really sorry if you almost got executed because of that. But I did want to bring her back, so that's not my problem here. That was that Mizugi fella's problem." I

apologized to my fellow adventurers in an attempt to calm them down.

"Shut up! Stop shifting the blame on Kyoya!"

"You are just jealous of how strong he is!"

"Well, it seems pointless talking to you guys. Guess Imma head out for now." I walked towards the door without looking back.

At that night...

"Onii-chan! Save me!"

"Hang on, Iris! I am coming! Core change, Light Pegasus!"

I launched a Pegasus-shaped light at the void, but it was absorbed in a blink of an eye.

"Light Pegasus, huh? Such a beautiful and powerful constellation. But, not enough to take me down!" the void bellowed as it generates a pure black ball of energy and maimed me.

"Onii-chan!" Iris shouted as she got dragged into the void.

"Iris!" I charged towards the void, attempting to save Iris.

"Whoa!" I woke up abruptly and looked around. "It was just a dream."

But still, I know this dream can be true. After all, I can't protect Iris as I am now.

Feeling a little down, I left the inn and looked at the stars.

"A few stars shine pretty brightly there. What are those constellations? I think that's Aquila, Phoenix, and Wolf." I muttered as I gazed at the starry sky. "Oh right! I saw three outfits in my dream before as well. Maybe I should ask the blacksmith to create them as well. I would need to do some quests as well, so I can get stronger."

I went back to the inn after I felt a bit hopeful about the situation.

The next morning...

"No problem, leave that to me." the blacksmith said as he gave me a thumbs up. "However, it would take 9 days to finish the outfits. And you would have to pay 600000 Eris for each outfit."

"Got it, thanks." I answered as I returned the thumbs up and left the shop.

A few minutes later...

I entered the Adventurers' Guild, which turned silent the second I opened the door.

I walked in, grabbed a few quest papers and put them at the reception desk.

"Umm, Guardian-san? Are you sure about doing that much quests?" The staff member looked at me as if I was crazy. Meanwhile, the Guild was filled with whispers from other adventurers.

"Don't worry. I will finish them within 9 days. Just watch me."

"Did he just took an extremely hard quest and 8 slightly easier quests? The heck is he planning?"

"I dunno. But let's have a bet: Would the Magic Swordmaster keeps his word?"

'Of course that would happen.' I thought as I facepalmed internally.

"I say he wouldn't!"

"Me too!"

Within minutes, the Adventurers' Guild turned into a betting center.

"But still, no one bet on he would win. Alright, we need to sacrifice one-"

"I bet he can!" everyone turned around to see who said that, including me.

It was a boy with short black hair and red eyes, he wore a red wizard attire as well.

"As expected of He who is Mad in the Head. I know you would make the right choice." One of the adventurers commented, which soon followed by laughter.

"My name is Loby! The one who controls Explosion-"

"Yeah yeah I got it, sit down and shut up for a sec." I told the boy nonchalantly as I thanked him for his vote of confidence internally.

Then I turned to the rest of the lot.

"And... I wouldn't celebrate that early if I were you." I said to those who made fun of the boy in a calm manner. "Sometimes, being crazy is the key to victory. See you."

"Hey... Hey! Are you saying that I am crazy?" The boy yelled at me, who is currently leaving the Guild.

8 days later...

"It's the last quest, Guardian-san. I wish you the best of luck." the staff member smiled at me as she stamped 'accepted' on the quest paper.

"Gee, thanks." I replied nonchalantly.

When I left the Guild, the boy who supported me back then stood in front of me.

"I want to go with you." He said as he was trying to offer his assistance in a tsundere way.

"Um, no. See you around." I refused his offer and left.

During my way to the last quest...

"A dragon, huh? This is going to be a piece of cake!"

A second after I arrived at the quest scene...

"Shouldn't have said that."

ROAR!

"I really shouldn't have said that." I groaned.

ROAR!

"Shut up for a bit, will you?" I asked the dragon nonchalantly as I concentrated, and channeling light magic around my body.

"Sacred Thunderbolt!" I unleashed a network of light at the dragon. But unfortunately, that dealt a small amount of damage.

"Really? But I developed a new skill, to say the least."

A few hours later...

"You are officially finished! Holy Repulsion!" I channeled light magic into my sword and stab it into the ground, creating a large hole and damaged its wings as well.

"Alright, with that done, let's get back." I thought to myself as I grabbed its remains onto the wagon.

At the Adventurers' Guild...

"Congratulations, Guardian-san! You have completed the last daily quest today!" The staff member exclaimed happily as she stamped the 'completed' chop on the quest paper.

"Nice! And now..." I turned around and looked at my fellow adventurers.

As expected, most of them averted their gaze from me.

"OK, time to pay up madafakas!" I said.

And so, I have earned myself 15 million Eris.


A/N: Hope you all are enjoying the story, positive critiques are always appreciated, since I still have much to learn.