I am a princess that isn’t well-liked. I knew that since I was young. Since I was 12, my family tried to distance me from me. The only one who treated me like family in any way is my knight. A knight whose name is only to be used in case of emergencies. So others call him by his nickname, Princess Knight. It was a nice 11 years before I refused my family.
It was great, I met people who I thought were nice. I spend days reading and learning. I talked to families and I got famous. The world loved me until I had to give an offering. You don’t know what the life of others are until you are thrown right in. And even then most wouldn’t believe it. Because it’s not normal. The things happening have to be a joke because people wouldn’t be like that.
When I think back on the things that happen it seems like a blur. Or I would like it to be a blur the things that happen were so scary. I can’t seem to erase it from my mind. Would you be able to drink the blood of a teenager? Around adults in a barely lit basement? I couldn’t handle it and had a mental breakdown. I just couldn’t believe that it actually existed.
After I woke up my father didn’t interact with me like he used to. Later in my life, he even called me a disgrace. That was after I was eavesdropping. I heard of talks of war, race hatred, and so on. I had no idea what was being said so I did research. The only way I knew. The only way I had access to any research material was by book. Apparently to my father the internet is toxic and poisonous.
But one of the maids told my father what I was doing. They found out I was looking into race hating and its history. I couldn’t find anything on it and was basically thrown out of the house. I was given a small cabin where I can live, cook, and clean. I have to keep appearances even though the world is against me. I no longer am promoted.
Yet even though I am a princess I must go make public appearances. I met people mainly people who beg for money. Yet I have no money to give. I do meet nice people. People who want info. Rain is a nice girl but subconsciously she is someone who is wary of people. I mean I was hurt so much. Her, mine; our subconscious was hurt. If you want to know more boy, find out again later. Even though you know everything there is about us. Now WAKE UP!!!
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Damn. That took a lot out on me and her I guess too. I almost fell on her but she fell to my arm. This alerted Furin and her knight. I was also surprised too. A lady just fell over and I was just there to catch her.
“Are you ok Rain? I am sorry if I hit your pressure point, I slipped and missed in your hand.”
“It’s ok I just feel so tired. I am sorry you had to catch me. You don’t look to good yourself.”
“Oh, I am sorry I am not used to the city. Here let me help you up.” I throw her on my shoulder. The knight was surprised and took her from my shoulder. Furin was mad at me or the situation I couldn’t tell.
“I see your knight will take care of you. I was going to walk you home but I am not needed. I hope we can meet again!”
“I hope so, have a great day ren!” And I saw them walk off. Also, I can now listen to Furin.
“Are you sick or something dumbass?”
“I mean, maybe it must be a city sickness.”
“Whatever, come with me once we get to the guild and give you a new skill card we will go to the doctor.” My hand was grabbed and I was dragged through the city. I was brought to the Adventures Guild. It wasn’t a typical building like you would see in a fantasy building. It looked more like a government building.
When I was brought in I could tell it was adventure-like. Men clad in armor, I saw women is armor and clothes that priestesses and magicians would wear. There is a bar and eating area. And of course hot beastkin and other human-like desk workers. Now that reminds me of fantasy. You always need a hottie as a receptionist.
I was dragged to the White wolf girl with a good bosom. Not my first choice of who I would go up to but Furin knows what she is doing. Or at least I hope I know what she is doing. She seems like the college girl, not the adventure type.
“Oh, Furin it’s odd to see you here. I see you have a boyfriend. And a human too. Oh, love knows no bounds.” She said With a lovely aura.
“We- he is not my boyfriend.” She screamed. I don’t want this to become a scandal or a problem so I will just push along.
“Hello, my name is Ren, Taichi. I see you and Furin know each other's names. But I don’t know yours. Can I please have it?”
“Yes, my name is Sae, Laika.” Wow, that name is Incredibly cute. I was expecting something funnier or a better wow factor. But her name fits her well. She actually looks familiar. Was she in Rain’s memory? I might have to find out eventually. Right now getting signed up to take jobs is more important. My landlord’s daughter is forcing me to work, So I should work.
“Are you guys just going to ignore me?”
“Would you like to hear an explanation of what it entails to be an adventure?” She said not putting any emotion into the question. Ah, I bet she is forced to ask that even though most people just skip that part. I might have an idea of how it works but I might as well hear what they say about it.
“Yes, please tell me all you can tell,” I said with a smile.
“Ok, so I will have you sign here. Here and here. Also please list your skills here and then sign your initials here.” she said completely ignoring me. I can’t help but try to get my questions answered.
