The Adrift Oath

Chapter III: Wraith

Dear Fae

I hope this letter finds you well, I wished to thank you for being kind to a stranger like me that nobody would seeing on how terrifying I must have looked in plated armor bathed in blood, I apologize if I have made you uncomfortable in our short journey together with my lack of words, it is for personal reasons.

I have no recollection of what has transpired before losing my consciousness but I have you to thank for leaving that forest unscathed, thank you

Apart from that I wish you safe travels to where ever you might go, I hope our paths cross once again in much favorable circumstances

Sincerely, yours truly

Claude

"Claude huh?" Fae muttered to herself as she gently placed the letter she found on the nightstand of her room back down, sitting on the edge of the bed she let out a long exhale, she then nervously laughed as she realized that he doesn't know the reason he lost consciousness in that forest was because of the same person he was thanking

"Anyway..." Putting her backpack on the bed, she opened it to make a mental note of the things at hand

A water bottle, a Scarf, text books and note books, a self defense flashlight, two packs of cigarettes with one half empty and her pink plastic lighter

But also, Archard's dagger that was on Fae's lap, it looked beautiful with its engraving and silver sheathe, a coin pouch on the nightstand that Claude left for her and the one Archard gave her

In total she had 14 silver coins and 2 gold coins

She had no idea whether that was a lot or not, but it was a start in this new journey of hers and she had more important things to do...

....

Taking the hood of the cloak that Ulfgan gave her off her head, Fae looked up at the sign that was two swords clashing against each other and pursed her lips, it was the building she was looking for

Pushing the doors open, Fae got in as the same doors closed behind her, she looked around what seemed like a lobby with few adventurers dispersed around, most had leather armor while others wore robs and had staffs in their hands

"Ulfgan wasn't joking about magic huh" Taking a deep breath in she approached the receptionist that met the description he gave Fae, Dark eyes and brown short hair

"Excuse me miss, would you happen to be Maria?" Fae asked as she attracted the receptionist's attention

"Why yes, do we know each other?" Fae smiled as she brought out a small letter out of her backpocket

"Not yet" She then handed it to Maria with a small smile, the latter opened it with curiosity and started reading the content, but quickly looked up with a guilty expression

"A-ah, I'm so sorry miss..." She looked back to the letter to read Fae's name

"I'm sorry miss Fae but we are under strict orders to stop recruitments for now" Fae, disheartened, raised an eyebrow

"May I know for what reason?" She inquired her

"A dormant dungeon is active again and many new reckless adventurers have lost their lives in it, the guild master has ceased all recruitment because of the increasing death toll" Maria stated as she saw Fae let out a sigh

"Why cease all recruitments why not just forbid adventurers to enter that dungeon" Fae said with slight anger as she put her hands on the counter

"Well that's the thing, adventurers don't really listen to warnings very well" Maria said with a nervous chuckle as Fae clicked her tongue