I didn't know what to think. Some guy, knocking on my door, wanting money or my life. If Freyja wasn't sleeping in the process of making her mana core this would be easy. 'There is always Bell and Vixey,' I thought inwardly.
I decided to head over and talk to Bell about this "unruly character"
"Hey Bell… could you maybe help with this person banging on this door," I felt bad asking her to deal with this, but I couldn't handle it myself. I knew when to ask for help.
"Of course, what should I do?" Bell asked.
"Just make sure he doesn't die, that should be good enough," I smiled at her seeing her willingness to help.
We walked to the front door, where the man could still be heard banging on the door. As I opened the door, a tall bulky man with black hair fell in. "Which one of you is Alaric," The man looked between Bell and I.
"Are you serious? You want to know if she is Alaric? Are you stupid?" I couldn't help rolling my eyes. What kind of idiot would wonder if I am Alaric or a small fairy. "Why are you here?"
"So you're Alaric. You called my boss little and treated her like a child. She tried to be lenient asking for a discount, but you denied. She wasn't very happy with you," He clenched his fist as he ran towards me.
As his fist neared my face, a thick vine flew out of the floor completely restraining the man. He was then thrown hard up in the air, before being yanked back down. "Who do you think you are, coming in here causing trouble?!" Bell had her arms crossed over her chest as she hovered in the air.
"I have to make sure he pays," As he responded a slash appeared on the vine holding the man down. He backed away quickly as he pointed his finger at me, "He's the one!"
Before I knew what was happening, a giant Mantis appeared in front of me. 'Again with the bugs'. it swung its sword like arm down at me, as I leapt backwards. I wasn't gonna be able to make it out of the way in time. When suddenly, a white blur appeared in the air tackling the mantis to the ground. Freyja was standing on top of the now pinned Mantis, as she directly bit down on its head.
She looked towards the now pale man as she growled lowly. Before things escalated further, I decided to intervene, "Leave quickly, before I have them kill you directly," He quickly scurried out the door while yelling back that he'd be back.
Originally, I would have questioned him further, to figure out why he had come. But, he had already answered that as he came in. The girl who had shown up a week prior, with what looked like her father, was still trying to make things difficult. If Freyja hadn't woken when she did, that Mantis stealth, might have worked to take my life. I shivered at the thought.
Knowing there was nothing to do about it now, I locked the door and went to sleep.
...
I woke up to an exciting notification.
{Store Upgrade Lvl 2, had been completed. Pet Incubation Chamber and Blacksmith are now up and operable}
It was now time to figure out what animals were gonna hatch from my Mystery Eggs. I walked down the hallway on the left of the shop, towards the greenhouse room. Now instead of the one door leading to the greenhouse, there was now a second door right beside it. I stepped through the door as a wave of heat assaulted my body.
There were black stone walls, with columns of stone supporting the ceiling. On the side was a dark green fire inside of a large furnace. Different molds could be found on the walls hanging from dark wooden hangers. Hammers, Tongs, Horseshoes, and nails could be found adorning the walls. Unfortunately, as excited as I was to test this out, I was more anxious to check the eggs. I left the room and walked to the opposite side.
Right beside the potion room, was the room I was looking for, the Pet Incubation Chamber. Upon stepping inside, unlike the blacksmith, I felt comfortable. The heat was perfect, humidity just right, everything seemed to be designed for the optimal temperature and humidity.
This room had much less than the first one. It contained a white cloud like pillow, and an indent in the wall with water flowing around the walls of the room gradually coming to a small pond at the corner of the room. This was the same water in the portal room, said to increase divinity of a baby animal.
I placed the first egg on the pillow as a countdown appeared above. Luckily it was a short time, only 60 seconds. After waiting, the egg cracked and from inside I could hear a high pitched "growl". All of a sudden a three headed dog rolled out of the egg falling on its but. It was all black with shades of red shining through. If I didn't have Freyja already, I would have chosen to take this "Cerberus" like dog.
I placed the second egg on the pillow and waited the 60 seconds. The same thing happened this time, the sound made was a low roar. A small moose broke through the shell charging straight at me. I dodged out of the way as it fell down. It had Purple lighting like marks going through its antlers. It had flowing water for legs and a dark stormy like body.
"NO WAY!" I was so excited. This explained the second aura that animal released in the crystal cave. It gave its power to the egg. I directly signed a contract with the moose, officially obtaining my second pet and companion.