Daichi was losing money. If his money just keeps going down for the next few months, he might not be able to pay for his rent so he decided to return to Fairy Tail and do a job request. That was the only way to get instant money, especially in times like these when people don't give you much jewels if you help them cross the street or cook food for them. And also, he has been away for quite some time, so his guild mates might be worried about him. With that in mind, Daichi packed up all the stuff necessary and headed to his guild. When he got outside his house, he was surprised. He saw a pair of mages walking across the street, looking really tired and heavily wounded. Daichi walked closer to them, and to add up to his surprise, they were also mages of Fairy Tail. "Hey, what happened to you two?" Daichi said as he rushed to the worn out mages, holding them by the shoulder. "Oh... it's you, Daichi. Long time no see." One of the mages said, the tone of his voice weak, Daichi barely heard what he said. "You didn't answer my question. What happened?" Before the mage could say anything, the other man who was with him gave him a small paper which looked like a job request. "W... we failed to finish this request... It's just too hard for us." The other man said, falling down to his knees, panting because of exhaustion. "Daichi... do us a favor and finish that job for us... We believe you can do it..." After saying those words, both of the mages dropped to the ground, shaking. The people around rushed to their aid, giving them water and anything else needed by two exhausted men. "I was planning to just do a small job request, but I'll do this for you two." Daichi said as he walked away, heading to the area the client was: Era.
As he was travelling, he studied the job request. It was all about retrieving three stolen magic books which an archivist named Arthos used to own. Daichi was confused - how come the two mages he met a while back have a hard time doing this mission? Just by reading it, it looked practically easy. But that was until Daichi saw the part that they were stolen by dark mages. Realizing this, Daichi knew that it wasn't a simple task. He knew that the only way to get something from dark mages is by fighting them, something Daichi doesn't really want to do often. Usually, mages from Fairy Tail loved to fight just for fun, but Daichi is an exception. Whenever a big fight is started in his guild, he just takes a seat and watch them while drinking sake. He is not bothered if he is accidentally hit by one of his guild members, but once they do something that offends him or take advantage of his quiet nature, he often gets up and beat the crap out of them, but that situation rarely happens. So, with that, many conclude that he isn't the type of person who fights even when there is no reason. But in this request, there is a high chance that he will get into a fight, and that's what he was trying to avoid. He just wanted to do a simple mission like retrieving a letter for a gorgeous lady or helping a young woman get her purse back, but he was left with this mission where he had to exert effort and fight.
After long hours, Daichi finally made it to Era. He walked around, checking out the things that was around him. There was a lot of pretty young women, so Daichi used this as an opportunity to try to court them. But after a few minutes, all he got were two bumps on his head. It was definitely worth it since he was able to sneak a peek on some of them while taking a bath. Daichi knew that he should stop fooling around since he has seen enough. Now, he just wanted to find Arthos and ask him for the details. He asked the people he passed by if they happened to know the client, most of them saying that he lives at the local archive just near the Magic Council headquarters. Since no one said otherwise, Daichi headed to that archive in order to meet the client and know the details of the job.
*KNOCK KNOCK*
"Who's there?" A voice from inside the archive asked. "I'm a mage who's going to take your request." Hearing that, the man inside unlocked the door and opened it, smiling at Daichi. "So... you're here to look for my three tomes?" The old man seemed enthusiastic when he asked that, which might be because someone went to take his job. "Well... Yeah. I had to earn money." After Daichi said that, the old man managed a proud laugh, patting Daichi on the shoulder. "Oh, for sure you will get a handful of money. Come inside, if you would like." Daichi followed the man inside the archive, seeing so many books around. Some of them were about the myths of Fiore and the origin of magic, while the others were just children's storybooks. This place is definitely a bookworm's paradise. "You're Arthos, huh?" Daichi asked as they walked. "Oh, yes. Yes, I'm Arthos." The old man replied, staring at Daichi. "What about you, young mage. What's your name?" "I'm Daichi." When the old man heard Daichi's reply, he managed a small grin. "Daichi... what a nice name. I remember someone named Daichi before... He was quite a strong mage." Arthos said with a somewhat optimistic tone, stopping at a small living room. "Well, I guess I should brief you with the details."