“Ugh…” Her body twitching still as she slowly wakes up from the pain in her body subsiding and resting for… about an hour. It’s still hard to watch even if I have done this before, it’s a bit hard to watch considering there’s a chance of failure, everything does so of course seeing such an adverse reaction which doesn’t help telling the result of the operation at all is worrisome.
“Waking up yet?” I snarkingly commented as she sat down properly on her bed, then stand up completely perplexed, she moves her body slightly, her movements are quick and precise, and as I considered before, the movement is quicker with more energy to them, for a lack of better description, than those of most, it all seems natural.
“Yeah… what the hell was all of that?” She asked, still perplexed at what I did.
“You have a condition that causes your capabilities for magic to remain inert, it’s common in some places as I have said, but from the little looks I have around the place it’s extremely rare here” I explained once again. If she wasn’t crazy strong enough without mana already she most likely will be able to surpass others of the same level in less than a week with good training.
“Are you for real? So I can do magic? Like actually using spells and such, no longer needing to fear it?” She asked, sounding as hopeful as she is doubtful. Probably some stories behind that I’ll have to inquire later, but right now let’s talk about her condition and her goals moving forward.
“Yeah, I know it’s a big deal gaining back something that should’ve been lost, but that’s not exactly what I’m here for in the first place, I’m here because I can help” I replied to her question. She’s perplexed by my generosity still, if looking slightly grateful if covered by her dumbfounded expression.
“Yeah… right… Need training, need some assistance, that’s it. I have no idea who you actually are, and still you helped me out far more than anyone else could” She responded with a show of gratitude. It’s nice to get gratitude from people, but let’s not say that out loud. I ended up getting myself entangled in other people’s mess and it's my own fault to do so ever so often, there’s really no need for her to thank me, at least until everything is dealt with properly.
“I could help you with that, you just got released from the state that causes your mana capabilities to stay dormant since birth no doubt. I’m a self-proclaimed professional on magic myself, so I should be able to help you in that regard” I said casually, sure magic is a big deal no matter if it’s common or not, but there’s no reason to make it sounds grander than needed, still she’s looking at me with awe, certainly thinking I’m much stronger than her and therefore deserve respect, while it is earned on some level I really don’t think my actions are enough as of yet to warrant it.
“How strong and skilled are you really? For all I know you might be capable of beating down that hero person” She asked not expecting a definitive answer, it’s clear who she’s talking about. That mysterious girl with pink hair and eyes, with intentions that are unclear despite what her role said otherwise.
“As much as I would love to claim so, I’m more on the skilled side of things. I’m not particularly too strong for someone of my level, at least on the physical side” I responded, I’m physically stronger than the woman in front of me to be sure, but if she were to be on the even playing field, same level and all that, she would most likely be more physically capable than me. Of course that doesn’t fully undermine the fact that as I am now I indeed am stronger than her in every way.
“That’s bullshit and you know it. Still I think… you’re trustworthy enough to help with these problems of mine, if only because you’re being unconditionally supportive so far” She said hesitating and thinking along the way, she doesn’t seem too keen on sounding too nice, probably because it’ll make her look gullible and foolish if she said she’s fully trusting me when I only help with one thing, it’s one major thing, but still only one thing.
“Fair enough. Anyway you’re the boss here, any thing I can do for now? I actually can’t stay outside my designated area for too long let’s people get suspicious” I asked. She looked at me confusingly with a tint of suspicion.
“What? You’re supposed to be looked after or something? Like a foreign noble or such things?” She asked out of curiosity and to ascertain my honesty, if I am truly willing to help her I shouldn’t hide anything. I might as well spell out most of it, just most. Her face looked observant as she stared at me still sitting on her bed while she still stood up looking down on me.
“You probably already figured out that I am indeed from a ‘faraway’ place to put it mildly, since I’m a foreigner with quite a great deal of notoriety behind me I suspect they don’t want me wandering around out here too much lest I get bombarded with questions, that sounds extremely unpleasant is it not?” I explained my situation to her, it’s far from the full story but still the main point that makes my availability limited is discussed.
“I see. Guess till night is no good then? I don’t like doing things in the dark either so you don’t have to worry about that” She muttered, guess it’ll be fine for a most part.
It’s in the afternoon still, probably in about three hours it’ll be evening, I have a bunch of time left to hang around with this woman here, she looks a bit youthful but she’s a grown woman nonetheless, so I should call her that still. Her minty eyes and hair are quite exotic and mystical to bear sight to, her body slightly toned, like a heavily stuffed pillow.
