Lilian made her way to the guild infirmary and found the healer, "Hello, could you please heal me?", asked Lilian.
The healer, seeing Lilian's condition, spoke, "Why is it that I am not the least bit surprised?".
So the healer healed the wounds and Lilian made her way back to the reception desk.
"Can I ask you a question now?", Lilian heard Liza's question and nodded.
"What is that raven? Why is it next to you?", Liza asked.
"Oh! He's my new companion. His name is Odin", replied Lilian.
"Croac... Croac", chorused Odin.
"Hmm... I see, you tamed him? But, why a raven?", watching Odin, Liza asked curiously.
"I didn't tame him. He made a blood bond with me", Lilian explained and Liza was surprised.
"Wow! A blood bond... that's something extremely rare to occur, but too bad it's just a raven...", said Liza.
Hearing what Liza said Lilian asked curiously, "What's wrong with him being a raven?", she and especially Odin looked at Liza with narrowed eyes.
"None, it's just that it could have been a more amazing animal", Liza explained.
"For me Odin is pretty amazing!", exclaimed Lilian pouting.
"Own, yes, yes he is very awesome", said Liza looking at Lilian's little face annoyed, it was very cute.
"Ugh... it looks like the child's body is starting to affect me," Lilian thought.
"Alright, I will go now and prepare your reward, and in the meantime you should go take a shower... you lose all your cuteness when you get dirty like that", said Liza.
"Not necessary", replied Lilian as she used [Mana Manipulation] and removed all the blood from her body.
"Wow... but yet you are still dirty, look how much dirt on your dress and face, what were you doing? Rolling in the dirt?", exclaimed Liza like a mother guiding her daughter.
"Almost that...", Lilian replied.
After the conversation with Liza. Lilian went to the guild bath house.
"Okay Odin, you wait for me here...I don't know if you are really a boy, so I can't risk it", Lilian said with narrowed eyes to Odin.
Lilian rarely trusted any man, something she learned from seeing how her father acted in her home with her mother. She never entered into a relationship for fear of having the same fate.
After a few minutes, Lilian finished her shower and returned with Odin to the reception desk.
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"Lilian here is your reward for the mission; it is 3 silver coins," Liza said as she handed the coins to Lilian.
"Thank you, I'll be leaving if you don't have anything else to tell me", Lilian said.
"Alright, that was it...see you later", said Liza as she waved to Lilian.
Lilian left the guild and headed towards her home.
On top of the roof of a house, were four men looking in the direction Lilian went.
"Is that the girl, boss?", one of the men asked.
"I imagine so...she just left the adventurer's guild", said the chief.
"Should we go after her?", asked another, playing with a dagger.
"No... for that fat guy to ask us to go after her, that means she must not be someone ordinary, at least she must have someone strong behind her", said the boss analyzing the situation.
"Ugh... You're right boss, she must not be someone ordinary, we can't attack her without knowing", said one of the men.
"Let's observe her for a while, you three research any information you find out about her", said the boss.
All three nodded and went off to one side each.
"Brat what did you do to make that fat man mad?", muttered the boss.
Lilian had arrived at her home.
"What should I do now... Oh! That's right, Odin what do you eat?", asked Lilian.
"Croac", chorused Odin.
"Ugh... that doesn't help at all... I should ask someone later", muttered Lilian.
"Right, I'll take a look at my system... after all this I should have improved at least a little", thought Lilian.
[Name: Lilian
[Race: Human
[Age: 12
[Vindication: Illusory Crow
[Lvl: 6 > 8 [098/140 XP]
[Job: Beginner Magician
[Hp: 100/100 > 120/120
[Mana: 160/160 > 180/180
[Power: 16 > 20
[Strength: 7 > 9
[Intelligence: 24 > 32
[Defense: 11 > 13
[Magic: 21 > 29
[Agility: 5
[Active Abilities]
[Assessment; level 1]
[Blood Manipulation; level 2]; [Blood Blades; level 2](Level Up); [Blood Fist; level 1]
[Passive Skills]
[Mana Manipulation; level 1]; [Mana Regeneration; level 1]; [Magic Enlargement; level 1]; [Blood Bond; level 1]
Lilian looked at her statuses and was pleasantly surprised, "Wow... I had a nice increase in my statuses, especially in my intelligence and magic, I almost went up to level nine, what a shame... and finally my blood blade skill went up from level two."
"I need someone to teach me some fencing... that could be very useful, the only thing I know how to do is to move the sword and stick it where I think it will kill" Lilian muttered, and a sigh could be heard, Lilian realized how hard it was to be a mage if you ran out of mana that could probably be the end of you, so learning fencing could help her get around that kind of situation.
Time passed, Lilian was visited by her neighbors who asked how she was and brought her food.
Then it was evening. Lilian put on her pajamas, lay down and fell asleep.
In an alley were the four men talking.
"What information did you get about her?", asked the chief.
"Well, her name is Lilian and she joined the adventurers' guild not long ago, she is twelve years old and has a magic that controls blood", said the man with a dagger.
"Twelve years? A magic that controls blood... that's interesting", said the chief with a mischievous smile on his face.
"Should we kill her or capture her?", asked the man with the dagger.
"Let's try to take her alive to him, I'm sure he'll be pleased, but in case that's not possible, just kill her", said the boss.
"When should we go after her?", asked another man.
"Let's go tomorrow, before she arrives at the guild...or things might get complicated for us", said the boss.
Everyone else nodded.
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Author Note:
Hey guys, this is Horacio! So, I see that you are very curious to know the reasons of many things, but calm down everything here will be explained, if not now it will be in the future, I want to take a path where I do not explain things by the narration of the story, but Lilian finding out with other people, books and others!