VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

"Hello~! It's so nice to finally meet you two~!"

The viscount was on the couch in the center of the hall while there was a woman along with him who ran up to the two of them as soon as she saw the doors opening.

"It is our honor to make your acquaintance, Lady Deborah."

She approached them out of the blue, but unlike what Alex was expecting, Elio formally greeted her in a proper manner.

She was a pretty woman, but her beauty could not mesmerize him.

"Oho~. You must be Sir Elio! And these two must be the creatures that Eve wanted to meet, right~?"

She was a cheerful woman, and there was a warmth to her that both of them could feel instinctively.

"Miu?"

"Muuu?"

She was instantly interested in Miu and Az, her dark midnight black eyes sparking like the night sky filled with stars.

"Debbs."

She was too excited to greet them, touch the little creatures and hug them perhaps, however, hearing Viscount's voice once again, she came back to her senses, and backed off a little.

"Ahem. Apologies."

Then she started acting like a noble lady actually should as she lightly greeted them back first.

"Welcome, dear guests. Come, please take a seat."

She bowed lightly and walked up to the center of the room along with them.

"Greetings, Lord Andrew."

Alex was evaluating just how he was ever since they crossed the gates of this house.

Her sword became excited as soon as they perceived the natural aura of this individual and wanted to clash with him.

Just from that much, Alex knew how this person was as strong as she had heard from his father. But still, the fact that he was still sitting until they walked up to him, sipping his coffee while going over some documents suggested what kind of dynamics he wanted to have between them.

"Greetings, heroes of Moongold."

Only when they were before him, did he stand up to greet them.

Then, he asked them to take a seat as all of them sat down on the comfortable couch.

"We've heard a lot about you from Roland and the guard's captain. They have praised your achievements, as well as unique abilities a lot."

He was a strong individual, his Mana was definitely on par with the mage tower master that had almost defeated their entire party and at the same time, he seemed to be as strong as the knights they had seen in Yuta.

"Ah, and they also mentioned you have quite a few special companions… seems like they weren't exaggerating."

Elio could tell he was on the same level as some of the high level mages and almost on par with the Hall masters of Yuta, something that did not match his rather lean physique.

He wasn't muscular like most knights he had seen, and he wasn't skinny like most mages he had come across.

"Miu…"

"Muuuu…" Enjoy new adventures from empireNôv(el)B\\jnn

Now that they were before him, Az and Miu couldn't help getting attracted to this person.

"Huhu, seems like they like you, dear."

The Mana around him was more fresh than the Mana they had felt outside. Even Elio could tell his Mana was more refined than the natural Mana in the surroundings.

It was fresh as well, like his sky blue fresh hair. Completely opposite of the fearsome crimson eyes that were looking at these two unique creatures.

"It's not everyday we see a Mana slime, much less what seems to be a mutant crystal Gecko.

They sure are rare beasts that we might never come across in the wild."

The viscount removed his white glove and placed it before Az, and sensing his intentions, the slime jumped onto his hand.

"Muuuu~."

Az could feel the emotions as well as intentions of the individuals around it. And, it knew how some individuals were better than the others.

It was more attracted to those that it liked, like the viscount that didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards them.

"Does the unique skills this little one have something unique? Oh, and is that a wand? Can it use magic?"

The first thing that caught his attention was the unique behavior of this slime, and then he saw the hairpin-like thing that was attached to the little slime.

"It can use magic, though the spells it can use at the moment are very limited. And we don't yet know the full extent of the skills that they possess."

Both of them were pretty young, almost like children.

They did not know much about themselves, much less about the powers they possessed.

[{ "Shouldn't you tell them about spirits?" }]

Alex talked with the viscount while his wife beside him watched the little creatures with a pleased smile.

It was an adorable sight that she knew their daughter would love… sadly though, she was sleeping at the moment.

[{ "It's better to not tell them, right? Like, look at him… he's still somewhat uncertain of us." }]

As the masters of these tamed beasts, he was their guardian as well.

He knew there could be people that would want to possess them and their powers.

So, if someone couldn't trust them, he couldn't trust them either.

Telling him about the unique spirit affinity will only cause trouble for them.

"Anyway…"

Some people just have a unique aura to them that represents the high authority they hold.

"I wanted to thank you two for saving the wonderful hometown of my love."

Not all nobles in this game had this unique air to them, but this person before them certainly possessed that uniqueness that others did not.

"I wished to give you something as a token of my gratitude. However, it doesn't seem like something simple like money or items will be of any use to you."

He didn't beat around the bush too much and got straight to the point after handing the two creatures to his wife.

"Plus, I want to see the skills that the two of them praised so much."

His daughter wasn't here at the moment, so he also had to keep them here until she woke up or else he would be in trouble.

"How about you all come with Us on a hunting trip tomorrow? It might be useful to you, I believe."

This statement was a clue.

[Dung!]

And the quest window that opened up before them was the precursor to exactly what Alex had been looking forward to…