"So you're planning to register as an Adventurer, even now?!" Asked Miranda. "So it wasn't just a random joke you were throwing around the other day? You actually intend to become a freaking Adventurer?! Seriously, Drake?"
"Yeah…" I sighed. "Can you stop treating me like that? I just want to know the culture, the job, and all of that, I am not planning on suddenly dedicating my entire life to be an Adventurer near some random town, but having the card is helpful, like the merchant card too."
"I-I guess… Sure, right…" She sighed. "I'll also register as one, why not?"
Miranda seemed to not believe it at first, but she ended accepting it rather quickly after that. The rest of the party had already gathered with us outside the Inn, and we were now walking towards the big Adventurer Guild, which was obviously located near the center of the city so everyone can know where it is, which is actually quite annoying.
The more we moved to the center of the city, the larger the quantity of people became, with enormous floods of people walking all around the streets. We also saw many carriages carrying all sorts of items in and out of the duchy's walls.
"Well this town is lively every single day, isn't it?" Wondered Benladann.
"Yeah, it is part of having such a lively atmosphere everywhere." I said. "The market is stable so there is people selling and buying products all the time, that creates a large population of people…"
"Babaahh!" Benladra suddenly pointed out at a passing carriage which was carrying large quantities of shiny jewels. They were all elemental spirit stones that the merchant was carrying with himself, they were probably going to be sold somewhere else. I had already gotten a lot, but it is nice to know that I can just come here for more if I even need any more of these materials.
"No, those are not candies, Benladra." Said Benladann.
"Bubah…" Sighed Benladra. "Nwo?"
"Nope." I said. "Candies are in the other area of the city, but we won't buy any today because you can't even sleep if we give you too much sugar, and your ability to reflect magic makes it hard to use dream magic on you."
"Yeah, she's quite a handful." Laughed Benladann.
"Oh so that's why you couldn't sleep last night, the little girl didn't wanted to go to sleep?" Said Yuki. "I guess you ate too many candies… I actually also ate a lot and couldn't sleep, I only slept like three hours, well, that's more than enough for a beast-kin like me! Also, isn't she like immortal or something? I don't think it matters that much but still…"
"Yeah, she's immortal, well, pseudo!" I said. "And even then, I wouldn't like her to not sleep, that's just plain bad for her health anyways… E-Even if pseudo-immortal! It just doesn't sit right with me."
"Hmm… I get it, I suppose that's what dads are for, worrying." Said Yuki.
"Did you even had a dad?" I wondered. "I always wondered if that gorilla I fought was actually your dad or something else."
"That wasn't my dad! I already told you that guy just wanted to kill me because I ended getting into his territory to eat some pears… And gosh, that's some old stuff you're talking out of nowhere now." Said Yuki. "I am actually an adult Rat Monkey! I was raised by my mom and dad with my other siblings and then we left the nest when we were big and fat enough. That's how wild beasts are."
"I guess you're still one then." I said with a cocky smile. "I-I am a beast-kin now! I have transitioned into one so you better respect that I identify as one…" Said Yuki while pouting cutely.
"Okay, sorry for misgendering you or something." I laughed.
"Geez, this doesn't have anything to do with that!" Said Yuki.
"Yeah, yeah, anyways, I miss when you didn't spoke, and you were always saying "Chuu! Chuu!" all the time, you guys wouldn't believe how cute she was back then, she was even my pet!" I sighed. "But now she's all grown up and the only thing she does is disrespecting me…"
"Hahahaha! I can't believe it; you were really a tiny little rat back then?" Asked Pekora. "I wish I could had seen that, Yuki!"
Pekora was laughing at Yuki's past without even seeing her before, but my words really struck everybody that had not seen her as an actual beast back then, the only ones that saw her being a beast were Skadi, Benladann, and I, I think… Or maybe Fuyu? I don't exactly remember when she exactly evolved. There's also the pair of crows and the wolf.
"So you were really a cute little rat back then?" Wondered Tisha. "Evolution can really do wonders, huh? I wonder if there are more people like you out there, former monsters turned into demi-humans."
"Perhaps… There should be some, no way she's the only one." I said.
"Ugh, stop talking about my past!" Cried Yuki.
"Hey, I do recall a bit from seeing her within Benladann, she was indeed a little rat back then." Said Miranda. "She was cute and had venomous claws like now. She's a really rare specimen."
"Uuuaaggh! Stop!" Yuki seemed to be dying from the cringe of recalling her past, but I was enjoying myself ridiculing her a bit after she gets cocky sometimes.
"Now we are here…" Said Rakasha. "All of you, stop goofing around so much. This big building is the Adventurer's Guild."
Rakasha pointed at an enormous wooden building with four floors, which had two enormous wooden gates open wide where adventurers entered with all sorts of monster carcasses and walked out with bags of money or stayed to eat something inside the tavern. It was the same than on those fantasy books, there were taverns inside the guilds! How is that even allowed?!
Without hesitating at all, we walked forward and entered the building, there was a lot to do.