“I don’t mind doing all that but can you explain my job.” I said in the nicest way you can when talking to a stranger. Her eyes shifted from the dead to full of life. I guess she wanted to talk about the dangers and stuff.
“Wait do you really want to hear about the details? Most people don’t want to know! Or are you just throwing me a bone?” She said while wagging her tail and throwing papers around.
“Yeah, if you can. I don’t want to go in blind.” I said with secondhand embarrassment. I feel bad for the people behind her. Her tail is like any other dog tail’s. A weapon of cheer destruction not leaving anything standing after the winds it creates.
There is a lot more to being an adventure than I thought. Not only do we take on jobs we want but there is a quota. Fulfilling jobs creates workers who want to work and not just use their rank as fame. You can be an S rank but once you achieve it and just use it to secure a job elsewhere. It begs a question. Are you truly an S rank, or are you just abusing connections?
Each quota is different for every adventure. F ranks can complete as many as they want but you need to complete a mission once a month. An S rank needs to do a mission once a month but it typically is about slaying something ferocious. C to A is where you see a lot of work put in. Completing a mission once a week is typical for that group of people.
The ranks go from F to SS. Going like F, D, E, C, B, A, and S. SS is a special case where you become basically a slave is what it sounds like. As long as there is peace in all the nation you can rest. But even if you have to work 7 months in a row with no break, you’ll have to. I do plan on raising my rank that far but maybe S. S can give you a numerous amount of connections. Connections and information are what I need to find out the truth of this world.
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If what I saw from Rain’s memories is true. Then this world needs to be saved by killing evil people. Or destroyed eventually over time. Over time would cause a lot more pain to the people of this world. She also went on to explain the two main missions people take. There are other common ones but an adventure has two main ones. They are gathering resources and slaying monsters.
Those are the two main ones because they provide benefits to the people of this world. By gathering things like medical herbs you can heal sick or injured people. Also by slaying monsters, you can use the things they drop. Which is usually a weird crystal called Akashic. These things are used as a clean source of energy. If you break them and contain the energy release you can use them as an electric source. For a city like this, you need a crap ton of the small drops or huge big chunks to last one day.
People use solar panels and some geothermal stuff here and there. So I guess this world is pretty big into alternative energy. So adventures are respected when they exchange the crystals to be used as energy. I can give them to the Adventure guild or give them straight to the power plants. If I give them to the Adventures guild they pay me a little for what I bring. If I give them to the power plant directly, If I ever needed to use more power than usual… They look away for a while.
What will I need to use so much electricity for, is beyond me right now. What got me interested was the other types of missions I can take. These aren’t all the mission types but security and odd jobs. Apparently, people try to hire adventures for work like carpenters or construction. I guess this place could be treated like a job fair or one of those places that find you a job when you have nowhere else to go.
Security pays well but it usually takes a lot of time. Travel from A to B or guarding a noble house that isn't too liked by the people. I would like to avoid those but if Furin forces me on one I should be mentally prepared. Let’s hope she has a nice soul deep down. I don't want to do security.
I was supposed to choose my first Job but getting a new skill card was more important. Skill Cards are a pretty neat feature in this world. Monsters can drop blank cards depending on the rank of the monster determines the rank of the skill that can be dropped. Skill cards can be used to give you more skills and anyone can get skills this way. Though keeping these to yourself is illegal.
Blank cards can be used for people who need a skill. In my case even though my skill is hidden it looks like my skill is not there. Being skillless is actually a great disadvantage to everyone in your nation. So the government hands these out when people With no skill or lose their skill show up. Even though you can’t keep these for yourself you can buy them.
Thankfully this world uses a dollar system. It’s easier to explain. $1 PD; Pangea Dollar, is $1 USD; United States Dollar. I only know of one nation so I don’t know about their money system. I just know getting a blank card after this will be a pain in the ass. A Rank F blank card is actually $10,000. Why? My guess is to keep people poor and not let them get too powerful to overthrow people. There is one interesting rule with the price of blank cards. Nobles and skillless people are taxed exempt. So nobles are allowed to get cards whenever they want? How interesting, so the rich can get richer.
Sure they allow skillless people to get it for free or little cost but that is because a skillless person is inconvenient. It would actually drain resources in a time of emergency. So it’s just cheaper and more convenient to give a person a skill. This is disgusting. Once I find out who made these stupid laws they will not like me.
I was told to let them look at my status. To confirm I did not have a skill. Once I brought up my status Her eyes squinted like she was focusing on something. I guess she wanted to see if my skill could be read but she gave up and spoke up.
