(7)

"So… We can't register?" Ashton asked with a blank expression to the elf woman in front of him. Mordred was leaning against his shoulder and sleeping, not caring about the situation.

Eina, the elf woman, nodded at his words. "You aren't at a level to go into the dungeon, so without a familia I cannot allow you to become an adventurer."

The words were like the dull blade of a knife, trying it's best to stab it's way into the skin. Ashton was annoyed and confused, he didn't see why he had to join a familia in order to become an adventurer.

"Why do I need to join a familia in order to go into some dungeon? This isn't how video games go…"

Eina sighed and fixed her glasses before explaining. "The whole point of adventuring is to gain magic stones, these can be traded for Valis. Only adventurers with Falna, the blessing of the gods can get strong enough to fight these monsters in the dungeons, they get stronger due to excelia, which comes from training."

'Sounds like Xp from a video game to me… So I need to get this Falna crap first to start the game huh? Fine.'

"I see… Then I'll come back with a Falna for me and her, Then we can be registered?" Ashton asked with a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

It was cool thinking of being inside a video game, anyone would react the same way as he did.

With Eina's confirmation, Ashton set out of the guild, only coming back seeing that Mordred wasn't with him.

"You seem pretty tired huh… Fine, sleep," Ashton said mostly to himself as he carded Mordred's unconscious body, all the waiting and the large amounts of food they'd had the day before had taken its toll, causing her to be more sleepy than usual.

Ashton would never say it but she was quite cute when she acted this way.

(Ashton POV)

I left Mordred in the inn to sleep off her drinks, I'd have to limit the alcohol intake she had… Maybe I'd try some myself.

It's not like I had never gotten drunk before, and here it was legal anyway, so I might as well try it.

"Heya nya~ Are ya hungry Nya!~" A short girl with cat ears on top of her head interrupted my thoughts.

"Uhh, I guess I am kinda hungry, but I'll just eat later," I started to step away before realizing where I was. This was the same place we had eaten yesterday, The Hostess Of Fertility.

"Oh yeah this place, I'm blacklisting it from our list of food joints!" I yelled out, making it clear of my distrust for the restraunt.

I shouted it loud enough for the entire street to hear, and at this time they were finally starting to flood the town. Good thing there were no cars.

"Huh!?" Like a dog hearing it's name called the bulky woman known as Mama Mia from last night came outside, grabbing me by the collar and lifting me up to her height.

"What did you just say boy!? Blacklisting the Hostess?!" The woman yelled and shook me, obviously angry at my words.

'Damn it, I need to learn how to think before I speak in this world, this isn't California where everyone acts tough but doesn't do anything, nah this is Orario… And these guys are strong.'

"D-Don't get me wron-" before I could finish I was rushed inside the Hostess of Fertility, I was being kidnapped in broad daylight and no one cared!

With that I heard a door shut as I was shoved into a seat at the counter. In front of me were several beautiful women, and if I didn't know any better I would have thought I was thrown into a different type of game.

Can you blame me? I'm still young and had fantasies, just like everybody else! Besides, there are cat girls in this world! How could I not?

"Did I hear you correctly boy? Why would you blacklist the best place to eat in town?!" Mama Mia yelled slamming her hands down on the counter as the rest of her workers looked at me in shock.

"Careful, if you threaten me I will use force, I'm not a pushover," Instead of trying to explain myself or act like I didn't say anything, I instead got up and got in a fighting stance, ready to fight for what I said.

It was stupid yes, but I really had no other choice. Did I mention how amazing the food was? All it took was a bite for me to forget about my pledge and come here for every meal.

If I did this then Mordred would continue to get drunk, and no matter what things would go against me, something I couldn't allow! Mordred was my last support! If she became a useless drunk then I would be ruined!

"Hah… What does a string bean kid like you get from threatening a room full of lovely Ladies?" Mia Grand, a huge woman I had essentially noted not to get on her bad side, was now cracking her fingers and looking at me like a deadman.

The girls didn't seem scared, nor looked as if they were going to stop her. I didn't get trained by Mordred for weeks just to get bossed and bullied around a bunch of girls…

I blinked as my entire body seem to suddenly be sore. That's when I realized I was upside down and laying on the floor with my bag on top of my stomach.

I had been punched, no normal punch either, but punched by someone with strength that shouldn't be humanly possible.

"Nevermind, I'll come here every meal, promise."

With the promise I made and the meal I ate I was free to go. This situation taught me one thing, never go against Mia Grand, and also, The Hostess Of Fertility is not simply a restraunt.

"Aww she went a bit too far," One of the workers, The one with silver hair, said smiling sadly as they all gathered and looked at my wounds.

It was fake sympathy of course, after years of dealing with fake people I could tell that much, but it was still very welcomed.

"Nah it's fine, nothing compared to Clarent stabbing you in the heart haha," I replied and winced, remembering the wound I had gotten from the sword. Luckily those capsules weren't just for show.

Speaking of which, I reached into the bag of infinity and grabbed the elixir, pouring it out onto my finger. With that it formed into a capsule, just like usual.

I basically had an infinite amount of these capsules, so long as I didn't use them all in an hour.

With the recharge of one hour, and an added use each hour I didn't use it, I had around 1.2 thousand uses of it left after this.

Popping the capsule into my mouth I strung the bag around my shoulder once again, stepping toward the door. "See you at Lunch!"

With this I ran out the door to begin the journey of finding a god or goddess to take me into their familia.

"Miss Eina!" A shrill voice yelled out as I ran past in the shopping area. Running past tons of booths was a boy, a little shorter than me, blood covering every inch of his body.

'That's pretty hardcore, so cool!' I thought as we passed each other, we didn't say anything, just smiled before continuing to run the opposite way, him towards the guild, me toward wherever I could, I didn't care who took me in, so long as they weren't a creep.

I decided to think of this world as a video game, with this thinking nothing I did could mess with me, even if I chose a hood or bad approach, in the end my goal was still to get stronger, Mom's waiting for me, and I don't plan on keeping her waiting long…