"Yeah, why not? It is just an ordinary skill for a soldier."
After agreeing to teach Seth the spear skill, the cart finally reached its destination, a remote village near a river with a giant wheat field surrounding it.
"WOW!"
Seth is amazed by sight, the golden field span across to the horizon is something he has never seen before, and the smell of sweat in the air makes him very hungry.
"Ha! Town folk like you live in the crumb. This is how real people live, along with nature."
The mature woman laughs after seeing Seth's reaction to the wheat field, which is understandable.
The city may have a lot of buildings, but the sight is minimal because civil planning has limits compared to nature.
The village is at the end of the wheat field, it has ten small huts and one big wooden house, but the most exciting thing is the lamb. Alongside the road is a crystal lamp emitting beautiful warm light.
"Hey! Krista is back, everyone!"
One villager cheered after seeing the cart return from the sale trip.
The villager starts to gather around in excitement. These villagers are mainly populated by old people, making Krista, a mature woman, the youngest.
"You stay here while I finish my job, and don't try to run away now, got it?"
Krista threatened him before getting down from the cart and paying everyone their cut.
Her job is to secure the wheat from this village to the nearest town.
"And who is this young man? You daughter's friend, I assume?"
One old man came and pointed at Seth with curiosity. There is no reason for a man as young as this to come to this lonely village.
"No, he is not. He's just a lost kid I found on the way. Do you mind his company chief? I could throw him out in the woods if you don't accept him."
Krista spoke in cold blood; the village chief has the highest authority around here; even if she wanted to keep him, if the old man says no, Seth has to go.
"Oh! It's ok. I trust you to keep an eye on him, and besides, if he is an innocent lost kid, we can't let him go in the woods around this time when the bandit problem hasn't been solved yet."
The old man gazed up with his cold eye while holding his scythe.
'Even this old man is ready to kill me….'
Seth felt the shiver run down his back. Everyone in this village was ready to kill him at the sight of him ever doing something that proved not innocent.
After finalizing the cut, the villager got back to doing their business. One brings the cart with him to fix it, leaving Seth and Krista alone at her hut.
The hut is very comfy; there are three rooms, one bathroom at the back, one bedroom on the side, and one giant living room in the middle.
"Let me clean myself first, and then we will start your training, and don't even try to peek. It is tough to clean blood."
"Yes…"
Seth calmly answered. Have a warning or not. He will never take a peek in the first place.
He had the basic human decency to know that it was inappropriate, even if Krista is gorgeous.
Her thigh and curve can make men go crazy just by looking at it, and the muscle, oh… one can only dream of being squished by it.
If it were Adam instead of him, that man would risk death to have a look.
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Seth waited patiently and heard many splashes of water from behind the door, and some clapping sounds here and there before she came out, wetted.
"Do you want to shower?"
She asked him while drying her hair with her bare hand. A hot gust of wind flowed from a green magic circle on her palm.
"No, but thank you for asking."
Seth was too mesmerized by the magic circle. He ignored the mountain.
"What are you looking at?"
Krista followed his eyesight and was surprised that it landed on her palm, not her body.
And to be honest, she didn't know what to feel.
"That looks very convenient."
"It is! Almost every woman knows this one, but it seems not to be the case for men."
Krista spent only a minute dressing up, which surprised Seth very much compared to how long he had to wait for the female co-worker to finish their makeup.
"Go wait outside."
She told him while opening up her couch that it also works as a chest and pulling out a short spear.
"Use this. It may be too small for you, but it is my only spare."
She throws a short spear at him, and Seth catches it.
"Nice catch. But what about this!"
She complimented him before going in with a spear.
Her spear flew through the air, stopping only a hair before piercing his head.
"!"
Seth's face turned pale instantly, but his hand pointed a spear forward, ready to fight.
"Not bad…"
The spear almost hits her chest in return.
'That move, it's pure instinct…. I can't sense it at all!'
She left out a cold sweat after Seth had a weapon in hand; something about this man was different from before.
'My police training! It's still there!'
Seth smiled proudly. He was trained to respond to aggression immediately.
The last time he didn't have a weapon, his mind was still unstable, but now it is different!
"Look like you got some training done in the past, but it seems to fade now. Are you a city watch or some kind?"
Her curiosity about Seth's identity has risen again after this newfound feeling.
"Maybe, if you counted a city watch as police."
Seth knows the word from the tabletop game he played with friends in college.
"Oh! Police, huh? No wonder you are a coward. You are not a town folk, but a city folk! That explains why you have such smooth skin and can contain those powers underneath. You are a privileged kid working out indoors!"
Krista finally figured out where Seth came from, making her understand his reason for hiding his identity.
Police only exist in big cities, and the ties between people in the big city and outside are not in a good place right now.
"No, I mean, yes, technically."
Seth can't deny her statement; he has middle-class parents and is working out in a gym, at least used to.
"Great! I always wanted to train their pretty faces!"
Krista left out a big grin, and he had to admit her expression made him worried.
Why doesn't she suddenly look like an evil instructor from a military movie?
"Introduce yourself! NOW!!"
She shouted out of the blue, and it made Seth be startled.
He got flashbacks from the time he was training, but instead of a hot mature girl with a spear, it was a buff dude with a baton.
"My name is Seth Anderson!"
Seth introduces himself to Krista for the first time.
"LOUDER, ARE YOU A WIMP OR WHAT!"
She screams into his ear while the back of her spear hits his toe.
"MY NAME IS SETH ANDERSON, SIR!"
Seth left out a "sir" by mistake, and it will cost him dearly for it.
"DO I LOOK LIKE A "SIR" TO YOU?! ON THE GROUND, NOW!!"
Seth instinctively lay on the ground with a spear in front of him instead of a rifle.
"My name is Krista Velora, Former Captain of the 1st regiment of Treehelm Territory."
"And for tonight, I am your teacher! One hundred push-ups, START!!"