The house , there's no better place to rest or relax than your house right , so you make sure to make it as comfortable as possible by providing the common necessaries you need , so you sometimes get addicted and comfortable staying at your convenient house , and at some point you hate the idea of going out so you make extra efforts of providing as much as your needs demand , so you wouldn't leave your house as many times as before .
But you sometime have to leave your house if something unexpected happened , still you hate the idea of leaving your so you postponed the matter .
Which in turn make your life more harder than before , because you had continued to ignoring it , making yourself believe that you will be dealing with the situation eventually .
" Hahhh......I have to go to Deckgla to get some of the materials I need and request order to purchase preservation items "a said selina while looking at the ruined magical item of Preservation that has some cracks in it .
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TWO DAYS AGO
" What a mess "
Selina was currently frustrated at the state of the warehouse , it was not just mass , it was disaster in every meaning , the food was mixed with cores of rare monsters and some of monster's part was thrown in the ground casually , you have to watch your steps carefully as you might step on some bottles that content some eyes least you crushed it with your feet .
" How did the warehouse become like some sort of trash house ? "
Of course selina know how the situation become worse but she was still unwilling to admit that she was the reason behind the disaster , because she was dumping everything she get in the warehouse without arrangements and Without regulation .
Gradually the amounts of the materials stored in the warehouse increased , still selina believed that she could still deal with the situation until she found the current mountain of materials and items in front of her .
In short , selina was too lazy to arrange her warehouse .
" I'm too old for cleaning and arranging such huge warehouse , I should hire some helper from the city but who is willing to go that deep in the forest beside I hate it when there's strangers in my house.......haaaahhh really what should l do ? " Said selina talking to herself or maybe to framnis as the little small wolf walked in .
The small black wolf strode to selina's feet and rubbed his head in her clothes looking for affection .
" Oh my , framnis you came to play , sorry the truth is I want to Play with you too but I don't have time " said selina sad at the thought of not playing with framnis ,
The first time she met the wolf was when he was attacked by the wyvern lord , he would have died if she didn't arrive at the neck of time and slaying the wyvern lord , unfortunately she couldn't save his mother .
While selina was thinking of her wolf tragedy , framnis was playing with some item in the warehouse , well it's not some item it's the preservation item of the warehouse house .
Finally snapping out of her thought she noticed framnis playing with bronze square shaped item .
" Wait , why the preservation item on the ground " said selina with frown looking at the bronze ball with golden twisted lines and red jewel in the center of the ball , she picked the item looking at it carefully before she sighed in relief .
" Luckily , it didn't break , hey framnis don't play with this item it's so important that without it my life will get hard , so absolutely don't play with it " said selina seriously hoping her intention reached the wolf .
The wolf in question was looking at her innocently and nodded his head in understanding .
" That's my boy , I will leave the arranging and cleaning of the warehouse to tomorrow morning , it's the dinner time anyway "
Looking pleased For the understanding of her partner after all he hadn't been living with her for ten years for nothing
she give the warehouse house another look before putting the preservation item in it's place in the wall then she picked up framnis and leaved the warehouse .
What she didn't know was her wolf thought at that time .
She said don't play with this item but didn't say anything about the other items right
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NEXT DAY
Selina woke up from her bed ready to start her day in the early morning , her room was at the second floor so she was able to see the state of her garden she cared for , it was declining , she had to do something about it too , she frowned at the thought of taking care of her garden .
" As expected , I have to hire helpers ......maybe I shouldn't have built such a huge house otherwise it wouldn't be pain to take care of it " said selina to her self as she descended to the ground floor heading to the kitchen to prepare the breakfast .
" emmm.....what should I eat ..... fried potatoes... No......boiled eggs ....... I don't feel like I want to eat it........Ah yes bananas foster toast " said selina while looking at the preserved bananas foster toast she smiled at the thought of eating it all herself .
Really I should thank the one who created the preservation items , having such item is really convenient , after all I get to eat all kind of fresh food thought selina happy she held herself from eating all the prepared bananas foster toasts week ago
She prepared some of juices to drink with the food when she sit on the table ready to eat , she thought that it was weird for her wolf not to come after smelling the scent of the food .
The wolf in question is currently in the warehouse , of course she doesn't know , not yet at least .
" Well , maybe he is still sleeping , he is still child after all , now the time to ea-----"
BOOOOOOMMMM
She didn't get to finish her sentence when sound of explosion interrupted her , she quickly got up and headed to the direction of the explosion to find the warehouse house on fire .
