“... Brian, where are we going? Weren’t we supposed to go to get my mother?” Lua asked, after we left the manor, so we could get in tact with Agatha. Blood delivery and all that.

  “Yeah. Just oop first. Or maybe two, if you want. I o drop off the wrought iron I picked up for the Earl yesterday, and I was thinking, maybe we should register as an official party at the adventurer’s guild.” I responded, as I drove Overdrive towards the pce where I was supposed to drop off the wrought iron.

  “Yes! Let’s do that.” Alice called out from the back seat.

  All four of us, Lua, Ria, Alid I were in the car. Well, an armored personnel carrier might be more accurate, but still. Ria and Lua were here for obvious reasons, and Alice got permission, as long as we had another dance practice session in the vilge,and I was going to have oh Lua anyway, so we should be fihen we work on our skills afterwards. Flight, on skills and magic.

  The pce I dropped off the Earl’s iron at was some sort of carriage workshop. I guess that expins why they need wrought iron. I think it is used to make carriage wheels. Too bad you still need high carbon steel for springs and stuff.

  “It is of higher quality than usually…” The workshop owner muttered as he received the iron.

  “Well, that’s what they gave me.” I answered. “And the wholesale pce didn’t say anything about it, so maybe this one is just a fluke, or maybe it is their andard.” I added, knowing full well that the quality discrepancy is because of Ste, and the material quality increase feature it has.

  “I see… Well, thank you for delivering it. … How much do I owe you?” He asked.

  “Nothing. This was somethiween me and the Earl. If you want to ask that question, ask him.” I said. As I said earlier, making this delivery was a favor I promised for that letter of introdu.

  “Yes. I shall thank him then.” The owner said.

  I left the workshop and turned Overdrive towards our destination. The adventurer’s guild. The girls wao make our party official, so who am I to say no.

  We got to the guild and I unsummoned Overdrive. I have a sed one I summon when we head out, and I don’t want anyone driving off in my car.

  Between Overdrive, our haram-esk party structure and the fame/infamy I got after summoning a drago a lot of stares. Lua was trying to stay calm, but she struggled with it a bit. At least she had her mantle on, so her wings were hidden. I think if they had been out, she might have run away. … maybe. Alice didn’t seem overly bothered, and Ria was turning her head around, as if she was keeping an eye on everyone, in case someone made a move or something.

  It might have been because of her, or because the guild just is quite empty at this time of day, that no one came and talked to us.

  And because of how empty it was, we were able to walk right up to one of the ters. Only one of them was manned, by a dy, at this time, but there were multiple people behind the ter. Most of them were just busy doing other stuff, and only one was ready to see adventurers, or other ers, so we walked up to her.

  “Good m. What I do for you today?” she asked in a slightly overly chipper voice, like she was artificially trying to ge her voice.

  “We’d like tister as a party.” I said.

  “Yes, of course. All four of yht?” She asked.

  “No. Only the three of us. Ria isn’t actually an adventurer… for reasons.” I answered.

  “Yes. Then just please hahe guild cards of everyohat wished to join the party, and tell me the party he receptionist said.

  ht. We need a party name. Why didn’t I think of that? … I guess I’ll just leave the o Alid Lua. They’ll e up with a good name, right?

  I got my card out of ste and asked Alid Lua: “So, what name should we go for?”

  The two quickly looked at each other, before quickly turning bae. Alice was the oo answer.

  “Card Summoner.” She said.

  “... really? You want to go with that?” I firmed. The name is a bit … ge, but nothing too bad. Holy, I was expeg something way worse, so I’m fih that.

  “Yes.” Alice firmed.

  “It is a skill we all share, so it should be fine.” Lua reasoned.

  “Well, I teically don’t, but I’m fih that her way.” I gave my permission.

  We all handed uild cards to the receptionist and firmed Card Summoner as our party name.

  “I have registered your party. Card Summoner. I hope you will keep up yreat work.” She said to us, as she handed us our cards back. “The three of you are now the founding members of this party, so only one of you three invite new people into the party, and only if at least two of the three members are present.”

  Oh? I didn’t know that. I guess it makes sense fer parties and stuff. I asked for a bit more information about the party structure and size limits and the receptionist expined.

  “Parties have any number of members, but that only goes for short periods of time. A rge party, over 15 perma members, will usually be verted into a . A then have multiple parties w uhe ame and they take e jobs as a .”

  “Then what about the party name? Will that be transferred to the , or it still be used?” I asked.

  “The inal party name only be used in a situation where at least half of the founding members are in the party.” The receptionist answered. “Other sub-parties of the will have to have different names.”

  Okay. I think I get it. But I don’t think anything like that will be a problem for a long time. We are still only three people, four once Ria join.

  As we were about to leave, the receptionist asked one more question.

  “Would you like to take a quest today?”

  “We already have something today. Esc Agatha to the dhampir vilge for her blood delivery.” I answered. It still is teically an adventuring quest. Too bad it is D-rank, not C, but that doesn’t prevent us from doing it. It just means it won’t really tribute as much as k missions would.

  “... I see. Well, I hope to see you again.” She said, as she let us go.

  We then headed fatha’s pce, again in Overdrive. And Overdrive got full again. It really is only good for four people. Five is ooo many. I wonder, could I fuse two Overdrive together to make a rger Overdrive? Or maybe install one in another? I should test it out at some point.

  “So, how are we going to travel today?” Agatha asked after we picked her up. “Dragons, that big airship, or something else perhaps?”

  “I think just dragons again.” I answered. “I’d like you and your dragon to know the route by the time we leave, so you do it alone. Unless someone has something against that.”

