A/N: Finished another chapter! CHA!

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Chapter 5: An Advisor, a Lazy S-Class and a Crafter

April 4, X792 - Late Afternoon

"Jean, would you just finish filling the papers out already," Cordelia sighed, rubbing the bridge of her nose from behind the large desk in her new office.

"I just have to make sure everything is in order," the blonde man replied as he leafed through the papers for the tenth time since he had come to the office.

"It's not a freaking life contract!" she growled loudly, "These are just papers to state when you became an S-Class mage and how you did it as well as you agreeing to the position and what it stands for. So just sign and date it already so I can put it in your file!"

Jean quirked an eyebrow over at her, "What has you all wound up?"

Cordelia sighed again as she laid her head on the desk, "Nothing…just stupid men."

"Part of me feels like I should take offense to that, but I'm sure it has nothing to do with me really."

"Sorry," she mumbled, "And no, it has nothing to do with you. More like a playboy who's too stupid for his own good."

"I always thought Eli was rather smart."

"No he's not! He's the biggest idiot ever!" she shouted, suddenly popping out of her seat and waving her arms around frantically. She then instantly froze once she realized what she had just said, "Ahaha," she began again with a nervous laugh, "How did you know it was Eli I was talking about?"

"It wasn't that hard," he said with a roll of his eyes, "You're not that complicated of a woman."

"I am so! I'm a total mystery!"

Jean began laughing at this comment, practically having to wipe tears from his eyes in the process, "You're kidding, right?! That's too funny! You?! A mystery?! That's like saying Hagi isn't a clean freak or that Matilda hates coffee!" he said loudly, continuing to laugh as he held his stomach and slapped one hand on his knee over and over again.

Cordelia felt her eye twitch several times before she slammed the man's face into the desk and papers, "Shut up already! How dare you talk to your guild master like that! You shouldn't even be in my office still! Just sign your damn name already and get out!"

Jean continued to laugh even with his face smashed against the desk while Cordelia continued to shout profanities at him. Due to their current actions, the two missed the door to the office opening and shutting until Bones lifted his head and barked sharply at the pair. They froze with Cordelia's hand still forcefully pushed against Jean's cheek as she looked over to see who had entered her office.

Cordelia recognized the seventeen year old boy as Sam Magus. Though, Sam came off as more androgynous looking rather than manly. He stood at 5'9" with a slim build and pale skin. His black hair was short but still long enough to reach the nape of his neck with a few bangs falling into almond shaped, brown eyes. His navy blue guild mark was located on the back of his right wrist. He was dressed a bit more seriously than most of the guild. He wore a white dress shirt with a dark blue tie along with a pair of black slacks and brown suspenders. He also had on a pair of brown shoes and a gold watch on his left wrist. Finally, he carried a small and simple pistol on his right hip.

"Afternoon Sam," Cordelia smiled at him.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything important," he replied quietly, his voice having a light tone to it which made it seem a bit androgynous much like his appearance.

"Ah, no," she answered, "We were just about finished up here if someone would sign the paper already," she grumbled as she finally released Jean from the table top.

Jean fixed himself, brushing his hair and clothes back in their proper places before turning to look over at the new visitor. Though, he quickly froze upon seeing Sam standing in the office. His body visibly twitched at the sight of the boy, causing Cordelia to stare over at him curiously. He had never been quite sure how to act around Sam. He always had an urge to flirt with the boy, but he had never understood why. He liked to believe himself a ladies man, even if he failed at it more often than not, but never in his years of flirting had he ever been attracted to men; so it was a rather frustrating experience whenever Sam made an appearance around him.

"Oi! Jean!" Cordelia shouted in hopes that it would bring him out of whatever daze he was in, "Sign the damn paper and leave already!"

Something seemed to snap in Jean the moment Sam took a small step forward. He yanked a pen out of the cup on the desk, knocking the cup over in the process and spilling the contents across the desk. He quickly scribbled his name and the date on the paper Cordelia had been shoving in his face. He threw the pen down and the paper towards Cordelia before making his way towards the window behind the desk.

"What the hell are you doing?! The door is that way!" Cordelia shouted, pointing to the office door.

Jean glanced back at it briefly, seeing that Sam was standing in front of it, "Yes, well, the window is right here too, so I'll be going now. Good day!" he called out before throwing the window open and jumping out of it.

