The Next Morning

Throne Room.

"Those who would join the legendary heroes in rising against the Waves have gathered here." Aultcray said as we entered the room. Ei looked at the 'adventurers' in front of them and it seemed that only some are experienced in combat

... That doesn't matter.. I'll make a fighter out of them.

"Now, future heroes, your journeys begin now!" Aultcray shouted.

Soon after he announced that. The adventurers began walking forward to the heroes direction

They choose us instead? Hm.. That seems to be a... good... choice... WHY IS THERE NO ONE BEHIND NAOFUMI?!

Ei counted the number of adventurers and it seems that not a single person picked neither her, nor Naofumi. She isn't bothered by it though. What she's bothered with is because not a single person picked Naofumi. His attacks are so low that he won't even be able to attack with high damage

"Eh?! Three? Five? Four?! Hold up, King!" Naofumi shouted in disbelief

"I never imagined that duch a situation would arise." Aultcray commented

"No one wishes to journey with the two of them. They must be quite useless as a person

Tch. Useless? I swear that I'll show them my full power if I have the chance..

Ei noticed that one of the person beside the throne whispered something to the king.

"Such rumors run about the town?"

If only I have the power of Anemo, i'd cut the wind and let me hear it.. Also, what does he mean by rumors?

"What rumor? Sir.." Ei asked, glaring at both the king and his advisor

"A rumor runs in the town that the Shield Hero and the accidental person who was also summoned here knows nothing of this world."

"What?!" Naofumi and Ei shouted

"The legends state that the Heroes understand this world. Rumor has it that you do not."

... That GODDAMNED TWO MAIDS!

While everyone was talking, Ei mentally told herself to command every single thunder in this world to focus on the two maids that overheard their conversation last night. She hated people like that and wishes for them to be struck by thousands of lightning. She told them to strike the two maids late at night.

"And I should go adventure on my own because of that?!" Naofumi shouted, knocking Ei out of her mind. Right. He doesn't to have any party member. Would anyone here would join him? If not, then I'll join hi-

"Hero... May I join the Shield Hero on his adventure?" A red haired person spoke

.. That girl... There seems to be something off about her.. I need to be careful with her

"Oh? You're okay with that?" Motoyasu asked her

"Yes!" She replied

"Will no one else journey with Sir Naofumi?"

"Then so be it. We shall provide monthly stipends to each Hero, but the stipend for Sir Naofumi will be larger than the other Heroes due to some complications. Raiden Ei will also receive more stipends due to her not having any party members at all. Use it to recruit more party members" Aultcray said

"H-Hai!" Naofumi happily said.

"We present you with a starting sum. Take this to begin your journeys." Aultcray said. Once again, Ei got lost at her mind to think about something, but just when she's about to talk, she stopped as something spoke on her mind

"Ei? This is me. Can you hear me?"

"Who's that?"

"I'm your sword, Musou Isshin"

"H-Huh??!! What do you mean?!"

"When you left this sword to transfer your consciousness back to your original body, You accidentally left some of it in this sword. What I'm trying to say is you left some of your consciousness in this sword and as a result, I became alive"

"Interesting.."

"Well, I'm sure you have some important thing to do in this new world. So I'll take my leave. Please use me in battle more often!"

With that, Ei opened her eyes to see the Heroes already leaving while Naofumi and the unknown adventures stayed behind. "Ei, are you okay? You seemed to space out." Naofumi asked

"No. I'm okay. Just thinking about something. Anyway, I'll be going now" Ei said. Naofumi smiled as his concern for her was gone.


"See you Naofumi! Be sure to protect them with all your might!" Motoyasu said. "Y-Yeah"

"Um... Shield Hero, My name is Myne Sophia. I hope we can get along!" Myne introduced herself.

"I'm Naofumi Iwatani. Pleased to meet you." He replied.

"Hello you two" Ei spoke from behind Myne. She elegantly walked up the stairs until she reach Naofumi and Myne level. Naofumi turned to her and nodded

"Oh, hello.. Ei, was it?" Myne replied, unsure if she was correct

"It seemed you have known my name, but I'll reintroduce myself. My name is Raiden Ei, most know me as Raiden Shogun." Ei reintroduced herself.

"Shall I tag along? I'll go on my separate way after we leave the city gate.

"Sure! I don't mind"

"Then shall we go? Um.. Myne-san, Ei-san" Naofumi asked

"Yes, Hero./Let's go" Both Myne and Ei replied

With that out of the way, Ei and the others walked out of the gate to start on their adventure

"So, what should we do? Ei asked Myne

"I'll show you around the town! Please follow me." Myne replied to Ei.

