Chapter: 440
“Filthy casuals.” Jay whispered to Anya as he passed by some of them.
She nodded, agreeing with Jay’s verdict.
As they entered the courtyard, only about one hundred adventurers were there – however compared to the first training day they all looked much more menacing.
People with swords, maces, lances, axes, shields and armour were on the left, while spears, javelins, bows, daggers, crossbows and even some rapiers were on the right.
One guy even had a scythe. It seemed awkward to carry, but he had a confident, relaxed look on his face. He was waiting for something exciting to happen, as if this wasn’t exciting enough.
A few of the guards were standing in front of the association with their arms folded, stopping people from entering the building – at least until Anya walked up.
“Come on, Jay.” she said, gesturing to him.
“Staff and residents only.” a guard said as he saw Anya trying to bring Jay inside.
A few adventurers snickered behind them as they went silent, waiting for the look of disappointment of Jay and Anya’s face as they were turned around; they were like proud little goblins that wanted to see others be embarrassed and made to look stupid.
In every large crowd there were always a few people like this – mocking those who would speak up but never having an opinion of their own.
Thankfully, their smirks were quickly removed from their faces as Anya spoke up.
“He’s a resident. He just moved in today actually.” Anya said as if it were a matter of fact, as she opened the door and called to Margaret who was at reception before the guard could even say anything.
“Jay’s a resident, right!?” she called out while pointing at the guard.
Margaret looked back and gave a thumbs up with a smile to the guard.
The guard nodded in recognition; who was he to defy Margaret’s orders? There were times when she even ordered Sullivan around. It wasn’t like she had much authority, but more that no one wanted to get on the bad side of such a sweet person.
The guard turned to Jay and nodded his head to the side, as if to say ‘off you go’.
Jay obliged with a smile and happily went inside; it felt good to receive a sort of VIP treatment while the crowd of adventurers in the courtyard looked on with jealous glances.
*DROOOOOOOOooooooo!~~*
The horn continued to sound as they went inside.
It was relatively quieter inside, but now they could still hear sounds of feet rushing about upstairs. It was like the old building had woken up.
“Hello dear” Margaret said, as calm as ever.
“Hi, so what’s happening?”
“You’ll see soon dear… it hasn’t happened in a long time… but we’ll be fine.”
“You’re not going to tell me?” Anya was slightly shocked, Margaret had been like a mother to her.
Margaret only smiled gently, “You’ll see soon enough.”