Water is still and the wind is dead today. Looks like a calm boring day of coasting and rowing across the ocean to further east. I'm now this early morning sitting on the edge of the boat smoking one of my many cigars. While I was puffing along taking in the cool air I saw the port coming up. It would take us an hour or so with the wind dead, so I went down in the sleeping area of the boat to wake everyone up. I put my on leather vest and put my new crafted dagger in my side pockets as everyone else got up for the day. You might be thinking, "How do I change or do normal things while on a boat with all these women?"
Well I just don't look at any of them since that would be rude. I also have my own area of sleeping from the rest of the crew like Helga does. I'm her second in command as of the first day of sailing, which was a huge suprise for me and Ursa. She was usally the second since she was the Chief's Daughter. Helga when she told us that I was the new second made a good point for everyone. "He's the most capable to take control in a dangerous situation." Or something like she said us, hinting at the point of my exploits from the Manticores and pirates. Corie or Manti was just waking up in my room when she felt the wind pick up.
Everyone rushed outside and we slowed the boat down to a slow crawl. When I looked up I saw the we were getting closer to the capital via the capital gaurds swarming the area. They saw the Boat and followed us from the shore line to the docks as we settled. I stood by the spot they were going to when they asked. "We'd like to see the captain of the Ship are you it?" They asked and I just glared at them making them uneasy. (I was playing a joke for the Girls to laugh.) Helga saw me giving them a hard time, so she walked up and slapped the back of my head. "Stop hassling the Guards Jacob, go get the coins for the resupplies."
She said as she greeted the gaurds, "Hello I am the Chief and Captain of this Boat, I'm Helga Raven's Beak." She said to them and they all reconised the name of our Village. They took some kind of note that we were on the way to see the king. I was at the back of the boat looking for the coins that were for the Supplies for each port trip. I found them at my side table so I grabbed the whole sack and stuffed then in my pockets. I then sipped my pocket up so I wouldn't get robbed by pick pocketers. Which from what Helga says happens alot from her old trips years ago.
I went back up to see that the guards wanted to know who I was. "I am Helga's second for this trip, My name is Jacob Wellings of Raven's Beak." I said to them and they gave me a weird look, "Your the Black smith that our Captain talked about?" They asked me telling my that some of the leaders in this part of the Viking land had recieved my iron work as gifts. When I heard that I smiled then I pulled out the big coin Helda gave me. They saw it and almost bowed to me for some reason, I stopped them and said. "We are here for supplies only and to rest up for another couple weeks on the water."
They under stood and brought Helga and I to a good vendor who had excellent supplies for us. I paid only two gold coin from my own pocket never giving a cent from the collective, from the bag I had in my pocket. We then headed off going with the wind to the Captial at a faster speed. For weeks it was like that for us, we'd make port at a place and they would ask for our the captain's name and second's. Then around the third week I saw a land mark from the ocean map, we were closer to the capital than what was on schedule. I let Helga know and she had us cruse into the river going right to the royal docks.
When we touched the dock we got surrounded by Capital guards, We all were confused by why they were doing this. Then they grabbed my gear on my person and ran through it like animals. They saw a bag of gold coins and the Coin Helda gave me. They then took me and slammed me on the ground, "How do you have a creast from her highness Princess Helda and why are you all here in that?" They said pointing at our small crewed boat. Everyone was freaking out and Manti wanted to attack but I told her not to. "We are from the Raven's Beak Village to meet with King Thorin and that's Jacob Wellings."
She told them and they didn't believe her at all but they took my in cuffs to see if my story was true. Helga and the girls were not put in cuffs but had to follow us to the castle to meet the King. I stayed quiet till we got to the doors. "You guys are the dumbest people I've ever met, wait till You guys get.." I was saying to them as one of the guards hit me upside my head and I fell into the door breaking it open. King Thorin watched the door crash open and then saw I fell to the ground in the room out cold. He got up and rushed to my side and picked me up slapping me awake. He saw that I had cuffes on and watched as his guards picked me up.
