Chapter 234 Vardia and Zyra (1/2)
”Ahh, sure, because it's cute… For sure…” Stahl replied as he slowly nodded his head, looking over at his Grandfather and Cousin with a frown, before Eisen tuned in.
”Yes, Kyla, it's very cute.” He laughed lowly before continuing with the explanation. ”But don't worry, those aren't real tattoos. That's Jyuuk's Minion Storage. The bones represent undead he has stored, and the pictures of animals exactly those animals. I'm pretty sure any occupation has that kind of storage skill, at least high-grade ones. I have a skill that lets me store my tools in different accessories, if I currently had any, that is. What I was using just now was Soul Storage though, an innate ability that anyone can use as long as they can control souls.” He explained as he finally waved his staff around to prepare a bit of seating for everyone with his element.
It might be slightly uncomfortable considering that it was all made of rock, but it was enough to relax a little bit. ”That's pretty cool!” A young woman exclaimed, who seemed to be Evalia's recommendation. ”But just curious, what's that big seat for?” She asked, pointing at the rock-seat that was obviously too large for anyone there to use before Eisen just shrugged.
”Oh, that's where I'm sitting.” He explained, and the young woman slightly sighed. ”No offense, Sir, but you obviously aren't big enough to sit on something that size.” She said and looked at Evalia, who was grinning, waiting for her reaction to what was about to happen.
With a laugh, Eisen changed to his Titan-size and quickly sat down on his seat, and the woman, Zyra, looked up at him in surprise, then turning to Evalia, Jyuuk, and Brody. ”Can you guys do that too?” She asked them with her head slightly tilted to the side, but Brody shook his head and spoke up.
”Nah, sorry. Eisen's a Half-Giant so that is why he can change his size.” He explained, and his seemingly Hispanic wife Vardia looked at Eisen with a calm expression saying 'I understand.'”So he isn't as tall as he was before either?” Vardia asked, and immediately both Stahl and Alnico quickly shook their heads and crossed their arms in front of their bodies to form a cross.
”He absolutely is, trust us. He came to visit my family and me a few years ago, and as he was carrying his suitcase into our house, he hit his head against the doorframe to the guestroom, and the wooden doorframe broke down before his face did.” Stahl explained, and everyone was looking at Eisen in surprise, excluding Alnico, who knew about this kind of thing happening all the time, so the old man could only chuckle in defense.
”…The quality of it wasn't that great; it's not my fault…” Eisen told them, before immediately shaking his head so that they could move on. ”Anyway, that's not what we want to talk about now. We need to explain to you what's happening next.” He said, before swiftly telling the five of them about what would be going on from now on, meaning that they would go back to Handor and then use a large ship to make their way to a pretty dangerous group of islands.
”But don't worry, you'll have everything you need. You can get almost any group of Occupations from us, we can teach you about a few different skills, and you'll be safe and supported by a lot of people. But it's going to be quite a different experience to what other players will have.” Eisen explained to them before Kyla immediately nodded her head.
”You're saying that like it's a bad thing! Doing everything the same as other people are just boring!” She yelled out before Eisen quietly laughed. ”Is that so? Well, if you think so, that's fine. Once you reach level 15, you can join our Guild as well if you want, but you can't do that just yet. Oh, and I meant to give you something.” Eisen muttered as he looked toward the carriage.
”Caria, Melissa, Aulu, could you please bring everything out?” Eisen asked, at first confusing the five newcomers, before the door at the back of the carriage opened up, and a slightly weird sight assaulted them.
A young girl in a red dress and an even younger girl in a black-and-red striped dress riding on the back of a golden wolf. All of them having numerous holes in their bodies that a few dozen bees were crawling in and out of, while all of them were holding a few items in their hands, or Aulu's case, mouth.
”Wh-What the hell is that?” Alnico exclaimed as she took a step back at that sight before Eisen sighed loudly. ”Melissa, it's nice to see that you can turn other things than yourself into a hive, but please stop that. That's not the proper way to introduce yourselves to new people, is it?” Eisen told them with a sigh, reaching over to them before picking the two young girls up and setting them down on his shoulders as the bees and holes disappeared from the larger girl and the wolf, while all the bees swarmed toward Melissa and vanished in her body. ”Sowwy!” Melissa exclaimed as she leaned against Eisen's head from the side, and Caria tilted her head to the side as she looked at the people in front of her.
”Eisen, who are these people?” She asked before the old man chuckled and picked Aulu up as well, setting her down on his lap as the mechanical wolf-lady handed Eisen the bow in her mouth and then rolled up on his legs.
”These are new friends, Caria. And all of you, these two girls are my tamed monsters. Caria here is a Rank 3 Lesser Myconid Druid, and Melissa here is a Rank 3 Empress Bee.” Eisen explained, and the two girls waved at the new people they hadn't met before.
”Wait, those are the monster girls you mentioned? Those are little kids!” Stahl said with a conflicted expression before Eisen smiled at him. ”Yes, they are, at least so far. I'm expecting them to grow up slowly, the higher their rank becomes. Caria looks like she's about Kindergarten age now, so maybe next time, she'll be at around Elementary School-age. Then Middle and then High-School. At least that sounds like the kind of progression that's going on.” Eisen explained, and Jyuuk nodded his head.