"Eh eh, ah the bath! Yes, Mister Ed can just go ahead to the back and you can find the bath! But I would recommend settling down in your room first." Alice was surprised at first but quickly regained her composure and talked like a professional.
Ed decided to follow Alice's advice and headed to his room. There he got Raikou to come out of his shadow and they both relaxed for a while.
'Now then how can I get them to allow Raikou to take a bath with me?' Ed had one more matter to worry about. 'I guess the best way is just directly asking them'.
Ed headed downstairs and called Alice. "Alice, are your parents around. I would like to ask them a favor"
"My mother is outside but my father should still be in the kitchen. Father! I guest wants to talk to you!" Alice ran to the kitchen while calling her father. She soon returned with her father.
He was a middle-aged man who had brown hair and eyes, same as his daughter.
"How may I help you, Mister Ed. Ah by the way my name is Eric" Eric spoke to Ed.
"What a coincidence my brother is also called Eric. As for the matter I want, can we talk in some place secluded" Ed asked in the most polite way possible.
"Sure follow me" Eric didn't understand why such a request but still complied. He took Ed to the storage room next to the kitchen.
"Now Mister Eric, please don't get shocked. Raikou" Ed warned Eric and called Raikou. Raikou came out of Ed's shadow and Eric screamed. It wasn't every day he could see a giant wolf. Alice was near the door and entered when she heard the scream afraid something might have happened to her father.
"Father! What's wrong-" when Alice looked at Raikou, she immediately became pale and fell to the ground. Both father and daughter were now scared stiff.
"You don't have to worry, he doesn't bite hahaha…" Ed didn't know what to make of this situation. Raikou next to him was flustered as well.
"What do you want" Eric seemed like he was shaking but still spoke.
"Ah I wanted to ask if you would allow Raikou to join me in the bath," Ed told them the reason while scratching his head.
""EH?!"" The pair looked like they didn't believe their ears and soon broke into a laughing fit. They felt stupid at being scared of Raikou and Ed who only wanted to take a bath.
"Of course you can just don't scare the customers away" Eric seemed to be back into his friendly attitude and allowed Ed to take his bath with Raikou.
"Thank you very much Mister Eric" Ed thanked him while smiling wryly.
Ed headed straight to the bath and washed. Raikou and Suika also enjoyed the bath as it became a habit for them to join Ed. When Ed got out of the bath he was stopped by Alice.
"Mister Ed I always wanted to ask you, what is that thing on top of your head?" Alive pointed at Suika.
"Ah, her? She's called Suika, a slime she's my companion along with Raikou, the wolf from before.
"Uhm uhm" Alice looked like she was gathering her courage. "Can I play with her for a bit?!" She had sparkles in her eyes. Apparently, she likes animals and was only scared by Raikou earlier because it was the first time she saw a wolf as big as him.
"Sure, do you mind Suika?" Ed didn't forget to ask for Suika's permission.
"Suu~!" Suika didn't seem to mind at all as she jumped down from Ed's head and landed on Alice's arms. The two of them played for a while with Suika jumping around and Alice catching her and stretching her.
After the two were done Ed was notified by Eric that he cooked him a meal and sent it to his room. Ed wanted to pay him but Eric reminded him that it was included in the room fee. When Ed got to his room he found a huge feast. Apparently, Eric took into considerations Raikou and Suika as well. The trio ate and slept immediately, they had been on a long journey.
In the morning Ed woke up by Alice bringing all three of them breakfast. She stayed for a while playing with Suika and touching Raikou's black fur. Then all of them headed out.
Ed planned on selling the wyvern corpses and restocking on a lot of thing such as medicinal herbs, spices… He asked Eric where he should go for selling monster corpses, and he told him that the Scale country has a guild that anyone can buy and sell things at. Apparently, instead of a sect, they have a guild. There are branch guilds in every city while the guild headquarters is in the capital. Anyone can sell things and buy them, but to benefit more one needs to register in the guild.
Ed headed to the branch guild location and got in; everyone inside looked at him but soon returned to their business. It seemed like the cliché situation where someone would try to pick a fight with him wasn't going to happen.
Ed got to the receptionist and she spoke.
"Hello, sir how may I help you?" She didn't forget to smile.
"I would like to sell some monster corpses, where can I do that?" Ed planned to sell only 2 of the wyverns in this branch guild. He would draw too much attention if he suddenly pulled out five elemental wyverns.
"Well then if that's the case please follow me sir" Ed followed the receptionist to the back.
"Where are you keeping the corpses, sir? Should we send someone to carry them?" She asked Ed because she didn't expect him to have it here.
"No need, I have them with me" The receptionist looked at him in surprise as he pulled the corpses out of thin air. She had seen the item box before but she was still surprised.
Soon she called someone to identify the corpses in order to assess the price. The total came to 3000 gold coins. Slightly more than Ed had expected. After leaving the guild, Ed headed to the market and restocked on what he needed and got back to the inn.
Ed had gathered 10 Gacha tickets and it was time to use them!
Hello everyone! I'll only be posting this chapter today hope you'll forgive me.
If you find any mistakes please point them out so i can fix them^^
"System use 3 cards on monster Gacha, 2 on weapon, 3 on skill and 2 on function!"
