11 Chapter 10 - Guild

'we fnally reached orario, what a long prologue, if this were a fanfic it would have taken at least 10 chapters, this author could only be an idiot' Merlin thought when he sighted the orario walls from a distance.

(A/N: *FATALITY* ahhhh why so much aggression with your creator Merlin dear, my heart hurts)

Orario, also known as Labyrinth City Orario, is the only city in the world that has a dungeon. 'I never thought Orario would be like this, these giant walls cause pressure on anyone who thinks of approaching their gates' we were in a line to pay the entrance toll and verify our identities.

When our time came the guard stopped, "identities and toll 10 valis per person".

I gave the money to the guard, "we have no identity" the guard pointed to a door located inside the walls.

Guard, "you see that door? Enter it to emit your identity" we did what he said, passing through the wooden door, there was a simple room with a wooden counter, behind a counter was a dwarf with a bored appearance.

Dwarf, "issuance of documents? Please fill in your information on this scroll, it will be 100 valis per person, remember that this does not mean that you have become a citizen of orario, you can become a citizen by entering a family or getting a job in the city" we took the scroll, and realized that we instinctively knew how to read and write this language that we have never seen, 'stopping to think, they speak English, with Japanese culture mixed, I don't even want to think about it if I'm not going to get a headache'

We filled out the documents and paid the dwarf, he went behind the counter to make the documents, Ahri was still accompanying us, unfortunately the goblins destroyed his identity.

He came back with our identities and we said goodbye, we walked inside the gates, walking some streets, we arrived at the main street of Orario, I couldn't help but marvel at what I saw, people of all shapes and sizes interacting in harmony, the style of the city combines with the old medieval cities, but with a touch of magic, seen by the posts moved by magic stones located along the street.

~indignation, happiness, love, affection, fear, lust, shame, jealousy~ like all my past life, my moment to enjoy the landscape was ruined when the mixture of all the emotions of the people around us started to assault my mind, I took a deep breath, luckily I was accompanied by my brothers, Then the feelings were just whispers in the back of my mind, having learned to ignore them, I began to admire the local landscape again, all the diverse races around us colored the environment in heavenly harmony, 'fantasy world is to be so beautiful?'

Looking at my brothers I see that they are also looking around with curiosity and admiration, Ahri seems accustomed but still a little impressed by the amount of people, orario is not the biggest city in the world for nothing after all, asking where was the guild to a gentleman of friendly appearance, He informed me that the guild was 30 km ahead, 'Ah the city seems much bigger than in the anime, much bigger, only its walls have 30 meters more'

There are carriages that work as a taxi, but after a debate we decided to walk and enjoy the image of everyday life in this world.

A walk without interference later we were in front of the guild, as we approached the guild the feelings I received from people started to get a little darker ~impatience, anger, envy, greed, lust~ more and more I received these feelings, I couldn't help remembering that monsters are not the only enemies in this world, adventurers are sometimes worse than monsters, remembering some monsters in the skin of people present in this city, I clench my fist promising myself that when I get stronger, I will do something against these people.

We entered the guild, a large space with counters for adventurers to talk to their counselors and also has an exchange area. There are also small meeting boxes where adventurers can talk one by one with their counselor without anyone listening to them. In addition, there is a library area, located next to the meeting boxes, me, Leone and Nier look closely around looking for a certain character, spotting our target attending an adventurer, quickly, and not as discreet as we would like to get in line behind that adventurer, Ahri looked at us confused.

'do they know anyone here?' Ahri asked herself before she shrugged her shoulders and decided to ignore the behavior of the youth, she came looking for a family in need of work, having experience in running a business, she was thinking of going to the Hephaestus family to help in their stores, or help the management of a smaller family.

Our turn came quickly, we spotted Danmachi's legendary Onee-san, I was so excited that I forgot to hide my admiration look, Eina tulle a beautiful Half Elf with a slender body, pointy ears, brown hair at shoulder height and emerald eyes, she was wearing the guild uniform a vest set and black pants with a long sleeve white collar shirt underneath and a gray butterfly tie. I realized that we were staring at her for a long time, 'man, I never thought I'd stop like this, what a shame, I guess the shock that she was real got the best of me' feeling her emotions get even more embarrassed, ~surprise, shame, discomfort~

I cut my brothers and they quickly come to their senses, except that Leone still looked at her with admiration, "I apologize for that, it was not our intention to make you uncomfortable, we learned of a half-elp in the guild that does everything to make the adventurers in their tutelage come out alive of the dungeon, my brothers and I admire your hard work, so please forgive our behavior, my name is Merlin Peverell and these are my brothers Leone and Nier, this one back here is our friend Ahri Corine, we are here for us to register in the guild and see if the families that are recruiting, we are still inexperienced in battle, but we possess magic"

I gave her a half-truth so that we wouldn't consider it weird, we really admire what she does for the adventurers, she is willing to give private classes about the dungeon, monsters, dungeon maps, everything for the safety of her adventurers, but her efforts are badly appreciated by the adventurers in orario who only care about getting magic stones for a quick money, her behavior should be encouraged, but many adventurers are too stupid and arrogant to listen to their counselors.

I informed Eina about our magic so that the same thing that happened with Bell looking for a family from door to door, although we are in better shape, it's no use if you are inexperienced.

