The Adrift Oath

Chapter V: Calm before the storm

Walking down the hallway that was behind doors only accessible by the staff of the guild, Fae was getting a lesson on the multiple biomes of Flora, which seemed to be a country to have a small portion of territory in the Vael desert down in the south, and a small portion of the curtain of giant trees in the north.

"Miss Yulia!" Both coming to a halt as they looked behind them to see a slightly irritated Maria

"I haven't spoken about your decisions on ceasing recruitments but I won't stand for this harassment!" Yulia with parted lips and narrowed eyes looked at Fae

"Harassing who exactly?" Yulia asked Maria as she put her gaze back at her, seeing Fae however move to hide behind the receptionist

"Oh thank you so much, Yulia was sooooo mean to me" Taking on the veil of somebody emotionally abused, Fae continued on with her charade

"H-hey what the hell are you doing" Yulia inquired with slightly furrowed eyebrows

"She wouldn't stop following me and telling me that I would amount to nothing" Fae continued on to fuel Maria's righteous kindness that was on the wrong target

"Miss Yulia!" Maria exclaimed with shock as she put her hands on her waist, Yulia on the other side could only give the smirking Fae hidden behind the kind Maria a fed up look

"haha don't worry Maria, Yulia has been very kind to me" Putting her hands on her shoulders, Fae smiled at Yulia while the latter could only cross her arms and click her tongue

She then looked at Maria

"In fact, we're on our way for her to register me as an adventurer" She continued on, Maria raised an eyebrow as she stared at Fae for a couple of seconds, before diverting her gaze to land it on Yulia who chuckled and scratched her cheek

"I'll fill you on the details later, just make sure Fae gets her papers right" Yulia told her receptionist, who gently smiled before giving back a slow nod

"And anyone else that wants to register will have to go through the test, just like usual" She added, bringing a question out of Maria

"So Fae will have to go through one as well?" She asked her, Fae looked at Yulia who scoffed and waved her hand

"Nah nah, she already passed it" Giving Fae a small smile, Yulia gave her a hand that Fae gently shook

"Like I said earlier, if you need anything you can always come to me for help" She told Fae, who smiled warmly

"Thank you, I really appreciate it" Waving goodbye to both of the women, Yulia walked back to her office

"Well, somebody is in a good mood" Putting her hands on her waist, Maria gave Fae a curious gaze with a raised eyebrow

"What were you two up to?" Fae just chuckled at the question that she was given

"Just a little eye opening adventure" She replied to Maria who clearly seemed unsatisfied with the answer given as she pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes

"That aside, let's get you in our ranks shall we?" Deciding not to pry any further the receptionist gave Fae a small smile as the both of them walked towards one of the staff room

"So, how old are you Fae?" She asked her, receiving a raised eyebrow from the inquired one that walked alongside her

"Twenty one, I'm guessing you gotta fill up some info for the papers yeah?" Fae asked back, merely getting a nod as a reply that seemingly satisfied her

"And do you have any experience in swordfighting or magic?" Asked again and bringing her to rub her chin, Fae hummed

"I was enrolled in a fencing school when I was a kid, does that count?" The answer giving her made Maria slightly open her mouth as she looked at Fae for a fraction of a second before furrowing her eyebrows to give her quite the concerned look