When Haimer squeezed into the hall with a flock of beautiful girls—plus two black bears that didn't look very smart—they instantly became the focal point of everyone's vision.
After all.
The concentration of attractiveness in this group was simply too high.
Even in Orario, where beauties were as common as clouds, a cluster of top-tier young girls with such varied styles appearing together was absolutely a rare sight.
"Is this... the Guild?"
"It's somewhat different from what I imagined..."
Kikakujou Mary hugged her rapier, looking somewhat disdainful.
Walking in front, Tsubaki said without even turning her head, "This is the real adventurer ecosystem. Don't think that becoming an adventurer means enjoying the harvest in glamour and style every day. Most of the time, adventurers deal with mud and monster blood."
With that said, Tsubaki skillfully pushed through the crowd, leading everyone to a relatively quiet counter.
A young female receptionist sat there.
Emerald eyes, iconic pointed ears; even while sitting, one could see her straight, upright posture. At this moment, she was pushing up the glasses on the bridge of her nose, verifying the documents in her hand with a serious expression. That meticulous appearance simply had the word "serious" carved onto her forehead.
——Eina Tulle.
"Eina!"
Just as she was pushing up the glasses on the bridge of her nose, verifying the documents in her hand with a serious expression—that meticulous appearance simply having the word serious written on her face—Tsubaki slapped her palm directly onto the counter.
"Pa!"
A crisp sound made the documents on the table jump.
"Yo! I'm here!"
Eina was startled, the quill in her hand nearly slicing through the document. She hurriedly looked up, only to see that grinning, eye-patched big sister.
The originally serious face immediately revealed a visible helplessness.
"Tsubaki-san..."
——Captain of the [Hephaestus Familia], Lv.5.
——The 「Cyclops」, Tsubaki Collbrande.
Who in the Guild wouldn't recognize a big shot of this level?
Eina sighed helplessly and lowered her voice. "This is an office space. Please do not make loud noises; it will disturb other adventurers. Did you come here to handle some business, Tsubaki-san?"
"Isn't it just to take these rookies—who made that iron rooster of a Patron Goddess pay out of her own pocket—down to the Dungeon to see what skills they have?"
Tsubaki shrugged, stepped sideways to make room, and pointed to Haimer's group behind her.
"Taking rookies?"
Eina was completely confused about what "iron rooster" meant. However, out of professional conduct, she didn't ask about that gossip. Instead, she quickly adjusted her state and looked in the direction Tsubaki pointed.
Then.
Her gaze could no longer look away.
A flock of beauties.
Onee-san, Loli, Ojou-sama, Blind Swordswoman, Green-hair...
How was this an adventurer party?
And...
Those are black bears, right?
Those two creatures sniffing around on the Guild's polished floor, and even attempting to lick the nearby pillars. They were absolutely bears, right?!
Eina: "..."
Seeing this scene, Eina couldn't help but raise her hand and rub her glabella hard, feeling that today's migraine might act up early. Although the Guild didn't explicitly forbid adventurers from bringing pets inside, bringing such obviously aggressive large beasts... was really a bit too much.
"Um..."
Eina was just about to look up and ask about these people's origins.
As a result.
A figure caused Eina's motion of rubbing her brow to suddenly freeze.
The gates of memory were instantly kicked open.
One month ago. It was this same counter. It was this same person.
At that time, he came to register his Familia's Divine Name. When filling out the title column, Eina had asked for his Divine Duties and Titles as per convention.
The result was the other party opening his mouth and spouting a string of words sufficient to scare someone into paralysis:
[Soldier Master], [War Calamity], [Strife Maker], [Father of All Armaments]...
At the time, Eina thought this was just another God who had just descended to the Lower World looking for novelty by teasing her. After all, in a place like Orario, there was no shortage of Gods who liked to tease Guild public servants like them.
But later.
Out of caution, she consulted the directory of the Gods of the Heavens and even gathered her courage to privately ask some of the senior Gods in Orario.
The feedback she got was invariably—
"Ah? That madman came down?"
All the titles turned out to be true.
...
"Haimer... Haimer-sama?"
"Long... long time no see."
Eina pushed up her glasses, her voice immediately becoming reserved.
"Long time no see, Eina-san," Haimer said. "I didn't expect you to still remember me. I was worried the Guild's busy work would make you forget me."