" What is going on here , why the wareh----" she didn't finish her sentence as huge dark shape leaping from the warehouse destroying the roof in the process
Looking at such a scene she immediately understood the current situation so---
" FRRRRAAAAAAAMMMMNNNNIIIIISSSSS"
she screamed at the now giant wolf .
" DIDN'T I SAID TO NOT PLAY AT THE GODDAMN WAREHOUSE " selina shouted at the wolf and strode toward the burning warehouse .
" I'm not good at water magic.....haaah this should work [ water orb fountain ] "
Several Orbs of water manifested above the warehouse pouring water on the burning warehouse putting the fire down , after she finished she turned to find the wolf was trying to run away .
" Framnis where are you going ? , I believe we have something to talking about right " said selina as she glared at the wolf .
the wolf froze in his track whether from her command or from the aura she letting out from the anger .
" I said don't play in the warehouse despite that why didn't you obey my order AHH ? "
As selina was scolding the wolf turned small again and thought of the same old strategy that let him escape the punishment in the past , cute whimpers sounded out of the wolf while he tried to look as innocent as possible
" It's useless , looking cute won't save you today my cutie " said selina with cold smile that don't reach her eyes .
Seeing as his strategy of acting cute failed he turned to run away from the demon quick-----
" [ Earth cage ] "
and was caught by cage made of earth appears around him preventing the wolf from escaping .
" Hehehehehehhehe did you think I will let you escape , I already know what you are thinking it's hundred years early for you to trick me " said selina with cold voice sending shiver to the listening wolf .
" a kid who do naughty things will have punishment to make sure he don't think about doing such a thing again heheheheh "
Said selina smiling at squirming wolf .
" Awwoo " whimpered the wolf
" And the punishment for the naughty kid is......no eating today you will stay in this cage all the day and repent , if I see you out it will be 2 days "
" Awoooooooo---- "
" [ Silence ] "
The howls of the wolf at the injustice punishment was cut after selina cast the spell , she turned to face the ruined warehouse , her face turned ugly as she estimated the damage , it will take a lot to repair it , the good thing is she put the fire fast enough so the structure of the warehouse still usable with some reinforcements.
" First I will see if there is still any food or items and materials remaining , and I have to cover the hole in the roof then add some wood in the burnt out places....... Stupid framnis increasing my work " said selina as she formed plans to handle the situation .
She gone inside to see if there is anything still of use inside the warehouse after making sure nothing remains , she gathered the tools she needs and set to repairing the warehouse .
After she got the tools she set to repairing the hole in the warehouse by covering it with some of the timbers she cut the last month to prepare for the winter .
After covering the hole in crud way , she begins working on the spots that need some reinforcements , she destroyed the burnt out places than added news timbers in it's place to shield materials inside the warehouse from the external weather .
By the time she finished repairing the warehouse , the night was approaching she didn't realize until now how long she took to repair the warehouse , she turned to look at the caged wolf giving him death glare causing the wolf to let unheard whimpers
She realized that she hasn't undo the spell she cast earlier , she released the spell then looked into the wolf eyes before he whimpers more she said
" Shhh , I don't want to hear your voice , you will stay here and repent on what you did , you know right now I'm so angry , so stay here and when the cage dispersed you can go out " said selina tiredly , she turned to walk toward the warehouse .
She enters and looks around the mess of burnt materials and floor , of course the food wasn't spared except the materials of high level monster remains mostly unharmed by the fire but the potions weren't safe as well as some of the cores .
" I shouldn't have put the potions and the cores here , if I had put them on the basement at least it would be safe........damned framnis "
Selina sighed , she was tired from the repairing she was doing all the day and needed some rest , she looked around the warehouse looking for certain item when she found the item , she sighed and said .
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" Hahhh......I have to go to Deckgla to get some of the materials I need and request order to purchase preservation items " said selina while looking at the ruined magical item of Preservation that has some cracks in it .
The thought of going to the city make selina wanting to give up everything and stay in the house while making the monsters living around here her meals but she give it another thought , at first when she was young or at least young in the perspective of her people she wouldn't mind such away of life but after experience the comfort of magic items and the many newly invented things of the civilization she found it difficult to return to her young lifestyle .
" Hah...I will go to the city tomorrow to purchase enough food and new preservation item .... no let's make it two in case something happens like today , let's rest and sleep for now "
She headed to her room in the second floor , she slept without even taking shower , evidence of her being exhausted .
