A long time ago, someone once said."Don't make any enemies that you can't fight off."

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Taluks landing, a place for people to find jobs in city, start a new business.

There is opportunity for every hardworker, along with it's trade district, it had a great range of hotels.

Gambling was the norm of the hotels, earning it the name of gambling street.

Rich and powerful people came to do business deals in these hotels.

And the service provided by the hotel staff was top class. Making it a famous place for people to stay.

Goods was tranported through land routes and sea routes daily, so the population of the place was out of control too.

The mayor of the city issued special passes to the priviledged, allowing only the upper class to enter certain some part of the city.

As for the princess, she thought it was a good place for her to begin her dream job.

So much trade, so much population, so many rich people, they need security.

And to become a first class adventurer, it was the perfect place for her.

"Ms Selena... are you leaving this early?"

The princess, now named Selena was in one of the top class hotel. She had changed her face, and with the money she had, she easily rented a room in the hotel.

With her black hair and a bit harsh voice, that she practiced while in her journey to Taluk worked.

No one will even consider her the same princess that got lost 3 weeks ago.

"Yeah!!.. here are the keys."

She handed down her room keys and get out of hte hotel.

"Next stop... adventurer office."

There was a very unusual smile on her face.

She didn't get on any transport carriage, while walking on her feet, she navigated through multitudes of people and children.

She even saw some prostitutes, but instead of scorn, there was a hint of pity in her eyes.

Even though she lived in castle, she was informed and taught of how the society functioned.

She went thorugh streets where merchants sell their products and wares, but as usual she ignored it all.

The place she wanted to go was situated in the center of the trade district.

The best place to issue and take some jobs.

After she reached the adventurer office, the ground floor was filled up to the brim.

Smell of sweat was in the air, from young looking mercenaries, to the old veterans.

There was no distinction of men and women in this kind of job, if you want money perform your job perfectly.

Though most of the woman were rough looking with buldging muscles, Selena was an oddball.

And her appearance sure did attract the eyes of some wolves in the building.

"Little girl... what are you doing here!! it's not a place for people like you...!" Getting out of all the crowd and men with lusting eyes, was a woman.

She had a scar on her face and tanned skin. The woman worried for Selena's saftey, so thought to call out to her.

"I wanted to join the guild!!"

The woman looked at the sword on Selena's waist, and nodding said.

"Go to the 2nd floor... and come back to me after you have registered."

Understanding the womans intentions, Selena thanked her.

"Miss can I know your name....?"

"It's Carrie.. from Violet rose."

"My name is Selena."

After talking for a while, Selena went upstairs.

There was less crowd , when compared to the gorund floor.

There were 2 counters with people standing in queue, One had the issue a quest or job, the next one was miscellaneous registry.

She went and stood on the back of 2nd queue, waiting for her turn.

After the woman on the counter provided her a form, she only gave out her name and on class, she wrote swordswoman.

She didn't wanted people to know about her light magic. It might gave her identity away, and she also dreamed to be a swordswoman for a long time.

After giving the mandatory fee for registering, she had been given a metal plate with her name and the lowest ranking on it, the F-rank.

There is no need for evaluation here... as the ranks increase based on the jobs one had done.

She got down and found the woman named Carrie.

Carrie was talking with some of her friends, but noticing Selena, she left them and came close to Selena.

"Is it done?"

"Yes....!!"

"Well then come with me... my group is the only women mercenary group in the city."

Carrie took Selena to her friends and introduced her as a new party member, for registering under a group, another form is given out and Selena without even feeling suspicous of Carrie's friendly behaviour, joined her group.

It got all over in blink of an eye.

"When you are done adapting... come to this address." Carrie handed out a piece of yellow paper.

"This is the address of our company, we mainly work in protection of female customers and nobilities."

"Thank you!! I will come tomorrow."

She left the guild and started thinking of her encounter.

-'A recruiter.'

Why Selena didn't felt suspicious of Carrie was because, she understood the job that Carrie was performing, luring new adventurers in the group to increase it's strength. Both the new adventurers find a way to gather experience, as for the company, they got to brag about their strength.

She was going to need some new stuff, beside her rusted sword, and crappy leather armour.

-'I am just beginning.... a good sword and a chainmail will be enough.'

She didn't wanted to waste money on it.. all the money she had has been used to rent a room at a prestigious hotel for 2 months.

