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Hero And Fighter Chapter 20
Castle Town: Slave Tent
6/6/0000: 0900
Third Person: Omni
"Oh ho ho… A filorial queen?" The slave merchant looked over the bird with glinting glasses and the standard unnatural grin on his face. Naofumi just stood to the side already knowing a fair bit of information about them from Eclair and Senka. Though it should be noted the crown princess quite likes the animal from some roomers they had heard.
"Yep, we need her tamed since her last crest stopped working," Naofumi said with a sigh, the Monster User Series still worked fine on her but the Slave User Series stopped working after the race, when she transformed into a filorial queen.
For Filorial Queens and Kings, you need a special crest to tame them… lucky for you I know how to do it… as a special service it will only be 1 silver with the recurring buyer discount." He said with that same old grin of his, he was already expecting this. Naofumi nodded while giving him the silver, he had made sure to have a slave budget set up in case new seals or new slaves were needed.
A giant purple sigl appeared under the bird as the slave trader put his arm out… immediately as he did so Filo started to try and get out of the boundary through red barriers stopped her.
"Filo listen to me… You need this mark to stay beside me and grow faster than without it… I need you to endure." Naofumi said while looking directly at her, he knew slave seals caused pain to the slaves when first being applied, it seemed that the higher the grade the more pain.
"Yes… Master…" She said with a gritted beak as she sat down on the floor, letting the sigil imprint on her chest. Naofumi immediately saw her level as she finished with the new crest, though she looked annoyed at it as she sat on the floor. All this at LVL 19…
"And this is why the service usually costs 5 silvers to do, more if the king or queen is of a higher level." The slave seller said while wiping his brow with a handkerchief, his grin still on his face.
"Alright then, Filo get up, we need to get you clothes that won't rip when you transform," Naofumi said with a sigh as he made sure to carry a cloak on him just in case of a wardrobe malfunction.
"Come again." The slaver said with a smile, already knowing that he would be back if that filorial grew so quickly and became so strong… or just to buy other slaves.
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Erhard's Smithy
6/6/0000: 1000
"Welcome." The smith greeted the group who just barely arrived when he was about to have his lunch. He looked over at the group of six that had arrived. The little girl in the center looked at his sandwich with sparkling eyes.
"Man, don't come by just to show off your new slaves." The smith said with a good-natured laugh.
"Well you are one of the places to equip them." Naofumi already thought about movement restrictions in Filo's larger form… as well as the wardrobe malfunction from transforming. She could not fight in closed spaces, so he would have to figure out how.,
"Another little girl and an adult?" The smith said with a grin.
"Only the little girl is a slave, the adult is not one," Naofumi said with a sigh, he would have to explain to Eclair about his bonuses later now that she just barely found out that Raphtalia and Senka were slaves.
"Master, I am hungry," Filo said before turning to her master with begging eyes.
"Want a bite?" The man with the sandwich asked.
"I would recommend you not," Naofumi said with a sigh.
"It is fine, how big of a bite could she take?" He said with a good-natured smile. Filo suddenly turned into her filorial queen form and ate the entire sandwich.
"I did warn you," Naofumi said with a sigh as Melina held back her laughter, he noticed that she is far less stressed lately. Raphtalia held the now turned back Filo as she forced the bird to bow, along with Naofumi also doing so.
"Here, I really should have a way to mass-produce this now." It is an IOU food ticket for him to make something, especially when they get baited by Filo in her human form and just eat stuff in her Filorial form. All the other girls already knew it would be a hot commodity among people who have eaten his food.
"So what do you need…" He said while looking at the young girl.
"We need to get her clothes that don't break when transforming, but more to your expertise, a sword and some armor for Eclair the rosette," Naofumi said with a calm expression back on his face.
"While you should go to the tailor to talk about transforming clothes, you can see if anything fits with the young woman." He said with a grin back on his face, he recovered from the stolen sandwich surprisingly quickly.
Eclair quickly started to try the swords in the store in order to find what would do her well. Naofumi already thought about getting Raphtalia more swords to use. Melina had some idea of how female slayers trained.
"No, it is a bit too heavy for me…" Eclair said while testing various swords with a few simple swings. She was not commenting to anyone physically in the room as she was speaking into a mirror.
