Back at the guild, everyone was pretty tired.

Noticing all of them, including the person she was dating enter, Daphne waved. "Did you succeed?"

Donny walked over. "Yes we did. And were soon to go on another mission."

Daphne didn’t look too pleased by this. In the past week she had been with him, it’s been good to be able to find him relatively quickly.

Noticing the look, Donny ruffled her hair.

"Don’t be so down. I’ll be back sooner than you know it."

Donny wasn’t the most pleased either. He didn’t realize the attachment he would feel after such a short time.

Daphne reached over her counter and grabbed the side of his face. "I’ll be leaving work early. In a few hours I want you to come to my home."

Donny nodded his head. "I’ll be there."

This is the exact attachment issue.

Leaving Daphnes presence brought him physical pain at the moment.

’What’s gotten into me.’

As he walked toward the table the rest of the torchbearer were, he saw them with a 3 rank C missions in hand.

One was to disrupt the friction between tribes of lizard men and the people of a rural village.

Also known as killing a bunch of lizard men.

Andrew picked that one.

Most understandable with a clear objective.

The next one was the one Damian picked. Investigate people drained of blood. Possible threat of vampires. It could be more dangerous than one could believe at first.

And then there was Chase with the most dangerous one of all. "Bandits are in the process of taking over a town. Help our side win."

The strength of the bandits likely varies. And no matter what, you need a lot of coordination

To take over an entire town.

"It’s very dangerous, But if we can do this, we get a very Good amount of attribute points."

Chase looked to the side, and it seemed a few other adventurers got the same quest, so it’s not like they would be without help.

"So...what is your opinion?" Damian spoke as everyone looked at him, urging him to choose their way.

Donny took one look at Daphne who would occasionally throw glances at him, and he had his answer.

He had to get stronger faster as did everyone on his team. So what if it was more dangerous. Call it arrogance or desperation,

But Donny points to Chases mission.

The other two were a bit dissatisfied, but they all could get behind it. With the agreement that they all left tomorrow, Everyone began preparing themselves. They got a long way to travel and to a place called hawkthorn no less.

As Chase went upstairs, He went to his room that he basically lived in. There Jasmine was playing with an energetic slime, its blue body jiggling with what Chase assumed was excitement.

It was jumping in between her hands when she noticed him. "Hi there Chase."

"Hi jaz." He walked past her, making as little eye contact as possible. He hated to say it, but she had been slowly driving him crazy.

They go from casual friendship to waking up in each others arms. Sometimes they walk normally and others she doesn’t dare to let go of his hand.

Right now he just needed a clear head. a dangerous mission was ahead of them and he had to mentally prepare himself. His friends were likely to get hurt. Hell he was, and in those scenarios he had to not only remain calm, but make key decisions to win.

walking into the bathroom, he took another look at himself. Healthy dark skin, dreadlocks,

His face looked immaculate. He had something going for him.

Turning on the bath, He got in and once the water filled up, his mind was finally in a space where he felt more comfortable.

He felt the hot water relaxing his body. but something was missing. he stopped using all mana. Horns erupted from his head, his teeth got more pointed, and his eyes glowed a blazing red.

Scales began appearing all over his body, a mix of black and red scattered around. He ears even grew extremely pointy, like an elves.

Claws appeared on his fingers and toes and a tail formed on his lower back, sloshing around in the water.

Just then the bathroom door opened and Jasmine was in the doorway. She stared at him with an irritated expression.

But just sat and stared at her. Why wasn’t she wearing any clothes?

She looked like she wasn’t meant to be interacted with at all, only stared at from afar.

Her boobs were not huge but they were voluminous. They were perky and perfect.

Her curves were driving him crazy. A waist that was thin but with hips that looked edible.

"Hi?" He tried not looking like a dog while staring like this.

She looked him in the eyes. "I’m getting in."

Walking over and taking a a step, she looked his body up and down as well.

"I’ve been feeling like my whole body is a magnet when I’m near you at times. I’m not sure what to do with this feeling, but It know you feel the same way."

She stepped in, leaning on him. A kiss was delivered to his lips. It was on the aggressive side, but Chase was done acting as if he didn’t want to hold her. Be in her presence.

He wanted his own smell all over her. It droves him a bit crazy. It seemed a few weeks of this on an off. Had made them both tired.

As she pulled her head away, a line of saliva was made. She keeps her arms wrapped around him. "Can we...be like this more?"

Chase nodded. "I want to do more of this. We should take it slow, but... I don’t want to hide what we are anymore."

Watching Donny get so intimate with his girlfriend had made Chase a bit jelous himself.

He just didn’t realize how much. As she gave him a few kisses on the neck, he sat up, making her sit up, basically straddling him.

He lightly bit and sucked on her neck. He was done being passive.