43 Tower Of Migh (1/2)

After calming Evie down, Shesmu held her hand and helped her all the way to the entrance of the tower.

”Evie, how long have you been working in here?” Shesmu asked.

”Yeah, you look like a newbie. Was this your first mission?”

Leo snapped at DepressedRyan's remark.

”Ryan, that's rude.”

DepressedRyan just whistled and looked away from Leo, feigning ignorance.

”Milord is right, this is my first mission. Thomas told me to attend to his grace and milords but never specified that milords were in the main hall. I kept looking everywhere in the plaza but to no end.”

Shesmu heard her story and sympathized with her. The world of Ashes of Gods was harsh to peasants. Even an incident as small as spilling water can result in a whole family being massacred. Shesmu couldn't imagine the amount of stress and pressure that was on her shoulders as time went on without finding her targets.

”Well, don't worry about it. All of this is a thing of the past.”

Shesmu then looked Evie for a second before continuing.

”By the way, what was your full mission? From what I know you were just supposed to escort us until the tower.”

”Yes, your grace. That was originally my mission, but with how things turned out… Your grace, please let me at least attend to you and milords until milords teleport to the town or enter the trial. I will answer any question milords have in the meantime.”

”Great. We will count on you.”

Shesmu gave a radiant smile to Evie. Looking at his glossy black hair and innocent golden eyes, Evie's heart skipped a beat. She quickly avoided eye contact and looked down.

Seeing her reaction, Leo was confused, DepressedRyan amused and Shesmu just laughed it off. Even in his past life, Shesmu was good with girls. There were many times where he would get into trouble with Sophie just because he was talking way too openly with a member of the opposite gender. Well, it's not as if I didn't know their feeling. But how else am I supposed to talk to the fans?

For Shesmu, the situation right now and in his past life were mostly the same. In the past, he was a superstar with many fans. Now, he is a noble who is both good looking and a gentleman. Really, nothing has changed.

With those thoughts, Shesmu and his party reached the center of the tower. The inside was surprisingly large, with many NPCs opening their shops. There were blacksmiths, tailorsmiths and alchemists. Everything a player would need before challenging the tower was prepared.

”If milords' weapons or armors need repairing, the blacksmith and the tailorsmith are your best choice. If low on potions and pills, then the alchemist is your destination. Plus, this particular alchemist sells potions that can boost power and speed, though it does come at a rather harsh price.”

”Oh, interesting.”

”Maybe we should check that alchemist out, more power always helps. Plus we still have the material from the Silver Wolf King. We can now make Ryan a beast!”

Both Leo and DepressedRyan were excited. Ryan was even more exalted at the prospect of finally becoming more useful that Shesmu. The later has been doing most of the work since forever which made DepressedRyan feel like a bum. Even though relying on broken equipment didn't suit Ryan's tastes, it was the only way he could be useful to the team as of now.

Shesmu, I know that debts between brothers are meaningless. That's why I'm not going to say it out loud. But, like how you protected us for all the while, there will come a day where I will protect you too.

DepressedRyan's eyes focused on Shesmu as he thought those words. The latter was still walking in front of DepressedRyan when he suddenly stopped.