"Jean! What the hell?!" Cordelia continued shouting as she moved to look out the window. She looked down to see the blonde man hanging onto the side of the ship, slowly inching his way away from the window and up onto the top deck. She felt a sweat drop roll down her head before moving back into the office and closing the window. She sighed as she sat back down in the chair, "He's always such a handful."

"I apologize if I caused you any trouble," Sam said, his tone still quiet and serious.

"No, no," Cordelia answered with a wave of her hand, "It's not your fault that he's a bit of a weirdo," she added before straightening herself out in the chair and turning her full attention on the boy in front of her, "Have a seat, Sam, and tell me what I can do for you."

Sam took his seat and was quiet for a long moment as he figured out how to exactly word his request. He wasn't very good at socializing and to speak with someone as social as Cordelia was a bit overwhelming for him, but he also knew Cordelia to be a genuinely good person and he had come to trust her enough over the two years of being in the guild and observing her along with the rest of the guild.

"Well," he finally began, feeling a bit of relief that Cordelia was being patient with him, "I wanted to know if you had any advisors at the moment?"

Cordelia was a bit surprised by the question, having always seen Sam keep to himself and stay quiet during his time on Storm's Helm. So for him to ask about an advisor position seemed like an awfully huge step for the boy to take in the social realm.

Eventually, she smiled warmly at him again, "I do have Zinnia, but I wouldn't necessarily call her an advisor. She's a close friend and she'll support me in most of my decisions without too much argument…kinda like a first mate I suppose, but unfortunately that makes her a bit biased. If I said the guild was going to head into Angel's Cove tomorrow, she'd ask how much ammunition I would need and how she could be of use to me rather than tell me that it's a bad idea."

"That is a horrible idea," Sam commented with a straight face, "No sane person would go into Angel's Cove without very good reason."

"Exactly," Cordelia said, "But Zinnia would follow me right in there if that's what I said we were doing…mostly to make sure I have defense and that I would come back out alive," she added with a laugh, "So like I said, I can't really count her as an advisor. Are you interested in that position?"

"Yes, actually," he answered, "With my knowledge and specialized Archive Magic, I think I could be very helpful. And I won't be biased in decisions. If I feel like you're making a bad decision, I will tell you so, so long as you don't mind that. Ultimately, all decisions will be made by you, but I feel it would be beneficial to the guild to have a second opinion as well."

Cordelia was quiet as she contemplated the boy's request. Unlike the decision she had made earlier with Matilda becoming her navigator, this choice was a bit more complicated. She knew Matilda's work first hand and had seen the woman in action before, but she had yet to really see Sam in action. She knew that he was highly intelligent, but sometimes intelligence could only take someone so far. They would also have to be street smart at times and quick to make a decision in dire situations. An advisor had to be confident and headstrong if they wanted to get anywhere with the person that they advised under. They couldn't be afraid to go against her own decisions if they felt that she was wrong. And the role called for more socializing than Cordelia had seen the boy do. While it wasn't a role like the guild master where one had to keep tabs on everyone and get to know everyone, the advisor still had to speak with the guild master and the navigator often as well as anyone who might be part of a battle plan. Cordelia felt a bit unsure if that was something Sam could handle. Though, as she looked at the young man across from her, she saw determination in his eyes. He had worked up a great deal of courage to come here and ask for the position today and this impressed Cordelia. She figured that maybe a position like this was something that the boy needed to bring him out of shell; and she trusted him well enough for the time being. She wanted to build on that trust throughout the entire guild and its members. If she turned Sam away now, that trust would crumble away into dust and she couldn't have that happening right after she had gained the title of guild master.

"All right," she finally answered, seeing slight surprise pass over Sam's face, "I'll take you on as my advisor, so long as you're up for the challenge."

"Yes, of course."

"You do understand that you'll have to talk with me often as well as Matilda as she is my navigator."

"Yes, I understand."

"And you'll be able to handle that?" she pushed, seeing Sam's face fall slightly, "Please understand, it's not that I think you can't do the job. I just want to make sure it won't be something that'll push you too much if you're uncomfortable with it."

"I…I want to push myself…in being more social, I mean."

"I see," Cordelia said, "Well then, you can start with myself and Matilda. Although, you may want to keep Matilda's coffee addiction in mind. She gets wound up pretty quickly, but I believe you two can learn a lot from each other, considering both of your magic types."

