4 Why Are People So Good Looking In This World? (1/2)
A few miles away from where Arima met the elves.
Lifa was currently fighting with a pack of big gray wolves. She was wrapped in a sort of barrier made out of wind magic and was fighting by casting wind blades like the ones she attacked Arima with. Occasionally Lifa would make a sword out of wind and counter-attack while dodging.
Soon she finished the last wolf and relaxed but then she turned her head to look at the sky. The spirits were telling her that something was approaching. She took cover behind a tree.
The further she waited the more Lifa could see what was nearing her and she widened her eyes and looked dumbfounded. She saw two beasts flying and on them were two boys and two girls and one of them was recognized by Lifa
”Layra?” Lifa p.r.o.nounced a name and got out of her cover ”Princess!” The same girl spotted Lifa and shouted.
The griffins landed a minute later and the elves stood on the ground. Lifa rushed to one of the girls and hugged her.
”Layra! You're okay! What happened? And what are they?” Lifa asked the older girl and pointed at the griffins.
”Princess! We have been saved by a human before reaching a city and these are the result of his magic” She explained
”What? Who was it?” Lifa thought of something and she asked. The girl named Layra hastily explained her encounter with Arima.
”He said I asked him? Then, he must be…!” Lifa was interrupted by the appearance of a bird that flew beside them and then landed on the head of one of the griffins. It was a falcon.
Lifa pointed at the bird ”Layra, is this also the act of that man?”
Layra nodded ”Yes, he said he used it to find you”
”Like she said” Then someone's voice was heard and Lifa became cautious and looked around her.
The voice laughed ”It's me, here”
Lifa looked at the direction of the falcon ”It's you? Arimane?” she asked
”Arimane?” Layra faintly said
”Yeah, I'm talking to you through this bird, I'll make this quick. Is that the kids you asked me to save?” Arima answered
”Yes, it is, and I have to thank you for freeing them”
”That's good. It was just a coincidence. This apart, I am more surprised by your statute, you know?”
”Ah, yes, I didn't tell you. It's not really something I would tell someone I just met, please excuse me”
”No, it's nothing. I understand this. What I would want to know is why a princess like you is here trying to find kidnapped children alone, but it's not my business. I'll let you go now.”
”Oh, I see, then let's meet again, I owe you, if you ever come to the Alliance you will be welcomed” Lifa said and smiled
”Sure, next time, [Dispello] (Dispel)” Arima released his magic and the griffins vanished along with the bird in beautiful black sparks.
”This kind of magic, I've never seen it. In the end, who is he?” Lifa looked attentively at the vanis.h.i.+ng beasts and couldn't help but wonder
What would she think if she knew that he learned that magic an hour after he met her?
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Arimane was right now in front of the city which was in his knowledge thanks to the G.o.d.
He was waiting his turn for entering the city, Ridia. His turn soon came. A middle-aged soldier talked to him.
”If you have papers to attest your ident.i.ty then go, if you don't, pay five silvers” Arima instantly took out five silver coins and gave them to the guard
Based on the knowledge from the G.o.d, the currency in this world is like that for reference:
10 coppers –>1 silver = 1 dollar
100 silvers –> 1 gold = 100 dollars
100 gold –>1 white silver = 10 000 dollars
100 w. silver –> 1 s.h.i.+ning gold = 1 000 000 dollars
The white silver and s.h.i.+ning golds are commonly used by n.o.bles. Almost every commoner never would see a white silver in his lifetime.
By the way, Arima possessed now, without the jewels and precious stones, 38 coppers, 376 silvers, and 20 gold and you can say it is equivalent to 2 379 dollars and 80 cents ”(It seems that those bandits did some pillaging along with kidnapping, were they actually somewhat strong? Or maybe that mage used some kind of concealing magic)” Arima thought
He walked in the street while looking at his surroundings.
”(It's an old design but it's clean, the order is good too. It seems it would correspond to the medieval period but in contrast, it's peaceful and safer here. Perhaps magic in this world make it more likable and comfortable and push aside science)” He thought
The first thing Arima would like to do is register at the guild. The organization that you can see often in novels. In fact, it's just a gathering of mercenaries. All sort of people gives tasks to the guild in exchange for money. It can be hunting, killing, cleaning, gathering, and helping in anything.
The good thing is that the more a mercenary is strong or famous, the bigger his notoriety would be, so it means that more tasks will be given personally to him, and generally, good ones. Usually, they're only called mercs, there is nothing as ”adventurer” or ”quests”. After all, this is real, it's not a novel, right? … right?
… Arima wanted to register to a.s.sure his standing in this world. It's also what the G.o.d proposed to do in his mind.
While he was walking in the streets he looked around. It was lively. But the more he looked the more Arima's expression darkened ”(Why are people so good looking in this world?)” The people there, whether it is a man or a woman, they looked good. Only when he found someone more or less normal, in the thousand or so people he observed, he sighed in relief.
And so Arima, after a bit of difficulty, finally found the guild branch of this city. Around where the guild was, one could find all sorts of shops: Inn's, weapons, blacksmith's, armors, clothes…
Arima entered the guild and found himself in a hall where there were many receptions. Strangely there wasn't a lot of people, just a few persons who were calmly talking at the receptions. But Arima could hear a great number of people on the second floor.