Animus — Roleplayer Guild

“Four out six Jaegers, that’s not so bad,” said a grinning Domenico. The Jaegers were Domenico’s most skilled men. Although it was not an official squad, each of them had sworn loyalty to the Sunday Hammer, each having their own story of how they had come to meet him. Domenico had sent messengers out to contact them the day before.

“Come on, you knew it would just be us four from the start,” said Aristaeus.

“Yeah, Diana and Prince happily enjoying their honey moon, no way their giving that up to hunt giant monsters. Hardly romantic,” continued Relk.

“Enough of this topic~! I am still very perplexed how Diana betrayed me and snatched my handsome Prince!” Felicia was once again moaning about the love triangle that he still believed he was a part of. The disturbingly hairy and muscular man was making grotesque actions as he rambled on about how he should be interrupting the recently wedded couple instead of being hunting monsters.

Ajax snorted. “Then why the fuck are you here then?”

“Because he’s trying to make Prince jealous by pretending he’s lost interest in him,” said Relk.

Everyone but Felicia burst out laughing.

As the five of them made their way through the Grand Church, every passing paladin, cleric or the everyday Kaien, greeted them with respect in their voices. Several times, they had to stop for Domenico to engage in some small chat with the head priests and high ranking paladins.

“Nothing beats walking around with you, Dom,” said Relk. “People actually treat us with respect.”

“The hell you guys talking about? All of you are well respected.”

Ajax gave his usual snort at this. “We’re well-known, not respected. Have you seen some of the looks those bloody paladins gave us? Our ranks are technically still that of normal foot soldiers.”

“That’s true, the only guys that actually look up to us are the foot soldiers,” remarked Relk.

As they debated over the matter, they finally reached their destination; the center of the Grand Church.

“Sir Domenico! What a pleasure to see you.” Alexander had rushed over the moment he spotted the general. The old soldier was eager for the chance to build up relationships with higher ups. “I’ve heard that you would personally be participating in this escapade. I think that it is wonderful that you would do so much for our holy nation.”

“Uhhh, yeah.” Domenico had never been too good with dealing with suck ups. He despised handling such people. Not wanting to hear the ramblings of some soldier grovelling, the Jaegers split. Assholes, he thought.

By the time he finally got rid of the old coot, the Jaegers were already mingled with the rest. Domenico was about to call out to them when somebody caught his eye. Savaniel Volduriaz materialized then and there, in the middle of the hall. Strangely, he was naked for several seconds before his clothes finally appeared as well. Domenico had met the young genius several times before but they were always mere exchange of greetings at parties due to a series of unfortunate events. Domenico always had to rush off before any real conversation happened.

“Well, well, well. Look who we have here. Why am I not surprised to find out someone as esteemed as yourself to be taking part in this?” Domenico shot Alexander a look which he understood immediately. The soldier scribbled onto the parchment he was holding before he hurried off to register other participants. “I believe the last time we met was the ball the pope two months ago.”

Domenico extended his right hand.

Meanwhile…

Aristaeus and Ajax had settled down and were seated as they discussed the efficiency of weapons. It was one of the common topics they shared, though they never saw eye to eye on it. Ajax was hellbent that the heavier and larger the weapon, the better it was. Aristaeus had a more flexible look on the matter.

However, the other two were unfortunately running around and getting into trouble.

Felicia who had been silent all the while had finally cheered up. The reason being that he had spotted a man he fancied. This man in particular was quite unlike his usual tastes. For one thing, he was large and muscular, a direct opposite of Felicia’s preferred choice of men much smaller than him. The man looked gruff and his face gave on an intimidating look. This seemed to spark a masochist side within Felicia. What attracted him the most was the man’s unusual Thao origin.

Although Felicia was over twenty paces from Chatsu, his stare had such intensity that it would have been unexpected that Chatsu did not realize. In fact, if one observed closely, they might have seen the faint image of heart shapes appearing and floating towards him during Felicia’s occasional wink.

Relk on the other hand, had also spotted a target, except it was female. Although the particular individual was rather lacking in the upper department, she was definitely a beauty. The dignified aura Esther seemed to give off was what allured Relk even more.

Unabashedly, the Jaeger knelt in a proposing manner in front of her. He seemed oblivious to the soldiers that sat at each side. Snapping his fingers, he whipped a red rose out of mid-air; one of the many magic tricks he had learned for such purposes. “Oh you have bewitched me, body and soul. Can you spare a peasant like me the honour of knowing your name?”

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