A Highest Rank in Another World!

Entering the guild master\'s mansion, we found a large, practically empty room with only a large sofa in the middle of it. A large rug had been placed on the floor and a small table was on top of it.

It was like the table we had at home in the living room to put our cups of tea in when we were having a conversation or something.

Also, there was only one staircase that led to the second floor. The decorations here were just paintings hanging on the wall. It even had some face paintings of him and his wife.

They like themselves too much to hang their faces off the wall, don\'t they? I couldn\'t do something like that.

"Dala, come over here." When we entered, the master called for someone.

After a few seconds, an old woman wearing a maid\'s outfit very common in noble houses appeared. She left the room on the right. I didn\'t know what was there, but it\'s probably the kitchen since the maid was also wearing an apron.

"Have you returned yet, master? I thought you would only come back at night." The maid seemed very intimate with the master.

"I had some unforeseen events. Where is Rieli?"

"Miss Rieli is in her room at the moment, it looks like she is sewing again as she asked to not disturb her for a while. This girl is enjoying this these days." The maid smiled innocently.

"I understand. Can you call her for me? Say it\'s very important. Also, tell Clachel to serve us some tea."

"I will do this immediately." The maid bowed and then went upstairs.

"She\'s a good employee, isn\'t she?"

"Yes, she has worked with me for many years." The master walked to the big sofa and sat down. He looked at us for a while waiting for us to do something: "Won\'t you guys sit down? Feel free."

"Oh, of course." I also sat on the couch. I was still holding Rose\'s hand so she sat down beside me.

After that, we just had to wait for the maid to come back with Rieli. But before Rieli appeared, another maid appeared. She was younger than the first one, but she had features very similar to the older woman.

Both had small eyes and also some dark circles. They didn\'t look tired, but it\'s the kind of dark circles that some people naturally develop during their lifetime.

Also, they both had darker skin and dark hair. The older woman had some gray hair, but I think you understand what I mean.

"Are you curious about both?"

"Yes, aren\'t they mother and daughter? They are very similar."

"Exactly. Clachel\'s mother had worked with me for years along with another maid. But after a while, the other maid had to leave and Dala asked me to hire her daughter."

"I understood."

"And as the mother is such a good employee, I thought her daughter was too. And she is much better than I thought, she is a good girl."

"Yes, and she is also beautiful."

"It is not?"

Clachel was there all the time while we were saying this. Her skin was dark, so her blush wasn\'t as obvious, but I could see she was very embarrassed right now.

But she also seemed happy to be praised by the guild master. What a cute girl.

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With tea served, we stayed there for a while longer. Clachel was on the side hugging the tray while listening to our conversation, she was really cute.

But while we were distracted, we didn\'t notice the other maid coming down the stairs and approaching us.

"Master, Rieli is already coming down." Dala went to her daughter\'s side: "Now we need to get back to work, right?" She asked her daughter and Clachel nodded.

After that, they left the room.

"Listen, don\'t you want us to take these two too? They seem to be very important to you."

"I was thinking about it, but wouldn\'t it give you too much trouble? You\'re already going with a lot of people." The master placed both his hands on his thighs and turned to me.

"Well, we\'re already taking a lot of people anyway, two more people wouldn\'t make a difference, would it Rose?"

"Yes, I don\'t think so."

"I see, so can I leave them in your care? I won\'t stay here at the mansion so I can\'t take care of them."

"Of course, don\'t worry about it."

"Then I\'ll talk to them while Rieli doesn\'t show up, okay?"

"Right." The master got up and went into the next room which was probably the kitchen and was where the mother and daughter were. Rose who was beside me nudged my shoulder when that happened.

"Hey, are you sure it\'s a good idea to go to your village?"

"Hm, why are you asking this right now?"

"It\'s just that now we\'re in the capital and we have huge walls and some guards..."

"And my village doesn\'t have much protection you mean?"

"..."

"Don\'t worry about it. When I left there the protections had started to be put in place, it won\'t be so easy to damage my village with my husband and son taking care of it, you must know how strong Noah is, don\'t you?"

"Yes, I know that."

"Maybe he is already stronger than my husband. I don\'t know how he got to that level so quickly, but he\'s amazing."

"If you don\'t even know how he got so strong... Noah seems to keep some secrets, doesn\'t he?"

"I\'m sure yes. Ever since he was little he liked to hide things from me. He hid that he was training his magic for a long time. If I hadn\'t found out, maybe he would have been hiding it until today."

"Do you think he would do that?"

"For sure. Noah is a mature boy who doesn\'t like to draw attention or talk to others about what he\'s capable of. I\'m sure he\'s as strong as an A-RANK adventurer now, do you believe me?"

"Is this serious? Is he almost as strong as you?"

"No, I\'m still much stronger." I smiled at Rose.

"Then that\'s it. But it\'s good to know that there are so many strong people protecting your village, I think we\'ll be fine if we stay there."

"I\'m sure of that."

After our conversation, Rose held my hand again as we waited for Rieli to appear.

10 minutes have passed since then.

We heard some footsteps coming from the stairs, and when we looked we saw a girl with bluish-gray hair coming down the stairs. Her hair was long and a little messy.

Her skin was white but a little yellowish and her eyes were clear. Her eye color was like the color of a well-polished sword, light gray color and very beautiful, Rieli carried an exotic and different beauty.

There weren\'t many people with that color of hair and eyes with such a pretty color.

I think the only thing that may be made people not think she was so pretty was a big scar that ran from her eye to her chin on the right side of her face. It was as if she had received a great sword blow there.

"Did I make you wait too long?"

"It is alright," I responded quickly. I saw her at the guild once, she had a kind personality, but she never looked very happy.

"Rieli, how are you feeling today? When the guild was closed you didn\'t look so good."

"I\'m much better, I\'ve acquired some hobbies like sewing, you should try too." Rieli gave an infectious laugh.

"Maybe I try later..." The two girls seemed very close so I let them have fun talking to each other.

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After some time, the guild master appeared in the room alone, he was not with the two maids.

\'Maybe they didn\'t agree to come with us?\'

"About Dala and Clachel, they\'ve decided to go with you, they\'ll get your stuff ready right now." I was wrong, it seems they agreed to go with us.

"Hm, what do you mean Dala and Clachel go with them? Did you fire them?" Rieli looked very surprised.

"It\'s not that. They\'re both going to Emma\'s village, and of course, you\'re going too."

"What? What happened?" Rieli didn\'t know what was going on so she was so confused that she got up from the couch and walked towards her father to look for answers.

So he explained everything to her about the attack that might happen to the capital.

"Then you also need to come with us!" After listening to the story, Rieli approached her father and took his hands. She was looking into his eyes as she shook his hands and told him that.

The master looked a little sad.

"There\'s no way I can go with you, I need to take care of guild affairs."

"But the guild is closed, isn\'t it? There\'s no reason for you to stay here."

"It\'s not that easy. I need to keep in touch with the other guilds in the country to find out what\'s going on in each city. Even if our adventurers don\'t get involved in the war, I don\'t want cities to be invaded and guilds destroyed."

"..."

"If the country invades some cities, surely the guild will be involved in this, there is no way for me to leave and abandon the guild here."

"I see... But even if I go, do you promise you\'ll be fine?" Rieli seemed to have already decided to go with us.

"I promise. You know your father won\'t die that easily."

After that, the two hugged and Rieli seemed to want to cry.