Chapter : 1
Genre: Alternate Universe, action, fantasy, romance, comedy
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Glossary
Leon is pronounced as Lee-on
in unison = bersamaan
to no avail = tidak berhasil
quarrel = pertengkaran
convinced = diyakinkan
stuttering = (berkata secara) terbata-bata
unconsciously = secara tidak sadar/tanpa disadari
awe = kagum
ruffle = mengacak-acak (biasanya rambut)
scoot = mendekat
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The sun was right on top of the town and people were busy doing their activities.
“Dominic!” called a blonde-haired girl. The brown-haired boy she called earlier then turned around to look at her.
“What is it, Gina?” replied the boy, Dominic.
“Where are you going?” The girl, Gina, asked.
“Just gonna get a walk.” Dominic answered innocently. Seemed like he didn’t get the hint from Gina.
“We have to go back to the guild fast!” exclaimed Gina, annoyed.
“But we’ve done our task!” Dominic protested, but Gina glared at him sharply.
“Boss stated that we have to go back home right after we finish our task. Place our salary, give the report, then we can off to go.” Gina explained. “So, let’s go now—“
The girl’s words were cut off when she bumped into someone who was walking right behind her. Gina was actually walking backwards too, making her couldn’t see what’s behind. The both of them fell to the ground together.
“Ouch!!” exclaimed Gina and the person she bumped into in unison. Dominic stepped closer to the both of them immediately.
“Are you both okay?” He asked.
“Rensha, are you alright?” Asked a red-haired man to the girl beside Gina.
“I’m fine.” The girl, Rensha, answered shortly as she stood back up with Gina following by the help of Dominic. “Hey, won’t you apologize to me?!” said Rensha, causing her friends to get surprised.
“But, Rensha… You’re slightly guilty too…” said another girl who was standing beside the red-haired man.
“But she is guiltier!!” Rensha replied. Gina who was already walking away earlier, came back to Rensha.
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What did you say?!” Exclaimed Gina with anger. Dominic tried to stop her to no avail.
“Rensha, stop it already. Remember we have to keep researching about those keys.” The red-haired man spoke up again, and his words interested Dominic.
“Keys?” Dominic mumbled with a questioning tone, causing the man to turn his attention to him.
“You know about the legend of the 7 keys?” He replied, and Dominic answered with a nod.
“I’ve head about it once or twice.”
“We found a scroll and apparently the thing stated that the keys are real, and now we’re traveling to find those keys.” Now it’s the blonde girl beside Rensha who spoke out.
“I told you it is a lie, Nikka, Nelson!” Said Rensha, her tone of speaking told everyone that she was completely annoyed.
“We have to prove it, Rensha.” The red-haired man, Nelson, replied.
“Sounds interesting to me.” Dominic commented between the quarrels. “How if we invite them to join us, Gina?”
“Them?!” asked Gina as she pointed her finger to Rensha, which was responded with a sharp glance from the girl.
“Oh, come on. Forget your little quarrel…!”
“Join?” Nikka, the blonde girl, interrupted.
Dominic nodded. “We’re from the Neverland guild, have you ever heard about it?”
“Yes, we have. That guild is one of the most successful guilds despite being newly built.” Nelson replied while Dominic seemed a bit surprised.
“Since when did our guild become so famous?” He asked his co-worker, Gina.
The girl sighed heavily. “If it’s not famous, we won’t be getting jobs with high salary.” Gina answered in a-matter-of-fact tone.
“Well, anyway! How does it sound, guys? Want to join us?” Dominic switched the topic back to his first intention.
“Is… is it alright?” Nikka asked hesitantly.
“We have to ask Boss first, Dominic.” Gina replied.
“Boss?” Nikka and Nelson asked almost in unison.
“Our guild’s Boss.” Gina answered.
“Ah, our Boss must be okay with it! The three of you want to join us, right?” Dominic interrupted.
“What do you think?” Nikka asked Nelson and Rensha.
“I’m okay with it.” Nelson said.
