Alchesia
Chapter 16 The Palace Mission

We were in the guild office for a while to see the missions available to us. Actually we can already go to Ellis, but we want to carry out the mission for the last time here. While we were looking through the mission papers that were on the board, a mail carrier came to the guild office.

“Excuse me there is a letter for Guild master.”

“Well I will call. Please wait a minute,” said Mia.

Mia then went inside to summon a Guild master. A while later Mia returned together with the Guild master.

“What are you Guild master of this city?”

“True.”

“This is no letter from palace.”

The guild master received a scroll from the mail carrier.

“Good. Thank you.”

After that the letter-bearer left.

So he's the messenger from the palace. I hope it's not a message about my search for a fugitive.

Guild master unrolled the scroll. After reading the contents, his face looked surprised.

“What's the contents of the letter?” ask Mia.

“I'll tell you later, now gather the guild officers. We'll have an emergency meeting.”

“Good!”

It seems like the message was very bad. There must be an emergency meeting of the guild. As long as they're in a meeting, we can't register for mission retrieval. The guild office was also closed during the meeting.

Then I'll buy some food. I was hungry from morning and had not eaten anything.

“Master, where are you going?”

“I want to buy food. Want to come?”

Emilia nodded her head.

“Then come on!”

“Wait a minute!” said Laura.

“Why?”

“Can I come with you guys?”

I looked at Emilia and she nodded her head.

“Good. You're following. We're already 1 party, right?”

“Yes you are right. Now we will be 1 party.”

Laura has joined the party.

Emerging notifications. Previously I could not see his status and skills, but now I can see because it was 1 party. Then he can also see my status and skill. Fortunately he could only see basic skills and for Glyph, he could not see them.

We ate at the usual place where Emilia and I ate. It turned out that it was also Laura's favorite place to eat. We didn't have to find a place to eat. We will tell a story. Laura told me about her adventures first. From monsters to beautiful places.

Finished eating we headed back to the guild office to check if they had finished the meeting. When we arrived, it turned out that they were done with the meeting. We immediately went to Mia to ask her what really happened and what the letter contained.

“Mia, what happened?” ask Laura.

“The palace asked us to prepare some adventurers who will accompany the hero party to enter the dungeon that you conquered.”

“Party hero?” ask Emilia.

I felt shocked and uncomfortable when I heard that. Emilia knew my condition and she clasped my right hand.

“Now they are on their way to this place and will arrive tomorrow the day after tomorrow,” Mia said.

“Then who adventurer did you choose?” ask Emilia.

“Guild master choose you.”

Hearing that, I felt like I was struck by lightning. I understand the reason they chose us must be because we are the ones who defeated the dungeon's boss.

“Why us? There should be adventurers with higher medals to help them?” asked Emilia annoyed.

“There is, but the Guild master chooses you, because you are the one who defeated the dungeon's boss,” replied Mia.

As I thought, right?

“Can we reject it?” my many.

“Could certainly. We've also already tricked the surrogate adventurers if you refuse them. But we will also give you the appropriate rewards and also you will get the gift from the kingdom.”

I don't really want the prize, but for sure I'll ask Emilia and Laura.

“How about you two?”

“I will also follow whatever your decision.”

So it all depends on me now. Looks like I need some time to decide.

“Mia, we want to discuss for a while, later we will come back to give his decision.”

The three of us left the guild office.

In front, Laura asked,” Why do you look upset after hearing the hero party?”

Maybe it's time I had to tell Laura the truth about who I really am. But we have to find a place that is not crowded to talk about it.

“I'll answer but not here.”

I took Laura to my inn and Emilia.

“It seems like a serious problem, until you guys bring me here,” Laura said.

Then I told him everything from the beginning. It began when I came into this world, and went into prison and was tormented, until I came to this place. Emilia was visibly upset when I told her about the incident in prison.

Laura was silent for a moment after hearing my story. Then he knelt in front of me.

“Force us,” says Laura.

“Eh?”

“We call you and make you experience such things,” Laura starts crying.

Emilia then hugged him.

“I'm now okay. It's not your fault either.”

Laura stood up.

“Now you know the reason we went to Ellis, so whether we stay with us or not is up to you,” I said.

Laura looked at me and said, “I'll stay with you guys.”

Actually if he doesn't want to be with us it doesn't matter either. I don't want to involve him in our problems. But he still chose to be with us after hearing the truth. Now think about whether to accept this request or not.

I honestly want to see how far they've come. Taking that into consideration I will choose to take it. However I will ask Emilia and Laura once again.

“If the master picks it up then I will also come along,” said Emilia.

“I will also come.”

“Good. But we also have to apply for the terms.”

“Terms?” ask Emilia.

“You will know when we meet Mia.”

After that we headed to the guild office to relay our decision. After we got to Mia's soon.

“So how?” ask Mia.

“We will accept it, but on condition that you have to hide our identity from them.”

“Why?”

“We do not want to get involved too much with the problem of heroes or the kingdom alone. If you disagree, then we reject it.”

“I'll talk to a Guild master first.”

After a while Mia came back and said, “Well we agree. In addition I will come with you as a representative of guild.”

“But...,” says Laura.

“Liet me, I am also a former B rank adventurer. So you don't have to worry about me.”

“You are great Mia,” said Emilia.

“We will meet them Day after tomorrow and the next day we will go to dungeon.”

“Lusa we'll be here. Tomorrow we will look for some needs to explore dungeon.”

“Alright, see you tomorrow the day after.”

The next day as I said, we bought some necessities to explore the dungeon and also did not forget to buy a tent. We put it in Storage.