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Morning came and Toriel woke up stretching her arms out,she got up from the bed and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth looking down at the sink and seeing that it didn't have a facet or anything to spill water

"oh right medieval times" she said going back to the bedroom to grab some water from a jug and putting in a glass cup

"good thing they have toothbrushes and some thing like toothpaste"

after brushing then she was ready to go to see if the others were awake when a maid with cat ears open's the door

"oh lady Toriel you're awake,the king has request that you and the others come to the throne room as soon as possible"

and with that the four heroes made their way to the throne room opened the door, walking right into the room as they saw a line of people standing before the throne.

"Greetings, chosen heroes," the king greeted before motioning to the line of people before him

"We have gathered the finest warriors in the land. These brave souls will fight the Waves alongside you."

"So are we going to choose them or are they gonna choose us?" Motoyasu asked

"The latter actually" the king stated before standing up

"Now our future heroes, it is time to begin your journey!" As the adventures choose their parties Toriel was the only one alone with no party members

"uh...is this supposed to happen?" She asked

"yeah it seems unfair" motoyasu replied

"is there a reason Toriel doesn't have a party?" Itsuki asked

the king's advisor whispered to the king

"ah I see so there are rumors" the king said

"rumors about me? Why?" Toriel asked gently

"it seems that rumors of Toriel's not being human have spread and thus they don't seem to trust you very much" the king respond

"it is reasonable to believe that, since they have a monster problem of course they wouldn't trust a monster" Ren added

"still she hasn't done anything to make her suspicious at all" motoyasu tried to defend toriel

"whatever the reason may be it seems that the shield hero will have to find a part for herself,to help with this she shall receive a little more money for her journey right now"

the king said as the maids came in to deliver bags of silver coins to the heroes with toriel having 800 silver coins and the rest getting 600

"well then heroes i wish you luck for your adventure" the king said to them and after thanking him they we to to the front of the castle bridge

"are you sure it's gonna be doing well" motoyasu asked toriel

"is going to be a bit harder than I hoped but maybe it's for the best" she replied

"it feels unfair that because of your appearance they won't trust you" Itsuki said heroically

"whatever the case may be we need to prepare for the waves,we only have a month" Ren said

"well i think the best thing for us to do is gearing up and level up there seems to be a large amount of level 1 monster in fields close to the outside of the city, perfect for EXP farming"

"alright so that's what will do today" Itsuki responded

"i will see you boys later at the fields then"toriel said smiling but she noticed a look of disgust from the red haired girl in motoyasu's party but they soon parted ways.

Walking around the city she could see looks of confusion and disgust towards just like with the red haired girl but what else could she expect? Humans and Monsters disliked each other here more than in her own world from the looks of things but she was sure that would change once she proves that she was a allie in fighting the waves

noticing a anvil and a hammer on a sign she decided to enter to see if it was a blacksmith

"hello,would this happen to be the blacksmith?" She asked

"your right on that" a man responded and toriel looked to see a tall, muscled man approach them, a scar being seen on his bald head

"Welcome to my shop." he said before noticing Toriel's look

"and who would you be miss?"he asked

"so you haven't heard of me?" Toriel said

"Heard?" the blacksmith repeated before noticing the shield she wad carrying

"Oh...you must be one of those heroes that have been the talk of the town lately."

"I'm sure am" she responded to the man

"well is a pleasure to meet you Miss hero I'm Erhard one of the best blacksmiths of the town" he said putting his thumb in his chest proudly

"likewise my name is toriel and I would like to buy some armor from you"

"of course what are you looking for?" He asked

"well my robes are comfortable but don't give any protection,if you would have something light like that" she pointed to a chain mail armor on display

"it would be best, although I'm not against using more plated armor like I

me and my husband used to have" she added

"oh you married Ms toriel?"he asked surprised

"was..." She said with a look of discomfort on her face

"uh...sorry for asking, anyway if you want you can take the chain armor to the changing room to she if you like it"he said trying to avoid the awkward tension in the room

"ok then" she said and took it to the room

she took of her robes and put the armor over her underwear but the results were embarrassing for her since the upper part of the armor didn't go down all the way showing of her small belly and the pants were skin tight on her hips which restraint her movements

"this is awkward but would you happen to have a bigger one?" She said laughing of embarrassment with her head out of the changing rooms

"well you are taller than most people,but i do have one in a bigger size if you like to..."

