The sun shined brightly, the streets were lively as could be, with the laughs of children and voices of adults going about their day, the ray of light shined through the window and onto my face.
"It's morning already?" i said still a bit tired.
i stayed on the bed wondering what i should do next. I already knew i had to teach Alice and protect her but is that it? i guess i could just live a normal life but i already did that alone...
"system teleport to demon world"
[TELEPORTING]
i only had the demon world and the world Alice is in as my unlocked, i'm not sure why i still have access to it though. As i find myself in the Demon world it was mostly covered in glitches and looked really grim, it was the rain was quite heavy and as i turned around there it was, Shira's corpse.
i sat right next to her corpse and could only drag her cold body over to my lap, i don't know why i did this maybe it was my way of comfort? i'm not sure...i could only pray she would get reincarnated...maybe she had a system like me and could reincarnate?... but even then that ability was something only me and Lucas had...
"Shira...what do i do?" i asked, no response.
Was i going crazy? i'm asking a corpse on what to do now...not like anyone was here to see what i am doing.
"Shira.." I then began to grab her torn scarf, it was mainly red and had the symbol of the Arghan kingdom on it, the symbol being based-off Excalibur and Her revolver, the symbol was fading.
I also took off her vest and hat, i don't know why i did this, but i suppose i wanted to feel her presence and it was working as after i put on all three items on myself it felt as if she was hugging me and that felt amazing.
I took of my coat and placed it on her body, covering her face since there was no where to bury her properly.
"I Can't just steal your stuff and leave you with nothing now can i?" i tried to joke. I hugged her corpse one last time and got up before teleporting back to the new world with the new and stronger gear.
[VEST OF THE DEMON GUNSLINGER: +100 SPEED]
[SCARF OF THE FALLEN KINGDOM: +20% DAMAGE INCREASE WHEN USING ANY ROYAL WEAPON]
[HAT OF THE DEMON GUNSLINGER: GRANTS THE USER MANA CONTROL]
The buffs i gained from the items were powerful,especially Shira's 'mana control' Using it she was able to create mana bullets that are not magic but just really well controlled mana.
I would need this equipment if i wanted to get stronger and bring her back somehow. I still had another job however...
"ALICE GET UP!" i shouted as i barge into her room, she jolted awake and look at the door just to see me in some newly aqquired items.
"Master? what's with all that new items?"
"Shhh don't question it and let's get to training!"
"Okay..." She was probably still tried from yesterday, i left her room so that she could change into her clothes and i also went into my room to change all my modern day clothing into some basic adventurers clothings, except for the 3 items since i was always going to be using them even in my sleep.
We both afterwards made our way out into the streets of this kingdom and began wandering to find the guild base, it did not take that long as we aw many adventures heading to the same direction, the base was a small run down building but it works for what it is.
As we both walked in the entire place was filled with chatting from many groups of people planning their next quest to do.
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"Hey Alice are you a registered adventurer?"
"Oh i actually am"
"Mind giving me the certificate?"
"Sure but why?" As she gave it too me i instantly ripped and tore it apart before throwing it away.
"Uh why did you do that?"
"Your a killer remember? you need a new name for now" She realized and nodded, we walked up to the counter and behind it was a guild staff member i assumed.
"Welcome! All quests are avaible on the quest board over there" She points to the board full of quests on paper. "unless your here to register as adventurers?"
"Yes me and my companion here would like to register as adventurers" i responded.
"It's a simple process, just sign here and pay the entrance fee and you will be given the certificate!" i Signed it with Alice and payed the fee afterwards we both grabbed the certificates and put it in our inventory.
"Now keep in mind you both will be starting out at D rank, the lowest rank so make sure to do lot's of quests if you want to increase your rank! and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask any staff member here!" She waved me and Alice goodbye as we went over to the quest board.
There were many adventurers standing infront of the board and many of them could possible kill us, so i had Alice put up her hood to cover her face so no one would recognize who she is.
She seemed a bit worried but i was fine and skimmed through the board for any easy mission, and i found one, a simple quest to go and help pick some flowers, it seemed to be created by a little girl since the writing was terrible.
I grabbed the paper and walked out with Alice and as we left the kingdom from it's front gates i showed her the quest paper.
"This is our task and your training"
"Flower picking???"
"Yup it's a good one for beginners"
"I'm not a beginner though..."
"Ah shush and if you can go the entire quest without going crazy that will be good"
"Alright!" She said confidently. This feeling was nice, it was like when i first reincnarnated and did my first quest with Shira...except she was more crazy than Alice.
The location of this quest was a small village that was not too far and of course in a damn forest, As we follow the path we soon reach the village and it was peaceful for sure, plants and crops were growing, the children were playing and we were soon aproached by a lady.