"I believe I'll be okay if it's just the two of you at first."

"Good to hear," she smiled, "Now then, take a few days to gather up any and all supplies you feel you need to do your job correctly. We won't be doing anything too major for now. I have a few things in mind and we'll discuss them in the near future, but I'm still settling into my new position as well."

"Yes ma'am."

"And no need to be so formal, Sam," she said as she stood from her seat and held out a hand towards him, "From today on, we're going to be good friends, so I'd rather you just call me Cordelia."

"All right…Cordelia," he answered, shaking her hand in return as he stood as well.

Her smile brightened at the use of her name before she began to guide the both of them out of her office, "I have to go check on something, so we'll call it a day for now. I'll let you know when the real work begins though, okay?"

Sam simply nodded his head as they made their way out of the office and up to the surface of the guild.

. : + : .

"Somehow this sake tastes better than usual," a young man said with a lazy smile as he sat his cup back down on the table.

"Could be because we're under new management," a slightly older man answered after setting down his own drink, being that of a large cold beer.

The pair sat just a few feet away from one of the bars on the top deck of the middle vessel and under one of the large white tarps to block out the sun. The second man also had a large meal in front of him while the first man simply stuck with bottle of sake.

The first was a man of twenty-four that went by the name of Securus. He never used his last name very often and only a few had heard the name Randal mumbled when it was necessary. He stood at six feet even with an athletic and toned build and tanned skin. His right eye was a deep gold, matching gold guild mark on his upper right arm. His left eye, though, was hidden by a black eye patch. His dark brown hair was messily swept backwards and he had five o'clock shadow. He wore baggy brown pants that were tucked into metal boots that reached just below his knees, having a slight gold tint to the metal. His torso was covered with a long, brown high collared jacket that stopped at his mid-calf. It was held together across his stomach by a large buckle with the Pergrande symbol of a phoenix. In his right ear had three small silver hoop earrings that were pierced through the upper part of his ear. Across his right shoulder down to his left hip was a line of .45 caliber bullets. The long rifle he used sat leaned against the table near him, having a wooden stock, no scope and the barrel was a deep obsidian color. Finally, hidden away within his jacket was a silver lighter and a pack of cigarettes.

The other man was slightly older at twenty-eight and was named John Morang. He stood a bit taller at 6'2" with a muscular build and a dark tan from working outside often. He had short black hair that was already starting to gray slightly and steel gray eyes. His body was covered with battle scars, but the most prominent one was the mark across his left eye. The man had been lucky that the scarring hadn't ruined his vision. His guild mark was also located on his upper right arm and was in black. He was dressed a bit simpler than Securus, wearing a light, white long sleeved shirt with an open neckline, a pair of jeans and tall leather boots. He kept his weapons on his person, having a cutlass on his left hip and a pistol on his right.

"True," Securus answered, leaning back into his chair a bit more while pulling a chair near him. Once the chair was close enough, he propped his feet up on it so he could relax properly, "The atmosphere in guild has lightened up tremendously already."

"I'm still surprised that you didn't try to take out Gordon much earlier," John said, "He did cast you aside after he took over Duke's place."

"As much of an asshole that man is," Securus replied as poured more sake into his cup, "That would have been a lot of work."

"And you're supposed to be S-Class," John mumbled, "I'm certain that Squall does more work around here than you."

Securus simply shrugged at the comment, having gotten used to people's frustration of his laziness over the years, "We can't all be workaholics like you, now can we, John?" he asked with a grin, only earning a grunt in reply from the man, "Besides, I'm more interested in what Cordelia has in store for us now. I heard her old man was one of the best guild masters in his time, so it'll be interesting to see how well she lives up to that."

"Well, she should be better than Gordon at any rate," John answered, "I've only been here a year, so it's only been Gordon that has run the guild."

"Too bad you weren't here while Duke was running things. Poor guy has bad luck though, considering he tripped during his fight with Gordon. I'm hoping he makes an appearance in the near future. He should be pleasantly surprised to see Cordelia as the guild master after taking that prolonged mission he's been on."

"Is this what you two do all day? Sit around drinking and gossiping about guild masters?"

The two men looked up to see Cordelia smiling at them.

"Speak of the devil and they will appear!" Securus announced loudly, "Come to have a drink with us?"

