Welcoming the new party member and a big reveal!

Marie says,

"Oh this guy is a new adventurer, well... not really new but he registered last week since then he didn't get into a party, it seems like no one wants him because he is a new guy. Well kid, introduce yourself to them."

He has long black hair with brown eyes, he is as tall as Vivi, he looks kind of cute for a guy. He looks so sad and he introduces himself,

"H-Hi Mister and Miss, m-my name is Farhan, Kiel Farhan. Ni-Nice to meet you."

He hid his face because he is shy. I reply,

"My name is Belliot, Val Belliot. I'm a Swordmaster, you can call me Val. Nice to meet you Farhan."

Then Vivi introduces herself,

"Nice to meet you too, Farhan. My name is Leyhem, Viviette Leyhem. You can call me Vivi and I'm a High Priest, and I'm a Half-Elf."

Then Farhan says,

"Be-Be-Belliot?! You're Lady Micca Belliot's son?! One of the Anslard's Sisters?! The greatest Arch Wizards on the East?! A-and an Elf?! I never saw one before, you're so beautiful like the tale my mom always told me! I-I'm sorry, I'm too excited to see a Belliot and see an Elf in my life, y-you can call me Kiel. Ni-Nice to meet you too, Mister Val and Miss Vivi."

I reply,

"You don't have to call us Mister and Miss. You can just call us Val and Vivi. Oh and since you don't have a party, why don't you join our party instead? For now, it's just me and Vivi. But we would love to get a new friend."

Kiel replies,

"Can I?! I will join your party, but I'm still a Tier 1 mage and I can't do much, it will be a burden to you both."

Vivi and I grab his shoulders and we say,

"Welcome to the party, Kiel!"

He's crying in happiness and hugs us both, and says,

"THANK YOU VAL AND VIVI, I'LL DO MY BEST!!"

Marie suddenly joining the hugging party and say,

"Well, you guys are blocking the way. Some other adventurers are waiting in line to get a quest and reward."

We apologized to Marie. Then we go outside and sat on the river in front of Gyne. We are talking about how I and Vivi met and how we ended up together, Kiel with his cute face and his eyes are glimmering when he heard our stories. Of course, I didn't tell him about my training with Shive, since it will scare him. Then he tells us his story about who and how he ended up here as an adventurer. He says,

"My mom and dad is a farmer in Yurg Village, my mom and dad was an adventurer, and their class was an Arch Mage, then they got married and live a normal life, I have 2 older brothers and they are also a farmer, but I don't want to be a farmer and staying in the village my whole life, so I asked my parent permission for me to become an adventurer like them, but they didn't want me to become an adventurer, so I insisted until they finally gave up and let me do what I want, and here I am wandering, then I heard rumors about how wonderful Crude Village is. That's why I am here now."

We are talking about other things, then Secra is calling us from the distance and approached us. She is staring at Kiel for a long time and says,

"Why are you hiding, little girl?"

Kiel is speechless and suddenly he hid his face and it became red. We are confused with what Secra said, hiding? Little girl? So I ask her,

"What do you mean Miss Secra?"

She replies,

"My spirits love her scent, and spirits love a sweet scent that the only girl has that smell. Oh my, are you capable of using manipulation magic?"

Wait a minute, my instinct was right. Kiel is a girl! I believe her words but Vivi still doesn't believe that Kiel is a girl. Then Secra called Vex to come over. Then Secra told Vex to use manipulation magic. In an instant Vex become a beautiful girl, then he canceled his manipulation magic, Vex noticed that Kiel is using manipulation magic and he says,

"Hohohoho interesting little one, you are gifted with such unique magic. Such a waste if you are not using your magic properly."

I knew it. Vex is a hybrid class, a Jester and an Arch Wizard? No, if Shive is capable of killing 10 bears in an instant without using any weapon. And Zee can easily beat Shive in a duel. That can only mean one thing, Vex could be An Elementalist?! I'm eager to ask him that, but I can't let myself betray their trust. If they're hiding it, it means they also didn't want me to know about it. I better ask him a normal question first and ask,

"Mister Vex, are you a Mage? I thought you're a Jester."

His big smiles towards me always scare me when he does that, it's like saying that I will die after he gave me the answer. Then he says,

"Maybe, maybe not. Little one, you love to ask questions, aren't you? But, what if I am a hybrid? You dare to tell anyone about it?"

Suddenly my body feels heavy like I get pushed by gravity, but I noticed it's only me that gets this feeling, Kiel and Vivi didn't feel anything at all. I guess this is a warning from him, I know I shouldn't have asked him about it in the first place. I say,

"No Mister Vex, I'll tell nobody about it. Like I promised to the others as well, and I promise you that Kiel and Vivi won't tell anyone as well."

Vex smiling and says,

"They didn't hear this conversation we're having these whole time, I manipulate the space and time, so they won't notice about this conversation at all. So... as long as you can keep your promise, I won't do anything to you."

I'm speechless and looking at Vivi and Kiel, they are not moving at all like the time stop moving, and then Vex snaps his fingers and the time is moving again. Then Vivi says,

"Wow Mister Vex you're a Jester but also can do magic, that's incredible!"

He laughs and says,

"I am gifted like that little one over there."

Then Secra says,

"Don't hide, be yourself, and don't feel ashamed about it. Val and Vivi is a good person, you can trust my words."

Then Kiel canceled his manipulation magic and his waist became a bit bigger, his arms and legs became a bit smaller, and his chest became a bit bigger. Then Kiel says,

"I'm sorry that I'm hiding this from you both, it's just I'm scared that when everyone knowing I'm a girl and a nobody with Tier 1 Mage class, they will think I'm useless, and I'm a shy person so when a man sees me as a girl that makes me feel really uncomfortable."

Vivi hugged her and says,

"It doesn't matter if you're a girl or even a Tier 1 Mage, as long as you have the will to be what you wanted to be, you'll get there no matter what. I and Val also have our own goal but we help each other's back to reach our goal since you're our friend now, you have me and Val to help you reach your goal, and also with you around, that means you already gave us great help. Accept who you are and then overcome your fear."

I nodded with agreement.

Kiel cried again and hugged Vivi back. Then we heard growling sounds, Kiel's face became bright red. So we all go back inside Gyne and grab dinner together, I invited her to go upstairs and meet Edith, Shive, and Den. Kiel introduced herself, suddenly Edith stands up and grabs Kiel's body and pull her up then she says,

"WHAT A CUTE HUMAN! I WANT ONE!!"

Den immediately slapped Edith's head, and they begin to fight as always. I told Kiel everything she needs to know about them, her eyes are glimmering and her cute face showing that she thinks that they all are the most awesome people she's ever met. Shive also stands up and grabs Kiel's body and pulls her up, and then she nods and puts her back down. I think Shive thinks that Kiel is cute as well. We talked all night long, Kiel told them the same story about how she became an adventurer. Kiel is yawning then Vivi asks her,

"Kiel, where did you spend the night?"

Kiel replies,

"Miss Marie gave me a room since I don't have any money left, I haven't done any quest from the guild because I was too scared to do quest alone."

Vivi replies,

"Oh, well then why don't you share a room with me? The bed is too big for me anyway, and we can split the rent money. Our Inn is not that far from here, and the view from the Inn is the best in the village."

Kiel replies,

"Really?! Yes, I want to share a room with you, Vivi. This is going to be fun since I don't have a friend and you guys are my first so this is what I wanted. To live together with my friends and talk about our days!"

Then Vivi and Kiel said goodbye to us and left for the Inn.