"The day is great!!"
Im currently walking with Amari on the streets of this cool place.
Apparently, no one recognized me. To be fair, we're a little far from where we were before.
"They use the same time system and calendar, by the way, it's only 14:00..."
"1-14?! ALREADY?! I HAVEN'T HAD LUNCH YET!"
I had planned to have lunch with my friends, they were going to bring food and we were going to have a picnic. But well, can't do that now.
Amari continue to speak calmly.
"Well, there are some restaurants nearby, but we don't have any money...."
"Bahhhhhh... Im hungry!!"
She yelled in my ear.
"I am too!! But i said we have no money!!"
Tsk, there's nothing we can do about it i guess.
"Hey Kai, i think you should try to disguise yourself a little at least, maybe someone will recognize you on the street, or you might become a wanted crimina-"
"Ahahhaha!! Like if that is going to hap-"
suddenly, a tall man approached me.
"Hey you there... Are you perhaps, that thief who stole some food a time ago?... You have that same weird black thing on your neck..."
Amari froze in fear behind me, trembling.
I looked around, scratched my left cheek and said.
"Hm... No."
...
He suddenly opened a smile.
"Oh then sorry!"
He placed his hand on my hand while walking by me.
"But you should remove that thing from your neck, looks like him."
So he faded away.
Amari still was frozen, not even looking at the man as he walked.
I, started to laugh.
"HAHAHAHA!! WHAT A DUMB GU-"
Amari quickly covered my mouth with her hands.
"SHUSH!! You are in public!"
Some people around us gave a very suspicious look at us, stopping moving for a few seconds.
But then, they just looked forward and kept walking.
Amari expressed a strong reaction of relief, while i just looked at her.
"Phew... Hey, you should remove that thing on your neck! Someone is going to recog-"
"NO WAY!!!"
I screamed quite loudly and angry.
"I WILL NEVER TAKE THIS OFF, EVEN IF I DIE!!!
We were almost face to face, think she really started taking this seriously.
"O-Ok Ok dude... B-But If you go to jail, I won't go with you!"
I turned around.
"Fine by me..."
A few seconds of silence fell over us, like two friends who had just had a deep discussion.
She looked at my back with a face of half guilt and pity.
Think she thought i was angry with her as she couldn't see my face.
"H-Hey Kai... I didn't knew it was so impo-"
"A GUILD!!!"
I pointed forward, to a self called Guild construction.
"A-Ah? Wait you know what a guild is but not a RPG?! FUCK IS WRONG WITH YO-"
"LETS GO!!"
I ran as fast as I could towards that guild.
"A-AH! WAIT!!"
I can't imagine, what will be there?!
Will we have missions to do, where i will defeat various monsters and bad guys!? I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT!!
We both arrived at that place.
It was quite crowded, probably because it was lunch time.
At left was just tables, chairs and benches, almost all occupied by people eating peacefully.
In the center there was a board with papers. I assume that's the mission board. How cool!
At right, well, there was a division/separation (counter) where the receptionist was, and some kind of metal balls on top of tables, about 5. I don't even know how to describe it, there were wires connected to them, and they were quite big, with control panels for each one next to them.
I looked at it all in wonder.
"WOW!! SO COOL!! I WANT TO GO TO THAT BOARD!! That's where the missions are, right?! I WANT TO TAKE THE HARDEST ONE!!"
I guess even though no one heard my loud and honest words, Amari tried to appear mature and responsible by grabbing me by the ear.
"Idiot, we need to go to the receptionist first obviously... AND DON'T YOU DARE TO SAY A WORD!!"
While grabbing me by the ear, she manged to move me to the receptionist place. She was more strong than i thought to be honest.
"HEY! LET ME GO! I WANT-"
We were already at the receptionist place.
She welcomed us with a smile, one of the kindest smiles I have ever seen in my entire life.
She looked to be in her 30s, and only wore clothes that showed from the shoulders up, much lower than the shoulders actually.
She bowed slightly before speaking (no idea why.)
"Welcome to the Guild of Beatitudo, the best city for novice Suiciders in the entire kingdom of Pseudo... My name is Mana, how can i help you?"