“I see your skill slot has a skill but the skill is corrupted. I am going to write this on your legal note that you have a corrupted skill. I will now give you a random blank card slot.” She grabbed a blank note from her desk after she inserted a key. I see a bunch of blank cards. But the drawer looks like it has a magical shield around the whole drawer. Like some type of security safe. I guess if someone really wanted to steal them they could break through the magical shield. Seems like a tough cookie.
“I hope you get a good skill for being an adventurer! So then you can pay off my scho- I mean pay rent.” Furin blurted out. Wait do you even need rent money? You were about to say school, weren’t you? I have my own reason in this world but can you not take advantage of people? Your mom is kind you must be like a devil.
She pulled out a skill card and held it up close to her eye. She then spoke up. “I have confirmed this is a blank card. Will you please hold out your hand with the backside of the hand facing towards the ceilings?”
“Oh yeah sorry I don’t know the process. Sorry here is my hand.” I held out my arm. Sae then put the card on top of my hand. The blank card then started to shine bright. A bright gold filled the whole adventures guild. Everyone looked in awe as the blank card shined throughout the whole open room. The card slid into my hand. I felt a sharp pain throughout my whole body. I held back a scream but my whole body is burning. When the card slid fully into my hand it stopped shining. A status window popped open.
Skill obtained. Ranked A. Search Enemy. The user can search for enemies with a range of 10 miles. The user can explain where the enemy is located based on x-ray visions given to the user.
Sae Grabbed the status window and looked at it. Her eyes grew wide in shock. And sparkles started to form in her pupils. I won't like that reaction is making me worried. Just a little bit though. She then gave it back to me and I thought about closing it and the window disappeared. She was about to speak but Furin interrupted.
“I guess Ren got good skills but he doesn’t have a weapon or armor and he is sick he needs to speak with a doctor before going on a mission.”
“But he can be useful right now. He can get paid a lot of money.” When Sae said that Furin tripped up for a second but regained her constitution.
“No, he needs a doctor. He met with Princess Rain and the moment he touched her hand she and Ren fell ill. So get him a doctor! Or do humans not get free health care?”
She told me to go through the door on the right with the big red plus sign. Oh, the red cross. I guess this is where I can go whenever I get sick. I hope they sell potions or bandages. Actually what medicine is in this world? When we entered the room a tall man with long hair covering his eyes in a lab coat stood there.
“Oh, hello my name is Gima. I am a doctor/priest how can I help you guys out today.” I explained the situation to Gima. I lied about my skill activation and just said when I touched her hand I fell ill.
“Do you feel ill right now sir?”
“No, it was only after I touched her hand and it lingered for 10 minutes.”
“Hmm I have heard cases of spontaneous sickness before but that doesn’t happen with hand-holding. Usually, when the person is in an area with a horrible smell people get sick.”
“Do you have any idea how you can examine me?”
“Have you been eating well? Maybe a lack of Iron?”
“Maybe we did eat a good meal today but before that, I don’t know what I ate.”
“If it happens again come back to me. I will have to call a friend to look at you more deeply. She can be a pain, but from what I hear just eat more meat. Make sure you get a lot of protein.” And with that, my doctor's check-up was done.
After we left the room Furin told me to go get a weapon. And gave me some starting money. I feel like she is nice but she said this is just an investment. Well I mean maybe it is just an investment. I can’t really protect myself unless I have something. I would be fine with some weapons. Even a dagger, even though that's a bit too close for my comfort. Though it’s better than nothing.
For now, I will try to just get money pointing out where enemies are. There is something like instincts telling me not to get hurt. It’s normal not wanting to get hurt. I don’t plan on getting hurt from fighting but anything is possible. Maybe In a past life, I got hurt by monsters. Or was it Rain’s memories?
My skill Stare Into The Abyss lets me know people’s memories. From what I got from Rain’s memories I know a lot of her habits. Because I played out her habits. I also know what pain is, she cooks for herself. And she has cut her fingers a few times. So I know what pain feels like in this world.
I hope this ability only works on people who are alive. If I have to feel what death is like, my body might die of shock. I will test it on a dead body eventually but it would have to be for a day that is wasteful. It can only activate once every 24 hours. I also have to use this wisely. Use it on people who are strong and very experienced.
I guess my hunch was right. This world is like my world. There are evil people. Powerful people who run this world use the common folk for their gains. I got this information from Rain. She is being mistreated and hated by her family. But only using one source is bad. I need to meet another noble somehow.
Enough with that time to go ask Sae a good beginner weapon shop. I went over to Sae and she started to slowly wag her tail. I wish she was excited to see me. But she is just excited about my skill. I asked her about the weapon shops in the area. She recommended The Knight In Gale. A weapon shop run by a Dwarf. Ah, a dwarf shop I can expect greatness.