"How could that be..."
Eina gave a dry laugh.
Forget? Who could forget that kind of resume?
...
"Are these the Familia members you have recruited, Haimer-sama?" Eina hurriedly changed the subject, looking at the group of girls with a complicated gaze.
"That's right." Haimer nodded. "You can see it too. They are all good children. Just with a little bit of personality."
Looking at the little bear that was attempting to gnaw on the corner of the counter desk, Eina's expression twitched slightly.
You call this 'a little bit of personality'?
However, since they were a God's Familia, Eina dared not be negligent and immediately took out a thick stack of registration forms.
"Then, please fill in your basic information, everyone."
...
With this, under Eina's efficient operation, the registration procedures began quickly. However, it got stuck at the part concerning Inaba Tsukuyo.
"Inaba... Tsukuyo-san?" Eina called out tentatively.
"Are you calling me?"
As soon as these words came out, Inaba Tsukuyo turned her head slightly, shifting towards Eina's direction.
"Um..."
Seeing this, Eina's fingers holding the Guild card tightened slightly; the sense of incongruity in her heart finally found its source.
From entering the door until now, this young girl had never opened her eyes. Even her walking, though steady, had that subtle probing sense that Eina, as a Guild employee who had seen countless people, was all too familiar with.
"Forgive my presumption..."
"Your eyes..."
"You should be unable to see, right?"
Eina's tone revealed a trace of carefulness.
Inaba Tsukuyo didn't have any extreme reaction. She simply nodded faintly. On that exquisite, doll-like face, the corners of her mouth rose into a tranquil arc.
"Yes."
"Tsukuyo, eyes cannot see."
Eina's gaze fell upon Inaba Tsukuyo's blood-red pupils, which, although open, had no focal point.
An exquisite, fragile porcelain doll that looked like it would shatter at a touch.
"..."
Thinking of this, Eina couldn't help but take a deep breath. Although she had guessed it in her heart, confirming it with her own eyes still made her feel a wave of suffocation.
A blind person.
In Orario, this was equivalent to a crippled person. Let alone going to a place as peril-filled as the Dungeon, even living a normal life in this city would be fraught with difficulties.
Thinking of this, Eina frowned tightly, her hand gripping the pen tightening slightly. Although as a Guild employee she should uphold impartiality and not dictate an adventurer's physical condition...
But looking at such a weak and helpless blind girl, Eina truly couldn't bear it.
As a result.
"Haimer-sama..."
Before Eina could speak the words "Tsukuyo can't see, she is so weak, helpless, and pitiful, she really isn't suitable for entering the Dungeon", the blind girl—who had already noticed Eina labeling her as [Weak], [Helpless], and [Pitiful]—interrupted her first.
"Eina-san."
"Your heartbeat has changed."
"Eh?" Eina was stunned upon hearing this. A bellyful of persuasive words she had just prepared was instantly stuck in her stomach.
She saw Inaba Tsukuyo raise a hand. She pointed her slender, fair index finger steadily at a corner of the counter.
"Here."
"Under the stack of documents on your left-hand side, a quill pen is pressed there, the tip pointing towards me."
As soon as these words came out, Eina subconsciously lowered her head. Under the documents on her left, a quill pen was indeed pressed there. Not a fraction of error.
Then.
"Also..."
Tsukuyo tilted her head slightly. That waterfall-like silver hair slipped down gently, revealing that pair of slightly twitching ears. It was like she was capturing messages imperceptible in the wind.
"At the seven o'clock direction in the hall, fifteen meters from here."
"Two people are whispering about the tavern dancer from last night."
"One of them has boots with soles that are probably worn down severely; his walking sound is a bit dragging."
Eina turned to look at the seven o'clock direction. There, two adventurers were leaning together, whispering. Seeing Eina look over, they looked baffled. The left boot of one of the tall adventurers—the sole was indeed worn down to be uneven.
"As you can see."
"Some things are not only visible with eyes."
"In my opinion."
"My hearing, and my sword... are more useful than eyes."
With that said, Inaba Tsukuyo lowered her hands, folding them in front of her, and resumed that appearance of a well-behaved doll.
This child was blind, unable to see, weak, helpless, and pitiful.
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