Chapter 3- A New Mission

There are various types of teleportation scrolls. The most common: short and long-distance scrolls. A short distance teleportation scroll can teleport the caster to any random location 1 km away. While a long distance teleportation scroll allows the caster to be teleported to any location of their wish. Rood opted to use the short distance one, which prevented Sky from following him any further.

He sighed as he took a carriage back to Opion and took the back door. There is a secret path that leads to the Opion Master's office. He did not wish to go through the front door because other magicians of Opion would be gossiping about him in the hallway. The attention is uncomfortable and unusual to him. Reaching the back door, he bent down and stared at it. It was sealed with a note stuck onto it. The note wrote: "If you're not a thief or an animal. Please use the front door ^-^"

Rood sighed as he rubbed his temples. I swear Master, one day I might just break your nose. He had no choice so he went back to the front door and walked through the hallway, and immediately magicians started to stare and whisper. This is exactly why I hate walking through the front door.

Spotting Ren, the Opion Master's personal assistant, Rood waved at her. "Hey Ren. I'm back from my.... miserable mission." Ren was the only one other than Opion's master who knew his true identity. She looked at him in confusion as she was carrying a stack of paper, "Roo- I mean. Blow... You went through the front door? At this hour? That's weird."

Rood sweatdropped. "Let's just say Master is on his stupid antics again... What's that in your arms, Ren? Need help?"

Ren panicked as she held the papers closer to her. "N- Nope! It's nothing! I'm going off now, Master should be in his office, we shall have lunch later." Ren quickly walked off but there was a gust of wind and one paper from the stack was blown off. Catching it in his hand, Rood looked down at it curiously before his hands started to tremble as he stared disbelievingly at what he saw.

Oh. My. Fucking. God. It was a promotional pamphlet for the Black Magician. The words are printed in fine black print above a picture of himself in his awakened form. "The center of attention! The black magician Blow is always on standby! Send a mission request to Opion immediately!" What was most triggering to Rood was the moronic picture of himself smiling widely as he held a rose in his teeth.

The stack of pamphlets fell from Ren's arms. "B- Blow! T- This is not what you thin-" Rood cut her off as he slowly crumpled the damn pamphlet in his fist.

"Is this Master's doing?"

"Y- Yes..." Ren watched as he dashed off. She closes her eyes and sighs, before making her way there as well. Kicking down the door of the Opion Master's office, Rood threw the crumpled piece of pamphlet at his master's face and glared at the bespectacled handsome young man sitting in his chair.

"Geez, Blow, why are you so angry? Did someone bully you??" The Opion Master, Kielnode, asked worriedly, not apprehending Rood's sudden rage.

"YOU'RE THE ONE BULLYING ME! LOOK AT THE DAMN THING ON YOUR FACE!" Pulling the pamphlet off, Kielnode stared at it, before throwing it out of the window and giving Rood an innocent look. "Oh dear, what is it that you wanted me to see? I don't have anything on my face, Blow^^"

At this point, Rood had completely lost his usual cool. "I don't know what you are thinking, Master! Making something like this without my permission! THIS IS EMBARRASSING!" Ren winced as she stood at the back of the office room watching the two of them.

He sighed and threw the board that had Seren's autograph at Kielnode's face, "I swear.. This is the last time. The last time I am taking a stupid mission." Kielnode smiled and took the board happily before looking up at Rood.

"Before we get into that topic... How long are you going to stay in that form, Rood?" Rood's eyes widened as he had forgotten that he was still in his awakened state. Though, he felt that the reason why he forgot was because of Kielnode's antics that are pissing him off.

"My name is Blow... Release Awakening." As the black mana retracted from him and into the space between worlds or whatever place it belonged, Rood's height dropped. His hair turns from black to blonde and his eyes stop glowing an electric blue.

He walked up to Kielnode and glared at him seriously, "I want a new mission! A serious one. Not a mission to look for lost puppies or getting someone's autograph!" Kielnode stared at Rood and flashed him one of his sunshine smiles before getting serious.

"Rood, ever since that day in the Gahelpha forest, everyone is looking out for you, especially the Association's' Shicmuon. It might get dangerous for you from now on and.... I am worried for you."

Even though Rood fully understood Kielnode's feelings, he was desperate for a serious mission. "Enough, Master..... Are you going to give me a serious mission.....or not?"

After a long pause, Kielnode finally gave in. "There is one... Tonight, in an auction house, a magic crystal of the highest class called the Shajarn's heart, will make an appearance. Many magicians have heard the news and will be there tonight. There is a request to take revenge against a magician that has ruined our client's life. These are the details of your target." He passed Rood a paper filled with the information of the perpetrator, the target.

Name: Dan Mitchell.

Magician Name: Cloak

Age: 32

Magician Rank: Third rank

Rood stared at the information and spoke out. "Well he isn't that weak so..... what does the client want? You're not telling me he wants me to kill him right?"

Kielnode shook his head and looked at Rood seriously. "Not exactly. The client wants you to find him among the crowd of magicians. Hold him...... and take his pants off."

As Kielnode's words fell on Rood's ears, his eyes twitched as he could not believe his ears.......... I'm sorry what did the Master just say? TAKE HIS PANTS OFF?! WHAT?!

"Why would the client want that?!" Rood could not understand the logic behind the client's "revenge".

"Well... it's not like the client wants to take his life. He just wants him to be humiliated in front of a bunch of magicians. So...... Thanks for the good work, Opion's big star!^^" As Kielnode flashed another bright smile at Rood, he immediately grabbed a book beside him and threw it at his smiling face. "WHO SAID I'M GONNA DO IT?"

Unbeknownst to Ren, Kielnode and Rood, Sky has been standing outside the door of Kielnode's room, listening in on their conversation. She used the same invisibility spell to hide herself from the magicians in the hallways. She was glad that none of them were high ranking magicians as they would realize the tiny veil of mana making her invisible.

Holding back her laughter by covering her mouth, she listened to the mission's contents. She couldn't help but feel bad for Rood. First, an autograph and now he has to pull someone's pants down. She continued to press her ear against the door and eavesdrop on their conversation. Although Rood had initially rejected the mission, due to obvious reasons, he eventually agreed because he did not want to take the alternative mission which is to find a lost puppy.

As she heard footsteps approaching the door, she quickly left the Opion building and took off the invisibility spell. It was pretty clear to her where the black magician was heading and she found herself smiling. It was just a few days after her departure from Ruon and yet she finds herself enjoying her brand new adventures. 

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