I wake up somewhere. I’m in a room with a red carpet and a bed. Oh yeah shit I’m in that room that I got for a night. I stand up and feel a pain in my back. Well, that’s what I get for sleeping on the floor with my back against the wall. I look over at the bed and Ikattef is lying on the edge of the bed with his feet down and his head on the front of the bed. I don’t want to wake him up, so I just try to open the door, as quietly as possible and slip out of the room. I go to the bar, in search of Danji. And surely enough I see him there sitting at the bar, with his face on the counter. A small puddle of saliva dripping down from his mouth. Next to his head he has a big glass, which I assume was from beer or another type of drink.

I just pick him up and put him on another table for a second. “I assume he hasn’t paid for this yet?” I ask then. Gaima appears a few seconds after I ask. She’s wearing a red pajama, buttoned up almost all the way. Her hair is a bit messy. “You don’t have to pay for it, my sister gave it to him as a thanks for his service.” She says and after that she let’s out a big yawn. “Do I even want to hear what type of service he served?” I ask her. “I’ll let him have the honor of explaining it to you.” Gaima says with a big smile. “Alright I’m brining this dude to the room and I’m going out then for a bit. If you see any of those just tell them that I’ll be back in maybe an hour.” I tell her as I drag him to the room. I put him into the bed next to Ikattef. Then I go out of the café, to take a small walk.

I walk around and find a little park. I see a few targets, carved in trees, a few small benches, and a little pond. I decide to train my magic a bit. I hold up my right arm again. I can feel my horns getting a little warmer and my mana flowing to my hand. Then I can feel a bullet forming on the palm of my hand. Then when it’s fully formed, I fire it at the shooting target. I hit in the fourth ring. “Damn I suck at this.” I just murmur to myself. Then I try again. This time I land my shot a little closer to the fifth ring. “Third try’s a charm.” I just tell myself as I shoot my third shot. This one was in the fifth ring. “You aren’t as bad as I thought at this.” A voice tells me. I turn around, ready to shoot a missile at the person, but I see that it’s just Danji and Ikattef. “Shouldn’t you guys get some sleep?” I ask them. “Shouldn’t you stop pointing a bullet at us mister horny?” Ikattef asks, trying to irritate me. “Please don’t tell me that nickname sticks.” I sigh. “How did you guys even get here?” I then ask immediately. “An elf in pj’s told us that you were going to take a walk and eventually we ended up here.” Danji says. “I should’ve told Gaima to keep you guys in bed or something.” I think out loud. “Oh, so that was her name. Yeah, I wouldn’t know because I didn’t get to fuc- “Danji says but before he finishes his sentence, he realizes that he’s talking to me. My horns begin to glow as I hold up my right hand and aim at his face. “Give me one reason not to shoot this at your face.” I say to him as the fully formed bullet sits in the palm of my hand. “Because I didn’t fuck her.” He speaks. “Wrong excuse.” I say as I launch the bullet at his hand. It hits Danji’s hand and makes a pretty deep wound.

“WHY DID YOU DO THAT?” Ikattef shouts at me. “I EXPECTED HIM TO TAKE THAT LIKE THE BEATING IN THE FACE HE TOOK YESTERDAY.” I shout back. Then we just run back to the café. On the way I rip off one of the sleeves of my shirt and bind it around his wound. “That should stop the bleeding a little.” I tell them as we run back. The streets aren’t filled with people. That’s probably because it’s still pretty early. We arrive at the café. We storm in one of the elves notices Danji’s bleeding hand and shouts: “Gaima, could you come to heal that guy I told you about yesterday for a sec?” A few seconds after she comes around and begins using magic to heal the wound.

“Why would you be so stupid to hit a dwarf with magic?” She asks after she’s finished healing Danji’s hand. “Wait he’s weak to magic?” I ask a little confused. “Of course, they are, shouldn’t you know that?” The other elf asks a little confused. Where is my damn Greater Wisdom, Souru you’re letting me down? “Well, I do have a solid reason why I don’t know that.” I just murmur to myself. “Oh, do you now? I’d love to hear it. Anyways I’m off to the kitchen, call me when you need me sis.” Gaima tells her sister.

