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Is it wrong to seek answers?
Chapter 27: Guild Consulting 2: Dia Familia
OUTSIDE OF THE WHEAT MANOR - AFTERNOON
After the delicious lunch, everyone went outside, ready to leave.
In front of the Gate, several other adventurers from the Dia familia appeared, ready to move the carriage with supplies they ordered from Demeter for their 'home return'-party.
Before Ravus and the other Dia Familia members left, he turned towards Noct.
"I'll make sure, that we can talk properly this evening, see you soon, Noct" were Ravus final words before he left with his comrades.
"yes, see you soon too " Noct said, seeing how Ravus left.
(OPENING: Sawano Hiroyuki nZK: Mizuki – e of s)
After Noct, Bell, Lily, Hestia, Hephaestus, Tsubaki, and Welf said goodbye to Demeter and the others, they went for the city.
Hermes and Asfi also left soon, since they needed to be home as Hermes remembered.
It didn't take long for the waitresses to go eighter, only Luniore said she will remain for a while with her Goddess.
"Today was a crazy day for you all, right? " Demeter asked Lunoire.
"yes, to be honest, I really didn't expect anything like that to happen, but luckily we had strong allies accompanying us " Lunoire answered towards her Goddess.
"like Vanargand and Vana Freya ?" Demeter asked.
"yes, but that new young man of Hestia, he seemed like he's stronger than those two, and it was thanks to him that we didn't take too much damage from those strange monsters" Lunoire explained her point of view.
"Is that why you sat right beside him, hmmm ?" Demeter asked with a curious smile.
"w-w-what do you mean by that ?" Lunoire asked with a beet red expression on her face.
"oh, my dear Luniore, you know what I mean, otherwise you wouldn't have turned into a beautiful strawberry right now" the goddess answered while her child kept her face beet red, "don't be ashamed, I know exactly what it means to be attracted to a boy, especially if he's that strong and capable." Goddess Demeter added.
"p-please stop, Goddess, the others might hear us, and they won't stop teasing me," Lunoire said nervously, only for her red-colored face to disappear, "and besides, seeing how Allen talked to him and Ravus, he seems to hide something from us, which makes me slightly upset that he isn't being honest to me," Lunoire explained now with a rather sad expression.
This expression surprised Demeter since she never saw Luniore falling for someone that deep.
Lunoire already guessed that Noct didn't like to talk about his past, but what if Allen's suggestion is right and he and Ravus are involved in some kind of conflict.
"well that's true, I guess, but to me he didn't seem like a man with bad intentions" Demeter declared.
"r-really? " Lunoire asked with a happy and surprised expression.
"I cannot deny that he wasn't completely honest to me eighter, but you know, not everyone likes to talk about their past, and that's why no one should be bothered by that, so give him a little bit time, maybe when you both get closer, he'll tell you everything, right ?" Demeter explained.
"G-Goddess ! " Lunoire said while making a more happy expression while embracing her Goddess
Demeter embraced Luniore as well before they also said goodbye to each other, then Lunoire left with the other maids for their pub.
NORTHERN STREET - ORARIO – AFTERNOON
After Hestia, Noct, Bell, and Lily separated from Hephaestus, Welf, and Tsubaki, there were on their way home.
At this point, Hestia remembered about the invitation letter they got from Ravus.
She and her two children stopped, seeing how she opened it. Besides the common invitation sentences, she saw that they needed to be dressed formally. And that a carriage will come around evening in front of their homes, which meant for Hestia, that they need to be punctual as much as possible.
" Uhm Noct, did you by chance also bought some formal dress along with this new adventurer suit? " Hestia asked towards her new child.
"no, I didn't." Noct answered.
"Alright, then let's go, you have enough money, so the price shouldn't matter that much, right ?" Hestia announced happily since she remembered how much money Noct has right now, which means that she can finally try to buy something from these noble shops.
Noct wanted to disagree, but since it was about formal clothes, he agreed.
The 3 were about to return home so that they could take the money, but then Noct remembered something important.
"Goddess, I just remembered I need to go to the Guild, may I leave, please? " Noct asked with a rather serious tone.
"What? why ?" Hestia asked with a rather upset tone since that means she wouldn't have the chance to look around the noble shops.
"I need some advice about what happened today" Noct answered.
Hestia looked for a while.
"Alright, you may leave, meanwhile I and Bell will buy the formal dress for you" Hestia declared while pouting angrily, "BUT beware if you've gone too long, THERE WILL BE PUNISHMENT" she announced with a more strict voice.
"y-yes, Goddess, I'll be back soon." Noct agreed with a nervous smile to his goddess.
After telling Bell quietly on her ears, where he has hidden his money bag, he left for the Guild.
PANTHEON – GUILDS HEADQUATERTER - ORARIO – AFTERNOON
When Noct entered the building, he immediately looked for Eina, since he could depend on her.
But unfortunately, he couldn't see her right now. Noct continued looking around, and saw Misha, carrying some stacks of papers with difficulty.
He came towards Misha, who didn't seem to notice him and also put the stacks of paper on some desk.
"hello Misha, do you have a second? " Noct asked, surprising her.
Misha looked around, seeing it was no imagination. It was really him.
"N-Noct, g-good a-afternoon, w-what d-do you n-need ?" Misha said stuttering and beet red, still not believing that this handsome, strong adventurer speaks to her right now.
Noct could now see the red color on her face, remembering what he learned in the pub about girls.
At first, he didn't want to take advantage of that, but he needed this information no matter what, so Noct made a decision.
"I need some advice" Noct said, which caused Misha to stop immediately her paperwork and bringing him to one of the benches.
"I need information about two subjects" Noct announced.
"two? " Misha wondered curiously.
