"Do you really have to leave now? Can't you wait until we celebrated your birthday before you go?" Hide asked me while i was preparing to leave. "No need to celebrate my birthday. It's a waste of time." I replied back nonchalantly. I had changed into a navy blue classic dress with a white bow covering the front of my stomach. "Sorry Hide but I really want to leave as soon as possible." I said to Hide. The next estimated demon invasion will happen 2 years later when i am 12 years old.

I have to prepare for the invasion though i did not tell that to Hide. As Hide continued to pester me, Lisa stepped through the door. "Leaving before saying goodbye?" Lisa huffed. "Well i wasn't about to leave yet..." I tried to tell her but she jumped forward and gave me a tight hug. "We will meet again right?" Lisa sniffed before letting go of me. "Yeah sure we will." I assured her as she pulled away.

Didn't thought that Lisa would get attached to people so easily. "Did you pack everything?" Hide asked me as i stood up from my bed after throwing food and clothes into my dimensional space. "Yeah looks like this is goodbye for now." I said as i made my way outside. "Before I leave, Lisa can you give me the direction to the underground dwarf city?" I asked Lisa as i stood by the door. "I will hand you a map leading to it." 

After i received the map containing directions to the dwarf city, i thanked Lisa before leaving the base. Hide tried to come with me but was dragged away by Lisa saying that he would get caught by humans immediately from seeing his ears. Looks like the forest I am currently in is close to the sea so i decided to visit the port city nearby.

It's more like a siege fortress city. There is a huge wall surrounding the city with random high towers placed among ordinary civilian buildings. There is another layer of walls inside the city with even higher towers placed around. Finally a castle can be seen in the middle of the city. This place is even more impressive than their own imperial castle! There was a long queue of people waiting to enter the gate. Security seems tight.

I joined the queue and had to wait for three hours before it was my turn. "Take off your hood stranger." one of the guard ordered. I lowered the hood covering my face and looked at him right in the eye. "Do you have any identifications?" the guard continued to say. "Umm no sir, i am afraid i don't have any sort of identification card with me." I replied back to the guard in a cool voice. "Is that so, then pay an entrance fee of 5 silver." 

I took out 5 sliver coins and handed it to the guard and then he allowed me to enter. Let me take back my words about security being tight here. It's actually lax. Seems like the city is named after the person who designed the city. The city is named Eulen after the person. The city is impressive on the inside as well. There doesn't seems to be any slums and all the parts of the city seems to be of decent quality with proper stone roads and buildings.

This place is even more impressive than the imperial city! I walked around the city while keeping my hood on. Got to get some supplies before leaving for the dwarf city to gather materials for my project. I also need a specific spell if it even exist but first, i have to eat. It's about noon now and i am starving.

I located a casual dinning place while walking along the road. The road was lively since there was many people walking around. No signs of any poorly dressed person that is homeless. This city should become the imperial city. I walked into the dinning place and ordered some food. I ordered some fish that i have not heard of before. It tasted like smoked salmon. After finishing my lunch, I left the place. 

Time to find a spell shop. I walked around deeper into the city searching for the shop. "Excuse me, do you know where i might find a spell shop?" I stopped and asked a random person on the street. "A spell shop.... I believe there is one behind the third wall. That's just before the castle." he replied back quickly before walking away. The third wall..... I believe i am currently in the first wall area. The richer people live deeper in i heard. 

The problem is how do i get inside the third wall? Not anyone can just waltz in and out of the area. One must be of nobility or a rich person. Crap... getting to a spell shop in Rishon is proving difficult. I need to find a inn to stay first. Let's head to the second wall area. As long as you pay a gold coin, you can get in.

After paying a guard 2 gold coins instead of 1, i got into the second wall area. The place looks more polished. People looks more well dressed. Many of them was in formal attire. "Move out of the way!" a soldier shouts as a group of soldiers riding on horses charged from the castle to the outer walls. There was at least 700 of them thundering through the roads. Wonder what happens to cause all this ruckus. 

After the soldiers passed by, I felt a slight tremor coming from the ground. Is that an aftershock from an earthquake? I wonder. I continued making my way deeper inside. It's also been awhile since the king's death was announced to the public. The first prince is the next to the throne who is 15 years old. Still just a kid. 