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“We maybe should get going as well. Do you guys still have stuff in our room?” I ask my friends. “No, we’re all clear.” Danji says. I’ll just quickly go and check, just to be sure.” I say as I walk to our room. Its completely empty. The bed is even made. Then I go out of the room and back to the bar. I give the elf the keys of room 30. “I’ll say bye to Gaima for you.” She says while receiving the keys. “Man do all of you elves have to tease me so much?” I just ask myself. Then I turn myself back to my friends. “Let’s get to The Atin shall we?” I ask as we get out of the café. “Yeah, but I have to tell both of you something.” Ikattef says. “Alright spit it out man.” Danji responds. “So tonight, I got visited by Souru and guess what!” Ikattef says almost shouting. “What?” I just ask. “Her boobs grow, if her religion grows.” Ikattef says, and you can hear every bit of amazement in his voice. “So why is that relevant?” I ask. “Because I’ve become her priest and I want you guys to become a part of the religion as well.” Ikattef tells. “Okay then, it’s the least we can do for Souru.” Danji tells Ikattef. “What about you Segate?” Ikattef asks. “I mean, if it makes you guys happy, I’ll do it.” I declare. “Let’s go, they’ve probably grown a size now.” Ikattef shouts. A few people begin to stare at us. “Maybe we should just shut up.” I tell my friends. “Agreed.” Danji agrees. “But why?” Ikattef just asks. “Are you stupid or do you pretend you are?” I just ask him. “What about both?” Danji suggests.

“Alright that was the vote then I guess. No more talking for you Ikattef until we’re at The Atin.” I declare. “What is The Atin even?” Danji asks. “Oh, shit I forgot to tell you. The Atin is a place where you can check if you have artifacts or not.” I explain. “But why do you even think we have an artifact? We barely have any money.” Danji asks. “Remember that damn gem we got? Yeah, Gaima said it could be an artifact. That’s why I want to check it.” I tell them. “You sure are talking a lot about that Gaima aren’t you.” Ikattef teases. “Weren’t you supposed to shut up until we were at The Atin?” I ask him. He just starts looking at me. His eyes filled with anger.

We walk a bit further and after a fifteen-minute walk we arrive at The Atin. “Let’s just hope we don’t have to pay for this.” I just say to myself. “I have an idea, let’s pray to Souru for good luck.” Ikattef suggests. “Okay then.” I just say. “Okay boys say it with me.” Ikattef instructs. “Okay but could you start?” Danji asks. “May Souru bless us.” Ikattef starts. “May Souru bless us.” We repeat. “And may her boobs grow ginormous.” Ikattef says. “I think we’ve prayed enough, let’s just go in.” I tell Ikattef. “But praying was so much fun.” Danji says. “Just get in the building already.” I command them.

We get in the building. There is a big booth with a few gems in a glass box and a small bell on there. On the wall there are helmets, swords and necklaces hanging. Behind the booth there is a small door. We go up to the booth. “Can I hit the bell?” Danji asks immediately. “Just ring it once though.” I tell him. He rings the bell once. A minute goes by. Ikattef rings the bell. Then he rings it again. And again. After that he rings it ten more times. “I’m coming, just give me a damn moment.” We hear a voice shout at us. “Why did you ring that damn thing so much?” I just ask Ikattef. “Sorry I just had to.” Ikattef replies. I just sigh because I don’t want to start an argument in whatever this place is. Then a crow-like man walks in. He’s wearing a yellow buttoned up shirt with a purple jacket over it. He’s wearing green pants and a lot of jewelry. “Okay so what do you people need?” He asks. I take out the gem. “I would love to know if this is an artifact or not. And I’ve heard that you know everything there is to know about artifacts so of course we’d come here.” I tell him.

“I see, you’re here for my genius. Well knowledge costs money. And seeing what you want me to investigate, I’d say you need about 10 Jins.” He tells. Shit. We don’t even have that much. But I’m not done yet. “What about 2 Jins, 4 Shiru and my sword. Is that enough for you?” I ask as I give him my sword. “This is the most basic sword I’ve ever seen. That wouldn’t even be worth a Shiru. So, no I’m not accepting your offer. Come back when you are actually ready to pay shit.” He says as he walks of. We walk out of The Atin, unsuccessful on all fronts. “When did you even find out how these coins work?” Danji asks. “While you were fucking elves.” I just tell him. “But what now?” Ikattef asks. I wouldn’t know. Come on. Think. “I have an idea. What if we go to tavern?” I ask.