(BL) Hunting The Field Guide novel Chapter 472

Chapter 472: Where everyone knows your name

When the gates to the front lines came into view, Kellen had a rather surreal moment. He had never expected to see them so soon.

Honestly, he had kind of made it up in his mind before the accident at Guiding Center B that he would never come back to the front lines. He had spent enough of his time out here. Given enough of himself over to the people, the gates, and everything else out here that he thought he could go into retirement.

It wasn’t even a full year later that he was neck deep in another Guild, more training, like the front lines had laughed in his face and dug its claws in deeper.

If that was the case, Kellen wondered if they could do it in a nicer way? It wasn’t like Kellen hated the front lines. He just...was tired. Just thought that he was able to enjoy his life now. He’d worked through most of the reasons that he’d gone to the front lines in the first place.

Most, since some of them were rearing their head in his life now, but he was doing pretty good.

Either way, Kellen had some rather intense feelings seeing the front gates, or what remained of them.

He could tell that some of the Espers had been putting in the work to repair them, but he also knew that with Sergei down because his emotions were uncontrollable that it wasn’t an easy task to do so. S Classes were just built different when it came to power manipulation, and they still had the ongoing throat of the E.A.G. so the D.E.C. weren’t able to spare more people.

Esper Winston let out a whistle.

"They’ve done a good job with the repairs considering what happened." He said as they came to a halt, waiting for a guard to come check on them. The multiple uniforms of different Guilds was a sight for sore eyes. Kellen felt his chest throb slightly as he stared up at the giant stone wall, built with materials from the gates meant to withstand up to B Class monster attacks.

Several of the walls were damaged, which told him about how severe the attack had been. It had been overshadowed by the gate swallowing people up. His people, and that only made him worry. This in itself was a historic action by the E.A.G. They were able to summon or move monsters to attack?

Kellen needed to make sure that Hill or Pamela reached out to someone to warn them that it could happen to them too.

The person who came forward was an older Esper, someone that Kellen had worked with before. He approached from Esper Winston’s side, while a younger, more nervous and inexperienced Esper approached from the passenger side. He was wearing a uniform that Kellen didn’t recognise, probably one of the newer Guilds that had come to the front lines.

Poor bugger. Must have been a hard time for them.

"State your business. You aren’t a registered-" When the older Esper saw who was sitting in the passenger side, he halted. Kellen watched as several emotions crossed his face. Shock, worry, amazement, excitement, and then settled into resignation. "I thought you retired?" He said, his tone switching immediately and Kellen gave a dry laugh.

"It’s my sister." Kellen told him and a look of understanding washed over his face. He ran his hand over his face, a sigh leaving his mouth.

"Well, I’m assuming you have everyone’s permission, and even if you didn’t, I’ll take the blame if you get caught." He said, his eyes holding a deep understanding. Kellen smiled tightly.

"Thanks man. It’s good to see you. I thought you were also retiring?" Kellen asked and his lips twitched. Kellen couldn’t remember his name, but that didn’t matter. Names didn’t matter much on the front lines.

"I don’t think either of us can say anything about retiring. I don’t think it exists for people like us." The Esper told him, then he sighed. "Plus, those fucking dipshits at the E.A.G. are stirring up problems. Can’t leave my fellow men behind. I like Guides too much to leave them undefended. Gotta take one for the team." He told Kellen, before he patted the roof of the car, and turned and gave a thumbs up to the guard in control of the gates. They slowly swung open. "Welcome back, Field Guide. I’ll see you around." He said and Kellen nodded.

"Yeah. See you around." It was the way that they said goodbye on the front lines. Never goodbye, we’ll always see each other again. Kellen’s heart tightened, emotion holding him captive.

Esper Winston drove to the car drop off point, an underground parking lot so in case of an attack, the escape cars weren’t damaged. It was just behind and below the guard building, and after they had parked, Kellen got out and stretched his legs. He stretched the rest of his body, looking around the space that he’d been gone from, but that he’d sent his students to.

It felt strange to be back, but also...good.

He hated to admit it, but even under the circumstances, it felt like coming home.

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