Welcome Party!

Chapter 18

In the evening, the Loki Familia held a grand welcome party for Sirius in the cafeteria area on the second floor.

This area is large enough to accommodate almost every member of the familia.

As a talented newcomer acknowledged by the prominent three executives of Loki familia, Sirius was soon pushed to the forefront to give an introduction.

"Everyone! Today our Familia has a new member. Let's welcome, Serious Star!"

Loki picked up a wooden wine mug as a microphone and introduced Sirius to her familia.

The corners of Sirius's mouth twitched slightly after hearing her mispronunciation of his name.

Who the hell is Serious Star? He wanted to yell so badly...

But after looking at nearby surroundings, he stopped himself from complaining. After all, he needed to maintain his image when many people were looking at him.

Compared to the past, Sirius has more experience dealing with onlookers thanks to his rich life experience brought by two lifetimes.

"Hello everyone. My name is Sirius Starr, and I'm glad to join your familia. Please give me your advice!" After giving a brief and polite introduction, Sirius hurriedly slipped to the corner to avoid some people.

After his introduction, Loki naturally took over his place and changed the topic.

The red-haired goddess stepped on a table with a 'bang' sound and stood with a heroic posture that did not match her identity. Then, she raised her glass to liven up the atmosphere.

"Okay, boys and girls! As a welcome to Sirius, tonight is a banquet! So, get drunk everyone!"

After speaking, Loki took the lead in cheers amidst everyone's attention. Others followed her and bumped their beer mugs together. And the atmosphere in the cafeteria gradually started heating up.

Under the leadership of Loki, the banquet soon entered a lively atmosphere.

People outside the streets can even hear the noises coming from Twilight Manor.

Even if Sirius tried to maintain a low profile, soon he was surrounded by enthusiastic members of Loki familia.

Some of them wanted to introduce themselves and say hello.

But most came to him with a glass of wine and gifted it as a token of friendship.

"Woo! Wohoooo..."

Simon, who brought Sirius to the familia, was drinking with some tears in the cafeteria corner.

"Hey, what's wrong with you, Simon?" After seeing him cry, a friend next to him cared and asked him.

"Well, it's nothing more than me being jealous of Sirius... His talent was recognized by Loki-sama as well as the three leaders of our familia. And, here I was thinking that our team of gatekeepers would have him as a new member!" Simon wiped his tears and complained.

He was thinking about this all day long, and now it is all in vain.

He thought that the blond kid would not be taken by the goddess seriously but never expected her to recognize his talent and introduce him to executives of the familia.

Simon couldn't help but feel a bit sour thinking about it...

Then, he laughed at his self-righteous behavior.

The clown was him all along!

"This..." After hearing this, Simon's friend didn't know how to comfort him.

'Forget it, let him cry some more and vent! He'll be fine the next day anyway!' After thinking so, the guy left Simon and walked away.

...

In another corner of the banquet,

Ais looked at Sirius's place, then at Lefiya, and then back at Sirius again...

She repeated this action two or three times and then solved the doubts in her eyes.

"Lefiya..." Ais softly called out her elven companion.

"Wh-what's wrong, Ais-san?" After suddenly being called by her idol, Lefiya was a bit flustered. The yuri elf couldn't stop herself from imagining some not-so-serious things.

"The newcomer is not a girl, but a boy!" Ais told the blond-haired elf seriously.

"Uh... I know..."

As expected of Ais-san? To be unexpectedly tangled in such a trivial matter?

'But Ais-san with this expression is also cute! Hehe...' The yuri elf started daydreaming again with a funny smirk on her face.

Also, at the exact moment when Sirius saw so many people giving him a drink as hello, his face turned pale.

To put it bluntly, Sirius was never a fan of alcohol. He feels their taste is sh!t and has no urge to drink them unless someone gifts him.

The most he can do is mix some sprite with the red wine, thinking that coke is way better than this crap!

So what will happen to such a person after drinking so many glasses of wine?

Unsurprisingly, the banquet was only halfway through, and he fainted on the floor!

Serius didn't know when he lost consciousness, but when he woke up, it was already noon.

No, he's afraid it may even be closer to morning, right?

Sirius struggled to get up and saw a glass of water on the table next to his bed. There was also a hangover medicine next to the glass with some instructions on using it.

He hurriedly read the note, took medicine, and drank the water, feeling much better.

Sirius inwardly thanked whoever was kind enough to carry him back to the bed and even leave some hangover medicine. Afterward, he glanced at his surroundings.

Unfamiliar ceiling, unfamiliar room, bed sheets, and bedding are all clean, apparently brand-new.

After realizing this, he laid down again and sighed.

If he guessed correctly, this should be his room from now on, right?

"It feels completely different from that of a hotel..."

Even though the room's decoration is simple and the area is not very spacious, it still gives him a reassuring feeling.

Now, he can understand why many people in his previous life wanted to buy a house even at the cost of some heavy loans.

A personal residence gives people peace of mind, after all...

Putting hands behind his head, Sirius mentally summoned his system. And a game menu unfolded in front of his vision. He looked at the status of his quest.

[Quest Completed: Join a Familia!]

[Adventurer Level: Lv1]

[Next Quest: Raise your adventurer level to Lv2]

[Reward: Skill - Astral Guidance]

...

"So my main quest updated? Reaching level 2, huh? So, does that mean there may be some corresponding rewards every time I level up?" Sirius tried to guess how his system operated.

Well, this sort of thinking is expected after all. Most games have similar routines.

Of course, this is just his blind guess. He can't verify it yet.

The reward skill 'Astral Guidance' made him a bit curious. But before completing the mission, there is no introduction to the skill.

"So, what I need to do next is get stronger. After all, in this Labyrinth City, strength is above everything..." After thinking about his future, Sirius retracted his gaze from the ceiling and looked outside the window.

There is a night sky outside the window lacking any visible clouds. The stars twinkled in the sky, making him feel relieved looking at them.

Although he can only see a corner of the sky from the window, it is bright and beautiful enough.

Sirius stared at the dazzling stars in the sky, and his mind suddenly became a lot clearer and lighter.

His pair of deep blue eyes dimmed slightly and turned into a faint blue luster, with seemingly glittering stars flowing in them, shining ever so brightly.

After a while, Sirius remembered the effect of one of his skills.

"Stellar Affection" - Double the mental power and doubles it again under the starry sky.

To put it simply, if he is exposed to the starry sky, his mental strength will quadruple.

After meeting this condition, Sirius's mental power was temporarily doubled.

Although he only received his Falna today, the current Sirius, with just his powerful spiritual strength, can rival an ordinary level 2 mage or wizard with the blessing of this skill.

"But this will make me even less sleepy..."

After finding that his mind was full of clarity, Sirius's tone was helpless.

It is an essential skill for staying up late at night.

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