Chapter 4: The Necromancer and the Bard

We rode along the dirt road in a hay carriage, being pulled by what seems to be a giant Ginea Pig or Hamster. I was upfront sitting with Wolf-otuoto leading the creature.

He joined our group and a little later asked of my Japanese use of 'little brother'. I told them I was originally from Japan and that old habits die hard. It was true in a sense, but I haven't called anyone that since Souta. I also told them I am older than I seem.

At the present moment I listened to Lolidragon and Prince exclaim about our growing team. It felt odd and familiar to be in a group again, specially an odd group.

I listened to Wolf-otuoto explain the facts of a mage. I'm just glad I'm not a mage. It sounds so complicated~! I glanced at him and nodded at the information while Lolidragon and Prince 'ahh'ed at Wolf-otouto's knowledge. Then he told us his woeful tale to becoming a priest.

After a while, we got to a supposedly spooky graveyard with twisted trees and such. Prince was cutting down skulls, yelling "DIE!" I shot them with my arrows. Hey, I am an archer. The sword is only for close quarter's fights. The skeletons just crumble before me and get smashed by Prince.

"Prince, calm down! How can we sell these if you smash them to pieces?!"

I smirked. I just hit the joints to make them crumble so there won't be any damage to the bones, but when I heard Wolf-otouto say we can sell their powder, I started to attack them with my sword. Besides, I need to work on my skills as a swordsman. I already know how to use a bow perfectly.

A little later we meet Doll, a Necromancer, running from her own summons. *sigh*

Prince destroyed her summons, but lost 100 points in his fame and threw a temper tamterum. We found out she ran away from her summons because they were 'scary'. Prince blew up in her face. Doll began to cry and sniffle out her answer. I sighed again.

I walked behind her and landed my hand on her hand. I put on a gentle expression and ruffled her hair gently. No matter how different she looked. I can still tell who she was in real life. I was there when she was born. I stayed as her nanny for a while, but I left before she was old enough to remember me. Her parents knew my secret, but I didn't want her to know. She turned when she calmed down to see me gently smiling at her.

The others watched in silence as I showed Doll my, rarely actively shown, affection. Doll relaxed. Lolidragon asked her why she wanted to be a Necromancer if she was just to run from her own summons. Then Doll went into a winded speech about the goodness of Necromancers and did a dance while introducing herself. When she didn't get the applause she was waiting for,

"No one clapping for me! I don't want to do this anymore!"

Prince and Lolidragon clapped for her awkwardly. I smiled a little. Wolf-otuoto asked her, her level and how many skulls she can summon. Apparently, she is a level 30 and can summon 8.

I will stand to say they are perverted. One to two groped Lolidragon. She proceeded to de-limb them. Two out of three skulls went to grab my arms, the third met another untimely end when it pinched my butt and petted my tail.

Doll joined us and with her skulls, we were more protected. We traveled and gained experience by defeating monsters. Meatbun also gained experience with Doll and her skulls, which lead to Prince decrease in fame. Meatbun and Doll got along great by what I obverse after Meatbun learns Double Kill.

Then we were ambushed by hyena bandits. They injured Wolf-otuoto first. Lolidragon went to lure them away from us but misjudged how fast they were and died with Prince's name on her lips. All the while I was switching between shooting them and fighting them off with my sword. Prince, in a fit of rage and sadness, ran into the boss and died. I protected Doll and Wolf-otuoto to the best of my ability, but they died as well. Having them die like that, it brought horrible memories of the past, but I can't let that rule me, so I directed that anger and sadness to my fight. Later, with much blood and red potions, I got rid of the bandits and their boss. Don't be surprised, I do extra training while away from the group when I am early into the game.

I felt bad that they got killed under my watch. I decided that I am not worthy to be their pack leader anymore. I sent a message to them to say that Wolf-otuoto is to take care of them in my absence while I train to become stronger and will return when I feel that I am strong enough to come back. They must have understood because they didn't message back.

I sat down a distance away from my massacre and worked out a plan.

'Hm, let's see, what can I do now? I could travel west and defeat any monsters while I'm going there. But what am I going to do if I do that? I could be a lord like Sesshomaru. Yeah, why not? I can go to the Western Continent and rule over that.'

