Master Of None

They all continued chatting for some time. Gils and Su’s parents had made their way inside introducing themselves and sitting at the dining table talking themselves. Garret had returned from his new guard position on the inner gates only to find walker had invited tamers to dinner. To say the least, he was ecstatic.

”Don’t tell me you’ve come to steal away walker from the adventurers guild. There’s no way as a father I’d let him leave and wander the world only returning every few years. That’s just not allowed it’s a family rule!” Walker never remembered this being a family rule but he knew this was his fathers’ way of saying he loved him so he didn’t say anything.

”Well, actually we were hoping to take the whole party to a gathering with our guild master. We also want them to accept a quest with us. But there’s plenty of time before that, Walker even told us he’d take us to the adventurers guild to meet their manager, we’ll be having an insider tour.” Laurence laughed at this to lighten the mood. Garret readily accepted this seeing that they weren’t aiming to steal away the entire party but instead work together. He’d heard of those awakening the tamer systems and leaving only to return once in a few years or never at all. It was a minor fear every parent had.

” don’t worry about us, we would be joining them for a few months but it would bring us both a lot. Not to mention we haven’t explored many areas yet so joining a party of tamers who have would be very valuable for our party. Since we have a manager they would send us quests with the system too so we could branch out in that way as well.” Walker had already thought of how to explain their plans to everyone else. Plus the idea of going somewhere new was tantalizing. Something else that really caught walkers attention was that other tamers they meet may have knowledge on dragons like midnight. The more he learned no matter how small the better.

Lisa who had been making friends with Stella and Elise had heard this. ”If you all leave you need to bring souvenirs or else I won’t give you your new clothes!” Lisa was understandably unhappy to hear they were leaving again, they had all just gotten back! Since Remey had given her the arcane silk she he constantly worked and was almost finished with what she had made everyone. The only problem was the amount of mana she needed to sew all the parts together. She refused to give them something that would fail them in need, so she had worked until her mana was almost empty then rested, worked, rested, worked, rested, and after hearing everyone talking in the dining hall had decided to take a break. She had been very excited to see that Walker had brought new friends, especially Elise and Stella who were very interested in hearing about the new needles walker had gifted her. Elise may have only been interested in them because they were made from dragon scales but Stella was more excited to meet another girl, it had been rough being in a group with all males, Elise may not care but Stella did just a bit.

”Don’t worry I’ll keep an eye out, maybe I’ll even beat walker to the punch.” Gil had always been an only child and now that he’d met Lisa and started to see her and the party as family he wanted to spoil her to the ends of the earth.

”Oh is this a challenge? I believe Remey and I will be able to find something better than you and walker.” Su had relaxed significantly over the last hours chatting. So much so that she was even in a betting mood.

”Yea that’s right we’ll kick both your butts!” Remey strutted in the room from visiting the orphanage after training. She had been the last person they needed to move forward with dinner.

”Well if you two are willing to bet on it then I guess the loser will have to help prepare the gardens in spring.” Placing the penalty for the bet this way would make sure that they would be ready to grow all the new seeds come spring. Walker was always thinking ahead this way, plus he didn’t mind some friending competition. ”Laurence we’ll be relying on you for some help here since you’ll know the areas we travel.” Laurence couldn’t help but smile at this shameless use of connections. How bold to ask in front of those he was competing with.

They all he gathered and helped set the table bringing out plenty of food. The tamers were over the moon with Hildas’ cooking and made sure she knew it. Especially Riley who barely spoke had issued a whole sentence in how great the roasted beef was. Onyx had devoured another whole light crystal making them realize just how important it would be in the future to have the crystals for when they are in dark places. Walker also was thankful that he could produce the evil consuming flames which were part light element which could help feed onyx. Light crystals would be expensive. The little porcupine Hyde was still chipping away at the rusty sword hilt happy as all else. He didn’t risk meeting everyone but since everyone Had slowly shown up for dinner he easily grew used to the noise.

Dinner passed faster than they could expect and soon walker had shown everyone to their rooms. Laurence had asked if they could get up early to head to the adventurers guild which was not a problem for any of them.

Walker headed to bed last out of everyone thinking of what tomorrow would bring. He would have to remember to get onyx identification as his tamed monster while at the guild as not to cause any trouble. As Walker closed his eyes to drift off to sleep he couldn’t help to have a sense of foreboding on the day to come.