Transmigrated as a Ghost

"We've learned a lot, but I think we should call it for the day. By now I'm sure that Estella has found us some rooms in the guild hall. I'm ready for a shower or bath and to get some sleep." Lilia said, stifling a yawn.

It had been a long day and while none of them could be considered physically exhausted, mental fatigue was still something they needed to worry about. They had been busy since dawn and gathering information for several hours was not relaxing in the slightest.

With everyone coming to a consensus, Marcus' party decided to take it easy for the rest of the night and all day tomorrow. All work and no rest would burn them out after all.

Thankfully, when they entered the guild, the staff members that had originally helped them came up to them and told them that Estella was looking for them.

Upon reaching the guild master's office, they found her at her desk with a mountain of documents and hard at work.

"Ah, there you all are. I've prepared four rooms for the eleven of you. It was the best that I could do, so I hope it is good enough."

Putting down her pen, Estella motioned for one of her assistants to make some tea and then turned her attention back towards Marcus and his companions.

"Thank you for finding some space for us. Four rooms will be plenty. It certainly beats sleeping in tents outside the city." Marcus responded with a cordial smile on his face.

"I'm glad. If you were the type to throw a fit about it, I'm not sure what I would have done." Estella said exaggeratedly. Clearly, she already knew that they were not the type to make a fuss about something like this.

"Here are the keys to your rooms and a map showing their locations. None of them are particularly close to the others, but just preparing this many rooms was already a feat in of itself."

Taking the keys and the map of the building's interior, Marcus gave it a quick once over.

Immediately he was able to determine that Estella had gotten one room that only had a single bed, another that had three beds, and two that each had four beds.

"Thanks again for this. You really helped us out. If there is anything we can do to return the favor, feel free to ask." Marcus said, not actually expecting Houten's head guild master to actually take him up on the offer.

"Hm, well, if you don't mind, I've got a lot of paperwork that's piled up. With eleven pairs of extra hands, I could finish things up a lot faster." Estella said, a smirk on her face.

A moment later Marcus felt the map and keys he was holding yanked out of his hands and several gusts of wind behind him.

When he turned around, he found that every single one of his companions had made a hasty retreat before being assigned work to do.

"I suppose that even just one additional helper would still be useful."

Sighing, Marcus resigned himself and assisted Estella until late into the evening. She had gone out of her way to find them lodgings, so it was the least he could do to repay her.

Once things were beginning to wind down and Marcus was about to leave, Estella called him over for one last thing.

"Here, this is an invitation for you, Mrazivý, and Miguel. A banquet is going to be held six days from now for the high-ranking officers of Houten's army, and adventurers that are mithril and adamantine rank. You are not required to attend, but I would recommend it.

This is probably the only opportunity you will get to meet most of the powerful individuals that will be participating in the operation to take back the former capital."

Marcus took the invitation from Estella and told her that he would need to discuss whether any of them would be attending with the rest of his party members before coming to a decision.

"Sure, that is fine. Oh, and there will likely be a similar though less grand event held at the guild hall at the same time if the lower ranked members of your party want to enjoy themselves. Those in charge want to boost morale with a bit of revelry before going off to battle." Estella explained.

After asking for a few more details, Marcus left the guild master's office and went to find his companions. They had fled before figuring out who would get what room, so he had no idea where he would be sleeping.

At the first room, he found Roxene, Blitz, and Inten. They had taken the room with three beds.

Next, he found Lilia, Alaric, Zareen, and Aurelia sharing one of the four beds room. Though unlike his beast companions, Lilia was kind enough to inform him that Mrazivý was waiting in the room with one bedroom which she had reserved for them.

"Got it. Thanks Lilia." Marcus said, before going off to find his room.

Upon arriving, he found the door locked and knocking did not elicit any response.

He tried reaching out with telepathy, but despite connecting with Mrazivý, he did not get a response.

'What's she up to? No way she is in trouble, so she must be messing around with me.' Marcus thought, wondering what to do.

Eventually he did a quick look around to make sure no one was watching before going into his ghost form and passing through the door.

"I was wondering how long you were going to just stand out there. You almost had me worried that you would wander away without coming in and making my efforts worthless." Mrazivý said, wearing a coquettish smile.

She was currently laying on the bed in tantalizing lingerie. Candles that were emitting a sweet scent had been lit, and Marcus noticed that several magic items that would block sound and other means of perceiving what was going on in the room were set up and ready to be activated.

"This really isn't the place for this, but I couldn't call myself a man if I denied my wife's desires. Don't expect to be getting any rest tonight." Marcus said, slipping into bed with Mrazivý and spending a fulfilling night with her.