Danmachi: Reaper

The result of the duel with Gareth ended in Kelvin's victory. Although Gareth did not unleash his full power, and limited himself to only "swinging" his axe and making parry and dodge moves, but his Durability was undoubtedly the highest among all the Family members.

Gareth's Or; 'Elgarm', was not just a figment of his imagination. His physical strength was above average, and his raw power could crack or shatter human bones in a single blow.

So, when the other members of the Familia saw one of the Main Executive members being defeated by a new member, it really left them stunned.

As people who often explored the Dungeon for expeditions, they knew Gareth's strength very well. Thus, when a new member defeated him in such a way, their feelings were mixed at the moment.

"Hahaha! Good job, kid! Looks like I found another talent besides my Ais-tan here!"

Ignoring the gazes of the other Familia members, Loki rushed over to Kelvin while patting his back as she laughed with satisfaction.

"It's true, I didn't expect you to be able to hurt Gareth like that either."

Finn smiled as his gaze locked onto this newcomer, before he looked at Gareth who was dusting off his clothes as he sighed.

Although Gareth might only be wearing armor between his abdomen and chest, as well as leaving the rest of his body exposed, but to be able to inflict a wound on Gareth with an arrow was an amazing feat.

For Finn, the matter of the first arrow might be a coincidence, but what about the last attack?

As a warrior, Finn quickly guessed Kelvin's way of fighting. According to him, Kelvin didn't have a fixed fighting style, depending on the situation, he could either be very calm and graceful or instead be wild and brutal.

Although, in this case Finn attributed the latter because he remembered Kelvin previously saying that he liked to fight with strong opponents. That meant his adrenaline was peaking, and he couldn't contain his excitement when fighting with opponents stronger than him.

Although Gareth limited himself, it was undeniable that he had already lost to Kelvin in this match.

"Nah! Next it's just a matter of taking you to the Dungeon to test your strength fighting with Monsters. But, we can't let you go alone..., Hmm? What's wrong Ais?"

Finn held his chin with a thinking expression. They had already roughly seen Kelvin's strength when he fought with Gareth, but they didn't know how he would react when encountering Monsters.

After all, they were an Exploration-type Family, which meant they would routinely explore dungeons every few months. So, it was necessary for their members to have no fear of Monsters and be able to fight with them.

And, while Finn was thinking about this, a blonde-haired girl who had almost no expression on her face came up to him while tugging on his sleeve.

"Let me do it."

The girl, who was Ais Wallenstein, had almost no expression as she walked towards them. But, her eyes had a special glint when she looked at Kelvin. No one noticed this except Finn who was nearby.

"Is that so? Well, I probably can't let you watch the rookies alone...." Finn paused slightly when he thought of Ais' offer, but his gaze soon turned to Riveria who was walking closer towards them, "Riveria, how about you come with them?"

"Hmm? Well, I wouldn't mind. My duty is done here anyway."

Riveria looked at Finn while nodding. From Finn's gaze, she could understand something, "just keep an eye on them".

Riveria was also a little surprised by Ais suggesting herself to test the new members, but they couldn't let Ais go alone because she lacked common sense at some point.

That was why she was needed. She didn't have to intervene directly, all she needed to do was keep an eye on Ais and judge Kelvin's strength when fighting with Monsters, that was all.

"Good. Before that, you can stop by the Guild to officially register Kelvin as our member."

"Wait! I can't let my Ais-tan go!!!"

Having been silent all this time, it didn't mean Loki didn't feel annoyed. The twitching of her lips couldn't stop, her face immediately blackened as she stared at Kelvin ferociously, as if she was going to just eat her up.

"Hey, kid! You don't intend to seduce my Ais-tan, do you?! If you dare to do that, I will definitely-Aghhh!!!"

Before Loki could finish her sentence, Riveria quickly struck her on the head with the stick in her hand. Holding her forehead, Riveria sighed helplessly.

"Don't make trouble for the new members, Loki. See, you scared Kelvin this time."

Riveria's gaze turned to Kelvin, who was almost expressionless when he saw this exchange, which made Riveria feel speechless.

"...."

Ais stared at them while tilting her head with a puzzled look.

*****

In the end, they ignored Loki who was crying while thrashing about, and under the guidance of Riveria and Ais, Kelvin walked towards the Adventure Guild which was on the northwestern road of Orario, or better known as the 'adventurer's road'.

Orario was also known as Orario's Labyrinth City, as Orario was the only city that had a Dungeon under its ground.

Looking around the streets, Kelvin realized that Orario was more crowded than he expected. Many people were buying and selling along the streets, while many adventurers were passing through these streets.

"Hey, isn't that the 'Nine Hell' and the 'Sword Princess'? Who is that young man with them?"

"Could he be a new member of the Loki Familia?"

"It seems so, after all the 'Sword Princess' has now reached level 5! They seem to want to develop new talents again."

"Ah, I envy that young man! Being mentored by 'Nine Hell' and 'Sword Princess' directly!"

As they walked, whispers could be heard by Kelvin from the people around. It made him subconsciously realize Riveria and Ais' popularity seemed to be greater than he expected.

"Just ignore them."

As if noticing his expression, Riveria said calmly without looking at him.

"Hmm, are they always like that?" Kelvin asked.

Today, they had just walked a bit from the 'Twilight Manor', and many people started talking about them as if they were celebrities.

Kelvin wondered, were Riveria and the others already numb to this? After all, Riveria's expression was very calm as if she didn't care about what was happening around her.

Meanwhile, Ais was Ais. She was still expressionless as she walked next to Riveria calmly.

"Yes, after all, the Loki Familia are the two largest Familia in Orario. It would be very strange if no one recognized us here."

