The Seven Monster Spirit

Chapter 24 - A Mission

3 Years have passed. Now that Neron was 15 years old, his body had grown taller, when he was a child Ceithrein and Neron had the same height but now Ceithrein's body was shorter than Neron's.

Currently they are both practicing swords in the yard, in the usual place of Imperial knights training, for the last 3 years Neron lived with Gerald and his daughter, Ceithrein. Neron also took many missions from the Imperial knight or demon slayer that made him meet with many people and can give him experience, not only that Neron also got a mentor in the imperial knight.

Loren Felmes, one of the Imperial knights who was a warrior with great sword ability, even Gerald acknowledged Loren's prowess when he first became an Imperial knight. And now Loren was made a mentor for Neron, although he was first asked that the man would not but after seeing Neron's ability, Loren was willing to teach him so that the child could develop and become stronger again.

Loren is a man in his 20s who has short blackish-brown hair, a sharp nose and fairly bright brown eyes, you could say Loren is quite handsome for a man even though many like him, but he is not interested in being in a relationship with a woman, because all he thought about now was becoming a sword expert who could defeat the current Imperial Knight commander.

"It's enough" said a man on the sidelines who was watching Neron and Ceithrein's training, the man was Loren Felmes, Neron's mentor in the imperial knight.

"You're getting better, your abilities are growing, and Neron I hear you're going on a mission" Loren praised his junior who's been growing for 3 years.

"it's just Neron, I've grown" Ceithrein said, asking for recognition, not only of his sword skills, but of the girl's body as well.

"You've also gotten better Miss Ceithrein" said Loren praising the girl.

"Don't call me that, just call me by my name, Ceithrein, Loren-san" Ceithrein said in a commanding tone. Because Ceithrein was the son of the Imperial Knight commander, he was treated differently by the other Imperial knights, he was respected by the other knights, in contrast to Neron, although Gerald was in charge of it but several other Imperial knights hated and looked down on him, although not all of them were so like Loren who was his current mentor.

"It was a bit disrespectful in my opinion" Loren said although he was such a stern person, but he got lenient with something related to Gerald, because he had a lot of respect for the man.

"Mouu" said Ceithrein disliked, the daughter was always upset, when there were Imperial knights who were too privileged to be hers just because she was the son of their commander.

"About that mission senior Loren, tomorrow I'll be off to Volacanes Mountain, looking for something" Neron told Loren.

"What is that?" ask Ceithrein curiously.

"Come" said Neron shrugging his shoulders.

"Beware Neron that place is dangerous with lots of monsters, high streets and also hot weather" recalls Loren who was tidying his hair.

"Why don't you take me Neron?" ask Ceithrein who felt abandoned because Neron told him nothing about his mission.

"You heard earlier said senior Loren, that place is dangerous Ceith"

"But I also want to come along" Ceithrein said in a sulking tone.

"Your father will definitely not allow it Miss, oh yes Neron who will go?"

"well, the matter is still not known, there will be a meeting of anyone who will leave" Neron told Loren.

"Oh so yes, now you rest"

"Good" they both said it almost simultaneously. Ceithrein was eager to come along but all he had to do now was persuade his father, whether it would work or not.

"I have a little business, see you at Neron's lunch" said Ceithrein leaving Neron and waving his hand at him, Neron replying with a slow wave.

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It was getting dark, but the room was illuminated by the light from the shining stone located on the ceiling of the room, thus making the place a comfortable place. A room that is not too big but also not too small with several chairs and a long table in the middle that is used to discuss, he said, and there was one table and a special chair occupied by the imperial knight commander, Inside that room were 3 people discussing something.

"Serious commander?" asked the big man with red hair who lit up like a fire "command asked me to team up with this young boy?" ask the man while hitting Gerald's desk.

The imperial knight commander looked at the man lazily, there were a lot of documents piled up on that table and the tasks he had to do were also a lot of "Yes I'm very serious" Gerald said lazily, his lower eyelids are blackened because they often stay up late.

"But commander, the continent of fire is too dangerous for a newly grown child" the man voiced his denial.

Gerald sighed "the child beside you is the one that has been talked about so much lately by the Imperial Knight and the Demon Slayer, as well as the one that was trained by Loren, do you still doubt Feit?"

The man beside Neron was a Formous Feit or often known as a fire spear because of his abilities.

"hmmm......" Feit noticed Neron 'Unconvincing' he thought.

Neron who was stared at like that felt strange.

"Well, at the very least, this kid still has manners, hello also Neron, my name is Feit Formous, I will be the captain of this team"

"Good"

"So what commander are we going to look for and who is our last member?" asked Feit seriously.

"There's a little bit of extra mengue-" said Gerald while scratching the back of his head, but the man had not yet finished his sentence the sound of door-breaking was heard, as all eyes looked towards the origin of the sound.

"I'll come too" said the girl who opened the door loudly.

"Commander, one of the members is Ceith?" neron asked to find out why the girl was here.

"I've banned him Neron, but the boy is stubborn, he insisted after hearing you will carry out this mission as well" Gerald said tiredly as he scowled his forehead.

"Hehe If Neron goes I'll go too" said the girl laughing as if she had no mind burden, while the other three worried about the girl if she went on a mission.

"Hey Ceith, this is a dangerous mission, there are many monsters there and also we do not know what will happen because it was the first time to go there" Neron recalled worriedly.

"Just relax, I can take care of myself" said Ceithrein puffing his chest proudly.

"Not convincing" said Neron, throwing his face away.

'Add one more burden, but I have to make sure they can return safely' Feit told himself.

"So therefore, I ask you both to please take care of Ceithrein"

"Good commander" Neron and Feit said almost simultaneously.

"about something you're looking for and the last member......"

After the three of them had gathered together, Gerald began to tell them what they should look for and because of this request from the magic Academy so this mission should not fail, but even so Gerald informs them that their lives are more important than the object they are looking for, and the three men undertake the mission given.

The meeting was over, the people who would carry out the mission started to leave the room and would return to their respective activities, Neron and Ceithrein would return to their respective rooms, respectively, Gerald still has to finish the job and stay in the room to take care of the stacked documents, while Feit must find the last person in his group because he is the captain who will be in charge of this mission.

"This is the closest, just try me in first"

Feit walked over from the Imperial knight's headquarters in search of a bar, because said Gerald, their last member likes to drink, so Feit had to check out a bar if the last member was late.

'He ya' Inner Feit pointed at a skinny man who was drunk but continued to drink the drink that was on the table.

"Master added more" said the skinny man in a drunken state, and then thrust an empty glass at the bar owner so that it could be filled again.

The owner of the bar filled it again and the skinny man drank it like a very thirsty man.

When you put the glass up, something about it was "hey, you're a left scien, right?" feit asked to make sure the person drinking in front of him, was it true that he was the person Feit was looking for?, "hah" the man just stared at Feit lazily.

"Why are you even drinking here?, did you forget tomorrow we have a mission?" asked Feit annoyed.

"Eeeemm mission?" the man tried to remember then said "It's not still tomorrow yes" said the drunken man weakly.

"You should have come for the meeting too" said Feit, annoyed that the person in front of him did not take seriously what Feit said.

"It's boring, but take it easy I'll come tomorrow" said the drunk weakly.

Feit sighed, the man did not want to make his mission fall apart tomorrow due to a fight with a teammate, so he lowered his ego and focused on what the man should do.

"Well I'll wait, you better not be late, or I'll hit you" Feit said softly at the last sentence so no one could hear him.

"good good" said the drunken man casually.

Because there was no more business here, so Feit left the people in the bar and the drunken Demon Slayer warrior without looking back.