I woke up to his face beat red with anger but it wasn't towards me. "Why do you have the Royal Black Smith in cuffs, He's a friends of the crown!" He yelled waking me up a bit more, I then broke free of my cuffs. I saw the dumb guards freeze in fear of what they've done, "Royal guards take away these Capital guards for harming my guests!" He yelled to the people behind him, Helga was expecting me to show them mercy but I didn't stop him. "Don't kill them but a few days in a cell will teach them a lesson, also can you get my the bag of coins they took?" I said finally and Thorin broke his death stare to smile at me.
"Sure, did they take anything else from you guys?" He said as I told him about the creast coin that was suppose to help me get through all that without a problem. He nodded and then snapped his fingers as his Royal guards retrieve my stuff. Thorin then saw how dirty we were, "You guys look like you need a good bath and some rest, Oh can I meet that special guest of yours?" He asked us and I brought Manti who was right behind Aldi. "This is Manti or what her people named her Corie, she's contracted to me liked we talked about. Her normal form is scary at first but I tell you she's a kind soul to her friends."
I said to him as he checked her out by walking around her for a minute. I saw he wanted to see her real form not her human one. "everyone who's not from this rag tag group leave so I can see something in private." He ordered his people and like dogs they all left but for me and the girls. Manti then got in the middle of the floor and turned into her normal giant monsterous self. King Thorin looked scared at first but he looked into her eyes. "How did you not run from her when you first met?" He asked me and I grind a bit, "I couldn't, she spotted me before I could split, but like what you saw she didn't have any anger or fear towards me."
I said making Manti blush under her fur, She then turned back into her human form right as Helda came into the room. She looked at how empty the hall was but then she saw me with everyone next the front door. I saw her child side come out a bit then as she kind of ran over to us. She saw Manit who was new to her and from what Thorin told her that she was a familar for me. "it's good to see you in person Jacob, it's been a long time." She said trying to be proper in front of the king her young uncle. He just laughed at her and said making everyone blush. "just hug him already Helda, I know you want to."
She gave in and gave me a huge hug almost cracking my back. "I've missed you too Helda, I know we've seen each other via orb but this is great." I said trying to get air back into my lungs, Thorin laughed with everyone as Helda composed herself. We were then taken to the thrown room and given a chance to clean up with a new change of clothes. I made my way to the bath house King Thorin allowed me to use. The warm air hit my chilled face and I could see myself smiling in a mirror on the wall. "Right I've not bathed in a real hot bath in seven months," I said getting into the water, I walked to the furthiest part of the large pool like tub when someone came in.
The man was old but he looked well for his general age, he saw me in the water sitting down enjoying the water. "Ah the visitor my son told me about, you must be Jacob then?" The old guy said sitting down about five feet away from me. I looked over at him putting my arms above the water resting on the cool stone sides. "Yes sir, I'm Jacob Wellings of Raven's Beak, you sound just like an older Thorin?" I said back to him and the old guy laughed a bit, "Yes, He's my son and a chip of this old stone block." I smiled for a moment then I asked him a question I had about the bath house area.
"Did you guys pick this bath house thing up from another culture, I've not known the Norse to bath like this?" He smiled at me again, "Yes, we've seen from the Roman and Japaness bath houses during our years of travel had these. We built this one first then liked it, so we've been making them all over the Norse lands." He told me and I asked if I could see the work notes on how to build one for home. He nodded in agreement, we sat there for a while till I had enough time in the bath. I got up said goodbye to my knew friend then I headed to the throne room after putting on my knew clothes.
King Thorin had a special outfit made up for me and it was just my size but not my color. The clothing was all white and gold with a Raven's face on the chest pocket. I put my old shoes on and I headed down to the see Thorin. As I passed down the halls I saw I had more of a beard then ever and my hair was getting long. I stopped for a moment to a wash room area and I grabbed my knife that I stashed in my pocket. I then cut my hair a bit and trimmed my beard to a better more me look. I dumped all the hair into the compost toilet thing then I continued my way to the throne room.
