I walked out of the orphanage and looked into the morning sun. It was beautiful, and incredibly blinding. Ow… My eyes…
Well, it's time for me to wander around the city and see what this place has to offer! This is a true fantasy world! I hope it has some of the typical things that you would expect to see in a fantasy world's city.
Now, if I am in the very stereotypical fantasy world I think I am, there must be an adventurer's guild in this city! Is that correct, Kitsu?
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Hell yeah! That means I can become an adventurer, right?
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Okay… makes sense. So, I just have to grind for C rank, wait a bit, and then get back to the grind! I'll be in that school anyway, so I won't have the leisure time for adventuring. I only have about 5 months until I can enroll, so I have to act quick!
Let's find that guild!
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I started walking down the streets, exploring everything I could. I wanted to find a cool weapon shop, or just something that caught my eye, like cursed equipment! But, you won't find anything like that here, unless in a museum type thing, most likely.
I mean, why would they keep a cursed item in a city full of people? It could cause some bad shit, you know? But, it would be cool.
Oh? "The Black Cat's Tail Inn"? That sounds like a nice place to stay at, considering the name and all. I've read multiple light novels and manga with similar Inn names, just like that one. Ahh, I'm sort of going to miss reading all of those… But, now I get to live in one!
How cool is that? Pretty damn cool, if I may say so. I kept on walking.
The next store I saw was a clothing store. It contained the normal, casual clothes you would see on the common person in this world, nothing too fancy. But, a couple of shops down, there is a fancier clothing store that contains what looks to be suits and dresses for the people that can buy better things.
So far, all I have seen is the normal types of shops that you would see in a fantasy type world. But, still, I'm having fun looking at all of this!
Let's take a right!
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I'm finally here… I found a weapon shop! I have to see what exactly they offer!
I walked inside to check out the store's contents, and the man who ran the place noticed me.
He said, "Hello, little one. Here to take a gander at the best weapons made in Ryubia?"
I looked back at him and replied, "Yes, yes I have."
I began to walk around the shop, looking at all of the things it had to offer. Swords, knives, axes, great axes, hell… He even has a scythe!
The man noticed me looking ambitiously at the scythe that he made. He then said, "Did that one catch your eye? It's my prized possession! I made it with a rare alloy with 0.5% mythril! It took me years to finish forging it, and I only got it done last year."
I then looked at him and said, "You're quite the smith, sir. So, you've made this scythe and put it out for the people of the city to see?"
The old man then said, "Yes! I want every person that enters this shop to marvel at the sight of what weapon smithing can truly do!"
I get it. It's his life passion, of course he'd want to share it with the world.
I then asked, "What is your name, Mister Smith?"
He then told me, "My name is Jack, Jack Tott. My life's goal is to share the art of weapon smithing to the world! What about you, little one?"
I answered, "My name is Pearl. My life's goal is to learn all that I can about magic, swordsmanship, the history of the world, and to explore the world to see what it has to truly offer to those who will seek it!"
Jack smiled at the answer I provided. He then said, "I like you, kid. You dream big, that's good."
I then took one last look around before deciding to leave. I told mister Jack, "When I need to get a weapon forged, I'll come straight to you, mister Jack!"
Jack smiled and replied, "I'll look forward to doin' business with ya!"
And so, I continued on to find the adventurer's guild.
-[1 Hour Later]-
After an hour of looking around, I finally found the guild!
Now that I look at it, it's a big fucking building, how could I have missed it??
Anyhow, let's head inside and get started immediately!
-[Inside the Guild]-
There weren't many people here right now, only a handful. There were three receptionists at three different desks, each to help with different ranks. One for F-D, one for C-B, and one for A+.
Of course, the A+ desk is empty, that's because this city probably only has F-C ranked adventurers.
I walked up to the registration desk, which was also the F-D rank desk. The lady receptionist looked down at me and had a strange look on her face.
She's probably wondering what a small child like me is doing in the adventurer's guild. The receptionist then asked me, "Uhm, hello, are you perhaps lost?"
I then answered, "No, I have come to apply for registration in this city's guild."
She looked at me like I was an idiot. She then told me, "You have to be 10 years of age, or more, to apply for registration."
I then told her, "I know that, and I'm already 10! I'm just a little… short."
She looked at me with a somewhat solemn expression, and then said, "Well, uhm, okay then. Welcome to the Ryubia City Adventurer's Guild, a place where people can make it big on quests, and find companions through difficult times."
She then took a weird looking orb with a small spike on the top. It looked mystical, and beautiful.
The receptionist then told me, "Please press your right hand thumb on the tip of this spike. Keep in mind, it will collect your blood that drips down to gather the necessary data to make your guild card. After that, you will have to fill out some paperwork for background information."
So, I just press my thumb on here?
"Ah…"
I pressed a bit too hard… that's a lot of blood. Eh, it'll be fine.
The receptionist looked at me with slight shock and a look of stupidity, as if she was staring at my dumbass self, which she was.
She then handed me some paperwork to fill out as the orb started to dimly shine.
"Oh! Here, this is from Mister Rommel." I handed her the letter Rommel gave me.
As I was walking away, I heard the receptionist mumble something close to "Holy shit", as she watched the orb.
I sat down at one of the tables and started to fill out the paperwork that was given to me.
[Name: Pearl
Age: 10
Weapon Choice(s): Magic, Swords/Katana
Residence: Ryubia City Orphanage, Room #05
Prior Experience: Hunting
(For documentation purposes, how would you rate your ability to fight?): I can somewhat fight, maybe a 5 out of 10?]
That's the basic amount of information, but there was a bit more about some random shit that isn't that important.
I brought the paperwork up to the receptionist and handed it in. She said, "Please wait just a moment." Then she went into the back room of the guild.
-[5 Minutes Later]-
"Thank you for waiting, Pearl." The receptionist had returned. She then handed me a card, presumably my guild card, and said, "Thank you for joining the Ryubia City Adventurer's Guild, we hope you have a great time whilst in our hands!"
I smiled and replied, "Thank you!"
I then headed out of the guild to return back to the orphanage.
"What…? How the fuck…" I heard a man's voice from my left, it sounded very familiar…
I looked over to my left and saw a blonde haired fox beastman, looking to be in his mid 30s.
He then looked dead at me, and I froze instinctively.
He walked over to me, angrily, and whispered to me, "You're supposed to be dead, you bitch."
*thwack*
…Huh? My consciousness is fading… did he just use the pressure point… on the… back of my…
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(??? POV)
She's supposed to be dead, what the hell?! I left her to die, I fucking stabbed her in the heart! How is she alive… How?
Pearl…