The next morning on my way to the village.
-Mr. Cacklemi's lesson was about magical beasts, that they mature faster and have a longer lifespan. That got me the idea, that maybe Accumulation does exactly that to me. So maybe I finish growing around 10 or 12. At least I have hope that I won't end up being a giantess.
Let's see maybe I could find a deer or blue bird. –
I walked through the forest with fire vision. When I arrived at the village, I hunted three blue birds and five tree snakes.
-I guess I can sell five of these snakes for one copper. Today Nathalie will teach me how to make fur coat. In the end I gave the game I couldn't sell to the cooks but secured the fur. Now, where is her house? –
I stopped at the tree I hide behind yesterday.
-Should I just walk through the village? I'd probably not be welcomed, but if I don't show myself then I won't sell anything. Sight just be courageous me. When I already am with people than it isn't so hard to be brave but before I make contact with someone, that's the problem. –
I hesitantly made my way to the village. Some of the villager saw me immediately, it's after all an open field after the last line of trees.
I made my why to Nathalie's house and smiled at everyone I met on my way.
-Hopefully they buy something in the near future. Anyways today I'll learn something new. As for my weapon training. I'm not half bad with daggers and are probably soon tall enough to start learning swordsmanship. Archery isn't a problem with Zero and I'll have Anthony show me how to properly throw knifes soon, that'll probably be as easy as Archery. Zero is really a great cheat. –
I arrived at her house and knocked on the door.
-It took me 45 min to get here. I normally get up at 7 am but today I got up at 6 am so it took me with basic magic training, breakfast, hunting and walking here ca. 1 hour and 45 min. So, if I want to hunt seriously, I need to get going earlier and if I skip it completely then I can sleep a little longer. –
Nathalie opened the door.
"Hey Naomi, let's get started did you bring your own fur, or do you need some?"
-Tim probably told her my name. –
"I brought my own."
"Great then follow me."
Nathalie lead me in the room where she showed me yesterday the tools. She immediately started teaching. Her teachings where a lot more fun than Mr. Cacklemi she made some jokes and told me about common mistakes. And so, the time flew by.
[One hour left till lunch]
-What already? I could stay 30 min longer but I'm not sure if that brings me any benefits. I'll just go home. –
I stopped working "Nathalie I need to go home now, say Tim that I'll come here, to the house, tomorrow."
"Time really flies by, right. Then see you tomorrow."
***
With my new routine two months flew by in the blink of an eye.
In Nathalie's work room.
"Hey Naomi, you're already pretty good at this, do you want to accompany me to the market?"
"For real? Yes of course, that would be awesome!"
"I'll be going tomorrow on Sunday, make sure you are here at 9 am and bring your best pieces."
"I'll be here. I can't wait. I was never at the market."
"It's a busy place, not comparable with Kairora, but you still can find about everything or at least order it."
Kairora is the nearest city.
In the past two months I used mana health on Tim, Nathalie and may other people. With the constant use I got better at it and at charge, also through the constant draining of stamina, focus and mana I got greater reserves. I also managed to form a mana rune. Just two colors but still. It makes the use of world mana a lot easier. The trainings seasons with Anthony were now on Sundays, mostly the whole day. Because of that I barley had any time to train fusion magic. But because of mana health I still trained the usage of world mana, so I got indirectly better at it.
The villager started to accept me and bought game form me. I also found out why Nathalie dared to disagree with the chieftain. He is her uncle, her father was the older brother but because he wanted be a hunter his little brother became the chieftain. No one was happy about that, because they didn't belief that he could be a good chieftain. In the end it worked out and here father became a great hunter. Later a tragic accident happened, and Nathalie's parents died. The chieftain had some brother issues, so he didn't want to take care of her and her brother, so they needed to take care of themselves.
Because Nathalie knew how to make fur coats or carpets, they could earn money. Tim went hunting with here and soon got the hang of it. In the end it was like a fairytale, they made money and led a decent life and had their happy ever after, just without romance.
[One hour left till lunch.]
-Alright time to leave. –
I put down what I was doing and bid farewell to Nathalie.
***
In the library after Mr. Cacklemi's lesson.
-Anthony should come any moment. I can't wait to tell him that I'll go to the market tomorrow. –
…
The door opens and I looked up.
"Anthony, guess what I'll visit the market tomorrow." I beamed at him.
"Then you can get me some things."
-Yeah right typical Anthony, right down to business. –
"Sure, just tell me what you want, and I need to get the money in advance. You know that I'm a poor child, who doesn't have money."
"Normally you'd have gotten something on your birthday but that was your fault, besides I doubt that you don't have any money."
"And I can't wait till I get my spatial artifact. So, what do you need?"
He started telling me the title of some books and the name of some weapons for which Zero immediately showed me the corresponding picture. He also told me the price range that would be normal. Everything more would be a scam, and anything less would be fake.
-Not like I can't differentiate a fake form the real thing with Zero. –
"Don't buy it if you can't get it for the price, I told you. I'll just look somewhere else then."
-Without Zero I probably would forget most of what he just told me. –
"Got it. What about the money?"
"I'll give it to you after dinner. Follow me to my room and I'll give it to you."
"Anthony, I want to try some new spells, do you have time next Sunday?"
"I teach you nearly every Sunday. Yes, I do have time. Besides it helps me too to spare with someone who has as many trump cards as you."
"Great, then next Sunday. Let's make a pinky promise."
"What, why? I don't understand why you want to do that, you suddenly started with that. Where did you pick it up anyway?"
-I did it back on earth and wanted to do it here too so I have Anthony make pinky promises with me. But I can't tell him that. –
"I read about them and the sounded great, so I wanted to try them, and I love it."
"I don't."
"Come on I know that you don't hate them." I made my puppy eyes.
"Sight, alright. But you really should stop to force them on to me at every possibility."
-Yay my puppy eyes work on him wonders. I just hope that I don't look ridicules. I'm so happy that I can make pinky promises in this world too. At first, I needed to explain them to him and the excuse that I read about them does sound real. –