Chapter 7 Unexpected.

I saw Blake whispered something quietly to Claire that smiled a little amused as she glanced at him but smiled calmly to me. 'when you say letter do you mean you actually sent a letter or did you use the internet application?' Claire asked calmly to me and I glanced a little awkward at Mia biting her lip trying not to laugh. 'w-was it not to send it by letter?' I asked a little stunned that I might have messed up. 'h-he d-does not know what internet is miss Claire…' Mia said calmly trying not to laugh and I saw Claire smiled a little awkward to me.

'there is nothing to worry about as long as you come to the school when it starts I am sure we can figure it out. are you sure your mother sent it to the right address?' Claire asked calmly to me but I just smiled awkward to her. 'm-my mother d-does not know I sent the letter but I had it delivered to the school letter box… is that not the right way?' I asked a little worried that maybe I should not have used the wax seal to make the letter look more professional and maybe it got confused as some commercial letter of some important document and maybe I should log out and run over to the school and check the mailbox if they even noticed it.

'it's okey Aleph… I am sure you can find a way.' Mia said smiling calmly to me but I could tell she was lying to me. 'Blake is the one that handle the letters I think…' Claire said calmly as she looked over at him. 'I am… doesn't Kelly handle that?' Blake asked looking puzzled back at her and they looked a little awkward at each other. 'anyway… like I said. as long as you show up and have your papers in order it should work out just fine and even if you are a little late we are not cruel and will find something out. thank you…' Claire said smiling amused at me as she took a cup of juice from Rose.

't-thank you for your understanding… just stay here Mia as I clear the staircase myself.' I said smiling awkward to Mia but just walked to the stairs thinking about it but drew a breath of air and blew calm flames up at the ceiling as I kept walking up the stairs. "c-crap… I should just tell mom that I am a player and stop this ball of lies… maybe I should just log out and run over and check if I put it in the right mailbox but there is the time compression so even if it takes ten to fifteen minutes in the real world it would take ten's of hours in-game" I thought about it and decided to wait until night as I had more time to slip away without them catching on.

After burning the spiders to death and clearing the area around the top of the staircase I just morphed and glided calmly down grabbing the legs of the crisp spiders on my way as there was just around six of them but close at the exit I saw Mia walking worried up and I almost collided right into her so I had to flap my wings to make me stop and saw her duck down a little scared. 'eek…' Mia yelped as I flapped my wings hovering in the air. 'Did I not tell you to stay back?' I asked a little irritated as I landed calmly down. 's-sorry…' Mia said glancing worried as she stood slowly up as I saw the others run up to the entrance.

I just sighed as I wobbled calmly out and just tossed the crisp dead spiders to Rose. 'this is what I tried warn you about. I am a Dragon and if I tell you to stay I don't mean wander off and get yourself killed.' I said lecturing to them as they were acting like noobs. 't-that is not fair Mister Aleph…' Claire said smiling a little awkward as she glanced over at Iris and Rose glancing worried down. 'Are you sure that my dragon's flames does not burn their souls and hurt whatever your avatars are connected to if I decided to make it easy and flood the cave with fire…' I asked irritated to Claire for butting in where she had no right as we were not students yet but calmed down as I knew I was being unreasonable and just sighed heavy as I glanced at Claire and Blake looking a little awkward at me.

'Apologies… but a dungeon is not a playground. There are people making a living out of this area and you might not die but one should always consider the implications of one's action…' I apologized but said calmly to them and just morphed back to my human form. 'w-what do you mean?' Blake asked smiling a little nervous at me. 'what can you tell me about outside of the dungeon?' I asked calmly to him. 'well… there is a market set up as well as carriers for hire like little Miss Rose…' Blake said thinking about it and I glanced at the others being silent as they looked at me.

'that's it?' I asked calmly to him. 'w-well there are guards watching over them if that is what you mean.' Claire said smiling awkwardly at me. 'close but I think you got it wrong so let me ask you this… who are the guards watching over as you said?' I asked back at her. 't-the adventurers to keep them in line a-and to keep away thief's and such…' Claire said looking a little confused at me. 'really… that is what you think they do. then why did they not stop someone from taking advantage of Rose… your thinking this is just a some game but you fail to look at the simple but obvious clues around you.' I said and pointed at the staircase and saw they looked over at it without saying a word.