When I reached the for the door I felt it give way to Helga opening it. She took a look at me and blushed a bit, "Jacob you cut your hair and beard a bit." She said as I went into the room, Everyone saw how I looked at and some of the woman blushed at me. "What do I have something on my face or something?" I said as I heard Thorin laugh at his chair, "Viking Women never get to see a well groomed man unless their royalty." I shook my head in disbeliefe as I got to the King. After that moment was told that we had ten days to kill before the meeting was to start. So I was given a room on my own near Helda's home.
I with everyone went to our Inn and I tried to go to bed that first night. I sat there for an hour not knowing whats going to be for the next few days. I then sat up to go outside my room to see that Helda was right outside my door. She looked shocked that I knew she was there when I really didn't. "Can I come in Jacob?" She asked me and I smiled, "Yeah you can, I've been just laying here not doing anything." I said to her and she walked right in. I turned around to see she saw Manti on my bed sleeping in her Cat form. We walked to the balcony to talk a bit more, but she just asked me questions for a while.
"Do you think you'll be able to handle next weeks meetings, they can last a long time." I shook me head "Yes" but I didn't really know if I'd stay awake on a super long one. Then she asked me, "Do you have feeling for anyone in your tribe at all or I mean village?" She looked at me with her sweet smile, but my dumb ass said. "Everyone there has a place in my heart yes, but I wouldn't love or lust for anyone." She sighed then she asked me, "Do you love that Manitcore like she loves you?" I choked on my own tonuge for a moment then I looked at her like she was crazy.
"Do I love the one woman who's been around me the longest?" I said in a sarcatic tone she didn't pick up on, but as she began to look sad I grabbed her and I said. "She's a really nice girl yes, but she's not the one I dream of at night. Not the one I was happy to cross the ocean to see, that would be only one person." She began to blush and then she Kissed me but backed off. "I'm not meant to love a common man, but you're more than that." She said pulling away but I stopped her, "I don't really care about the politices of any nation when it come to my love for someone." I whispered to her and she turned away for a moment.
"Would you stay here with me in the capital?" She asked me and I froze for a moment, "I would If I didn't owe that place so much of my effort." I said as she went to leave, I stopped her again and asked her. "Would you come with me back there, or we could find a way to share both." She hit me in the chest, 'My father wouldn't let me and Uncle would forbid me from leaving my post." She said as I heard a bird fly over my head. Then a raven appeared right next to us with a note attached to it. It read, "Jacob please meet with me and my brother in the throne room at first light." Signed by King Thorin.
I looked at Helda and she gave a weird stink face about what the letter said. I went inside to my room and I sat on the bed for a moment, Helda was leaving when I said before she left. "I do love you Helda, I'd rather die than hurt you." She smiled at me then she closed the door behind her and ran silently to her home. I laid my head but and I passed out after trying to piece together my feelings for Helda. We had basically met each other but have been talk to another for little over four months. Did I really love her or was is that I really liked her?
The next morning right before the sun hit my face through the window, I was already up and ready for my early meeting with King Thorin. I walked to the castle wearing my know clean clothes, I had them washed the night before. I saw people either glared at me or wondered who I was, I had my cigar in my mouth and a grin on my face. I couldn't stop thinking about how Helda kissed me last night. As I got closer to the castle I saw the guards step forward. "Are you Jacob Wellings by chance sir?" They asked me and I nodded to them, they opened the doors. I went inside and quickley walk to the throne room.
I could hear a conversation taking place and It was about me. "He's a bright man with a huge amount of magic power. On top of that he's found a liking to your daughter and she him." I heard Thorin say, the other voice laughed, "Ha, that girl like a man, preposterous thought, but what you said about her giving him our familes creast is proof enough." The man then stopped when he heard my loud steps getting closer and closer. For him my hard soled boots from my world sounded like a large man stumping down the hallway. Then I came through the doorway that was left open, I looked at the throne and saw both King Thorin and King Canutis. who've I've learned the name of by reading a book or two looked at me.
