Chapter 19 - #19 Aftermath (1/2)
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A few kilometers away from where the explosion took place...
'I was able to take the young lord away from that place without being attacked by any danger beasts but...How can he still have his sword in his hand even though he is unconscious?' Ichika thought when she finally noticed this odd thing.'
Ichika gently put Akashi's body on the ground and took off his upper clothes to check on his wounds.
”W-what?!” Ichika exclaimed when she noticed Akashi's previously broken ribs were no longer broken.
She was too shocked to do anything more and simply observed and guarded Akashi. After a while, she noticed that even his broken left arm was slowly healing.
'What the hell is that? How is young lord able to recover so fast?!' Ichika thought while she was observing the healing process with a wide-open shaking eyes.
'Anyway, I have to quickly dress him up before he wakes up!... That was a really big explosion, there weren't even the remainings of the Danger beast...I can't imagine where will young lord stand after a few years later.' Ichika thought while dressing up Akashi and occasionally looking behind her towards the direction where she came from.
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I slowly opened my eyes and found myself lying on the ground, staring at the bright blue sky.
...There is something soft supporting my head, what is it?
”Oh?! Young lord, you are finally awake! I was really worried the entire time...I didn't know what to do but when I saw your regenerative ability, I just let you rest.” Ichika immediately put her face close to me to explain everything.
Although I didn't see her expression through her mask, it was still evident from her violet eyes that she was still panicking.
...Is she letting me rest my head on her ŀȧp? Anyway, her eyes are pretty nice when compared to the clear blue sky.
”Thanks for taking care of me while I was unconscious, I will definitely remember this and repay you one day. By the way, you have pretty radiant violet eyes, it makes me feel of the space with a lot of stars, hehe” I said and tried to get up from her ŀȧp.
”No! W-wait, young lord! You have yet to recover! ...Wait, what did you just say?” She quickly pushed me back on her ŀȧp with worried eyes but then finally registered what I have said to her and she asked with wide-open eyes.
”...That I will repay you?” I asked with a confused expression.
”N-no after that...” She said with a nervous voice.
”? That you have fascinating eyes?” I asked with a confused expression because it was the last thing I have said to her and it doesn't sound like anything to be surprised about. I simply complimented her eyes which are shining with full of life.
”Yes! D-do you really mean it?!” She asked me and brought her face even closer to me, staring intensively into my eyes.
”...Yes? I don't know what you are thinking but there is no need to be surprised or anything...I just complimented your eyes, nothing more or less.” I said with a helpless expression.
”Y-yes, I am sorry for my actions!” She said with an embarrassed voice and moved her head away.
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'No one has ever said this to me...People always just stared at my body and overly big brėȧsts for my age...No one has ever complimented such a little part of me which should be uninteresting when compared to everything else. *sigh* I am starting to slightly regret that I wasn't born a decade later...but then again, I might not have the opportunity to meet the young lord and protect him.' Ichika thought and released a genuine smile that was slightly sad under her mask.
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[Health: 103/130]
[Energy: 100/255]
<Stats>
Strength: 7 (8)
Agility: 9 (14)
Constitution: 7 (10)
Charisma: 6 (9)
My stats are much better than compared to when I left the city. With this agility and strength, I should be able to kill weaker Danger beast even without a weapon. But thankfully I have at least half of my sword which can be used as a dagger. It was also so nicely broken that I can still use it for piercing attacks.
”I have rested enough, let's go slowly back to the Capital, hopefully, we will meet a few more Danger beasts because we have yet to get any materials to sell.” I got up and this time, I didn't let her push me back down on her ŀȧp.
”A-are you sure you want to hunt more Danger beast after what had just happened, young lord?” Ichika also got up and asked with a worried voice.
The next time we go outside, I have to give her a better weapon.
”Don't worry...I feel like a luck is on our side after that previous battle.” I said with a smile beaming full of confidence.
What I have just said is the truth, I really feel like there won't be any bigger Danger beasts.
I have always trusted my instincts, and whenever I felt like right now...I was always lucky for a specific period of time.
”...Alright, I will follow the young lord no matter what or where.” Ichika said with a cheerful voice and patted her buŧŧ off the dirt and jumped behind me, ready to follow me anytime.
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On our way back to the Capital we killed a few Danger beasts but most of them already run away due to the explosion.
[Class: Assassin (Lv. 4; +5 Agi, +3 Int, +1 Str) 50/80 XP]
I didn't get any BXP because we skinned them to sell their furs and potentially some of their meat. Ichika was educated enough to tell me which parts are quite valuable and which are worthless so we efficiently took only things that had some value.
...I guess my broken arm will fully heal only after a full night of rest. But my title is still really overpowered, even when I was unconscious it understood it as if I was resting. But I also discovered that by using [Absolute Dominance] will also negate my passive buff from my title for some time.
Also, it can't be used on weaker or similarly strong enemies. I already lost the feeling named fear, at least for my life but still...acting arrogant in front of a stronger enemy is really mentally tiring, much more than I thought.
[Absolute Dominance] is more of a trump card right now and I have to use it only when in real danger. But pretty broken skill if you ask me even if one must know how to truly use it efficiently. Not to mention that I got it from the 2nd level of my Special Class. At least it shows that Special Class is really special and not just for show.
I thought as we were slowly nearing the Capital's entrance.
At this hour, the entrance was filled with a lot of people and most of them were merchants. We had to wait in a pretty big line before we were to be inspected.
”Hm? Hey, how about you forget about that kid and have some fun with me?” Asked most likely the captain of the squad guarding the gate when he noticed Ichika's body.
Even though she had a cloak on, it was still visible that she was a woman and a pretty good developed one.
I completely ignored him and once we were done with inspection of our items, I went forward to pass through a gate.
”No, thank you.” Ichika said with a cold tone and followed right after me.
”Hey, what's with the tone, bitch?!” He said and stopped Ichika by putting his hand on her shoulder.
When this happened I stopped walking and couldn't help but think: Such a cliché but I guess these guys can't even find a wife or maybe their wives are too ugly to satisfy them.
Before Ichika could cause a scene I decided to resolve it myself.
”Hey, you scumbag” I called out to him even without turning around.
”Huh? Did that kid just tell something rude to me? Haha” The guy turned at his colleagues who already had uneasy expressions on their faces and asked them with a ridiculing laugh.