Chapter 5 Part 3. Medicine

The wind flickers through Astas Robe as he and Liebe flies through the skies with Millie a good distance ahead of them.

'Asta?'

'huh what is it Liebe?' Asta asks giving Liebe his eye for attention.

'well I know we can merge almost instantly so why did you feel the need to have her secure the perimeter the way you did? I mean I could sense you were holding back'

'well, I wanted to see what she would do, as well as giving her a moment to shine for a bit. And on top of that it looked like she wanted directions' He explains while Liebe urns his gaze to the two in front of them.

(I get the sense she is still not showing us everything)

They land in front of the house. And Millie jumps on the stone fence and turns to her cat form and shakes her head from (okey I exhausted more mana than I thought my head is spining) she thinks while watching Gordon knock on the door with Asta.

'oh you are back wonderful' his father Nathan answers the door.

'would your friend perhaps, want to join us inside' he asks. 'uh maybe' Asta utter and looks to Millie who unfolds her wings in her cat form and flies over to his shoulder.

'ow-ch!'

'what is it master?' she asks.

'Why is it always my butt' he grits through his teeth as the dog hangs on to Asta.

'oh sorry about that' Gordon tells him removing the dog.

'again it is fine' Asta utter.

Later they are inside the dimly lit office and Millie is walking around in her human form and looks at the different jarrs and plants on the different shelfes, While Asta watches Gordon make the medicine and his father supervises.

'you are getting the hang of this Gordon' Nathan says.

'thank you I have been studying the books you gave me' Gordon replies.

'yes, I can tell' Nathan says and looks at Millie.

'you sure seem rather fascinated by my collection little one' he says and Millie turns to face the man standing opposite side of the table.

'that I am sir, it is quite a collection you have here, you even have the Guroc-T-buto plant' she praises.

'Thank you, if you can tell what kind of plant that is then you must be quite adept at herbs yourself'

'A little. I worked for an apothecary for a while who acted like a villages medic at the time, she made medicine and helped with bruises, sore backs and childbirths' she elaborates.

Asta stands up straight and looks at her. 'woah, I didn't know that'.

'it is a long time ago now sir' Millie responds and looks at the shelves again.

'well if she has sprung a second tail then she, must have had a long life already, with a lot of time to collect knowledge and experiences' he says. 'well that makes sense' Asta replies and looks at Nathan and Liebe.

The only sound ringing through the room is of Gordon grinding herbs together as the light coming into the window from the outside falls into a shade of orange and red while evening claims the heaven.

'Say, why don't you show your true form' he asks.

'her true form? Isn't that her cat form?' Asta asks looking at Liebe who just shrugs 'don't look at me'.

'No, her true form should look like a cross between a human and a cat making her more like a beast' Naithan explains rubbing his chin with his finger.

'Wow, that would be Awesome to See!' Asta gets excited.

Millies eyes looks at Asta and to Nathan 'my true form... usually put people off so, I advice against it sir' she softly replies.

'It can't possibly be more off putting than most of what you see on these shelves' Asta pushes.

'Right, and there is only us here so you are fine' Nathan says.

Millie looks at them both. 'as you wish sir' she replies softly and closes her eyes.

Her two tails comes forth from behind her and her black feathered wings spreads from her back, then her black cat ears comes out and behind the left ear, a Black-grey horn rises forth,. That bends over the top of her head and curls straight up a couple centimeters before the middle of her head.

She slowly opends her silver cat eyes and looks at the man.

'wow, I didn't know your kind has horns too' Asta excites.

'they don't'

And Asta looks at him and back at her. 'Is it weg then?' Asta asks.

'it seems that way' Liebe adds.

'Then I will assume the split tooth on each side of your bell is'.

'wow you actually look really cool' Asta says up close.

she flinch and Thud.

she is on the floor looking up at Asta standing over her, 'uh you okey?' he asks.

'Uh yes sir I' she utter.

'well if you wouldn't mind I would like to examine you' he tells her. 'examine?' Asta looks at him confused.

Moments late Millie is sitting on a chair while Gordons father looks at her tails and holds them out while a collur of slight pink rises to her cheeks

Nathan moves over to her wings and touches along the bone structure.