Thorin smiled at me but Canutis did not smile at me at all, he more like scowled at me. "Good Morning King Thorin and King Canutis, I'm here this morning bright and early like requested." I said flashing the letter in front of them. Just as I was going to put it in my pocket I felt a presence right behind me. I hardened my body with my magic then I grabbed the persons arm and flung them over my shoulder. I took a quick hand to my blade to see it was a woman a few years older than Helda. I quickley got her up and Thorin laughed at my quickness. "Fast as ever I see, That woman there is Brothers first daughter Hine."
He told me and I apoligized to her, "Don't worry about it I'm not a princess like my younger sister, I'm a half." She said as her father coughed a bit, she retreated and Canutis spoke up getting to the point of the meeting. "I hear that my daughter gave you the coin with our creast on it to you, is this true young man?" He asked me and I took it out of my coat pocket without a second thought. I stepped forward and gave him the coin. He took it and looked it over and over, "It's not even worn from being in your possession, did you really get this back from my brother visit?" He asked me and I shook my head "yes."
I then told him that I cleaned it a couple times a week to keep nice a shinny. He smiled at his younger brother he looked right back at me. "Do you wish to marry my daughter or be her only fling in her 30 years of life?" I took a look at my feet then at back at him, "I don't know, all I know is that I want to spend my quiet moments and my loud ones with her. I want to show her how I do everything, I also want to show her what beauty nature has to offer. Do I want to be with her? Yes I do, would I marry her eventually, Most likely." I took a moment to acess the room then I dropped my eyes to my hands.
"When I was asked last night by Helda if I loved her I couldn't give a straight answer. This morning though when I looked at the sky and the little puddle of water I saw only her in them. Sir I do love her with all my heart even if we've only known eachother for a short time." I stopped talking for a moment and Thoring asked me the question Helda did last night. "Would you move her to my capital to be with her?" I shook my head, "no" then I said why, "The people of Raven's Beak lost all their men in that last great war. They only have me and my brother to help them for the time being, I did ask her to come with me on the ride back."
I told Thorin looking right at King Canutis, "What did she say son?" Canutis asked me and I sighed, "She said that she would love to only if you both said it was ok. I know it would be losing a valuable part of your Capital Guard and not being able to see her in person. But when the time came to move back here I would do that for her, I just can't leave my people for my own selfishness." Both Kings sat back in their chairs and looked at eachother. "Brother I think we could spare them this wish and let her move to Raven's Beak for a couple years. Plus I bet having a world class blacksmith would make you the best of the best armor and weapons?"
Thorin said choosing to help me out with the second choice of Helda moving to Raven's Beak with me. Canutis sat for a long while till he smiled, "My daughter to be married to a extremely interesting man, who's a Black smith and a magic user? Yes I think I will let her be with you for the time being, but heed my words young man. Never hurt my little girl or you'll pay with your life." He said as he tossed me the coin back into my hand. I looked at him and smiled at him, "Sir if you'f like I could make you something to ensure my love for her?" I asked him and he was suprised I'd make a free offer to him right away.
King Thorin stood up and walked right to me, "Why not show him how good you're skills are on both combat and trade skills?" He said to me wanting me to show off myself to his brother. I agreed and a King Canutis did as well. "You shall make my daughter a gift that will be her proposal item, like a ring or what you deem to be right for her." He then looked at a memeber of the Royal Guard he brought with him. "This is Ken, He was the one I was going to set up with my daughter. Fight him in a dual with anything you want to fight him with. Magic is even a good choice of weapon since you both can use it."
He said to me and I agreed to the magic or whatever the man wanted to fight with. Ken choose both Magic and swords, I agreed to his resquest and made a plan in a six days to battle. I after that short meeting went with a servant of Thorin's so that I could find a good black smith shop to barrow for a bit. After a couple hours of searching for a good one, I found one that was tucked out of the way. The light reminded me of mine and the pit was clean but simple like mine. I walked into the shop part and yelled out, "Hello is anyone here I would like to speak to the owner of this shop!?"