"This one will do for now," Eclair said while testing a simple sword without very many ornamentations. A flurry of slashes quickly showed her being far more skilled than many Naofumi had seen… at least for European style sword fighting.
"Sir Hero, this sword will do for now." She stats while placing it onto the counter for the smith to check the actual sword. She quickly starts looking through armors and looking to the reflection of the mirror for feedback.
"I think she might be crazy…" The smith whispered to Naofumi as he watched the woman have a conversation with herself.
"Don't worry about it… when having strong people ever not have something unique about them?" Naofumi said with a sigh, every person in power did something strange usually.
"Here's the payment," Naofumi said after Eclair set down the armor set that she had picked. The smith nodded while doing one final check that everything was in order, though he already knew Naofumi would not do anything to really cheat him.
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Castle Town: The Tailor
"So cute!" The young blond woman said as she looked at Filo with stars in her eyes. Eclair and Melina would attest to her saying as well.
"She is like an angel… no she has wings, so she really is an angel." She said while looking over to Raphtalia, who just gave a pity laugh. She was still a child until just recently so the memory of being looked at quite a bit was still fresh in her mind.
"Am I cute, Master?" Filo asked after turning around. Naofumi kept his face stone cold before stating his response.
"Yes." That was all he said but the praise sent Filo into a state of euphoria. Her already cheerful smile just grew brighter. The young woman in seiza position just smiled as she looked over the young girl… though she was only a few days old if you really want to think about it.
"Complements do make the girls cuter." She said with closed eyes as if lecturing everyone in the room.
"Master, are you Filo's father?" Filo asked in the third person… though what did Naofumi expect before? He did not know what anymore. How the question came to the bird's mind went over Naofumi's head.
"Nope. Do I look old enough to be a father?" That was all Naofumi said in response. Though if he were to say anything, it would be Big Brother that he would use. He is still 18 years old after all… though he did have experience with children when he took care of his younger brother.
"Then what does that make Onee-Chan?" Filo asked while looking at Raphtalia.
"A trusted comrade," Naofumi said with closed eyes, already thinking about what he was about to say instead of that… Did he grow that old in mind already?
"Do you know of any clothes that won't rip when the user transforms and returns back when they go back to normal?" Naofumi decided to ask before the conversation could get to any of the other girls.
"Oh, so that is what you were looking for? Did you bring somed magic thread?" She asked while looking at him, business before pleasure after all.
"Magical thread?" Naofumi asked… it was starting to feel more like a fetch quest than anything… though that was only a passing thought. The younger blond in the shop just looked around at the various mannequins in various dresses.
"Transforming clothes must be made out of thread that is made using the weaver's own mana." Naofumi suddenly got why the smith did not have any premade transforming clothes, they needed to be made to order and it would be a Tailor who would handle it.
"So it is custom made?" Raphtalia asked in interest.
"Indeed." The seamstress answered the curious raccoon's question easily, and with quite a bit of cheer.
"If you got me some magic thread, I could make the cutest dress ever!" She adjusted her glasses with a flourish and looked directly at Naofumi with stars in her eyes. Naofumi almost wanted to ask her about using the two-headed dog leather for a cloak.
"The best person to ask would be the witch," Senka said with a board tone. She was not that into clothing anyway, though she did quite like the dress that she used in the banquet hosted by the king.
"Alright, thanks," Naofumi said with a nod of his head before motioning for everyone to leave.
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Castle Town: Magic Shop
"Magic thread huh." The witch said while standing behind the counter where she gave the group the three grimoires, though Naofumi and Raphtalia learned quite a bit from them, they still did not fully understand the words inside of the books.
"You could certainly spin it here." She said with Naofumi already feeling a but to the statement.
"But not right now, my magic crystal broke recently." She motioned to a machine made of wood off to the side of the shop.
"Is it expensive?" Naofumi asked the main contributor that would cause her not to be able to immediately replace it in his mind.
"Why certainly it is, the larger issue is that it is constantly in short supply." She said after turning her head back to the young man.
"Well, that is a problem," Raphtalia commented on the new information given to them. Though Naofumi thought about why the gemstone would be so scarce, there probably are not many magic shops that need it at one time.
"I'll talk to some people and try and get one as soon as possible. Could you give me more time?" Naofumi put a gloved hand to his chin, while it was not as urgent as some other things and could wait, it was still distracting to some when a naked child suddenly appears in the place of a bird… though when you really think about it, the more surprising thing is of a bird changing to a young girl.