"YES!" She shouted in response.

The new armor was the right size for toriel covering her and being more loose on her body with a special purple cape that she choose

"now this is way better" she replied

"glad you liked it" Erhard said smiling

"now how much do I owe you?" Toriel asked

"normally a set like that of magic iron cost 350 silver but since your a hero i can give you 250" he said with his hand on his chin

"why you're too kind!" She compliment

"but do me a favor and don't go dying on your first battle,that would be embarrassing" he said joking

"well there goes my evening plans" she responded back with sass making Erhard laugh

as she was leaving the store toriel asked "by the way where is the queen? i noticed her throne was empty"

The question surprising Erhard

"well i don't know the specifics but she is in another country doing politics with the other countries" he responded

"i see that takes me back to when I did the same for my husband back in my world"Toriel's response caught the blacksmith attention

"wait you were a queen in your old world!?"

"That I was but after the decisions that my...husband made i divorced him...and went to guard the ruin's" she had a neutral expression but her eyebrows showed a bit with sadness

"there was another reason for me leaving the throne but it's very personal..." She said

"no,no i understand" he said feeling guilty for asking about it

"hey before you go i must advice you to be careful,not of the monster's but the people"

"why" she she asked raising a eyebrow

"well you may not be but they see you as a demi human and they hate these guys, you see there was this war..."

"Let me guess humans and demi humans couldn't live together so they turned against each other" she said with a blank expression

"uh yeah how did you..." He was cut off by toriel again

"happened in my world too it seems to be natural for humans to not like people different from them"

"yeah anyway the shield hero is seen as a devil due to the church of the three heroes because he saved a lot of demi human slaves along time ago" he said with a disappointed look

"i honestly expected more from us humans" he continued

"at least you know it's wrong and you don't take part in so that already shows that you are a good person" she replied putting her hand in his shoulder to cheer him up

"although this country may be corrupt it still deserves to be saved,now i must leave but i can't thank you enough for your help" she said leaving the store while Erhard waved before saying

"why is always good people that have the hardest time".

Toriel made her way to the fields were she could see in the distance Ren and his party fighting of some orange balls,as she went looking for these monsters that she was supposed to kill to gain exp which still bothered her

a orange balloon dropped from the tree bitting her head

"eek!" Toriel gave a small scream as the small orb tried to hurt her to no success

her defense was too high for the creature to do any damage to the goat and she seeing this grabbed the balloon with her hand

"now little one we don't need to be enemies" she said calming down the creature a bit

"I'm sure you're just doing it out of instinct to survive" she placed the small orb down in the ground

"but you could do more than that and I am sure that we could come to agreement that could benefit both of us" she extended her hand out

"what do you say?" She said smiling

* crunch *

she pulled her hand close to her head without changing her smiling face,looking at the orange balloon bitting it

"well i guess you made your choice"she said before the small orange balloon explode as her fist was lit on fire

1EXP appeared on her vision the corner of her eye

"my attack may be 1 but my magic is still the same" toriel commented as she picked up the rubber remains of the monster

the gem on her shield glow and when she put the piece close to it,the gem consumed the small piece curious she put the rest and a message appeared

Requirements Met. Orange Balloon Shield Unlocked. 1 Defense. Equip Bonus: [Damage Reflect]

the shield change into a orange shield made of balloons

"so that's how we unlock new forms!" She said surprised by it "it seems that it also gave me a small bonus, perhaps different things unlock different bonus or even more? I will have to put different things to see what i unlock"

seeing two other balloons jumping into her direction,with a determined look she said

"but first I need to gain more experience" flames erupted from her hands.

At night toriel was staying on a inn enjoying her meal,she had went up three levels now being at level 4 during the afternoon at the field even unlocking some new shield's like:

Leaf shield LV 1

Equip bonus absorption 1

Fish shield LV 1

Equip bonus fishing 1

Wood shield LV 1

Small poison shield LV 1

Equip bonus 3 poison resistance

Mush shield LV 1

Equip bonus plant appraisal

Blue mush shield LV 1

Simple recipe 1

Green mush shield LV 1

Equip bonus apprenticeship compounding

Feather shield LV 1

Equip bonus 3 agi

It was a productive day but if these waves were as dangerous as they said it would be best if she kept the good work and grow stronger to protect the others.