As the morning shines through the window, Gran rises and he notice that he is sleeping in a nice warm bed. He remember the hospitality Arturo and Martha offered to him last evening, which makes him fired up and he wears a commoner's shirt and pants for today as he hangs his still drying jacket and joggers at the cloth rack. Gran decided to give a helping hand to Arturo today.
"Oh! Good morning young man! Ready to carry some of these?" Arturo pointed with his lips as Gran nods and he eagerly carry some of the fruit crates as they load it in the wagon. "It is very good that you have young'uns helping you huh." Martha calls out to her husband as she gives him the wooden box as the packed lunch for him and Gran.
"Thank you very much." As Gran thanks her, Martha just tap his shoulder. "Welcome to the workforce boy. I hope you're well rested for today." Gran flexes his muscle and he answer. "Never been better! Again, thank you for your kindness. I hope i can pay for it."
"Well you are actually paying for it! But i hope for you to also have your own way to earn your dime... It is gonna be a hard life out there without a coin boy." Arturo shares as he also noted to Gran that in just a month winter may come to their city. "What kind of job would you recommend me taking Sir Arturo? Is being a porter there is in this part of the city or there's more?" The Exorcist share as the old couple looks at each other as they shrug their shoulders.
"You really didn't have any idea... Exorcist. You can try to apply in the Temple at the northern gate. Is your Exorcism legit?" Arturo asks as he suspect Gran to be something other than being an Exorcist like what he said yesterday. Gran manage to load the last crate and he assure to them that he is an Exorcist. "Well, my methods aren't the usual Exorcism some may consider." He stated and Arturo just ignore it completely since they need to move.
"Okay let's go boy." The old Arturo lift the handles for the wagon, but Gran just calls him off about it and he volunteer to drive the wagon instead. "Really? I didn't know that you can do that huh. Okay, then I'll give the reins to you." Arturo said, and Gran ask the old man to board.
"Wait, what are you crazy? I'll help you there..." Arturo protest, but Gran insist for him to board as they will be late if he does not. "Come on gramps. Let me have this." Gran ask as the old man boards and ask Gran to drive the wagon. As Gran lift the handles, he dash out and it almost make Arturo's heart fall off.
"Woah! I didn't know you can carry this heavy wagon at this speed!" Arturo remarks as he sees that they manage to pass over some carriage with horses. Gran concentrated all of his energy in this run, and in just 6 minutes, the Exorcist covered 4 kilometers with 300 kilograms of crates and the old man. This amaze the Arturo to no end, and Gran just breaks a bead of swear and he happily assist him unloading and stacking the crates as well.
"I didn't take you to be a speedster young man. Is that also thought when you become an Exorcist? I thought you lot are only interested in being pure and whatnot." Arturo remark about Gran, but he just laugh it out and finish stacking the crates. Since Gran manage to finish so fast, it seems that the entire day will be focusing in selling the produce.
"I know this will bore you to tears, you can go and enjoy the festival on your own." Arturo said to Gran. "Really? Thanks!" Gran happily reply as he walks through the streets with many people and he notice that there are also mix races in there, beast looking folks, long eared ladies and men, scaly skinned individuals. "I guess isekai from Japaneses stories are real... Or is this a Dimensional Flow of somebody. I need to see if I am trapped or not." Gran mutters under his breath, and he started sensing the Flow surrounding him.
"Flow is too refine everywhere! Is this world some kind of Dimensional Flow paradise? I can use my ability freely in this place." As he remark that, he heard a wail and a lady's purse is snatch by a horse legged being.
Gran pointed his finger towards the direction of the snatcher, but he notice that the coordinates for his ability is too distorted. "Damn! I thought i wouldn't need any projectile assist for this!" Gran is irked, but he wants to apprehend the snatcher still.
He rush through the road and his speed shock everybody near him, as in a sudden bolt of electricity just released and Gran chases the horse looking snatcher.
He manage to catch up to him and stop him from moving by using his Barrier Technique. The horse legged snatcher gets angry with Gran and starts punching the Barrier Technique, which appearance looking like a green lattice like structure. A woman's voice calls out to them.
