Eternity Blue

Chapter XIII

A/N: I am deeply sorry that I have not updated this story lately because the summer heat wave melting my brains and was only thinking of food, watching anime, drawing on my tablet (which I am currently working on),

 my workplace, school, playing Fate Grand Order (I finally got my own Castoria, yay~) playing Genshin (I recently got Xiao from the banner pull in the last two weeks and was busy to build him), also getting distracted by cute/funny cat videos and went on a trip with my coworkers in a pretty place called Monschau here in Germany, learning the existence of Senfpralinen or Mustard Chocolates- (The thought alone of it makes me gag a little but perhaps some people might like these things and also these Cream Mustard Soup too (My Lactose Intolerance was screaming inside!!!))

*Cough* Anyways... I hope dear readers enjoy this chapter and excuse that my English grammar isn't the best but I will do my best because I enjoy writing my own fanfiction story.

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The headquarters of the adventure guild branch is always busy due to the fact what happened recently, research over potential expeditions such as the Dragonspine, commissions from the locals that needed to be sorted, and so on. This is how it is, normal for the Demi-Servant when she greeted politely to her coworkers despite everything as she keeps walking towards the head office where Cyrus was waiting for her to discuss, which they worried her if she is is emotionally stable enough to go through this solo expedition. After all, Elaine is still a young girl so they had to keep an eye on her. 

If Elaine slowly changed, and the youngest veteran adventurer from their records, also one of the best to teaching fresh newcomers who keep looking at her in awe as the newbies knew her from their parents or they met her during the danger she rescued them and saw her like a guardian angel from an otherworldly fairytale that they once read with their parental figure.

Like that kind little girl who follows her like a baby duckling and has the geo vision that constantly now helps them during their commission with her claymore and monstrous strength, her name is Noelle they believed. It kind was of adorable to watch how Noelle and Elaine treated each other like they were siblings.

They are honestly glad that Elaine joined and their branch steadily growing like veterans hoped to be, she truly was like the bright morning star that burns warmly above the sky but honestly sometimes worried as they saw her movements are cautious as she went to her way to the office.

It's not easy to overcome the fact that her father died before her eyes and still working to ignore the pain was not an easy feat for everyone.

Elaine sighed in exhaustion due to the lot of paperwork to do when it came from Crepus as she felt their gazes behind her back, slowly making eye contact with them which the adventurers quickly evaded her. She lightly shook her head while she gently knocked on the door.

"Come in," Cyrus said, the Demi-Servant entered into the room and closed the door as he gave her a hand wave.

"... Here are the reports of what happened that day when Ursa the Drake appears with his minion."

Elaine handed the branch chief her report sheets over which Cyrus looked thoroughly at every single detail of the written report with a perplexed frown like he couldn't believe what he saw while she stood silently as her chief clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"Eroch... That motherfucking bastard!" Cyrus muttered angrily, he slammed his working desk that was cracked a bit but thankfully he didn't break it in half since it is hellish expensive or someone had to go on another trip to Wolvedom to chop some woods.

Meanwhile, Elaine didn't even flinch and remained calm and calculative over his outburst. It would be unprofessional for her to snap and go berserk since they had to deal with a manipulated mastermind who may have a connection with the Fatui that orchestrated this like in a marionette theatre. In this situation, the Favonius Ordo would never suspect anything if Elaine didn't arrive at the scene and her fluffy companion wouldn't find this metal beetle with the fatui symbol that was stuck on the cloth from the wagon that the rain prevents the wood from having any stains inside.