I Don’t Want This Bad Ending

"I know you heard from the guild master that the two of you will go to the ruins to retrieve a relic, but we will have to change plans, instead of the two of you going there, it would be us four." Silvester looked around the room to observe their reaction.

Without beating around the bush, Silvester immediately went for the topic at hand.

As always, Adelyn has that look of unperturbed and Adam was looking the same, though he looks fierce.

Silvester was satisfied but he heard Erick's voice.

"Sir Sil, I don't want to be rude but guarding and fighting at the same time would be different when you need to protect someone, and the ruins of Stygian have a different habitat and unknown monsters."

Adelyn leisurely looked at Erick's face who was smiling but his face looked like he was frowning.

'Old man knows that he's a prince of this Kingdom and the future King at that, his face is popular for those in the information business and if something happened to him during the trip then the fall would be on his guild' She thought as she stopped herself from clicking her tongue and shaking her head.

"If you're worried that we'll become the adventurer's baggage then don't be. I knew how to wield a sword and I have my magic." Silvester countered, still observing Adelyn.

'I can feel him looking at me. Stop it, Sil! It looks like you'll put holes in my body with how piercing those red eyes is' Adelyn was having internal thoughts and wanted to escape.

She's not ready to meet someone she knew. But she was also relieved that his cousin isn't weak anymore. 'Still, I can beat him like last time' she thought.

Erick then speaks and Silvester's eyes move in his direction "We're not saying that your company will be a baggage to this adventurer, what I'm saying is that it's dangerous even for these strong people that I pick… That's how dangerous one of the forbidden cities can be."

"Are you saying that even though I know how to protect myself, these strong people will have a hard time just because two people were added? Then, I guess they're not really strong then."

Erick's brows raised at his provocation, while Adam stared at him. And Adelyn? She's just listening while leaning back and relaxing.

She knows that Silvester is strong enough to protect himself, it's just that his title as the future King is the biggest problem.

'That's also the reason why he gave an alias, but no one would buy that in here. The reason no one was objecting how he introduced himself is because the guild respects their client.' She thought.

Erick began to smirk and looked at Adelyn and Adam.

"What do you say? You guys will be the one to accompany them in this trip. Your decision."

Erick was known to respect the Monterio adventurer's decision whenever it comes to the stake of their life during a hard mission that can lead to their death especially adventurers in high rank. He knows how important it is, to hold the freedom to your life.

And Silvester observed them, it was true that the decision will be to those two who were silent since the discussion of the mission started.

He saw Adelyn rest her chin on her hand and his eyes also fell to Adam who was looking at Adelyn.

'Why do these two look like they were waiting for her approval?' Silvester thought.

"Hmm…"

Looking at the lady who was deeply in thought, it made him also anticipate what will happen.

"Then, let's do this…"

When Adelyn said that a fierce aura was released from her along with her dominance that she accumulated when she became an adventurer.

It was heavy and almost suffocating. Everyone in the room was shocked and Silvester's attendant plopped down because of the heaviness he felt. He was gasping for air in an instant

Adam and Erick were having chills in their spine. It was the first time that they felt her aura because she was always and only using her sword until now. If she does use her magic, the mana used are too small to notice.

Silvester who was sitting and observing a second ago became the target of the heavy aura. He paled but immediately protected himself by countering her fierce aura with his aura.

The clash of the two auras were heavy but Adelyn was winning, and Erick needed to protect the attendant and ultimately just a few second pass the heavy mana was gone when Adelyn took it back.

It was just half a minute. Thirty seconds of the intense aura was enough for the people in the room to gauge Adelyn's power who was still relaxed in her leaned posture like she didn't do anything.

She clapped her hand like she was happy about the result and what she did to the Prince was a joke.

"I guess we don't have a problem now. We don't need to worry about Sir Sil in this mission" She smiled while she looked at Silvester's still dumbfounded face.

'It's nice to see that again…' she was describing Silvester's face. Frowning.

"Is this how your guild operates, Sir Erick?" Silvester was angry.

It's because he never expected that the lady in front of her would release an aura that even he, the future King, cannot repel. He bit his lower lips but eventually came to his senses.

It's reasonable how she measures how strong he is, but the method was still unacceptable for him.

Erick can only apologize to their scary princess. Even he didn't expect that she would do that.

"Adelyn! How can you do that?"

'Oops! I think I overdid it as the Old man was calling my name and not a princess." she thought and smiled like she was innocent.

'This brat! How can she brazenly smile like that while she almost made my guild turn to ashes?!' Erick angrily thought.

"You don't need to be angry. It was just for a split second and I didn't use all my aura." She said.

'What?!' The people in the meeting room have the same shocked thoughts.

Adelyn just smiled.

Four years. That's how long she trained her power in secret and although she had mana leakage it was still strong.

When her mana cap was fixed, her mana grew stronger along with her unlocked chains, her powers were enough compared to Gil's quarter mana.

"It was passable." That was what Gil said to her after they checked her powers.

Well, Gil's power was sealed and restricted because of her and her other contracted spirit. Because their power can only be unleashed when their master is strong enough to hold their spirits mana.

In Evelyn's case, her power is just a quarter of Gil's weak state.

'That pretty old man really was strong. But because he said I was interesting. He gave in to my whining and formed a contract with me when I was a child.' She remembered.

Erick fakes a cough. He really can't predict Adelyn. And before he can apologize again to the prince, Adelyn cut in.

"I apologize if I startled you but please understand, it was the fastest way for me to know how strong you are and how much protection you need"

"I wished you would have given me a heads up."

"If I did you will be prepared and that's not what I need to see. What I want was to see how alert and fast your reflexes can be when you face a stronger opponent, Sir Sil."

Silvester becomes quiet. Because Adelyn's voice was like Evelyn and the way she points out reasonable details was also like her.

"Don't worry that won't happen in the future again." she said then she asked Adam who was still quiet until a while ago.

"Adam, you alright?"

"Can we spar?"

Okay, that came out of nowhere. And Adelyn chuckled.

Her cheerful smile and sweet voice ease the tension inside the room.

"Sure… Let's spar when we have time. I won't go easy on you, Adam." She said.

"Yes, Miss Adelyn."

Anyways their talk has finished, and Erick was concerned that the people inside the guild will think that they have been attacked because of the aura but no one came to the room to report to him.

"That's odd…" he mumbled.

"Oh, old man! don't worry about my aura earlier. I made a barrier inside the room, so the people below didn't notice it." She said and exited the room.

"She's really scary… our princess. Don't you think so, Adam?"

Adam only stared at the closed door and nodded.

"But that's her charm…" 

***

Adelyn was summoned again to the guild while she was busy packing her stuff for the trip to the Stygian ruins.

"Old man, what is it? You keep on calling me when I'm busy."

A scroll is tossed her way and she catches it without issue.

"What's this?"

"Initial payment… It's the contents of what you requested but that's only about the nobles. The temple of light would be after you came back."

She smiled and opened the scroll after she heard Erick's explanation.

"Don't worry, I'll come back to annoy you again…"

She stopped joking when she read the contents.

"is this true…?" she was dumbfounded.

"Yes."

"Ha!"

That piece of paper contained information she needed, and one of the contents said that Crown Prince Edickart was poisoned and Adley is preparing to get the faction under his side.

That means that the Capital will be in chaos the longer Edickart wasn't treated.

"What a mess…"

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