"You! Stop right there!" The woman voice calls out and she hit the mix raced individual with the hilt of her sword as she hits him in the gut. The horse looking individual slump out of pain and he falls out of consciousness. Before the armored clad woman notice him he sneaks out of the scenario, only for her to stop him. "Stop right there... You silver haired man!"
Gran pretended to not hear this, and he just walks out of the place, but she didn't let him as she manage to tie the apprehended man out and she wants to come with her as well. "I hope I didn't have any charge for this..." Gran hopes as the knight looking lady drags him out as well. "Well it depends how you talk."
"My Lord..."
An hour later, Gran and the lady walks out of the guard outpost as the lady's purse are returned and the lady knight introduce herself to Gran. "Name is Sylvia. I'm not too happy to say this but my title is Sylvia the Holy Knight." As she extend her hand to have a handshake, Gran check his hand if it's clean and he just shake her hands. "Gran is my name. Thank you Sylvia, i really thought I'm gonna be locked up." Gran stated as he bid farewell but this piqued Sylvia's interest.
"Some of the people see you chase down the that mixed race man. No human can just do that. Do you consider joining the Army so you can use that speed of yours for good?" Sylvia asks as Gran shrugs it off.
"Doesn't want to deal with bureaucracy with government. If i can get some action without that, i would gladly join." Gran remarks as Sylvia told him one thing. "Then join the Adventurer's Guild!" As soon as she said that, he thinks about it and thank her. He return to Arturo's stall, and he see that a lunch is being delivered by Martha to her husband.
"Ma boy, join me eat here. Where did you wander off earlier?" Arturo ask as Gran grab his grub to eat. "Well I just get involve in something, but I manage to clear it up as well." Gran explains to the old man as he return to attend the customers. Gran makes up his mind and tell the old man what he wants to do, to visit the Adventurer's Guild.
"Ah great. Adventurer's Guild is a place where broke people goes to try their fortune or their strength. Do you have what it takes Mr. Exorcist?" Arturo as to the Exorcist, which he smirks and reply. "Would you like to see what i can do huh? Fine." Gran consider this as a challenge.
Afternoon comes as Gran stand in the door of the Adventurer's Guild, a bunch of tough looking guys are inside and when he opens the door, a bunch of them look at him, and they continue on their way as if they didn't expect such scrawny man appearing in the door. Gran isn't scrawny like that, it's just comparing his body to those adventurers near the door he seems to be average. Gran walks through their gazes and he talks to the receptionist lady, which Gran see and notice that most of Isekai story he knows they are a beauty.
"Okay this is getting something. Hey lady, are you available later?" Gran flirts as he receive a stern talking to. "Flirting with us will gain you some bad reputation Mister. What are your business here first?" The lady receptionist fires back and Gran flips his hair and it looks silly to others, but he feels that he is cool doing that. "I'd like to register as an Adventurer."
As he said that everyone laughs except the receptionists. Gran is lost why the heck he is being laughed about, and the lady receptionist call him and whisper why is that. "Usually, those people who comes here and registering for the first time are known as Broke Bunch. It means you don't have a single coin in you don't you?" As the receptionist explain that, Gran couldn't deny that and he just ask the paperwork to fulfill with.
The receptionist hands him the paperwork, and he writes and register as a F Rank Adventurer. The receptionist explains how the promotions and Adventuring works. "As you accomplish several F ranked quests, you'll be having a promotional quest that will be assigned to you. Once you complete that, you'll be moving through D Rank. There are D Rank, C Rank, B Rank, A Rank and the highest we can offer, S Rank."
"Oh, so is there anybody reach S Rank in Helios?" Gran ask as the receptionist denies while waving her hand sideways. "Most of Adventurers here can reach A rank. Being an exceptional Adventurer can get you to S Rank. Apolonis have a bunch of S Rankers." The receptionist answers as Gran receive his Guild ID.
