"what kind of magic is this?"
"It's not magic! It's technology"
She just looked confused, apparently a video of him walking around the city of new York on his vacation is enough to stump her and left her Jaw hanging open,
Shame he thought he couldn't show off the picture of him sitting on top of that centurion from 3 years ago
"What do you Mean not magic? THE PICTURE MOVED!"
"Tha.."
"And these metal carriages on the back how are they moving without anything pulling Them? These buildings are taller than anything i've ever seen!"
"I told you i'm from another world and you didn't believe me"
"That's before you showed me this ok? I'm Sorry but what brings you here? To this world? You said it's not magic then what?"
"I didn't say i came here without magic that thing you're holding is not magic but what brings me here is magic... I think"
"A point of light appearing in the sky?"
"More like another sun next to the first one but yes and a godly voice of some kind"
"What did the godly voice say?"
"Something about granting my wish before i got here i was Bored and wish i can just jump into a RPG world"
"RPG? What is that?"
"I'll explain in future i promise... Now it's my turn to have questions"
"Oh ok let it out then"
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"What is that red Mark on your snout? Is it like tribal Mark? Why there? And why is there no other Mark on you?"
She froze, she never wanted to answer that kind of question, any beastmen knows what this Mark means and it's not good and everytime a non beastmen asked her she just avoid Them, those are easy but this one isn't since he Will be staying with her for now, so she decided to lie
"Hello? Is someone in there?"
"Oh uhhh this Mark? It's a uhhh Mark that indicates specialty i'm good at sniffing prey since i'm a Huntress"
He looked at her suspiciously 'out of all things this man can ask why this one?!' she cried in her mind
"Ok then make sense you have a bow afterall is the Mark permanent tho?"
She silently breathed her relief thankful to the gods the man doesn't want to dig further than that "yes it's permanent"
"Huh ok umm.. should we go back to the inn or are you having other plans?"
The question Made her remember about her financial condition for some reason then she realized that she does have another plan other than the potion store
"I have other plans i want to find a quest board and do some jobs for money"
Vina couldn't quite place what expression Luke had in his face when she mentioned the quest board although if she had to guess it was excitement, which is concerning
"Hmmm can i help you in your quest?"Luke asked that question with a smile you find on someone that finnaly get what they want
"Uh sure but we need equipment for you and i'm not exactly stable in terms of money"
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Luke pondered that statement for a while 'not enough money huh?' he had and idea and started searching his pocket, he had always forgotten something on this particular pants he was wearing for an unknown reason, he asked for help to the God of men pockets and his prayer is answered as he found several wrapped candies on his pocket 'if i'm not wrong sugar is pretty rare on medieval times let's see if it's true here'
"Is sugar rare around here?"
"What? Sugar? Oh those are rare anyone who has sugar on any form other than fruit is pretty much guaranteed to have a Fortune why are you asking?"
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He just smiled an evil smile and looked to the sky 'YES! AHAHAHHAHAHA I'M RICH!'
Vina just stand there confused and frightened at the display
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Apparently Luke has sugar in the form of candy something that would be eaten by royals and this man had it the whole time! On his pockets too! And according to him each one has a unique taste which made one candy worth more money than everything she had on her, they sell the candy on a royal elf merchant, a merchant that is part of a royal family at first the elf was arrogant then when he heard Luke has sugar his attitude change from a arrogant royal that despise peasants to someone that finnaly met an old friend after a long time and they end up with a profit of 4 gold coins which is the most money she had ever seen her entire life,Luke waved the trader a goodbye and looked at her with that evil smile of his
"So what do you think?"
"I..." She can't say anything she just stand there stunned looking at the pouch of money that worth more than her entire homevillage and probably half of this town, she mustered up any words she have left "it's enough" she says with a bit of a stutter he seemed to notice her change of tone
"Is it really that much?"
"THAT.. much? Do you even know how many this is?"
"Uhh 4 gold coins?"
"Shhh talk silently there are people out there that would kill for a piece of silver what do you think happened to gold coin owners without protection?"
"Uhh... No?"
"Anyone that knows and is stupid enough Will be hell Bent on taking it from you!"
"Oh wow is it really that bad?"
"Bad? One gold coin is worth a thousand silver and the richest people on this town that is not the trader or you probably only had half of that!"
"Oh" came the only reply
"Now we have to spend it carefully otherwise people would go suspicious since words always goes around you're lucky that trader was secretive!"
"Ah okay i get it keep it a secret.... Wait you're not gonna take it away from me are you?" He asked, accusation heavy in his voice
"Oh please i might be poor but i'm not desperate well at least not yet..."
"Ok i trust you where should we.. you know? Stash it? Or what to do with it now that i have overstepped a bit?"
"Let's take one coin and hide the rest on the inn for now
"Ok then let's take one and search for your quest board"
That got her thinking 'why do i need to do jobs if we got 4 gold coins?' she was thinking of this when she heard that clicking sound again
"Hey i know what you're thinking get your mind out of that gutter! You said it yourself to spend it carefully!"
