Chapter 29: The Return
I had a bit of a pep in my step as I made my way to the ๐๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป'๐ผ ๐๐พ๐ฒ๐ต๐ญ. Even though Rockfort wasn't interested and kicked me out, I at least got to stick it to Snarf one last time. However, I could go a lifetime without seeing another Dragon love child in person.
The ๐๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป'๐ผ ๐๐พ๐ฒ๐ต๐ญ was a three story wooden building that stuck out among the much smaller structures in the ๐ฃ๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ป๐ฎ๐. The sun was not directly over head yet, so I was still on time to arrive for my midday appointment with Brianna. The sky was very clear today, but I saw a few darker clouds further away towards the south.
๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ? ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ง ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ง.
Hoping my gear was water resistant I entered the ๐๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป'๐ผ ๐๐พ๐ฒ๐ต๐ญ. I had prepared myself for a collection of rough looking people eyeing me with disdain, but instead I was greeted with an almost bank like atmosphere. I saw some employees behind a counter interacting with customers errr... Adventurers. From what I could hear they were talking about details of various quests. For some reason the idea of disciplined and professional Adventurer's gathering information in an orderly fashion before a quest was not what I expected.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ!? ๐๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ!? ๐ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ....
As I was having my dilemma I noticed Brianna waving at me from behind the counter. Out of habit I looked behind me to check if there was anyone. No one was behind me and when I turned back I could of sworn she was recovering from face palming herself.....must of been my imagination.
I continued living in a state of utter denial as I made my way over to her. The people around her stifling their laughter were definitely unrelated to me. For the sake of my remaining dignity I am going with that at least.
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"I see you were able to get new gear to replace that atroc... unique clothing you had before."
"....."
"Ehem. W-well it is good you have some real armor now. Did you get it at Rockfort's?"
"Y-yes...D-draft hide."
"Oh! It must be from the Draft you killed the other day."
Brianna was making small talk as she led me to the exam room. It seems she wasn't kidding about not giving me any details about the exam. We arrived at a door after a few moments and she turned around to look at me.
"Here we are. Your first trial awaits inside. I will be waiting for you here after you are done to take you to the next trial if you pass. Otherwise I will lead you back to the lobby. I wish you good luck."
"T-thanks."
She opened the door to the room and all I saw was pitch black darkness. I hesitated from entering, I mean who goes into a pitch black room just because a pretty lady they don't really know tells them to?!?
"U-uhhh...."
Before I could retort or change my mind I felt a push on my back that forced me into the room. I couldn't even respond before I heard the door close shut behind me. With that pure darkness surrounded me. It felt reminiscent of when I died and was forced to answer all those questions. The all encompassing darkness and silence.
As I stood there wondering what to do next a bright white light lit up the room. It was so bright I was forced to close my eyes, and when I opened them again I found myself in a forest clearing. Suddenly my heart started beating fast and I could feel my palms getting sweaty.
๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ?!? ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ?!?
That's right, the only thing in the clearing was me and the pervert Dragon love child abomination.... Snarf .
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