As Yuki watched Yamato think about what to do, she herself got an idea.
"Maybe we should just try to get some form of property first, Master?"
"Property? Why?"
"Well, we got pretty much nothing on us. Wouldn't it make sense to get a set place to sleep and live, before thinking about anything else? We also have yet to learn about the local currency."
Yamato thought about it for a moment, finding it to be an annoying objective, but a necassary one.
"I guess you are right. We can't walk around the world like this for much longer, without any more supplies. I wonder if we can go back to the capital... Maybe we are on a sort of black list already though... I don't wanna walk into another field of destruction."
"Why not, Master?"
"Because if we just walk around and destroy any city we enter we'll never make any progress."
Yamato started walking into a seemingly random direction, away from the chaos caused by Yuki. Yuki just followed him, thinking about what he said. She didn't actually value human civilization, never having actually lived among humans before. It was therefore indifferent to her if the places they went to would still exist after they left. But she wouldn't question him on it. Seeing as how little they have accomplished so far, he seemed to have a point.
As they walked out of the area that got hit by Yuki's rampage, they entered forest again. But the forest didn't last long, because soon they'd be on a large open field with flowers in all kinds of colors.
It was then when Yuki noticed the direction they were walking towards was infact not random, but towards the sunset. Why that was important, she didn't understand. While the sense of adventure was exciting to her, she'd prefer to not spent the night in the wilderness for too long.
That's when she remembered something.
"Master, I completly forgot because of all the commotion from before! When I defeated that weird guy earlier, there was a weird voice in my head. It congratulated me on my victory and said I gained a few special abilities and a few titles!"
"A voice you say? Interesting... What were the special abilities and titles?"
"Well~! I'll start with the titles. [Angel of Destruction], [Defeater of Heros] and [Faithfull Divinity]."
"Defeater of Heros... So he was an actual hero, I guess... And the abilities?"
Looking proud of her titles, she explained.
"Well, the voice said each title comes with a unique special ability. [Angel of Destruction], gives me the ability [Absulute Attack]. It didn't say the direct effect, though..."
"Maybe for detailed information we need to use those crystals that were used to register us... What about the other two abilities?"
"[Defeater of Heros] gave me the ability [Above Justice] and [Faithfull Divinity] gave [Under Supreme Authority]."
"Interesting... I could try to guess what they do by their name, or we test them out... But it's probably safest to just try using one of those crystals again. I think it's safe to assume that all bigger cities will have them on their borders... But since we don't know how long it'll take for us to reach the next city, preferably one that isn't under the control of the Naru Empire, of course."
"Can't we just fly around a to scout a bit?"
"We could... But it'd be bothersome to explain how you have wings if we would be seen... We don't know what species are considered normal here and who likes who. It could be that we get into conflict through carelessness such as that. I would also like to avoid having to get rid of anyone who we cross paths with. It'd be more helpful to get lasting sources of information."
"Got it. No flyin and no killing people without a very good reason."
"Good. The sun is gonna set soon.there is no good cover in this field... But maybe that's a good thing."
"...It is?"
Yuki asked, feeling a sense of satisfaction from his praise but also failing to understand how less cover would be good.
"I want to attract travellers. If they see a camp fire, they might just come by. Of course we have to be careful who we attract. But that shouldn't be a problem. This whole prison incident gave me a sense of how powerful people scale in this world... I doubt we will meet someone stronger than a hero in a while for now. So you should get us carried."
"That's okay, Master. I wasn't planning to sleep anyways!"
"Not exactly my message here but okay… so you keep watch."
"Yes!"
"Great."
"Thank you!"
A weird back and forth, which seemed to lead nowhere.
It was then when Yuki noticed that they did not have a tent or similar.
"We don't have a tent, Master!"
"…oh really, how observant."
"Thank you!"
She said excitedly, not ignoring the sarcasm but simply not understanding it as a consequence of delusion.
"That wasn't… whatever. Can't you create something with your now filled up magic?"