[Drawing please wait]
*Ding*
Acquired Goblinx2, Kobold, Swordx2, Driving, KI control, Fire magic, Transformation card, Upgrade card.
Ed reviewed each card and was dissatisfied. The only seemingly good things he got were the function cards and the KI control.
"System how come I got a Driving skill when there are no cars in this world?" Ed had to ask about how he got such a skill.
[The driving skill isn't limited to modern vehicles. It can be used to ride on animal mounts and manipulate carriages and similar vehicles] Ed thought about what the system said and couldn't find anything wrong with it. Such a skill was actually valuable.
"And about the KI control, shouldn't I already be able to manipulate my QI? Do I really need such a skill?" Ed had indeed used his QI in attacks before so he was skeptical about the skill he got.
[Although you used you Qi it can't be said that you can control your QI. Such a skill will allow you to have a head start compared to others since people can't start to control their QI until they break past the heavenly Establishment rank]
"That makes sense. Then should I be able to fly and use KI attacks like in those anime when I'm skilled enough?" Ed was excited at such a thought.
[You can do anything others could do]
Ed was now convinced by the system and crushed the driving and KI control skill cards. He ignored the other cards since they couldn't benefit him for now.
He then activated the KI control ability and started focusing his KI on his palms. Soon enough he could see energy forming between his hands and was excited. A normal human was able to fly in less than a week, so in Ed's case, he should be able to do it in even less time.
Ed spent the entire night trying to control his KI until he could feel like he grasped the principle. As morning came around Ed had already achieved floating. It won't be long before he could fly at high speeds.
Since Ed didn't sleep during the night, he asked Alice that it was okay not to bring breakfast today and went to sleep. Raikou and Suika accompanied Ed during his training so they were tired as well and the three fell asleep.
Ed was sleeping peacefully until loud noises and crashes woke him up. The sound came from the dining area downstairs. Ed was worried so he got down to check on Alice and her family.
When Ed got downstairs he found a man with a haughty-looking man holding Alice's hand while she had tears rolling down her cheeks. The man kept shouting at the surroundings saying that the girl belonged to him now. Ed could guess what was going on here; after all, it happened quite a lot in most novels and stories.
Ed thought up of a way to end this dispute peacefully. He didn't want to fight and show his powers for no reason. Ed got back to his room and used a short teleport to get down to the ground; he didn't want to jump as he might attract unwanted attention. He teleported when no one was looking, and was now in front of the inn's entrance. He had Raikou and Suika wait in the room.
Ed opened the door and entered the inn as if he was not just inside.
"You, what do you think you are doing to my fiancé?" Ed pointed at the man and blurted out some unthinkable things.
"Huh? Your fiancé? You must be dreaming go back before you get hurt" The man ignored Ed.
"I'm being serious release her" Ed continued speaking.
"Who do you think you are to order me?!" The man looked pissed this time.
"I'm the Avalon kingdom first prince, Edward Avalon!" Ed spoke with dominance and the surroundings got quiet. Everyone knew of the Avalon kingdom, the kingdom whose king is at Heavenly Establishment. Even the man looked like he was rethinking his choices.
"If you really are a noble then, what are you doing in such a rundown inn?!" Alice's family looked hurt when their prized inn was called rundown.
"You seem to be a noble yourself. So what are you doing here?" Ed replied with the same question.
The man looked like he couldn't speak anymore and let go of Alice's hand. "Humph I can get girls like her anytime I want! Consider yourself lucky Edward Avalon. Next time we meet I won't be so nice" He then left the inn looking dejected.
"Thank you for your help, your highness" Eric spoke to Ed as if he was a stranger, which made Ed feel a little bit sad…and awkward.
"No need to call me your highness I'm still the same Ed who enjoys taking baths. Besides you and Alice took care of me in these couple of days I was here, so just think of it as me repaying you back" Ed smiled and waved his hands at them. However the family of three kept thanking Ed, even the mother who he had just met kept thanking him nonstop. It seemed like no one noticed that Ed, who should have been resting in his room just entered the inn from outside.
Ed accepted their thanks and got back to his room. Thanks to his quick thinking he changed his clothes to some noble looking clothes, which helped him in his act. If he had gotten out in his armor things might not have ended so smoothly.
Ed got back to sleep thinking that he must leave the city tomorrow. He revealed his identity now so he couldn't just sit around, noble identities did bring trouble along with it after all.
Ed didn't wake up until it the sun was setting down. He went down to get something to eat since he didn't eat anything for almost a day now. When he got down Alice kept avoiding him while looking red all over her face.
Ed knew she was feeling embarrassed about being called his fiancé and decided to leave her alone. Her embarrassment would soon go away anyway. After getting the food, Ed went back to his room and ate with Raikou and Suika. The three decided to go on a tour of the city one last time since he was leaving tomorrow.
Hello everyone! I'll be using Ki for now when talking about Ed and Qi is case other other people. Sorry if it gets confusing!
I'll be going to sleep now and i'll post a second chapter after waking up^^
As usual in case of a mistake or any inconsistencies please let me know so i could fix it^^
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