“Hello sir, how may I help you” she asked with a smile worthy of a great goddess!, but no, no. Adrian remembered, he remembered customer service and its great horrors.

“I am sorry but I might need your help with identifying what monsters some of the parts belong to."

Please don’t look at me with such dead eyes you are totally getting a rise out of this.

“Of Course sir, I would love to see what type of wolf fur you have in store.” she says with an unchanging smile.

Ah, here it is, the hidden sass. I might need to go from strong to weak if I want to finish this quickly and with the least amount of snark.

Putting my hand into the bag of holding and looking for the horn of the monster I call ice devil.

The horns seem to have worked as a mana detecting and synchronizing organ. I learned this the first time I dissected one of these monsters alive.

I finally found the curved object and pulled it out to show the receptionist.

It is curved and made out of a pure white material. It isn't ivory, it is far more crystalline than that.

Its curved length is about the length of a forearm.

As soon as her eyes land on it she stops breathing.

Is she okay??

She held her breath for a full minute before gasping loudly. Her body nearly shaking with excitement.

She pulls out a book from under her counter and starts quickly flipping through it.

“Sir! Is this it?” she asks gingerly, pointing at an illustration of an ice devil.

Tall with wrists as thick as a man's waste.

A face that is the cross between a yeti and a sabertooth tiger, yet disgustingly furless.

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Some parts of its body had natural armor. Some type of icy chitin.

“Yes, this is it.” I said while pointing at its lustration

She caught the hand I was pointing with, her eyes shining with excitement.“The guild master would like to meet you!” she said with a smile.

But how would you know? You just said so out of the blue.

Ugh, let’s just get it out of the way.

“Alright lead the way ”

“Thank you for your cooperation.” she said somehow keeping her excitement in check.

“Oh! I’m coming along!” said Luluae from behind.

The Receptionist stopped and hesitated then looked to me for help.

“Alright let's get going.” I answered, ignoring her pleading look.

The Receptionist starts moving to the back with a sigh, where an “employee only” door awaits.

“This way sir.” she said as she moved through the door and moved forward towards the end of the corridor. And up some stairs and soon Adrian stood in front of an ornate door

*Knock knock* “guild master Einariel! I have something of great interest.” shouted the receptionist.

“Then quit dawdling your thumbs and come inside, Ariana!” came a young female voice from inside.

The receptionist, apparently named Ariana, turned back to us.

“Please wait for a moment sir.” she quickly slipped past the doors.

“So why did you follow along?” I asked Luluae.

“Oh nothing much, just making sure you aren't robbed blind and given a tenth of what you deserve, Oh and also to watch that gnome lose her marbles over what is inside that bag of yours.” She spoke playfully with a wink.

“Eh, have fun I guess.” as long as you aren't causing trouble I am fine with you around.

“Oh trust me I will.” she said with a bit of a wicked smile.

Oh, how Ominous.

Ariana finally came out. “Please come inside and the guild master will be meeting you right now.”

Stepping inside the room, I looked around to find it very tastefully decorated with various things displayed as trophies. Among the more interesting things was a big red crystal, the tooth of a fish. And a shield made of only one giant scale.

In the middle of the room stood a large carved desk. Behind it sat what looked like a young girl of 12 years old. But if her very pointy yet thick ear is any indication, this person is probably non-human.

She had short grey hair and white pasty skin and wore a simple blouse and skirt.

“Welcome to my office, my name is Einariel and I am the guild master of this branch of the artisan guild”

She spoke professionally and a poker face as cold as ice, but if her high body temperature was anything to go off of he would have to say that it is an impressive facade she is holding up. The woman in front of me was very excited, and it scared me.