"I really would love to, but I have check on something beneath deck first," she answered, "Just make sure to save some sake for me, yeah?"

"Sure thing."

"Also, we need to discuss some things soon, Securus," she said, a serious face taking over her smile, "You haven't been a mission for a bit…at least not the specific type of mission I'm talking about. We should look into that soon."

"Yeah, you're probably right," he answered, rubbing absently at his eye patch.

John stared curiously between the two, but didn't question what they were talking about. He didn't really have time to think about it any longer as Cordelia's face lit up in a smile again and turned towards him.

"Thanks for continuing to work hard on the ships, John," she said, "It doesn't go unnoticed."

"You're quite welcome," he nodded at her, "I can also fix up that hole from this morning's fight. Jean did a pretty good number on the deck by burning a hole through it."

"What?!" she suddenly shouted, "It still hasn't been fixed?!"

"Did you ask someone to do it already?" John asked.

"I told Gordon to fix it! Since he can patch up a metal deck easier than anyone else in this guild! That good for nothing lazy bum!"

"Well, that was your first mistake," a deep voice began, a figure appearing in front of the table, "You should have been smarter in your decision, Miss Murdock."

Cordelia's eye twitched in annoyance as she turned to look at the man that spoke to her, "No one asked for your opinion, Kasra!"

The man's full name was Kasra Marechal and he was twenty-nine years old. He stood at 6'4" and his build was lean, muscular and well-toned while his skin was brown. His dark brown hair was a short and stylish undercut with the top half being heavily textured and thick, just barely reaching the nape of his neck. Though, most of his hair was covered by a dark orange turban, keeping it out of his black and heavy-lidded eyes. His dark blue guild mark was located on the underside of his left wrist. He also had a well trimmed and tidied moustache and chin patch combination along with a decent amount of hair on his chest, arms and legs. He wore a cardinal red blazer with black buttons that was left undone. Underneath the blazer he wore pastel blue t-shirt with a deeply cut collar that showed off quite a bit of his chest. He had on wine red pants and was currently barefoot at the moment. If it was necessary to wear shoes, he would normally have on tan oxfords. On the left side of his neck was a tattoo of Uranus and both ears were pierced with black ear-pipes the size of large buttons.

"I'm just being honest," he replied, "It's not like either of these two lovely men will give you honest feedback," he added, eyeing John's muscles a bit more than Securus's athletic form.

Securus rolled his eyes at the comment and downed his cup of sake, having been used to Kasra's attempts of flirtation. John, on the other hand, quirked an eyebrow at Kasra and scooted his chair backwards a bit to put some more distance between them. He had a hard enough time opening up to women, so there was no way he would give into the flirtations of a man.

"I wasn't looking for feedback, thank you very much," Cordelia huffed at him.

"A good guild master would take feedback though. You do wish to improve, do you not?"

"GAH! You're just as bad as Ingrid! You just don't shoot bullets at me when you see me!"

"I like to think of my words as bullets," Kasra smirked, "They seem to be getting to you quite well."

"Just…just…just go drink some of that fancy tea and read your books!" Cordelia practically snorted out in anger while she pointed to the opening that led to the lower parts of the middle ship. It was then that she realized that she would need to head into that general direction soon and she quickly stopped the man from heading that way, "Wait! Actually you should go hit up Eli and Seth. They just got back from their mission and I just know how much they would love to see you, especially Eli. You make sure to give him a bit of extra attention. Poor thing needs it."

"Both men are quite aesthetically pleasing and it has been some time since I've seen them. Thank you for the information."

"Yeah, yeah," she waved him off, glad that her plan had worked, "They're probably over in the men's dorms."

Kasra nodded to her before making his way towards the ship that held the men's dorms. Cordelia sighed as she turned back to Securus and John. John wore a look of thanks aimed towards her while Securus wore a lazy grin.

"Poor guy needs attention, huh?" Securus asked with a chuckle, "Just sounds like you're pissed off at the poor guy."

"Shut up," she grumbled, "He deserves it anyways. Now then, I have other matters to attend to, but you save that drink for me!"

"Of course," he answered before she walked off down in the lower realms of the ship.

. : + : .