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The next morning
She woke up from the dream land to find the light of the sun hitting her face , sitting in the bed she thought of yesterday it was terrible and finally she notice
" oww....what a terrible smell "
She got up walking to her closet to get some change clothes then walked out of the room and headed to bathroom to take shower and clean herself , after finishing wearing her clothes she descended to the ground floor .
" I'm so hungry I want something to eat before heading out " said selina while heading to the kitchen , she took some bread and fried eggs for the breakfast , she quickly ate the food then prepared to head out to the city purchasing what she need .
Outside was the figure of framnis sleeping soundly when he heard the sound of opening the door he quickly woke up to greet the person in front of him .
" Hwoo "
" Good morning framnis , I hope you learned your lesson yesterday "
The wolf quickly nodded his head indicating positive answer .
" Okay I trust you , now I'm going to the city to get some stuffs okay , I'm leaving the house in your care until I return " said selina to the now excited wolf .
of course framnis was happy because the master wasn't angry at him anymore , beside he will do his best and not make the same mistake .
Satisfied with his reply she begins to move but stopped as she witnessed framnis use his [ Gigantic form ] she sighed and said
" Don't be excited and destroy my house "
Then cold smile appeared on the face of selina
" If anything happens to the house or it's surrounding you will be held responsible ........and at that time you will not enjoy what will be happening to you "
Framnis body's hair stood sending chill out of his spine , he quickly nodded his head fearfully .
" Good , then see you later "
Saying her goodbye she started walking through her garden until she come to the front gate
" I need to clean the front gate....well I can pay some purification potions as well " said selina as she looked at the rusty gate , she didn't put much though to fortifying the front gate because the barrier was doing his work but if she leaved it like that the iron will be hollow and collapses in the future beside she want her front gate to be beautiful .
She passed the front gate going into the forest , the way to the town will be long one but she was familiar with the paths of the forest even if she was not [ Ranger ] selina could choose the shortest path and the safest route to take her to the city .
the shortest route will still take her four hours to reach the city , on her way to the city she found corpses of some monsters she recognized earth bear and slightly in the distance she found corpes of Electria wolf judging from the wounds of the both monsters they were fighting each other .
" But it's weird , the Electria wolf don't fight if it was not certain of victory ........the core isn't there..... judging from the state of the body not long time passed since the fight "
Selina said while analyzing the body of the monsters , actually the monsters selina was looking at was the same ones anfred met at the night of the day he first come to this world .
Selina continued on her way leaving the monsters behind her , it's not strange for the monster to fight each other , especially territorial monster tend to fight each other to assert the domination .
After walking for about two hours the forest started to thin and giving way to huge plains with clear road to the city in the distance , she walked the road for about thirty minutes until she reached the main gate of Deckgla .
" Halt " said the guard to the suspicious figure approaching
Currently selina was wearing her darknight cloak and pulling the hood up so she was very suspicious at this moment .
The guard tensed up when the figure continued to walk not heeding his order , he raised his spear ready to figh---
" Stop javin , it's okay let this one pass "
" But sir she is suspicious , we have t-----"
" didn't you hear what I said , you seem to be talking a lot despite being new recruit , this one is fine so shut up and let her in "
Said the old guard to the new recruit before turning to selina
" Sorry miss selina , he is new to the job so he doesn't know you and you rarely come here so please forgive his rudeness "
" It's okay paal , he was doing his job , we'll see you Mister [ guard fighter ] " said selina with smile before heading to the city
" How did you know "
" She used appraisal spell on you , boy " Said the old guard while looking at the receding figure
" But I would know if someone using spell right , the item given to us can detect if someone is using spell or skill "
" You are right but that's only work on the ordinary person , someone such as her can escape the detection easily , there are many monsters like her in world and if you lived long enough you will understand what I'm saying but remember my words only monster will be able to deal with monster " said the guard looking grim and nostalgic as if he is speaking from experience .
Listening from far away was selina , she thought it was rude of him saying she was monster as she saved him from the monsters ten years ago .
" Hmmp....that's what I get from saving humans "
Leaving the old guard behind she continued walking to her destination the gnome magic item shop .
Selina entered the shop and headed to the counter but didn't find anyone there she looked around at the messed up shop then remembered what happened to her warehouse yesterday it was hard to clean and repairing it .
" HEY BOTMILIS get your ass here now !! "
Selina shouted at the back door then sound of something dropped to the ground shortly after scream resounded in the shop .