Nikka nodded. “I’m also okay with the idea.” Said the girl.
The both of them then stared at Rensha. “No! I am not joining!” She said firmly.
Gina stared at Dominic as well. “I disagree the idea of them joining!” She said.
“Oh, come on…!” Dominic plead, mostly to Rensha. Rensha looked at him with her bright purple eyes.
“I’m not that easy to be convinced. Moreover with someone I barely know. Come to think of it; you haven’t even told me your name!” Rensha replied while Dominic stared in surprise at the girl in front of him.
“Oh, sorry… My name’s Dominic, and this is Gina.” Dominic introduced, stuttering.
“Rensha.” Rensha introduced herself shortly. Nelson and Nikka then introduced themselves as well.
“Anyway, it’s two versus one, Rensha. You can’t win.” Nelson stated.
At first, Rensha gave him a sharp stare, but then she sighed. “Oh, fine, fine…” She gave in at last.
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“Here is Neverland!” said Dominic when they stood in front of a huge 4-story building. The symbol of Neverland guild was also attached on the entrance.
“It’s cool!” Nikka commented as they walked in to the guild lounge that was consisted of two long sofas, two small sofas, one mini bar, a dining table for around 16 people, and an opened kitchen.
“Gina, Dominic, welcome back!” a black-haired girl greeted the default members of the guild.
“Oh, Lex! Let me introduce our new member!” Dominic replied, introducing the three of them—Nikka, Rensha, and Nelson.
“Is she your Boss?” Rensha asked as she looked at Alexa.
She replied with a smile. “No, I’m not. My name’s Alexa, and I’m just a member of this guild. A founding member, you can say.” She added with a little laugh. “Let me take you to our Boss, he just came back to his office.” She continued.
“I thought she’s the Boss of this place…” Nelson whispered when they were following Alex.
“Well, seeing the symbol of this place, I thought so too.” Nikka added in whisper too.
“Boss, we got new members.” Alexa said as she opened a door near the stairs.
“Who are they?” Asked someone which made Nelson, Nikka, and Rensha surprised. The Boss of this guild, whom they thought as a lady, was actually a guy.
And that guy was smiling at them. “Hi, my name’s Dean, the Boss and the owner of this guild!” Said the person, Dean.
“Dean, I found these new members!” Dominic stated proudly while Gina stared at him sharply. Nikka, Nelson, and Rensha then repeated the procedure of introducing themselves.
“Well, welcome to Neverland guild!” Dean said, still with a smile attached to his gentle expression.
“Oh, Dean! I’ve got something really interesting!” Dominic joined in as he put his arms over Nelson’s shoulder, having a little hard moment since Nelson was taller than the younger boy.
“Interesting?” Dean asked curiously.
“He knows something about the legend of the 7 keys!” Dominic referred to Nelson. “You remember, right? We read about it once at the town library.” He added.
“Oh! That legend!” Dean exclaimed, seemed interested now.
“W-we are searching for the keys. We found a scroll, it states that the keys are real.” Nelson said, a bit stuttered. He was kind of surprised by Dominic’s sudden closeness.
“I told you it’s just a myth!” Rensha interrupted, seemed as annoyed as ever.
Dean took a quick look at all three new members. “You guys must be tired, let us talk about it tomorrow. Dominic, Gina, you should have a rest too. Lex, can you please take them to their rooms?”
“Rooms?” Alexa questioned. “The two ladies could share a room, but how about him?” She asked, referring to the only guy, Nelson.
“Give him the empty room on the second floor.” Dean commanded after thinking for a while.
“Oh, finally…” Nelson sighed when they left Dean’s office.
“What’s wrong?” Alexa asked in concern.
“No, nothing. It’s just that… I finally can rest.” Nelson answered, agreed by Nikka and Rensha.
“Lack of sleep, huh?” Dominic said, more like a statement than a question. “Completely visible.” He continued, grinning widely to stop himself from laughing.
Nelson shrugged. “Nights without sleep, throughout the night. More nights. Through more nights.” Nelson mumbled, causing Dominic’s laughter to burst out finally.
