Trip to the guild

Trip to the guild

I could tell that most of them had a similar issue at some point in the past from their reaction. It was sort of funny to me to be honest as they could each break me in half like I was made of cotton candy yet they had to suffer in a way I won't to get there. Not to say I couldn't relate though as I was quite the weeb on earth and had to my great shame tried to learn how to wield a sword at one point and failed miserably.-

Anyways we headed to the adventurers guild after that while a few of the familia left to set an order on supplies for their next departure from the city as they never stayed long. True to her word Ariande pointed out a few shops that would work out well for a newbie adventurer as we walked. She also pointed out a few buildings I should avoid since the stuff they sold was quite dangerous but not for the reason you might think.

"Soma wines are sold there, stuff has an extremely addictive quality to it. I've seen people get turned into husks from being unable to resist the urge to get more after trying it." She warned seriously.

She might as well have not said anything at all as the higher concentration of cursed energy on those buildings alone would have stopped me from checking them out. Cursed energy is literally powered by negative emotions like anger, grief, fear, doubt, greed, envy and so on so anywhere that has a lot of the stuff is probably best left alone. About halfway to the guild though I shivered as I felt a gaze land on me that felt different than normal, like all my secrets were laid bare before it.-

"Is it just me or does anyone else feel like they are being stared at right now?" I asked worriedly and Artemis looked concerned,

"It may be a god who specialized in souls, try to ignore it." She suggested and I complied though it was quite hard.

Getting stared at while feeling naked was highly uncomfortable and as a result tended to be hard to ignore. Thankfully it seemed to work as the gaze vanished just as fast as it appeared shortly after that.

"I thought gods couldn't use their powers here?" I asked confused.

"Alexander Drake, but I go by Alex a pleasure to meet you." I said with a smile after stepping forward.

"Rose Fannett, the pleasure is mine." she said politely before turning to Artemis again "I imagine you wish for the guild to help him until he can support himself or joins a familia?" she asked seriously.

Artemis nodded "He has already decided on becoming an adventurer so perhaps the easiest route would be to allow him to see a list of familias that are recruiting and set up an appointment with the god in charge of it. For lodging we can put him up at an inn room for at least a week but will be leaving again after that time." the goddess said calmly.

Rose nodded "Give me a moment to retrieve the list of recruiting familias." she said and walked away while we waited.

"What sort of familia are you hoping to get into?" Ariande asked me curiously.

"Hmm, probably one that would let me go into the dungeon by myself. I have a feeling that I won't play well on a team." I said honestly.

"Sounds like a small familia might be best then, most gods tend to advocate teams if they can and only a small familia would lack the personage to do so. I am surprised that you would want to risk solo diving though, it's not advised for a reason." Rethusa said sternly.

I shrugged "Nothing for it my gut says it wouldn't turn out very good and I am inclined to agree, it seems to know what it's doing so far after all." I said with grin.