In front of Fenrir’s cave among the corpses, a man covered in a familiar robe stood, “Useless” He muttered angrily, his eyes were bloodshot.
“Sir, I have something” Another man appeared kneeling on one knee behind him, he then presented a small flag with the Davis family’s symbol to the man standing among the bloody corpses.
“This symbol was found 300 meters away from here along with many corpses, there are also signs of struggle,” The kneeling man said as he handed him the flag.
“This looks familiar… have you found out where this flag came from?” The man pulls down his hood revealing a snake mask covering his face.
The man who handed him the symbol replied, “Yes Master Viper, it’s the symbol of a rising family from the Avalom Empire”
“I see… Let's pack up and move, we’re going to the Avalom Empire” Viper snapped his finger, “Yessir” A dozen more hooded men appeared each of them wearing a plain white mask, they disappeared into the night with the Edwelt family in mind.
“Woof woof” a young pup barked as he wagged his tail delightfully. “Alright, here you go Skye” Davis handed Skye a bowl of expensive food, he then turned to see K sorting a whole box of elixirs and medicinal herbs.
A few days ago…
In front of a luxurious elixir store, Davis stood, “You’ll answer my question if I do this for you, correct?” Davis asks with uncertainty
K jokingly replied, “Of course, my friend since when have I lied to you? And besides you do me this favor and I’ll promise not to mute you again, think of it as a simple favor between friends”
Davis let out a sigh of relief and entered the store.
“Please come in, Sir” A young attracted worker greeted Davis as soon as he entered
The inside seems far larger than the outside.
“Um, I would like to purchase some of your exclusive elixir” Davis replied with an awkward smile
Davis then handed the young lady his note of all the herbs and elixirs he wanted to buy, after seeing the note the female worker
“Yes please, right this way, Sir” The female worker brought Davis and K to a luxurious room, “Please wait here, Sir, I’ll get someone to help you with your purchases,” The young lady told Davis before leaving
“Hey, K? How are we going to pay for all this stuff?” Davis asked,
K chuckled at his question, “Isn’t it obvious, my friend?” He then pointed at the spatial bag on Davis’s belt
Davis asked, “Huh? The treasure? Aren’t these the treasures that YOU used in the wager with Mr. Garrick?” His voice was a mix of both confusion and anger
K laughs at him, “Well, I did dump the bag content on the table, and I have indeed wagered these treasures with him. But I never specified how much we’ll be giving him”
“And besides, I’m not going to lose” K's voice was filled with confident
Soon the manager of the store entered the room with all of the items that were written on K’s note, and after talking for a while they ended up spending 5000 gold coins.
In the present day...
K was happily humming an unknown melody while he sorted out all the items on the table before storing them in one of the spatial bags that was given to them by the store since they’d spent a large amount of money.
“You seem to be in a good mood after spending most of our money” Davis spoke with a tiresome look on his face
K leisurely replied, “My dearest friend, money is a tool made to be used by those who possess it, what got you all riled up so early in the morning?”
“Do you really want to know why I’m like this?” Davis raises his eyebrow
K giggles to himself, “Please do tell, I myself am no stranger to the concept of disapproval due to my unannounced actions, hehe”
Davis felt as if he was about to pop out a vein, “You still have the courtesy to joke around? So far, have done nothing but make a wager with one of the leading powers in Celestia, spending large amounts of our money on many herbs and elixirs without even explaining why”
K nonchalantly replied, “I could do more if you’d like”. Davis almost lunged at him after hearing his answer but he forcibly held himself back, “Sigh*… I’ve waited long enough, as I had done you a favor, I wish for you to keep your word and answer me honestly”
K let out a sigh, “Fine, as you wish but I’ll only answer one question, A question for a favor. Seems pretty fair, no?” K waited for Davis to ask him
Davis thought for a bit as he was about to ask, there was a knock on their door, “Excuse me, are you the one that was looking for a pet sitter?”
K smiled, “Unfortunately timing, I guess we’ll continue this fascinating conversation of ours later”
Davis reluctantly stopped and moved to the door and opened it, “Yes it’s us please come i-” He was quite shocked to see the person behind the door.
