4 Ch 4: Family, Head, Quiss

"I am the Head of the Mixus Family."

"What?!" Asked Eilda surprisedly. "I thought he was just someone ranked high in terms of position... I didn't think he'd be the Head!"

They all look at Eilda.

"Yeesh, what a strong reaction. Do I not look like a head that much?" Said Roncleus looking quite saddened.

"N-No, I apologize for my sudden outburst. I just wasn't expecting to meet the Head of the Mixus Family..." Said Eilda while calming herself.

"Mister, you definitely look like the Head of the Mixus Family! Though I don't know what a Head is supposed to look like..?" Said Lequiss trying to comfort Roncelus.

"You don't know what a Head is?" Asked Ronceleus looking concerned.

"Nope!" Answered Lequiss with a smile.

"Then you must at least know what a Family is!?" Asked Roncleus looking more concerned."

"Nope! Not at all!" Answered Lequiss again with a smile."

Roncleus turns around and looks at Juhsa with a concerned look as if he's asking something, Juhsa replies with a headshake. Roncleus turns back at Lequiss still with a smile.

"Khahahaha!" Ronceleus lets out a burst of laughter. "Kid, you're getting more unbelievable every moment I talk to you! A chosen one who doesn't even know what a Family is!? Ahahahaha!"

"Chosen this, Chosen that. All of you keep saying I'm chosen. What's with all this chosen stuff? What am I even chosen to?" Asked Lequiss seeming a bit annoyed.

"Ah... Don't tell me you don't even know what a Quiss is...?" Asked Rosendjice.

"No, I don't but Why won't any of you answer me? You keep answering my question with another question!" Said Lequiss with an annoyed tone

"Calm down, kid. If you really want answers, I'll answer every one of your questions. That's the least I can do with how you've helped us with our 'situation'." Said Roncleus with a serious face.

"I've helped you? I don't really remember helping you but okay! Mhmm... What to ask... Ah! Mister, can you explain all those things that you mentioned earlier?" Asked Lequiss.

"You want me to explain what a Head and a Family is?"

"Yeah! And the Kuwiss thing too!" Said Lequiss with curious anticipation on his face.

"You don't even know what a Quiss is huh? But I guess we should start with the simple one, Family. Well it's more of a term and not what it actually means, we're not actually all related by blood. A Family is more of a group of people under a single name though we actually treat each other like real family but I don't know of other Families. There are multiple Families throughout the continent and most of the time the name used for the Family is taken from someone like me, The Head and The Heads are the leaders of the Family. Families like mine usually control a specific region in the continent but the bigger Families even have control over countries." Explained Roncleus.

"Woah! Contries?! You control a country, mister?! I also want to control a country!" Asked Lequiss with astonishment in his eyes.

Roncleus chuckles a bit "Ahahaha, No kid. Unfortunately, we don't have any desire to control a country. Why would you even want to control a country, It'll be too much work!" Answered Roncleus.

"Oh, I just wanted to control a country, no particular reason but if it'll be too much work then I don't wanna do it anymore!" Said Lequiss with disheartened eyes.

"Don't be too disheartened, kid. You never know you "might" actually take over something in the future." Said Roncleus while glancing at the crown.

"Ahem, I guess I should explain what a Quiss is next." Said Roncleus changing the topic.

'Yeah! What's this kuwiss thing all of you kept going on about?" Asked Lequiss eagerly wanting the answer.

"Ahahaha, first of all, kid It's pronounced like kwiss, not ku-wiss. It's one syllable and quick to say." Explained Roncleus.

"Kuwiss? Kewiss? Kwiss? Quiss? Well anyway, I don't care about that mister! I want to know what it is!" Said Lequiss as if demanding.

"Okay Okay, calm down. Since you really want to know, a Quiss is a special Item that takes the shape of anything you can wear, from a ring to a crown like yours and you can get it by climbing a 'Tore' and clearing it, which many already consider impossible but that's not where they get their notoriety... A Quiss gets its infamous impossibility because of how hard it is to actually use it. To be able to use a Quiss, you will have to be worthy of the Quiss or rather chosen by it, well that sounds simple right? The problem is nobody knows how one actually becomes worthy of a Quiss so finding someone who's worthy is harder than actually acquiring the Quiss but in that small chance of getting the Quiss and having someone worthy, that chosen person will now be able to use the power of a Quiss or most people call it, The power of the Gods!" Explained eagerly by Roncleus.

'Woah! Power of the Gods?! I didn't know there was something like that in the world! I want one! I want to have the power of the Gods! Where are these Tores at! I'll clear it and get one! What even are Tores?!" Declared Lequiss with eyes of amazement.

"Khahahaha! Kid, You don't need to go clearing Tores since you already have one, the crown on the top of your head is a Quiss." Laughingly said by Roncleus.

"OH?! This crown here is a Quiss?! Does that mean I have the power of the Gods?!" Asked Lequiss with pure amazement.

"No, you do not have any of 'it' yet. You are currently at the Mortal Level." Answered Rosendjice.

"Hoh? Someone's knowledgable." Remarked Roncleus

"What!? What don't I have?! What do I need to be able to use the power of the Gods?!" Asked Lequiss slamming the table with both his hands.

"You don't have to worry about that yet, kid. You're still a new user, you'll get it sooner or later."

"Ahhh! But I want it now! What do I need to be able to use it?!" Rant Lequiss

"Enough, kid, I have more questions I'd like to ask these 3." Said Roncleus stopping Lequiss's rant

Roncleus looks at Mihikolo, making Mihikolo gulps in fear.

"Mihikolo, right? What was your goal in steali-" A voice in Roncleus's mind interrupts him.

"~~~~Bzzzt~~~~Ah~~~~ Hello?~~~~~ Roncy can you hear me? They're here~~~~~" A voice of a girl directly sent to Roncleus' mind, nobody else heard it except for him. It was a bit distorted but he understood what the voice was trying to say.

"Uhh, S-Sir Head Roncleus? What's wrong? You didn't finish your question." Asked Mihikolo

"So they're already here, huh? They're quite quick." Roncleus thinks to himself.

Roncleus stands up.

"Sorry guys but we'll have to wrap it up with this. We have something important to do. You can use the empty rooms we have on the 2nd floor to rest but I suggest you don't go near the Library, you might experience something terrible... Or you can just follow Sir Juhsa here, he'll take care of you." As Roncleus says this, he turns around about to leave.

"Wait!" Rosendjice stops him.

"Can I just ask one thing, I've been curious about it since earlier... The Mixus Family is known for having no Quiss user whatsoever so why do you have a Quiss? How did the Mixus Family get this Quiss...?" Asked Rosendjice while pointing at the crown.

"Ah... That... Well... Ahahahaha... We didn't particularly clear any Tore to get it..." Roncleus lets out a small chuckle.

"What?! Then how did you get it?!" Asked Rosendjice surprisedly

Roncleus scratches his head, turns around to look at Rosendjice, and awkwardly grins.

"We stole it..."

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-Pronounciations-

Lexandi Dolquiss/Lequiss = Lex-San-Dee Dol-Kwiss/Leh-Kwiss

Eilda Rosendjice = Eel-Da Ro-Sen-Jees

Mihikolo = Me-He-Ko-Lo

Fylo = Fai-Lo

Juhsa Andeal = Jew-Sa An-De-Yal

Roncleus Mixus- Rong-Kle-Use Mix-soos

Tore - Toh-Reh