Joining The Guild

We sat there for a long time. She still afraid to talk and I appearing to be in deep thought.

At last I said "Let's go."

"Where?" Lily asked.

"To the Guild."

"B...but why?"

"To register as Questers of course."

"Why?"

"To earn money obviously. Questers can earn money and we can make money from completing Quests. We of course won't be killing monsters but we can at least complete easier Quests. Surely the thought would have crossed your mind right."

"Well..it did but I was always too afraid to do that."

"Ok then let's go." I said while getting up.

"Wait can we at least eat some of those fruits."

( Don't give her all of them. )

'Of course I won't, I'm not an idiot.'

After eating some of the fruits we went to the Guild.

When we entered the Guild curious eyes followed us as we went up to the reception desk. The reception desk was a long semicircular bar which covered most of the wall opposite the entrance. There were three Receptionists at the desk and all of them were female. Each had a certain area of desk dedicated to her. Behind the bar were four doors. The Receptionists were going in and out of those doors.

We walked up to the Receptionist in the right corner who had just finished dealing with another Quester. I said in a cheerful voice"Good afternoon madam me and my friend hear want to register as Questers.

She looked at us over the counter as if she was scanning us. Finally she said"Fine you two will have to fill out the form."

She started asking us questions.

"Names?"

"Sam Castle." "Lily Prince."

"Age?"...

The questioning continued for another 10 minutes after which she said " Ok I have all your information. Your registration process shall begin. It should be complete by tomorrow morning. Come here tomorrow to get your Quester's IDs. Any questions?"

"Yes." I said." What is the ranking system for Questers and why does the registration process take so much time?"

"There are a total of forty three ranks among Questers." The lady replied " There are 6 levels from level 0 to level 5. The levels 0 to 4 each have six sub-ranks from Rank 0 to 5. The fifth level has 14 sub-ranks from 0 to 13. There is a rumored sixth level too but it's just a rumor for now."

"Wait!" I interrupted "What do you mean by 'rumored' sixth level? Surely the Guild is responsible for determining the levels? So why is it rumored?"

"Aren't you a clever one?" She exclaimed "No the doesn't directly determine the levels. Instead a special spell is cast upon each Guild ID that automatically updates the levels according to the Quester's development.The higher your rank the harder it is to achieve the next rank. As for the registration process, it takes so long because the Quester's Guild is a very large organization. It is in fact the largest organization in the world. It's Guilds are in every country and on every continent."

I was simply shocked by the fact that the Guild was the largest organization in this world. However the shock was only temporary as I soon realized that of course the Guilt was the largest organization in the world. It's almost obvious that it should be.

We thanked the receptionist and went back to the alley. In the alley we talk about each other life and how we ended up here.

[ Author's note: Lily's backstory and what they discussed will be in the next chapter. I'll try to release it within the week. Thank you for your patience. ]

The next morning I woke up. Lily was still sleeping with her head on my shoulder. I was about to wake her up but the author stopped me.

( Let her sleep. It's the first time in weeks that she's slept with a full stomach. )

'Oh yeah....right. Forgot that. So what's today's plan?' I asked.

(Getting your Quester's IDs and going on an easy quest. You're out of fruits and need some money to buy food and stuff.)

'Ok agreed.'

I sat there for a few minutes trying to bring my brain back from the shadowy depths of sleep.

Lily stirred and slowly woke up.

"Good morning!" I said in a cheerful voice.

"Huh! Who are y-you?" She said in a scared voice while still trying to sound brave.

"Relax. There's nothing to be afraid of. It's me Sam. You remember me right?"

She looked confused for a second but then her face relaxed. " I'm sorry. Its just that I'm not used to waking up with someone. Its all new to me."

"Don't worry about it. Mistakes happen. They're unavoidable. Now let's go get some water and freshen up."

She agreed and half an hour later we were entering the Quester's Guild. Just having used the public toilets to umm.... relieve ourselves.

We entered the Guild and walked up to the same Receptionist we had met yesterday.

"Good morning" I said.

"Oh its you again. I believe you're here for your IDs."

"You are correct."

"Wait a moment please." She walked back into one of the rooms behind her and returned with two small cards, each the size of a wallet. She walked up to us and asked " Please hold out your dominant hand."

We did.

"Aggghhhhhh."

She had taken out a very small knife and had given both of us a small cut. Before we could even ask what was that for she pressed the cards onto our cut and I could feel the blood from the cut getting the card wet.

She handed us our cards and said "There. Now you're both certified Questers."

I was able to have a glance at a red stain on my card before it disappeared and the card looked like it wasn't just partially covered with blood.

"You have now forged a blood pact with the Guild." She continued." The pact entails that you will never, under any circumstances, violate the Quester's Code of Conduct or you shall face death."

"And what is the Code of Conduct exactly?" I asked.

"There are three main rules in the code.

1)A Quester shall never betray another Quester or the Guild.

2)A Quester shall never attack another Quester except in a duel to which all participants have agreed to or in self defense to an unprovoked attack.

3)A Quester shall never disobey the rules of a Quest."

"Thank you. Now where can we find Quests to complete?"

"You're welcome and they're over there." She pointed towards a board on the wall. "Since you are a level 1 Rank 0 Quester You can only accept Quests Which are of difficulty Type F."

I thanked her again and we went to the board.