After the king's death was known, the public didn't really seemed to care about it. Looks like the king was not really loved by his people. As I walked deeper inside, I saw a neatly dressed gentleman looking with 2 bodyguard by his side. They were cornering a girl that looked about 14 with blueish green hair with a doll like face. It seemed like they were trying to grab her or something while the girl looked at them with blank eyes.

"Stop it!" I shouted at them. "Leave her alone!" "Hmm? Get out of here and don't meddle in adult business!" the bodyguards grunted at me before turning back to the girl. As i looked back at her, I saw her staring at me like she found a treasure. Maybe she was happy that someone was helping her i guess. I charged at the bodyguards and punched their back with a fist. A crack sound was heard before they both went down. 

"I paid 10 gold coins for there bodyguards! How dare you waste my money!" the neatly dressed man screamed at me before running away. "I will get you back for that!" he continued to rant as he disappeared behind a corner. "Are you alright little girl?" I asked the yellow eyed girl staring at my face. "............. oh thank you for helping me." the girl paused for along time before replying back. "Where do you live? I will walk you back." I said to her.

"Aren't you a little girl as well?" the girl asked me as we walked down the road. She sure is slow in answering. "Ahh well i am." I replied back to her. "And I don't have a place to stay as well." the girl said. I thought she was someone from a royal family since she looked like a doll but she doesn't even have a place to stay. What a shocker. "Did you run away from home or something?" I asked her since that is the next logical question. 

"Sort of i guess?" she replied back while grinning at me the whole time. "What are you going to do now?" "I don't know........ I have a great idea! Can i stay with you?" she asked me while looking at me happily. "What! I uh yeah I guess for a while." I answered back. "Great! Thank you!" 

"What's your name by the way?" I asked her as we walked towards an inn. "You can call me Iona!" she happily said. "Right.... mine is Aoi. Nice to meet you Iona." "Nice to meet you as well!" We went into a expensive looking inn but money doesn't matter since I looted the king's place. Instead of an inn, it's more like a hotel I can say. 

"Two rooms please." I asked the person at the reception desk. "I wanna sleep with you!" Iona whined at me while tugging at my hood. "Let go." I said as I tried to shrug her off but instead, my hood came down. "So a room for 2 i guess since your little sister doesn't want to sleep from a different room from you. "Ah well yeah fine then. A room for 2. "Yay!" Iona cheered beside me. "Which noble family are you girls from? You don't look like an ordinary person." the receptionist asked me. 

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"We are just travelers wandering around." I replied back before taking the keys from his outstretched hands and heading up the stairs. We headed to the third floor and went inside our room. There was 2 beds inside with a table in the middle with some chairs. "I will take the left one, you take the right." Iona happily nodded before jumping into the bed at the right side of the room. 

"Let's head downstairs and find a restaurant to eat in." I told her as I jumped out of my bed and headed for the door. "Wait for me!" Iona cried out before following me. Now that a place to stay is found, all i need to do is find a way into the third area, find the spell I need and get the hell out of there. I asked around a few people on how to gain access inside and the three way is either you are from a noble or royal family, invitation from one of them or become an adventurer and reach rank A.

So the easiest way would be becoming an adventurer and reaching rank A in about a year. While that's impossible for average people, I am confident I can do it. The problem is what should I do with her? Is she going to keep on following me? If so, then that's going to become a problem. 

"Hey Iona, I am going to become an adventurer but that's too dangerous for you so you should stop coming with me." I told her as we were walking down the road and heading to the first wall area since that's where the adventurer's guild is located. "It's okay. I can take care of myself." Iona responded back with an annoyed look on her face. "It's not like I am useless you know." she continued to say. "Really now? I wonder..." 

We arrived outside of the adventurer's guild which is located in the third area near the gate to the second area. It looks very polished and out of place from the other lower quality buildings though it is not like a slum. I already wore my cloak before heading out though Iona wasn't too keen on covering her appearance and just wore a simple black dress. 