'it is clear to see you have good muscle tone, you have a sort stature, and your wings looks to be build similarly to that of a falcon, which indicates that they are build for great speeds and sharp turns'

'you are right, she is way fast' Asta informs

'your tails are strong although a little on the thinner side' he tells them.

'and I will need you to open wide' he tells her and she opens her mouth wide for him to take a good look. 'your fangs are healthy and your saliva looks to be how it should.

'And now' he says and brings out his grimoar. 'black oil creation magic cursed filled nails' he says and black nails form at his fingertip and goes straight into Millies neck, and she patiently waits for him to pull it out.

Once he does it forms into a squiggle line that he looks at.

'well your temperature seems fine, and you have no abnormalities despite that horn, whatever the effects have been they seems to be too small to make much of a difference'

(too small? At least he can't tell what it actually has done to me) Millie ponders.

'you seem to have an abundance of mana and I find it odd that you have two different' the door swing open.

'yes can I help you' he asks.

'oh wait this isn't my room' the grandmother says. 'no, here mother come' Nathans wife tells the elderly lady leading her further down the hall, leaving the door open.

'well where was I oh yes, well if you don't mind I would love to get a small sample from you to do research on, anything would help' he tells her.

'A sample what kind of sample?' Asta face grow curious.

'well I have read that a familiars tail holds very unique, properties. especially when their tails have split so...' he says as his hand goes to the meat cleaver on the table.

Millie shoots to her feet, spins to the man. 'sir, I would like to keep all of my limbs in tact' she says grabbing her tails, holding them behind her back and steps away.

'yeh, cutting of a tail seems rather extreme' Asta exclaims from behind her.

'well she has two of them. I am sure it wouldn't do much if she lost one' he points out.

'my spine might say differently sir' Millie softly replies.

'wait' Asta tells her and the chain appears pulling her to the floor and she stands there on all four.

'ups, sorry, well would it be enough to just get some of her feathers, I mean it seems a bit less extreme than cutting off a tail' Asta says.

The dog burst inside and runs around before getting its nose into Millies face.

She pulls away but the chain tightens pulling her head closer to the floor.

'well that sure would work to some extent, even though a tail would be the best piece to get' he says.

'If it is for research to help people then, it is fine right?' Asta asks.

(help people) she blushes 'that would be alright' Millie utter.

The dog sniffs her rear while Nathan plucks some of her feathers. And the dog is getting very interested in her satchel hanging on her back hip.

'what do you have in there that has Nanalie so excited' Gordon asks.

'eh I, have dried rabbit meat sir' she says as the dog manages to get into the satchel and starts snacking.

'Hey hang on' Asta says. 'it is all right master, they are already covered in dog drool by now' Millie utters.

'Nanalie there you are don't bother our guests' Roxanne says and the dog runs out 'sorry about that' she says and closes the door.

'why do you have dried rabbit meat in your pockets' Asta asks.

'it is just provisions in case food is low' she replies

'too bad that the dog got away with it' Asta says. 'it is alright sir, I can make more, I only wish it didn't drooled all over me' she says as the chain fades and she can sit more properly.

Nathan plucks the last few feathers he needs.

'I am done with making the medicine now.' Gordon says and his father turns to him. 'oh good work Gordon, I am sure the villagers will be most pleased' he says.

'sir, if I mey ask' Millie utter. 'uh yes' he respond.

'how come you know this much about familiars, considering that we have not been seen on this continent for such a long time?' she asks.

'well when I saw you this morning with your two tails it sparked my curiosity, and then I remembered that I had read about it somewhere so I looked through some of my the family's old books in the attic while you guys were away' he explains.

'old... hang on you don't happen to have a way of telling what is going on near the magic regions' Asta asks, 'Oh that, I have heard the rumors but sadly that magical phenomena is new to me, as I could not find anything that relates to it' Nathan replies.

(Asta do come with genius ideas and questions sometime) Liebe thinks to himself looking at the interactions.

'we should be off we still need to deliver these' Gordon states. 'right' Asta says and soon they head out.

They deliver the box of medicine and head back to the hideout.