[ Chapter 14 ] Registering Again
The three walk towards the Adventurer´s guild. As they are making their way Hearts decides to break the silence.
[ Hearts ] ¨So Gilden. What do you think your Will Rank will be?¨
[ Gilden ] ¨Will rank? I´m not sure… if I am sure Will rank is how powerful your Will is right?¨
Hearts nods.
[ Hearts ] ¨Yup, what do you think it is?¨
[ Gilden ] ¨I´m not sure, we´ll have to see when he gets there.¨
Hearts pouts a bit.
[ Hearts ] ¨Awh~ That´s no fun not guessing.¨
[ Anathea ] ¨We´re here now.¨
They stood in front of the Adventurer´s Guild. As they entered, they saw Ceres working at the counter. The adventurers were either resting or deciding their next actions. Ceres noticed their arrival.
(Author´s note: I didn´t say it but Ceres is fair-skinned, has medium-length brown hair, and green eyes.)
[ Ceres ] ¨Welcome back you two. Came for another mission?¨
The three of them walk over to Ceres.
[ Hearts ] ¨Yeah we did, but we also came to get thin one registered.¨
Ceres looks over to Gilden.
[ Ceres ] ¨Regristation huh. We don´t have any registrations right now. It should be quick. What is your name?¨
[ Gilden ] ¨I am Gilden.¨
Ceres elbows Gilden very lightly.
[ Ceres ] ¨Nice name you got there. Follow me beau.¨
Ceres leads them next to the room, but as they are about to enter they hear Ragna´s voice.
[ Ragna ] ¨Oi. Anathea, got some news for you?¨
Anathea turns to Ragna.
[ Anathea ] ¨What´s the news?¨
Ragna was on the second floor of the guild, he began to walk down the stairs.
[ Ragna ] ¨About the conversion of elven money over to coins.¨
Anathea tilts her head a bit at Ragna.
[ Aanthea ] “What about it?”
Ragna reaches the bottom floor.
[ Ragna ] “I learned of some adventurer who knew a bit about money conversion. He gave me a basic understanding of elven money. I’d say… tomorrow. I should have a good enough conversion rate.”
Anathea eye’s lights up in minor excitement.
[ Anathea ] “So? Tomorrow I should be able to convert my money is that right?”
Ragna nods at Ana.
[ Ragna ] “Yes, that is correct.”
Anathea nearly jumps at the words.
[ Anathea ] ¨That´s great!¨
Ragna looks over to Gilden.
[ Ragna ] ¨Whose the newcomer?¨
Gilden looks at Ragna. Hearts raises her hand a bit.
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[ Hearts ] ¨May we know who you are sir?¨
Anathea looks over to Hearts.
[ Anathea ] ¨You don´t know him?¨
Hearts tilts her head slightly.
[ Hearts ] ¨No. Who is he?¨
Ragna clears his throat.
[ Ragna ] ¨I am Ragna Gin.¨
[ Hearts ] ¨Gin huh… so you´re a part of the Gin family. You are the older brother of Crimson.¨
[ Ragna ] “Oh, you know my brother?”
[ Hearts ] ¨We know him, owner of the inn down the street from here. Has a daughter
named Nora.¨
[ Ragna ] ¨Seems you´re acquainted with Crimson. Say, Ana? Who are these two?¨
[ Anathea] ¨Oh, these two are my comrades.¨
[ Hearts ] ¨I Am Hearts. Hearts Blue.¨
Gilden turns to Ragna.
[ Gilden ] ¨I am Gilden.¨
[ Ragna ] ¨Hasn´t been three days and you´ve already found two comrades. I guess you could say my hopes for you were right.¨
Anathea looks down with a slight blush, scratching her head.
[ Anathea ] ¨Hehe~ I guess you can say I´m great.¨
Ragna crosses his arms.
[ Ragna ] ¨What are you guys here for today?¨
[ Anathea ] ¨We came to get Gilden registered today.¨
[ Ragna ] ¨Registering huh… let´s get the newcomer registered then.¨
Ragna walks over to Ceres.
[ Ragna ] ¨It´ll be you, I´ll just watch.¨
[ Ceres ] ¨Right boss.¨
Hearts and Gilden look at Ragna with a slightly confused look.
[ Hearts and Gilden ] ¨Boss?¨
Ana looks at them both.
[ Anathea ] ¨Oh, you didn´t know. He´s the manager and owner of this adventurer’s guild.¨
Hearts eyes pop out like a cartoon character.
[ Hearts ] “Oh… I didn’t know.”
Hearts look at Ragna with a bit more sincerity.
[ Hearts ] “I didn’t know you were the guild master sir Ragna.”
Ragna chuckles at Hearts.
