As I set out on my first journey for the second time I felt a bit more certain. After all I could kill a magic beast with one shot but I still could not be careless and given my useless traveling companion I would be looking out for myself. As we set out Lindis seemed cheerier than yesterday and struck up a conversation.
“So Oldor that’s some pretty powerful magic to kill a boar horse like that and even after you took a hit head on like that you were fine.”
It wasn’t a question so I just nodded in response.
“Even though you were fine I don’t get why you needed healing?”
that would be rather difficult to explain this world seemed to have no knowledge of what a concussion was even mother who could be considered a medical professional didn’t know exactly what was wrong only that my head needed healing. No chance that this idiot would understand and worse he might question how a four year old would know such things. My magic and Ki talent could be explained as me being a prodigy but having knowledge like that, would be difficult to explain away. So I chose not to answer I just acted like I hadn’t heard him and began whistling while quickening my pace. Perhaps he was not so dense after all at least he changed his approach.
“Well even if you don’t know what you did need healing but your mother was a healer did she never teach you?”
“Huummm mother uses spoken words in her healing but I have only learned rune magic so I can’t heal like she could.”
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I see still couldn’t you use runes to heal or even put the runes on your body like you did the others?”
With a concussion using magic would be suicide fortunately there was an easier way to answer his question.
“I would have but I used up all the dragons blood on the first two tattoos,”
“Tattoos?” he seemed to mull over the word. Perhaps there wasn’t even a concept of tattoos in this world?
“It is the word I made up for putting pictures on your skin.” I said. He seemed to accept that like it was just a word made up by a child.
“Still as incredible as that magic is to have used up a vile of dragons blood for that is a high price to pay.”
I was quite surprised to hear that after all dragons are quite large while they might be hard to kill they should have lots of blood.
“Is it really that expensive?”
I was worried now my daydream of a dragon’s blood tattoo parlor was fading away. Actually that would be a really sick name for my future dream business.
“Indeed a vile sells for around a hundred gold you could buy most of your village for that price.”
Granted it was a small village only around three hundred people but still. My family had been considered rather well off and we never even had close to a hundred gold hell I had never even seen fifty gold all at once.
“Was it really ok for you to give something so valuable away?”
I had never had much even in my other life and I never gave up what little I had willingly.
Such generosity as expected of a rich boy, maybe he wasn’t such a bad guy after all.
“Actually why did you even have a vile of something so expensive?”
“That’s simple so I could send secret messages to my family about information I found or if things didn’t go well and I was in trouble I could send a message for rescue.”
Hearing that I tripped and nearly fell on my face. I couldn’t help but stare at him I needed to revise my opinion of him again. He was definitely a good guy and also a huge idiot. Not only did he just admit to spying but he also gave away something that was essentially a lifeline in case of emergencies. No wait he totally abandoned me in front of the magic beast so I scratched good guy off my list of his qualities too.
Speaking of the magic beast it should be lying somewhere around here. Looking for it my eyes stumbled onto a group of men that had gathered around the corpse. Seems they were harvesting the corpse gathering the Ki for weapons the meat for food the skin for leather even the tusks for the ivory. While it’s true I killed it and should rightfully claim it we were in a hurry and I didn’t want to bother with it.
Until something caught my attention a blond headed pointy eared oppai loli in a maid uniform…..THANK YOU GOD. I nearly broke down in tears on the spot after all dreams really do come true. But I couldn’t cry even if I wanted to after all I knew that blond busty loli. “Sin?”
I started walking that way…ok I was jogging and trying very hard not to break into a run. Lindis seemed to think I wanted to see the corpse salvaging and was quite content to wait by the road. Or so I thought in the next instant he had caught up to me and his pace was increasing. I saw that predatory gleam in his eye well there was only one thing to do about that. I slid his direction and rotated into his path using his own momentum I bashed him with a hard blow to the liver that dropped him like a shotgun blast. Not giving him a second glance I walked on towards Sin funny though I somehow felt refreshed and it must be an illusion but the day seemed to be more beautiful than it had been a moment ago.
“Sin, oy Sin.” I called out to her
“Ow Oldor hi isn’t this cool it’s the first time I have ever seen such a big magic beast before.”
She really did seem to be excited to watch them dismember the beast which honestly was a little creepy because it is quite gory work.
“Sin what are you doing here aren’t you supposed to be in school?”
“Ow that I decided not to go anymore.”…….I was a bit stunned by that since that is not really something a child can decide.
“Then why are you out here?”
“These nice men are traders from Elfhiem but because of this fierce magic beast they couldn’t leave the village anyway they are lots of fun and they played with me a lot.
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I hadn’t even noticed the group of traders in the village I had been so focused on my own trip to Elfhiem.
“Ow and this one Mr. said I was overflowing with talent and that I should go to Elfhiem with his group so they could protect me and introduce me to all kinds of new friends. Look he even gave me this pretty new dress!”
after saying that she started to twirl and the already short skirt started to rise higher and higher we were in dangerous territory now. MOTHER FUCKERS; child abduction I bet he really would introduce her to “all kinds” of new people but I doubt many would be friendly as least in the way she thought. Still to be so innocent she didn’t even recognize a maid uniform and a rather risqué one at that well I suppose no one in our village could afford to keep a maid and if they did have such a fetish they would certainly keep it behind closed doors. At that point Lindis showed up a little vomit splashed up on his collar apparently my blow had more stopping power than I thought hehehehe. It seemed he had caught the last part of our conversation though and his eyes narrowed and his hand went to his sword. Ow a rather gallant reaction given the predatory glint in his own eye and since he had a history of running from danger before. I shall have to reevaluate my opinion of him yet again it seems. He leaned in to whisper to me.