Cordelia made her way through the halls of the ship, coming to large opening every few halls. Each large opening held something different from small restaurants and bars to a large library to a game room and so on and so forth. Since this vessel was the largest out of their fleet it was easy to use it for a number of things. It even held the 'house' that Cordelia and Ace grew up in on one of the lower floors. Her mother had insisted on having a home for her family even on a sailing guild, so her father had managed to turn part of one of the lower floors into a large home for their family. It also held many workshops within its layers, one of which she was making her way towards now. She turned one last corner and walked through an open door that led into a weapons workshop.

She saw two women in this shop, one being the person she had come to see and had owned the shop. The owner's name was Vi Garrot. She was a woman of twenty-eight with a tall height of 6'3". At first glance, she appeared to be scrawny looking, but really it was all just wiry muscle on her. Her hips and shoulders were narrowly built and at times she had a very gaunt, skeletal look, but Cordelia knew better than to underestimate her. She had seen Vi knock out men that were big and buff when they had agitated her enough. Her skin was dark brown and splattered with freckles, making her yellow guild mark on her left shoulder pop when it could be seen. Her wiry dark green hair was tied back in a handful of shoulder length dreadlocks, keeping them out of her narrowed, yellow eyes. She wore a white, long sleeved t-shirt that was soot stained and slightly frayed around the edges. She had on a pair of dark brown overalls, steel-toed boots and a yellow, plaid bandana tied around her head. She also had a couple of tool belts slung around her hips, sporting an odd assortment of items, materials and protective gear.

Vi was hovering over a rather large weapon while the other woman in the room watched her work curiously, having always liked the challenge of trying to get the weapons crafter to open up a bit outside of work related talk.

This woman was named Yvonne MacTrevors, but normally went by Mac by most of the guild. She was a little younger than Vi at twenty-five and she was rather on the short side at five feet even, almost making her look like a dwarf standing next to Vi. Her build was a bit more filled out than Vi's, but she was still rather slight and small. She had a nice light tan with gray eyes and auburn hair that was wavy and reached her mid-back. Though, she kept her hair up in a ponytail aside from the small hair braid that hung on the left side of her face and her bangs hung over her right eye. Her light lavender guild mark was located just below her throat and she had two small silver loop piercings in each ear. She wore a sage green shirt with a small v-neck and showed off a bit of her midriff along with dark trousers that were tucked into high black boots. Around her right thigh was a sage green bandana and she had sage green wrist guards. Over top of her shirt she wore a dark overcoat with long sleeves that were rolled up to just below her elbows and it had hard leather shoulder pads. The oak staff she normally carried with her was leaned up against one of the walls of the shop.

Cordelia had also hung out with Mac a few times since the woman tended to hang out with Zinnia from time to time. The first time she had met the woman, she had thought of her as rather gloomy and depressing. She was surprised that Zinnia had befriended someone who seemed so down all the time, but leave it up to her best friend to bring out the best in someone. They had quickly found out what a prankster Mac was and that she could be a rather open and honest woman who could also be loyal to a fault, so it was quite easy for Cordelia to get along with her now. Though, she couldn't say the same for Vi. The taller woman was beginning to show a look of annoyance from Mac continuously asking her questions and interrupting her finishing touches on the weapon. Cordelia took that as her cue to make her presence known.

"Yo! Mac! Vi!" she began, causing both women to glance over at her. Vi simply nodded at her before turning back to the weapon while Mac made her way over towards her, "I'm surprised to see you in here," she said, looking at the auburn haired woman.

"Yes, well, I just happened to be walking by when I saw what Vi was working on," she said while nodding over towards the weapon, "It seemed rather interesting from just the sheer size of it."

"It's actually why I'm here. Vi told me that it would be ready today, but I hope you haven't been causing her too much trouble. I know how you like to play pranks.'

"Don't go spreading it around," Mac mumbled, "It'll start to give me away. But that weapon is for you?"

"Yep, sure is. Is it finished, Vi?"

The older woman did one last once over on the weapon before turning towards Cordelia, "It's ready," she answered with a stoic face, though there was pride and passion shining in her usually unexpressive eyes.

She stepped out of the way to show off a huge anti-tank rifle that was a couple yards in length at least and weighing in at one hundred and twenty pounds when it was unloaded. The 30mm, single shot cannon could use various types of shells, Vi having made two types for the cannon so far. The first was made of depleted uranium with silver for piercing armored targets and the second shell types were incendiary napalm rounds made for destroying large groups of opponents. Vi had been able to make six rounds of each shells for the cannon so far and had agreed to make more for Cordelia when she needed them.