[ Ragna ] “No need to be formal now, we are all technically adventurers here. Now, let’s get him registered.”
[ Ceres ] “Follow me.”
Ceres opens the door to another room, and the rest follow.
[ Ceres] “Do you have any questions about registering Gilden?”
[ Gilden ] “I could get a quick overview of it.”
[ Ceres ] “We will rank your will strength by having you touch a Will Stone. Touching it will shine a light depending on your strength. Brown, Orange, Green, Blue, Red, and Yellow. Brown weakest, Yellow strongest. We also will need some basic information about you like age but that comes later.”
[ Gilden ] “I see… anything else I should know?”
[ Ceres ] “Do you want to explain what Will is?”
[ Gilden ] “Sure, tell me.”
[ Ceres ] “Will is the essence and power of the Soul. It is the strength and ability every living being has. Allowing the person to conjure and use it to make magic or skills. Every person is born with a Will, changing depending on the character of Soul in the person. For example, as my character developed over time, it became an Earth Will. A Will element can be almost anything, depending on the Soul.”
[ Gilden ] “So that is how Will works… if I may ask… what determines how strong someone’s Will is?”
Ceres thinks for a bit before answering.
[ Ceres ] ¨What usually determines one's Will strength is how strong their resolve is. How determined they are for their resolve. That is usually the case. Because of that, there have been many cases of people´s Will or resolve being broken and weakening. They lose their resolve.¨
[ Gilden ] ¨I think I get it now… can someone make their Will stronger?¨
Ragna chimes in to answer this one.
[ Ragna ] ¨Of course, you can, you can always train yourself to become stronger. Along with mentally improving yourself, as that relates to your Will.¨
[ Gilden ] ¨Hmmm… Yeah, I got the gist of what Will is. Tell me.¨
Gilden looks over to Hearts and Ana.
[ Gilden ] ¨What are your guys Will rank?¨
[ Anathea ] ¨My Will's color is green rank.¨
[ Hearts ] ¨So is mine, I am also green.¨
Gilden looks at Ceres and Ragna.
[ Ceres ] ¨Oh, me? Well, I am orange rank.¨
[ Ragna ] ¨I am Red rank.¨
Gilden´s body rises a bit.
[ Gilden ] ¨Red… that´s high.¨
Ragna touches his chin.
[ Ragna ] ¨Well I was an adventurer too and a damn good one at that.¨
Ceres reaches the room of the Will stone, opening the door has the same atmosphere as when Anathea had entered it. The giant rock in the middle of the room.
[ Anathea ] ¨Still looks the same.¨
[ Hearts ] ¨Yup.¨
[ Ragna ] ¨What else do we add then?¨
Both Hearts and Ana shrug their arms.
[ Ragna ] ¨Exactly.¨
Ceres walks to the Will Stone standing next to it.
[ Ceres ] “The first process of registering is finding your Will rank. So may you please place your hand on it?”
Gilden walks forward and places his hand on the Will Stone.
[ Ceres ] “Now, release some of your Will energy into it.”
[ Gilden ] “Okay.”
Gilden begins to pour some of his energy into the Stone. Black winds came from the sides after a couple of seconds. The winds swirl around the room fast and rough. Everyone covers themselves from the wind.
[ Anathea ] ¨What´s with this wind? It wasn´t like this when I did it.¨
[ Ragna ] ¨This man… it´s affecting the Will Stone enough… he´s-¨
Gilden is still in the middle pouring his energy into the Will Stone. The black wind swarms behind the Will Stone, collecting. Within seconds it bursts into a shape made of wind, the shape was that of Fiend´s face. Then the black wind all clashes into the Will Stone going into it.
[ Hearts ] ¨What the heck is happening!¨
Gilden takes off his hand, then the Will Stone begins to shine a bright light after absorbing all the black wind. Blinding all of them into the room, making all cover their eyes.
[ Ceres ] ¨It´s-!¨
[ Ragna ] ¨He´s-!¨
The light dies down slowly till you see the color that shined from the Will Stone. All were shocked by the color shining from the Stone.
[ Anathea ] ¨No way…¨
[ Hearts ] ¨That color…¨
[ Ceres ] ¨Ragna? Are you seeing this…?¨
Ragna smiles and gulps down as a single sweat gland drops.
[ Ragna ] ¨Damn right I´m seeing it… this man right here is the real deal…¨
The light from the Will Stone shined a faint yellow color. Gilden stares at the stone.
[ Gilden ] ¨I´m… yellow?¨
[ Ragna ] ¨He is… a yellow rank…¨
Ragna makes a big smile at Gilden.
[ Ragna ] ¨I expect good things from you Gilden, don´t let me down.¨