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“Oldor these are men not beasts it will make a lot of trouble for us if you kill them just remember that if things go bad.”
That’s actually some sound advice it’s true if my magic could waste a magic beast what would it do to a human? I will just have to stick to using my Ki then.
Lindis stepped forward towards the working men. “That’s a fine catch you have there.” He called out t them.
The man who was overseeing the work looked up and seeing Lindis turned around.
“Indeed it is.” He replied “we had quite the good fortune to find such exquisite goods unattended.”
The actual words were harmless his tone and the hunger in his eyes that he directed towards Sin ruled out any polite meaning. Turning back around to see to the work he seemed to pay us no more attention. Lindis approached intent on keeping the conversation going but that was the wrong approach. Someone needed to cock block this guy for good. So I did I slid forward in a shuffling step gathering my Ki I reached up between his legs grabbing a handful of balls and I gripped hard pouring my Ki into it. Just as the shock hit him I kicked him in the back of his knees dropping him down to my height then I put power into my waist and spun to the side like a top bringing my elbow up to bash into his temple. This time he sprawled to flat on the grass and he didn’t make a sound.
Sin looked rather surprised and clearly wanted to say something. Lindis well he had his toes turned in and was covering his junk with both hands while wearing an expression that said he was staring into the eyes of a ferocious magic beast and was certain to meet his doom.
At this point the working men noticed the lack of nagging that their boss had been continuously spewing out and turned around. Seeing their boss sprawled out they didn’t have much reaction the heartless bums. Then they saw sin standing by Lindis behind me that lit a fire in them. If their boss got his ass kicked so what he probably had it coming but these filthy interlopers dare mess with their oppai elf loli maid. That was a sin punishable by death they took up their tools and a few even had polearms that were pointed our way.
It was time for a little shock and awe I channeled magic through the runes on my arm letting the bloody light dance before their eyes. I slammed my fist into the ground blasting out a massive crater and blowing rock and soot four meters into the air. They stopped in their tracks as I strode forward stepping up and resting my leg on their bosses back like some trophy I killed then I stomped him; right in the balls while laughing like a maniac. If blowing a fucking crater in the ground stopped them then watching me bash their bosses balls made all of them drop their weapons. None of their hands went up in surrender though they one and all covered their junk.
Looking back at Lindis and sin I smiled
“See I didn’t kill anybody just like you wanted Lindis in fact they seem like pretty reasonable people to me.”
I said while smiling. Lindis looked like he was about to hurl again but he just nodded.
We had the men gather what they had stripped off the corpse to take back to the village. After we returned and explained to the militia it was decided that since I killed it I would receive the payment for the parts they had collected and that the traders would be kicked out of the village for the crime of trying to lure Sin away.
With that settled and my earnings tucked away a whole ten gold we returned to my house where we were told Sins mother Mrs. Sierra was waiting with my own parents.
That conversation did not go at all like I expected. It started like I thought it would with us explaining the story and Mrs. Sierra being worried and father wanting to go bash the scumbag’s heads in. it was when they went to leave though things went a completely different direction.
“I am going to Elfhiem.” At Sins bold declaration everyone froze.
“Sweetie you can’t go all that way by yourself and where would you go who would you stay with you doesn’t know anyone there.”
Mrs. Sierra tried dissuading her until Lindis stepped in.
“Actually Odor and I are headed to Elfhiem she could stay with me and even gain a connection to the Allister family as well.” Of all the stupid things to… the light from the runes on my arm flared to life. In an instant Lindis curled his toes and covered himself while apologizing. I must say it was quite a satisfying reaction, my satisfaction was quickly replaced by shock however.
“Well okay if she has companions to watch over her and a place to stay I suppose its fine.”
The hell? Of all the irresponsible things a parent could say. I mean yes technically I am doing the same thing but I still have the memories of a grown man plus I can take care of myself. As Sin rushed off to get her things together her mother started to explain.
“Sin is an idiot.” “I work in my own household as well as the backup nurse and healer in case anything happens whether it is a disaster where many people need help or if Silla is sick like when you were born Oldor.”
“But Sin she is an absolute sweetheart and completely incompetent she would not be able to handle those responsibilities. It doesn’t matter if it is doing laundry cooking or tending a wound sin is completely helpless. If she goes to the city she could certainly meet a nice moneyed man who could take her in and love her after all she is my daughter.”
Saying that she straightened up which set her massive rack to bouncing I couldn’t believe my ears could this really be happening could one really exist, a clumsy, busty, elven, loli, maid dear god in the heavens I thank you. Wait I slammed my hands down on the table what if it was a gothic maid she could even wear glasses she could hit seven different fetishes at once not only that we would be living under the same roof. Someone coughed and I looked up finally escaping my delusions everyone was staring at me. I silently cursed Saurtobi for giving me all these perverted habits still I needed to act fast to cover over my unnatural actions.
“Very well I pledge my life I will make sure Sin stays safe and cared for no matter what trials I may face you have my word on it as a man.”
Hearing that Mrs. Sierra came around the table and wrapped me up in a great bear hug going on about what a cute and responsible little man I was. Honestly I wasn’t listening I had lost myself in the soft bouncy sensations yay.
“I to pledge on the father tree that I shall do all in my power to make sure little miss Sin has a comfortable and enjoyable stay in Elfhiem!”
it would seem Lindis wanted in on some of this hugging action. Mrs. Sierra let me go and went over to Lindis and held his hand while thanking him telling him what a great reassurance that was that her daughter would be in good hands.
So it was decided that we would head to Elfhiem in the morning all three of us.
when we were leaving out I realized I had left for Elfhiem twice but I still hadn’t made it more than a mile from my house. What is it they say third times the charm right? Anyways that’s how I left on my first adventure for the third time.