  “Umm, Brian? I don’t actually have anything that fly while I ride it, so what should I do?” Lua asked.

  ht, she doesn’t. She has her vampires, and some of them fly. But other than them, she only has a few mermaids and White Magi Pikeru. I never actually gave her a dragon. Or a winged beast.

  “I’ll give you one. Or you ride with me today.” I gave her two options.

  “... maybe I’ll ride with you then. And perhaps e back with a dragon of my own. That will give you more time to choose, won’t it?”

  “I pie quickly. Pack Opener, open.” I said to open my skill so Lua could see my colle. Then I just searched out dragons.

  Spoiler

  Obviously this isn’t 100% accurate, as the numbers don’t match with the actual colle Brian has. But it does have all of the dragons Brian has, just the number of copies is wrong. (he has more than shown in the pictures.) And, of course, the same monster being in the colleultiple times is because of them ing from differes, or being different rarities.

  [colpse]

  “Wow. Let me look.” Alice called out from the back seat and leaned forward.

  “Go for it.” I responded, as I again focused on the road. “But just so both of you know, I won’t give either of you a Blue-Eyes, as they are mine. Also, the two Red-Eyes fusions are off limits because of their power, as is the peron.”

  “... I see…” Lua said, as she took a closer look. "... it's not here..." She muttered something, but I didn't quite catch it. After a while, she asked a question. “Do you have any water dragons?”

  “... I’m not sure, let me check.” I added a water attribute filter to the seard came out with nothing. “No, I don’t. But they might be under sea serpents, instead ons.”

  As I said that, I ged the search to show all Sea Serpents.

  Spoiler

  [colpse]

  I really don’t have that many Sea Serpents. And out of all of them, only Levia-Dragon Daedelus is a dragon. And I’m not even sure if it fly. And even if it could, Daedalus has another problem. It is massive. In size, it is basically as rge as a Blue-Eyes, if we measure from head to tail. It might be a meter or two shorter, but it is still rge. And we only have permissions for the small and medium sized dragons, not the rge ones. Just to avoid any unnecessary panibsp;

  I told Lua as much, and she asked me to switch back to the dragon tab, so I did.

  “... I don’t know. Choose one for me, please.” She said.

  “Sure. Just a sed.” I responded.

  So, a dragon for Lua. I don’t have a water attribute, so light is the best bet. All of the Blue-Eyes are off the table, as they are mine. Kaiser Glider would work, but it looks more fiery than light-y. I already gave Ali Element Dragon, so that is a no go. Mirage Dragon and Divine Dragnarok are serpentine, so I don’t feel like that is good for a first dragon. And I’m just not sure if Different Dimension is a good idea. It might be, but better to go something a bit more normal. As in a normal monster. Luckily, there is just one, so I don’t have that much to choose from, and I think it fits Lua well. I guess you could say that I get to give a diamond to my girlfriend. Or a diamond dragon, to be more exact.

  Spoiler

  For those that didn’t get the joke, Hyozanryu’s Japanese name (directly transted) is Diamond Dragon. And its fvor text reads “A dragoed from a massive diamond that sparkles with blinding light.”

  [colpse]“Here. I think this will fit you. It is called Hyozanryu.” I said, as I gave her the card, making sure I only said the card er the card was no longer in my hand. “It is also known as the Diamond Dragon, and has reasoack stat. But its defenses are really high, so I think it's good for you. And it's not te, so you fly retively close to this city.”

  For those that want to know, Hyozanryu is only about 10 meters tall. Again, standing on its hind legs, measured to shoulder level and all of that. In my books, it falls into the category of medium sized dragons. Small ones are the ones under 8 meters tall, medium are 8-15 meters tall, and rge ones are over 15 meters. And I guess those that go over 25 meters would be huge, but I’ve not had anything go over 25 meters. Meteor Bck Dragon is just about 23 meters, and it is currently the rgest one I’ve summoned.

  “... Diamond Dragon? I think I remember this one. You drais blood for the party after I evolved, right?”

  “Sure did. I'm surprised that you remember that.”

  “Well, it isn’t something you see every day.”

  “If you want, I give you a Mystik Wok so you drain it for blood. Even if you do, it will again be summoer a day.” I offered.

  “... I don’t know how I feel about that. Sacrifig the dragon I ride, I mean.”

  “Well, I always give you another one for that. Or we just share one dragoween you and Ria whenever we fill up your fsks.”

  “... has Ria been drinking dragon blood this whole time?” Lua asked, turning her head so she could look at Ria on the back seat.

  I saw in my rear view mirror that Ria turned her head, so she didn’t have to look Lua in the eyes.

  “Yeah. I’ve beeing her dragon blood ever since I figured out I could do it.” I told Lua.

  “... Brian…”

  “Yes?”

  “... nothing. If it's you, it's fine.” Lua said. “But still… don’t go overboard with everything.”

  “Why not? It’s all my skill anyway. It doesn’t cost anything, not that I’m low on money, as you should know.”

  “Yes, yes. Just, keep it … reasonable.”

  “I do. That is why I don’t spoil every dhampir with dragon blood. Only those closest to me, or those that serve me.”

  With those words, we left the city.

  After reag an open spot some ways away from the walls, we got out of Overdrive and summoned our dragons. I decided to summon Sky Dragon for my ride. It is one of the new ones from the Tour Packs, so I wao test it out.

  Spoiler

  [colpse]

  Lua took the lead with her sparkling diamond dragon, and I was holding the rear with my four winged purple dragon. For anyone looking at the group of four dragons and one Firebird, it would be a terrifying sight. But being a part of it felt great.

  Probably because of the dragons, we didn’t run into any flying monsters on the way to the vilge and we nded safely there.

  nro_8

  [colpse]