"Alice, show him to his quarters," Grandma Yu said before walking away.
Max watched her leave and turned to Alice. "Is she mad at for so reason?"
"Hehe, she doesn't like arrogant people," Alice chuckled.
"Am I arrogant?" Max asked, but he suddenly shook his hands. "Forget it, I don't want to know the answer."
Alice smiled softly and said, "There's another reason why she's mad at you, but you'll have to figure that out on your own."
"Another reason?" Max wondered what he had done to offend the old woman.
"Let's go. I'll show you where you'll be living," Alice said, seeing him pondering.
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Max shrugged and followed her.
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A few minutes of taking turns, Alice led Max to the living quarters.
Max's eyes widened as he stared at his 'room.' He had expected to be given a room, but what stood in front of him was a small house.
Hundreds of similar houses could be seen in this area, making him believe he wasn't given any special treatnt, yet he could live here freely.
"Is this really free?" Max asked again, confirming. He had a hard ti believing sothing as big as this house would be free, even for mbers of the Phoenix Order guild.
"It's free, but..." Alice nodded as she looked at Max. "Not entirely. You have to either clear a dungeon three tis a month with other mbers or be strong enough to rank in the top ten in the Battle Realm rankings."
Max nodded in understanding.
"Let's exchange contacts," Alice said, tapping her holowatch.
Max accepted her friend request and exchanged their contacts.
"Alright, I'll be going now," Alice said, looking at Max. "If you need anything, just ask or the guards. They will help you."
"I'll make sure to contact you if anything arises," Max said, smiling, but then he recalled sothing and hurriedly said, "W-Wait, Alice!"
"Huh? What happened?" Alice asked, turning around.
Max's expression turned solemn as he contemplated whether he should ask about his sister. From what he could tell, she seed to have a very high position in this guild, making Max believe she must have so information about her sister.
"What is it?" Alice asked, seeing the hesitation in Max's face.
Max took a deep breath and finally let it out. "Do you know anyone by the na of Freya?"
"Freya?" A deep frown appeared on Alice's face as she heard the na. "Why do you ask that?"
Max's eyes glead as he saw the change in her expression. "Ten years ago, my Aunt Freya joined the guild. I wanted to know if she's still here or not."
"Ten years ago?" Alice's expression eased up. "I'll see what I can do. If she is in this guild, I'll contact you."
Max nodded and looked at her strangely. "Why did you suddenly beco so tense when I asked about Freya?" he asked, smiling.
"Never mind that." Alice shook her hand, dismissing the topic before saying, "Alright, I'll see you soon, I guess." She walked away, saying that.
Max watched her back with a smile, but as she disappeared from his sight, his smile faded, replaced by a troubled expression. "Strange, her reaction to hearing 'Freya' was very strange," he muttered, as he stood at the front door of his house.
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The door opened, and Max entered his house. He scanned the entire house quickly before lying down on his bed.
'Did big sis cause trouble in the guild?' Max wondered. He couldn't focus after what had just happened. He could only think of this reason as to why hearing her na would change Alice's expression so much.
'Oh, right.' Max swiftly stood up and went to a neatly organized table.
He waved his hand at the red dot at the top, and a semi-holographic screen appeared in front of him, with a similar holographic keyboard appearing on the table.
'There should be so files about the guild's mbers, right?' Max thought as he browsed the guild's server and found the mbers' section.
[Freya Voidwalker] he searched there, but the results were blank.
He frowned at this and changed the na to [Freya Morgan], but again the result ca up blank.
Max's frown deepened as he saw that.
"Let try sothing else," Max muttered and tried a different na: [Alice Fireborne].
So information about her ca up, but it had no photos or anything. It did, however, ntion her strength level and which departnt she was in.
"It seems with my authority, I can only check the strengths of others, and important topics and people are beyond my reach," Max muttered, feeling down as he leaned back in the chair.
'It seems the only thing I can do now is ask so other mbers of the guild about her,' he thought, pondering. "Alright. I'll do that first thing in the morning." Max sat up, deciding what he would do next, and sat cross-legged on his bed.
'Ti to train,' he mused, entering the Dinsion of Ti.
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The next day, Max opened his eyes. 'I've mastered the Magic Sword Bullets to level 40.'
After that, he went ahead and took a bath.
'I should eat in Phoenix City as well,' Max mused as he left his house.
After reading the small book Alice had given him yesterday, Max learned that these rows of buildings belonged only to the departnt of the Arcane Order, and there were six other such departnts besides the Arcane Order.
This made Max marvel at how vast the Phoenix Order guild actually was—not just in sheer size and scale, but overall.
All seven departnts had different housing quarters, but they shared one city in common: Phoenix City.
The book ntioned that one could find anything in Phoenix City, and mbers from all seven departnts usually spent most of their ti there if they weren't busy with their missions.
'So this is Phoenix City,' Max mused as he took in the scene before him.
Beneath a massive, shimring do lay a city that seed to rge the old and the new in perfect harmony. Towering skyscrapers with sleek, modern designs stood side by side with traditional pagoda-style buildings adorned with intricate carvings.
The sky above was alive with activity—majestic flying beasts glided gracefully alongside sleek, futuristic vehicles.
On the ground, the streets bustled with life as hundreds of people moved in and out of the city through various checkpoints.
'This do should be made from runes,' Max mused. He had read about these types of dos in the runes book he had studied.
Seeing everyone headed into the city, Max followed. He noticed many things related to Phoenix, in particular, and from what he could tell, they revered the so-called phoenix bird in this city perhaps a bit too much.
Looking around for a restaurant, Max found one nad "Sun's Delight." He definitely didn't laugh at the na and went inside for a al.
After ordering his food, he waited at a table for four chairs. He sat alone there.
Looking around, he noticed many people—from the young to the old—were busy eating, talking, and laughing. 'This is a good place to ask soone about big sis, but I have to be subtle,' Max thought, coming up with a plan as he observed everyone in the group.
He then noticed a group of four young n around his age, eating and laughing.
'They are the perfect target,' he decided.
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