With that in mind I set out to the west. I defeated monsters, finished quests, and stopped by a few villages to stock up on supplies. On one quest I did for a mage, it offered to give me a cloud to ride on. Who am I to pass that up? It was difficult but I manage to get it. It was wispy and colored deep blue with shimmers of silver. I can summon it whenever I want.

If you are wondering, I still kept my indifferent mask on, all the way. But before I could actually start my quest, my alarm woke me up. All I can say is, I am grateful that I broke that habit of waking up at sunrise. I sighed and took off my night gear. These past few nights were great with the group, but did I make the right choice, leaving them? Ah, I got to stop thinking that. I did it to become stronger.

*sigh* but right now, as I make breakfast, I got to see what I am going to do about those recruitment papers from the colleges. Never thought that they would be fighting over me of all people. I sat there eating my toast looking over the papers. If you look at the 2 arrows pointing at me, it says, "IQ of 400, though is extremely modest and dazes a lot" and "A degree in teaching mythology and mythical creatures"

I threw the papers in the air and one of them landed on my head. I took it off my head and looked through it and put it down. The paper under it got my attention. I picked that up and read through it. I smiled.

"Alright, best be off to apply to this college."

I changed out of my night clothes and headed out to apply. Getting the job was easy, now I got to memorize the premises. I pass a nurses' office and saw a wolf's head specimen. I walked over to examine it. Then I meet looked around to see if the doctor or nurse was here, I wanted to ask questions about it. Then I see a man that looks remarkably like Wolf-otuoto. I walked over to him and had to crane my neck to look at his face. Goes to show how short I am compared to my avatar.

"Hello there, I'm Kagome. I'm going to be a new teacher here." *bow*

He looked around above my head. *sweatdrop* I raise my hand and wave it so he could look at my face.

"Down here."

"Oh, sorry about that. Well, you are rather short. Are you sure you are going to be a teacher?" He had a playful glint in his eyes as I pouted and swatted his arm.

"Ah well my name is Lee Tian. I am the Doctor of this clinic to the college. My friend over there is Ming Gui Wen."

I looked on surprised that I missed him, but there he is. I looked between them and came to a conclusion.

"I'm sorry. You two must have been in a conversation."

"Oh no, it's alright. We were just talking about a game called Second Life."

I quirked an amused eyebrow.

"Oh, so you play video mind games. I happen to play it as well."

"Oh can you give us your name, race, and job? Maybe you could join our team."

I smirked at him. 'Oh, he is going to flip when I tell him."

I schooled my face to my mask. I straightened my back and spoke while waving my hand gracefully towards myself, "This Sessho is an Archer. I am on a voyage to become stronger for this one's group because this one was not strong enough to protect them from a band of Hyena Bandits. I hope Lolidragon, Doll and Prince are fairing well, Wolf-otuoto."

I broke out into a laugh at his shocked and bewildered face and Gui's confused one.

"Is it true? How are you able to be male in the game? You don't look any older than 20."

"Yeah it's true. I got a special privilege in the avatar making. I wanted to be an archer, but only men can get that job. Can you believe that? That infuriated me so much! So I went with the change so I could get the job. *sigh* Anyway, how is the group since I left?"

"Oh well, we got your message. Prince wanted to message you back but Lolidragon told us that you were prideful and wanted to go through your journey. We also attained 2 new members. Gui here is a demon Bard and Yulian is a fire based wizard, sub wood. That is it so far. So how is your journy so far, is there any place you are going specifically?"

"Ah, what Lolidragon said is true. In the game, my persona is very prideful. Well, those two will benefit you greatly from what I remember from their job descriptions I read 3 months ago. Oh, I am going to the West Continent to be a lord over there. After that I'll get my court and co-rulers for when I'm gone to roam the land instead of sitting in a stuffy room. So how do you think of the group so far Gui?"

I looked to a lost Gui, but it dawned on him that I was speaking to him and remember what the others were probably talking about with me.

"Ah, yes they are a good group, even when I joined; it seems to have collected good people."

'He's avoiding my eyes for some reason. Oh well.' I looked to the clock and saw that it was the afternoon. I got up.

"Well, I got to go. Its lunch time, and I'm starved. I'll see you guys around."

I winked with a smile and went out.

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