At Belcrest, a lot of people are gathering around the main hall to give their trade secrets or their journey story. Some of them are adventurers that tell their story, while the others are adventurers that will be told their story later.

And now Volya just opens the door after finishing his mission. His team member congratulate everyone and the team leader asks Volya,

"So, are you sure that you will not join us to drink together?"

"Ah... I'm sorry... I have one friend that is waiting for me now. I know she is must be lonely when I left her back then," answer Volya

"My... A woman... Wait, isn't Romain also staying with you? This girl shouldn't feel lonely at home, right?" said his team leader

"Well... He is in the middle of training with The Great Knight of Haegia... I doubt he will come back soon."

"Ah yes... I remember that."

"Then, once again I'm sorry about it."

"That's fine... After all, not everyone's schedule is the same."

"Then, hopefully, we could team up again in the future," said Volya

"Yup... It's nice to have you on my team!"

They then split up in the main hall. When Volya starts to climb up the stairs, the door opens again with exhausted Romain. He immediately calls Romain and just runs at him. Volya then says,

"So... How is your time with The Great Knight?"

"Today is exhausting... Even though there is no Sir Villias nor Sir Albert there..." answered Romain

"Ahahahaha... Good for you."

"What do you mean by good, huh?" replied Romain as he sighs more

"Then, let's meet up with Lucia now. Her shift should be finished soon, right?" said Volya ignoring Romain’s answer

"Should be..."

They then walk to the second floor and notice Lucia a little bit stressed. Volya then walks to her counter, put his mission identification, and says,

"Lucia! I already have done the job."

"Huh? Ah... Volya..."

"Huh? What is it? Why is your voice a little bit dejected like that?" asked Volya

"Well... You see..." said Lucia

"It's because two people just came to her and asked for something from her," said another clerk. A woman with short black hair wearing the same uniform as Lucia and a little bit taller from her standing besides Lucia. Her name is Selene Siggurdotter, Lucia's friend at Belcrest.

Volya and Romain look at each other with a puzzled face. Romain then asks her,

"What do you mean? Are those people harassing her?"

"Nope," answer Selene

"Or maybe they are a little bit pushy to her?" asked Volya

"Bingo," said Selene with a smile

"Come one, Selene... If it's other people... It should be fine..." said Lucia that started to annoyed

"Huh? If it's other people?" said Romain and Volya

Selene only chuckles while the two men become more puzzled with her reaction. Before Volya asks them a question, Selene then points at one direction and says,

"Well... Those people are still sitting there with one of them helping the other."

"Huh? Are you sure it's fine for us to disturb them?" asked Volya

"If it's them... It should be fine," answered Selene as she smiles at Volya

Every time Volya takes a mission and makes a team with another adventurer, he knows when Selene smiles like that it's never a good thing. He then sighs and says,

"Alright... I will look at... them..."

The moment Volya peeks at the direction where Selene pointed at, he notices a woman with bisque chocolate hair is writing something on the desk with two knights in front of her. He knows the woman, while Romain, who is also peeking at the point, also knows the woman and the two knights.

Romain then says,

"Isn't that... Gracia, Sir Phillip, and Lady Ludmila?"

"Wait... Those knights are Phillip and Ludmila?!" said Volya shocked

"Why are they... Wait... Don't say..."

"Did Gracia do something bad here?" asked Volya to Selene and Lucia

"Well... It's not something bad..." answered Selene

"No... For me it's something bad already," said bemused Lucia after hearing Selene answer

"If she didn't do something bad..." said Romain

"Don't say that she is..." continues Volya

"That's right... You guessed it right..."

The three of them immediately paused for a moment. Knowing the three of them sometimes act like a fool, Lucia immediately says,

"Before we continue... Are you sure that the three of you are on the same page?"

"Of course!" said the three of them, with Romain showing a proud face, Volya with a worried face, and Selene with a teasing face.

"Then... What is it? Answer it together..."

