Chapter 51: Guild's features and health potion?!
After using his chance and bypassing others to sign in to the guild without waiting in the queue, Leon and his party entered the grand building. Naturally, their presence drew the attention of many newbies and experienced guild members.
But Leon was nearly entirely back to his old self. It was a self that had basked in the attention of thousands of people and developed what appeared to be a confident and authoritative presence.
He made people believe he was in the right place.
Because of it, as he strutted toward the registration room, Leon barely received jealous and questionable glances. The same went for his partners, who also walked in his wake, knowing about their worth.
A few petty guys gave Leon some cheap and low glances, but that was normal as many people dreamed of themselves as having high potential and talent, going for the top.
Leon had seen many of those expressions on pro players.
It amused him how similar people could get, no matter what world and occupation.
After that, Leon and his friends went through the registration process. They had to reveal their names, their races, former occupations, and more. It didn't go without chaos as Leon had decided to reveal his status as an otherworlder to the guild so that he'd develop a good relationship with them.
Celes' surname was also in the Heaven Library Guild's database, causing shock and fear. But no one from their guild's side believed she was the same person.
Louise's name didn't bring any troubles.
Perhaps, she was too old.
Everyone left their prints, then joined the guild.
"It was really fast!" Louise commented first after leaving the guild.
Celes threw an instant remark, teasing her. "They have a queue longer than level hundred snakes. Of course they are fast with their work. Did you expect them to treat you like a princess?"
"I'm not a princess!" Louise shook her head and crossed her arms, throwing an angry glare at the vampiress. "It was you who stirred trouble with your surname. Couldn't you have just said a name like me?"
"I couldn't." Celes sighed, then proceeded to explain the guild system's features and methods of prestigious guilds to confirm others' identities.
In short, it'd be bad for their future if she lied about her surname. That was if Leon wanted to stay and work under Heaven Library Guild for a long time.
Louise had it easy since she didn't have any surname or she just couldn't remember it.
Her system displayed just her name, so Louise had strong proof of her words.
"Every race has its own tradition and a view of surnames. Now, you can imagine a scenario where Master becomes famous, and we receive some of his fame as his teammates. Some people will grind their noses to the grindstone to slow him down. If I were to hide my surname and someone found out about it, it'd be a pretext to thwart his plans. Explaining stuff would take time, and that's precisely what those people would want." Celes looked away from Louise, locking her eyes on Leon.
Louise bit her lips. "It's just a surname…"
And she followed the vampiress' eyes, hovering hers on Leon's face.
Ever since leaving the guild, he'd been immersed in the new system feature. Even now, as they walked around the city without anyone bothering them, Leon kept nearly 99% of his attention on the new feature while keeping the last percent on their surroundings, not bumping into anyone.
[You've joined the Heaven Library Guild.]
[Click here to see your status in the guild.]
[Ender(Leon Blade): Malre City's Subsidiary Guild Member]
[Quests: - ]
[Contribution points: - ]
[You have access to the Malre City's Guild Chat. To get more access, visit the main guild.]
After lurking in the chat, Leon learned about new guild members and their plans. He'd also seen experienced guys looking for new guys for their parties, seemingly having no party limit. He also read about himself, with many seniors calling him out to send a private message to them.
Besides thinking of newbies and seniors as naive people, Leon also became aware of the goods guild members could buy using the contribution points. In fact, it was similar to the shop system feature but more accessible since everyone could leverage it.
But in the main guild, Leon surely would see more features and means to gain fame and power.
Leon narrowed his eyes, thinking about his future plans.
"I'll visit a smithy. I need to get some stuff. You two head back to the in."
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Back in their room, Leon and Louise prepared for the imminent adventure to the split spirit realm.
While these two shopped using their income from the quest of the black skeleton's ritual, Celes also went to work. She took a comfortable seat in their room, then closed her eyes. From her slender right arm, the black mana came out like a liquid, turning into shadow bats.
Those little creatures sank into the shadows, then spread across the entire inn.
It might seem like a dangerous choice, but Celes knew her boundaries. She wouldn't intrude upon others' rooms but keep an eye on their doors, noting all monsters' and humans' information. In the latter case, she kept an eye on their guilds, weapons, and equipment.
In the former case, race itself revealed a lot of information.
In a few hours, Celes will know a lot of stuff!
Meanwhile, Leon and Louise were on a shopping spree.
"This feels surreal." Leon squinted his eyes at a thin, long glass of red liquid, holding it before his face between his thumb and index finger. "Health potion…"
It was one of the newest and cheap items available in the system shop.
Leon inferred that a recent otherworlder from Earth had invented them, making bank on them.
Its description was simple and efficient.
[Effect: After drinking a whole potion, you'll recover five hundred health points over fifteen seconds. The Health Potion can also close light wounds. Any damage will stop the effect.]
"I never tasted it. Let's try it, Master…" Louise looked behind at Celes as though the vampiress was a momma, and both of them were about to go against some house rules.
It wasn't an overreaction. Since their morning bonding, Celes saw Louise as one of her little sisters. She kept teasing her and throwing sharp remarks at her stupid questions, only to answer them before Louise could become really angry at her.
Leon played along with his fox friend's ploy. "Sure… Since we don't want to heal, we can split the liquid and drink in turns. I'll be first."
"Ok, Master…" Louise gravely nodded, then curved her lips widely.
It was so childish, but both of them enjoyed it. No one except Celes could judge them anyway, and it was exactly the vampiress that made them act covertly.
Leon grinned, too, then tasted the health potion.
Not showing anything on his face, Leon kept the taste to himself.
Louise gave him a curious glance, then drank her portion… In an instant, she squeezed her eyes!
"It's so sour!"
"I know, right?"
"What about mana potion?"
"Let's see…" Leon opened the glass with his thumb, then sipped the blue liquid. This time, he didn't hide anything. "It's sour, too."
"So cheap!"
"Those are cheap potions, Louise."
"Still cheap! They could try and add some taste."
"Well, you're right."
Louise's smile bloomed as her master agreed with her.
But deep inside his heart, Leon knew he wouldn't care about a taste if he were on a battlefield on a leveling ground with many monsters lurking around.
He wouldn't miss a chance to bring out Louise's smile.
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