Town.

"What are you saying?!" Shouted the rest of the group.

"C'mon guys it's just a Phas.... Plus we were in the wrong to not treat it like an intelligent being..." The black haired man scratched his head.

The group didn't say anything, but it was clear they disagreed. Ari was just confused.

"Say, do you wanna go together?" The black haired man said.

"Suspicious... really suspicious..." Thought Ari as he shivered.

"Ah! My name is Jont!" The man quickly introduced himself.

Ari was suspicious, but he needed clothes and a proper mask.

"...Fine." Even though Ari agreed, he was going to run away the moment something felt fishy.

The group didn't agree with Jont so they stayed in the woods, while Jont went with Ari. Jont talked the whole way and seemed like a great guy in general. Ari relaxed his guard a little bit,just a little bit.

Soon they arrived at a town's walls. The guards greeted Jont, but looked cautiously at Ari.

"Guys don't be like that! Ari is new to humans so he might be scared!" Jont said to the guards.

"Er...yeah but it's still a monster ya know? Especially because of the new Demon King awakening...." The guard sighed.

"Well I think hes a good monster!" Jont huffed.

Ari was a tad bit hurt. He wasn't a monster, hes just...built different. (XD)

After the exchange, Jont asked where Ari wanted to go. He also said that he could buy him simple things, but try not to be expensive.

Ari agreed and went to a armory. A oldish short man came out from the back.

"Ah.. Jont you came back huh? Who's that Phas behind you?" Asked the man.

"Well hes my friend I met a while ago! My party harassed him a bit, so i'm getting him stuff as an apology." Ari had that anime dot eyes and sweating emoji on him.

"Ah too kind, too kind! Your party should should be repaying the Phas then." As the man said this, he looked at Ari carefully.

Ari just ignored it.

"Hey uh.... sorry what's your name again?" Asked Jont.

"..Ari."

"Ok Ari pick a few things you like!"

Ari nodded then looked at the mask section. Most of them were helmets, but he saw a plain mask that had 5 dots on it formed in a smile. Ari was about to grab it but the old man said.

"It's not finished yet, unless you still wanna buy it?" Asked the old man.

"What still needs to be finished?"

"Well it's just the design, but you can buy it like that if you want."

"Well I can take it."

"Then i'll give ya a bit of a discount then."

Ari thanked him, then looked around at the clothing enchanted with protection. They were generally cheap since many noble ladies and mages liked to buy them.

Ari found a white robe and there was a light bluish long sleeve that came with it. He then picked some average looking dark blue pants, to go with it.

The total came to about 10 Pezco (roughly 5-6 dollars), and Ari wore the mask at the corner of the shop. After he changed in the back, Ari now looked more proper.

Ari thanked Jont, but Jont said he didn't need to thank him. Jont had to go back to his party, or else he would be excluded out of the reward. So Jont handed him 30 Pezcos (roughly 15-16 dollars) that was enough to last a few days.

Then Jont said that he could work at the guild for money. Jont then waved him goodbye and left. Ari went to the inn Jont recommended, and was checked in by a kind looking middle aged lady.

Ari went to his room and slept. After waking up, he got dressed and ate the free breakfast at the inn. He then headed towards the adventure's guild, and applied to be a staff member.

To be a staff member, you would have to be able to read and write.(Which somehow he can.) and to be able to write papers and use basic magic spells. Ari could write things due to her experience of writing essays, but she still had to learn some magic.

The magic part wasn't really important, so he got news the next day that he had an interview in the afternoon.

Ari dressed up, and headed towards the guild again. There, he waited on a bench. The adventurers didn't really see him, as they were trying to get the best missions. But for the ones that did, they just gave a confused stare and continued on.

After a bit of time, a female guild staff member with brown hair and glasses guided him to the interview room. There was a semi oldish man with an orb on the table. The girl with the glasses bowed then left the room, leaving Ari and the man alone.

Ari nodded his head in respect, then the man gestured him to sit. Ari took a seat, and tried not to fidget.

"Hello Ari, I am the guild master Xinxus of this area. I will be the one to interview you today." Said Xinxus.

"Hello Xinxus, nice to meet you. But should the guild master interview people?" Asked Ari.

"Haha, it's not that hard. I'm here because it's easier this way for the guild. Plus it's easy since we use a lie detector." Replied Xinxus.

"Lie detector?.... Hopefully they don't ask where i'm from..." Thought Ari.

Ari then did a few normal questions like, what's your goal in life, how do you think you can contribute to the guild, and so on.

Then came a question Ari didn't like.

"Where are you from?"

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Uh... might be a few mistakes...and yea.