The first rays of sunlight seeped through the tent, as Chris felt the heat of the light shine on his face, he naturally stirred awake. Today was a new day, and it was time for him to continue his journey.
Chris rose from his make-shift bed and stepped outside of the tent, what he saw made his jaw drop. There were corpses of monsters littered outside his tent, ranging from huge snakes, to bears and boars.
His skeletons were standing at different positions around his tent, their bones were covered in blood, most prominent on their hands. Upon sensing Chris's presence, the skeletons walked up to him and knelt on one knee, bowing respectfully.
"Good morning, my loyal subjects." Chris greeted after calming down, smiling warmly at them. Seeing the corpses of the monsters, made Chris feel proud of his summons.
"You've done well, you may rest now." Chris said as he deactivated his skill, and the skeletons vanished.
'They've been guarding me all night, so my magic is running low. I feel a bit tired already, even after sleeping.' Chris thought as he went into the tent and grabbed a Low Magic Recovery Potion.
Drinking it's contents, he found the taste weird, similar to the taste of medicine. After finishing his drink, Chris felt rejuvenated and more energized as a good portion of his magic was restored.
'That feels much better.' Chris thought with a smile as he threw away the empty glass botttle.
A loud grumble came from Chris's stomach, he placed a hand on his belly as he felt that he was really hungry. Chris searched inside his carrier bag and pulled out a basket, inside it were alot of sandwiches and other foods.
Chris grabbed a sandwhich and took a bite, closing his eyes as he enjoyed the good taste.
'After I'm done resting for a bit, then it would be time to start moving again.' Chris thought to himself as he continued to eat on his Sandwhich.
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Liora was inside the mansion's courtyard, training diligently with her sword. She was practicing her swordsmanship, planning on perfecting her movements. Liora was the first one to be awake and since she had nothing to do, she decided to come and practice her sword skills.
'101..102..103..' Liora counted in her mind, swinging her sword again and again, in tandum with her movements.
The sword practice continued on for more than thirty minutes, before she decided that it was enough and had to take small break. Liora walked over to the garden area of the mansion grounds, noticing the damage her Snow Rabbits had caused to the place.
When Alfred had returned from his business, he was furious to find the garden in ruin. The guards tried their best to explain the situation to Alfred, but he refused to believe a few normal animals could do so much damage.
The guards were fired and new ones were hired, many of the maids also had to cater to the garden to restore it to it's former glory, adding more work to the maids already tight schedule.
'Now I feel a bit bad now.' Liora thought as she sighed, she now the reason the guards had lost their jobs, and the maids got even more work to do.
Liora then walked back to her room, still feeling a bit down for what she had done. As she walked through the hallways, her head hung low with the weight of her guilt.
She unexpectedly bumped into someone, and took a few steps back. "So-" Liora was about to apologize, but stopped when she saw who she had bumped into, the mere sight of them made her blood boil.
"Good morning, Liora." Lance greeted with a evil grin, his eyes twinkling with malice.
Liora decided to walk past him, not even giving him the pleasure of greeting him. Lance's eyes narrowed and his expression turned sour, seeing her trying to ignore him.
"Hey!" Lance barked as he grabbed her wrist and stopped her moving, tightening his grip around her, he spoke:
"Don't you have any manners? How dare you ignore me." He said as he pulled her wrist and pulled her close, their faces mere inches from each other, his hatefilled eyes gazing into Liora's.
"Let go of me." Liora replied coldly, not showing any signs of fear. She mentally prepared herself for anything Lance was going to do, she wasn't the same weak girl that would get abused by him anymore, and she was going to prove that to him.
"Oh? So you've finally grew a backbone after training with Gena, huh?" Lance asked, tightening his grip around her wrist.
Liora grit her teeth as she decided that she had enough of this guy, she clenched her free hand into a fist and threw a quick punch at his face. Lance reacted quickly and caught her fist in his other hand.
"Nice try." Lance said as he smirked.
Liora then decided to do something unexpected, with her leg she swiftly quicked Lance hard in his crotch area, using all the strength she had. Lance coughed as his eyes widened from the sudden attack, a huge sense of pain spreading through his entire being as he felt like his precious jewels were shattered.
But she wasn't done yet, as Lance let go of her and moved his hands over to his crotch area, grunting and wailing in pain, Liora took the opportunity presented to her and delivered a swift kick to his face, knocking him back as he fell onto his back.
"Take that, you bastard." Liora sneered as she walked away.
"You little shit!" Lance cursed as he weakly rose to the ground and struck out his palm to her, channeling a huge amount of magic and forming a huge wind blast that swirled crazily.
Liora looked back in shock, as she urgently began to break a sprint, running though the hallway and towards her room as fast as she could.
'Is he seriously going to fire that in the hall!? He's going to cause so much damage!' Liora thought.
"I'm not letting you get away that easily." Lance declared as he prepared to fire the attack, but he stopped when he heard the sound of a door clicking and unlocking.
He quickly dispersed the attack and straightened his posture the best he could, trying his best to ignore the throbbing pain in his crotch.
Out of one of the room stepped Lisa, his sister and the one that loved Liora more than anyone else. She was dressed in her nightgown and her hair was messed up, suggesting that she didn't sleep very well.
"What's up with the noise?" Lisa groggily asked, rubbing her eyes "Keep it down, I'm trying to sleep."
"Understood, sister Lisa, I'll be heading to my room now." Lance said as he excused himself and went over to Liora's room.
Once there, he grabbed the door handle and tried to open the door, but it was locked. "Open up! Don't make this worse for yourself." Lance ordered, struggling with the door handle.
After a few minutes, he gave up, deciding to pay her back for what she did at a later time. He then reluctantly returned to his room, grumbling under his breath.
Liora stood behind the door, listening to his footsteps fade away. Once it was silent on the other side, she peeped through the key hole, and didn't find anyone there.
A sigh of relief escaped her lips as she fell to her knees, glad to see the situation is over. She knew that Lance wasn't going to let her go so easily, and would definetly make her pay for it soon.
She vowed to herself to be ready, and take her revenge once and for all.
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"We're here." Alfred said, standing at the gates of the mansion. Behind him was a man with long black hair that reached his shoulders, he was dressed in light armor, suited for adventurers. A symbol of his guild was engraved on his chestplate, and below it, small letters of the name "Bolorius" were written on it.
On the shoulder of the man was a golden feathered hawk, with bright brown eyes and huge wings for flight. A strange red symbol was engraved on the head of the hawk, pulsing eerily with a faint red glow.
"Oh, the Rohart family's mansion?" The man said to himself, stroking his chin with a greedy expression "What an honor to be summoned here."
Alfred walked up to the gates of the mansion and opened it, "Right this way." Alfred said as he looked back and walked forward.
The man followed behind closely, his eyes roaming around the mansion grounds, taking in the luxurious atmosphere the place provided.
Alfred then lead the man into the mansion and down the hallways of the mansion, soon they reached the Duke's room.
Alfred knocked on the door of the duke, "Your grace, I have brought the Beast Tamer." Alfred said.
"Come in." William said on the other side of the door, and Alfred pushed the door open before entering it along with the beast tamer.
Alfred let the beast tamer to a couch at the side and made him sit down on it, before walking to the duke's side.
A smile grew on William's lips as he knew the adventurer infront of him, a renowned beast tamer in the royal capital.
"Ah, Master Of The Crimson Bonds. Mark Veils."