I woke up early. After I got out of the bed, cleaned it neatly and stretched myself, I prepared the food for breakfast. I'm a freeloader in this estate so I don't mind if I share the chore

Today's breakfast is omelette fried rice with bacons and 2 slices of bread for each of us.

"Uwaa. For you to do this much, I'm grateful for this. I'm expecting it to be delicious."

She came after she finished yawning and licked her lips after. Though her appearance must never be revealed to anyone because I saw traces of saliva in her face.

"Of course it is. A hearty breakfast is needed for a living being is it not? Anyways, I'm planning to register at the Adventurer's Guild as per your recommendation last night. Then sell the loot and pay you up."

"Then, shall I accompany you and form a party of two?"

"That's good."

Then, we ate the breakfast. It was a hearty meal for the two of us. While Fia had been gobbling or rather wolfing down the food with relish. Then, wash the dishes, prepare the loot and leave the house.

We walked around the town and entered a building that is made of woods and stones with many people are entering in and out. There are many faces with tough faces that I saw. We head straight towards the beautiful receptionist.

"Hello, how may I help you?"

"I just want to register, what do I need to do?"

"Here, just write your name, age and signature."

She passed me a quil and a low quality paper.

"For your privacy, the guild shall only require your name, age and signature."

"Well that's good."

I gladly wrote my name in good mood, then I passed it to the receptionist. Deux said that this world's language is the same as Earth so there's no problem in regards to that.

"You are Vadel Arsival, 18 years old, is this right?"

"Yes, there are no problems."

"Very well then, welcome and congratulations for registering. Shall I explain the run-down things to you?"

"Please skip that. I already know the gist of it. Now then, sorry for the trouble."

"Yes, please come again."

The receptionist smiled at me as I waved in return.

"That's a smooth talk you got there. Also, you made Terry smile, how did you do that. Magic?"

"That receptionist girl? I only do things in my pace. Anyways, does that girl rarely interacts and smile?"

"Yes it is! She's cold and only focuses on her work. Even with her attitude, she harbored many men. If the news spread that you made Terry smile, the whole men in this town will look with you in supreme jealousy."

"Is that is? Their supreme jealousy? What a joke. Does the men in this town are simpletons? Anyways, I do admit that she's beautiful, so if she rarely smiles, then I will welcome and accept it warmly."

"Where do you get that confidence? Can I borrow some of that?"

Fia said as a joke and laughed as we walk to the armor smith.

"Oh, Fia, welcome! That's a new face here, your lover?"

"No no no, I was saved by this man from the bandits and escorted him here to sell the loot. Besides, he rejected me you know?"

"Bwahahahaha! A lass as beautiful as you got rejected by that lad? Boy, you sure have the balls to reject her aren't ya!"

And he slapped my back hard. This burly man seems aquainted to Fia.

"I just happened to pass by and saved her. The bandits were quite troublesome, they're skillfuly coordinated which made them tougher."

"Oh! A coordinated group of bandits ya say? Was the leader got'n axe?"

"Yes, you are right. How come you knew?"

"Wha!? Ya got balls on defeatin' Marbas' right hand man! You tell the Adventurer's Guild bout that and the'll reward ya with lots a money!"

"Oh, now that you mention it, I totally forgot about them."

"Now that you've save this lassie and defeated Marbas' right hand man, I'll give ya a added price for what ya will sell! Aren't I generous!"

"I thank you."

I spread the loot that consists of 2 padded leather shirts, 4 pair of leather gloves, 4 boots, 5 belts, plated boots, an axe from the bandit leader and on of his underling, a iron sword and a shield.

"Right, all of that is, 1 gold, 73 silvers and 83 coppers. The most interesting here is that all of them didn't have any damages, only blood spurts. So I'll give a 2 gold, 20 silvers and 50 coppers."

He gives me money according to the amount he said and smiles at me.

"Tell me next time if you defeated not only Marbas' follies but himself, got that lad?"

"Look forward to it."

After the negotiation, we left and head towards the Adventurer's Guild once more.

"Here, as promised, 30 coppers plus a bonus."

I gave Fia 20 silver and 30 coppers.

"Eh? This isn't--"

"Come on, you're the victim here, remember? Besides, recieving rewards after getting nearly raped by those thugs, doesn't tickle your greed, no?"

She said no more words and reluctantly accepted the money. There, as long as this girl draw a line in her conscience, it will be alright for her.

"Anyways, is there a tool that can detect lies?"

"Yes, there is. The Adventurer's Guild is using them to confirm the lies if they give false information. Besides, only the guild supervisor and the higher ups are the only people in this world that can use that magic tool."

Ohh, a magic tool she said. Quite interesting.

"Oh well, lets collect the bounty before I start some quests."

"Hello, what can I do for you again?"

She's the same receptionists earlier that Fia mentioned, if I remember correctly, her name is... Terry.

"Can you call over the guild supervisor? I have some business with him. Tell him that a man had defeated Marbas' right hand man."

"E-eh? C-certainly, please wait here for a bit."

Though its too late to hide her flustered face, she still stood up and went upwards through the stairs.

"Are you the one who defeated Colmer?"

Suddenly while I look for a quests in a certain board to kill time, a big man talks to me. He might be the guild supervisor.

"Ah, good day, shall we talk in private? This isn't the place to talk because of the onlookers."

"Indeed, come, follow me."