It was the young lady from the elixir store, “eh? It you…” the two look at each other dumbfounded
K noticed it too, “Things just a lot more interesting wouldn’t you agree Skye?” He turns to see Skye still munching on his food, “Right I forgot he’s still a pup”
“Aren’t you the worker from the elixir store?” Davis asks in shock
The young lady was startled, “Yes, I work there as a part-time worker so I only have 3 shifts a week” She then saw Skye munching on his food and asked in excitement, “Is he your pet? Can I say hello to him?”
Davis moves out of the doorway, “Ah right, please come in”
“Aww, you’re so cute” The girl rushed to hug Skye
Woof* Skye barked in delight, “Where is my manner, greeting Mr. Davis? I believe that is your name if I’m not mistaken” Linda greeted Davis
“Yes, you’re right Ms. Linda. I’d like to hire you to look after Skye, the pay is 5 bronze coins for 1 hour” Davis answered
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Linda without skipping a beat accepted his offer and quickly shook his arm before going back to playing with Skye. “What a spirited young lad” K mentioned
Linda then noticed K on the table watching her, “I remember you, you’re the crow that accompanied Mr. Davis that day” She turned to him, “You look so cute up close… hang on I got something for you”
She proceeded to pull out a bird food from her pocket and place it next to K since K is a soul that had materialized into the physical world after making a contract with Davis his bird form is not made from flesh and bone so he can’t digest any kind of food.
Plus, he felt a bit offended that someone dared to feed him bird food, K walked away without looking at it, “Oh, you poor thing” Linda said with pity in her voice
Davis was curious and asked, “Ms. Linda what do you mean by that?”
Linda replied in a pitiful tone, “I heard from my grandfather who was a bird watcher that if any bird saw this specially made bird food and did not even taste it then there must be something wrong with it”
What she trying to say is that there is something wrong with K mentally, Davis was holding his laughs in while K was fuming with anger, “How dare a young lad who doesn’t even know anything say that I’m mentally unwell, I will not lower myself to eat food of an animal…”
K was berating her but all Linda heard was caw caw caw…
“And why the fuck are you laughing?” K angrily turns to Davis since he’s the only one who can hear him
“No, He’s fine, he’s just a bit picky with his food” Davis replied while chuckling
“Don't worry Ms. Linda He’ll be coming with me, so you’ll only have to look after Skye” Davis reassured her
“We’ll be off then,” Davis told Linda as he walked out the door, K was sitting on his head as usual
As they got to the stairs Davis asked K, “Do you think it’s fine for us to leave Skye with her?” before K could reply to his question a loud noise was heard, “Wo come here, little guy”
The duo peek into their room from the corridor, Linda is holding Skye up and spinning him around while laughing, and Skye's tail is wagging the entire time
“I’m sure it’s fine,” said K as he returned to his usual self
The two leave the Inn walk the busy street, they walked the busy street and soon arrive at the Celestial Magic Academy entrance, the duo goes inside and finds all the information they need regarding the Academy opening ceremony 2 days from now
They soon leave the academy not noticing a hooded figure trailing them from behind, this goes on for a bit and soon the hooded figure rushes at them from behind and swiftly snatches Davis’s bag from his vast before pushing Davis down and running off into the crowded street corner
“Hey he’s getting away, how long are you going to lay on the floor” K leaned down and asked Davis while standing on his head
Davis couldn’t feel his spatial bag on his vast when he checked, “Shit” he quickly got up and gave chase
K flew above and smiled, “Took him long enough”
Davis couldn’t see the bag snatcher anymore as he blended into the crowd of people, but by following K's instruction Davis was able to navigate through Celestia’s crowded street corner
“You got the good” A muscular man asked a skinny person
“I got a good one this time boss” The skinny man handed Davis’s bag to his boss this was the bag snatcher that stole Davis’s bag
“I finally found you” Davis arrived while trying to catch his breath from all the running, Davis then spotted 5 men
4 of them had a well-built body but the other man was skinny Davis noticed the bag in the man's hand, “That is…” deep breath*… “That is not yours to keep, give it back”
The group laughs at his words, one of the men walks up to Davis with the thought of knocking him out, “I wouldn’t get any closer if I were you” Davis warned him then he points upwards
