Muichiro stayed the night with us after the training session. In the morning, a horse carriage was waiting for us at the front of the farmhouse. I wonder why Lily wanted me to come along? It was pretty convenient though, I needed to go to the capital and find Lucia anyways. Muichiro, Lily and I gathered at the front of the farmhouse. "Stay safe, Lily!" "I'll miss you, Miti." "I'll miss you too." "Come back soon." There was no saying how long the three of us were going to stay in the capital. After saying our goodbyes to the people I've been staying with for the past few days, we got into the carriage and began heading towards the capital. It was nearly identical to the carriage from before. The subtle farm animal smell was enough to make sure I wasn't too comfortable. With a few bumps and shakes, the carriage moved towards the capital at a steady speed. "Lily." "Yes?" She looked straight into my eyes. "So, I was wondering why you wanted me to come with you." Muichiro was
It was around 5:45 am. I was awoken by the blaring sound of my alarm. Just a little longer. I reach across my bed, feeling all around the bedside table, covering my hand with dust and other residues on it. Eventually, my hand reaches the phone, vibrating erratically and I tap my finger all over, eventually hitting the snooze button. The phone alarm begins blaring again. Really, already? This time I grab my phone and open it, flooding my eyes with a wave of burning light. 6:00 am. I drag myself out of bed and walk over to the clothes that I had pulled out the night before. It had almost been a month since I last wore my long comforting soccer socks. I put on my clothes, strapping the shin guards to my shins. Fourth year's the charm... I felt an immense feeling of despair as soon as I remember what had happened the prior year. I slowly began feeling literally sick, I felt like throwing up and my stomach tensed so hard I thought that there might've been a bird flying around ins
We continued on our way towards the capital. Lily was bandaging up Muichiro's eye. "I can't believe I let a mere bandit beat me up like this, I'm meant to be a Royal Guard!" "Don't worry about it too much, without you, we'd probably all be goners." I tried to lighten the situation. The carriage stumbled on, slowly taking us to our destination. After finishing up with first aid on Muichiro, Lily came back over and sat next to me. "Are you okay?" She asked. "Yeah, I'm mostly fine." I didn't really sustain any injuries aside from the soreness from my sword. The blowdarts stung when they hit me but after removing them, it wasn't too bad. "That's a relief." She flashed me a subtle smile. The carriage was silent for a little while. "Thank you for protecting me before." "Don't worry about it." Still, I was too weak. I was supposed to protect this princess and yet I was barely able to defeat two bandits. Even Muichiro was fighting seven on his own. Suddenly, Lily crawled closer t
"What are you doing here?" I felt as if my body was being crushed, I could hardly breathe from the immense pressure emanating from Fourier. I had never met him until now. Wait. Have I met him before? Why does something seem so familiar? "Answer my question." "U-um... I have some business with Princess Lucia." "What type of business exactly." He slowly began pulling his sword out from its sheath. Crap, what was I meant to say? I guess I'll just tell him the truth. "U-um, it's a long story, but I have to protect Princess Lucia for various reasons." "If you want to become a Royal Guard, sneaking into the castle is not the way to do it." "Well, it's not exactly that..." "Please leave, before I make you." Find the princess. Ah, my relentless headache just won't end. Find the princess. I've gone this far, screw it. I drew my sword. Suddenly, Fourier's facial expression completely changed. He seemed shocked for some reason. "Rin?" He muttered. "Huh? Who's Rin?" He just l
I put my sword back into its sheath and ran towards the throne. My arm was incredibly sore, every small movement caused a sting of pain. What was I supposed to do now...? I stopped around five metres from the throne, the princess was cowering behind the big golden chair. The king had an extremely surprised demeanour, yet neither of them said anything. I bowed my head. It was enough to inform them of the fact that I wasn't going to kill them right then and there. "Who are you?" The king asked. Suddenly, Kozue burst into the throne room. "Get away from the king!" Kozue screamed. He raised his sledgehammer. Air circulated around it like an aura. I could feel the pressure building up at the end of the hammer. "Royal Arts, Monocrete Assault, Air Type!" A powerful shockwave of air was shot towards me as he swung it. Crap. I tried to cover my face with my sword and block the attack as best I could. The attack still forced me to crash into the wall. Debris rained down from the cr
It was almost dusk. Everyone was still happily playing around on the field. It wasn't long after before a caretaker called everyone in for dinner. Everyone made there way inside, following each other. "Aren't you coming in too?" The female caretaker asked me. "Um..." "Don't worry, we have enough for everyone." "I guess I'll come in then." I was sure that Lucia wasn't going to be too happy about me hanging around her. But I just couldn't leave her alone, especially with no one else to watch over her. I walked over to the entrance of the farmhouse. It was uncomfortable small, for the amount of people, but it was obvious that it had gone through several renovations. All the children were sat down around several large dinner tables. The caretaker laid out many plates of food, on a connection point between the kitchen and the dining area. All the children lined up and waited for their turn to get their meal. I stood at the back of the line, letting all the children in front of me,
It was early morning. My arms were mostly cured of their soreness, although there were still signs of the conflict the day prior. The couch did not do good for my back, however, I felt a subtle pain as I stood up. I looked around. No one else was up yet, I grabbed my sword from the ground and attached it back onto my hip. It was relaxingly quiet. The area had a very nice calming feel to it, I walked outside. The chilly morning air was a comforting feel. The grass on the ground was somewhat slippery from the dew covering the tips of the shoots. I took a little stroll around the farmland-like area around the main building. The sun had just barely begun its rise, the place was still relatively dark. "Ritsu!" Someone called out to me. "Yeah?" It was Chloe. She was speed walking in my direction. "How early did you wake up?" "Maybe an hour ago?" "Were you bored?" "I supposed so." I responded. "Same. I haven't asked yet but what are you doing here?" "You know how I said I have to
After walking around the city a little bit, I made my way to the adventurers guild. No one batted an eye as I entered. Oh well. I made my way straight to the quest board. It was a bit more populated than it was last time. I scanned the board, looking at the ranks of each quest. I noticed that the 'Kill Cahrles Agassi" quest from last time was not there anymore. Like last time, almost all of the quests were A or S rank. I assumed that the lower ranked quests were probably instantly taken by many of the lower ranked adventurers. [Quest - Obtain the horn of a Qlipha Dragon Reward - 35 gold coins Rank - A] It looked like an interesting quest, though I was pretty sure my rank wasn't high enough to take it. I continued scouring the board. [Quest - Kidnap Christa Pelerine Reward - 45 gold coins Rank - A] I guess nothing was off the table when it came to quests... Hopefully I can find a less risky one. [Quest - Collect 60kg of green slime Reward - 1 gold coin Rank - C] Hold o