The dinner Tessa and I had with Mr. Phobio was very good. We had it with him and his wife, and they were both very nice.

  They taught me a lot about the nobility in this country. Mr. Phobio was what is called a Count, which was a pretty high ranking noble.

  But his wife, the dy Sophia, her father is apparently an archduke, the highest rank a nobel can be without being the king of the country.

  Phobio himself served under him as a knight, then as a reward for great works, he was given his own title and he became the nobel that reigned for Bck Hollow. And as time continued, he rose in the ranks of the nobles and became a count in one generation.

  Tessa did also bring up that she was one of the reasons for this quick rise, since every time she stopped a monster from the forest that threatened the city, he would get some credit.

  Turns out that there are a rge number of strong monsters that come from that forest. A single tier 3 monster could potentially threaten a city like this one. And if it did clear out the city, it could even evolve into tier 2, which would be a threat for a lot more people.

  It was cool to hear about what Tessa is known for around town.

  The more I learn about it, the more I am interested in the higher tier individuals.

  Turns out that when you are one of those ranks, even in a random job like cook, you start aging slower.

  During my conversation with the chef after dinner, it turned out that he has been serving as a chef for Lady Sophia’s family for 50 years, and he barely looks older than 25.

  He also taught me a lot about how he believes the css progressions work, for chefs anyway. He told me the more the people enjoy the food and the more complex the dish, the more experience you gain in the css.

  Overall, I had a very good time at Mr. Phobio’s house for dinner.

  When we were leaving, he told me that I could come to him for anything.

  ?

  It’s been about a week since I had dinner with Tessa at Mr Phobio’s home and I am still trying to find more people to have dinner with to unlock this css.

  I hadn’t been even trying to level up swordsmanship right now, so it is still on the seal to unlock the css advancement.

  But, over the st week, I had been spending time with either Tessa or Amelia a lot. I got both of them to agree to help me, but I needed one more person.

  I am also getting more comfortable with being in the city, though I am still not good with crowds. Thanks to this, I was able to learn what part of the city was busy at what time of day.

  I also almost got robbed when I entered what turned out to be the bad part of town. I was able to stop them since they were tier 6 thugs, which is apparently a css you can have.

  But when I brought this up to Tessa and Amelia, they seemed a lot more concerned than I was. There is a chance they forgot for a second that my css was SSS rank.

  Today, I was doing the same, just spending time around town.

  I had yet to go back to the guild hall since the fight, and was thinking today would be a good day to hunt some more monsters.

  But who knows.

  ?

  Amelia was spending her day off doing nothing, hoping to run into None and spend time with him.

  BUt by the time she woke up, he had already left for the day, to do whatever he does during the day.

  They had been spending time together at night after her work, but since it was her day off, she wanted to spend more time together.

  She even learned that he was going into the bad parts of town, and was almost mugged.

  What if those thugs tired to hurt him, he is too cute for that. She thought.

  But as she was doing random stuff in her room at the inn, she heard a knock on the door. THinking that maybe None was coming to see her, she rushed over to the door.

  But the person on the other side of the door was totally unexpected.

  “Chloe? What are you doing here?” she asked the second princess of the country who was standing in the hallway.

  “HI Amelia, how are you? This room looks great, probably able to hold two people if we tried” She said to her.

  Chloe von Analight was a princess of the Cardon Empire, specifically the second princess. She was the same age as Amelia, and a magical prodigy.

  “That isn’t an answer to my question, but sure come in” Amelia said, letting Chloe into her room.

  “So, what are you doing here?”

  “Well, I am looking for something that might be in this city.” Chloe said. “Im just not sure on the specifics”

  “Cool, is this for your magic research?” Amelia asked.

  “Yeah. I have this compass that is pointing to it, but its not perfect. I think I narrowed it down to this city, but that is it” CHloe said.

  ‘Well, what could it be your looking for? If you are going to be staying with me I might as well help you look” Amelia said, trying to be nice to one of her oldest friends, and the only one she still has from her time before she was a merchant.

  “That would be great, my best idea is that it’s probably a person who showed up in town a few weeks ago, beyond that I am not sure what I am looking for.” Chloe says.

  “Well, this is a pretty big city with a lot of people coming and going…” Amelia said, but she thought of a person who fits the description.

  “If you think of anyone that fits the description, just tell me. I'll look around tomorrow to see if I can find them with the compass. Im thinking if I get closer to them, it will work better” Chloe said, showing off the compass and its spinning dial.

  But, as they are looking at it, the dial suddenly starts pointing in one direction, no longer moving. And after a few minutes, it spins like crazy and the gss covering the dial shatters, and the compass stops moving.

  ?

  I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to do today, so I just went back to the inn to waste time until I heard Amelia come home. Tessa had apparently gone out to hunt today.

  But as I walk towards my room, the door to Amelia’s opens and two people come out of it.

  “Oh, None, hi” Amelia said to me, but the other girl just kind of stared at me. She had silver hair, and was wearing normal traveling clothes, but they looked quite expensive.

  “Hi Amelia, what are you doing here already?” I asked her. “And who is this?”

  “I didn’t work today, and this is my old friend Chloe” She tells me.

  “I wish I knew you weren’t working, I wasn’t doing anything today either” I tell her. ‘We could have done something together”

  “Um, Amelia, who is this?” the other girl, Chloe, asked Amelia.

  “Oh, this is a new friend of mine, None” She tells the other girl.

  “Oh, thank you. None, my Name is Chloe von Analight, second princess of the Cardon Empire, and I believe you are the person I have been looking for”

  “What?” I say, confused.

  “Please, marry me” she then said.

  “WHAT!?” Both Amelia and I said in unison.