16 Chapter 17: Port of Atlas (1/2)
”We can see it... The ports in the view!” I Shouted out in excitement
Ariel quietly stared at the scene with enthusiasm
It's been a week since we started the journey. Throughout this journey we encountered bandits a wolf pack, and we got to see many different types of animal. Now we've finally arrived, at the port of Atlas.
David who had been focused on the trip let out a laugh and spoke up ”Welcome to the port of atlas, thank you for protecting me on the trip both of you. I don't think i would have been able to survive the bandit raid alone.”
”Yeah, of course not, no one can escape our grasps.” Said the bandit leader who was tied up on the carriage
”Oh you woke up? Alright then, let's go back to sleep” I said with a smile on my face as I hand chopped the side of his neck with magic strengthening
The bandit leader who had recently woke up went back to sleep
”It's fine, we both benefited from it after all. If it wasn't for you, i would've still been stuck on that kingdom. Plus you taught be how to butcher, we even got wolf pelt and the bandit leader.”
”Y-Yeah..” Said david with a dumbfounded expression as he saw the bandit leader get handled by a kid
We had now finally arrived at the gate of the port which was in view.
”ID?” Asked the gatekeeper
Gabriel presented his merchant card to the gatekeeper who then he looked at us
I handed my adventurer's card to the gatekeeper and so did Ariel.
”The fee?” Asked the keeper
Fee? There's a fee for entering a kingdom? Of course there is, how much is it?
”How much?” I asked
”5 silver each” He replied
And there goes the reward we got from escorting david
I handed him the coins and he allowed us through.
”So that;s why no one was escorting you. You were just paying their fee. Unless they actually had a need to come here, they wouldn't.” I said as i gave him a disappointed look
David who saw this, tilted his head to avoid my gaze
”Well that's fine isn't it? Dave taught us a lot of things and we can go sell the pelt in the adventurer's guild to make some money right? So no need to get so upset, cheer up okay?” Said Ariel
Seeing her stand up for dave was so cute.. Wait, who's dave? I only know a guy names David
”Thanks Ariel..” Said david
”Ariel.. You shouldn't spoil him too much.. Otherwise, he'll just do it again and it will end up in no one accepting and him reaching his deadline.”
”Yes...” She said with a saddened expression
”B-But that's fine.. I suppose i can let it go for now..” I replied
”Mn! Thank you!” Said ariel as she grabbed on to my hand
”Well then, don't forget this is only the port. You'll have to pay a fee to go to the main city by boat, so don't waste too much time or money exploring the port. The city is much bigger and prettier”
”Sure, consider it a bonus.” He replied
”No i'll think of it more as what you owe us.” I said
Without getting off the carriage, david took us through the port. It was much, much smaller than the kingdom, but have many facilities. The port was also connected to the sea so the view was beautiful.
”It smells so like the ocean, the breeze is so fresh.” I said as the carriage continued to head to the guild
”O-cean?” Ariel asked
”You haven't seen the ocean before?” I asked
”No.. I've always lived in that kingdom.. My uncle told me the ocean was full of water, and that you couldn't drink it.” She said
I might actually tear up
”Your uncle was right, the ocean is full of water and it's undrinkable. Most people love playing and swimming in the ocean” i replied
”Swimming?” She asked
”Yeah, swimming. It's really fun, but if you can't swim you might drown.”
”Mn.. Uncle told me about it.. I want to go swimming but i don't know how, so i might drown” She said with a saddened expression
”Hm? Don't think to hard on it, Swimming is easy to learn, especially for someone as smart as you. I'll teach you how to swim and i won't let you drown” I said with a confident demeanour
”Yes! Thank you!” She excitedly said as her eyes lit up
”Sorry to interrupt, but we've finally arrived at the guild.”
”Ah thanks”
Ariel carried half the wolf pelt while i carried the other half and dragged the bandit leader inside. Before heading in, me and ariel turned around to thank David. ”Thank you, david! Make sure next time we meet you aren't being much of a cheapskate! Stay safe!” i said as i waved at him
”Stay safe! Thank you for all the help david!” Ariel said as she waved at him
”Yeah! I'll try not to be much of a cheapskate anymore, thank you too kids, make sure you stay safe!” said david as he left with the carriage
”What a weird guy.. But he was a good person.” I said
”Yes!” Ariel replied
We headed in, and were instantly amazed. The adventurers which were here were actually young. Not young as in our age, but some of them were teens while others were young adults.
”Finally!” I said as we walked in
As we walked in, most of the peoples gazes and attention were gathered to us
”Hey, Ariel... Aren't we standing out.. a bit too much?” I quietly asked
...
”Um, ariel?” I asked
Ariel who wasn't used to all the attention froze up
As me and ariel stood still, we could hear some of the mumbles of the adventurers
”Those kids, took out all of those wolves?” Whispered a random adventure
”Hey, look at the guy that the kid is dragging, isn't he a bandit?” Whispered another random adventure
Standing out is hard... We might not be able to find a party at this rate..
I let go of the Bandit leader tied to a rope, and grabbed on to Ariel's hand
”Let's go submit this pelt in” I said
”Y-Yes..” Replied ariel
I held on to her hand with one hand and carried the pelt on the other as i guided her to the receptionist
”Um receptionist, we'd like to exchange this wolf pelt for money.”
”Wha- Y-Yes of course, just to be clear, you kids hunted the wolves to get this much pelt alone?”
”Actually it was just jo-”
”Yeah it was the two of us. We got lucky.” I replied as i interrupted Ariel