[Do you want to accept the request?]
Blake was surprised that the system asked him that since he did not understand what relationship the request had with all the things he was experiencing, and without thinking too much, he ended up nodding towards the question causing a new notification to come to his head and he realized that was the same information you saw in the ad.
[My first request...
Client: Shara.
Welcome! Talk to me about your first request.]
Knowing what was next, he turned to Shara to wait for her instructions.
"What do I have to do exactly?"
"Well, since this is your first request, we will start with something simple. Mmmm... I know, why don't you go to all the houses and introduce yourself?"
"To all?"
"Yes!" Blake wanted to ask her if he could change the request, but Shara's longing face made him sigh in give up.
"Okay... I just have to introduce myself, right?"
"Correct. You are new in town; you must meet your new neighbors. Oh, and don't forget Daria, she lives in the house near the Privera forest."
"Okay! Got it!"
"When you've talked to everyone, talk to me again."
[My first request...
Client: Shara.
Introduce yourself to all the people in town. Progress: 6/???]
'It seems that the information has changed... But why don't you tell me exactly how many I have to introduce myself with? That would be helpful.' Blake kept analyzing the request he had just received until he saw how the peculiar old man from before approached them.
"Shara..."
"Is something wrong, Grandpa? Oh yes, he is..."
"I think we have not introduced ourselves correctly."
"It seems so, nice to meet you, I'm Blake."
"Mmm... My name is Wells. I am the mayor of this town. Shara already told me about your situation, I hope you are satisfied with your new home." You could see the fatigue in his voice, a few strands of white hair fell from his shoulders and he had a sincere smile on his face while he hunched back betrayed the weight of the years on him.
"Yes, it's great, thank you very much for everything."
"I also wanted to offer you an apology for what my granddaughter did a few moments ago."
"Haha, don't worry, I'll try not to scare her if I see her again."
"Well, I hope you take care of your new home. The tree you live in is special. It has been protecting our land for centuries. Watch the town like a tall and silent sentry, you must make sure you take good care of it."
"Yes, I will take good care of it, I have never seen another tree like that."
"Good, good, now I will retire, I have to take some herbs with Marjorie. Shara, take care of the store, please."
"Don't worry, Grandpa, leave it to me." And once he finished his presentation, Wells walked slowly away from the store as he looked once more at Blake.
"It seems that he is very kind."
"Of course, my grandpa is the best in the world... Well, Blake, I'll keep working, I hope you make a good impression on everyone."
"I hope so too, see you later, Shara..." But before saying goodbye completely, he remembered something he wanted to ask her.
"By the way, can you tell me where Gaius works?"
"Gaius?"
"Yes, I wanted to thank him again for before, plus I forgot to give him back his sword."
"I understand, you don't have to go very far, the smithy is to the left of the shop, you will see the sign with a sword if you just walk a little bit."
"Thanks, I won't bother you anymore, see you later."
"See you." Then Blake left to go to his next destination without knowing what awaited him. "Hehe, he's going to get a surprise."
...
"That's a huge sword." As Shara had told him, Blake arrived in front of a store with a huge sword on its sign. 'Blacksmith, open from 9 AM - 6 PM.'
Without stopping, he opened the door and entered the place. He could feel the temperature rise suddenly, the smell of metal was very present and wherever he looked he could see many assorted weapons and accessories.
"Wow, there are many weapons!"
"Welcome..." A voice suddenly surprised him and he started looking for it until he could see who it was. An acquaintance redhead girl was arranging some swords while she watched as Blake did not stop seeing all the things of the place, and she welcomed him.
"Raven? What are you doing here?"
"I work here..." Blake was surprised to find her there and began to look at her carefully, besides that he felt foolish for asking something that seemed obvious, so he tried to change the subject to avoid embarrassment.
"All these weapons were made here?"
"The majority..."
"Incredible... Do you do them too?" Blake just wanted the conversation not to be uncomfortable, but that last comment seemed to startle Raven.
"I…"
"Sorry, did I say something wrong?"
"Do you want to buy something?"
"Eh?"
"This is a smithy, not a place to chat. If you're not going to buy something, go away." Blake didn't know what to say, the talk suddenly turned into a bad situation, he knew she wasn't much of a chatter, but he felt like he had said something that bothered her to get like that, and tried to apologize.
"Ah... I'm sorry, I..."
"Clank! Clank!" But before he continued, a great thumping sound caused his attention to shift.
"Done! It's finished!" Then Blake saw that from the place where that voice came, Gaius appeared covered in sweat and with a big hammer in his hands. "Ah, isn't there anything you want to buy?"
"Umm..." Blake didn't know what to answer, he just came to say hello, plus he didn't have many coins left.
"Don't worry, I don't really care. I'm happier when I'm working, hitting with the hammer, the heat of the forge... You should try it sometime, of course, if you want to buy something you just have to talk to Raven."
"But..."
"What...?"
"Ah, no, nothing..." Blake didn't want to say that he felt uncomfortable seeing her after what had happened earlier, but he was glad that Gaius arrived at that moment.
"Well? What brings you here?"
"I was just coming to say hello, haha... I also wanted to give you back the sword that you lent me to fight the orcs."
"Ah, that, you don't have to, you can keep it."
"Really? Thank you very much."
"By the way..."
"Yes?"
"What was your name?" Blake didn't know what to think, they had introduced themselves a few hours ago and Gaius had already forgotten his name, Blake thought he was just joking, but he couldn't see any of that on his face.
"Blake, my name is Blake..."
"Ah yes, it is true. I am Gaius. I think I mentioned it before, but I am the owner of the smithy. Even though I only make weapons and let Raven help me sell them." Blake just laughed nervously at his comment, but when he turned his head to Raven for confirmation and saw her nod, he realized was serious.