“Hey, Dominic!” Alexa warned him for his impoliteness, but apparently Rensha and Nikka were laughing already. Even the usually cold Gina smiled to hold her laughter as well. “You guys…” said Lex, but she was smiling a bit too.
“Oh, Alexa!!” The said person was greeted by a brown-haired guy when they arrived on the second floor.
“Hi, Leon! Are you going out?” Alexa replied while Gina and Dominic waved at the guy as well.
“Yeah, but just a short walk.” Leon said after he replied the waves from his former members excitedly. “Are they new members?” He asked while Alexa nodded at his question. She was about to introduce them when Dominic interrupted, causing him to get a slight sharp stare from Alexa.
“This is Nikka, Nelson, and Rensha!”
“Oho, nice to meet you all!” Leon said as he shook hands with the three of them. And after exchanging goodbyes, he walked downstairs.
“Full of energy.” Nikka commented, making Alexa and Gina laughed.
“He’s always like that.” Dominic stated, grinning as well.
“Well, this is your room, Sir Nelson!” Alexa said with a smile as she pointed the door in front of them. Dominic then pointed at the door next to the earlier one.
“This is my room with Leon.” He said. “If you need some help, don’t be hesitated!” He added.
Nelson busied himself by looking around his new room while the girls decided to go to their own room.
“This is your room, Ladies.” Alexa showed them. Like Dominic, Gina pointed at the door beside.
“It’s my room, I share with Lex.” She explained shortly.
“Get some rest, guys. Seems like we’re having a meeting tomorrow morning.” Alexa suggested which was replied by the nods of three of her friends.
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“Did you guys have a good sleep?” asked Dean when Nikka, Rensha, Gina, and Dominic went down the stairs.
“Positive!” Dominic replied as he immediately took a seat across their boss. He leaned on the back rest and whined, “Aleeexxaa… I wanna have breakfast!”
“Go get it yourself, or ask Gina to make it.” Said Lex.
“Oh, you’re so meeeaan…!” the young man criticized, but in the end he got up and walked to the kitchen.
“Hey, make some for me too, okay! Do you guys want to have breakfast too?” asked Gina to Nikka and Rensha which they replied with a nod.
“Uhm, let me help you.” Rensha said as she followed Dominic to the kitchen after witnessing Dominic’s not-agreeing face.
“Well, I wanna ask about today’s meeting, Boss.” Leon said when all of the members had finished eating their breakfast—which surprisingly occurred pretty peacefully today.
“Oh, ya about that I give the responsibility to Nelson.” Replied Dean.
“Eeeehhh?!” Nelson exclaimed in a mix of surprise and protest, but unfortunately the entire members had turned their head to the said person. “Uhh, well… Last week, we—me, Nikka, and Rensha—followed this scroll,” Nelson continued a little bit nervously as he showed an old scroll in his hands. Dean took the scroll and read it carefully, holding the scroll up so it was right in front of his face, lifted from the table.
“What’s written on it, Dean?” Dominic, being an active boy, asked.
“This…” Dean responded with a serious look on his face. The other guild members unconsciously got serious too. They fell into a nervous silent for a while. “I can’t read any of these.” He said as he dropped the scroll onto the table, causing Leon to almost drop his plate onto the floor too.
“If you really can’t read it, why use that fake serious expression?!” Leon and Dominic shouted at the same while Dean only showed his mischievous grin.
“At least I tried, okay.” Dean defensed himself and the girls couldn’t help but laughed.
“I could only read the word ‘key’ and ‘mount’…” said Nelson. His eyes were about to pop out from focusing too much so Dean took the scroll away from him.
“Leon, why don’t you try reading this?”
“Uhh… Here is the word ‘Mount Gier’… I guess.” Leon said after a while.
“You guess?” Alexa commented.
“I’m pretty sure.”
“We need more than pretty sure, Leon.”
“Okay, really pretty sure.”
“Well then, let’s check it out!” Dean concluded.