A Woman came out from pit area all covered in ash and oil. She looked like a giant but had a sweet face to her. "Yes, I am the owner of this shop little man, what do you want with it?" She asked me and I smiled not even batting an eye about how tall she was. "I am looking to barrow a shop for a bit, I've been asked to make a proposal item for my possible future wife." I said to her, she laughed till she saw the servant I had following me said. "King Thorin and King Canutis also challenged you to fight Captain Ken of Canutis personal guard too." She smiled at me and I sighed, "Yes, thats part of my little challenge."
I said waving at the fight, "I'm more conserned about the item for Helda, she's a strange woman to impress." I said laughing at that part, the giant woman listened to how I spoke about Helda. I saw her smiled to were I saw a twinkle in her right eye. "You're the one who stole her heart, no wonder she's been scatter brained for these last few months?" She said laughing, I looked confused at the woman and then she told me that she's a old friend of Helda's. "We use to play back when I was a little kid, She choose to follow the guard life and I choose this one after the war." She said getting quiet for a moment.
I noticed I had not introduct my name to her yet so I did so. "I'm Jacob Wellings of Raven's Beak, I'm their one and only Smith and handyman It's a pleasure to meet you." I said holding out my hand as she reached into shake mine. "I'm Kel of the Bear foot clan, you can use my shop for the time being as long as you don't interupt my work." She said to me and I nodded as she showed me the rest of her shop. I then brought out a book I had in my back pocket with nothing in it. I then brought out a charcol penceil I learned to make and I came up with a few ideas while next to the first pit. The servant waited for me to take my material order.
I drew everything from huge and small rings to a braclets. I was stumped on what to make Helda but then I looked over at Kel to she was was wearing a neckless and ring. "Did you loose someone in the war, I see that ring and heart neckless on you?" I asked her and she smiled when she saw them, "Yes, I lost my love in the last battle ten years ago. He had these made before the last battle to keep him near me." She said seeming to tear up a bit, "I think I found what I need to do," I said to her drawing up something origainal but something I will be proud of.
It was a ring made with the same gem stone color as Helda's eyes and both creast of her family and my new homeland. I showed them to Kel and she loved the design as she saw the matching neckless. It though had my eye colored gem stone and made of pure silver. I gave me order to the servant and she smiled, "simple list, very simple." She commented as she left to get the stuff for me. While I sat there I heard the door open to see Helda had come into the shop for a weapon repair. I stayed behind while Kel went to greet her, Kel took the weapon and talked with her a bit.
"I see you did a number on this blade of your's again, what are you training with rocks again?" Kel asked her and I started laughing in the back, Kel heard me but Helda didn't. I then heard Helda say, "I've been training with a new friend who's a bit of a hot head." I knew she meant Manti and I had an idea on how to fit her Sword. So when she came back to fix the blade I asked to do it for her. "I have to repay you somehow, I never let a debt go unpayed." I said to her and she handed me the blade, I took it to the fire pit and I threw the blade into the fire. I watched at the blade glowed a bright red, as it did that I saw it dark spots on it.
I took it out and started to re hit the sword taking out the impurities in the blade a bit at a time. I then saw the old broken sliver bits laying in the recycle scraps. I took them and ran my hand with the silver in my raw and across the blade. As the silver metal into the now steel blade it began to cool quickly. Ken went to stop me from running my hands again across the blade but saw the heat didn't effect me. "Are you even human, that should of burned the hell of your hands?" She asked me and I smiled at her, "I have a contract with a Mantiocre and I have some magic skill that allow me to be fire proof for a bit."
I said to her and she whipped her brow, glade I wasn't hurt. I heated the blade up once more to see the impurities were now gone from the blade." I then set the sword into the quench tube to cool a finish the blade. When I pulled it out It was basically perfect, a pure steel finish with a mirror like reflection. The silver was added to help with strenght and to give it a light weight finish. I polished the blade then I gave it to Kel. "This only took you a couple hours to do, how fast will you be with the Ring and Neckless?" She asked me and I told her I would take me time with something new.
