"Hey, congrats on graduating," I remarked with a smile.
"And Happy New Year too," Added Aria with a grin.
"Thanks, you guys. I really appreciate it," Responded Cleo, looking pretty cheerful.
Today’s the 1st of January, 2171. Her graduation was held yesterday evening, and she was officially made a part of the Sinners Guild.
That isn’t public knowledge yet, and besides the few classmates who saw her fight in her last raid, the other students and instructors probably think she’s going to be Freelance Hunter.
She wanted to celebrate graduating last night, so we decided to hold off on introducing her to the Guild till today.
Though, we aren’t at the Guild right now. We’re at the Union instead.
Last night, Lachlan contacted and Aria, he asked us to co to the Union around this ti, it’s a few minutes to 11 AM right now. He’d also contacted Cleo with the sa thing, and she’d just arrived.
He didn’t tell us what it’s about though, he just kept saying ’you’ll see tomorrow’ when I pressed him last night.
Kinda felt like Deja Vu...
"So, why are we the Union instead of the Sinners Guild? Is this normal?" Cleo asked us.
"No, it definitely isn’t. I guess that ans the Chairman didn’t tell you what this is about either, huh?" Responded Aria with a wry smile.
"Nope, I did ask, but he was pretty cryptic. But it sounded like sothing good, he had a pretty upbeat tone," She recalled thoughtfully.
"Ah, looks like you’re all here, I appreciate you being here on ti," Lachlan greeted us with a smile, as he walked over and gave us a wave.
"Sure, don’t ntion it. So, can you tell us why you asked us to co here now?" I inquired in response.
"Oh, you’ll see soon enough. Very soon, actually...follow ," He responded with a gleam in his eyes.
"Gotta say, you didn’t really strike as the type to have a flair for theatrics," Remarked Aria in bemusent.
"Hm? Well, I suppose I might have picked it up from my predecessor, she must have rubbed off on ...but I’d like to think I don’t go overboard the way she often did," He laughed sheepishly.
Yeah, I guess it’s fine if it isn’t a constant thing. Also, on another note...is it just , or is the phrase ’rubbed off on’ really, really sus?
Seriously, every ti I’ve ever heard soone use that phrase, it always sounds sexual to , even if it wasn’t ant to.
Whenever soone says it, I just end up imagining whoever they’re talking about, like, dry-humping them from the side.
Not sure why it’s the side, but for so reason, that’s how my brain makes sense of that phrase. Is it really just ?
I brought it up to Aria once, and she just shrugged and said sothing along the lines of ’kinda, I guess’.
Well, whatever, I suppose it doesn’t really matter.
Anyway, as we followed after Lachlan, he led us down to the basent, heading through the corridor before coming to a stop in front of a door.
Hm, I’m pretty sure this is the room where I trained to use Enrage way back when. It has been a while since I’ve been down here though, so I could be wrong.
"Alright, before we enter...close your eyes, all of you. And no peeking," Smiled Lachlan, clearly enjoying himself.
Yup, Superbia definitely rubbed o-...influenced him a fair bit.
"Seriously?" Muttered Cleo in bemusent.
"Let’s just humor him and play along, that’s the fastest way to get through it," I responded quietly, before shutting my eyes.
A few seconds passed, before the sound of the door opening rang out, footsteps echoing out as Lachlan entered the room.
"Alright, co on in! Careful, watch your step."
You’re the one who told us to close our eyes, man...
The three of us sohow managed to enter the room blind without crashing into each other, before I heard Lachlan moving behind us and shutting the door.
"Okay, open your eyes in three, two...one!"
Alright, let’s see what he’s-...
"Holy shit," I blurted out in disbelief, at the sight before .
"Woah, for real?" Added Aria in bewildernt, before approaching the railing and peering over to get a better look.
"O-Oh...," Uttered Cleo, a stunned look on her face as she gulped slightly.
Below us, all around the wide training space, were piled upon piles of Monster Cores.
"I’ve certainly started to understand why the forr Chairwoman was so fond of surprising people, your expressions are priceless," Laughed Lachlan cheerfully.
Yeah, she would be.
"Uh...exactly how many Cores are down there?" I responded in bemusent.
"Don’t know. But after you told about Miss Cleo here, I inford the HUC, though I didn’t ntion her na. I simply told them that another case similar to yours has popped up. The appearance of an an aspiring Hunter with the ability to keep growing more powerful, by absorbing Monster Cores.
So, the HUC has been stockpiling every single Core gathered in the Dungeons since then. Since the Dungeons have been less intense, there’s been less demand for weapons and gear lately, so there’s actually been a surplus of Monster materials in stock, including the Cores.
We already had a good amount of Cores stored prior to that, and with these, I’d say there’s enough to give you a pretty significant boost, wouldn’t you agree?" He smiled as he glanced at Rio, who was practically drooling as she stared at the mountains of Monster Cores before her.
"H-Huh? Uh, sorry, wh-what was the question?" Responded Rio, practically in a trance.
I an, understandable, I’d probably have reacted the sa way if I’d been presented with several thousand Monster corpses before I reached my upper limit.
Hey, Ai, could you give a count on the number of Cores down there?
Two hund-...?! Fuck, that’s a lot...
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