"Have you adventurers arrived for the flower picking quest my daughter sent?"
"Oh your daughter set that up?"
"That's right i told her not to do it as it would waste an adventurers time but she insisted!" She said annoyed and sighed.
"It's alright besides we are new to adventuring so it's best to start out with a small quest like this right Erisia?" Of course i could not just say Alice's name out loud or else we would get arrested and executed,so this fake name was the best i got, and her face was still covered with the hood.
"Alright...just make sure she stays out of trouble okay?"
"Of course ma'am!"
"Yuki! The adventurers are here!" She called out, and suddenly i could hear little soft but fast footsteps aproaching us, and as i looked at where the footsteps came from i saw a little girl most likely 6 or 7 rushing over to me and Alice.
"Uwahhhh! You came! yayy!" She seemed really excited to go flower picking and it was really adorable, even Alice found her adorable although her hood covered her face i could still see a bit of her face.
"What's your name mister?" She asked, her eyes were sparkling with interest.
"Haha you can call me 'Wanderer' and this girl beside me is Erisia, my companion!" I did not want to reveal my identity to everyone instantly since Alice is a criminal i would be seen as an acomplice.
"Okya mister Wanderer! follow me please!"
"Alright kid" As i said that she ran off with her little legs, Alice and i followed her closely behind.
"Make sure to come before the sun sets!" The mother shouted as we left.
"Okay mom!" She responded and continued dashing inside the forest,we ran deeper and deeper into the forest.
and after 20 minutes of wandering in te forest we came into a massive field full of flowers.
"Woah" Alice and i said in unison, we watched Yukki go and pick some flowers before proceding to help her out with it.
Yuki had brought a basket along with her so that it would make carrying the flowers back much simpler. The weather was nice and sunny for flower picking and the birds were chirping in a nice tune. it was really fun to pick flowers with Yuki since Turns out Alice had an Allergy to this certain flower and began to sneeze continuesly.
But alas the sun was going to set and i had to take Yuki back, she was still teasing Alice by shoving flowers in her face, and it was amusing to watch.
"Yuki! Erisia! it's time to head back!"
"Okiee!" Yuki said and ran back to me.
"Aww do we have too?" Alice asked? She seemed to be having more fun than Yuki haha.
"Yep now let's go back!"
"Alright then" Alice responded and we all walked back, as we were walking Yuki seemed to have gotten so tire dshe straight up just fell asleep mid-walk.
"pfft she fell asleep while walking?" i chuckled while Alice just laughed, of course i made her carry yuki and the basket of flowers.
"Master why do i have to carry both of theseeee?"
"Training y'know?" i just felt lazy.
"i don't believe that at all master..." She responded with a slightly annoyed expression.
"Yeah well-..Smoke.." I smelled it in the air, Alice seemed to have also smelled the smoke and we quickly ran as fast as possible to where it was coming from.
(ALICE'S POV)
Master and i ran as fast as we could but when we reached where the smoke came from we both realize it was too late.
"M-master the village..." i could only stutter from the horrific image i was seeing, corpses everywhere, the buildings were ablaze and the tress around the area would soon catch fire.
"master we need to get out!" i said, he ignored me completely and seemed to be staring at something, i looked at where he was facing and there seemed to be soldiers raiding the village.
"master what do we do-"
"Go back to the kingdom...here" He reached out into his pockets and held out 3 gold coins in his hand, i took them and held them tightly.
"This is enough for a room for both of you, take care of Yuki until i get back...and if you get that urge to kill, knock yourself out got it?" He said in his care-free voice and smile, he was clearly trying to calm me down.
"Yes master" I ran off towards the kingdom, the sun began to set and it was getting quite hard to see, but it became more difficult when i was spotted by soldiers who were raiding the village.
"GET BACK HERE!" They shouted, they shot arrows at me, and some tried to engage in close combat, but i managed to dodge most of it.
"GAH!" I was hit by one of the arrows, it pierced through my leg but i kept on running as fast as i could, although i was slower once i got out of the forest i felt it.
"No,no,no not now!" It was that urge to kill, i had to get a room at a tavern or inn as fast as possible now. I dashed through the front gate and found the closest Inn to me, i ran in and quickly payed for a room and as i went inside the room i placed Yuji on the bed and her basket next to her.
"Damn, my head is going crazy" i said while seating down on the chair.
"No...you can control it...right?" I tried to control it so it would stop, but i was slowly instictively reaching for my sword.
"...Master will teach me...i'm sure" before i let the urge fully take over i used the sword and bashed the hilt on my head, my head fell right onto the desk, and the sword slipped right out off my hands effectively knocking myself out.