Chapter 28 : Guild Rumors
When I entered the Adventurer's Guild that morning, all I wanted was to pick up a simple herb-gathering quest, maybe grab a cinnamon roll from the baker's stall outside, and not talk to anyone.
Naturally, the first thing I walked into was a heated argument.
"She burned the whole tree hollow, I swear on my beard!"
"You've never even seen a real fire mage, Rugar. You fainted when that alchemist lit a candle."
"That candle leaped at me, Joss. I have trauma."
Guild bickering. Classic.
I tried to slip past them, quietly heading for the job board. But I'd barely made it three steps when the words hit my ears like a brick:
"—they say it was a little girl. A child. Cursed blood. Dangerous aura. Lives near the woods."
I froze.
No.
No, no, no.