Even though she left her home, Selena didn't want to lose her luxurious life style.

She had been planning to earn enough money to cover her expenses.

-'And I can't sleep on those dirtied beds.'

What actually forced her to live in a good place, is because she had heard how the lower class hotels are used by men.

She walked in the market and came in front of various establishment, selling good quality equipment.

But knowing that, to live a clean life... she needs to sacrifice luxurious goods.

In some cases, she went inside some of the stores, only to be get down after seeing the price of even the lowest quality sword.

"*sigh.... I should have taken the cleaver with me."

The cleaver is a giant sword, pased down in Girasia royalty, it was like the symbol of family, as the 1st king of Girasia kingdom used to create a sea of blood to unsurp the then oppressive government.

She searched for other stores, and at last going into low class shops, only to find the quality of products very bad, not to her taste.

-'There must be a gem in all this crap'

She searched and at the evening came across a shop owned by a dwarf, it was inside an alleyway, not a good place to conduct business, but it was close to the guild.

*ting...*ting..

"Is anyone there?"

Entering the store, she came across a very sour smell that she had gotten used to.

It was alchohol.

"Yes mam... do you want anything.?"

From the back of the store came a dwarf, he was covered in dirt, and covered in sweat, and from the sound Selena heard while entering, he was probably rearranging his wares.

"Yeah!! I want to see some swords."

"Miss I was a little busy today... can you come tomorrow.?"

-'The day is wasted.'

"Can I look around a bit... you see I have searched for a weapon the whole day... And with all these expensive price tag I can't afford their product."

Seeing the look in The girls eyes, The dwarf nodded.

"Look around if you want... I will be in the back... call me if you like anything."

"Thank you!!"

The dwarf went back to his work, with Selena starting to check through the wares.

-'It's much better than other places...'

She was satisfied with the quality of products in the shop, It was comparable to big stores, except there was no rune or enchantment done with the weapons.

She browsed through all the goods. and came across a slightly tilted sword, It had a silver hue to it, and was made of iron.

"Mr.... I found it..!!"

The dwarf came back from his work, with a spear in his hand.

"Here take a look at this..."

He handed her the spear.

"I wanted a sword.. not a spear."

"Nah!! I am not selling it.. I just want you to check it..."

She took the spear from the dwarf, and held it in her hand. She could feel a chaotic energy running through the spear.

It made her spine shiver.

"What is this?"

"Pour in some mana." Was the only comment by the dwarf.

She was hesitant at first. She didn't had a good feeling about it, but seeing that the dwarf meant her no harm, she did as was told.

The chaotic feeling she got disappeared, and a gentle wave of green light covered the spear.

Instincttively, she thrusted the spear in the air to feel the smoothness.

*Boom

"An enchanted item?"

"Yeah girl... I just got an enchanter boy to work for me..."

Then pointing at the sword that Selena selected."Bring it when you have enough money... I will have it enchanted at cheap."

-Well... cheap is good.

"Thank you!!... then what will be the price to enchant this sword.?"

"Huh!! well you will be our first customer when purchasing an enchanted equipment.... Then how about 7 silvers?"

The sword she selected was 3 silver, and with enchantment it would have been priced at the minimum of 10silvers... she was saving a lot of money, considering that 771 got only 2 silvers, when he got out of prisoner.

"Can you enchant for me... I got enough money right now.. I will give you half now and the other half when the job is done."

Taking 3 silvers from Selena's hand, the old man looked up and told her.

"Come till afternoon...."

Taking the money, The dwarf started to note th enetry in the register.

"What's your name girl?"

"It's Selena."

He noted her name down and rip a piece of paper.

"The name's Kofir... come with this paper tomorrow and take your sword back."

She took the paper from Kofir's hand and took of after thanking him.

It was a long day.. and she was able to get a good deal for her hard work.

-'Now a long bath in the tub will be good.'

For 2 months, she was not worried for food and a place to stay, she had already used the 50 gold she had on the hotel.

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In a room stood a boy.

He was sitting on his knees.

By his side was a picture of his parents.

"Need ink!!"

He cut down is nerves on his wrist, and blood started to flow like a river.

He put all of that in an alchemical pot, before sucumbing to death of blood loss.

The boy was humming a pleasnat tune all this time, it was pretty soothing to the ears, which would make anyone hear it feel happy.

The sun was already down, and 771 died again.