88 A Journey III

Their task was to search for what was reported to be 'a once in a lifetime treasure'

Apparently it was some sort herb, 9 Reincarnating Flower

A flower said to go through an aching process of 9 years for each blooming process.

The first process will allow the flower to bloom into a single flower before releasing a seed that will grow into a flower with 2 buds, etc, etc.

They were given a time limit of one week to find such a flower but in the end... they never found it.

Alexander was always tasked with having to write the report and he couldn't help but shed tears every time both Dean and Ellis would reject him.

He was always the one who had to explain their circumstances while writing embarrassing words in order to curry favor with the people higher up the ladder.

It was very difficult to come up with new phrases or more original words that would allow the higher ups to give mercy on their group.

In most scenarios, they were supposed to have a high percentage rate in completing their missions however that only applied to killing things.

Sometimes, Dean would have to give a moment to himself to not cry at how badly his two teachers were struggling, but they were always able to laugh it off.

An example when they were told to harvest Hazy Leaves from a tree.

One was supposed to slowly pry open the leaves as they tended to be curled up and then pluck the leaf off of the tree.

The two geniuses next to Dean usually were impatient at the slow rate and when it was so close for the leaf being all the way open, they would ruthlessly pluck it.

They looked proud when holding the leaf in their hand before slowly crying at the realization the leaf was slowly crumbling away.

This was a mechanism built into the Hazy Leaves mechanism so that when their leaves fell, the spores attached to them would be carried by the wind for survival.

Dean found that the origin for the name, Hazy Leaf was due to the fact that the founder liked to impress people when the leaf would crumble and seem like an illusion.

Reminded of the time they had spent on just plucking those leaves, Dean had to sigh.

In the end, they were never given another harvesting job but instead acted as scouts to look for those items and marking it on the map for the next generation.

Obviously they had failed to find such an object but Alexander still marked the places they were absolutely sure they couldn't find.

Once they had rested enough and given information to the school, they immediately received the next mission.

However Dean was able to learn why the school was going through a pandemic with that gloomy aura he noticed.

From what he had heard from Ellis, it seemed the school was going through a cleansing and repairing.

Apparently they had used Christian as a way of finding out what some of the flaws are within the school.

It was never announced when we received a new principal but Dean accepted it.

They were implementing new systems to keep students safe and were trying to think of a more economically logical idea.

Some people within the school were apparently giving away information about the Spells and incidents of the school to the outside making everything messy.

People were soon expelled for cover up crimes such as murder, thievery, **** in order to not make any of the students suspicious.

To make sure no one would betray the school, they hope to add a test for trust but it would be difficult as they were teenagers who could change given enough of an exchange.

Dean felt a little glad that the school was improving despite their only relation being that he enrolled in the very school.

It was odd when he thought of it that way but he shrugged it off.

Alexander soon came back from a meeting to greet Dean and Ellis about their next mission.

"We're to head to the north to escort a merchant's group and to slay an animal when we head back."

He briefed that the animal wasn't too tough and was only needed not fro the fact that it was strong but due to the school running out of resources from that specific Beast.

The claws and teeth were apparently the most popular parts of this Beast since it was able to create a new method of Healing Potion released from their Alchemists at the school.

Such news was interesting as it meant that the resources would slowly hitch up in price and that they might even get a bonus if they get enough of those materials.

Ellis and Alexander were both interested for such a pay increase while Dean didn't get payed making him not care about such prizes.

They had to travel to a tavern somewhere above the center of the continent to meet their clients that would be under danger.

Dean and Ellis stood at the back as they weren't good with courtesy while Alexander was much better at holding his ground and being calm.

But their worry was for naught as the client wa surprisingly a kind old man who was willing to take them on board without a hassle however they were told they must never know what they are transporting.

It seemed they held privacy as one of the highest priority which was why they all agreed to keep quiet and separate their groups.

The client had hired mercenary groups along with their group which proved that their was a variety of people and that the item must be important.

They encountered many bandits due to the fact that they had a long line of merchandise that they had been eyeing.

Of course they were soon beaten under the greedy eyes of all the mercenaries who wanted to get on the client's good side.