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Chapter 22 - Chapter twentytwo: Into the dungeon

Hi wakes up to the morning sun and wakes Aria up. They both stand up, dress up and go for a morning walk in the garden. "Good morning sir!" a garden tender tells Hi tending to the plants in the garden. "Good morning!" Hi responds. "Your people really take good care of the garden." Aria notes. "I´m sorry about yesterday." she adds. "It´s all Water under the bridge! I can imagine why you would get mad at me." Hi says. "I don´t hate you or anything." Aria mumbles. After a refreshing walk Hi goes into a room to do some paperwork. "Taking over really is hard lots of paperwork. How can one man keep up with this. It´s harder than hunting!" Hi rambles on while going through it. "I can help. I always helped out my father with paperwork back home." Aria tells him. "Oh right i can just ask the servants too. Then we´ll get done quicker." Hi remembers. Hi rings a bell in the room and some servant comes in. "Oh good just the people i needed. Help me out with the paperwork, please!" Hi tells them. "Of course!" he responds. They get to work right away and finish fairly quickly. "Paperwork sure makes you hungry!" Hi says. They leave the room. "Before i forget. I´ll tell the cook to make you something good as a reward for helping. Just come in to the dining hall after us." Hi tells the servant. "Thank you for your generosity!" the servant answers. "It´s nothing really! Anyone would be hungry after such hard work!" Hi says leaving the room with Aria. They enter the dining hall and the servants lay the table for Hi and Aria. The servants bring in rice with meat and vegatables. They eat the food and proceed to leave. "You really don´t strike me as someone who would eat their vegetables." Aria says. "Hahaha! That´s funny. A good meal should be balanced. But i must admit i can always go for meat especially when i´m out hunting, my fire powers are really useful for that. I got an idea how about we go out and do a dungeon up here in the mountains." Hi suggests. "Isn´t that dangerous for two people to tackle a dungeon?" Aria asks worriedly. "We´re not just two people. We both possess a primeval element. We have nothing to worry about. And i´ve got some healing herbs and potions and you can heal too!" Hi says. "You´ve got a point...." Aria answers. "But first you need some gear. Let´s go to the armory." Hi says leading the path to the armory. Inside there are servants and guards organising the armory. "OH, Master Hi you´re here must mean you´re going out hunting. It´s rare to see you here lately especially since you got that good gear made." the servant, the manager of the armory says. "I need some light armor, a spear and a sword." Hi tells him . "Let´s see!" the servant answers picking out the gear quickly and efficiently. "Here you go!" he tells him handing the gear over. "Might i ask who that gear is for?" he asks. "For Aria. We´re going out to a dungeon together." Hi tells him. "A rather unusual thing to do for you two." he adds. "What do you mean? Do you suggest i´m weak or something?" Aria asks him scarily. "I didn´t mean to offend. But in our part of the world women would rarely to that." he adds. "Hmph!" she says taking the gear of Hi´s hand going out and changing into it. "Please don´t say something like that again. Just for her. okay?" Hi says leaving the armory. "I won´t." he answers. Aria now changed. She is wearing some light japanese armor a spear, a katana and a kabuto helmet. Hi inspects her outfit. "hmm. Feel like something is missing. A bow might suit you too." Hi tells her. "I´ll let you know that i am pretty good with one and won several competitions." Aria says. "Here you go!" Hi says handing her a yumi bow with some arrows. "Try drawing it." Hi tells her. She struggles to fully draw the bow. "This is pretty hard!" Aria says releasing the tension. "I´m sure you´ll get used to it." It is a bow made for penetrating hard monster armor after all." Hi says. "How is this better than my magic?" she asks him. "It´s easier to channel your magic into a weapon and will help you understand how you should use your magic in a fight." Hi says. He grabs her shoulder and teleports away. "That was strange!" she says. "But it´s handy isn´t it. We moved across the country in an instant. This is a dungeon north of our palace. It´s quite popular for swordsmen and hunters alike who want to test their strength." Hi says going off to purchase a map. "You can buy a map?" she asks him. "Of course it´s lucrative for merchants to sell their services and live off the dungeon." Hi says. The entrance of the dungeon is filled with shops and people. "Let´s go in!" Hi says.