A new quest.

John spent the rest of the class sitting around, keeping his head low and regenerating mana. With the extra Observe he had thrown at Moira it had sunken to almost zero. By the end of class, it was back up to nine. Not enough to Possess something but he wanted to have it regenerate right now anyway.

There was a fifteen minute break between this and his next class, which would be art by Ms Summers (Or June as she wanted to be called). He wanted to go to the toilet to enjoy a sip of the glass of orange juice, simply pulling things out of thin air was just asking for trouble, when a window appeared.

New Quest: Stalk the Paladin

Find Lady Moira Brighton and follow her around for three minutes without getting spotted.

Reward: 350 Exp.

Optional: Masturbate while remaining unseen

Reward: 1000 Exp.

Accept?

John stared at the window with a slightly tilted head. That optional reward was just ridiculous but so was the condition bound to it. Also why Paladin? Questions for later. Regardless of all that looking for Moira was probably a good idea. She had sensed him, or at least he thought so and spotted him afterwards so he might as well talk to her so he clicked the Accept-Button. Even the base reward was a level-up. Hopefully she wouldn’t catch him and ask what he was doing possessing some girls pants though.

Finding Moira was a bit tricky though. He knew that she just had a sports class but that didn’t make it easier. Typically the sports classes ended about twenty minutes early so that students had the opportunity to take a shower. If she was somebody who showered quickly she could be anywhere by now. If she showered for as long as possible he wouldn’t get a chance to talk to her before the next class started. Which would be a shame because looking at June’s tits was one of the best parts of school.

Either way the dressing room was probably the best bet to start the search. He made his way there, doing his bests to stay away from the public eye.

New Skill gained: Sneaking Lvl 1

You sneak, make less noise during movement and are generally harder to spot. Costs 1 MP per 10 seconds.

He looked at his MP: 11. This meant he could do it for 2 minutes exactly when taking regeneration into the calculation. Not bad, probably. He still had to find her though and as such turned the last corner.

Where she just stood leaning against a pillar. Quickly John took a step back to be hidden around the corner. He cowered down, hoping she hadn’t seen him. A window opened.

Target found, stay within ten metres or the quest will be failed.

It said and a countdown of three minutes started ticking down.

‘Oh fucking fantastic’ John moaned into his mind. It was one of those quests. Great thing was he didn’t get a little map with a circle in his interface or whatever, he just had to guess where she was. He could use possess on a pillar to look at her. But just once, for twenty seconds and she had sensed him earlier so she would probably do it this time as well. In this situation his best bet was keeping quiet and staying right where he was.

“What are you doing?” Moira asked and looked down at him with a puzzled expression. She must have seen him in the corner of her eyes. John sighed and pressed away the giant ‘QUEST FAILED!’ Window. ‘There goes my free level.’ He thought and stood up, at least he didn’t start masturbating, that would have been a lot harder to explain.

“Sorry, just thought I dropped something.” He lied hastily. “Uh-huh…” the redhead looked not particularly convinced. John took a deep breath. “Weird question but…what is a Golden Rose?” Moira looked at him in shock and pulled him towards a dark corner of the hallway. He couldn’t resist, her grip was like iron.

Once they arrived there she whispered “Who told you about that? Who are you?” “J-John, John Newman.” He stammered. Her eyes bore down into him as he continued talking. “Sorry, it’s just, well, I can see the words ‘Warden of the Golden Rose’ above your head.” Now Moira looked confused again. “I have never heard of such a spell.” She muttered and finally let go of his collar.

John pulled at it a bit to fix his uniform. “So, you know magic?” He asked. Moira gave him a stern look, “Of course I do, if you are able to use such weird spells you should be able to feel my mana.” “Actually…” John told her how he just woke up with that kind of power today and his experience thus far. “You were the presence I felt earlier!” He had conveniently forgotten to mention what he used that power for but answered with “Yes, I thought you tracked the power back to me so I tried to find you and explain myself. Also, I wanted to find out what is going on.”

Moira shook her head, “No, I lack the skills to track powers back to their casters.” ‘Then who was watching me?’ John wondered and finally decided that it had just been his paranoia. “You asked me about the Golden Rose? I think I will have to tell you a lot more. Listen well, your life will depend on it.”