"When you go to another City, just present this Guild ID and they'll be able to identify you as an Adventurer. Happy Adventuring!" The receptionist cheers as Gran looks at the quest board. There are a bunch of F rank quests, mostly gathering herb, stopping some low tier monsters and stuff. Gran decided to pick them all up, and the Adventurers hanging around look at him and he submit those to the receptionist.
"Is there a duration to these quests? Hope not cause I'm not planning to waste my energy to accomplish these three quests." Gran reluctantly stated as he is scratching his chin. He wants to know if the quests needs his full attention as he doesn't want his brain being used as much. "Well they aren't having durations for the only one here, the herb gathering. The letter delivery is about to expire since this should be done by the mailman rather than an Adventurer." The receptionist replied.
"God dang... This has, 50 minutes left? And there is seven letters to deliver?" Gran notices on the letter itself, but the worse is the extermination quest, which Gran seen that he needs to clean up the big rats at the sewer. "I just wanna say this knowing I'll sound dumb but I hate rats... Ugh, fine." Even though Gran doesn't want to do it he knows he needs to.
"Eh? You'll take all of the quests? Are you serious?" The receptionist ask as the Exorcist starts stretching and he is lifting his leg for these quests completion. "I am, am I looking like a clown to joke?" Gran reply as he grabs the letters that he need to deliver in a hurry. "Well see you again."
Gran waves as he exit the building. The adventurers are perplexed as to what the heck this guy acting about, but they expect the man to fail one of the quest. "Do we bet he fail the mailman quest?" One adventurer ask his pal, who just laughs and drink his swig.
Gran started to stretch, and when he prepares to run at a runner's stance, people stares at him at what he plans to do. "Need to just use my pure speed. Using anything Flow related might make noise for too much." Gran thought and he started to run. The blast and the electricity are of the same intensity when he started running earlier. He reads the address and then he stops all of the sudden.
"Damn i forgot, how to know the address for this place." Gran muttered as he scratch his head. For some reason he walks forward and he bump to somebody, and he feel the clink of the metal on the one he bump with. "I'm sorry I'm kind of... Ms. Sylvia?" Gran faces Sylvia. Even she is on a patrol she manage to meet him. She stands straight and greet Gran.
"Oh hey Gran. It seems that you really took my advice well. So what are you doing right now?" Sylvia notice that Gran is holding a quest notice from the Adventurer's Guild, meaning he is officially an Adventurer now. "Yeah I'm not too familiar with how address works in Helios. Can you lend me a hand?" Gran ask as Sylvia leans forward and Gran shows her the addresses listed.
"Looks like there is quite a distance between these addresses, but you can try to send it as fast as you can with your speed." Sylvia stated as she winks, knowing how he manage to chase the snatcher from before. "Thanks for the confidence but i prefer if you just slide it past, shall we?" Gran pleads as he moves on once Sylvia points the direction to where he can deliver those letters.
Within 5 minutes he manage to deliver all of the letters and he receive a stamp stating that the recipient manage to get all of the letters. He next proceed to a bar's cellar, where the giant rats have nested. The bar owner is too scared to deal with those rats as well, and Gran just carry a lamp to light up his way on the said wine cellar and two rats already expose themselves to him.
"Alright, time to hunt some rats..." Gran rushes and he smacks one of the rat with his Barrier covered fists, another one tried to bite him, only for it to be kicked down and Gran stomp it's head to death. The first rat manage to flee, but Gran stops it when he throw a pebble and gets the coordination of it. He manage to stop the rat in it's track with a Barrier, to which he finish it with a punch pincering the face and the rear with his fist and Barrier.
"Phew! Is there anymore rats?" Gran ask as he turn his head on the right, a bunch kf rats suddenly appear. "I guess there's a lot of you huh." Gran cast a Barrier, and he picks up a pebble where he plans to flick it into the rowdy creatures. "I know you're not understanding any wisdom that I'll impart you, but I want to be cool for this." Gran said as he gather a Dimensional Flow into the pebble he is preparing to flick with.