" By the three gods selina don't use goddamn magic to call me , the item I'm working in is broken what will you do about that , I demand compensation "
Come from the back door middle-aged gnome with brown hair and brown eyes shout at selina
" NO compensation and it's your fault for not answering me or hiring someone to answer the customers and if you stay like this no one will come to such a shop "
" I told you hiring people is pain because they are always distributing me from the work trying to learn the Craft and I'm not in the mood to take another disciple "
" I can't believe you took that brat as disciple , the person himself isn't committed to the Crafting , did he get advanced class ? "
" No he didn't yet but he will and has the talent to surpassing me "
" Maybe yes , maybe no , but from my point of view he doesn't want to be [ magictech artificer ] he want to be [ mage ] , so he will probably not level in your desired class "
Botmolis frowns at the thought of his disciple not leveling in his desired class , he stared at selina and Said in tired voice .
" he will eventually understand the greatness of the magitech ......... so what bring you here today ? "
" Ah I want to buy one item of Preservation ..... actually make it two "
Selina decided to buy the second one in case of emergency like what happened yesterday .
" Are you kidding me , do you think you are buying some snacks , its magic item of high grade beside I don't have two of it "
" WHAT last time I bought one there was five of it where did they go "
" You do realize the last time you come was year ago , of course it will be sold by then "
" But usually you don't have customers so...."
Selina stopped herself as the gnome glared at her for being rude .
" There was big purchase the last month from the lord for the new storehouse that was built "
" Then there's no preservation items here "
" Yes "
She didn't know if her luck ran out the last years she lived peacefully in the woods or it's coincidence because lately she was encountering nothing but troubles .
" Damned framnis ......I will kill him when I'm going back " murmured selina to herself cursing the wolf responsible for her current problems
" What did happen to the one you bought the last year , it should last you long "
" Broken "
" How did it broke I had the [ Enchanter ] put on it [ impact guard ] so it wouldn't break easily "
Selina sighed , well....it was not broken from falling but from explosion , she figured it would take long time to explain so she decided to get the things she want quickly .
" Anyways , I'm in need of preservation item botmolis , so I will pay you handsomely "
"Didn't you hear me , I sold all of them "
Selina sighed , did he think he can trick her , she was sure he was keeping some of the items and hadn't sold all of them .
" Come on botmolis , I know you didn't sell all of them right , you are keeping some to sell to the other cities at higher price right "
Selina was sure he was keeping the Magic items he hadn't sold to sell them to the other cities at higher price , after all not all the cities have gnomes in them and researching and making magic items eat a lot of money .
" I had enough of your rudeness , don't assume in your own that I'm hiding magic items and unwilling to sell them in the firs----"
" According to what I heard when you signed the contract with the lord , your high grade magic items products would be exclusively bought by him or the people who received his permission , I wonder what will he do when he hear about you selling such items to the nearby cities without his knowledge "
The gnome face turned pale at the words of selina , if the lord know of his backside deals it will turn into troublesome situation especially for him who caused trouble in the past and he know this woman will not leave him alone until she get what she want .
" ............... there's only one , I don't have more "
" Okay I will buy it but I want to request another one when you make more "
Selina know she will not get anything more from him so she requested one more item when he make it again but she was sure that will take quit long time to make such high grade magic items otherwise the market would be flooded with it long ago .
" How much ? "
" Five thousand gold coin "
" You little.......why did you raise the price , the last time I bought it for two thousand and five hundred gold coin "
" That's because you have the lord's permission at that time and there was no huge demands on such items at that time "
Well , currently the lord's permission gave her great discount and she had done some service helping her earning the favour of the lord , beside she know him when he was but kid .
" Then I shall go and get the permission from him "
The gnome smirked at that .
"he is not in the city , currently the lord attending the council of cities states in morvinia so he will not come back until the end of this month "
" Oh right , I forgot we were at that time in this year "
" So no permission , no discount "
Selina groaned at her bad luck , for the lord to be leaving at the same time she needs him , or rather his permission was unfortunate , and the series of events occurred the last two days seriously made her think if she really is out of luck .
She grimaced when she saw botmolis smug face , she want to give him punch right in the face but she managed to stop herself .
