"Good afternoon deacon Li, my name is Zeon, nice to meet you!"
"Should I call you brother Li ?"
"Grandpa said that you will accompany me to tour the empire for the week."
"You looked so dashing and that style is very suitable with your body line."
"I'm pretty sure many young girls will be very interested to have an afternoon tea with you."
"Hahaha.."
Looking at each other for a while, silence remained after Zeon greetings.
"Tsk.. Kid, you need to listen to me okay!"
"You looked like a weak chicken ready to be butchered in this dangerous world, at least eat more if you want to grow properly!"
"So skinny.. You need to learn from me to get a bit stronger."
"Make no mistake, although people call me a bit fat, in fact this is the best proportion for a young boy our age."
"To sculpt the best statue, you need the best stone block."
"Only a genius like me would understand the way."
"Being fat when you are still a child is better when you want to sculpt your ideal body build later."
"Did you understand, kid ?"
"If I remember correctly, your name should be Zeon, the pope's grandson."
"Tsk.. tsk.. A pampered child from a rich family will always be a pain in the ass!"
"Let's go, I'll protect you this week."
"The empire is safe because many church members are always patrolling every area."
"But who knows kid, what if something similar suddenly happens like that trash cardinal that goes wild in one night."
"Don't get too far away from me when we are strolling down the street."
While walking slowly in the front, Li slowly said without care like he wanted Zeon to hear his last sentence to describe him.
"Tsk.. Another trash, I hope he didn't disturb my precious holiday."
"What are you doing standing still in place, c'mon kid, it's hot here."
[Generating Choice]
[1.Keep Silent. Reward : +0.2 STR]
[2.Angry. Reward : +0.2 STR]
[Countdown Time Begin]
[60.. 59.. 58..]
Zeon struck in place and doesn't know what to reply.
'Grandpa, you are joking with me, right?'
'The church's most talented youngest deacon.'
'So talented that I want to fight him for three day and three nights!'
'This brother Li is so rude.'
'How can he call me a kid when we are clearly similar in age.'
'This walking meatball is clearly an edgy kid.'
'The most important thing right now is to execute the plan, whether someone notice anything or not is up to them.'
Choosing option 1, Zeon refreshed his mind and acted like nothing happened.
[Ding! Successfully keeping your emotions in check. Reward : +0.2 STR]
Zeon slowly walked beside deacon Li.
"We are going to the train station near the cathedral, where do you want to go first, kid ?"
"Do you know where the best weapon shop in the empire is ?"
"I need some weapons to protect myself in case something unexpected suddenly happens like you said deacon Li."
"Said no more kid, to the south of the empire there's an entire street who sells good weapons and armor."
While taking the train, deacon Li kept talking to Zeon.
"I never thought that you are quite a smart kid, a good choice, keeping some protection measures is a first step when you want to journey to another place for the first time."
"Maybe you are not so bad after all, kid."
"At least you are different from the other rich kids nowadays."
"They only look stronger on the outside because of a lot of training and family resources, but didn't have enough sense to unleash their full strength when facing a dangerous situation."
"You shouldn't be afraid when meeting an opponent with that kind of characteristic."
"It's a bit late but I'm sorry for my previous word, Zeon."
"Zeon, it may sound harsh, but I think that the human domain has been losing the war because the successor of those people with higher rank with good heritage and resources doesn't have what is needed to protect their people."
"An actual trash!"
Listening to deacon Li talking by himself, Zeon feels that deacon Li is a character with a story.
'Maybe he's actually not as bad as I first thought.'
"Hehe.. It's okay deacon Li, it's only a misunderstanding."
"I allow you to call me Li, no need to include the honorary rank."
"I dream of becoming a cardinal one day."
"I've been training so hard all this time for those people that need my protection."
While looking at the train windows, Li said to Zeon. The view of the empire is pretty good. People live in peace inside our empire.
'Li please remember we are only 6 years old kids.'
'Dude, please don't talk with that philosophical taste.'
"I admire a hero like the pope."
"Our Zahakkan Holy Empire is different from the others because we have the same faith in the holy one teaching."
"Many people and community organizations are working together with the church to keep every place clear from criminal activity."
"That's why when the pope looked so tired in the morning news yesterday, many people of this empire felt sad about what was happening to him."
"I can't imagine being betrayed by the one I trusted the most, it must have been hard."
"That's why I promise myself to become strong and help the pope manage the empire as a cardinal."
"Yeah.. One day.. I'll be a cardinal and never betray the holy one teaching."
Zeon's feel moved by deacon Li's expression from his heart.
"Li, I'm rooting for your dream!"
"I'm pretty sure, one day you will become a good cardinal!"
'I struck gold this time, for the continuation of the family business, we need a smart person like Li who is trustworthy enough to manage big things in the family business.'
'I need to bring Li closer to our family.'
'Maybe I should ask grandpa to appoint Li as my personal protector.'
"Thank you, Zeon."
"So.. I just noticed that you have no hair at all, is it a trend nowadays ?"
'Well, he's really talented as a tank to taunt the enemy aggro' thought Zeon to let Li figure out his baldness himself someday.
After a while Zeon and Li reach the southern empire and go to the weapon shop location.
It's a huge shop with 5 floors.
Walking through the automatic glass door of the shop, we're greeted by an electronic voice.
"Welcome to the Arcadeus Weapon Shop. The best weapon shop brand that you can find in the human domain. Our headquarters are located in Central City. Be sure to check out all of our products!"
We walk to the receptionist desk and find the structure of this shop.
"So the first floor is a cooking utensils area, the second floor is a wilderness camping equipment area, the third floor is for accessory areas that also sell the bangles we used, the fourth floor is an armory area, and the fifth floor is a weaponry area."
"Then we will buy armor first then choose some weapon."
Taking the lift, we reached the 4th floor armory area.
After buying light armor for me and Li, we went to the 5th floor weaponry area.
"How much space do you have in your bangle's pocket dimension, Li ?"
"Not that much Zeon, the church gives every deacon the cheapest bangle that can store some food and medicine."
"I'll give you the new one which is bigger, Li."
"We are going to stroll around the town for a week, we need a lot of things."
"Alright Zeon, you are the boss."
After buying a new bangle for Li, Zeon is still searching for a good weapon for him.
'What should I use as my main weapon?'
'Too many options, but actually I cannot use any weapon at all.'
'From my system, I can conclude that my primary attribute should be STR.'
'Sigh.. Literally a punching bag.'
'I should just choose a shield as my main weapon.'
After deciding what to buy, Zeon paid for 10 of a regular sized shield that was as high as himself.
He also wants the big sized shield, but it's too big for him, maybe later when he's bigger.
After that, Zeon bought many elemental bomb, smoke bomb, and flashlight bomb.
I also bought 10 shotguns and a lot of ammunition for Li.
He's a long range type damage dealer.
Finally, Zeon and Li keep all the things that have been bought in the dimensional pocket.
"Now we are ready to go to war!" joked Li after coming out from the weapon store.
The next thing on the list is to buy a fishing rod, the bait, and a big bucket to put the fish that we will catch later.
"At last we arrived at the river."
There's only one big river in the Zahakkan Holy Empire that flows from the west to the east which connects to the sea.
There's some people jogging or doing exercise near the riverside.
It's a perfect place to relieve stress.