"I can manipulate my Barrier Technique to the point that I can create a distortion in space itself, watch as I will show you my true power." Gran proudly declares to a bunch of giant rats as he flick the said pebble and his mind flashes with calculations. The pebbles disappear as it couldn't hold this power Gran produce, and the space itself began to distort. It created a kind of gravity well, something Gran controls as he show his left hand and he closes it slowly, and the gravity well crushes the giant rat while he controls it so fine that the wines aren't destroyed by this attack as well.
*CRAAASH
"That is called Compression. With squeezing my Barrier Technique completely, I can simulate something like a Black Hole... But right now this is somehow tiring to my brain eh." Gran explain to absolute no one and he hope that no one hears him state this stuff. He cleans his hands as he return back and he ask the stamp to confirm that he manage to clear the giant rats.
As Gran gets out, the last quest he needs to complete is to gather herbs. He looks at the cold blue moon and he thinks about a little of his past.
"Don't know... But I'll try to live i guess." Gran said to himself and he just continue walking. He turn out the quest notice with the stamps, and every Adventurers who bet for Gran to lose are screaming about their bet losing. Only one Adventurer bet for Gran to be able to finish the quests on time, a tough looking woman with open midrift and a great blonde hair.
She collected the bet made by other Adventurers as Gran is getting confused as to why the whol place is exploding with such intensity. The lady receptionist calls to Gran and ask him. "How do you manage to finish the quests on time? You also get these herbs. They are known as rare herbs Satia, used to make high quality healing and energy potions."
"I got lucky... Hehe." Gran answers as he goes to the blonde lady Adventurer's table and he hand gesture for her to cough up some coins for him. The lady looks at him and gazes to his purple eyes, as she tosses a single gold coin. "This is my bet. This is my win mister." The blonde lady answered as Gran just told her that she is cheap.
"By the way names Gran. I'm kind of digging the muscled midrift you got there. Like ir when a lady can knock me down a peg." Gran said as he lean closer to the lady, which he gazes and he manage to see that she's kind of a beauty even she's scarred on her left cheek. "Damn mister, we just met! Atleast treat me to some high quality meal."
The lady answer as Gran pulls out grinning.
"Hah! I'm holding you to that." Gran stands up as he points up momentarily to her. "Are you a kind who moves out or are you staying here?" Gran ask before he completely leaves. He didn't receive an answer, so he just lean his head outside and he exits the building. He walks back to Arturo, who is waiting for him so that they can pack up the crates again.
"Looks like you have a good time boy." Arturo remarks as Gran shows a purse full of coins. Gran ask if he can have a booking or two in their inn, but Arturo refuse to as he is still considered as one of his employees.
"You really are kind of stubborn old man. I'll take care of this." Gran said as he stack up the fruit crates. As he finishes it he see that the blonde lady he called earlier is standing near the stall.
"Acquaintance?" Arturo ask as Gran nods. "Somebody from the Guild. I just joined today and that's where my coins comes from." Gran shows his Guild ID as a F rank adventurer.
"Hey hot lady, I know we just met but I'd like to finish my chore here so if you want to ask something, you can do it tomorrow." Gran request of the blonde lady adventurer as she smirks and she gestures him to come closer to her. Gran looks at Arturo as he sense something wrong about all of this. Gran nods to the old man and he whisper to his ears. "Please go on without me, I'm feeling different about this." The Exorcist request.
"Well you take care of yourself there son. I don't want my first employee to die."
Sarcastic retort by the old man as he carries the wagon full of leftover fruit and crates. Gran steps near the blonde lady as he feels that she wants to ask something. "Follow me mister." The blonde lady request. He follows her lead, and the two of them are in a close alley.
"Look, if you want for me to return the coin I'll happily get it back for you, or if you're offended by my words earlier, I'm truly sorry." Gran states as he doesn't want to resort to nonsensical violence with such a fierce beauty. "What are you talking? Did you not recognize who I am?" The lady speaks out as she wants for Gran to recognize who she is. "Sorry lady I am not good with names, faces or reputation. Mind me running your name again to me?"
As Gran said that a glow appears over her left hand as she stretch it sideways. A spear appears and the blonde lady holds it and point it to the Exorcist. "I'm Gina, leader of the Valkyries. I'd like you, Gran, to be under our party."