The man looked up following Davis’s finger and saw a magic circle hovering above his head, “Take a step closer and I’ll make sure you’ll lose your leg”
The group's carefree attitude disappeared and now they’re fully cautious of Davis, in the midst of their standoff K casually stood on the roof of the building observing the entire situation, especially Davis
“How would you deal with this situation boy?” K smiles his eyes flash a red glow for a split second, Davis's magic circle disappears confusing Davis
He was so surprised that the man rushed up to him and aimed for Davis’s face but he reacted quickly and shifted his body, he’s able to avoid the man's punch but the man continued with a straight kick to the chest, this time his attack landed
Davis was kicked back and into the pile of wood behind him, “It's just a bluff” one of the men shouted
The man that kicked Davis turned to reply, “Yeah I think s…” Before he could finish he was struck with a lighting spell causing him to be paralysed in place
“Second-rank magic electric shock” Davis uses to neutralize the threat
Seeing this the group rushes at him all at once, not giving him any time to cast another spell, Davis notices their intention and keeps his distance by moving around them and casting a fire spell to slow them down
He tried his best to deal with them in the most non-lethal way but he was being attacked non-stop.
K observes Davis getting beat up with a carefree smile, “Davis move according to my voice”
Davis heard K's voice, “Shift your body to the left now” Davis did as he was told and avoided an attack from behind, “Do an elbow strike to your right then immediately follow with a kick to the side of the knee” Davis did as he was told and he was able to knock one of them to the ground
Afterward, Davis continued to follow his instructions and after a while, he was able to take down every single enemy without using his magic
K flew down and landed on Davis’s tired head, “Quite the workout isn’t my friend”
Davis replied, “Nice of you to finally show up I almost died”
K laughs, “And now you’re standing and breathing so congratulations you’ve escaped death”
After observing Davis's actions K can make out a few things, for firstly Davis’s good at Magic casting but hesitates a lot when it comes to using it against a live person
Secondly, Davis can make split moment decision, when the 4 men rush him, he doesn’t hesitate to move away keeping his distance while retaliating with a fire spell
Lastly, Davis had been training a lot but he had never been able to fight against a real opponent which was the main reason for his hesitation
K giggles to himself, “After seeing such a beautiful dance that you’ve performed, I felt like it’s time for us to return to our Inn wouldn’t you agree?”
Davis nodded, “Yeah, let’s go back after we notify the authority”
K shook his head, “You've been running around making a scene through the whole market I’m sure they’ll arrive eventually, but it's not of your concern remember? Skye is still home and it is almost time for Ms. Linda to return”
The 2 walked back to the Inn after picking up his stolen bag, halfway through their journey K flew off into the sky after telling Davis to return first
“Boss, boss you’re awake” the skinny man from earlier
“What happened?” The boss of the group woke up from his nap soon after Davis left, their whole group was awake
“You awoken faster than I anticipated” Everyone heard an unfamiliar voice and turned to see K in his crow form, “Good evening gentleman, lovely weather today isn’t it?”
The group couldn’t believe their eyes, a talking crow. They’re not going crazy, are they? “Hey, you’re seeing this shit, Chiera?” The men look at one another
“I understand your confusion my friend, but don’t worry you won’t need to worry about anything after you’re dead” K laughs in a demonic voice
The shadows surrounding them slowly move toward the men, “Nightmarish sanctuary” K stood there watching as the shadow around them morphed and formed into many unimaginable monsters of nightmare
“Enjoy your fill, you lowly scavenger of the night” And with that the all-shadow monsters rush to devour them their screams echo within the magic barrier that K has conjured up
K watches with delight as every one of the men got torn to shreds, “Quite the unfortunate ending for these lowly cretins if you’d have given me a more entertaining show then I might’ve given you all a quick and painless death… sigh* what a shame it is”
And with that K flew off into the night, the space he was in earlier dispersed revealing nothing but an emptied street corner as if nothing happen