The three of them walked in the shopping part of the town. Ei can clearly see the difference between Inazuma and Melromarc now that she is on the town itself.

"Heroes, what do you intend to do now?" Myne asked the two of them

"Hm, let's see.. First, I'd like to visit a shop that sells weapon and armor." Naofumi replied. Ei nodded as she agreed with Naofumi.

"Oh, you're right! With that much money, you can buy some good equipment! Allow me to show you two to a good shop!" Myne said in response to Naofumi reply

"Oh, please if you would." Naofumi said

"Of course! This way!" Myne replied.

Ei meanwhile was lost in her mind again and talked to Musou Isshin

"Isshin.. Do you think there's something off with Myne? I feel like she's hiding something"

"... I share a part of your consciousness, So I can feel the same about her. You should be careful around her"

"I agree.."

"Ei!" Naofumi shouted. Ei jolted and looked up to Naofumi again

"What's on your mind? You've been spacing out too much lately." Naofumi asked, concerned about her.

"No no.. It's just.. Can we meet at an inn later this night? I wanted to talk about something to you." Ei whispered to Naofumi.

Naofumi nodded and turned to follow Myne again who was waiting for them.


The three of them opened a blacksmith shop door to get something for their equipments. Ei noticed that the blacksmith have a variety of weapons that are not normal to Teyvat

"I recommend this shop." Myne said. The three of them walked inside and browsed the store. Ei split apart from Naofumi and into the full plate armour section.

"Welcome!" A male voice shouted. Ei looked behind her and saw a bald and extremely muscular man at the counter

Probably the blacksmith himself. He must be skilled

"Oh? I haven't seen you here before. You've got a good eye, coming to my shop." The blacksmith said to Naofumi

"Yeah, she recommended it." Naofumi said, looking at Myne. The blacksmith went silent as if he's thinking if he have seen her before.

Ei went silent as she browse the shop again, now looking at the sword section. She wanted to pull out the Musou Isshin to compare it, but she hesitated as she don't want the entire shop to be burned down after she pulls out the Musou Isshin

"And is that the second Spear Hero? I must say that she's good. She looks like she has seen multiple battles" The blacksmith asked. Ei looked behind her to see the three of them looking at her

"Second Spear Hero?" Ei asked. As far as she know, the Spear Hero is Motoyasu, not her.

"Mhm. You were seen wielding a spear when the king were talking about rewards. So they assume that you're one of the candidate for the Spear Hero"

"Hm. I see.. Well, I'm not the second Spear Hero or anything. I'm just a... Accidental summon.." Ei said. She turned to face the blacksmith and introduced herself

"My name is Raiden Ei. The accidental summon who was summoned along with the heroes. Pleased to meet you"

"Naofumi and Ei huh? Well, if you're gonna be a regular, who cares if you're the shield, accidental summon, or a sheep. Nice to meet you two!" The blacksmith said to both of them.

"Okay, mister, could you get some equipment for the Hero? Let's see... How about something under 250 silver?" Myne asked him.

The blacksmith nodded and pulled out some swords and put it on the desk. The very same sword Ei was browsing, which made her pout slightly. The blacksmith then told them all the swords name that are on the desk.

"They get more expensive, but they're all guaranteed to cut good." He told

them

"Huh? With this, even I can take on monsters-" *ZAP*

Naofumi suddenly grunted as he got shocked in the arm he was about to pick the sword with.

"What the heck?!"

"Naofumi! Are you okay?" Ei asked him. She immediately picked up one of the swords and also got zapped. She did endure it as she managed to control what seemed to be an Electro element inside the sword.

"Here, pick up this one." Ei told him, handing a silver sword to Naofumi. Naofumi slowly grabbed the sword in Ei hand. It appeared to be working until he suddenly got zapped again in the very same arm

"What the hell is going on?! Ei, how are you able to control it?!" He shouted. Still shocked about how the sword rejected him. Ei shook her head as she still doesn't want people to know that she is actually a God.

"I don't know either!" The blacksmith shouted

"It suddenly jumped out of your hand." Myne commented

Ei and Naofumi got a some kind of warning in their vision saying

"Cannot wield another weapon. Only the traveller may change your weapon"

"Musou Isshin, you know something about this?" Ei asked her sword in her mind

"I'm trying to figure it out.. Give me some time. I don't want to collect dust due to not being able to be used by you" The sword replied

"Ei, you saw that warning too?" Naofumi asked, noticing Ei facial expressions. Ei nodded and looked at the sword impaled in the ground.

"It looks like I can't use any other weapons because of this shield." Naofumi comment.

