章節 11: The Party

The Royal Castle Esluna is a very grand castle that is situated right in the centre of the Royal Capital. From an onlookers point of view, anywhere within the Royal Capital you would be able to see at least one of the stone turrets that seems to pierce the sky. In fact, all the Ordinary faeries can visit the outer areas of Esluna on the day it was first built which is every April on the 30th. However, the Royal Castle has four extra visitors outside of the time allowed for visiting because of a very wilful Princess.

In the end the whole of the party received the quest [The Curious Princess Minerva] and Minerva persuaded the Kaithe receptionist, who's name is Amanya, to let her stroke her ears, they felt as fluffy as they looked! The situation now is that the party of four are eating what they presumably think what Faeries have for their meals: cupcakes; biscuits, pastries and more sweet delicacies.

Minerva was happily chewing on her favourite type of biscuit, which is called a gingersnap, and it leaves a somewhat hot but flavorful taste on her tongue. Whilst she was busily stuffing the biscuit that is around the size of her face into her mouth, the other four were sitting quite awkwardly and were waiting for someone to break the ice. Eventually the leader of the party took the responsibility, so Katelyn coughed a little bit to arouse Minerva's attention and then begun to speak.

"Maybe we should introduce ourselves, Princess?" Katelyn eyed Minerva in front of her, waiting for her response. Minerva's eyes started to sparkle and the biscuit that was only half-eaten disappeared, apparently she was savouring the flavour and eating slowly. She then looked up and you could see her face a bit more clearly. She had the most wondrous eyes, a deep purple that was full of life and purity, her hair was braided into pigtails where they both rested on her front and reached her knees. What was most obvious at this moment though were the crumbs which surrounded her mouth that contrasted with her rosy white skin and cherry lips that were parted. She spoke in an excited voice, "Oh! I forgot to even ask for your names, please introduce yourselves" and then put her hands up to her face in an exaggerated shock but then she felt the crumbs beneath her fingertips. She frantically wiped them off but she now had a blush that added to her rosy glow. She also completely forgot about the names which were floating right in front of herself.

"Right, you can call me Kat, or Katelyn if you really want to" Katelyn then gestured for the rest of the party to introduce themselves to which they did.

The next one to introduce themselves was the half-human and half-gnome, a Humme. He looked more groomed than before and his dusty grey hair was was tied up into a man-bun, his grey eyes held a serious look. He was actually an okay looking person man but in a Faerie's eyes he looked a bit ugly, his name was Zanser. After that the Yuki-Onna introduced herself. She was called Sayomi and is a very pretty girl and perhaps if she wore something other than her dark robes and pointy hat she would look even better. Lastly was the giant that obviously felt more at ease in a larger room, his name was Galen. He had very short ink blue hair but thick eyebrows and a medium messy beard. Actually it took a lot for him to introduce himself, despite his massive stature he was a very shy person.

Status

Name: Katelyn

Race: Human

Level: 12

Class: Hunter

Status

Name: Zanser

Race: Humme

Level: 11

Class: Petty Thief

Status

Name: Sayomi

Race: Yuki-Onna

Level: 11

Class: Trainee Witch

Status

Name: Galen

Race: Giant

Level: 10

Class: Barbarian

After they introduced themselves, Zanser then spoke up quite straightforwardly "Is this what Faeries eat for their food?" to which Minerva responded with an enthusiastic "Mm" as her mouth was once again taking delight in now a Faerie Cake. She was confused why they called them Faerie Cakes but apparently it's because of the wings inspired by Faeries, although not as beautiful but definitely more tasty! Zanser then had a solemn expression and spoke matter-of-factly, "Our party would not be able to live off this, maybe for a dessert but not a main meal. In fact we have our own food with us, you may join us if you wish".

After speaking the rest of the party brought out various foods which come from out of the Faerie Kingdom. Minerva's eyes sparkled and before they even got to try their food that they got out, she stuffed a whole slice of meat into her slightly cake-filled mouth. It was unlike anything she had tried before, it tasted extremely strong but had a different flavour. It wasn't sweet but tasted fatty and very nice, but unfortunately that was the only one they brought out. She looked at them with innocent eyes, obviously desiring some more of that meat. However she didn't know how much heartbreak she caused the party. 'The only red wine rabbit meat was eaten by this greedy Faerie' they all thought and swore to themselves that they will eat away from this Faerie of Gluttony.

Over the next few days, Minerva did plenty of the things she used to do with some company. She read plenty of books and the giant Galen very happily helped her with things she got confused about, in fact she never got stuck on much because she is quite intelligent already. She slept quite a lot recently as well, she was very comfortable with her heated pillows she brought back from the Explorer's Guild and perhaps Kat was starting to get used to this mischievous Faerie.

Some new things she started to do was training in combat. Sayomi was very helpful in the matters of magic and since she was also a beginner she could train and help with Minerva who wasn't the best at magic. However, Minerva was very talented in magic and learnt really fast. Finally, she practiced using daggers from the thief of the party, Zanser. One time she made a bet with Zanser about who could win a spar practice and very obviously she lost, which she then had to ask for permission if she were to eat any of their food. She quite liked Zanser because it seemed like he did not care of her status even a little bit, so she quickly became friends with him. At least that's what she thinks and already regards him as a friend.

It was only around 11 days later that Minerva hit level 10 and she earned the opportunity to choose a class! The rest of the party earned 2 levels each over the course of this period of time.

Status

Name: Minerva Winterlace

Title: Royal Princess, Blessed by a God, Knowledgeable (Level MAX)

Race: Midling Faerie (Growth in 1y 7d)

Level: 10

Class: [Options Available]

HP: 250/250 -> 350/350

MP: 930/930 -> 1530/1530

STR (Strength): 00010 {011} -> 00019 {020}

DEF (Defense): 00007 {07} -> 00015 {016}

INT (Intelligence): 00020 {026} -> 00036 {046}

AGI (Agility): 00018 {022} -> 00030 {039}

{ } = Attributes after bonuses

Available SP (Status Points): 19 -> 0

[Attributes, World Average: 10]

Skills:

[Basic Mana Flight], as a Faerie that has grown up into a Midling Faerie you can now use the basic skill of flight. (Flight consumes 10MP/min)

[Basic Mana Regeneration], as a being that relies on Mana you can naturally regenerate lost Mana. (As long as no skills are active, +5MP/s)

[Basic Elemental Control], through practice you are able to use the respective elements in your Mana to do various things

Languages:

[Common Language], a language that every being born under the Light or Nature has as it allows for an ease of conversation between races. (affected by INT attribute, higher INT means better you are at this language)

[Faerie Language], being born a Faerie you have a natural affinity to the language of the Faeries and can naturally speak, read and write it.

Other:

[Blessed by a God (Faerie God)], Being a Faerie born into the Royal Winterlace family you gain +10% in all attributes and an extra 20% in both Intelligence and Agility.

[Knowledgeable (Level 10)], Through the reading of books and gathering of information you become more adept in knowledge. (+1 INT every skill level) (Mana Consumption -5%)

With every level, Minerva gained an extra 25 HP which then totalled to an additional 100 HP, becoming 350 HP. With every level she also gained 1 Attribute point in each of her attributes along with 1 free Attribute Point to spend anywhere. In the end she added 4 points to strength, 3 points to defense, 5 points to intelligence and 7 points to agility. Also, from the Knowledgeable title she gained 6 INT points.