Fresh air-
Roosters screaming at the top of their lungs-
And yawning farmers leaving homes-
Yup- it was a new morning.
A fresh start.
I stared at the city- from my room-
I stayed at this place for over two months now.
Since I was going to leave today, felt kind of sentimental. I guess, I got a bit attached?
And though that was kind of saddening, the thrill of adventure had dulled the bitter taste lurking inside.
'But maybe I shouldn't travel alone-'
After all, I needed semen every single day-
If not-
I wasn't going to make it.
Not having sex, was a no go.
Meaning, I definitely couldn't travel solo.
Then again, caravans often took in people as long as they paid enough, so I suppose I could always make that work.
So-
Taking everything, I just left…
I walked the streets alone.
Headed for the gates.
The best way to find a caravan was to actually head over to the merchant guild and offer assistance.
However, given my lowly rank, it wasn't going to mean much and no one would probably hire me. And paying them too much money wasn't something I could afford either because for that I'd need the 'too much money' first anyway.
So-
Instead-
I had a better plan.
"It's sad to see you go, miss-" The same guard from the other day.
Apparently, he worked half of the month on the other gate and half of the month on this one- the south gate.
"I like it here. Might come back in a while-" that said, I walked out.
To leave a city, you didn't need much of anything.
To enter a new city however, you needed to show your identification and pay a fee. If you didn't have an identification then you were going to have to pay twice or even five times the fee.
Not pleasant, no.
And though I had my things with me and pretended like I was traveling alone, I wasn't.
After all-
Just after me, a caravan also left.
And I just-
Tailed them…
From a distance of course.
It was monster season and even if nothing happened- I could always just pretend to be lost and get into their caravan at night anyway…
But- after half a day or so-
It finally happened.
Yes-
Monsters.
Large wolves-
White, slightly pale and-
In broad daylight.
"AAHH!" Frail shrieks ran across the field.
This caravan did have guards but they weren't equipped enough to fight the wolves.
Why?
Because wolves generally didn't show up here.
But-
They did.
It was common knowledge for me that abnormally strong monsters would appear near this time of year but for typical adventurers who hadn't been doing this for decades, didn't really know this.
This pattern-
After all, every year and a few decades it changed a bit. Only long living races could keep track-
Of when monsters show up.
Anyway, enough of that-
People were dying in front of me and I couldn't just sit here doing nothing in the distance… I mean… my ride and life depended on it…so-
Taking a stance, I blitzed forward-
Swift-
Swift as the air-
Dancing almost-
Slash!
A streak of red, the wolf fell on the floor.
About eight of them were left-
Meanwhile-
The adventurers and merchants all somehow gathered behind me.
I didn't have to say a single word, no.
Grr… the wolves though-
Three lodged forward while the other ones watched-
"Take the one on the left!" Shield at the ready, I swirled my estoc- thrusting it forward at the head of a wolve just between its eyes, kicking the other one-
And the third?
The three adventurers took care of that-
Or rather, the wolf took care of them…
Anyway-
The rest of the five growled but quickly turned tails and just ran-
'So much for pack loyalty-' Turning back-
Slosh!
I punctured the wolf which was still fighting the three adventurers.
"Sirrgh!" somewhere between a sigh and a groan- they all plummeted to the ground. "Thought I was going to die-" One of them said.
They looked at me- as though expecting me to say something. "Be glad you didn't?"
Chuckles.
But-
Yeah-
There were dead people here.
Lots of blood… and lots of hopes and dreams.
Gone.
This was reality.
Though I needed this to happen for me to-
No, somewhere deep inside of me- I wanted this to happen.
I wanted-
Yeah…
In the end-
'Doesn't this make me…just like him?'
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