Windfall

"Hey… isn't that the guild master? Who's the young man beside him?"

"Let me take a look. Wait… you don't recognize him?"

"I… uh… I don't. Just registered to the Blacksmith Guild recently."

"Well, I guess it's time for you to find out who he is. That right there is the Blacksmith Guild's pride, Ylvar."

"Ylvar… wait. That Ylvar?"

As Julian and Valyr made their way to the guild's main hall, it went without saying that their appearances caught the attention of all the blacksmiths that passed by them, causing them to erupt in discussions all of a sudden.

Hearing that most of the conversations were about Valyr and not about Julian, the latter looked at the young man with a slightly bitter smile. "Seems like you've become the talk of the guild. Then again, with all of the feats you've accomplished, I would've been more surprised if you weren't."