Heaven's Greatest Professor

It took a couple of extra hours for Jason to locate the guest house finally, but he was glad to find they had already prepared breakfast for him when he got there. Well, they probably didn't know he would be arriving at this hour, but there seemed to be a lot of surplus food.

He found Warden surrounded by beautiful women, well, only three of them, but that's already three more than what Jason had for himself. He already recognised the tallish Elven woman with silver hair and long ears to be Professor June, while he had met the very outspoken woman on the front lines once.

As for the last woman, he hadn't seen her before, because if he had, he surely would have remembered, as her looks were more unique than any of them.

"Oh, Jason, glad you came," Warden called, lifting his head from the seat. He raised an eyebrow, examining him. "Congratulations on your advancement, but I guess it has been a long time coming."

Jason was flustered but smiled back. "It has been some time since I advanced," he said as he neared the table. "I guess you didn't feel it outside the time dilation of the front lines."

Warden gestured for him to take an empty seat after he completed all the greetings with the women. Professor June smiled back at him, while the other white-haired woman nodded, while the last woman didn't even lift her head from her work.

"Don't mind her," Warden said. "So you spent all your time on the front lines after I left?"

"Most of it, yeah," Jason nodded.

Warden served him a plate of light breakfast, which he accepted without question. The aroma wafting off the meals was already making him hungry and salivating.

"So you probably have a good idea of what's going on on the front lines since I was gone?"

"As my sister mentioned, it has become a lot harder since you left," Jason said, gobbling up a sandwich. "About three months have passed, and the attack is still going at full pace. On top of the demonic creatures, the Forsaken have joined their ranks in the assault. Something like this hasn't happened in a long time as far as I'm concerned.

The higher-ranking officers showed up from time to time to ensure the safety of the soldiers, but so far it has been damnably hard for them."

Warden nodded. "Any news on the inheritance ground?"

"They are fixing it as we speak," Jason sighed. "On that note, I have earned a spot to enter the trials in the very first round with my contribution in the skirmishes. However, it will probably take another couple of months for them to power up the system. Perhaps more, considering the essence would be coming from various organisations of the world."

"I guess," Warden stared at him contemplatively. "I'll see it when I have to go back."

"When are you going back?"

"Only three days remain of my vacation," he sighed. "Any news on those who were infected with dark essence, or about the search into the deeper part of the inheritance ground?"

"To answer your first question, something weird happened with those infected with dark essence. More than half of them had transformed, well, not into something demonic, but their affinity and essence mutated to possess more of a dark nature. I heard some of them had been relieved of their duty, some still in rehab...

Don't know what they intend to do with those that inherited the dark essence into their core."

Jason sucked in a deep breath. "As for your other question, I cannot say anything huge. The higher rankers likely have ventured deep into the labyrinth several times, followed by other groups led by the captains. I joined once as well, though found nothing worthwhile. There were still plenty of runesmiths and mages studying the runes on some of the walls, but that was about it.

Even if the higher-ups received anything valuable, they were keeping it under wraps."

Warden nodded. "They should have finished up all the interrogation by now," he muttered. "But I guess I still would have to go through it once I'm back."

"By the way, I have finally filed all the paperwork and contacts necessary for the guild," Jason said, sounding as enthusiastic as he felt. "It will take a few days, and then we'll officially be in a guild."

"Really?" Warden raised an eyebrow. "What name did you choose this time?"

Jason smiled. "You wouldn't believe how much time and effort I spent on this name," he said. "I even went to a fortune teller, just in case."

"So what is the name?" Warden stroked his hair. "Hopefully you wouldn't go any worse than Silent Watcher."

"Ahem!" Jason suppressed his flustered state, finding everyone's attention was on him. Well, everyone but the adept runesmith girl, who kept on working single-mindedly. "After days of thinking and consulting, I chose Unsung Heroes."

Jason waited for their reaction, congratulating him for his brilliant word choice, but all he got from Warden was a blink of an eye before he turned to Professor June.

"I guess you have a thing for remaining unbeknown," Warden laughed. "Still, this is far better than Silent Watcher."

"Are you firm on taking 'Heroes' in the title though?" June asked. "As you know, something like that may come with its weights."

"I have thought through this," Jason said, sucking in a deep breath.

"Who are the members at this moment?"

"You remember the healer and huntress we went into the Drake dungeon?" Jason said. "Those two have joined... I was talking with Aurel the other day, but she's as undecided as always."

"I thought she'd decline to your face," Warden said. "So it is only the four of us right now, huh..."

"I'm done!" The adept runesmith woman burst out, sitting upright. If he didn't remember wrong, her name was Jenni. She was also the daughter of someone important. "God, this took a while." She looked around and finally seemed to notice him. "Who's this? Why do I feel like I have seen you somewhere?"

Jason didn't know how to answer the suspicious look she was giving him. Ultimately, he left it to others.

"This is Jason, my good friend," Warden said, a smile tugging at his lips. "I feel like you two should be able to become friends quickly too, considering how similar your situation is."

"What similar situation?" Jenni asked, eyebrows raised. "Is he on his way to becoming a renowned entrepreneur?"

Warden laughed. "No... unlike your lofty goals, Jason prefers to remain obscure, an unsung hero," he said. "The similarity is how you both want to get out of your father's shadow and make something out of yourselves."

An understanding grew in the woman's eyes. "Who's your father?"

"Alehn Jefferson Forger," Jason said, hoping she would recognise the name.

"Alehn who?" she tilted her head.

"He's the governor of the most important city of the Sivian Empire," Jason sighed.

"Ahh," she nodded, finally realising. "You've got a tall order then. What do you need to be to beat the governor of the academy city, the Lord Chancellor or Commander General of the empire or something?"

Jason opened his mouth to say something, and it remained hung open, unable to say what he intended. After collecting his thoughts, he added, "My hopes and dreams aren't that ambitious. I'll be happy if I can raise my guild to a great position and help everyone with it."

He thought she would be disappointed, but Jenni's eyes lit up hearing the word guild. "You have a guild? Are you the guild master?" she asked.

"I'm forming one," he choked on the words as her interest was as well as gone. "Unsung Heroes will be an official guild within this week."

"Good for you," she said. Then something caught her attention, "Even if you're new to making your guild, you're in the business for some time, right?"

Jason didn't know where she was getting at, but he found himself nodding.

"Have you heard of the Spirit Hunters Guild?" she asked.

"Who hasn't," Jason blurted, causing her to raise an eyebrow. "I mean, it's a very well-known guild. After all, it was only a few weeks ago they rose to Gold Guild rank."

Instead of delight, Jenni frowned.

"Do you know someone in the guild?" he asked.

"I don't," she sighed. "And I wish I didn't have to, but that stupid guild master of Spirit Hunters seems really into rejection, or why else would he keep on asking to meet me."

It was time for him to frown. Jason looked around at the others, wanting to know what that was about.

It was Jenni who explained. "The Guild Master of the guild used to work under my father when he was a captain. I don't know him, but he sure was buddy-buddy with my father. So much so that before I was even born, they formed a marriage arrangement between us."

Jason blinked, turning to the others. Warden nodded, confirming it was the truth.

"And you don't want to marry the guild master of Spirit Hunters?" Jason asked. "Why?"

"My life, my rule," Jenni snorted.

"But you don't even know him, your words."

"That's the point," Jenni raised her voice, clenching her jaw. "And I want to keep it that way."

"Enough about that, let's check on the stuff you created," Warden said. "Jason would be staying for a couple of days. Hopefully, he could help you understand what the young rankers desire of their gears."

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