"Iâm just joking but I accept your condition," Souta said as he waved his hands. He then turned his attention to Yujin.
Yujin looked around and found that everyone was gazing at him. Oh right? Every person here was a member of Soutaâs party except the child.
He shrugged his shoulders and sighed deeply. "Fine, Iâll join your party with the same condition as Alice. Iâm a busy person after all and I couldnât always join you in your quest."
"Good. I have no problem with it." Souta smiled and nodded with a satisfied expression on his face. Taking Alice and Yujin to his party was a good choice and he knew that he wonât regret it. Their power was no joke at all.
"Me too! I wanted to join your party, Brother Souta!" Cluster raised her hand while jumping.
"Okay, but not now." Souta nodded at her before he stretched out his hand and patted Clusterâs head.
"Ehhh!? Why!?" Cluster cried out. She doesnât want to be left out by her brother and sister. She doesnât want to stay in Lumiliaâs room alone for a whole week. It feels as if she was in jail or a hostage.
Yuko slightly opened her eyes as she felt that Soutaâs hand left her head. She looked up and saw Souta was patting Cluster.
"Mu." She raised her hand and wrapped it around Soutaâs hand.
"Oh...?" Souta looked at Yuko and he smiled gently. He used his other hand to pet her.
"Souta, Iâve been wondering this for a while..." Bryan said as he placed his finger on his lower lips while glancing at the ceiling.
Souta raised his eyebrows as he focused his attention on Bryan. He didnât expect much since this was Bryan. He naturally lowered his expectation to prepare himself.
"Whatâs the name of our party? The other parties in the Adventurers Guild have their own names like Gale Group or Twisting Sand Group, so Iâve been wondering why donât we have the same cool name." Bryan said with an innocent smile.
Now that Bryan mentioned it, everyone stopped and gazed at him. All of them realized that they didnât have a name for their party. They only called it Soutaâs party. Even those people from the guild also called them Soutaâs party.
"Nice, Bryan!" Brando raised a thumbs up towards Bryan. He also wanted to have a name for their party other than Soutaâs party.
"Bryan is right. I think that we should name our party." Lumilia said while looking at Souta. She wanted to know his opinion about this.
Lynn, Alice, and Yujin didnât join their discussion. They were new members of the party so they thought that they shouldnât join a meeting as important as this one. They didnât know that Souta didnât care about whether they just join the group or not.
"Okay, Iâm fine with naming our party." Souta shrugged his shoulder. He didnât care about the name of his party. In the game, his IGN was a simple word "Blood". It was not good nor a bad IGN. It was an average IGN that a lot of people used but he used the authority of his grandpa to make it his own. Of course, Souta couldnât remember it.
He used this word as his IGN because of the time when he fought in the game and saw the realistic scene of blood figures of people.
Thatâs the same when he first arrived here in this world. If he wanted a cool name, he wouldnât use his name when naming himself in the system.
"So what should we name our party? Do you have something in your mind?" Lumilia asked him. She was acting as if she was his assistant or secretary.
"Nothing, Iâll leave it to you." Souta shook his head as he didnât want to bother himself from naming his party.
"Okay, I have something in my mind," Bryan said and everyone looked at him. He then smiled and said, "What about The Greatest Fighting Group?"
"Oi! Thatâs not good Bryan, Lumilia is a mage, and almost everyone here!" Brando said to Bryan.
"Oh, youâre right! Then, what about you?" Bryan nodded as he looked at Brando.
"Hmm... Then... Dark Oculus. Well, I based it on Soutaâs element. As he is our leader I think it fits the name of our party." Brando said as he turned to Souta.
"Donât ask me. Ask class rep, Iâm fine with anything." Souta simply shrugged his shoulders before he went back to parting Yukoâs head.
"Oh? I like it. It sounds cool. It feels like weâre a group of villains." Bryan said with a satisfied look on his face.
"Iâm fine with it but how about you three. Are you fine with that name?" Lumilia nodded and asked Lynn, Alice, and Yujin who were staying silent on the side.
"I donât have a problem with it so why not," Yujin replied to her.
Alice and Lynn also agreed with the name of the party.
Clap!
Souta clapped and gathered everyoneâs attention. He swept his eyes across the member of his party before he opened his mouth and said, "From now on, our party will be called Dark Oculus. Thanks to Brandoâs insight, we all agreed to the name that he bestowed on our party."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Itâs nothing... Iâm just thinking about the reputation of our party if Bryan named our party." Brando said with a smile.
"I guess itâs time to tell you our next quest." Souta nodded before he looked at Lumilia and said, "Class rep, no, I will call you Lumilia from now on. Itâs unbefitting for me, the leader, to call you class rep."
"I understand." Lumilia agreed to him. Also, she always wanted him to change what he called her. Souta calling her name directly wasnât a problem.
"Good. Lumilia, fill them up about our next quest." Souta said to her. He already explained to her his plan after Jimmyâs call so he will leave the explanation to her.
Before Lumilia could say anything, Cluster complained.
"Brother Souta! Youâre going to leave me again here!? I donât want that! I want to join your party!" Cluster complained at him.
Souta looked at her and assured her, "Donât worry, weâll bring you."
"Really?" Cluster looked at him with stars in her eyes.
"Yes, I promise that weâll bring you." Souta nodded at her.
"Yay!" Cluster jumped around in happiness. She doesnât want to stay here alone so she was happy that she could join their group.
"Is that really okay?" Lumilia asked Souta with concern looked on her face.
"Yes, donât worry about it," Souta spoke with a serious tone.
After saying those words, Lumilia didnât ask anything when she heard his tone. She thought that Souta had a plan to keep Cluster safe in their journey.
Souta could understand Cluster. He knew that she was bored staying here alone while they were out completing a quest. If he let it be then there will be a time when she was going to leave them without saying anything.
Also, he doesnât plan to bring her to the dungeon. He was only going to bring her to the Eternal Empire while his party was completing the dungeon in the Forest of Eternal Light. Well, he didnât say anything about bringing her into the dungeon.
Lumilia explained about the expedition to the Forest of Eternal Light to Bryan, Brando, Alice, Lynn, and Yujin. She didnât forget to tell them about Soutaâs contract with the Lanny corp.
...
Lumilia and the rest left Soutaâs house after staying for a few hours. Souta told Lumilia to submit the report in the Adventurers Guild about their party so that the guild could update the information of their party.
With that, Alice and the rest were officially a member of his party. And his partyâs official name was Dark Oculus that Brando came up.
After they left, Souta went to the storage room, the room where he stocked all the potions that he bought outside. This room was full of different kinds of potions.
He went to the row where he placed all the blue potions also called mana potions. One by one, he removed the cap of the mana potions.
He drunk it until thereâs no mana potion in this room. He even consumed his reserved mid-grade mana potions.
Since thereâs nothing to do, Souta exited the room and locked the door. He always locked because he doesnât want Yuko to enter this room and shattered the bottles of potion.
He then called Jimmy and asked him to deliver boxes of mana potions to his house. Souta included the mid-grade mana potions in his order. He had a lot of money in his pocket so he doesnât need to worry about his bill.
...
Two days had passed quickly while Souta was trying to recover his mana but he found that two days werenât enough to completely recover his mana.
"Hu~ itâs time to meet those people from Lanny corp. The expedition into the Forest of Eternal Light will start... I canât wait to complete my universal grade earring." Souta said with a smirk while stretching his body.