Amari looked in shock.
"S-SUICIDERS!?"
The receptionist just keep smiling.
"Of course! We shelter anyone who wants to be a suicider, and has the slightest knowledge of Sankalpa."
Even i, who was still on the ground being carried by Amari, stopped moving and screaming for a moment.
Amari was in shock, extremely confused.
"S-SUICIDERS?! WHAT YOU MEAN!?"
The woman tilted her head a bit.
"Uhm, you don't know?..."
Amari didn't respond.
Then the lady return her smile.
"Well that's not a problem. Suiciders are the persons who explore this world trying to uncover its misteries. And, they are like a family, helping each other with the missions on that board... Well, always with a reward..."
Amari calmed down a bit.
"Oh ok... Wait, if so, who creates these missions?"
"I think I expressed myself a little badly... Missions are usually placed by the Suiciders themselves, who usually need help with something, but higher star missions are usually requested by more powerful organizations or people... It can show up there as long as you simply have my approval."
Amari felt temporary relief.
"Oh ok... BUT THEN WHY IS IT CALLED SUICIDERS!?"
Mana giggled.
"Well uh, its my fault."
"W-What?..."
"We basically, have no restrictions or any type of support. For example, a novice can try a 5 star mission with no problem, nothing stops you from doing so. But if you die, we have no responsibility. As a result, the death rate is very high, hence the name."
"N-No support?... Thats a bit dangerous..."
"I mean, we don't give any type of direct support. If you are in danger, I'm not going to send anyone to rescue you for example."
She lifted a finger.
"Ah, but you dont pay any taxes!"
"Then you how make money?"
"Here we sell things like armors, swords, objects, lunch, dinner, all kinds of food, etc..."
"Fair i guess... You're the owner of this guild right?... Why you do that way?"
She smiled.
"Indeed, im actually the boss of all guilds, those of other cities are just part of this one... And answering you question... Because its funny."
Amari took some steps back.
"W-WHAT?!"
Then i said, floating on the air because she was holding me.
"I agreed."
Amari quickly yelled at me.
"SHU UP!! I AM HAVING A PROFESSIONAL CONVERSATION!!"
Mana only just realized my existence now.
"Ah, is that someone else looking to sign up?"
Amari turned back to her, smiling back.
"Oh yeah. He is actually my uh... y-younger brother!"
"UH?! I AM!?"
Mana giggled.
"Oh wow, and the 2 want to sign up as Suiciders? How cute... I hope you take good care of him."
Amari gave a tired laugh (definitely forced!)
"Oh, he's a brat..."
Hearing that in the ground, made me furious, squirming and trying to get away from her.
"NO!! YOU'RE THE BRAT HERE!! LET ME GO! THIS IS ALL A LIE! LET ME GOOOoooooOOOO!!"
As I continued to scream and try to break free, Mana put a hand over her mouth and looked at me with something like pity.
"Oh my... Kids are not allowed to do this job ok?"
Amari sighed deeply, laughing a little.
"Oh youre not going to believe... He is actually... hm... 14?"
Mana looked very suprised.
"Really? Oh my, I'm sorry, I really thought he was a child..."
Amari later told me that people over the age of 13 are already considered adults in this world.
I pointed at her, extremely angry .
"HEY SHUT UP!!! IM ACTUALLY 16-"
Amari punched me in the head, making a lump and shutting me up.
"SHUSH!!"
She then looked at, trying to act formal as ever.
"I-Im sorry..."
"No problem dont worry..."
"So... We both want to be a... Suiciders... How we sign in?"
Mana opened a gentle smile.
"Oh im glad to hear that... Well, to obtain your Suicider card, thus being able to do the quests and participate in the guild's market-"
She whispered in Amari's ear.
"To be honest, I would rather this didn't exist, and I would prefer that it didn't have anything to fill, but my superiors, the royal family of the kingdom, forced me to..."
She turned back.
"So, i just I need you to show me your Sankalpa level, the simplest is accepted.. Simply as that."
Amari looked confused. Me who as on the floor in the fetal position, raised one eye in their direction.
Amari said.
"S-Sankalpa?... What?"
