A/N: Sorry for the late chapter but work was killing me i hope you guys like it
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Year 1,205 of the Hallstatt Calendar
My wife gave birth, not to one but to two children, we named them Argus and Edimyr, it was a good thing that my sister and his daughter came to help or I would have not known what to do.
Argus is a little weird, he did not cry when he was born like is brother, he cried when I put it in his crib and then he went to sleep, I fear that there is something wrong with him. Tomorrow I will go to the warrior guild, maybe I can convince a warrior to check my children, some high level ones can use is battle qi to sense the body of other people.
**..Sigh..**
I don’t know what I am going to do, two children…….., I was confident on feeding one child but with two that’s another matter entirely, lest just pray that this year harvest is a good one.
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The warrior guild had 2 floors, it was made from brown wood with a tint of white in it, you could see all kind of people going in and out of the building, some were tall and muscular, others thin and small, they carried all kind of weapons from daggers to big heavy swords, even bows where in their arsenal.
Even in a small village like this, there was a warrior guild with this you could understand how great warriors where; warriors where the epitome of human power, they battle against the dangers of the wild and they also took missions that the warrior guild entrusted to them, but most importantly they trained in one of the five paths that Regnar left to the world.
August had gotten up early in the morning and after a quick breakfast he had made his way to the warrior guild, he went to the counter where a weak looking man attend him.
“Hello, my wife gave birth yesterday so I want to request that if someone can go to check on her and my child’s”
“Sure, we can put up a quest in your name, the cost will be 1 gold and 2 silvers”- Said the man with an uninterested voice
“1 gold and 2 silvers that…., why it is so expensive?” – With 1 gold August could live a whole year, in a good year of harvest august could make 1 gold and 5 silver, but the last year harvest had been bad so he had only made 60 silver coins, he had his wife had just barely made it past the winter.
“For a warrior to be able to sense the body of someone with battle qi without harming them it has to be at least rank 7, peer regulation of the guild a rank 7 warrior will be paid at least 1 gold, and the guild takes a cut of 2% of the quest reward, so that’s why it cost 1 gold and 2 silver”
“I see, I am sorry I don’t have that kind of money, thanks you I will take my leave” – With a dejected face August leaved the warrior guild, he could only wish that his son was fine.
Without knowing what to do he went straight back to his house to only find a strange man waiting at his door. The man had an average height, with an armor made of brow leather and some beast fur, in is back you could see a huge bow, and 2 small green daggers in his belt.
“Hello there you must be August my name is Nelon, I have orders from the Earl to investigate the forest due to the unusual activity of the goblins.” The man said.
“I see but what has that do with me I am but a simple farmer, and I don’t know the forest very well.”
“Your house is the closest one to the forest, so I would like to ask if I could live here for a month while my investigation in the forest is undergoing.”
“I see, can I ask why, I am sure that an inn would be a better place to stay than my humble house.” – August was a little suspicious, it was to strange that this man wanted to sleep in his house.
“Oh I forgot that I only talked to your wife, well the closest inn is 2h away from the forest so I will lose at least 4 hours of day time every day, and while I could sleep outside I prefer not to. As you can see I am alone, so while I sleep there will be no one to stand guard and I could fall prey to any of the beast that call the forest their home. But your house is only 30 min from the forest, I checked that this morning; so I will be able to go deeper into the forest with less danger because I will have more day time. I am willing to pay 35 silver for each week for a month, also I will bring animals from the forest each day, I can see you house is really poor and I don’t want to made you starve to feed me.”
August was shocked 35 silver each week for a month that’s 1 gold and 40 silver with that he could feed his family and put the quest in the warrior guild. He could only thanks Regnar for this blessing.
Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.
“I see, if it is like that I accept and I hope I don’t offend you but I will like all the money in advance, you see my wife just gave birth to 2 boys and we are worried about their health, so we want to bring a warrior to check on them but I am afraid, that………… is too expensive for us.”
“If what you want is someone to check you children I can do that for, I am a fully qualify rank 7 warrior, but in exchange I want to give you the money each week”- Said Nelon while pulling a badge from his clothes and handing it to August.
The badge was something the warrior guild gave has a proof the level of the warriors, the badges changed at each rank in color and design , this one was gold with the number 7 on it and a sword on top, it was round like the moon, and has big has an adult hands.
August took the badge and look it, then gave it back to Nelon, the two walked inside the house, after a brief presentation between Nelson and Rose, August guided Nelson to the bedroom of the children.
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“Augh what is noise, someone make it stop.”- Roy waked up in a foul mood, is pleasant dream was interrupted by a high pitched noise.
He opened his eyes, and started to look around, now he could actually see the things around him, even though it was not crystal clear, he saw two man and a woman, one of them was holding a baby in his arms, while the other looked at the baby with an amazed face. He could see the lips of the two man moving but he could not understand what they were saying.
“Nelon is my child fine, please tell me if is something wrong with him” – August was really worried, he had decided to start with Edimyr because he tough that he was fine and it will be less painful to his wife if Argus was sick, but now he was not so sure, as soon as Nelon had touched his child is face changed.
“Your……… your child is fine, more than fine he……. He has the Bronze Body Constitution!!!!!”
“So he was fine……*sight* ……….. so what is the Bronze Body Constitution?” asked Rose with relief in his face.
“As you must know the hardest part of training has a warrior is increasing the Battle qi without destroying your body, as the battle qi increase so is the pressure in the body, that’s why we have to train both at the same time while letting the muscles and bones absorb small amounts of battle qi to strength them, what most people call talent is just a body that can handle great amount of battle qi without training”
This was the first time that August and Rose heard this, but they just nodded with their heads.
“But with the Bronze Body Constitution the bones, muscles and skin are ten times stronger than the average human so they can handle a lot more battle qi, but most importantly they can absorb ten times more battle qi to, if your son trained in one of the five warriors path he could reach rank three within a year, and if he don’t fail the Tribulation he could reach rank 6 in ten, most people begin to train at the age of ten so when he reached the age of twenty one he would be a warrior of rank 6 he will be an absolute genius. You must understand I reached rank 6 when I was forty five, even though the warrior lifespan grow larger when you advance ranks, time is a valuable thing because advancing to the next rank doubles in difficulty for each rank, because of that your child will have an incredible advantage over his peers!!!!!!”
Both Rose and August where shocked is son had an incredible blessing, in is future he could become an incredible powerful warrior, and reach heights that they could only dream. They both made the resolution that no matter what they will support his child to the end.
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After the shock of the news passed Rose looked at his first born, he was currently looking at her without blinking.
“Mister Nelson could you check my other child to, please”
Calming himself Nelson walked over Argus and placed his hand over him.
A warm sensation passed over Argus and then banished.
“So how is him, is something wrong with him”- Asked Rose
“There is nothing wrong with him, is just that …………. **Sigh**………. I am afraid that this one is not has lucky, his body is below average he has no talent has a warrior”.
Rose and August where relief, but at the same time they were a little sad for him , one of his child was a genius while the other had no talent.