The Blue Mage wore a blue robe, but it had a cutout on her chest and revealed quite a bit of her large cleavage. She would definitely be an outstanding member of the church in the capital. She had long blonde hair that ran down her back in silky waves. Her eyes were a piercing purple color, and her face was round with just a hint of baby fat on her cheeks.

“I don’t know what I was thinking, taking on a Blue Mage as an apprentice.” The old man growled, but then his eyes fell on her chest, and it left little question as to what he was thinking.

When he turned back to us, his eyes went right past me, and he checked the chest out on the girls behind me too. Carmine caught his eyes, but all the other girls seemed wanting. Salicia even puffed out her chest as his eyes wandered by. The lack of excitement in them caused her smile to turn to daggers. I shoved myself out from the middle of the girls, as I had almost been lost, and I brought out my hand.

“I am Count Deekson from Chalm. The future King sent me to help with the Bandit situation. You are?”

“I’m bored.” He responded, not taking my hand as he turned and started walking away.

“Come, Siti, you did your job. Now, you can come satisfy me.”

“Ah, wh-why do you always word it that way! I’m just rubbing your feet!”

“Hehe… for now…”

She blushed, bowing to us in greeting. “I’m sorry, my lord. He is the Grand Master Rigel, and I am his apprentice Siti. You can find the mayor of this city. The Lord was killed on an expedition to attack the Bandits last month. Ah! Not that I’m saying you’ll meet the same fate! I’m sure my lord is prepared to handle unceasing waves of evil men… I mean…”

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“Siti!”

“Y-yes!” She bowed, giving me a full view down her blouse, before she stood back up and ran after the old man, who had already left the guild and seemed surprisingly quick for someone his age.

I was busy thinking about what she had said. Grand Master… would that mean he was a Master Magician? He’d be the first person with a 4th tier I had seen other than the fairies, Elaya, and the King. Even Alysia and Octius were only a 3rd tier, although they were both really strong. I had read about it once, but it was called the third-tier bottleneck. Unlocking a 4th tier job required something truly special.

It was said that 1st tier was triggered by repetition, 2nd tier was triggered by leveling, third tier was triggered by accomplishment, and 4th tier was triggered by mastery. Of course, that was just a saying, and didn’t describe reality perfectly. You could get to a third tier of Magician just by leveling and there appeared to be no 2nd tier when it came to Dungeon Diver and Hero. Then again, it was probably more accurate to say that there was no first tier, since both were awarded, not gained, and were a bit beyond the basics. The same could be said for Knight.

There might even be a 5th tier of jobs, but the books weren’t aware of it if there was one. Then again, Aberis was a small country, and only recently created, so this kind of information was limited. Plus, the concept of tiers was only something assigned to jobs for convenience, and didn’t fit reality completely.

As I was thinking, I realized five girls were glancing at me.

“What?” I asked.

“No.” Shao said, crossing her arms.

“Not another!” Miki nodded.

“Another?” I had no clue what they were talking about.

“M-master must control himself!” Raissa declared.

“I see…” I nodded, “In that case, let’s go find this mayor.”

I didn’t know what they were talking about, but I decided to fake it. They all acted weird sometimes. I had just been thinking about jobs, and there was nothing else on my mind. I rubbed my throat as we left the Traveler’s Guild. For some reason, I was suddenly thirsty for some milk.