The three of them looks at each other and said together,

"She will join the knight rank with Ludmila..." said Romain

"She will leave Haegia..." said Volya

"She will become Adventurer~," said Selene

They look at each other with Romain and Volya looks at Selene for a moment. After that, they laugh together with Lucia said,

"Looks! The Guild didn't pay me enough to become your straight man role!"

"Oh, come on Lucia... If you were always angry like that, your face will full of wrinkle soon," teases Selene

"Come on, Selene!"

While Lucia and Selene having their banter, Volya and Romain are quite surprised to hear that from Selene. Volya is the one who asked them,

"Are you fine with her choice to become an adventurer?"

"It's fine," said one girl from behind him with full of pride

When Volya looks behind him, he can see that Ludmila, Phillip and Gracia are standing behind him. Ludmila then continues,

"Everything will be fine"

"But... What if..." said Volya before Ludmila cuts him

"What if someone knows about her, right?"

"..."

"You don't need to worry about that. None of the adventurers knows about it and the main guild only knows that the mage already dead,"

"With the addition, there is a contrast difference between her and the mage, Ludmila said it will be fine," said Phillip

"And Gracia looks eager to become one," continues Ludmila

Volya can't hide his surprised and says,

"You... Already put that into... consideration..."

"Yes," said Ludmila

Before Volya could ask anything, Gracia walks to Volya and says,

"Volya..."

"Eh, Gracia..."

"I choose this... to help you..."

"Eh?"

"You know... To repay... your kindness..."

"..."

"That's why... I will do this..."

Volya and Romain could see the determination from Gracia 's face and they only could smile a little. Romain the taps Volya's shoulder and says,

"So, what's your decision about this, Volya?"

"You know... If she is determined for it... Then, so be it," answer Volya

"Eh?"

"But for some earlier mission, please follow what I said... I will become your teacher and guide in your mission," continues Volya

"And I will become both of your shields," said Romain full of pride

"But, after you finished your training first, Romain," teases Ludmila

"I know, I know..." said Romain after hearing Ludmila

Gracia looks at all of them and a tear starts to fall from her eyes. Everyone looks at her and some of them start to panic. She then starts to laugh and says,

"Thank... you..."

Everyone that hears that start to smile and Volya says,

"You're welcome, Gracia."

"Then, now isn't it time for Lucia to explain the basic of Adventurer," said Phillip as he points at Lucia

"Wait... Isn't that Selene’s job now?" protest Lucia

"And after that, we will buy new gear for Gracia... Where should we buy that..." said Ludmila regardless what Lucia's protest

"What about Uncle Grigory's armoury? I believe he could help us with that," answer Volya

"That's a good idea... I also need to ask him about my broken sword whether he already finished repaired it or not," continues Romain

As they start to talk about what they should do next, Gracia smiles at them until Volya looks at her and says,

"Welcome aboard, Gracia! Let's do our best from now on."

Gracia looks at Volya and nods at him. She then joins the conversation with the other.

One week has already passed, Volya is standing near the door with Romain already outside the house. Romain already finished his training with the Great Knight of Haegia and he is back to take some missions from Belcrest.

And in the last one week, Volya helped Gracia to know the basics of Adventurer and visit Grigory's armoury to buy some gear.

As they chat around, Volya looks at the staircase. There Gracia is wearing a dark green robe, a brown belt with a knife on the back, and a bag. On her hand is the new staff that she could conjure if she is in danger.

Gracia then looks at the ferret that is waiting for her near her usual chair. She lifts it and puts it on the chair and says,

"Artimus... We are going to take our first mission... So, take care of the house while we are away, alright?"

The ferret looks at Gracia and nods at her. She then pats it's fur and then walks to Volya and Romain that are waiting for her.

As they leave, the house becomes quiet once more. The ferret starts to yawn, curls itself, and sleeps on the chair. It will wait for them to come back and revive the atmosphere in the house again.

And with that, their story as a group starts and later on it will grow and make its name to the world.