“Ah, Leon! You’re back!” greeted Lize, a receptionist at the Adventurer’s Guild’s Blaine branch.0

As always, she called out to him from her seat at the counter. Her warmth was so unexpected that it shocked anyone who only knew her for her usual professional demeanor.0

Leon returned the greeting and approached the counter. He asked, “Have I kept you waiting?”0

It had been exactly four days since the Rock Slime Raid quest had been marked completed. That was how long it took to awaken Aura and learn its basic applications. According to El-Cid, even that much progress in just four days was exceptionally fast.0

Thanks to El-Cid’s baptism, all eight extraordinary meridians had been cleared, making Aura control far more manageable. It seemed that risk wasn’t taken for nothing.0

“I got word from the defense captain, but since you didn’t show up for four days, I was getting worried. Oh…? I’m getting a slightly changed vibe from you.”0

Lize widened her eyes in surprise. She worked with countless adventurers every day. It seemed she had noticed the shift in him since he had awakened Aura.0

Leon didn’t deny it but chose to beat around the bush.0

“I had a few breakthroughs while exterminating the monsters.”0

Lize beamed as if she were genuinely happy for him.0

“I knew it! But Leon, there’s something...0