so a month has passed and today is the day I'm set to leave the capital of White Crest. The only reason it took so long was I had to make the necessary preparations and get the documentation in order, for me to be lord but aside from that provisions for the journey. to Ankeir I go or so I thought originally Now it's more like, you know as in me and Boch! who is five foot eleven and jacked he has auburn hair and blue eyes he has a shaggy beard and is wearing a brown cloak with a gray sack slung over his shoulder he is wearing a pair of brown pants and a white shirt with a steel breastplate over it bag like a As I'm lost in my inner monologue Boch speaks up
"Boy what are you thinking about so hard, Is it your cute fiance Maybe?'
"No, I'm trying to figure out why you are here Boch!'
"Tch, please don't remind me, as to why I have to escort you. if you must know it's due to a certain father-in-law you have."
'Wait what? You mean he still wants me dead!'
"Well yeah, you wouldn't have known this but he cares for his daughter more than himself. it will be a minute before he collects himself. Oh, and one more thing do you know much about Elves, You know physically speaking?"
"Not much besides the fact they live long," I replied confused as to where this was going
"While they do live about 300 hundred years they age normally till about 24, so good luck!" Boch says with a wink.
I rolled my eyes as I continued walking out of the main gates of white crest using my mana sight what I've named it now, Which was previously mana sense I spotted what I was looking for the stagecoach housing As I approached I noticed there was a section dedicated to commoners and nobles, this should be fun as a walk up to the part dedicated to commoners as I approach the table a thin man with round glasses looks up from the thick ledger book he was looking at
"welcome how may we help you today? he says in a less than enthusiastic tone."
"I'm looking to head to Ankeir I reply and I need two tickets" Okay without batting an eye the man goes.
That is one silver, it fifty coppas a ticket at least to Ankeir. He quickly explains the dangers and why it's one silver
"It's primarily due to bandits the Ankeir region is infested right now, especially with the previous lord dead and all that"
I hand him the silver and sign a contract stating I won't come after them if I die damn things must be bad.
As I do he says "Enjoy your month riding with us! By the way, my name is Egor I'll also be your coachman We leave in two hours and I'd take that time to get to know your new roommates for the month" as I walk away he yells at me
"One more thing are you blind not trying to be rude" I say yes and continue heading towards Boch.
Now the fun part I think to myself As I approach I see Boch talking to a girl. wingman Time blind kid act ready set go. I start unsteadily walking toward Boch
"Teacher, are you there? I ask Boch looks confused and just up and asks.
"What are you doing? Boch goes wide-eyed about a second after I think he realizes what I'm doing
"You idiot who would want to hit on this petite gorilla over here!" Boch says with zero hesitation.
she retorts almost instantly with hay How dare you call me petite or a gorilla I have curves in all the right places and there is no room for you to talk you suicidal, you know Hold on who's the kid anyway?
Boch explains I'm his student and that we are visiting Ankeir well at least he is While he is explaining I'm looking at her She has red hair and a rounded face and is wearing simple leather armor Her weapon of choice seems to be the battle axe. she is well proportioned by the way.
Boch speaks up "And by the way, she is one of the mercenaries assigned to protect us." explains Boch
Who seems to be excited about the bandits not so much about the company. and like this, an hour passes. it is time to set off!
So a week has passed and it has been so boring the only saving grace is the constant bickering between Boch and the mercenary girl I now know as Carla. As I was testing to see how far I could see with mana sight I spotted something I didn't expect to see this soon an ambush about 200 yards in front of about 30 people. I teleport to the mercenaries' carriage where Carla and Boch are which is located in front of our carriage.
Boch, we got into trouble I explained that there were about 30 guys in the woods ahead hiding about two hundred yards out while Carla's face grew serious as did Boch's the rest of the mercenaries laughed at me all 5 of them
"blind boy, stop making up stories and go back to the carriage how did you get here anyways?"
"Idiots I say aloud How do you think I got here magic you fool!"
"What did you say, kid?" You wanna die, huh?
Carla speaks up, "Knock it off, go check it out If what he says is true we are in trouble earlier than expected."
"You believe the blind boy, huh! As we are talking the mercenary coachman yells
"There are people on the road 100 yards out. There are a lot of them!"
Boch looks at me and tells me to go back to my carriage and protect the people there as I teleport I hear "good luck" come from Boch. As I appear I'm the commoner's carriage people look at me with scared expressions that then turn to that of recognition. "It's the blind boy?"
"Yo, so I'm gonna be straightforward. We are about to be attacked by bandits and I've been tasked to defend this carriage."
"What bullshit are you spouting boy what can you do? as pull my sword from storage and slice an arrow in half. I may be blind but I can see better than you you fool."
" I say under my breath "Time for some effort" and begin to focus my mana sense. which I found is much more effective than manna sight in combat I shrank what I could sense to the size of 80 meters and immediately could tell there was more than I thought there were another ten in the woods bows Huh, better deal with them first.
As finish focusing I cast Blink and appear behind two of the archers, I stab the first one in the back of the neck and quickly despatch him The second one turns to look in my direction but not before I cast Blink again and do the same to him. as I turn to run towards the rest I cast physical enhancement and catch a dagger thrown at my face I throw it to the side and rush where it came from as I deflect arrows and daggers. I approach I once again cast a blink onto a branch above their heads and cast the fireballs above their head A second later a large boom is heard and no more arrows fly. wait wasn't there five archers? oh, he's running.
"I'll let him go for now." As I say this I heard a scream, "That came from my carriage! shit."
as I bling back there are another five, What to do? no time to think let's go with the blind man act well, the kid act.