The sky was blue, and the sun was high. The noisy voices of people shouting and the sound of birds chipping resounded in every corner of the streets. Children, mothers, fathers, and old people can be seen walking on the streets, many of which are wearing casual Middle-Age-like clothes; there are also some that wear odd-looking clothes which consist of armors and some kind of weapons hanging on their waist. Shiro, Sarah, Lumi, and Nina are now walking together on the streets of Altair city. Shiro is still wearing his usual clothes that never stains and never wrinkles, while the trio has their own different sets of weapons and equipment.
It has been a week since he had bought his slaves, and all of them are now slowly getting used to their jobs at the mansion, especially the trio who are always together with Shiro, increasing their levels up.
[ Uwah... Everyone"s starin"... ] Nina muttered to herself.
As usual, people are staring at Shiro and his companions, especially to the trio who has collars on their necks. They started to gossip and whisper to each other. They already know the figure Shiro, but the new three people that are with him had shocked the people. Looking at the collars on their necks, they"re clearly slaves, but unlike any other slaves, their clothes are decent and the expressions on their faces can only be described as happy and contended.
But only ignoring the people"s stares and gossips, Shiro and his companion continued to walk.
And soon, they have finally reached their destination -
The guild.
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The structure that stood before them was high and wide. It was the largest building Shiro has seen yet in this city; it was even bigger than his mansion. This was the first time Shiro had stood in front of this structure, which is the guild. He was only able to see it from a far distance last time.
[ Haah... ]
With a sigh, Shiro took a step and opened the large doors of the guild while his companions followed afterward.
And so, they have finally entered.
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The room was s.p.a.cious; three large chandeliers are hanging on the ceiling, lighting up the darkroom; wooden carved tables were placed all around, and chairs are scattered; looking up, there are also people that are sitting on the second floor of the large room.
All kinds of people that are wearing odd kinds of weapons and armors are inside the room. Some of them have large physical structures, some were skinny, and there were some that still looks normal. But there is one thing that they all have in common right now; every single one of them is laughing and having fun.
But that was until they saw the figure that just entered the room.
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The guild turned silent.
None were saying a word.
The people are staring only in one direction; the direction where Shiro and his companions are.
They, of course, recognize Shiro"s face and figure. Everyone was there when Vlad Alucard had shown how superior his power was; they will never forget his face.
Looking only ahead, Shiro and his companions started walking. As he walked in the middle of the room, he was able hear all kinds of gossips: "Are they his slaves...?", "They"re slaves, right? I thought at first that they"re his mistresses...", "Why does he want to join the guild...?"
But trying to Ignore their gossips and gazes, Shiro continued to walk to the very s.p.a.cious room. He looked towards the end of the room where the receptionists were. While the two receptionists beside the desk were sweating buckets, the receptionist in the middle of the receptionists" desk is the only one who is trying to remain calm and the only one who is keeping a smile on her face.
Shiro thought that she might already be used at her job.
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After a few moments, Shiro was finally able to arrive in front of the receptionists" desk.
[ He-h.e.l.lo, my name is Diana, a receptionist... How can I serve you? ] the receptionist stuttered with nervousness written all over her face.
[ Right, I came here to register as an adventurer. ] Shiro answered with a calm expression on his face.
[ I"d like to register them too as my party members, is that alright? ] turning his direction to Sarah, Nina, and Lumi, Shiro added to the receptionist.
[ Ah... Yes, of course. If that is so, the-then, can you all please write your names in this piece of paper. ] saying so, she handed Shiro a pen and a piece of paper.
( It"s time to show the result of my hard work! ) shouting those words inside his head, he took the pen and the piece of paper and wrote his name - of course -in the writing of this world.
Of course, the slaves that he had bought who knows how to read and write had tutored him for the entire week. And just like that, Shiro is now able to read and write this world"s language even just a little.
To Shiro, buying them was totally worth every single coins he had used.