'that is scratch marks at the staircase entrance. If you look closely you can see they are actually from thousands of different beasts… now tell me what you think the guards are doing upstairs.' I explained calmly to her and I saw they looked quietly at me. 'watching so the monsters d-don't come out…' Claire asked quietly to me. 'you think a handful of guards can stand against thousand upon thousands of beasts…' I asked as I glanced at each and every one of them and saw they looked a little awkward at me so I sighed as I glanced at Claire and Blake.

'it must be peaceful in your world… the guards job is to seal off the dungeon if the is even a hint of a beast tide and the secure area around is to ensure that the city does not get flooded… but I am sure you teachers knew all of this… the stairs are cleared so you should have not have any issues getting back. have a nice and peaceful day.' I said a little irritated as they didn't seem to even consider such possibilities so I just walked away as I calmed down again but looked around the area as I felt it was strange that I was getting so irritated about noobs playing a game.

"maybe I have been playing to long…" I thought but glanced over at Mia walking a little worried over. 'you okey?' Mia asked smiling a little worried. 'I don't know… let's just hunt on this level as I don't want to go deeper. Sorry for my outburst…' I said calmly to her as smiled slightly to her. 'okey… I am sorry I went on my own but I just wanted to make sure you were okey.' Mia said quietly before she walked back to Iris and Rose saying goodbye to the teachers so I just sighed as I walked calmly up to them. 'Miss Claire and Mister Blake… apologies for getting upset.' I said politely to them and saw Claire smiled a little.

'it is okey as you were right. we did not understand as we are immortals and to answer your question yes we do actually have it peaceful in our world…' Claire said smiling a little sad at me. 'you mind doing me a favor and tell the guards outside to send an investigation team? If they do not listen to you then contact the guild and say Aleph Valence son of Lily Valente issued the request.' I asked them. 'you think there might be one of those beast tides?' Blake asked smiling slightly worried. 'no… but there is something else going on as the air feels… agitated. So please pass the message on outside as I go investigate the second floor maybe the third.' I said calmly as I casually waved my hand to dismiss the notion.

We said goodbye and walked down the stairs pathway and I saw the girls were on alert as we followed the path and I let them kill a couple of beasts bull's we meat on the path as all I did was to keep it from charging forward and I just held it back with my hand as Mia dashed to the side and shot an arrow.

The arrow pierced its head and the bull fell down. 'y-yes… I reached level four.' Mia chaired happy as she panted a little but glanced back at Iris holding a sword with a little wolf laid flat in front of her glancing a little sad down at it. 'I d-didn't think your dragon aura could affect my summons…' Iris said smiling a little sad at me. 'that is why we train… let me try something.' I said smiling a little awkward to her and held back my dragon aura under my skin and saw the little wolf stand shakily up but saw Iris sighed lightly.

'it is still scared of you as it feel um… great danger.' Iris said smiling awkward at me. 'really… can you ask it if it is really from me or is it something else as we are friends so it should feel that I will not hurt it… right?' I asked puzzled to Iris that gave a nod and just looked down at the little wolf sitting scared next to her and it looked up at her as they were quiet. 'can I go butcher?' Rose asked smiling happy as she glanced at the two dead bull's so I just chuckled a little as I looked at her. 'go ahead. You sure you don't need help?' I asked a little worried about the size difference.

'I am fine Papa…' Rose said sarcastically pouting at me with that orphan attitude so I just smiled a little awkward at her. 'At least call me big brother as I am not that old…' I said pouting back at her but glanced back at a couple of guards that came walking down the pathway so I turned towards them as they got closer. 'you Aleph Valence?' the guard asked unamused. 'yes. you're the investigation team?' I asked glancing skeptical at them. 'that's right… so why do you think there is something wrong?' the guard asked looking dull at me.

'the area feels off somehow.' I said calmly to him but saw he frowned to me. 'off somehow… it is a dungeon how Does it not feel off and I checked the records that you have not been down in a dungeon before.' the other Guard yelled as he frowned at me. 'then were are the adventures?' I asked plainly to him. 'just because you don't dare to go down further doesn't mean they are not a Coward! Your wasting our time pulling stunts like this.' He yelled at me making Iris gasp as she covered her mouth looking worried at me calmly smiling at him.

'what is going on here?' Mia asked walking up next to Iris frowning a little. 'he called a dragon a coward.' Iris said quietly to her as she pointed at the guard and I saw Mia looked awkwardly at me. 'A-Aleph… b-be nice.' Mia said calmly holding up her hands so I just smiled calmly to her. 'I am always Nice… if some idiot guard have a Death wish I am happy to help.' I said smiling calmly to her and just turned and looked at the second guard feeling Irritated and saw he drew his sword looking paled at me.

