Niveus awoke with a startle, the sky outside indicated it was far past morning with his body still aching from the work he did yesterday. Standing up his body swayed a bit, after recollecting himself he began walking down the stairs carefully, a fall would not do him any good right now. Each step against the wood making a creaking sound. "Crreak Crreeak Creak... thump" A tiny thump was heard as he got off the last step. He made his way to a chair and was greeted by the two who owned this residence.
"Ah, you're awake!" A deep voice called out.
"Good morning!" The voice slightly high but evidently cute.
He turned his face towards them seeing the two vibrant faces with a smile dotted across. "Hello." He greeted with a slightly weary voice, his eyes felt heavier than usual and it took a bit more effort to keep them open.
He immediately sat on a chair resting his weary body, he was leaning forward slightly with both arms on the table. A bowl was placed in front of him with two chopsticks sitting beside it, a smell of fresh rice paired with freshly cooked vegetables fill his tired body with some strength.
The bowl is lifted up and with with great gusto the contents are completely devoured leaving a few grains to sit along the sides. After placing 3 cups of tea on the table the oji-san takes his place on the table as well and begins his own meal.
"Niv what did you do that made you so tired?" The oji-san asks after a little while placing the bowl and chopsticks down while picking up the cup. He gives it a couple blows before taking a quick sip of the tea and sets it back on the table.
Niv becomes a little excited as he boasts about his accomplishments "I hunted a lot of goblins and then some wolves" He exclaims with a smug expression covering his face. The faces of both Sophie and the oji-san light up as their interest is peaked. "Goblins and wolves?" A tiny voice sounds out towards the left.
"Yeah, the small green ones and the white wolves." He says to the curious face of little Sophie. She grows in curiosity "What were they like?" She asks while taking a little bite out of a vegetable.
"The goblins look like little ugly green people, they have sharp teeth and claws and are very violent. They gather in groups and let out these evil sounding shrieks before they attack you like a animal!" Niveus exclaims while raising his hands at Sophie, instead of getting scared like he wanted she instead grows super excited.
Practically jumping out of her seat she asks about the wolves. He tells her about the wolf that jumped at him and how he had to wrestle with it while trying to stop it from biting his face, her face shines bright as she imagines the wolves.
"Sounds like you went through quite the experience huh." The oji-san says suddenly. "No it is was nothing super bad, it was just surprising as it was the first time." Niveus quickly responds.
"Oh, that is good." The oji-san says clearly more relaxed, he is beginning to warm up to Niveus and Niveus is starting to warm up to Sophie and the old man. At first there was practically 0 conversation but now they were able to worry about each other and experience excitement about the things that happened to each other.
"Oh yeah, Oji-san what were you two doing in that carriage when you found me." Niveus asks. The oji-san pauses for a little "I am something like a merchant and I had to visit someone to talk business with. Leaving Sophie here by herself would not have been good so I brought her with me."
"Ah, I should thank that guy shouldn't I?" Niveus chuckles a bit. After conversing with them for a bit and asking questions he suddenly speaks out "Ah, I will be leaving now, I want to head to the Adventurers Guild to turn in the items and get the reward." He says while standing to place the bowl on the table in the kitchen area then he turns back to face them.
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"Okay, have a good time" Oji-san says while placing an empty bowl down on the table looking him right in the eyes. Sophie placing down a cup that is slightly too big for her also nods at Niveus letting out a little "Un"
Niveus turns his feet to the door and makes his way to it before opening it and exiting the house. His feet make noises on the stone pathway as his body is carried out to the roads, he makes his way through the medium sized town to the Adventurers Guild.
He opens the wooden door and is greeted by the normal laughter and constant chatter that pervades the Adventurers Guild. If there was beer here it would be mistaken for a bar instead of a guild.
There is hardly a line with only 2 people making an obstacle to the counter, Niveus makes his way over and increases the size of the line.
"Have you heard of the goblin camp?" One voice says "You mean the one that had all the bodies and the chieftain found dead in it?" Another asks. Voices echo from a table that was planted to his right. A group of 5 were having a conversation that seemed to be about him.
"Yeah that one, the one who did all that is either a random expert wiping out the camp or a new group managed to clear it" One of the men try to explain while taking a swig of beer and bite of meat. Some pieces are launched out of his mouth as he speaks with the meat sitting on his tongue.
A "smack" rings out on his head as one of his companions smacks it. "Your getting your food all over you dumb ass, we can't eat any of this now." He roars at him. The guy using his free hand rubs the back of his head. "Gee my bad." He mutters back. This is followed by laughter coming from a couple tables as a couple guys laugh at his misfortune.
Niveus makes it to the front as the two in front of him finished speaking. The one who greets him is the same counter lady from before. "Hey are you the only person that sits at this counter?" He asks while placing two bags onto the counter.
"Hey Niv, nope there are 3 of us that sit at the counter." She explains taking and opening the bags. "Oh, well I finished those two quests I picked up." He explains as she piles all the ears onto the counter.
"Yeap, 40 goblin ears and 15 white wolf ears. That is a hunting quest finished." She responds while recording [Quest Complete] Beside the two quests he picked up. "Wait it wasn't 50?" Niveus asks puzzled.
"Nope" She responds as 15 silvers are placed on the counter that Niveus swipes up and places into a pouch. "Oh, see ya counter lady" He calls out while turning and walking out the door. He dumps the 10 ears that he mistakenly grabbed as well.
His feet touch the stone once again as he walks in another direction. Niveus asked the oji-san earlier and now he wants to visit a place in town similar to a mage shop, he has a lot of mana but there is nothing to do with it. Houses pass by as he makes his way to a old looking store. A creak is made as the door opens revealing shelves of antiques. A oldish guy sits behind a counter with a book in his hand, after hearing the creak he takes a look towards Niveus but returns his eyes back to the pages of the book.
"Do you have anything that teaches about magic?" Niveus asks the old guy who points towards a shelf of books. Niveus browses through the books entitled many things he does not understand until he gets to a series of books called: Beginners guide to magic. Picking up the first book Niveus takes it to the old guy.
"How much for the book?" Niveus asks while placing it on the counter in front of the old guy. "5 Silvers" Is the response. Niveus places 5 silvers down and picks the book up off the counter bringing it with him as he exits the door. Weird old man.
Spoiler: I will place the stats here if there is no Status Screen showed in the chapter.
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Level: 1
Experience: 0
Name: Niveus
Gender: Male
Class: Champion of Umbra
Hp: 655/655
MP: 570/570
ATTRIBUTES
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Strength: 112
Agility: 112
Vitality: 112
Intelligence: 111
Wisdom: 111
Luck: 111
TITLES
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Champion of Umbra
Friend of Umbra
Intermediate Goblin Slayer
Beginner Wolf Hunter
SKILLS
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Champion of Umbra
Charge
Auto HP Regeneration
Triple Strike
Shriek
Sneak
Tough Skin