And so, after a moment, Shiro was finally able to finish writing his name, proud to himself. Satisfied, he pa.s.sed the paper to his companions.
Nina and Lumi too didn"t know how to read and write at first, but now, they"re able at least scribble their names with a pen after they have joined Shiro from being tutored by the other slaves. The only person from their group who has a decent hand-writing was Sarah, who had an experience being a n.o.ble of a country.
And so, now that they all finish giving and writing their names, they gave back the piece of paper to the receptionist, Diana.
[ Now, umm... Vlad-san... Vlad-sama... Can I ask you to please place your hands here...? ] after reading his name on the piece of paper, she muttered to Shiro and pointed both of her hands on a small orb beside her.
The orb was black and Shiro was not able to see through it. It was an item he has never seen before in the game.
[ Umm... Can I ask what is this? ]
[ Ah, right, this is an orb that measures a person"s strength and magic capabilities. We just have to make sure that you have the strength required to become an adventurer. Bu-But of course! If you, Vlad-sama doesn"t want to be measured, I can personally ask the guild master to immediately register you without doing all this stuff! ]
( That"ll be very troublesome... )
[ No, don"t worry about it, I will follow the guild"s rules... But I would like to test them first to my companions. ]
Shiro was cautious about the orb. If it measures magical capabilities, it would be very dangerous if it measures his. Compared to the level of his magical power to those from this world, Shiro will exceed theirs without a doubt. He needs to see first how it will react to his companions" strengths.
And so, Shiro turned her head to Sarah. Knowing what Shiro wanted, she nodded and immediately went to the front of the desk.
Gazing at the orb, Sarah slowly placed her hands on top of it.
[ Please relax and close your eyes. ] Diana, the receptionist, whispered quietly to Sarah.
Following what she said, Sarah closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
And then -
Slowly, the orb glowed with a dim light.
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( That"s it...? Only this little...? ) Shiro muttered inside his head with disappointment.
The glow that the orb had shown was not as bright as Shiro was expecting.
Diana, on the other hand -
[ Uwah... This is... ] Diana exclaimed with a surprised expression on her face.
[ It"s close to Alicisama... ]
( Alicia... Alicia... If I remember correctly... She was that angry girl in Hana"s party... She"s at level 54, I guess. Yea, if that is so, then I guess their strengths might really be close to each other. Now that Sarah is level 50 that is. )
Sarah was level 41 when Shiro had started to train them. Now, the result of a week of that training resulted in her level to increase to 50. In just a week, she"s now able to get close to one of the strongest people in the kingdom.
( I was really able to increase their levels that fast, huh? )
Even Shiro was surprised by that fact. If he could increase the levels of the people of this world that fast, just by giving them the opportunity to grind his summons, he might be able to create the strongest people in this kingdom in just a few weak; people who might get stronger even than Hana, the hero.
But of course, Shiro doesn"t have that intention yet. He only cares about himself, Stella, Ayla, and his slaves so far. He doesn"t care what happens to anyone other than those he considers as his.
With these thoughts inside his head, before Shiro knew it, it was now his turn; Nina and Lumi have already finished their turns.
[ The-Then, Vlad-sama... ]
Hearing her voice, Shiro went in front of the orb and slowly and confidently put his hands on top of the orb.
( Focus... )
In the first week, he had spent in this world, the first thing Shiro had done was to learn how to control his power; to adjust it.
So now, he"s confident that he will be able to adjust the output of the magical power he will pour into the orb to not reveal how strong he really is.
It would be very dangerous if he reveals his true power.
Knowing the comparison between the average level of this world to his, Shiro was afraid that once he shows how powerful he really is, he might be considered as an extraordinary ent.i.ty, a dangerous person, a threat to humanity, a hero, an angel, a savior... or even a G.o.d.
And so, with this thought inside his head, he poured a small amount of his magical power to the orb and...
[ Thi-This is!? ]