Chapter 247 - Chapter 247 A Book Store Ran By A Little Girl?

As Thomas arrived back in the city he mumbled "I keep getting sidetracked, I just wanted to find a book store and buy a few magic books." As Thomas entered a book store he mumbled "Finally, I was planning on coming here a while ago." Thomas walked towards some shelves and said "They should have some magic books just laying around here somewhere." While looking a little girl walked up to Thomas and asked "Do you need help finding anything?" Thomas glanced at her for a moment and asked "Do kids work here?" The girl glanced at the books he was staring at and said "I don't work here my parents are just busy right now, so I'm watching the shop until they get back." Thomas turned back to the books and said "So your here alone, must get boring." The girl glanced at him and said "It does get lonely sometimes but if I get bored I can always read." Thomas glanced around the room and said "Well you have a point." The girl continued to stare at Thomas as he looked through some of the books. After a while Thomas glanced around her and asked "Why are you watching me so closely?" The girl continued to stare at him as she said "I just never seen a demi human without their master." Thomas stared at her and asked "Is that really your only reason?" The girl nodded and asked "Are you on errands while your master is away?" Thomas looked back at the shelf and said "Not really, but I guess you could say she isn't around right now." As Thomas reached for a book she asked "Does that mean you ran away." Thomas glanced at her and said "Kid you are miles away." As Thomas pulled the book from the shelf and began to glance through it the girl asked "Then why are you here?" Thomas set the book beside him and reached for another as he said "I just came here on a whim." After being barraged by questions Thomas had a pile of books beside him and asked "Can I just buy these now or do I have to wait for your parents to get back?" The girl stood straight up and said "You can count on me!" Thomas picked the books up and walked over to the counter as he said "Okay then, how much are these." The girl began to look through each and every book title and name the value of each book. After listing the prices of every book Thomas had on the counter the girl stared at Thomas and said "That comes up to around thirteen gold coins." Thomas stared at her and mumbled "Is she a genius?" Thomas set the gold coins onto the counter and said "It's all there, you can count it if you'd like." The girl glanced at the coins and said "Looks like all thirteen of them is there." Thomas picked up the books and said "See ya around." As he vanished the girl put her hands and head on the counter and sighed as she said "I wish he could've kept me company for a while longer." As Thomas reappeared in the inn room he glanced at Lily, Mary, and Mira who were sitting on the bed and asked "When did you guys get back?" Mira stared at him and said "We got back a few minutes ago." Lily stared at the book he had and asked "What are all of those?" Thomas set the books down on the ground beside one of the beds and said "I picked up a few books from a nearby store." Thomas grabbed a book off of the top and said "A few of them have spells in them and some of them are just books that I though would be interesting." Thomas grabbed another book out of the pile and tossed it onto the bed I front of Mira and said "I even got you guys a few books you can read." Mira picked the book up and said "This new book is a pleasant surprise." Mary stared at the book and asked "Can we read it now!" Mira nodded and said "Sure, I don't mind." As Mira opened the book Mira peeked over at it and said "I don't think I've ever read this book before." As Daisy entered the room she stared at Thomas and said "My dad is going back to Meta soon so I'm gonna stay with you guys." Thomas glanced at the number of beds and said "I'd say there isn't enough beds but I already know that most of you will end up either on top of me or beside me while I'm asleep." Mira nodded and said "Your right, Me, Mary, and Lily do normally end up beside you." Daisy glanced at Lily and asked "So have you gotten any stronger?" Lily nodded and said "Yeah, I've gotten way stronger." Daisy stared at Mira and asked "What about you?" Mira nodded and said "I suppose I've gotten a little better." Daisy glanced at Mary and asked "How strong are you?" Mary glanced at Thomas and said "I'm not very strong but papa is really strong!" Daisy glanced at Thomas and said "Ah yeah, I already know he's strong." Thomas stared at her and said "Oh right, sorry about that." Daisy stared at Thomas and said "Oh by the way my dad asked me to ask you if you can help find a book for Mason." Thomas stared ya her and asked "What book do you need me to find?" Daisy thought about it for a moment and said "I think it was called the art of building your own golem." Thomas held his compass and asked "When does he need it?" Daisy shrugged and said "He's going back soon so probably sun down." Thomas walked towards the window and said "I'll back shortly." As he leapt out of the window and began to follow the compass he mumbled "Maybe I go to sleep after this." As he arrived to the front of a very familiar building he glanced through the window and said "This little girl has the book I'm after?" Thomas walked up towards the door and mumbled "I wonder if it'll be weird since I just left." As he pushed the door open the little girl lifted her head from the counter and glanced at him. After staring at him for a few moments she smiled and said "Welcome back, what can I help you with?" Thomas waved and said "I see your still alone." The girl nodded and said "Yeah unfortunately my parents won't be back until late tonight." Thomas glanced at the compass and walked towards a bookshelf as he said So you've been here alone all day?" The girl nodded and said "Yeah, I wish they'd come back sooner." Thomas began to push some books to the side as he asked "Are you alright with being here alone?" The girl nodded and said "Of course I am, I just wish I had someone to talk to every now and then." Thomas glanced at her and said "I'm sure you can take a break and talk to some of your friends, I don't think your parents would mind." The girl sighed and said "I don't have any friends, I normally spend all my time indoors reading and the only people I usually talk to are customers who stop by every once in a while." As Thomas pulled a book off of the shelf he set it down on the counter in front of her and said "So you've spent most of your life indoors." The girl nodded and said "That will be three gold." Thomas set the three gold in front of her and said "I could keep you company in the meantime." The girl stared at Thomas excitedly and asked "Will you!" Thomas nodded and said "I may not be very interesting but I do have a few stories I could tell." The girl smiled and said "That would be great!" Thomas picked the book up and made a chair appear beside the counter, as he said "I have to go in a few hours but I should be fine for a while." The girls stared at him and said "Then you do have a master." Thomas glanced at her and said "No it's not like that, I just needed this book for a friend." The girl nodded and asked "What should we talk about?" Thomas began to read through the book as he said "We can talk about whatever you want." The girl stared at him confused and said "But I don't know what to ask you about." Thomas shrugged and said "Dunno that's for you to decide." The girl stared at the sword on his back and asked "Are you an adventurer?" Thomas nodded and said "Yeah I am." The smiled and said "A demi human adventure, how cool." The girl stared at Thomas and asked "What's your most recent injury?" Thomas pointed to his stomach and said "Impalement by unicorn." The girl stared at his stomach and said "So cool!"