We headed inside and I have to say that I did not expect what was awaiting me inside. After I opened the double door, a reception desk could be seen with a board beside and papers could be seen pinned onto the board. All these was at the back of the large room that i just entered. Light crystals could be seen lighting up the place and there was sofas and tables around. I expected an inn like place but this place looks like a waiting area for some work interview.

Got to say that I am quite surprised. There was quite a number of people gathered here and talking among themselves, sharing information I believe. As we walked to the reception desk, many stares was directed to Iona since she was quite beautiful. We arrived at the reception and caught the attention of the receptionist women. "Are you here to put a request?" the women asked. "No. We are here to apply as adventurers." I replied back to her.

Silence filled the air before mutterings could be heard. "Oi oi don't tell me those little kids are going to apply and become adventurers?" "That girl in black dress would better off be my wife rather than becoming an adventurer." "Are you sure you want to apply for it?" the receptionist women asked us. "I am very sure." I replied back, ignoring the mutterings. "As long as you are age 10 and above, you can apply for it." the women continued. 

"I am 10." I said. "Well I am 13! Older than you!" Iona gleefully said. What the... Iona is older than me by 3 years?! But she looks younger than me! "You will start off as the lowest rank unless you want to take a rank examination test to try your luck and get higher rank immediately." the receptionist women said. What! There is such thing? This is going to speed up the process of me getting inside the third area. "I would like to take the examination please." I said politely to her. "Me too me too!" Iona cried out.

"One person needs to pay 80 slivers to take the examination and after taking a test, one must wait a year before being allowed to take the test again. Are you sure you want to take the test?" the women asked us again. "Very sure." I said while taking out 160 slivers from my pocket which is actually from my dimensional space. I didn't realize it but Iona had noticed me taking it out from a dimensional space.

"Please head this way." the reception women announced before walking to a door behind the desk. We followed after her and we realize many others followed as well. "Why are they coming as well?" I asked the women. "People are allowed to watch the test to ensure that no cheating or bribery can be made." the women answered my question. "I see....." 

We arrived at a large stadium like place with seats around. "You will be asked to fight against various monsters and every time you slay the monster, a stronger one will appear. As you keep beating them, your rank will be judged accordingly." the women told us before heading towards another room. The others started climbing up the stand and seating down. 

"I will go first." I told Iona before heading into the arena. "Welcome to the examination young one. You will be tested to the very limit of your abilities and be ranked accordingly. There is a chance of you dying if you are not careful. Are you ready?" a figure from the opposite side of me announced loudly in a booming voice. "Always ready!" I shouted back at the figure.

I took out a simple short iron sword that I had taken from the elf base. It was of good quality. "First monster will now be released." A magic circle appeared about 5 meters in front of me and something appeared in a blinding light. It had the shape of a wolf but was slightly larger. Is that a Wulf? 

The wulf looked like a wolf from Earth except that it had a different colour scheme. It was blue in colour. The wulf growled at me before jumping into the air towards me. I dodged it by going underneath it quickly and I stabbed it in the back after the wulf had landed. I took out my sword stuck in the wulf and wiped the blood off the fur of it. That was easy.

"Congratulations! You beat the first monster! Would you like to take a rest?" the figure asked me. "No rest needed and hurry up with the next one please. "I said to him. "Getting a bit cocky now aren't you? Second monster will now be released." Another magic circle appeared in front of me and this time, a bigger wolf appeared. A warg this time i guess. Wargs are 3 to 4 times bigger than a wulf and is has a more aggressive nature. Wulfs can be considered a tier 1 monster and wargs can be considered as tier 2 monsters. 

Wargs are also more intelligent than wulfs. This can be seen as the warg that was summoned did not charged at me immediately like the wulf did and started circling around me slowly while keeping it's distance from me. I circled the warg slowly as well. We stared at each other before i threw my sword at it. The iron sword was thrown too fast for the warg to dodge and the sword pierced through the head of the warg and the warg fell down, dead.

I walked towards it and pulled out my sword. There was silence in the air. Wargs have very hard skulls but I didn't know that. An average rank B adventurer would have about 60 strength while I had about 80 but of course I didn't know that as well. All this time I was fighting, somewhere in the shadow, Iona was silently gauging my strength and looking at the way I fought. "Soon, I will have my revenge." she quietly muttered.