Chapter 2: A Bright Meeting

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It was morning

Constantine was in a library, with him studying a book of elemental spells "*If I want to get stronger, just trying to raise my magicules isn't enough. I must expand my list of spells.*" he thought determined as he was reading pages with great concentration, only for the sound of footsteps to snap him out and make him look behind him.

"Constantine..ha...ha...it's important!" said Dawn who was running and trying to take a breath.

"What's wrong, Dawn?" asked Constantine concerned and she raised a quest paper.

"A special quest emerged!" she said serious "It involves a huge number of monsters!" she explained.

"Such a quest would make us stronger and give us a lot of money!" said Constantine excited "Let's go make the necessary paperwork right now!" he said and began walking away, only for Dawn to grab his hand.

"The problem is that two parties are required for this quest, so we must first find another party." she explained.

"Eh?!" cried out Constantine in dismay.

After a while

Both were now at the guild which was full of people that were mostly quarelling "It sure is chaotic here." commented Constantine taken aback and then, two guys in armor appeared before them.

"Hey, you the party that took the quest paper, right? Then you have to let us join you!" said one of them, but they were pushed by another.

"No, let us!" said another guy and the duo was swarmed by many other parties, much to their dismay.

"Does something like this always happen," Aika asked Chloris as she was getting swarmed by the other parties with Zephyr, Haruki, and Kaguya.

"Y-you'd be surprised," Chloris grunted trying to push some of the people away, "dammit there's too many!"

"I-I don't like this!" Zephyr whined on the brink of tears.

"Hey, disappear!" shouted an annoyed voice from behind that proved to be Skia's, with her and Naomi pushing away anyone in front of them and the rest took two steps back as they got themselves between the crowd and Constantine and Dawn.

"Yeah, can't you see that you suffocate them?" asked Naomi calm but annoyed and as all that was happening, Draco looked behind him.

"Hey, isn't that...?" he wondered as he saw Aikaterini and her party and flied toward her "Hello there. I see that you too have some trouble with the crowd." he said to her.

"Y-yea, didn't know it would get this crammed in here," Aika replied.

"Think we should head out before it gets crazy again," Chloris suggested.

"I'm for it," Zephyr replied in her mousey shy tone.

"No fair...I wanted to show off to those assholes who's the alpha here," Kaguya smirked.

"Not here sister," Haruki sighed tugging gently on her older sister's sleeve shamefully looking down.

"By the way, you participated too in the entrance exams, right?" asked Constantine smiling "You were great in that second test!" he said amazed and an idea came to him "Hey, I know! Why don't you take the special quest with us? If we combine our powers and your Holy Magic, we can finish it quickly!" he proposed excited on the prospect.

"Sure, I wouldn't mind," Aika replied with a bright smile.

"AIKA!" her party screamed in shock in complete unison.

"Thank you." thanked her Constantine with a warm smile and went back to his party "Guys, you can leave, we found our party." he announced to the adventurers around them.

"What? No way! Think again!" were some of the things heard by the adventurers as Constantine went to the counter "We will take the special quest with that party over there." he said and the blonde assistant nodded and sealed it "Thank you." he said and went back to his party "Everyone, we will cooperate with the party there. Sorry for not asking you, but their leader is good." he apologized and they smiled.

"It's ok, you are the party leader and I trust your insticts." said Dawn with a smile.

"We are newbies in the party, but you showed us that you have good insticts, so all good! Just tell us when to go." said a laidback Naomi.

"I will be behind you in every action you take." said Skia in a respectful tone and Constantine then walked toward Aika.

"I submitted the quest and talked to my party, we are ready when you are." said Constantine smiling to Aika.

"Excellent, we're ready!" Aika proclaimed proudly.

"DID YOU EVEN ASK IF WE WANTED IN?!" her party yelled in unison.

"Is there a problem, ladies?" asked Constantine curious and concerned while tilting his head to the right.

"None, we're coming," Chloris sighed as she followed behind along with the others in mopping manner.

An hour passed

The two parties were now walking through a forested area, with Constantine's party being further ahead and in front of him while Aika's party was a meter behind them and she was walking in front of them. There was silence that was unnerving Constantine who took a glance at Aika's party and sighed, with him walking backwards and coming near Aika "Um...is there some tension in the air or am I imagining things?" he asked Aika whisperring nervously.

"Not used to meeting new people," Zephyr answered shyly.

"I mean, we've met some interesting faces but it's a first for us," Chloris replied.