Transmigrated as a Ghost

Once Mrazivý took charge and began discussing strategy with the other members of their team, things began to take shape.

While Kollo and Miguel were not particularly helpful in their discussions, neither of them butted heads with Mrazivý’s decisions on how they would hold formation during certain situations. Both of them would follow her directions at the very least so long as it was not blatantly wrong.

Thegia on the other hand was helpful in offering insight into where she would do best rather than Mrazivý simply guessing based on the broad skill sets each of them had listed.

Of course, she also needed to keep in mind the information Marcus withheld about his abilities and not base her assessment on his true powers. She understood why he wanted to hide some of his skillset and was in agreement so long as it did not become detrimental to them.

“Okay, so our vanguard will be Kollo and Miguel, our middle guard Marcus and Thegia, while I will be our rearguard. This will be our standard formation while exploring.” Mrazivý said, using chess pieces as a visual.

With this arrangement they would be well suited to protect Marcus and Thegia who were acting as their mages. Normally Mrazivý would have liked to be in the vanguard as well but knew that she would be better suited for the rearguard than Miguel or Kollo thanks to her ice magic. From this position she would also be best to view the battlefield and relay orders from the back. At least, so long as they were dealing with a frontal assault.

“I would say that this has been a fruitful meeting. The guild has prepared rooms for all of you and if you wish to rest you may. Tomorrow will be the real meeting where all of the members of the expedition will meet, and the Adventurers Guild’s leader will personally give out the details for the mission.” Valerius said, bringing their discussion to an end.

After that guild staff came in and led each of them to their rooms to rest for the night.

“They really are pulling out all the stops for this. I am surprised that we are going to meet the guild’s leader and get the mission directly from him.” Marcus said as he jumped onto the bed in their room.

The space was not especially luxurious compared to what they had in Borealia’s castle or the rooms that they used in Aezam, but it was functional and had all the necessities.

“It came as a shock to me as well. Valerius did mention that the guild’s leader was involved, but I never expected him to be the one that would address all of us.” Mrazivý said, before her expression turned concerned.

Marcus immediately picked up on this and sat up straight and waited for her to say what she wanted.

“So, are you going to talk to Miguel? You told me about how your previous encounter went and the regrets that you have. Now is the time to set things straight with him if you want.”

Sighing, Marcus had already been toiling with this issue, but now that Mrazivý had brought it up he had to put his entire mind to it.

‘I already made a bad impression last time and jumping the gun here could ruin things for our teamwork and put everyone in danger. Worst case scenario, Miguel might even back out of the expedition. But if I do not do it now, trying to reveal everything later could only deepen his mistrust of me. Tricking him and hiding things to start our conversation is what caused him to panic and runaway in the first place.’

During their first encounter Marcus could tell that Miguel had trust issues, and their recent meeting only confirmed that he was the same if not worse now.

Frankly the easiest thing to do was to never tell Miguel about who he was and let their paths diverge once again.

Nevertheless, Marcus felt a connection to Miguel due to their shared home world, and he could not forget the pained expression that Miguel wore when detailing how he died.

‘He was only a kid when he died and got thrown into this world. I was nearly twice his age and still had a hard time in the beginning. I can only imagine what he has been through.’

Once he had given it some thought, Marcus slapped his face and looked up resolutely.

He was still not sure if speaking with Miguel was the correct move, but he did not want to live with lingering regrets by being inactive. If Miguel rebuffed his outstretched hand this time, then he would give up and let the kid live on his own.

“I am going to speak with him. We both got dropped into this world and I want to be there for him if possible.” 

Hearing his response Mrazivý nodded her head with a smile.

“Go ahead and find him. I overheard that his room is on the floor above ours at the back.” Mrazivý said. She had already figured this would be the case and made sure to pick up this information with her keen hearing.

“Thanks, I will be back.” Marcus said. Oh, and if for some reason Miguel decides to let his sword do the talking, I am expecting you to back me up.”

“Yes, I will be there if that happened. Now get going, you don’t want him to fall asleep before you get your chance to speak.” Mrazivý said, pushing Marcus out of the room.

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When he made it to the end of the hall, he balled up his hand and prepared to knock on the door but was interrupted before he could.

“I do not care what you want, go away! If there is something you want to talk about, we can address it tomorrow with everyone else.” Miguel said loud enough for his voice to carry past the door.