I think that’s enough gawking and back to the discussion at hand, I need to help her get stronger as well as provide a shelter for her. There’s two options that immediately popped into my head regarding shelter, one is to procure funds through either brute force or negotiation and use it to give her a living, but really doesn’t sound too good, after all some the looks of it defending this bounty will probably ended up with her getting hunted down, not a good sign in the slightest, doesn’t sound like too good of a solution, even if she used all the funds she and I get to stockpiled the resources necessary to survive, either it’ll all withered away soon anyway and the need to come out of hiding presented itself, or the hiding place isn’t good enough anyway and got ambushed by the persecutors, destroying what she took a lot of effort to built for herself that the other girl or woman, if they all go to a different part of the world then it might be fine… still it’s worrisome even with that taken into account… the second option is more radical than that, really I’m not too sure if she’ll approve of it, it’s not too hard or anything but… she needs to acclimate to a new way of living along with the other person.
“How would you hide after everything is done?” I asked, perhaps getting too straight to the point as she’s clearly taken by surprise, but it’s also the part where it can easily fall apart without putting great consideration into it.
“I’m… I’m just going to go live in the woods or something hunting and all, buying using all the money I accumulated before that fateful battle to procure as much resources as possible… that’s about it really” She answered, essentially what I just thought of as the first option. It’s concerning that she doesn’t have a more cohesive explanation beyond that, I know I make my house bigger for a reason but still, the second option is still rather nerve wracking for me, especially since I don’t know her well enough, I should brought that option up at a later time, better talk about something else for now.
“Okay then… That works if you think it will, for now let’s focus on what I can do here, you have some plan don’t you?” I asked, stirring the conversation in a different direction. She ponders for a bit still standing up, staying still all the while.
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“I mean there’s not much for you to do right now I guess…” She muttered not having a clear answer, I feel like the training I could give her should be an obvious answer, but perhaps she’s too prideful to say it herself, doesn’t look like she’ll allow herself to look even the slightest bit vulnerable. If she said it out loud it would make her look weak. Guess I’ll be the one to bring it up.
“How about a bit of training? Can’t do anything wrong can it? Since you can use mana now I think the best course of action is to quickly acclimate to it, I can help you with that” I suggested, she probably was thinking of something along those lines but with no idea of how to say it out loud. She’s not the most sociable person, that much is as clear as day.
“That’ll work, but what of it? Am I to do so with you today?” She asked cautiously, she seems a little excited despite that however. Able to do something you probably have been ridiculed for not being able to do for the longest time would most likely be very excited, all jumpy and happy, whatever the saying goes.
“I mean there’s still some time left before I should go back to wherever, just go out there in the wild with no one to interrupt us and we’re good” I casually answered. I myself didn’t really prepare myself to deal with this sort of situation again, but improvising exists as a concept for a reason, I just have to adapt.
“Outside… you mean out of the capital or somewhere at the edge of the wall?” She asked. Doesn’t look too concerned with it herself but probably asked anyway to be certain. I don’t think the confines of these massive walls would be enough, besides I doubt anything like monsters exist in here anyway, no target practice would be a problem.
“Out of the capital of course, can’t just have to learn magic after all, you have to use it for real as well. Perhaps some sort of mission that isn’t your bounty? That should work out fine” I suggested, she seems to agree with me if not really saying it out loud.
“I see… if you can spare the time now, I guess we can go down there and team up for one request we need to go outside” Floria stated while scratching her head. It’s nice to see someone so eager to improve. I have a small smile on me.
“Okay then! Let’s go down there and begin. Let’s go Floria” I said enthusiastically, dragging her by her wrist and out of the room, walking together to the stairs which is when I let her go, with us two walking down together while remaining unfazed to not cause any suspicion.
We walked down to the board full of requests… Not really much of them is about the world outside these walls…
“Hey, do you have a way to travel a long distance in a short time?” Floria suddenly called out, she must’ve found a good mission to take that is faraway than the usual. Of course I have a fast way of transportation, outside of teleportation to clarify.
“Heh, a great deal faster” I proclaimed with a smirk, she then silently nodded and picked one of the paper off the board and handed it over to me. Let’s take a look here… A dragon? No no no no no no… what the actual… Why is this a thing!? I know this world is different and all that… but why the hell is there a request for a dragon!? And why!?
“Is this for real? Aren’t such an act sacreligious here? I have no idea how this works elsewhere but from where I’m from even the idea of finding a mere wyvern is but an illusion!” I said dragging her away to ask a few questions, what’s with this world!? Did someone mess with it royally? Why is it designated as a gold rank? It shouldn’t even be a mythril rank!
“Where the heck did you even come from? Why is someone so strong coming from such a weak place?” She squinted her eyes, looking at me questionably. If this doesn’t confirm the fact that this world has a much higher standard I don’t know what is.
“Haaah… whatever, where do we need to go anyway? I can transport us pretty far” I asked scratching my temple, resigning myself to this world. She simply stood there processing the question for a while…
“If my memories served… we need to travel northwest” She answered. What’s even there anyway? Let’s see what the person even wants from the dragon… its organs? What the actual… for some sort of experiment maybe? Better not trying to look into it.
“Any kind of important landmark?” I asked, that’s going to be very important considering she doesn’t even consider showing a map.