Because the guild supervisor talked to me suddenly, I had gathered some annoying peanut eyes. Since this talk seems to be a sensitive topic because of his tone, I changed my tone and told him, thus, he gladly understood what my intent is, he agreed so. We head towards a private room.

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"You can talk freely here, this room had a barrier to prevent eavesdropping, also, our voices cannot escape even if you strained your ears behind that door. Also, I have this here, a magic tool that prevents lying. This magic tool is the real thing, I guarantee you that."

He said while putting a bell-like thing on a table between us. So if I lie, this thing shall give an alarming sound or something like that?

"Alright then. Lets start the business. My name is Vadel Arsival. I just registered as an adventurer earlier though."

"Right, the name's Georg, the supervisor of this building. Now then, is it true?"

"Yeah. Though not to brag but, I do have skills. Besides, lady luck was on my side at that time."

"You only have to answer Yes or No, so, 'Georg asks, are you the one who defeated Marbas' right hand man'?"

Hou, the magic-shone vividly when he started to ask. So this is a magic device, huh? A very interesting tool. Maybe I should make some for me too?

"Yes."

When I answered, the magic device did not ring. Hmmm... I think my conjencture earlier is right. That if I lie, this magic device may ring.

"Hmmm... That is all, don't forget to collect the rewards at the counter, alright? Also, be careful of handling the money, okay? Since pickpocketing is frequent in this town, be cautious."

"Thanks for the advice. Now then, have a good day."

"Hmm, you too, don't die early. I do not know your strength and intentions thus be careful. Anything can happen if fate decides it."

I nod at the big man who looked serious at me. Hmmm, I do have a pride in my acting skills but to think that man can guess me like that, is that what they called experience? No, intuition? I also think that man had many experience but in actual combat because of his muscles and scars. Oh well, might as well get the rewards and buy a magic book.

Speaking of magic, Deux said that I can also use magic. He also said that there are many types of magic that spread throughout the world. Anyways, I now have an idea. As deux said, there are 3 types to use magic.

First, the chanting. Magicians of this world commonly uses this and is also very widely known.

Second, inscribing it in parchments of paper using a special ink. Even a commoner can also use magic as long as he had the parchment.

Third, the chantless. Creating a spell without chanting and using parchments is a huge advantage of a magician.

Though I have a theory to use magic without chanting. And here's the thing:

Apparently, everywhere in this world, whether the forests, skies, seas, mountains, anywhere, there are called mana. Also, every being do also have this mana. By using magic, one must compensate a certain amount of mana for a spell, the larger or complicated the spell is, the bigger the consumption of mana that is to be compensated. Thus, while chanting, the spell forms. But, it doesn't end to that.

Yes, you can chant, but if the caster didn't have a concrete image of the spell, then the magic would decline. Thus, resulting to a failed magic. While chanting the spell, the caster must focus and imagine the image of the spell while compensating their mana.

Thus, my theory is, why not use the mana around us and imagine a simple image of the spell? Or, more like, imagine a ball of fire that can burn the enemy to the crisp? Instead of using the mana that our body needs, why not use the mana around us and imagine a spell that is so simple that even a child can understand?

Anyways, as for the simple spells that every magician can use, why not try to listen to the chant and memorize it? Isn't that great? Now, what I need the most is the spells that is not very known about.

"Oh well, might as well get the reward now."

I head towards the counter and asked Terry, the receptionist.

"Oh! Mr. Arsival, the superiors told me to hand you the rewards."

She waved while smiling at me faintly. No, please stop smiling like that, look at the guys around. If looks could kill a person, then I'd be dead right now. Now, let me keep face and act like normal.

"Is that so? Right then, how much is it?"

"About 2 gold coins, 80 silver coins and 73 copper coins."

Hmm? For a right hand man, his bounty seemed high. I got slightly rich in an instant. Lets see, lets tease this girl for a bit and see the reactions of the boys.

"Hmm, it seems there's more..."

"A-Are you dissatisfied? Do you want more rewards--S-Shall I ask the g-guild management to add some?"

Oh, for this girl to do that far, is this perhaps 'love'?

"Can you add your smile please?"

"!!!"

Oh! Her face furiously blushed with red! Even her ears are also red. Man, my charisma is still strong even though I stayed home for many months in my house in the other world?

"H-Here, p-please, a-acc-ept it."

She hands me a bag with the money in it and... She smiled... Brilliantly like a sun. Like a blooming flower in the prairie basked in the sun's shine. Beautiful. I smiled unintentionally.

"I thank you, milady."

I also showed her my killer smile that even smites the professional honey-trappers in the underground world. Then, I turned my back without knowing what she looked like. I do love to see her reaction but the guys around me looked at me like they're shedding tears of blood and shaking while their fists are ready to give me a punch. Man, even in this world, there are even unpopular guys? Reality is harsh isn't it?

"What was that earlier! It looked like you were courting her! And look at those guys, they're looking at you with bloodlust! And Terry's smile earlier, really, I didn't know that she can smile like that! Hahahahaha!"

"Hey hey, don't be silly. It isn't easy to be looked upon jealousy, you know? Even a man like me can understand the preassure of jealousy in the unpopular guys."

"Seriously, how can you handle such things at your own pace? Hey hey, can you give me some of that confidence you are using?"

"No way, I can't hand this confidence of mine."

"Ehhh!"

We took off the Adventurer's Guild while joking with ourselves.