"Okay, does this also count for emergencies?"

"You're allowed to be impolite during emergencies," she laughs. "But also, it's impolite because using magic is supposed to be a divine calling, and healing is quite divine."

"I was mostly thinking about my super-speed, but I can do healing. I can do a lot of healing, thanks to Sadde."

"Oh, well, it'll work, too, if your superspeed helps with an emergency. In general if you can make your magic pass for the gods' work you can do it, it's just frivolous uses that are frowned upon."

Nod nod. "We don't really have that problem back home, but wasting your lifeforce is bad for you so people would think you're reckless."

"I'm sure the root of the belief is similar, here, but it's not what people think."

They land, and walk into the city. It is, in fact, quite Game of Thrones-y: people selling wares on the streets, a city guard, children running around, houses, businesses, plazas, temples...

Felix runs at triple speed, which should be enough to react to most things without looking like he is hyperactive. He pays attention to how Kaede reacts to things and mimics when that seems appropriate. This is the fifth or sixth world he has been to, but it's interesting regardless.

Something this world has that perhaps the others don't is artefacts: every now and then they see some obviously magical object, like a floating cart or a bag that's bigger on the inside carrying groceries, or magically illuminated temples. Apparently the "no magic in public" rule doesn't apply to using artefacts.

That is true! Sorcery can make magical artifacts, but they aren't made for that sort of day-to-day use.

The Guild chapter is in a plaza with a pretty magically illuminated fountain, next to a blacksmith. It's a simple square building, four stories tall, and the ground floor seems to be a mixture of a pub and an inn and a store.

How Dungeons and Dragons is the place? Any sign of a mysterious old man offering riddles?

Nope, no mysterious old men. There are some people, chilling, but it's the middle of the day so not many. Kaede walks up to a counter where a pimply young man greets her. She bounces the translation of their conversation:

"Hi! So I have a Class S finding," Kaede says. (It's not actually 'S' since their alphabet is not the same but that's the meaning anyway.)

The boy's eyes widen. "Really? Oh man oh man I never thought—I mean, ah," he clears his throat, "may I see your Token?"

And she reveals a stone disc that glows faintly blue that was tucked inside her shirt, hanging from her neck.

Felix will smile politely and not talk unless adressed.

He raises a small stone box from under his counter and brings it closer to Kaede's token. It does a soft 'ding' sound, and he touches a couple of glowing spots on the artefact. "Alright, do you have coordinates?"

"Not exact, but approximate and I can find the place," Kaede says.

"Cool. Is it a red or..."

"Green-yellow," she replies.

The boy fusses with the artefact a bit more, then nods. "Okay can you type in the approximate coordinates? Will you stay around or should we add a tracker to your Token?"

"Hmm, add a tracker—although it might not find me, hmm..."

"What? Why wouldn't it?"

"Oh, the thing I found was a portal to another world," Kaede says, smirking a bit.

"Whooooa, forreal?" Pause. "You're not pulling my leg, are you?"

"Your leg is completely unpulled," she laughs.

"With people in it?"

"Yep! My," she looks at Felix then at the boy, "boyfriend here is from there."

The boy stares.

Felix chuckles. "Should I do something?"

"What language is that?" the boy asks when Kaede bounces the meaning to his mind.

"Some language from his world—English, I believe it's called," she explains.

"So cool," the boy says, practically bouncing.

"I might leave my Token buried in front of the portal if I go through—"

"Yes, yes! Gimmie it!"

She hands him the Token and he does a thing to it with another artefact then hands it back. "You know how to deactivate it—?"

"Yes, don't worry about that."

"Coool. Okay, so, standard Guild procedure is, ah, please don't be too far away and waste too much time? Green-yellow means it might take a week but a delegation from the Three Kingdoms will show up."

By the way, 'Class S' means something like 'previously unimagined finding of world-changing potential,' almost no findings are that, green means 'not dangerous,' and yellow means 'of political repercussions,' she sends to Felix alone. Best summary of the portal.

That is very organized. What should we do during that week?

The boy starts messing with a couple more artefacts while saying to himself, "Oh man oh man oh mannnn..."

Make out a lot? she suggests.

That sounds like a great idea!

I don't think there's a lot we can do right now, though. I followed proper procedure, so someone should come investigate soon and then it'll be a matter of being a—diplomat? Of sorts. So 'til then, we could go back to the portal and talk scenarios.

Sure thing. I bet Thomas will want to build something around it since it's going to take a week anyway.

Awesome.

She turns to the boy again. "So, we're going off, then, the tracker can ping me, right?"

"Huh?" he says, looking up from whatever he was fiddling with. "Oh! Right. You're—Kaede, yeah? Okay, cool, they'll ping—man I'm so jealous—hey, can I come look—no, the coordinates are too far, I don't get extended holidays like that—I'm Naoh by the way."

"It's nice to meet you, Naoh," she says with a smirk. "You might be able to come with the delegations."

"Oh! Oh yeah that's true! Awesome!"

"Yes," she laughs. "See you later, Naoh."

"Bye, Naoh!" Felix waves.

Out they go and Felix can fly again.

I need to remember to thank Sadde for his immortality. Infinite mana hacks: best thing.

I will thank him and tell that I love him. He will be adorably overwhelmed.