What Riveria said made sense. Together with the Freya Familia, the Loki Familia was the strongest family in Orario. And their achievements so far were certainly not trivial.

Be it Finn, Gareth, Riveria, or Ais and the other executives were extremely popular in Orario.

In fact, almost everyone recognized them right after seeing their faces.

At Riveria's words, Kelvin nodded. Thinking it wasn't strange that many people gossiped about them. After all, news about famous people spread faster among the people even if it was just useless nonsense.

"What do you think?"

"Hmm?"

Kelvin tilted his head in confusion at their question.

"I mean their gaze. How do you feel about that?"

Riveria asked as a small smile formed at the corner of her lips. For a moment, she wanted to see Kelvin's reaction to the various emotion-filled gazes from others towards him; envy, admiration, hate, anger? All those gazes were directed at Kelvin who was walking with the two most popular female executive members of Loki Familia.

"It's normal." Kelvin closed his eyes as he continued, "their gazes are no worse than a dog in heat."

Of course, Kelvin was well aware of the various hateful gazes directed at him. But, did he care? Of course not!

"Is that so?"

Riveria-sama just shrugged at his answer. Feeling not strange about Kelvin's blunt answer.

After all, who feels comfortable when people are looking at you with hatred?

Even so, Riveria had to praise Kelvin because he could endure many such stares at the moment.

From Kelvin's answer just now, it can also be concluded that he is not interested in what other people around him are saying. Or perhaps, he didn't care about the various rumors about him out there.

Ignoring their gazes, the three of them quickly arrived at the Adventurer's Guild.

Looking at the huge building in front of him, Kelvin could only sigh at this moment.

The Guild could be said to be a very lively place as there were many adventurers who went here for various matters.

Whether it was exchanging magic stones, posting or accepting quests, or seeking information, everything was done here.

Especially for the exchange of magic crystals, the Guild is the only place in Orario where adventurers can exchange them for Vali. In other words, they monopolized the magic crystal business, making it a rule that magic crystals could only be exchanged at the Guild.

However, the Guild does not solely monopolize everything, such as Item Drops. Adventures could sell Item Drops elsewhere if they wanted a higher price, but they could still trade them to the Guild even if the price wasn't very high.

Following Riveria and Ais, they quickly entered the Guild hall and Kelvin could see the hustle and bustle of adventures going in and out of the Guild.

Although Kelvin felt interested in looking around, but now was not the time for that. Following Riveria behind him, they quickly stood in front of the Guild's receptionist.

"Ah, Riveria-sama. Is there anything I can help you with?"

She was a beautiful Half Elf with a slender body, pointed ears, shoulder-length brown hair, and emerald-colored eyes.

"Long time no see Eina. I'm here with a new member to enroll."

Riveria nodded as her gaze shifted to Kelvin next to her.

"Hello."

Kelvin nodded towards the girl, Eina Tulle.

Meanwhile, Eina blinked her eyes a few times as she looked at Kelvin. It was very unusual of Riveria to intervene directly with matters like this, moreover she could also see Ais who was standing with them with her usual flat expression.

Subconsciously, Eina thought that Kelvin was no ordinary person, especially when Riveria herself handled his enrollment in the Guild. It was certain, if Kelvin was Loki Familia's next asset!

"Ah, hello. Nice to meet you, my name is Eina Tulle! Just call me Eina!"

"Um, my name is Kelvin Edelfelt, you can also call me Kelvin if you want."

While Eina introduced herself with a bit of excitement, thinking she might be able to guide the rookie who became Loki Familia's asset in the future. Kelvin acted the other way around, he didn't care much about Eina's gaze, and instead he seemed to ignore her as he had been looking around the Guild with a slightly interested expression.

Riveria just rubbed her forehead at this, it seemed like their newcomer really didn't care about the other people around her.

"Eina, just enroll Kelvin this time."

"Yes! Riveria-sama!"

Eina nodded immediately upon hearing Riveria's words. She took out a piece of paper from under the table and handed it to Kelvin.

Kelvin took the paper, there he had to fill in some questions related to his identity; such as name, age, level, race, and others.

But, since Kelvin couldn't read, he just tilted his head as he looked at Riveria in confusion.

"...Is there a problem?"

Riveria seemed to notice Kelvin's gaze towards her, asking with some confusion, was this man unable to fill out the form himself?

"Um, you see. I never really learned to read and write, so ...."

"...I see."

Riveria seemed to have forgotten this, she sighed as she took the enrollment form from Kelvin, and began to fill it out for him.

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Name: Kelvin Edelfelt

Level: 1

Age: 15 years old

Race: Human

Affiliation: Loki Family

....

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After finishing filling out the registration form, Riveria handed it back to Eina to check.

"Okay, the form is acceptable. Then congratulations on joining us, Kelvin-san."

Eina smiled.

"Yes, me too. It's nice to join you guys."

Although Kelvin didn't know what Eina meant, he still nodded with a smile. While Ais watched from the side in confusion, Riveria sighed helplessly.

"Never mind..., since registration is over, it's time for us to go to the Dungeon."

"Hmm, okay." Kelvin nodded slowly.

"Eina, we're going first."

"Ah, of course Riveria-sama. Take good care of yourselves!"

Eina nodded her head naturally. Although she originally intended to give Kelvin some beginner's guidance, but she felt that it was unnecessary considering Riveria and Ais were with her.

After all, it didn't seem like Loki Familia had any intention of exposing Kelvin to the outside world for some time, considering he was personally watched over by Riveria upon his arrival.

Thinking of this made Eina Tulle sigh, thinking another Monster might be born from Loki Familia soon.

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