"What do you think?" Vi asked, "I made everything to your specifications."

Cordelia stared at the large weapon, practically drooling at the sight of it. Her eyes instantly began to sparkle as she jumped all around it to get closer looks at it, "It's perfect, Vi! She's so beautiful!" she shouted happily as she ran her fingers along the barrel before picking up one of the uranium shells, "Does she have a name?!"

"I chose The Defender for her," Vi replied, a ghost of a smile appearing on her lips.

"It's absolutely perfect!" Cordelia answered, her eyes still sparkling over the new weapon, "Thank you so much for doing another amazing job! I don't know what I'd do without you and your Crafting Magic anymore!"

"Wait, wait, wait," Mac finally spoke up, "You're actually going to use this thing in battle? Who do you think we'll be going up against? The entire army of Fiore's Rune Knights?"

Cordelia stopped fawning over the weapon momentarily to look over at Mac, "You never know when something like this is needed! I did just use my Tsar Cannon yesterday on Gordon! Ohhhhhh! I could test out this little baby on that metal head! Or at least threaten him to fix the top deck with it!" she said, trying to think of a way to at least shoot off one of the shells to test it out, "Besides, I'd rather have the extra firepower than not at all. Speaking of more firepower…" she drifted off, looking back towards Vi, "You think you're up for making another weapon?"

"Of course," she answered evenly, "I'd rather have too much work than none at all," she added, copying off of Cordelia's previous comment.

"Great to hear! I'll come up with a new weapon soon and then we can work out all the details like we did with this beauty," Cordelia said as she patted the cannon, "Thank you very much for the excellent work, Vi!" she said before recalling the weapon into her re-quip space along with the matching shells.

Vi simply nodded at her before turning to start work on her next order.

"Sometimes I forget how weird things are on this ship," Mac said to herself as she watched Cordelia practically skip out of the shop, "And I've even been here for seven years and things still manage to catch me off guard," she added before grabbing her staff and exiting the shop to go hunt down something to do for the evening.

A/N: And there we are! I hope you all enjoyed it!

Credits

Sam Magus - reven228

Securus - PlaguedAmbition

John Morang - mrady

Kasra Marechal - Cat the Alien

Vi Garrot - Vulkodlak

Yvonne 'Mac' MacTrevors - silverhawk88

So I know there wasn't really any action in this chapter, especially compared to the last chapter, but I still had fun with it. Plus, not all of the introduction chapters will be action based since many of the characters use their time on the guild to relax before going on missions.

Also, I do have a list started on my profile of upcoming arcs for Storm's Helm if you'd like to check that out. I meant to mention that last chapter.

The inspiration for Cordelia's new weapon actually came from the weapon that Seras Victoria uses in the Hellsing series called the Harkonnen. I was originally going to give her a normal rocket launcher, but then I suddenly remembered what Seras's weapon looked like and so I pulled it up and was like, hell yeah! That's definitely being added to her collection! So you can check out the Harkonnen if you'd like a reference of what it looks like. And it's the Harkonnen I not II. Although, II is super badass too!

Ah let's see…I think that's about it for right now other than the reviews!

So thanks to all of you that reviewed last chapter!

IdentityCrisis.03 - Yeah, Matilda was really fun for me to write, so I'm glad you liked her too. Yep, Jean definitely got his pride back with that win! And yeah, Haruna can definitely pack away the food, lol. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Momochan77 - Glad you liked both Seth and Eli. I quite enjoyed writing them! And I'm glad you liked Matilda too. And soon we'll get to see Mia's interesting side with the drinking as I have a plan for a chapter here soon for that to happen, lol. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Sakura-Fiction - Yep, Jean got that S-Class spot! And I'm glad that Haruna turned out so well for you! She was totally fun to write along with Sho! And lol, Eli probably won't figure it out that quickly. But I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

PlaguedAmbition - Glad to hear you're enjoying the fic and its fights! And I hope Securus turned out well for you in this chapter. I really enjoyed writing his character. And I hope you enjoyed the chapter as a whole!

