Chapter 88: Resonance (1/2)

After coming to a decision, it wasn't long until Mary registered the quest under Lily's newly registered name. With a smile under the cover of her hood, she happily strolled out of the Guild's Hall and was on her way towards the East Gate.

Behind her, a tall and sturdy man wearing a golden set of armor was walking. His eyes, which was covered under the visor of his golden helmet, were shining with fervent passion.

His zeal, his determination was set, he was fervent to show his new muse how deep and honest her feelings were. He was certain that if he showed his worth and proved that he is the best choice available, Miss Lily will reciprocate his feelings.

It doesn't matter if there's a weak boy waiting for her at home, the rules of the world are dictated by the strong, while the weak could only cover in shame.

The 2 city guards recognized Sir Michael as he passed behind the hooded figure. Puzzled, they looked at their direction as they were walking towards the river's direction.

”'Doesn't he have a wife at home? Maybe he is wooing the girl to be his new mistress?” asked one of them.

However, the other angrily yelled at him.

”Don't talk about this, don't even look at their direction. We are simple folk, we haven't seen, or heard anything. Just do your job, and don't bring trouble over your head!”

”Miss Lily, we are getting close to the river where these frogs could be usually found. Please let me take the lead and stay safe behind me!” Pulling his long sword out of its sheath, Sir Michael walked forward as they left the city gates. Even just outside the city in the plains, there were risks.

Since his goal was to impress this girl, he planned to take the lead and have the girl amazed at his skills.

Lily let him take the lead, as she was leisurely strolling while humming a tune. As they were getting closer, she already had her bow ready in her hands. From the looks of it, she wasn't really paying attention to the eager knight.

Soon, they heard the sound of frogs croaking ahead of them. As they got closer, they spotted two relatively large specimens sitting motionlessly at the shore. They were both probably around half a meter in size, dark greenish and brown colored with spiky protrusions growing all over the surface of their bodies. It was an incredibly ugly sight to behold.

”Stand back Miss Lily, let me handle these vile beasts!” spotting the first two of the required animals' Sir Michael was eager to showcase his skillset. He grabbed the grip of his longsword harder and started making his way towards them with confident steps.

However, he didn't even take two steps forward, when an arrow coated with glowing green energy whistled by his left ear. Instinctively he jumped to the right, and watched with wonder, as halfway to their target, the green energy beam suddenly split into two, and penetrated into the back of the skulls of the frogs.

Both animals fell forward, spasming one last time before the light left their eyes. Sir Michael was awoken from his stunned silence by Lily's angelic giggling.

”Ehehe I'm sorry Sir Michael, I hope I did not scare you! Would you be so kind as to extract the required parts from the animals?”

Unable to process the events that just transpired, Sir Michael dazedly nodded at Lily's question and forced out a stuttered ”S-sure…” before he mindlessly walked over to the two dead animals.

Looking at the back of their heads, he only saw one arrow drilled into the skull of one of the frogs, while the second frog simply had the hole proving that he was indeed killed the same way.

Looking back at the figure covered in a tattered brown hooded cloak, he wasn't sure what to ask. Killing two targets with 1 arrow was not an easy feat. And that green energy that he saw previously? Did she just use magic?

”Miss Lily, did you just… used magic?” Sir Michael asked after a while. People that were able to use magic, was scarce. If that was the case, he had to rethink his strategy, but he was certain; he absolutely had to make this woman his!

”Ehehehe, I'm not sure…” Lily giggled at his question. Then pretending she was thinking hard about an answer, she continued. ”...maybe? I just wished to kill both of them, and then it happened!”

'Maybe she never tested for affinities? Hmm….' Sir Michael was thinking about his best course of action. If this girl never tested for any affinities and never had anybody teach her about magic, this would be a great opportunity to lure her in.

Coughing to focus, he looked at Lily, and while hiding his thoughts behind a polite smile, he asked.