The other adventurers saw how Noct for some reason came closer to Misha, asking something, making her beet red for some reason, which made several adventurers jealous.
She didn't hesitate and took him towards one of the now-empty consulting rooms, saying that she'll be back soon while he has to wait inside. Noct could see that she was running rather fast. He hoped that she won't hurt herself.
GUILDS HEADQUATERTER – CONSULTING ROOM – AFTERNOON
It didn't even take 10 minutes, he saw how the door has been opened. But to his surprise, it wasn't Misha who opened it, it was a familiar looking, silver-haired Elf with formal dress, like all Guild staff, holding the door for Misha, who carried many books and files.
The only thing that surprised Noct more, was that Misha didn't seem to have difficulty carrying those, which was strange to him since he saw minutes ago how Misha had difficulty carrying a smaller stack of papers.
"Here I am" Misha declared happily, but when she was about to enter, she somehow slipped and fell on the floor, along with the books and files laying around the consulting room.
"Misha, you alright ?" Noct runs towards her.
"I told you that this was too much, why didn't you gave me some of them to help you, " Sophie asked Misha.
"Shut up, he asked ME for some advice, so I had to do it." Misha explained to
Sophie, who looked rather dumbfounded by Misha's answer at first,
could then see clearly why Misha didn't want any help since she also thought that this Noct Gar looked quite handsome, but that doesn't mean that she needs to hurt herself as much as Misha did right now, but that wasn't the only shock for Sophie.
As she looked towards the Book and files, she made a shocking expression, now forcefully taking Misha towards one of the room's edge.
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND, I can see that you have a 'soft side' for him, BUT THIS … " Sophie whispered angrily so that Noct couldn't hear it while showing Misha one of the Books with the label 'classified as TOP SECRET'
"HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET THOSE WITHOUT BEING SEEN BY OUR CHIEF"
"what are you talking about, I asked Chief himself. When I told him what I need and that Noct asked for it, he surprisingly allowed me inside the forbidden section."
This surprised Sophie, she briefly looked towards Noct, who also wondered what's going on with them both, "you wanna tell me our Chief trusts him? "
"if you would've just seen how Noct negotiated with him, you won't be surprised. " Misha said.
It seemed that Sophie started calming down a little bit.
After they took the books and files from the floor, all three sat each on one of the chairs, with the books and files on the table. Sophie introduced herself to Noct, who now remembered her after she told him that she was also among the hostages from today.
Noct asked if it was a good idea for her to work again, since she may still be too much stressed, but Sophie reassured him that she somehow feels safer inside the Guild than home, since the Guild is safer than other places in Orario. Sophie also said that working is a good distraction from today's event. Noct decided not to ask more and to continue.
"well Noct, which one should I start."
Noct thought for a while but then decided.
"The Dia Familia." Noct decided.
"Alright." Misha said happily.
First, Misha explained to Noct about the Familia came to Orario 10 years ago, and today consists of around 100 adventurers, half of them being high-class adventurers.
Their main Executive Members, also the founding members beside their Goddess Dia, include:
their Captain, 'Silverlight' Ravus Nocks
their Vize-Captain: 'Blue Aegis' Nick Sulric;
and the other two main executives:
'Green Cutter' Pelna Khara and
'Orange Blossom' Crowe Altius.
All 4 of them being at Level 6.
Noct wasn't sure why, but those other names seemed very familiar, so he asked more about the executives.
Misha started with Ravus telling things like that not only he's considered being equal with Ottar despite being still on Level 6 but also being orario's 'sexiest adventurer alive' many times since he's right now very popular among most girls in Orario.
When Noct then asked, what Misha meant with 'right now', she answered that before that, Ravus had a reputation for also being scary. 'Eighter he's scary of he's hot', that was a popular quote about Ravus until 5 years ago.
Misha then looked towards Sophie, saying that he's even handsome by Elven standards, which made Sophie deeply blush, who then said to Misha to 'shut up'. That's why Ravus is hated and scared by some of the male population, especially male Elves.
Noct looked towards Sophie, "does that mean you Elves consider humans and other races usually as ugly ? ".
Sophie became embarrassed by that question, "Not all Elves think like that, obviously" she said rather upset, „but I cannot deny that the 'conservative' ones do think like that, especially since Elves these days around the world leave their home forests for other cities to seek better opportunities as I did. And some of them even go into relationships with humans."
Misha continued with Nick Sulric. Like Ravus, he's also considered a sex symbol. But compare to Ravus, Nick is considered to be the 'personification of manliness', which makes him also to be respected by most men in Orario.
Then there is Crowe Altius. She's also considered to be beautiful, like Ais Wallenstein of the Loki Familia. And she's also known to work for the common public interest, especially when Orphans and poor families are involved.
And at least, there's Pelna Khara. While he isn't considered being as handsome as Ravus and Nick, he's said to be a womanizer. Misha then said that some strange rumors are surrounding him, like that he has many illegitimate children or that he frequently visits the red-light district. This gave Pelna the Label being the 'most hated/perverted one' among the Dia Familia.
This surprised Noct. While three of them are very popular, the fourth's is the most unpopular. 'how convenient' Noct thought sarcastically.
Sophie then added that, because of those Rumors, that she also saw how some of her Elven friends, were afraid when they saw Pelna, thinking that he might seduce them and it was incomprehensible how someone like Pelna could be in the same Familia like Ravus.
Then Misha added that those rumors couldn't be proved since, and that's why most people don't take this seriously.
Misha continued, that the Dia Familia not only is considered one of the strongest Familias of Orario, which Noct already knew but also that they are in charge of the 'Wareed Conglomerate'.
(ENDING: FM-84 - Running In The Night (feat. Ollie Wride))