We laughed and she asked me to walk with her to deliver the blade to Helda. Just then as I was going to say yes, the servant came back with a couple others with my material. Kel knew I had to get started so she left me to her shop. So I took all the metal and gems to start my offcially improtant job for Helda. For two days not a single soul from in my crew or Helda could find me since I was deep in make the ring and Neckless. From twisting metal and pouring others I finally made and polished the perfect proposal offerings for Helda. The were silver in color with blue and green gem stones that seem to glow.
When the fire glow it the silver finish on them it was almost blinding. I was tried but I was happy they were done, and as I sighed with relief that they were done. Kel gave me a cleanly made box to put them in. I went outside after taking a short nap to see it was a nice bright day. I looked down to the road and I saw Manti walking with Helga. They waved when they saw me and I ran up to them carefully holding the box steady. Helga saw the box and noticed I came out of a smithing shop. "You made Helda something didn't you, I can smell the ash all over you?" She said to me and I laughed as I showed her.
The silver shinned across her face and she seemed to get jealous with his wonderfal gift. " Do you know where she might be by chance?" I asked both Helga and Manti, Helga didn't know but Manti said she was in the Throne room at teh castle. I walked on by but thanked Manti for the help before I started running. When I got to the front doors the guards opened them for me instead of stopping me. I walked a after hitting the doors and saw in the mirrors that I looked all ashy. So I took a second and found a bit of water to clean my face and hair up. I then went to the Throne room to see Helda was pleading for her father to let her live in Raven's Beak.
He saw me sneak in and holding a wooden box of something in my hands. He seem to almost smile as gave away my presence to Helda. She turned and saw me about a couple yards from her. She then saw the box and wondered what it was. "You see my daughter," King Canutis said to make her turn her around to look at him. "Jacob here has already pleaded for you to go with him when he leaves this place. I and King Thorin accepted his proposal for the chance of you both moving back here when time promites." I came up right next to her and stood there smiling for a moment.
She was dumbfounded that I got them to agree with me but then as the sun came through the window I got on my right knee. Helda looked at me like I was crazy but then I opened the box making my decision about marrying her right there. The shine off of the neckless and ring glowed on to her face. "Helda I know we have only known eachother for a good few months but as I was making these my mind never wavered. I want you to be in my life as my beautiful wife someday." I said to her and she almost began to cry to how beautiful the ring and neckless looked with my next few words.
"Helda would you marry me, I know we would happier together no matter where we call home." I watch her almost explode with excitment, she looked for a moment at her father and King Thorin. Thorin nodded and then smiled for her to say yes. Her father nodded and gave a little smile as he barely smiled ever. She looked back at me and the box with the jewlery, "Yes, I would love to marry you!" She said as she grabbed the neckless first, I helped put it on her then I put the ring on her finger. They looked even better on her than I had imagened, Her father nodded with joy and then Helda noticed something.
You could see it in her eyes when she pulled out the sword that I repaired for her without her known it was me. "You repaired this for me didn't you?" She asked me and I told her that I barrowed Kel's shop right when she brought it in. I then told her that I repayed Kel by giving her my expert skills when ever a harder job came in. She laughed, "I thought she got my repair job done way to soon, and the style was way different than hers. Thank you for doing that for her, I bet she was a handful?" She asked me and I shook my head "no" I then showed her why I choose the gems in both peices.
"One is for me and other one is for both of us," Saying that both of our pasts and future was a part of those peices. She took a look at the neckless a bit more and saw I had gotten the blue gem to become clear almost. In the back of it was a creat of her families and my chosen creast of a Willow tree. The new family of the Wellings and Ox Horn combind looked perfect to me. She gave me a funny look then she said, "This is amazing that you make things like this, imagen whats ahead now." She said to me and everyone wondered what she meant, even I was confused by that.
Then when we all settled down from the proposal I saw that Ken had arrived into the building. "We meet in the arena down the street for our fight today Jacob sir?" He asked me and I nodded to him and went with him. Helda was wondering what we were fighting was about so Thorin told her about that. "Your father wanted to see Jacob's ablilites to fight and so do I, Jacob argeed to a magic and Sword fight against Ken." He watched her get scared for a moment since she never saw me fight either. But unknown to them I had been training with Manti on the down low ever since I got my ass handed to me by the pirates.