"I could!…but I'd have to use one fifth of all the mana I have left."
Yamato thought about it for a moment, coming to the conclusion that it would be sufficient enough to have four fifths left.
"That's expensive… let's just sleep on the ground and light a fire."
"Okay…."
Yuki disliked the idea of him sleeping on the ground. She felt like it was her duty to have him sleep somewhere luxurious. But it couldn't be helped at the moment. However she swore to herself to change that in the near future.
"…I'm sorry, Master…"
"What for?"
"Ah… nothing."
She pointed with her index finger at the ground and a fire appeared.
"It won't go out or spread through the grass, if you worried about that."
"I did, pretty useful."
"I know, right?"
Not much more happened that day. Yamato didn't mind sleeping on the ground, and woke up the next day like he would have if he slept in a bed. Yuki had put out the fire at sunrise as it wouldn't naturally go out and they departed shortly after.
It was only after a few hours, that they came accross a road, which naturally meant it would lead them somewhere, if they followed it. And so they did.
The road wasn't in good condition by modern standards but above average in this World. After following the road for a bit, they found a sign which had two directions on it. Behind the sign was a crossroads, the right one being used much more frequently, according to the condition of the road. Which lead Yamato to believe that that one was primarily used by traders and merchants which in turn meant it would lead to a bigger city. Based on that logic they followed the road to the right. They followed the road for multiple hours, before they heard a carriage approaching from behind them. It appeared to be an elderly man who was transporting goods to sell. He stopped next to Yamato and Yuki and spoke kindly.
"Hello there, you two. Where are you headed, all on your own like that?"
"Just to the nearest city big city."
Yamato said, smiling back at the old man.
"On foot? You have quite the journey ahead of you… You must be going to the magic school of Lunis .It's at least two days on without a carriage or horse. But you're in luck. I'm headed to Lunis as well. Why don't you hop on, I've got some space in the back for the two of you."
"Magic school of Lunis… sounds like a good enough excuse for an identity. We both look young enough to pass as students. Yuki could probably just do a magic trick and convince him if he gets suspicious of us. I suppose this is perfect… although he is suspiciously kind for a businessman. Maybe he's seen enough of life to just live it in a steady way. Though he might still have a hidden agenda behind his 'kind' offer. Either way there's no way we can decline his offer. It is also the perfect opportunity to form connections to the people of this world and their economy."
"That's extremely kind of you, good sir. But I'm afraid we don't have any money to pay you back for that kind of service."
"Oh, that's alright. I'd like the company."
"Well, in that case we'd happily accept your offer and join you on your way to Lunis."
"Just make yourselfs comfortable back there."
Yuki and Yamato took a seat on the carriage and they went along the road, surprisingly fast actually. It definitely would cut their travel time short by a lot. Although, if Yuki just flew with Yamato, they'd be much faster. This method was sufficient though and soon they passed through the gates, no border patrol here though. Which made Yamato believe that maybe only capital cities had those. Or maybe they weren't in the empire anymore and only the empire had strict borders like that. Maybe it's just a generally more peaceful area they are in. Just how were they gonna get their hands on one of those crystals now though? There was a good chance that the magic school the old man mentioned had such a stone. So maybe actually going there would prove useful in that sense. The old man seemed to drop them off there anyways, so why not try to qualify, Yamato thought. Though he couldn't use magic yet nor did he know if he ever would. But he'd think of something. The old man stopped infront of the school building, which was pretty big.
"There we go. You guys almost came late for the school application time ends. You're really lucky I went by and took you along. Oh, I completely forgot to ask about your names. I am Oswin Noire."
"Thank you so much for letting us come along, Oswin. You really saved us there. I am Yamato."
"And my name is Yuki!"
"I see. Well, then farewell to you, Yamato and Yuki."
"Farewell to you too, Oswin."
And so their ways parted for now. Yamato however immediately turned around and went to go into the school.
"Master, why are you going in? Weren't we just pretending to go there?"
"Not anymore, Yuki. We are going to school now."