By the time they had returned, the sun had already set. Ryan was bringing Helena on his back. When they got to his house, he could immediately tell something was off, not wanting to wake Helena. He's sniffed around and realized that that it was Irina in his house. He found not liking people in his space uninvited, while he did tell Irina that she could stop by any time. She always made sure to give him a heads up.
"What are you doing here?" he asked, pushing open his door. Irina looked up from her spot on her spot on his coach where she was eating her cake. "I have important information for Helena, but I realized I'm not sure where she lived, so I stopped by here instead thinking you'd know. But I see my guess isn't incorrect." she replied motioning to Helena on his back.
"Wake her."
"No" Ryan immediately refused, backing away, being careful not to slam her into the wall. "I'm not sure she's recovered from the incident at the village so I wanted her to rest as much as possible." Irina nodded in understanding. "But the information I have is extremely important and she must hear it."
"Then she'll hear it tomorrow." he replied, not backing down. Irina looks like she wanted the same more, but decided against it. Truth be told she has been here all evening waiting on them to return and now it was night. "Come to the guild early tomorrow it is of extreme importance." she said on her way out.
Ryan let out the breath he didn't know he was holding. Why? Because he was surprised Irina actually listened to him. She had attendance to act first and later. Ryan answered for a moment, trying to figure out what to do, but then decided to just throw one of his T-shirt over her head and place her the bed. He took a shower and joined her shortly after.
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They arrived at the Guild promptly the next day, despite wanting to go home and have a proper shower. Helena decided to just use magic to clean herself before heading out. She didn't have any clothes at Ryan's place and her magic closet was being washed.
"What do you think it's about?" she asked him slightly worried. "I'm not sure. Irina just seemed insistent that you heard what I wanted you to rest so I guess we'll find out." he replied with a shrug. He would honestly much rather be in better than at the guild at 8 AM.
Helena sighed, but didn't ask him any more questions just leaning into him as they continued their walk.
The girls was relatively empty by the time they arrived, the guild was relatively empty. The members of their team were there along with Fel and the Guild master. His face was semi serious until he saw them and broke out into a smile. "Well if it isn't our newest Guild member and her boyfriend." the term immediately caused Helena's face to go red as she refused his claim.
"We-we weren't like that." she stuttered completely red. She turned to Ryan, hoping that he'd back her, but he just looked down at her smirking.
"Any-anyways what is it you needed to tell me?" she asked trying to shift the conversation away from her and Ryan's intimacy.
"Ah yes, Irina told me about what happened at the village yesterday, well the day before. And because of the nature of the issue, I had informed the capital. Basically there just want to speak with you and give you a medal of honor." he explained, scratching his beard.
While he explained it like it was no big deal his special expression told another story. "Listen, I myself I'm not sure of your magic level but if they ask, just tell them, you're a mid tier mage. Irina also told me that the man said something before before running into the forest do not mention that. She said that by the time they got to you, you were passed old next to a pile of rocks and when they got back to the village all the villagers that they saw that in the cave were there, can you explain that?" he asked now giving her a serious look.
"I'm not sure what he said, but after we run into the forest, he seemed to panic and unfocused. I use that time to cast a petrification spell and he just crumbled." she replied honestly. Everyone stared at her in shock. A petrification spell isn't that spell that just can be casted by anyone. You need to be a high tier mage to cast that spell.
"She also said that the following day the village looked better compared to its previously dilapidated state. Do you know anything about that either?" he asked, but Helena just shook her head sadly. "I didn't even see it until I was going to leave. I was just a surprise." she replied as everyone else stayed silent, taking in her words.
"Don't tell them about you, casting the spell that spell requires you to be a high tier mage and all high tier mages need to be on record. Just tell them he ran off panicked. There's going to be a lot of questions involve if they find out you're a high tier mage and they might even take you away. Understood?" He asked seriously.
Helena nodded, not knowing what to say. Maybe joining a guild was not the best idea. "Hey, hey no need to panic" Ryan comforted patting her back. The panic was practically written all over her face.
"You leave today at noon." the Guild Master said giving Helena a pitying glance.