It seems like today was not his lucky day. Of course the loudmouthed idiot picked him to talk too. Grey didn’t want to talk to anyone, his plan had been to leisurely drink a little and to leave before anyone decided to chat him up. People had the tendency to start to talk to strangers that were around for a while and Grey didn’t like that at all. Without answering the idiot, he took the last sip of his drink, it was time for Grey to leave. He packed up his book again and stood up to leave. Without greeting anyone, he left the tavern. The plan was to stay in the capital for the night and then return to his leisure lifestyle in a relatively calm village far away from all troublesome things. Since it was still too early for him to go and find an inn, Grey walked around the streets a bit more.<br/>"Grey von Halvir?" A voice from behind Grey asked. Grey turned around to see a young looking boy standing behind him. A guild messenger...<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Each guild (with exception of the Adventure Guild) has ‘messengers’. They all look like relatively young boys, with the impression that they are much older then they look. In addition to that they all look identical except for their clothes which are usually the typical colour of their guild with a brooch with the emblem of the guild. These messengers have always been there and nobody really knows much about them except that they are always genuine (as in nobody can copy them).</span><br/><br/>According to the dark robes and the brooch on his chest, he was from the Mage Guild.<br/>"Because you denied paying the resignation fee to the Mage Guild, you have to accept this mission, otherwise your resignation will not be accepted and the payment would still be collected. " The messenger held out a scroll towards Grey whom made no attempt to accept the scroll.<br/>"Not interested," he simply stated.<br/>"You are free to keep the reward money as stated in the Adventure Guild's Rulebook," the messenger continued in a monotone voice.<br/>This tempted Grey a little and he thought that it wouldn't hurt to at least take a look. He took the scroll.<br/>"With this you have accepted the mission, the best of luck to you," the messenger stated.<br/>Grey looked at the scroll for a second before turning to the messenger again. "Just wait a second, I have not..." but the messenger had already disappeared into thin air. "Damn that Mage Guild and their Teleportation Spells," Grey grumbled and opened the scroll. Since he didn't want to pay that stupid fine, he may as well do a little mission.<br/>At a different, less crowded space, Grey read the scroll again.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Mission:<br/>Since three months there have been mysterious disappearances near the village Sunshine, south of the capital. The victims were last seen when entering the Forest of no Return. The mission includes discovering the reason for those disappearances, solving that matter, and saving the victims if possible.<br/>This mission has been given to the Adventure Guild by the mayor of the village Sunshine, consult him for more information. <br/>Mission start: 2 days from now on.<br/>Reward: 100 gold coins.</span><br/><br/>Grey frowned. 'What do they expect from a place called "Forest of no Return" anyway?' he thought. Well, 100 gold coins is a lot, so he was going anyway.