Awkward Meeting

I finish talking with Asami and Liz before leaving. I return to the Guildhall and walk upstairs. I go back to the same meeting room I summoned Ayashi to last time. I take out the Summon Me! paper Ayashi left here last time. I place some of my blood on it and it bursts into flames. Ayashi appears a few feet away and looks around. She's wearing a red T-shirt with a dragon on it and jeans pants. She quickly takes a seat before speaking.

"Thanks for summoning me, Eric. First, let's create an easier way to talk with one another. I have a feeling we'll be doing that a lot more from now on." Ayashi says and I nod.

"Yeah, it would be nice to not have to cut myself every time we talk." I say causing her to chuckle.

"Right, so there are a few ways we can do this. First, you could make me a Citizen of your Domain. Then I could come and go whenever we needed. The problem with this is that the others in your Domain would notice me. I don't mind introducing myself to most of them, since we'll be working together. Secondly, we could try using spatial magic to create a portal. We could place one in my village and one in your Guildhall. It won't work in your Domain. Finally, you could try to learn how to message me using your mana. Prisma told me this probably wouldn't work, since you're a Half-Mythos. But there's a chance you can do it. Oh! There's this too." She says before handing me a small piece of paper. "We can use phones to talk too. But we'll need to set up a way to meet in person." She continues as I unfold the paper. There's a phone number on it, and I take my phone out. I add her number to my contacts before storing it back away. I think over the options she's given me.

"Let's go with making you a Citizen. But Verona will take notice, no doubt." I say causing her to nod.

"Yeah, but I don't mind if it's her. It would be good if we could get some support from the Light Gods. I'm sure Verona in particular will be helpful." Ayasi says. "So are you ready to make me a Citizen?" She asks me.

"Yeah, let me see your hand." I say while reaching out. She takes my hand and I make her a Citizen of my Domain. I see a bracelet appear on her wrist. It's made of chains and has several small purple rocks hanging off the chain.

"Then should we go introduce me to the others in your Domain?" She asks.

"Before that, I want to give you this." I say while taking out the Nature's Bounty I got from the Dungeon. I hand it to her and she smiles. "Is this something you can use for the village?"

"Yes, it'll be a great start. But where did you get this?" She asks while taking the box.

"I got it from a Dungeon. It was full of Rotting Ents and had a Rotting Elder Ent as the boss." I say causing her to smile more. She stores it away before standing up.

"If that's all, then let's go. Prisma told me a bit about the others in your Domain. So I'm a little excited to meet them." She says and I smile nervously.

"What exactly did he tell you?" I ask and she just smiles with a shrug.

"Mostly good thing. But let's go!" She says while grabbing me. She takes me with her when she enters my Domain. We appear in the center of my cabin and she looks around. I feel her let go and I turn toward the table. I see Kallen, Kagiyama, Sugano, Asami, Liz, my Gramps, Verona, and Gaia sitting at the table. They all notice Ayashi before she sees them, and Verona's eye starts to sparkle. As soon as she notices them, she disappears. She leaves my Domain and returns to my Guildhall.

"Eric, who was that?" Kagiyama asks me.

"That's a long story. But what are you four doing here?" I ask while using Dark Energy to create two arms of shadows on my back. I take my phone out, using the shadow arms. I text Ayashi asking why she left before storing it away.

"I invited them over to invite them to the party this Saturday. As well to ask Sugano for some tips." Asami replies and I nod. I get a new popup telling me what Ayashi texted back. She says she left because there were people she didn't recognize from the list of people Prisma showed her. "But Master, was that who I thought it was?" She continues, recognizing Ayashi from the memories I shared with her.

"Yeah, it's complicated." I say and Verona stands up. Gaia grabs her and pulls her down, but her eye keeps sparkling brightly.

"Okay... So Eric, are you sure your Guild will have the funds for all this? I don't mean to pry but you did just hire Buildtos to build a new building. On the land you just bought. Next to the Guildhall you recently fixed up and furnished." My gramps says and I nod.

"Yeah, we found some gold in the Demon Dungen the other day. Also, while this hasn't been announced yet, we'll be getting access to some new Ruins in the next few days." I say causing them to go from confused about Ayashi to shocked.

"Really? Why are you getting some more Ruins?" Kallen asks curiously.

"I recently helped the Dryads deal with a corrupt government worker. I don't know his actual position. But he was a Monster Tamer and had tamed an Abyss Armor. I fought it and got hit by its magic sword. So they gave it to me as compensation." I say and they all get surprised. I go into detail on what happened and how I got it.