ROAR!

A roar echoed behind me making everyone tense up as they looked behind me so I just turned calmly and looked at some mixture of a albino Rex and that had the body of a Rhino so I just walked calmly up towards it passing by Rose covering behind a the dead bull. 'big brother got more work for you…' I said smiling happy to her and just turned towards the Rex Rhino or Rhino Rex that snapped his yaw at me but I easily stepped to the side and saw it looked surprised at me as it's friends got ready to pounce at me.

'aaaah…' I yelled dull at it and saw it looked awkward at me waving my hands a little as I mocked it but knitted my fists as I looked firmly at it. 'Sit!' I said firmly as I released my dragon aura and dashed forward and knocked it right on top of its head. BAM! The Rex head slammed hard against the ground making it go limb as I died on the spot. [Alpha Rhino-Carno Killed] [you leveled up to Level 3] [you leveled up to Level 4] [you leveled up to Level 5: Ability Unlocked] I glanced at the other Rhino-Carno's and just dashed over to the closets one that was unable to move because of my dragon aura.

After a few knocks on the heads I just tossed the six of them next to the dead Bull before dragging the alpha Rhino-Carno over to Rose sitting stunned as she glanced at them with her mouth open. 'there… the little doggies won't bother little sister now so Big Brother just have one little mosquito that wants to die.' I said plainly as I clapped my hands and walked towards the guard looking pale at me but before I could even walk up to him as I had retracted my dragon aura he fell limb down to the ground.

'eh… did he kill himself already.' I said pouting a little childish as I glanced over at the other guard. 't-think he just f-fainted s-s-sir…' the guard said stuttered worried so I just sighed bored out and pointed my thumb over my shoulder. 'boring but you still say everything is fine with a high level alpha Rhino doggy contesting the area?' I asked pouting as I acted like a snobby brat to him and saw he glanced the other side then I pointed so I glanced back and just pointed my other thumb at the dead Rhino-Carno keeping my childish pout.

'm-maybe t-there m-might be s-something to y-your claim…' the Guard stuttered smiling nervous at me. 'maybe… honestly. I am surprised you humans have managed to survive for so long that I am not even sure I want to help you guys survive but sure… you take your maybe back to your bosses and say Maybe you should start listening to the little dragon brat before I go tell Mamma about you.' I said pouting childish to him. 'b-be nice Aleph.' Iris said smiling worried at me so I sighed as I stopped acting like a bratty child. 'they treat me like an ignorant child then I act like it… still going to tell mamma about it.' I said crossing my arms glancing at the guard that swallowed hard as he glanced worried at his friend.

'wait until he wakes up as there is no need for you to carry his lazy ass out of trouble…' I said plainly to him before I walked calmly back to Rose. 'y-yes s-sir…' I heard the guard said a little relived but I just ignored him as I stood near Rose keeping an eye at the area but glanced at the bull glowing slightly before it morphed into parts as Rose waved her skinning knife in the air. 'd-did I do it wrong? I almost got a perfect score…' Rose said glancing worried at me.

'um… you don't cut it yourself and why is there no blood?' I asked puzzled at her. 'o-oh… this is the abilities of carriers b-but all players have the ability to skin animals with a mini-game and there is no blood if you get over ten slices right…' Rose explained glancing nervous at me as Iris and Mia walked up glancing a little worried at me. 'awesome little sister… can you skin like she can?' I said a little baffled to Rose that blushed glancing shy down but I asked Mia and Iris. 'not as good as Rose but I managed to hit eleven markers but she gets bonus in skinning because of her class so she can easily hit those critical resources and have a higher chance for rare drops.' Mia explained calmly to me.

I walked over and sat down next to Rose glancing shy at me so I just picked up her butchering knife and saw an option to skin the bull but didn't activate it as I gently sliced in the air like she had done. 'can I hold your hand little sister?' I asked smiling calmly to her and she giggled a little as she put her hand in mine so I activated the skinning mini-game that popped up and focused as I saw circles with lines going between them. 'eh… okey… what do I do when those weird circles pop up?' I asked acting dumb to Rose that looked a little awkward at me.

'it is like the water melon game where you slice the path but there will be a timer when you start…' Rose explained lightly to me so I just acted dumb as I looked puzzled at Iris and Mia looking shocked at me. 'um… she means you have to slice the knife on those lines and get to the end before time runs out.' Mia explained to me so I gave a little nod and held the butcher knife at the ready as I calmed down my mind and just started to slice true the air at where the markers were. 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% - 100%