Mana looked at us like if we offended her.
"Im sorry... Are you trolling me?!"
Amari felt a bit embarrassed.
"N-No... I never heard of that..."
Mana responded in a very direct manner.
"Well then, you can't join. And also, i can't talk about it to anybody who don't know about it. Sorry."
She looked at us like if we were some thiefs, she was suspicious of something. Well, we are but that's not what im talking about!
Amari tried to calm herself down, giving a nervous smile.
"H-Haha, don't worry, we-"
"Bye."
She suddenly closed the curtains in the counter, letting us alone there.
Amari just kept looking at the closed curtains for a second.
"W-What..."
I stood up, and started to yell at the curtains.
"HEY YOU RUDE!! COME BACK HERE!! WERE NOT DONE TALKING!"
Amari looked at me, a bit in disbelief and not knowing how to act.
But then quickly she looked towards the curtains, a pointed angry.
"You know what, you're right! COME BACK HERE YOU BITCH!!"
We started saying one at a time.
"IDIOT!"
"SLUT!!"
"STUPID!"
"EGIRL!!"
"BATTLE-AXE!"
Amari suddenly looked at me confused.
"What? What kind of insult is tha-"
As she looked at the me, she saw that the whole Suiciders that were lunching, or just hanging around, they all had their eyes on us, looks of pure disgust and anger.
Apparently, Mana is someone who is quite respected there.
"COUGAR!-"
Before I could finish speaking, she grabbed me by the arm and showed me that everyone was looking at us.
She said with the most embarrassed eyes possible, stuttering a lot, quietly even though it was directed at the Suiciders.
"I-I am very sorry..."
"GAMAHUCHE!-"
"Ok that's enough."
She pulled me by the arm towards the exit.
As we were almost leaving.
"Wait wait wait!! I need to see that board!"
I put my feet on the ground, dragging them as hard as I could.
Amari them stopped, right at the exit gate.
"But why? Were not even Suiciders..."
"Oh cmon please!... I just want to see it!... Pleaseeeeeee...."
She sighed.
"Right, do as you want."
She let go of me, and I ran as fast as I could towards the board, with a huge smile on my face.
"Yeah finally!! Lets see..."
I looked at that board. It was in a language that I didn't understand, but somehow I could read it.
I don't know, it's some kind of magic thing? Maybe the same for what I'm speaking right now, which is not the language I learned, and I only realized it now... But ah, who cares?
"WOW!! IM FINALLY SEEING IT!"
Amari then appeared at my side, trying to look calm but was obvious that she wanted to go away from there.
"Uh why? Its not something special..."
She analyzed the papers.
"Hm, each star represents the degree of difficulty, 1 being the easiest and 5 being the hardest... makes sense."
I was reading all the names, all the information.
"Wow! The 5 stars missions, defeat the Ant king, defeat the attack titan, defeat the sun god, defeat a gay vampire!? This looks more like a hunt... COOL!!!"
Amari sighed.
"Are you done yet?"
"Oh wait, THERES A SIX STAR QUEST!?"
I pointed at the top of the board, there was a special 6 star mission.
"Collect the pieces of the Divine Crown... At the request of the royal family of Pseudo... WAHH! THE REWARD IS TOO BIG!! 1 BILLION OF... STRANGE SYMBOLS!!!"
"Its called "Shields", name of local currency... For each part found they pay you 1 billion Shields, and they keep the piece..."
I quickly started to look at the others papers, completely ignoring the 6 star one.
Amari looked at me, at the board, at me, at the board, and realized i didn't cared for the 6 star one.
"Hey! Isn't that what you wanted!? Collect the pieces of the Crown and become the Emperor of the World?..."
I continued to read all the papers that were there, there were so many!
"Yeah yeah, but theres something more important..."
"More important? What could be more important than having any wish?"
Then, i finally finished reading all the quests.
I looked down, extremely downcast and sad.
"Hey Amari... None of the rewards are food..."
Amari yelled at me.
"AH?! HOW DUMB YOU ARE!? WHY WOULD IT EVEN BE?! AND YOU COULDN'T EVEN ACCEPT IT!"
Oh balls.