Ray looked over to see Alban made his appearance. Raymond's eyes went wide as he said that he would let them go on an S-Class mission, and he glanced over at Roger with excitement. Everyone in the guild at this point knew that Raymond had one true task. Sure he wanted to be one of the strongest wizards in all of Fiore, he wanted to protect the ones who couldn't, but his ultimate goal was to find his father Adamas. But the thing about Adamas was that he wasn't a human. He was the Diamond Dragon, and the person who raised Raymond and taught him his true power. Ever since he left all those years ago, Raymond has always been dreaming of setting off to search for him when he was strong enough. Being an S-Class wizard would confirm that, and maybe one of those secret missions would be to find a dragon!

"Thanks!" Raymond said with a large smile to Alban. "And you still owe me that rematch! I've gotten a lot stronger!" Raymond said with a grin. It was also custom to see if he could beat any of the S-Class wizards to see where he was in strength... Blitz and Alban were the hardest on him, not because they didn't like him, but they understood what it was like in a way. You didn't want to win with a handicap. You didn't want to get false hope, and they were all motivated by each other. 

As Alban walked away, he turned his attention to Zebedee, he usually hated mornings, but kept it to himself. He was the only one in the guild who took on the undead jobs. One time Roger and Ray agreed to go with him one night when they were younger... It took a while for them to get over what they saw that night. They both had a lot of respect for the necromancer, he was nice and caring, but ever since that night they refused to go on another undead job. "Mornin' Zeb! I think May's coming back from a healing job soon!" Raymond said with a pat on his back, unaware that he was recovering from a hangover. One of the bad things about being raised by a dragon, you missed a lot of context clues.

 Ray couldn't help but glance back at Alban, who was talking to the new girl who recently joined. She was pretty, Ray couldn't deny that, and there was also no denying that Alban flirted with any girl in the guild. He was polite with it of course. Ray was a man who didn't flirt, he was blurted out things. He truly didn't have any fears (except vehicles, he hated those things!) if he thought someone was loud, he would tell them to shut up. If he thought someone was pretty, he'd tell them straight to their face. If he thought someone was all talk, he would challenge to fight them. That's why either people loved or hated Raymond... But Alban's invitation kept ringing in his ears until he couldn't take it anymore!

"Come on, lets go find Max and Pearl!" Raymond said with excitement. "You really think that they're gonna let us go on an S-Class mission?" Roger said undoubtedly. "We'll never know if we don't ask!" Ray answered, grabbing Roger by the vest and rushing through the guild hall. "Outta the way!!" Raymond said as he knocked Barnaby across the room. He heard shouts and screams of accusation coming from one of the tables, and if that didn't simmer down soon, a bar fight would be on its way. Raymond rushed towards the stairs, and towards the rooms that belonged to the guildmasters.

As he was about to burst through the door, a [i]poof[/i] was heard and a cloud of smoke, and then a hand pushed him backwards. "How many times have I told you not to burst into rooms that aren't yours?" Max, one of the guildmasters, asked. "Sorry, master!" Ray said, getting up, looking at him with a smile. "We were wondering if--"

"No."

"But Alban said he'd take us--"

"No."

"But I'm strong!"

Max sighed. "Ray, there will come a day where you become S-Class. No one here doubts that. But today is not the day. It would be too dangerous for you to join in on one of those missions. It takes a toll on you..." He saw Ray's face was angry, yet still determined. "There's no doubt in my mind that you're strong, son. Hell, maybe one day you'll be the strongest in the guild. You'll get your chance one day, Dragon Slayer." With that, Max left to go downstairs. Max was the best chance at getting permission, he knew that Pearl would beat him up just for asking if he could join in on a mission.

"It's alright, Ray... We'll get our S-Class mission someday." Roger said to try and comfort Raymond. The Dragon Slayer gave a weak smile to Roger, and nodded. "Yeah, we just gotta keep provin' ourselves... And I think I know how to do it..."