A few days ago.
"Is this a joke to you, Ms. Fannett!?"
Royman Mardeel, the head of the Guild, shouted in disbelief.
In his hands was a thin file containing information about a certain individual.
"As his advisor, this is all the information you got from him?"
His belly fat jiggled as he spoke.
Standing across from him was Rose Fannett, the red-haired werewolf.
She closed her eyes and remained silent as the fat elf read through the file.
"Tch... a fresh level one?"
"Recently joined the Loki Familia."
"Very high possibility of possessing a powerful skill or magic."
"Single-handedly slew the Juggernaut, which was witnessed by the Astraea Familia and Ankusha."
(Note: 'Ankusha' is Shakti's alias.)
Royman muttered as his eyes darted side to side.
After a while, his gaze shifted to Rose.
"Did you pay a visit to the Loki Familia? Did Goddess Loki still refuse to hand over the information of this human named Judas Spade?"
"She should know that hiding an adventurer's true level is against the rules," he said in an authoritative tone.
Rose, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke.
"Goddess Loki said that she would not share any information without Judas' consent, and also said that she did not hide his level. What was provided to the Guild is the truth."
At her words, Royman slammed his hand on the table.
As he was about to shout again, Rose's next words made him freeze.
"And before I left, she left a warning: if we continue to pester, she will not tolerate it."
If it had been any other Familia, Royman would've scoffed.
But the one who gave the warning was Loki.
"So we have no choice but to wait until that human wakes up so we can verify the truth."
Even if the Guild was the governing force of Orario, the Loki Familia's strength and influence were not something even the head of the Guild could casually ignore.
"That flat-chested washboard of a goddess is still as arrogant as ever, I see."
A feminine voice echoed in the room.
Royman turned his head—only for his eyes to widen into full circles.
"S-Silence... what are you doing here?"
His voice stammered.
He recognized the figure that had silently infiltrated his office, sitting on his chair like she owned the place.
And how could he not?
Although the Zeus and Hera Familias had fallen long ago, those who had lived in Orario during their reign at the top could never forget them.
Especially the woman in front of him.
Alfia, also known by her alias Silence, a level 7 adventurer of the Hera Familia.
Alfia didn't answer his question.
With her eyes closed, she grabbed the file from Royman's hands.
"Ouranos already knows I am here, and has permitted my entry."
She paused for a second.
"Well, it's not like he had any choice."
Leaving those words behind, she vanished.
Royman did not move for a long time, and even Rose was sweating profusely.
Although she wasn't as familiar as Royman when it came to the adventurers of the previous era, she had still heard rumors and plenty of stories about them.
After a full minute passed, Royman immediately ran to find Ouranos.
'Her presence... it was overwhelming.'
Rose wiped her sweat with a napkin.
'We didn't even see her enter the room. She was so quiet it felt suffocating.'
A woman who hated noise, and was known for her violent behavior.
'First, the Freya Familia... and now that scary woman.'
In such a short time, the boy she advised had already drawn so much attention to himself.
'Judas... be careful.'
...
In the Twilight Manor, after getting his status updated, Judas put his shirt back on and prepared to head out.
"By the way, that pretty advisor of yours kept visiting while you were asleep for three days."
Loki said with a smirk.
"Why?"
Judas raised a brow.
"I don't know if you've noticed, but the Guild thinks we're hiding your level because of your city-shaking battle on the ninth floor."
"I mean, I don't blame them... but the Guild is making a big fuss over it and threatened to slap us with a large fine."
Loki spoke with her arms crossed.
"Then what do you want me to do about it?"
Judas asked.
"Go to the Guild, report your rank-up to your advisor, and sort out this mess."
Loki replied.
Judas held his status sheet in his hands.
"And if I don't?"
"Then... we'll have no choice but to cough up a few hundred million valis."
Even Loki stopped smiling and spoke with a pained face.
'If that happens, I won't be able to buy my precious drinks for a long time.'
"Alright, I'll sort it out. I was planning to head to the Guild anyway."
After putting the status sheet in his pocket, Judas turned around and left Loki's room.
...
"Um... Rose, are you alright?"
At the Guild headquarters, Misha Flott, the pink-haired Guild employee, asked with worry in her voice.
She couldn't help but glance at the bags under her friend's eyes.
Rose yawned at Misha's words and turned to her.
"I'm fine, just tired, that's all."
She assured her calmly.
"Well, alright. Don't push yourself too much."
Misha said before resuming her work.
Rose glanced at her retreating figure before sighing.
'Just my luck. I happened to pick up a troublesome one.'
The image of Judas flashed in her mind.
As his advisor, Rose had borne the brunt of all the people demanding information about him.
'Because of that, my work has basically doubled these past few days.'
Rose wanted to take a quick nap, but since it was the middle of duty hours, she endured and prayed for the day to finally be over.
After looking at the long line of adventurers in front of her, she sighed.
"Next."
Some adventurers cashed in their drop items to exchange them for valis.
"Next."
Others wanted information on the dungeon and its monsters.
"Get out!"
A small group of adventurers fled after hearing her shout.
"As expected, Miss Rose has so many admirers."
A nearby adventurer spoke loudly as he witnessed the scene.
Rose pinched the bridge of her nose.
Of course, there were a few who wanted to try their luck and flirt with her.
Because of her beauty, she had to deal with this kind of situation every day.
"Next."
Feeling annoyed, she didn't even look at the adventurer standing in front of her as she continued writing in a book.
"Miss Rose, I want to report my level-up."
'Hmm?'
Her writing paused.
'That voice sounds familiar.'
When she looked up, there he was—the person responsible for all the stress she'd endured these past few days.
Judas Spade.
"What did you just say?"
Her wolf ears twitched as though she had misheard.
Instead of answering, Judas slipped a hand into his pocket, pulled out two pieces of paper, and slid them onto her desk.
One contained his final status as a Level 1, and the other contained his current status as a Level 2.
For secrecy, Loki was thoughtful enough to exclude [The Blessing of the World Tree] and [The Venerated One] from his status sheet.
The elven royal family might come knocking at their doors if they found out that a human was blessed by the World Tree.
She even made sure to edit [Otherworld Thaumaturgy 5th-Tier] and turned it into [Thaumaturgy].
Loki did not want information about Judas being from another world to leak out.
Seeing three skills and two magic on a level one status sheet was still surprising but not unprecedented.
After all, Orario is known as the city of heroes, no matter what era, Orario was not lacking any talents or geniuses that defied common sense.
However, the bigger surprise was seeing the absurd numbers on the parameters, far surpassing the usual limit of 999.
Reading the contents with her own eyes, Rose couldn't hide her stunned expression.
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