“A massive mountain” She answered in very few words. Dragons and wyverns are indeed known to live in such an area, but to think there seems to be more than a few there… there must be some sort of hijinks going on… let’s not think too hard about that, no time to do so with things going on.
“Okay then… I’ll hold onto your words, let’s go to the receptionist and officially team up then” I said walking over to the line of people all reporting which quest they shall fulfill. She looked a bit taken aback by how quickly I just accepted what she said. We both waited for a while until it’s our turn, with the receptionist looking particularly taken aback that both of us are teaming up.
“U-Um… please show me your card and request please” She nervously instructed and both of us did so, I don’t know if she noticed it or not or was trying to do the same with mine, but I glanced over at her card and she’s gold rank. I believe at least the ranking system from coal to mythril is the same here as it is there. I won’t try to make any comparison to the second isekai-ish event I’ve dealt with, as I was not a central participant.
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“Alright… you two have been registered for this quest, good luck” She announced which means we can begin.
Both Floria and I went out and walked along the path, it was actually me following her as I still have no clear idea of the directions here.
“Hey… do you not have anything on you?” She asked out of curiosity still walking along the crowded path.
“Oh there’s no need to worry, I have plenty of supplies on me, I just have an unconventional way of storing it is all” I mischievously said perhaps trying to make it sound a bit odd and confuse her somewhat, I just think it’s the appropriate tone to say when being vague.
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“I’ll believe you” She quietly replied, not looking back. It’s a bit of an unpleasant scene, the due with one walking forward as another watching her back, the woman in front walked as if on a lonely path not considering the companionship behind her, as if neither see eye to eye… I don’t like that one bit.
I walked a bit faster than usual and got right beside her, walking together like a companion should.
“Hm?” She let out a sound in surprise, not expecting me to get all close up to her, it’s not exactly what I usually do either so it’s weird even from my own perspective, I guess I just find it hard to see someone alone, if she has someone else I probably wouldn’t act like this.
“I’m your companion aren’t I? If I am, you’ll let me walk beside you, right?” I asked not expecting an answer. I walked confidently beside her as we slowly walked to the end of this long road, to reach the wall seen from far away.
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“How do we proceed here?” I casually asked, seeing the gate, there are a few guards stationed here, and obviously not coming in contact with them as we’re leaving or entering is impossible. Need to be a bit cautious here.
I followed Floria quietly as she took the lead here, walking over to the gate with me besides her, the guards saw us soon enough with us approaching the exit.
“We’re on a mission, that’s all” She assertively said, sending a sense of dread towards the guards, seeming she’s not bothered to deal with any formal declaration or checks for leaving and entering. She seems like a big deal so these people might just back off… and they totally did, if anyone higher up knew of this they might not get away with scurrying from someone terrifying I would say, yet they backed down in a second, so maybe those higher ups can’t be bothered? If that’s the case maybe I’ll have a bit more leniency than expected.
All of that aside we both walked out of the capital city and what we saw was a large plain, fresh green field of beauty and prosperity. If there’s anything one could appreciate in these fantasy worlds is the untouched beauty of nature, but that’s not we’re here to do, neither Floria or I came out here to enjoy beauty.
“Okay then… Going in… that direction, I would assume” I said pointing a bit to my right, we should’ve faced west at this point, coming straight out of the western gate and all, so a slight change in angle to the right should be northwest.
“Exactly” She replied with a single word looking in the same direction, by her side are her twin sabers… and that’s it, I think she has a few belongings in her own room in the guild building.
“Well my way of transportation is a bit shaky, so I need to take those for a bit” I said letting my arms do the work, quickly snatching her twin sabers much to her surprise, making them disappeared into my [Item Box], which confused her and make her questioned me in silence.
“It’s all fine don’t worry about it… Hup!” I said as my arms are used to lift the adventurer in front of me up, carrying her with my two arms and her lying there in front of my chest, it’s a bit of an embarrassing position perhaps, but I don’t think it’s something to worry about now.
“W-What are you-” She is about to say more but is still at a loss for words.
“[O Wind, Became My Servant, To Travel Far and Wide, To the Sky!]” I chanted a bit of a cheesy incantation.
*Swirl* *Float*
Soon as I began concentrating with the chant completed, I began floating along with the girl in my arms.
“A-Are we flying!?” She asked, trying to stay calm. There’s only one thing I could say to that.
“Indeed, rejoice at such a miracle, now it’s time to see the wonder of the sky!” I proclaimed.
*Glide* *Swirl*
“Whaaa!” She uncharacteristically shouted out in panic. I fly towards my destination at a speed comparable to an airplane, a speed that might be too high for normal people to get used to, but this woman in my arms can certainly handle it.
Now the cog of stories began turning, what lies ahead I could only hope to be that without despair and full of hope, regardless of how unlikely it is.
Also here’s an art of this new prominent character (Reiza)
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