The next day, Free was standing before the hot spring, it was glowing bright with the morning sun lights glinting at it's polished walls, and a red ribbon was ties in it's entrance. Many villagers and adventurers behind him, Hemire, Rael and many elders stand behind Free. He carved the word 'hot spring of Hayan' in a flat wood and he hang it in the side of the hot spring entrance, villagers and adventurers clapped, especially Hina who clapped the loudest.
Free turn behind, Sylvia walk to him with a scissor in a tray, Free took it with his right hand. "Everyone! From this day on, your waiting has ended! I Chief of Hayan village, Free. Hereby declared this apartment to be open from this day onward!" Free declared cutting the red ribbon, everyone celebrated, claps, whistling and joyful roar came, he watch all the villagers and adventurers celebrating in joy happiness.
"It's very loud!" Sylvia shouted to him, the roar was too loud, Free barely heard her. He nodded in acknowledgement, slowly people stormed in, the two receptionist in the hot spring reception desk were barely able to control the crowd, they gave people tags left and right. Meanwhile outside Free was now chilling in the garden of the hot spring drinking cold boiled milk with Sylvia.
"The crowd are going wild" Sylvia said, holding a cup of fresh cown milk in her hand, hearing the loud noises coming from inside the hot spring, Free shrugs it off, unbothered by the shouts and yelling coming from inside the apartment.
"I already placed a sign that loud people will pay fine" he lazily sip his milk with a bamboo and cast a voice spell. "Everyone please turn to your left" he announced, everyone inside the hot spring turned left and there was a sign carved with 'Don't make loud noises, don't harass people, don pollute the hot spring(especially pissing) and peeking. If caught or seen violating any of it, you will have to pay fine of 2 silver(and hear some Rai jokes for half a day, probably)' warning, it was carved with Free's face and giving a peace sign, everyone who could read it quiet down, those who didn't know how to read tilt their head in confusion.
"What did it say?" one of the farmers ask, he turn to everyone that became quiet.
"It said, be quiet and polite or you'll have to listen to Rai's joke for half a day" everyone who couldn't read suddenly felt a chill running down their spine, sweat streak through their face and they politely stand in line. The receptionists take a breath of relief and quietly hand them tags.
Outside Sylvia laughed quietly, watching peoples making a line that stretch outside the apartment, even adventurers were being polite. "I don't know if they're scared because of the fine or my dad" she said, Free gave her a thin smile.
"Probably your dad's power" he complimented, Sylvia laughs quietly. He take a sip from his cup, slowly childrens around who were tired of waiting starts to come to the garden. They were amazed by the beauty of the garden, it was soft and warm with as the sun lights hit it, flowers gently tilt as wind brush them, paper spells nearby glowed yellow as mana was getting transfered in them producing a barrier protecting the place from monsters.
"This is so beautiful!!" the boy shouted, laying in the grass, slowly childrens came to the garden, they play, ran and laughed joyfully. Free proudly take another sip from his cup, the birds sang in the tree joyfully, peoole stand there in the line, Hina and Hinata were at the ramen stall again, people were crowded on both side. Free yawned, feeling sleepy, he rub his eyes.
"You're feeling sleepy?" she asked, Free nodded, he stand up from the chair and laid flat on the grass. Sylvia face slightly flushed and she sat beside him offering her thigh as a pillow. "Would you like too...?" she ask, Free gently place his head and quickly fall asleep amid the chaos of the children.
Sylvia watches the children playing happily, she recalls playing with Free in the lake they met, and in all those times all Free did was smile and chuckle faintly. She looks down at him and slowly bring her face close to him, her lips was inches away from his, the kids around saw and they stopped playing. Meanwhile Sylvia was mesmerized in her own world, her hair fall down hiding both their face from the childrens and she quietly gave him a kiss. She blushed and pull her face away, the kids quickly act like they saw nothing while secretly laughing at her messy hair and red face.
Inside Free's dream, he was in a dark place. He look around and there was nothing except darkness, walk around and after a while there was nothing, he then ran ut felt like he was walking for days without rest. He falls into the ground sweating, slowly he heard some footsteps creeping behind him, he sat down and look behind and there was a boy with a face like his and his eyes were blood red, he stared blankly into Free's eye as if trying to see beyond it.
"Who are you?" Free ask, the boy didn't saud anything, he just stared at Free blankly, Free was now feeling a chill running down his spine. He shake the boy furiously but no answers came, instead the boy's hand extended upward and a thunder hit Free.
"Ahhh!!" Free screamed, everyone paused, he look around and the sun was already high, it was afternoon he was still sleeping on Sylvia, she look at him with concern due to the scream.
"Did you had a nightmare?" she ask, his heart was beating fast, sweating all over his body, he gave a nod. Sylvia smiled and gently patted his head with a shy yet reassuring smile.
He unconciously hugged her, Sylvia face flushed bright, her heart panic and her brain went blank mode. Free let go of her and she had already fallen unconcious, her head was steaming and Free? 'did i hug her too tightly?' he thought.
Meanwhile far in the capital, a woman with white hair and brown eyes and pointy ears was walking. her armor gleaming and her hair shining with the sun's light, a confident and cocky smile in her face, she stopped infront og the guild, pulling her sword out, she point it in the guild's sign.
"Good evening!!!" she yelled kicking the door open, the door fall off. Everyone turn to the strange woman, but their face turns into dread as the woman infront of them was a A-rank swordwoman, her name was known across adventurer guild in another countries.
She slam the table hard, and stared the receptionist dead in the eye. "TELL ME, ARE THERE ANY QUEST TO HAYAN!!" she asked, the receptionist flinch and check the file with trembling hands, but there were none.
"There's no que-" she was interrupted mid–stentence as the woman violently slam the table again leaving her hand printed on the desk, she gave the receptionist a glare.
"If there's any, i'll make one" the woman said, smiling dangerously, she stormed in the guildmaster's room by breaking open the door, her eyes set on the middle age man sitting on a chair, signing and stamping a bundle of paper, she stand infront of him and grab his collar. "Give me a quest to Hayan village, NOW!!" she yelled, the guild master stayed calm and check between the documents and finally gave her one, it was a delivery quest, the woman face twisted in disgust but she accept it anyway.
"What a confident and cocky lady" the guildmaster mutters before signing back his documents, the receptionist nodded and she glance behind and the woman have already left and she beated 3 adventurers on her way to the guild's broken door she just broke.
To be continued....