"Hey, what is this?" Filo had returned from looking around the shop, making sure to not touch stuff without permission, especially from the lecture that Naofumi gave her after the course touching of weapons in the Smithy.
"A crystal ball. It measures magic affinity." The woman immediately went into her kind grandmother form and explained to the young girl about what the ball did. Now that Naofumi thought about it, it would be a good idea to have her learn magic as well.
"Can you measure her affinity?" Naofumi asked with a calm voice. He was already thinking about finding a place to get some magic crystals.
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Road
"Filo is in a good mood," Raphtalia said now that she was practicing what she learned from Naofumi by observation… though it was not like Filo was a hard mount to work with either. Filo was singing about various stuff, such as learning that she has a wind affinity or kicking Motoyasu away.
"It'll be awhile before we get her clothes, so I have to keep an extra cloak on me," Naofumi said with a smile from inside the carriage, Raphtalia was far from being the same girl who got severely motion sick.
"Well making money is good," Melina said while watching through the back of the carriage. Senka had her eyes closed and was sensing for any presence past the detection range of Alert Shield. Eclair also had her eyes closed to talk to Ellen. Naofumi had a new shield equipped with the Book Shield to really look like a traveling merchant.
"Master, there is someone running ahead of us," Filo reported, Naofumi thought something was strange, usually, people would not run to their destination unless they were desperate.
"Raphtalia, Filo, pull up beside him." Naofumi decided to help the man.
"Is something wrong?" They stopped just in time for the man to start resting on his feat, absolutely exhausted as he puts his hands on his knees.
"Please let me ride in your carriage." He said in a desperate tone. Raphtalia made a noise of question.
"I need to get this medicine to the village behind the mountain at once." The man said while showing a vial of medicine that he mentioned.
"Filo, how long at full speed?" Naofumi asked, though he would probably have to take control during that speed, Raphtalia did not have the skill necessary yet.
"Not very long, but it would be sooner without the carriage." She replied while looking back with her blue eyes.
"I can take you for 1 silver." Naofumi said to Eclair's and Raphtalia's disappointment, he already knew he would have spent everything on the medicine, but they were lacking supplies like food in return.
"But I spent everything on this medicine…" He trailed off as Naofumi said what he was really doing.
"1 silver worth of supplies or just pay me back later." Was all Naofumi said with a dramatized sigh saying I can't help it. Naofumi took the reins from Raphtalia's hands, and hopped onto Filo, offering a hand to help the man up.
"Thank you." The man spoke in gratitude as he situated himself on the bird. The carriage's connection to Filo was silently removed by Senka.
"Just pay me back, you better hold on tight. Filo!" Naofumi quickly brushed off the gratitude before warning the man about the sudden high speed they would be going at.
"Protect the cart and goods." Naofumi said with a passing glance at the girls within, Senka immediately went to the Coach seat to be able to sense the world better. Melina situated herself in the back of the cart. Naofumi had Filo start running.
"Ahhh." The man yelled out at the sudden start of their journey. Naofumi was easily able to control the bird. It took a while before they reached the toll gate.
"Here is my pass." Naofumi said loudly to the guard while throwing it to him.
"I'll be back for it later." Naofumi finished the rest of his words to him before they jumped the gate. It took a bit longer to get to the village.
Word Count: ~2700 Words
Date Completed: 12/28/2020
Note: Hope you all enjoyed it… almost new years everyone.
Review Corner:
FFN:
Re Lovely Lover: Very much enjoying this.
Dropped the original because it was like the author gave up and asked a bunch of little kids what they want in the story and just started doing random shit.
The demon lord personality garbage, the out of nowhere new scumbag hero that caused the tragic death of Atla. And his overpowered somehow unknown group that popped into existance. Just a bunch of unpleasant or annoying shit that made the story unpalatable for me. The Atla bit after all that other shit she went through and then suddenly the surprise heroes in particular. I just gave up on it.
Before that shit it was really quite good. Very compared to everything else I read by that point.
Response: Fair enough, glad you enjoyed.
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Robbie2413: well, gotta love their reactions to Filo transforming for the first time into a little girl.
Response: Finding out a giant bird is actually a small girl is quite fun to write.