Chapter 2

Hoshiko and Garvit went with Dexter to the dorm where the other band members were staying for the time being. Upon reaching, there appeared to be a small celebration going on. A person was singing and the other two eating and the air carried excitement.

"Ayo guys, I think our band is complete now," Dexter says and sits down on the sofa with the others. "Let's introduce ourselves."

"Hello~ I am Manwol. I am a navigator, nice to meet you," A really pretty looking girl who was singing just now, smiles heartily and welcomes Garvit and Hoshiko.

"Aye I am Kamaal, a defender. Looking forward to hunting with you," A bulky looking guy speaks with a small smile.

"Hey my name is Farida, I am a doctor, " A girl with smart vibe says.

"Hello, I am Hoshiko, a doctor. Nice to meet you too," Hoshiko introduces herself.

"I am Garvit, a warrior," and the introductions end.

"Well, now that we have introduced ourselves why not plan a bit?" Dexter speaks noticing that Manwol was about to say something.

"Yes," Manwol agrees.

 --- time lapse, eh [to the evening]

"I think we should go with a mini-van instead of a full-size bus," Manwol says.

"A bus would be quite inappropriate," Hoshiko supports her arguement. "We are only six people, after all."

"Two against one, alright let's go with mini-van," Dexter exclaims. "Everyone, prepare your bags by Wednesday. And we need to split other work as well. Which of you can drive?"

Kamaal, Garvit and Hoshiko raise their hands.

"Cool, three can. Who can cook?" Dexter asks.

Hoshiko and Manwol raise their hands.

"Good... next what about our fighting arrangement?" Dexter's expression turns into a tone of seriousness.

"I think the doctors and navigator should stay at the back of the pack to avoid heavy attacks. And us three can lead," Garvit says.

"There is no other way I see it. let's go with this," Dexter approves. "And tell me your scores in Combat, you all."

"34" Farida

"73" Kamaal

"54" Manwol

"90" Garvit

"Hoshiko?" Dexter asks.

"Um.. it's actually 100," Hoshiko speaks and everyone falls silent.

"T-that's impossible, isn't it?" Farida stutters.

"Oh not really. Ah, I knew you are a genius." Dexter smiles.

"That's a bit too much for that frail-looking body," Garvit remarks.

"What about your medical score then?" Kamaal asks with his eyes wide open.

"It's 100, I actually got 100 in all the five sections." Hoshiko admits.

"God is on our side, people." Dexter laughs.

"Combat, Medicine, Navigation, Defense and Logic... isn't it too hard to imagine a 100 in all?" Kamaal gasps.

"My confidence at life has risen a lot now. We can do this!" Dexter makes a victory gesture and shouts out loud.

Then he just walks to his room without uttering anything else, leaving a band of stares to be handled by Hoshiko.

"I am just a bit strange, you see." Hoshiko speaks to the stares.

"Yeah, sure." Farida sighs.

"The more I think about it, the more I am unable to believe it," Garvit says.

"My father trained me a lot since childhood..." Hoshiko tries to make them understand yet again.

"Let's just rest for the night now. Stop making Hoshiko nervous," Manwol shoos everyone away and grabs Hoshiko's arm and takes her to their shared room.

"Tell me if you need anything," Manwol says before closing her eyes.

While she sleeps, Hoshiko wonders whether she did the right thing, I shouldn't have said that. They won't know if I lied anyways, I should've just given a fake score...

This exciting feeling is bold over the others. Hope this expedition thingy turns out good. Let's just sleep for the night, shall we?

And she too falls asleep.

Due to being away from others all her life, Hoshiko might look a bit emotionless. She spent these years with the Alphon Mage, who is not quite a human himself. The Alphon Mage was a great name once, but now it is nothing more than a few letters woven together.

She looks forward to this adventure with her newly acquainted friends, she considers them as friends, that is. Only time will tell how this friendship turns out to be.

The next morning, the band leaves for the training exercise that is conducted in the main hall for the newcomers.

"Hey, you wanna come with us to the warrior training?" Dexter asks Hoshiko.

Hoshiko shakes her head and refuses politely.

"Let's go," She turns and says to Farida and they leave for the medical training.

"It's Friday already. I don't want to admit it but I am quite afraid of the expedition," Farida tells Hoshiko as they work on the wound of a little boy.

"You don't need to worry, friend. I will protect you, I can guarantee that." Hoshiko smiles a warm smile towards Farida in order to reassure her.

"I do feel quite confident because of you, full score on all the fields, you're quite amazing!" Farida shows a thumbs-up, "Even though, I am still unable to believe this lol."

"Yes, it's pretty hard to believe. I am glad that you feel that I am amazing and believe me when I say this, you are amazing too," Hoshiko keeps on the sweet talk.

"You have a sweet tongue," Farida says as she wraps up the wound.

"You know? I never got a chance to meet people of my age and make friends. This expedition is going to be fun." Hoshiko says as they start leaving for the washroom.

"You must've trained a lot since childhood to become this perfect," Farida sighs.

"Yes, but it wasn't that bad. I enjoyed it," Hoshiko smiles another warm smile.

"It's good you feel that way. I have never been good at all this. I just barely got through the other parts of the training. Even in Medicine, I got a 73." Farida smiles.

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