DarkHyena - Glad you enjoyed the last chapter! And the free for all battle too! And yeah, Eli will be quite the ladies man, lol. And we'll eventually get to see all the mages in action, especially in the next arc, so we'll get to see just how tough Seth it. And lol, I hope this was a quick enough update for you. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Benthino - Your compliments are as lovely as ever! But I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the last chapter! It was a lot of fun to write! So I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well!

GhostOfOnyx - Happy to hear that you enjoyed Matilda's character! And I'm glad you enjoyed that battle royal as well as Jean taking that S-Class spot. He definitely redeemed himself. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Joshua1277 - Yep, Matilda is a bit impressive when it comes to that coffee and naps, lol. Haha, what can I say? Eli is definitely a ladies man. And yeah, that battle royal was bound to tear up something on the ship. Though the middle vessel it was on is actually a metal ship rather than a wooden one, but still, that doesn't change the fact that a hole was melted through it, lol. And yep, Jean got to redeem himself by getting the S-Class spot. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

XLil MEkoX - Glad you enjoyed Matilda's introduction! I had a lot of fun with that one. And yeah, Gordon had an impression on mostly everyone, even though it was more of a bad impression, so they're bound to talk about him. Yeah, we finally got to meet those boys! Glad you liked them! And I'm glad you enjoyed the battle for the S-Class spot! And I'm happy to hear that I was able to get Ajax right for you! And I thought it would be funny to pit him against Haruna, considering that brotherly side he has to him, lol. And thanks for the virtual cookies and coffee, lol. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

reven228 - LOL! Definitely a day of infamy for Jean! But I'm glad you enjoyed that last chapter so much! And I try to be quick with the updates since I know how it feels to be waiting for one, lol, so I'll continue to try to keep the quick updates coming for you all. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Ogrespi - Glad to hear you liked Matilda and her interactions with Cordelia! And yeah, battling it out for spots is simple, but like you said, it suits them and it's a lot of fun for me! And yes! The infamous Eli makes his appearance! He's bound to shake things up in the romance department, lol. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Origm2012 - I thought it would be interesting to see a younger guild master, so I'm glad you're liking that aspect too. And I'm glad you enjoyed Matilda's character too. And I'm so glad to hear that Seth turned out well for you! I really did have a lot of fun with his character! And yeah, you are correct with the nameless mages fort he guild. There's a bunch of them all across the guild and they'll really have no importance other than filling in spaces, lol. But it made sense to add them in there for the size of the guild and for how long it's been around. And I'm glad you enjoyed Haruna and Sho. The pairing was fun for me to write. And I'm glad you liked that fight between Jean and Rin. I was really into it when I was writing it up, so I'm glad to hear it turned out so well. We'll get to see more in the future too between them. So I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well!

ThePrinceOfLight - I try to make my updates fairly frequent since I know how it feel shaving to wait for a chapter, so hopefully they should continue to come out pretty quick if I can help it. But I'm glad you enjoyed Matilda's character. It seems that most everyone enjoyed her too. And I wish I could drink more coffee like her too, but that's probably not the best idea in real life, lol. And I'm glad you enjoyed those battle scenes. They were a lot of fun to write. But yeah, Jean finally got to restore his pride with that battle royal. And I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the scene with Seth and Eli and Cordelia. Poor Eli will probably mess up in the future again…and again…and again, lol. Hopefully he won't take too long in figuring things out. But I'm glad that you enjoyed that last chapter and I hope you enjoyed this one!

frozenwolf94 - Glad to hear that you enjoyed the last chapter as well as the fight scenes that were in it! Yeah, that Jean and Rin fight was a lot of fun to write and I'm glad to see that it turned out so well! I'm glad someone picked up on the Supernatural reference with Eli! That's one of my favorite shows ever! So yes, Eli's inspiration came from both Dean and Sam, leaning more towards Dean of course (even though Sammy is my favorite!). But that show and all its feels! UGH! Anyways…lol, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

LightandDarkHeart - Glad to hear that you enjoyed the battle royal for the S-Class spot! And I'm also glad you enjoyed Matilda's character. I'm sure more entertainment will come from her in future chapters! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Dreadburner94 - Matilda is definitely an interesting character and she should make things quite entertaining for future chapters as well. And yep, Jean got to redeem himself by getting that S-Class spot! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

That's all I got for this chapter!

I'll have the next one up soon!

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Yours Truly,

MyDearWatson