Aza and I were sitting on a bench, waiting for our turn for the ranking test. We’re on the lowest floor, on a wide room guarded by mid ranked adventurers.

The monster we should kill is a red wolf. There was a transparent barrier erected in the middle of the room, created by one of the adventurers. Inside is where we have to fight a red wolf.

Aside from us, the others that would take the test are shaking in fear. Most of the people that tried lost and were badly injured, two even died. If you’re afraid then get out! If you’re not prepared to die then you don’t have the right to kill!

When my turn came, out of the seventeen people that came before me, only one succeeded, eleven were gravely injured, and four died. Sigh, they should have ran away while they had the chance...

I stood up and walked to the barrier.

“Good luck hubby!” Aza said while waving her hand.

When the man caught a glimpse of my face, he stopped me. “Wait, are you sure you can handle this? If not, I suggest that you try another time.”

“I can.” And why are you only being concerned now? There are lots of weak looking people that came before me, why didn’t you stop them?

He was a bit sad as he let me enter the barrier, and as soon as I stepped inside, I sent a high speed air bullet to the wolf’s head. In a split second, I turned around and stepped out of the barrier.

Seeing that only a second has passed, he asked. “A change of heart?”

“What are you saying? I already killed the wolf so give me the note.” I said while pointing at the wolf that now had a large hole on its head. Once it fell down, its blood scattered on the floor.

The man’s jaw dropped as he stared at the dead wolf, even the other adventurers, and even the others that want to take the test.

“So, are you giving me the note or not?”[Yuu]

“A...sorry” He said as he took a piece of note from his pocket. “Here”

I took it and stood at the side of the barrier. “Since my friend will be next, can I wait for her here?”

“T-that shouldn’t be a problem. Next!”[Man]

Aza stood up and as she walked to the barrier, she said. “Watch carefully hubby and be amazed. After my performance you’ll fall in love with me.”

“Yes, yes, just get inside.”[Yuu]

The people watched closely, they wanted to see how a friend of someone like me would defeat the wolf, not to mention that she’s the youngest. Well, she only looks young, she’s more than a hundred years old, or even thousands.

Since they had to get a new wolf, Aza had to wait. Once the wolf was being transported, as soon as the wolf’s head entered the barrier, it died. It was pierced from the inside by it’s own blood.

Aza merrily went out and said. “Do you love me now?”

“You thought I’d be attracted to that? What am I, a psychopath?”[Yuu]

After that, she received a note and we both went back to the second floor. When I entered the room, the elf was still talking to someone, so I stood on the side. Once they were done, the elf said. “You look unharmed, I guess a red wolf is to much for a girl like you.”

“What are you talking about?” I said while pulling the note from my pocket. “Does this look like I failed?”

“H-how?”[Elf]

“Stop wasting time. Promote me and give me the plate.”[Yuu]

It took an hour to update the plate. Once I got it, I went out and waited for Aza. When she showed up, she showed me her plate. “Look, look, doesn’t my name sound cool?”

Since she almost shoved it on my face, I got a glance of the name written in the plate and it says Reila Vilansia. Why did sh- I get it, she has to hide her identity as a Goddess.

“You’re wondering wh-“[Aza]

“To hide your identity, am I correct?”[Yuu]

“How did you know? You can read my mind? If you can, then that only means we’re soul mates, we’re made for each other!”[Aza]

“No, it was obvious. Besides, if I can read your mind, then why couldn’t you read mine?”[Yuu]

“Of course I can, look.” She said while holding her forehead. “You’re thinking of perverted thoughts about me.”

“Dream on.” I said as I turned around and walked to the stairs.

Now I can choose one of the missions hanged on the bulletin board on the first floor. I wonder if I could take A rank mission from the get go.

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When we got to the first floor, the people around started staring at us. Is it about our ranking test?

We ignored them and went to the bulletin board. I randomly picked an A rank quest and took it.

“Are you sure you want that one?” Said one of the men behind me.

“Yes” I said while walking away and standing in line, the one with the least people.

Now that I think about it, everything is written in a different language and yet I can understand it. More than that, how could I not notice that I’ve been talking in a different language? Excitement can do frightening things...

Once my turn came, she took a look at the mission I chose and asked. “Are you sure you want to take this?”

“Yes, is there a problem?”[Yuu]

“It’s not allowed to take a quest two ranks higher than you, but since those from below told me about you, I can make an exception.”[Receptionist]

So there’s a rule like that. Not that it matter now.

“Mis- Sir? Sir Kobayashi, are you taking this alone?”[Receptionist]

“No, I’ll take it with her.” I said while pointing at Aza.

“Then you should form a party first. Please head to the second floor and officially form a party. I’ll keep this mission here so none could take it.”[Receptionist]

“Is that so, then please excuse me.” I said while walking back to the upper floor. Sigh, I should have done that first, what a waste of time...

We had to stand in line again, and once our turn came, we were led to a room. This time, a beastman was inside.

As Aza and I sat on a vacant chair, the beastman asked. “Have you thought of a name for your party?”

...I haven’t!

“Yuu’s harem”[Aza]

“Ignore what she said.”[Yuu]

Think Yuu, think, you need to think of an awesome name. Shadow knights? Dark brigade? No, I need something else!

“Yuu’s slave harem!”[Aza]

“Aza!”[Yuu]

“I’m sorry! It was a joke!”[Aza]

Dark...black...maybe the opposite, white...shinning...luminous...luminous brigade? No, let’s convert it to japanese. Hakko Ryodan?

After thinking a bit more, I gave up and just went with Hakko Ryodan. Sounds like a group from hunter x hunter.

Once we formed the party, we had to get in line again on the first floor. We didn’t have problems with getting the mission though.

Excited, I ran out of the city with Aza. We went at high speed and without resting, we got to the place we needed to in a day.

We made quick work of the monsters around us and killed the monster that we needed to kill. In that one mission, we were able to get the needed points for the ranking mission.

Ever since then, we moved non stop, taking missions, finishing it as fast as we could, and raising quickly raising our ranks. Since there was a scarcity in A ranked quest, we also traveled to different cities.

People were starting to question why we could finish a mission so fast when it would usually take a long time to travel to where the mission is located. Not that we care, we just ignored it and continued doing what we want. The thing about it cooled down on its own, since the people started to admired us.

I started noticing Aza’s change in behavior when we were traveling. She’s more quiet than when we first met, and her perverted actions were greatly reduced. Because of that, I slowly accepted her as a friend, only as a friend...

As time passed, I slowly became bored with taking missions. It’s, what do you call it, repetitive? I take a mission, run to the place where the mission is located, kill the monster, come back, then the cycle repeats. The only thing making my travels fun is Az-...nevermind.

I got closer and closer to Aza without me noticing. The times we are in sync became more frequent. We started noticing the similarities in the things we like. We started fighting together, and I even limit myself so we could be in sync as we fight.

I still find her aggressive and perverted acts to be annoying, but I’m starting to think it’s not so bad to have her around.

A month after we became an adventurer, we decided to take one last mission, and it’s a big one.