The Night Rose

In truth, most of the things that she had seen so far since the moment she stepped into the island was really unexpected.

Just like, when Arwin stepped inside, she saw how buzzing the place was.

People were continually coming inside and leaving, and people were chatting and eating at the kitchen side.

"Small fry get out of the way." Someone suddenly said in disdain and roughly pushed Arwin to the ground.

The same also happened to some other misfortunate people who weren't lucky enough to dodge.

"Are you alright? You seem to be new here. I have never seen your face before." Someone said curiously and gave a hand to Arwin to help her up.

Arwin took the hand and was pulled up and saw that a staff member was looking at her.

"Yes, I just came to this lovely continent, and I decided to try my luck here as I need money." Arwin honestly answered to the staff member.

"Oh, then let me guide you to the registration counter as an apology for how one of our employees treated you. The rest is up to how well you do on the tests." The staff member said and took Arwin to the registration counter.

"Hey Tom, she's new here and wants to register. Can you do the process for her?" The staff member said leaving before Tom could even answer.

"Hello, I'm Tom, so I think I heard you want to register. The fee is one gold coin. We also accept equipment as proof of payment that you will get back after the test, but you have to make a small contribution for the guild," Tom said to Arwin as he guessed immediately that she was new on the island.

"Yes, I would like to test my luck and register.

Hmm, for the payment, I will give you this pistol then." Arwin said, pulled her pistol out, and gave it to Tom.

Tom smiled at Arwin and took the pistol to inspect it. "Yes, this will be plenty enough to cover the fees, but remember you won't get it back if you fail the tests. You have to buy it from us then," He answered honestly as he had seen many people losing their weapons that they could use to get income in this continent as they could go outside and hunt or sell their skills.

"Yes, I'm sure as I'm confident enough about my skills," Arwin answered while giving a light smile at Tom.

Tom just shook his head and thought that another overconfident fool had stepped in that would quickly leave in shame had come here again.

He had seen far too many of this type of people, so he just gave the paper to Arwin disappointed.

"Can you read and write?" He asked from Arwin.

"Yes, I can read and write with the common language only. Other languages I do know some but not enough." Arwin answered honestly and looked at the paper.

This world had their languages, but at least most of the people did know the common language that was the universal language used at trading and in other interactions.

"So there aren't any problems just sign here and there, and then I will take you to the test area," Tom said while now giving a pen to Arwin, who took them silently.

She started to scan the paper and answer the questions.

It had the fundamental questions about name, age, occupations, etc., so she just quickly filled them as honestly she could.

When she was finally ready, she gave the paper back to Tom, who looked at the paper and did read the answers as the next test was based on the answers.

"Female… age twenty two…. Occupation previously an airship captain and a mechanic," Tom mumbled to himself before saying.

"Okay, let's move forward to another test.

Follow me this time. It's a written test that you will be doing alone in the room I will bring you. You have one hour to answer as many questions as possible, and I will be the supervisor to see that you won't cheat. After that, it will be checked, and we will see will you live forward." He gestured Arwin to follow him. Tom did bring her to a room with only one table and chair in.

"The second test will begin immediately when you sit down and grab the pencil," Tom said while taking out a time measurement device.

Arwin went and sat down on the chair. She then grabbed the pencil immediately; Tom announced that the test had started now.

She was surprised as the most questions were about airships and how to fix or maintain them.

There were also questions about how you would fight or deal in some problematic situations and why you would do so.

So Arwin was surprised and happy with the test. She took her time to answer and show her in-depth knowledge in the short one hour that she has to answer them.

So she didn't want to hurry and miss some of the questions or give vague answers as her future now depended on this stack of papers in front of her.