" Okay I will buy it at three thousand gold coin "
" No five thousand is the minimum price I can give you "
" I'm giving you face and buying it at higher price than it should be , you should be grateful I didn't tell the lord about your backside deals "
" Where your proof that I make backside deals ? stop your nonsenses "
Botmolis was having enough with this arrogant half elf he will call the guard Captain and have her arres——
" Did you forget who am I botmolis , or the long stay in your workshop has made your brain rusty , any decent mage would notice the stealth and illusion spells you put in your basement to hide the items , all it take is using [ True sight ] and [ detect magic ] to see through your spells , so you want me to do it the hard way or easy way "
selina was sure he was going to relent after all it will bring trouble for him if he was discovered hiding magic items and selling it to the agents of the other cities , well if he refused she would lead the investigation personally and even bring her Truth stone but from his resigned look selina guessed she won't be taking such a measures .
" Okay three thousand gold coin is it , wait I will get it "
Selina was pleased with herself for managing such stubborn gnomes , while she was thinking of what to buy next botmolis come from the backdoor and put the preservation item on the counter while giving selina long look .
" Alright alright I will buy "
Selina took the gold coins from her bag of holding and gave him the required amount , after she finished selina bid the grumbling gnome farewell and headed to the shopping district buying the necessary products and food she need before heading out of the city
she looked at the sky and sun before determined she will reach her home by the end of the afternoon saying goodbye to the guard at the gate she followed the road to the plain until she reach the entrance of tazark forest .
She activities her darknight cloak then entered the forest on her way she thought what to cook for the dinner with the ingredients she bought , she thought grilled meat would do .
" After all it's grilled meat for dinner because the stupid framnis like it too ........mmm it would be great with sa——"
" FUUCCKKIINNGG COWARD TURN HERE AND FIGHT THAT MONSTER FOR ME "
a Loud voice interrupted her , she looked in the direction of the Loud voice to find something huge moving between the trees far away to her right .
She headed in that direction while using [ Detection Sensor ] to track the movement ahead of her , she detected large presence and small presence , the small presence was running from the large one and to be further sure she used [ Enhanced vision ] to see the Turquoise chasing human .
" He will die ....... stupid why did he enter such a forest without weapon or any stealth item ......... in top of that what is that weird clothes he wearing it doesn't has any enchantments on it and doesn't offer protection "
selina was thinking if anyone want to court death they would be doing the same as the human in front of her ,while she was distracted with such a thought the Turquoise struck the human in the back sending him fly until he hit the trunk of the nearby tree .
She can see that he was already dying as he screamed so loud that it become annoying , she decided to save him for the time being , it's not like she was waiting for such a moment but she just arrived at his place in time before the monster finish him .
Drawing her sword from the bag of holding then she used [ lightning cut ] then—
The head of the monster fall off on the ground .
Turquoise was territorial monster that rarely leave it's territory but it was also known for its persistent when hunting his prey so it's rare seeing it in the shallow part of the forest , it appears it quiet liked it's prey this time .
The human started whining in pain seeking help while looking at her , selina thought I already saved him let's go all the way , she started pouring healing potion in his mouth .
He gradually started regaining conscious , after making sure he was healed selina turned to leave but the human wouldn't stop talking to her , she started to get annoyed when he suddenly went quit , she didn't know why but he seem frightened of something , while walking through the forest she started to think what to do with this human , he told her to take him to the nearby town but going back is pain so she continued heading to her home .
When they reached the home the human started his ranting again about why her house was in the woods....etc .
It was very annoying so she strode to her front gate , the human tried to follow but was stopped by the barrier he started pleading to let him enter.......well selina has no intention of letting stranger in her house beside it's pai——
selina thought of brilliant idea , why not have him work for her and let him do the cleaning she was supposed to do in exchange of letting him stay over and saving his life beside the person himself said he would do anything .
Satisfied with herself she let him inside the barrier and let him stay in the stable , later when she checked on him she found him sleeping.
" Wow he is fast sleeper....hehehehe well I will let you sleep now but tomorrow I will work you to death " said selina to the sleeping human
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THE NEXT MORNING
The light of the sun was refreshing and the birds was singing celebrating the coming of the daylight signify the start of another day of activities but in this refreshing morning there was someone who was still snores , refusing to wake up but that's the end of it because——
" waaaaaahhh "
Anfred woke up in panic drenched in water not know what is happening , he thought it was another monster attacking him but he didn't feel any pain or roar so he started to calm down then he heard——
" Get up you lazy brat , there a lot of work ahead of you , there's no time for sleeping "
Anfred looked at the woman that saved him. not understanding what is going on he uttered the only thing that come to his mind .
" ....... what " .