Eina put a professional face inside her but it was anything but professional, ~ pride, affection, curiosity~

"it's ok Merlin-san, I'm used to adventurous looks, well, let's start your registration, you need to fill in your information on this scroll and pay a fee of 100 vouchers and you will be members of the guild, I think there are some families who would like three members with magic at level 1, I....''.

Eina can't finish the explanation, when the adventurers start making a commotion at the door of the guild, at the entrance of the guild was passing one of the greatest forces of orario to the goddess Loki, together with the vice-captain of her family Riveria Ljos Alf, they were accompanied by a blonde girl who remembered Saber about fate\stay night, I kept staring at the girl 'Saber' never having seen her in the anime, manga or novel of danmachi. She seemed sad, to my surprise when she came within reach of my empathy, she quickly turned her head in my direction, but I didn't react because I was shocked that I couldn't feel any emotion from her exactly like my brothers, I watched her intensely trying to find out who she is.

'Saber' starts in my direction, Loki at her side is surprised with her behavior, but decides to follow her thinking that she will see something interesting. 'Saber' in front of me, a commotion of adventurers forms around us wanting to see our interaction, she analyzes me, I also analyze her I can only describe her as 'beautiful, elegant, confident'; she looks at me with curiosity and seems a little offended, ''because you're using your magic on everyone around you, don't you know that's rude?'' I get confused for a second, but I don't have time to think about her statement, when a huge wave of emotions directed at me hit me, ~ANGER!~ everyone was furious that someone was using magic on them without their permission.

I kneel holding my chest, my brothers start calling my name, but I can't answer, all the anger directed at me is drowning me, I can't breathe, everyone's feeling is suffocating me, my head feels like it's going to explode.

-Change of pov athena-

Athena accompanied loki to the guild and causing a commotion of adventurers at the entrance 'sigh ... always causing a commotion wherever she goes, Loki needs...'

I feel an attempt to probe my mind, I turn towards the attempt, I see a very beautiful young elf, he seems to be using magic in everyone around him, he doesn't even care when I discover his attempts, it annoys me a little, but I get curious to know what kind of magic he is using, I have never seen anything like this in all my life, 'I need to find out'.

He keeps looking at me as I stand in front of him, a crowd of adventurers gather, I don't care, I'm only interested in this young man, ''because you're using your magic on everyone around you, don't you know that's rude?'' he seems confused, 'he doesn't know what he's doing? or he's pretending he doesn't know?' I get out of my thoughts when the elf kneels looking like pain.

Leone, ''Merlin! What's up!?''

Nier, ''nii-san!''

I try to solve this mystery quickly, soon I get an answer, I don't have time to rejoice in the mystery solved, I talk to the crowd and turn to the guild receptionist.

Athena, ''STAY AWAY, there is an empty meeting room for us?'' I ask her quickly.

Eina, ''yes, but why....''?

Athena, ''I don't have time to explain, show me the way, you two help me carry Merlin to the meeting room'' Merlin's two companions, sit back and realize that I'm trying to help him.

-Change of pov Merlin-

Arriving at the isolated meeting room, away from all the oppressive feelings, I quickly recover, taking a deep breath and calming down, look around the room, see Leone, Nier, Ahri, 'Saber' and Eina looking at me worried, 'I need to know her name is rude to call her Saber', I notice Loki and Riveria in the corner of the room looking at me with curiosity.

Merlin, ''I'm ashamed to fall in front of the guild like this, I'm better off you don't have to worry'' leone and nier sigh with relief, while the others seem calmer.

Athena, ''I must say you have an impressive Merlin ability, but it seems you lack control, I am Athena goddess of wisdom, I was dragged by Loki the guild to register my new family, I ask forgiveness for causing you this pain,'' athena said lowering her head in the end, I'm not mad at her, she didn't know my circumstances and helped me in the end, so I'm not mad.

Merlin, "it's all right goddess, this curse has always been with me, empathy, I feel the emotions of the people around me, but the emotions sometimes affect me a lot, especially when they are directed to me, as what happened now little" I explain to them the reason for my behavior.

Leone and Nier seem downcast knowing all the difficulties I went through because of empathy, the rest seem to be feeling sorry for me ~Pity~ I don't like it, I can't feel Athena's emotions, but she seems to be thinking deeply.

Athena ''I think I can help you control your ability, I can make an item that will give you control over it, because your ability is not just feeling emotions, no, it's much more, you're not just feeling, you're absorbing the feelings of the people around you, but you don't channel them anywhere, so they fill your mind and body, making you feel like you're suffocating, I think that if you control this ability, in the future you'll be able to send emotions and control the emotions of the people around you, being able to induce the deepest despair to someone with only one look is not a joke, I think it's a wonderful gift, not a curse''

I did not hear very well what she said, I was focused on the fact that she could help me, all these years suffering for the emotions of others, keeping and hiding this pain from everyone, looking down, I feel my eyes getting wet, I feel the humidity coming down my cheeks, 'I think it's raining here'

Athena, "it's okay now, you don't have to suffer anymore my son" I feel a hand on my face wiping my tears, I look up and see Athena giving me a comforting look and a motherly smile.

From that moment on I decided I would follow her forever.

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hey guys zan

here sorry for the delay my pc arrived and i had to assemble it too i had a college job, but here is the chapter.

i hope you like it.

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there are 2000 words so technically they are two normal chapters but i dont wanted to cut them haha

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