"I am the Head of the Mixus Family."
"What?!" Eilda blurted out, startled. "I thought he was just someone ranked high... I didn't expect him to be the actual Head!" she thought, eyes wide as she stared at Roncleus.
Everyone looked at Eilda.
"Yeesh, what a strong reaction. Do I not look like a head that much?" Said Roncleus looking quite saddened.
"N-No, I apologize for my sudden outburst. I just wasn't expecting to meet the Head of the Mixus Family..." Eilda said, trying to regain composure.
"Mister, you definitely look like the Head of the Mixus Family! Though I don't know what a Head is supposed to look like..?" Said Lequiss trying to comfort him.
"You don't know what a Head is?" Ronceleus asked looking concerned.
"Nope!" He replied with a grin.
"Then you must at least know what a Family is!?" Roncleus asked looking more concerned.
"Nope! Not at all!" Lequiss answered again, same grin, same honesty.
Roncleus turns around and looked at Juhsa, the old man, with a concerned look, Juhsa just shook his head. Roncleus turns back, eyeing Lequiss in disbelief, who still just smiled back at him.
"Khahahaha!" Ronceleus burst into laughter. "Kid, you're getting more unbelievable every moment I talk to you! A chosen one who doesn't even know what a Family is!? Ahahahaha!"
"Chosen this, Chosen that. All of you keep saying I'm chosen. What's with all this chosen stuff? What am I even chosen to?" Lequiss asked, his tone mildly annoyed.
"Ah..." Eilda leaned forward. "Don't tell me you don't even know what a Quiss is too...?" She asked.
"No, I don't but Why won't any of you answer me? You keep answering my question with another question!" Said Lequiss with an annoyed tone
"Alright calm down, kid." Roncleus said, his expression turning serious. "If you really want answers, I'll answer every one of your questions. That's the least I can do with how you've helped us with our situation."
"I've helped you? I don't really remember helping you but okay!" Lequiss scratched his head. "Mhmm... What to ask? Ah! Mister, can you explain all those things that you mentioned earlier?" Asked Lequiss.
"You want me to explain what a Head and a Family are?" He asked.
"Yeah! And the Kuwiss thing too!" Lequiss replied with wide-eyed anticipation.
Roncleus leaned back in his chair, folding his arms.
"You don't even know what a Quiss is huh? But I guess we should start with the simple one, Family. Well it's more of a term and not what it actually means, we're not actually all related by blood." He points at Juhsa. "See here, Juhsa and I are not related at all but there still are cases where they could be related..." Roncleus glances up.
He continues. "A Family is more of a group of people under a single name though we actually treat each other like real family but I don't know of other Families. There are multiple Families throughout the continent and most of the time the name used for the Family is taken from someone like me, The Head and The Heads are the leaders of the Family. Families like mine usually control a specific region in the continent but the bigger Families even have control over countries."
"Whoa! Countries?! You control a country, Mister?!" Lequiss's eyes sparkled. "I wanna control a country too!"
Roncleus chuckles a bit "Ahahaha, No kid. Unfortunately, we don't have any desire to control a country. Why would you even want to control a country, It'll be too much work!"
"Oh, I just wanted to control a country, no particular reason but if it'll be too much work then I don't wanna do it anymore!" Said Lequiss with a disheartened voice.
"Don't look so down, kid. You never know you might actually take over something in the future." Roncleus teased, glancing at the crown.
"Ahem, I guess I should explain what a Quiss is next." Roncleus says changing the topic.
'Yeah! What's this kuwiss thing all of you kept going on about?" He leaned forward in anticipation.
"Ahahaha, first of all, kid It's pronounced like kwiss, not ku-wiss. It's one syllable and quick to say." Explained Roncleus.
"Kuwiss? Kewiss? Kwiss? Quiss? Well anyway, I don't care about that mister! I want to know what it is!" Said Lequiss as if demanding.
"Okay Okay, calm down. Since you really want to know, a Quiss is a special Item that takes the shape of anything you can wear, from a ring to a crown like yours."
Lequiss looked up, touching the crown.
"You can only get it by climbing a 'Tore' and clearing it, which many already consider impossible but that's not where they get their notoriety..."
"A Quiss gets its infamous impossibility because of how hard it is to actually use it. To be able to use a Quiss, you will have to be worthy of the Quiss or rather chosen by it, well that sounds simple right? The problem is nobody knows how one actually becomes worthy of a Quiss so finding someone who's worthy is harder than actually acquiring the Quiss but in that small chance of getting the Quiss and having someone worthy, that chosen person will now be able to use the power of a Quiss or most people call it, The power of the Gods!"
'WHOA!! Power of the Gods?! I didn't know there was something like that in the world! I want one! I want to have the power of the Gods! Where are these Tores at! I'll clear it and get one! What even are Tores?!" Declared Lequiss with eyes of determination.
"Khahahaha! Kid, You don't need to go clearing Tores since you already have one, the crown on the top of your head is a Quiss."
"OH?! This crown here is a Quiss?! Does that mean I have the power of the Gods?!" He asked excitedly.
"No," Eilda interjected. "You do not have any of it yet. You are currently at the Mortal Level."
Roncleus raised an eyebrow. "Hoh? Someone's knowledgeable."
"What!? What don't I have?! What do I need to be able to use the power of the Gods?!" Lequiss yelled, slamming the table.
"You don't have to worry about that yet, kid. You're still a new user, you'll get it sooner or later."
"Ahhh! But I want it now! What do I need to be able to use it?!" He whined.
"Enough, kid, I have more questions I'd like to ask these three." Roncleus looks at Mihikolo, making him gulp in fear.
"Mihikolo, right? What was your goal in steali-"
BZZZZT
A wave of static cut through Roncleus's mind.
"~~~~Bzzzt~~~~"
"~~~~Ah~~~~ "
"~~~~Hello?~~~~~"
Then, a soft girl's voice, distorted but intelligible, echoed in his thoughts:
"Roncy can you hear me? They're here~~~~~"
Nobody else seemed to hear it. Roncleus blinked.
"Uhh, S-Sir Head Roncleus? What's wrong? You didn't finish your question." Mihikolo asked.
"So they're already here, huh? They're quite quick." Roncleus thought.
He stood up.
"Sorry guys but we'll have to wrap it up with this. We have something important to do."
The group watched as Roncleus turned to leave.
"You can use the empty rooms we have on the second floor to rest but I suggest you don't go near the Library, you might experience something terrible..." He gestured toward Juhsa "Or you can just follow Sir Juhsa here, he'll take care of you."
He started walking.
"Wait!" Eilda called out to stop him.
He paused.
"Can I just ask one thing, I've been curious about it since earlier... The Mixus Family is known for having no Quiss user... So why do you have a Quiss? How did the Mixus Family get this Quiss...?" She points at the crown.
Roncleus stopped in his place.
"Ah..."
"That..."
"Well... We didn't particularly clear any Tore to get it... Ahaha..." Roncleus lets out a small chuckle.
"What?!" Eilda taken aback asks. "Then how did you get it?!"
Roncleus scratches his head and turns around to look at Eilda.
He grins awkwardly.
"We stole it..."
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-Pronounciations-
Lexandi Dolquiss/Lequiss = Lex-San-Dee Dol-Kwiss/Leh-Kwiss
Eilda Rosendjice = Eel-Da Ro-Sen-Jees
Mihikolo = Me-He-Ko-Lo
Fylo = Fai-Lo
Juhsa Andeal = Jew-Sa An-De-Yal
Roncleus Mixus- Rong-Kle-Use Mix-soos
Tore - Toh-Reh