“Now??” Nikka asked in disbelief. Rensha and Nelson look pretty surprised too—okay, really pretty surprised.
“Of course. Staring at a scroll won’t get us anywhere. We’ve got destination, we gotta get some teams.” Dean said. The original members of the guild looked used to their boss’ decision. “We don’t really need many people,” Dean mumbled when he was searching for the location of Mount Gier on the map. “Three people, it is.” He continued.
“Those three people are… Me… and Nelson,” He said again as he pointed at Nelson who only replied with a nod. “Aaaanndd….”
“Oh, me, me! Meeee!!” Leon exclaimed loudly
“Alright, Leon then!”
“Yeah!!”
“We gotta get going tomorrow, so prepare yourself!”
“Alright!”
“But, Boss! We are forgetting something reeeaallly important!” said Dominic suddenly.
“W-what are we forgetting?” Alexa asked. The others were also staring at him in curiosity, all having the same though of missing something important.
“Oh, of course that is…,” The young man grabbed a glass full of lemon juice and held it up. “PARTY!!!”
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“That Dominic kid… How could we think about a party while a really big adventure is waiting for us?” Alexa protested, while Gina could only smile.
“Well maybe he wants the new members to merge well into the group, Lex.” Gina said.
Both Alexa and Gina were ready with their dress; Lex with a red dress and Gina with a pink dress.
“Are you guys ready?” Lex asked when she and Gina went out of their room and knocked Nikka and Rensha’s room door.
“Yes, we are!” Nikka answered as she opened the door, looking beautiful with her blue dress. Rensha followed behind with a gorgeous purple dress.
“Let’s hurry or Dominic will nag us again.” Gina said as she led them downstairs.
“You guys take sooooo loooong…!!” The said person whined. He and the other gentlemen were ready with foods and drinks they made a while ago. Let’s be honest, some were bought.
Those gentlemen were only wearing formal shirt and long pants. Dominic glared angrily at the ladies when they reached downstairs, but the anger faded away and was replaced with an awe expression as soon as he paid attention to Rensha.
“What’s wrong?” Rensha asked him, feeling a little bit uncomfortable being stared at. The sudden question made Dominic turned his head away.
“Nothing.” He answered in low voice.
Rensha stared at him for a little while before walking away with confusion. Dean who saw that scene approached Dominic and wrapped his arm around the younger boy’s shoulder with a big grin on his face.
“Young blood…!” He teased while holding his laughter.
Dominic elbowed him, annoyed. “Don’t mess around with me, and you’re just a few years older than me, Dean!” He protested. Dean could only laugh and ruffled Dominic’s hair, and then he went away. “Just you wait, Dean! Revenge’s waiting for you!” Dominic shouted to Dean’s walking-away figure. The older boy waved his hand without looking back as a reply.
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“Are you guys ready?” asked Dean when he saw Nelson and Leon went downstairs along with the rest of the members.
“Of course we are!” Leon replied excitedly.
“Don’t be too disappointed when you all see that it’s just a myth.” Rensha added sharply.
Nikka who didn’t want to ruin the situation scooted closer to Dean and whispered. “I apologize, she doesn’t believe any of these…” Dean smiled in understanding.
“The Mount Gier is located at the west side of this town, you should be able to arrive at the base of the mountain by tomorrow morning.” Gina explained as she showed the map once again.
The members who were commanded to go carried their bag and were ready to go.
“See you guys later. Always be careful.” Alexa said, while the others waved their hands without saying a word.
Dean, Leon, and Nelson replied the wave and they started walking before the sun went high.
The next morning, all three had walked more than halfway. Leon was starting to whine when Nelson pointed at the direction they were heading to.
“There it is!” He said excitedly.
“We have arrived!!!” Leon exclaimed as he ran towards the spot pointed by his new friend.
Dean and Nelson followed him who was now already resting by the side of a river nearby. “Sorry to interrupt, Leon, but this is just the base of the mountain. And our final destination is the top of the mountain.”
“WHAT?!”
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