As we came to the arena I saw a few people were here to see what was going on. I saw that the crew from Raven's Beak were here to cheer me on as well. I saw Manti nodded at me telling me through her facial expression to go all out. I would only do that to gauge how well Ken could fight, with my fire and Iron skin magic It was would be hard for me to get hurt now. I was given a sword by a servant who was scared to give it to me. As I started to get serious about the fight ahead. My whole face was stone cold and my eyes only locked on to Ken, who was doing the same to me.
King Canutis spoke before we started telling us the rules. "There are two ways to win this battle, knockout your opponent or make him surrender, no killing." He then rang the bell and I watch Ken run straight at me with average speed. I waited till he got close to see him throw a wooden pillar at me from his left hand. I dodged it as he almost cut me with his sword, my iron skin blocked his attack by luck. I backed off now knowing he's stronger than normal people but he was slow. I smiled as I got excited for the battle, In a moments breath I casted my fire magic around me.
I looked like a supervillain walking out of the fire from hell. I then dashed at Ken and used my sword on him, we clashed with equal force making the glass and stone floor under us crack. I looked up to see Ken was smiling with me. "You're stronger than I thought Jacob, you must have a Contracted beast with you?" He said to me and I shook my head, "Yes" then I said back to him. "She's the one who trained to me to fight this way." Ken smiled, then he backed off as he was powering up for his best attack. With the magic energy coming off of him I could see he hit his peak. SO I powered up the same and charged right at him.
When I took the first step at him I heard a loud pop like I broke something. I still launched off the ground charging right at him, I had a fire ball in my hand shrinking but growing more powerful. I learned the magic to concentrate it into a smaller more accurate shot. I got with in ten feet from Ken when I shot it at him, as that happened Manti casted a protection bubble over us to keep everyone else safe. Because she felt how much magic I put behind the shot from the sound of it building in my hand. For everyone it sounded like a meteor hitting super sonic speed entering earths atmoaphere or a roaring valcano exploding next to them.
Luckly Ken moved out of the way and saw it cracked the bubble. I saw that Manti almost passed out containing the shot. I looked back at Ken who tapped the floor, "You win sir, I didn't sign up for this fight to be roasted alive in a practies match." He said to me and I smiled then started laughing, "Yeah Sorry I got carried away with that last one." I said apoligizing to him and then I apoligized to both Kings. They both were more impressed that I had that much power hidden under all my peaceful stature. I backed off my magic and regained my composer, I then felt my head getting dizzy.
Right before I fell I felt the arms of my Helda catch me. I looked up to see her smiling at me, I heard her say before I faded a bit say. "You can rest now but be ready for tomorrow my dear." The next then I knew I woke up in my Inn room. Helda, Helga and Manti were in the room sitting right next to me. I saw it was early morning and I was shirtless for somereason. I scratched my head for a moment then whipped my face off from sweat. I then sat up and got a hug from Helda, "Thank the gods you're ok, you collapsed hard after I caught you, I didn't know you pulled a four all nighter for me, Stop doing that."
She said almost crying about me not getting the rests I need from time to time. I couldn't say anything but I did get to say three words before the crew came in. "Yeah, you're right," then Ursa and everyone came bursting into the room to see I was ok. I got out of bed fully and thank god I still had my pants on, even though they were dirty. I put on a newer shirt that was laif out for me then I saw there were a new pair of pants laying next to them. I looked around awkwardly then I went into the bathroom attach to my room and put then one. I even washed my face a bit to wake myself up a bit more.
I then came out and they told me that today was the day of the meetiing with all the leaders of the Vikings. I had a smile on my face that seem to strink, But then Helga said. "You will be my advisor on this one with Ursa as Helda will be guarding everyone with other guards." I nodded understanding my role as second guard and Decision maker. I put on my fancier coat on that was white in color, I saw Helda's ring shine her finger as it poked me in the eye. "Alright lets go get this thing done so we can get home soon." I said as we all headed up to the castle with everyone in toe right behind us.