Ei summoned her Engulfing Lightning to inspect it

"Me neither... I'll try to do something to break the 'code' as I have a 'trump card' weapon as my friend called it" Ei said, inspecting her Engulfing Lighting from top to bottom.

The blacksmith proceeded to also inspected the two weapons that the two summons used, starting with Naofumi

"A quick inspection shows it as a Small Shield..." He said.

"You can't take this thing off?" He asked while trying to get the shield off Naofumi arm.

"I can change how I hold it, hit I can't separate it from my body." Naofumi replied.

"That's pretty weird.. I can sense a powerful force inside this part here, but I can't figure it out with my Appraise spell." He said, poking the shield core (?)

"I see... Now how about your spear?"

Ei proceeded to give the blacksmith her Engulfing Lighting.. Well, it's not like he'll steal it. Even if he did, she's able to unsummon it and summon it again.

"Hmm.. Well, there's nothing too special about this spear.. Except that.. It can give an attack boost and... Energy recharge? I suppose that is similar to mana" The blacksmith said, finishing off the inspection.

He then got up and faced the three of them again

"Well, thanks for showing me something new. Care to buy some armour then?" He offered.


"You're starting to look the part now." The blacksmith commented. Ei nodded in agreement.

"Er.. Thanks." Naofumi said. He is now wearing a brown chainmail that give some defense boost to him, further increasing his role as a shield.

"Are you sure you don't want to buy some armour too, Ei?" Naofumi asked her.

Ei shook her head at Naofumi question

"I won't need it. I'm confident in my Naginata ability." Ei replied to him.

"How much for it?" Myne asked

"I'll give you a bargain at 120 silvers." The blacksmith replied

"And if you were to buy it back?" Myne asked again. The blacksmith went silent to think about the question.

"If unused, I'd buy it back for 100 silver." He replied

"Why did you ask?" Naofumi said. Ei also nodded at Myne question.

"Once you gain some experience, you will not need it anymore. So I asked how much it would be worth if you sold it after." She replied.

"I see" Naofumi replied in satisfaction.

Ei nodded, but Myne reply made her even more suspicious of her. Why ask for a buyback purchase now?

"This one please!" Myne said to the blacksmith

"Thanks! I'll give tou an inner as a bonus!"

"Now then, shall we head out to fight, Heroes?" Myne asked them

"Y-Yeah!" Naofumi shouted with enthusiasm.

Hm.. He seemed to be excited.. Well, the opponent should be easy for him. Maybe he won't take any damage at all

"I agree, Ei." Isshin said suddenly

"Musi! Have you finished the investigation?" Ei asked the sword

"Musi?"

"A nickname. I figured Musou Isshin is too mouthful" Ei replied sheepishly

"I see.. Alright, Musi is my nickname. For your question, Yes, you can use me in combat. But you can't use me infinitely. I've negotiated with Engulfing Lighting and they told me that I can be used only for 6 minutes.. Although, the original bargain was only for 8 seconds, I managed to convince them to change it to 6 minutes" Musi said to Ei

"8 seconds to 6 minutes?! That's a big difference.. Thanks Musi."

"No problem. Anything for you to use me"


"Well, looks like it's time for us to part way" Naofumi said to Ei.

"Mhm. Good luck, Naofumi"

"Thanks, Ei! Well, see you tomorrow!" Naofumi shouted as he walked to the field with Myne.

Ei just smiled as she went to the forest to hunt something that's not weak. She closed her eyes to concentrate on her electro powers, her arms and hairs were filling with electricity and a thunder can be heard in the distance. She opened her eyes again to see that it was now filled with electro elements and gave it a purple lightning

"Let's go, Ei"


Alright! Sorry for the delay. This chapter was supposed to be released yesterday, but I decided to change some things in this story. Ei was supposed to join Naofumi party, but I decided that she'll go alone.

Ei is actually able to pick up the sword, but the effectiveness will be drastically decreased. The same will apply to Musou Isshin, except in the 6 minute period.

It was also to show on how weak she will be in the later chapter, but don't worry, she'll get more powerful later on.

Musou Isshin voice will be similiar to Ei, except they have more dark feelings into it.


kerrowe: Thanks for telling me where the mistake is! I'll try to make my grammar better next time. But seeing that I'm not a native speaker, it will be kind of hard.

Lq840i: Well, she has been meditating for hundreds of years and only until the traveller went to her plane, she stopped meditating.Ei can unsummon her Naginata, so Motoyasu won't be able to copy it.

Windraider: I haven't read Ei full story as my friendship with her isn't enough, so thanks for telling me that

to others: thanks for supporting me!the next chapter haven't been released on both Wattpad and Fanfiction net, so it will take a while. Alright, see you!