My first training will be started in another three days. I need to attend the class for about five times before the tutor will test to decide whether I can pass to next level or not.
Talking about day, this world has the usual 7 days in a week. A month has 4 week and each year contain 12 months but there is no phenomenon called leap year or they have not discovered it yet.
My guide book list the name of day and month.
For day, the name start with Hasday, Zagday, Mitaday, Phulday, Laothday, Barday, and lastly Sizouday.
What's the heck with its name? It sound so ancient. I read the description that said each day is referring to name of angel from past legend. I never heard this kind of name that belong to any angel.
Well, luckily the name for month is simple. First month is first, second month is second, and so on. They called month's name by using the number value. I glad they did not put another strange angel's name.
Basically today is Phulday, the date is 10th of Fourth Month and the years is 356. It is sensible to say the age of this world is still young.
I will start my first training on Hasday and continued on Mitaday and Laothday. So each week I have training for three times. The training start at the morning and end before late evening. For remaining day I can use to do my adventurer job. By the way, Sizouday is considered as holiday, kind of Sunday for me.
Right now I decide to pick one quest from guild. I finish my registration at magic academy before noon, so I still have much time to spend.
From my observation, the quest that hang on F rank board is kind of social working that have purpose to help the community. The type of job is easier to understand and not burden someone whom had low ability.
After I think for five minutes, I decide to take a quest for picking the herbs. All required herbs are located outside the city wall and I need a good reason to go sightseeing outside this city.
I present my chosen quest at quest counter. The male receptionist at counter told me to finish this quest before tomorrow and any failed quest will be subjected to failure.
I nodded and get ready to leave the guild.
The reward for the quest is only 20 Gal. In other word, I need to carry out the quest three times over so I can afford to stay at cheap inn. F rank quest is not worth to pay for my daily needs. I need to upgrade my rank so I can take high reward quest.
I exit the city through east gate. There is less carriage and wagon that use this gate. Usually the adventurers and apprentices student that frequently pass through this gate.
After the east gate, the road is divided to two paths. But I don't need to take any of the path as I'm heading to forest in left side of main road.
The forest is one kilometers far from the Selarin City. The name of this forest is Blue Eye Forest. Apparently there is big lake far inside the forest that look like an eye shaped from bird view. I don't know the boundary of Blue Eye Forest but I think it is different from the first forest I had arrived with Gryphon.
Unlike the previous forest, I can detect a few of living beings presence as soon as I silently enter the forest. There is white rabbits with horn, a group of red birds fly in the sky, big beetles clutch hardly on tree, and weird sound from unknown animals.
All animal I see is very different from what I had seen in my Earth. The figure of animal is same but with weird characteristics. But the people in this world see these animals as small prey as the real threat in forest is monster.
Monster exist in this world. Goblin, Org, Troll, Minotaur, Dragon and others. Countless species of monster spread across the world. If the human do not have the magic abilities, they must be already doomed to extinction.
However, the monster can only be found inside deeper this forest. The monster rarely explore outside the forest except when they planned to do invasion in big scale. So, I don't need to afraid to coincidentally meet with dangerous creatures.
Back to main point, I need to collect up to 30 leaves of White Mist Herb. Any additional leaves will be paid considerably. My guide book said this type of herb can be used in healing potion.
The potion is similar to medicine in pharmacy except potion has magical effect so they can affect greatly in recovery rate without any side effect.
White Mist Herb was usually growing in place near to river. Most herb can grow faster and easily reach to maturity if they were planted in place that rich with nutrients and good water supply.
After five minutes walking into forest, I found a place that have abundance amount of herbs. I believe I can easily fill the quota of 30 leaves in short time.
I crouch down and pick the leave from herb plant. White Mist Herb is easily being recognized as their leaves is white color, differ to other herb.
I put down the leaves in my new bag. Before I went out from city, I bought a bag that made from animal skin at shop near to east gate. That shop was famous among adventurers so I decide to buy bag as cover to my magic pouch.
The bag has only one opening so for now I can only store the leaves inside it. It's doesn't matter to me as I leave my axe and shield at inn. Beside if I stumble in dangerous situation, I can force my way out with fire magic or I can just run away.
After ten minutes, I successfully pick 60 leaves, double the amount the quest state it. Well any additional leaves will be paid considerably so I happily collect almost the leaves of White Mist Herb here.
The time right now is evening. I estimate the clock is 3 pm if I had watch. I still have time to stroll around the forest to try my luck with monster but I decide to just return back to the city.
I take different way from where I came inside the forest as I believe that one should explore this world to adapt to wilderness of foreign forest.
Because I took a new path, I can only leave this forest after walking for 30 minutes.
The area beyond of forest is wide field of flat area. I can see a glimpse of big city wall from here. I can just freely running to city gate.
Not far from where I am standing, suddenly I see a silhouette of human figure run in fast pace from forest. Then she did huge jump as she tried to escape from something and fell on the ground just a few metres from forest area.
She groaned in painful as her leg had been cracked from big leap. 10 or 15 metres from where she lied, a group of small green creatures giggled and chuckled as they had seen a small prey.
Failing to get up from the ground, the woman in dirty armour was lying uncomfortably on her back and hold forward her sword to intimidate that group.
Unfortunately the green creatures did not stop giggle but keep walking toward woman's position.
Shit, someone is in trouble and I did not bring my axe and shield. I can't let her die there.
I gripped my both fists and try to imagine the fire is flowing into my hands.
Then, I swiftly dash toward her. I only hope to save her before anything bad happen.