Legacy of the Pantheruos

Reuniting...

3rd POV

They had arrived at the settlement. Months of travelling was worth it in the end because he entered the settlement that Myne was taken from. He took his time when walking to the guild and opened the door. A few seconds after he walked in, everyone looked at him then at the crib. The guild girl was busy talking to someone and didn't notice him until she was done but she gave a smile when he returned. It had been several months since he's taken the job and they were holding out alright. More people had learned how to fight and more people were eager to join the guild to make a name for themselves. She understood their reasons though, the higher their ranking then the more dangerous jobs that could be taken therefore the more lien they could pull in.

"Oh! You're back. Did you find her?" She asked hopefully.

"Yes." Raptor answered curtly then moved to the side a bit before opening the crib and revealing the missing girl. Everything went silent after he did that and he looked around to see everyone look at him in shock. Some of the patrons dropped their glasses of alcohol and just stared at him with open jaws, some just stared at him with widened eyes, and some even fainted on the spot.

Nobody knew how he did it.

How he managed to find this one little girl across the kingdom of Vale, the frontier nonetheless, and managed to make it back alright. He was a growing legend within the guild and it showed. Some could tell that he was young(age wise, he wasn't) judging by his voice but how young nobody knew, all that they knew was that he received onyx level ranking within a few short years and that ranking often took almost decades to achieve.

"..." The guild girl couldn't help but just stare in shock at the missing girl and had to rub her eyes a bit before tears started to leak from the corners of her eyes. She didn't know why she was crying to be honest, maybe it was tears of joy? Appreciation that he went all this way to retrieve one little girl that others failed to do so in the past? After he left, more people volunteered to find the girl but always either perished or gave up a couple months in.

"Where are the parents?" He asked.

"Oh! Um... the father is working at the south gate and the mother is at work. I'll have someone go retrieve them." She wiped the tears away then went to the back. All he did was go near one of the tall tables with a set of long chairs and stood there, ignoring the people that were giving him looks. He didn't realize that the guild girl had came up to him and set a slip of paper down and an onyx tag down also. He filled some things out and when asked for his name, all he did was put the number seven. Before he had taken this job, she informed him that pretty much only she knew the information on the papers and unless it was a supreme power then she wouldn't reveal anything. She blinked when he put the number for the name line.

"That's your name?" She asked.

"..." He didn't say anything but just nodded then turned to Myne, who was smiling at him.

"Thank you." She said.

"For what?" He asked.

"Saving her. Not many people would go that far to save one child." She smiled.

"It was my job." He simply said then waited.

"Well, we could increase your rank a bit but it would need to be approved by some higher authority." She said.

"Then keep it at what it is. I do not care for the ranking." He said.

"What? I thought that's why you did this?" She blinked in surprise.

"No. I did this simply because no one else was doing it and a child was at risk." He answered.

"So you didn't care if there wasn't a reward?" She asked.