Then she realized what she thought about and felt ashamed, he was right i almost fell into the hole and betray my own words
"Ok sorry uhh should we go find your equipment then?" Trying to change the Topic this seemed to work as the his eyes which is narrowed out of judgement widen and a smile graced his figures
"Oh yeah we should what do you think we should buy?"
She breathed her second sigh of relief today of being free from yet another judgement
"Well considering your body maybe a sword?"
His smile turned to a frown "i just realized i don't know anything about swords" he looked at her
"Can you teach me?" What? What is he talking about? she's a Huntress not a swordswoman! She felt offended by the request but didn't let it show
"No i can't i'm a Huntress i know about swords as much as you do"
"Hmmm how about axes?"
"Nope"
"......."
"I heard you need a someone who knows baout axes what do you need?"
The new voice that came out of nowhere startled both Luke and Vina turning around they Saw a strong looking orc with two large axes on his back "wooh who the fuck are you?" Said Luke
"Name's kottar so about the Axe.."
"You can teach me how to use one?"
"Of course i'm probably the best Axe wielder you can find around here so you need training?"
Luke was happy for a moment then started thinking 'will it be hard? Wil it take a longtime?' the orc seemed to read this
"I know what you're thinking it's not that hard to use, mastering it however is hard i can teach you some fundamentals and maybe some trick depending on how much you pay"
His excitement returned which is worrying for Vina as she took him and start whispering "are you sure that's an orc you know fundamentals can Mean something extreme for others"
"Oh trust me the only thing making an orc and human different is body our mind is the same i can guarantee"
She facepawed
"Exactly! what if your body is not strong enough for it?"
"Ah it can't be that hard i can find a way to get around it if neccesary"
He turned around to the orc and yelled "i accept!"
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turns out it is that hard for the last 6 days Luke had been trained to his limits by kottar who picked him up every morning and returned him at night looking like he just ran around the world with no rest they had been using the money to buy equipment for Luke which is a simple steel Axe and hardened leather chest piece and legs with bits of metal here and there 'it was good protection' she thought as she watched Luke laying limp on the floor in their room on the inn 'he definitely took a beating haha' his Axe skills has been improving though, she had seen him spar with kottar, of course he got beaten down to the ground but things he can do when not being trained constantly by the orc is pretty amazing, Luke slowly got up and sat on his chair he has been using to sleep for the last week, looking at Luke going limp once again on the chair she really pitied him he had been an idiot yes but he was persistent which is admirable and is now actually exceeding her expectation, she had been estimating Luke would last for a day or two but he didn't stop at all no matter how battered he look he always goes with kottar every morning without complain 'maybe that same mind part he said is true' she herself have been doing some jobs, she had purchased new equipment such as a new bow,armor and arrows with actual iron tip, they might have gold coins now but those Will eventually ran out sooner or later.
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Next morning
"I have to admit" said kottar while watching Luke training his Axe "i'm impressed you got this far most people last for 3 days"
Luke stopped "really? Wow i guess i'm your best student so far?"
"Far from it young man but you are my best non orc student so far"he said with a proud smile
"Huh ok i have a question though i heard from Vina that orc are mostly warriors that kept to themselves most of the time so why are you here? I don't see a lot of orcs here only 3 others and you"
"Yes that is true we are mostly Made of tribes wandering the forest but some orcs decided to join the nivarian alliance and lives among others"
"This alliance you're talking about is it like a non-aggresion pact or is it an actual co operation?"
"I don't know that much although it's more likely to be the latter"
"Ah ok" with that Luke continued training
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Vina watched as Luke came back with kottar walking together with him which is surprising since he usually get dragged by kottar to the inn after training session,
"Hello Vina"
"You should take some rest"
"What? I can't, tommorow is my final test"
"You're an idiot you can't do a test if you're tired" she turned to kottar and waited
"What? Me? Uhh Personally i agree, Luke take a rest for a day, just relax or train some more if you have time"
"But.."
"No buts! You have trained for a week and slept on a chair! Take a rest!"she cut him off
"Ok ok calm down i'll take a rest"Luke relented
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"Why do you care about me all of a sudden?"
"What kind of question is that? I've caring for you the whole time!"
"Yeah i know but not to this degree of forcing me to rest for a day and actually switching where we slept last night" said Luke as they are walking through the town buying items they need
"In reality i just want you help me do a shopping run but looking at you the for the last couple of days changed my mind"
"Aww that's sweet of you"Luke said with a smug smile, she just sighed
"I'm thankful that you can get us money and is actually proud you got this far Luke but know your limits ok?"
"Yeah ok, what are we doing now? We just bought everything on the list"
She smiled an evil smile "maybe it's time you learn from a Huntress"
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"*Huff**huff*hey... Slow down!... *Huff*"
"Come on Luke if you're that slow i might leave you here" she said with a giggle
"Unfair! my body is Made to go slow for a long period not super fast for a short period"
"Too bad most fight don't last that long you should learn how to control your breathing"
"Easier said than done! *Huff* can we go back please? We already ran two Laps around the town"
"How are you able to resist kottars training and not mine? I'm starting to doubt you actually trained here" she said that with a coy smile
"Because his training doesn't involve running full speed around a town!"
"Fair enough let's go back"