[ Before I continue I would like to say that I will be using a lot of original characters or characters that come from games or animes, just to justify all of the Fanus and Humans. ]

"I want to be a huntsman," Whitley said to Kazuma but the man didn't say anything he just looked at Whitley and then at Rude.

'Really, good for you, so why are you telling me that?" Kazuma said to him

"I want to learn from you and Aqua," Whitley said to Kazuma hoping that the man understood what he was trying to say.

Kazuma began to look around his shop as if he was looking for something, however, he didn't say anything he just kept n searching until he found a large briefcase.

"We're not Huntsmen, Whitley, Aqua, and I are just people that do random jobs to pay the bills"

'Sometimes we do things that get us in trouble with the police sometimes, like yesterday, we go out and get things that no one knows about, and yeah sometimes we kill monsters" Kazuma said to him as he opened the briefcase and.

Kazuma took out a green cape and a sad smile formed on his lips, it was as if the man was remembering something that was now a distant memory.

Whitley turned to look at Aqua who began to show a toothy grin, it was as if she knew what Kazuma was thinking.

"Why don't you just go back to Atlas and study in their school?" Kazuma said to Whitley as he took out a brown belt that had several crystals still attached to them.

"Both my sisters went to combat school, but I'm not them, I'm not my grandfather and I'm not my father. I'm just me" Whitley said to Kazuma

"Oh yeah and who are you?" Kazuma asked him

"I...I don't know, I just know that whenever I'm with you two it feels as if I can be me" Whitley answered Kazuma

An awkward silence soon settled in and no one said anything, for a long time not even as Kazuma took out a staff that had a large pink flower at the end.

Kazuma threw the staff to Aqua who caught it with one hand.

"Atlas controls all of the Huntsmen, so we can't work like that, but it's a good thing that Aqua and I are adventurers"

"The rules are simple you listen to me and Aqua... you know what just listen to me" "hey," Kazuma said to Whitley as Aqua protested.

"And what are adventurers?" Rude asked Kazuma

"The same as Huntsmen, the only difference is that neither Atlas nor Mantle controls us" Kazuma answered Rude.

"...I'm in," Whitley said to Kazuma

"Okay, first thing is first do you know how to fight?" Kazuma asked Whitley who immediately shook his head unlike his sisters he hadn't been trained in combat yet

"Okay, what can you do?" Kazuma asked him

Whitley took out one of the dust bullets and placed it inside one of his guns, and fired at a pile of junk that was placed on a nearby table.

'I can hit things if they aren't moving, my mom taught me how to use a gun" he answered Kazuma.

'Good but what happens if the things your shooting at are moving?" Kazuma asked him, before pointing at the sword Whitley had on his back

"From what you just said that means you don't know how to use that thing," Kazuma said to him, however, Whitley didn't answer this time

"Don't worry kid I've worked with worse" Kazuma said to him before taking out a pair of long brown boots.

Kazuma took off his shirt and put on a white t-shirt before immediately putting on a patted light green long-leave shirt.

It was obvious that the long sleeve shirt was made to keep Kazuma safe from both the cold and it was reinforced to keep him safe from any attacks from low-level monsters.

On top of that he immediately put on the green cape that covered the top part of his body, Rude was about to move in front of Whitley when Kazuma took off his pants before putting on dark green pants that were just as reinforced as the cape and long sleeve shirt.

Before they left the shop Kazuma put on both the brown belt and brown boots before took out a short sword from the briefcase and putting it on his belt.

Aqua wore her usual blue miniskirt, sleeveless blue shirt, her hands were covered with white long sleeves, while her legs were covered with long white knee socks.

Her feet were protected by a pair of white boots, however, she now wore a long white coat, to protect herself from the cold, while on her head he wore a fluffy white ushanka.

She carried with her the staff that Kazuma had handed her earlier.

It was strange walking down the streets of Mantle and Whitley wondered why no one stopped to take pictures of them or why people didn't point at them and called them a bunch of weirdos.

Here they were two men dressed in all black and all-white suits, next to a man that was wearing a mixture of green and brown, next to a woman wearing clothes that weren't enough to keep him safe from the cold. climate.

Then as they continued to walk, Whitley understood why he had forgotten a very important piece of information.

The huntsmen dressed in ways that didn't make sense because of their Aura, their aura helped to keep them safe from the cold climate, meaning that a lot of them dressed in ways that ordinary people wouldn't dare to.

They soon arrived at a bar that had loud music playing in it, Whitley immediately noticed that everyone's eyes were on them.

As they walked up to the counter Kazuma asked for a drink but the bartender didn't move to get it he just leaned close to Kazuma and said something Whitley couldn't hear.

"They're with Kazima" the bartender announced

There was a complete shift in the people's mood and the tense atmosphere that had once been present was gone.

Kazuma signaled to Whitley and Rude to sit next to him as the bartender brought up several sheets of paper and placed them in front of them.

"Well, which one do you want?' Kazuma asked Whitley

Whitley didn't say anything he just looked at the papers in front of him, on the sheets of paper he could see the pictures of Grimm, plants, and houses.

"What ?" Whitley began to asked

"Adventures have to go up the ranks to get better jobs that pay moe, for example, you are at the bottom, so you have to finish two jobs to go up, from there the more jobs you do the more you get paid" Kazuma explained to him

"So what do you want to do, kill some low-level monsters, help fix a house, or do you want to look for some plants out there in the snow?" Kazuma asked Whitley

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[ Present ]

Rude walked up to Whitley and they both watched as Kazuma and Aqua were carried back to Mantle, it had been one close call after another, and they had nearly lost both kingdoms.

The Turks as the Adventures called his servants had managed to get two of the four engines on, but it had been a close call, just to get to them.

"It kind of feels like when you started, boss"

"Rude said to him and Whitley turned to look at his servant

'What I mean I..." Rude struggled to find the words

'I know, we nearly died" Whitley said to Rude

'Whitley" Whitley heard his older sister's voice and he found Weiss looking at him, she stood next to one of her friends while she held her sword in her hand.

Whitley could see the fear and desperation on her face.

"I'm okay," Whitley said to Weissas his servants ran up to him and helped him to his feet, they all wore the same back suit as Rude did.

Rude had said that it was a uniform that showed people that they worked for Whitley instead of his father.

'Sir, the adventurers are keeping Kazuma and Aqua safe, but I suggest" one of the Turks tried to say something to Whitley but he stopped the man as he walked up to his sister.

The two of them looked at each other, neither of them had ever tried to get close to the other, no that wasn't true.

Whitley had tried to get close to his sisters in the past, but it had always been Winter and Weiss there was never room for him, but perhaps now there was a small gap that he could fit in their lives.

Unfortunately for his sisters, their roles had already been filled by two others.

"Get any help you can get to Kazuma and Aqua" he ordered his servants, it was time he kept his promise.

Whitley walked past his sister, the same sister that had abandoned him long before she left the mansion.

][Sometime in the past ]