Chapter 11

I woke up early in the morning because I had to pick up my order from Kinwall’s shop.

When I got there, I saw another person in the shop talking to Kinwall from the window as if they knew each other.

I’d open the door to hear both of them laughing.

“Ah, it’s Nyx”

Kinwall greeted me with a big smile.

“Hi, am I interrupting anything?”

“No, just talking to an old customer of mine. Give me a second, I’ll get your order, it's in the back”

“So, you must be Nyx, Kinwall told me about you”

The person who was speaking to me was a handsome guy, wearing a cloak who looks to be around his late 30s, who has blonde hair and blue eyes.

“Yes I’m Nyx, what’s your name and how do you know Kinwall?”

“My name is Eric, and like he said I’m a old customer, it took a while to find him since he moves frequently”

Hearing Eric saying that Kinwall moves frequently got me curious, so I asked what he meant.

“Kinwall didn’t tell you? Let's just say a lot of nobles seek out his craftsmanship to a certain degree”

“Oh, I see”

That makes sense back when I was still a noble, I tend to see those types of nobles occasionally at balls or parties. They always flaunt their noble status to people they see as beneath them including other nobles with less social standing than them. I guess it’s especially bad that Kinwall is a dwarf.

“You don’t look too surprise, almost as if you know what it's like”

“You could say that”

He is quite sharp, I wasn’t expecting him to read my inner thoughts despite the fact that I’m usually expressionless.

I look at his face, I don’t recognize which family he is from but he is most likely a noble from his demeanor.

“Oh my, what’s with that stare?”

He had a amused smile as he said that

I reply back honestly, there is no point hiding it, he likely already knows that I’m also a noble.

“Just wondering which noble family are you from, that’s all”

Eric had a small chuckle.

“Your as just interesting as Kinwall says”

As he said that, Kinwall came out of the back, holding 2 holsters.

“Sorry for the wait”

Kinwall then put them on the table, taking out each of the throwing knives and spikes I ordered from the holsters.

“Have a look”

I picked up the throwing knife first, it was symmetrical with double sided edges, surprisingly weighed heavier than it looked. Then I picked up the throwing spikes that were thin, with the tip looking really pointy, great for piercing things.

“Fine work as ever Kinwall”

“Of course they will be great, I made them”

Kinwall shows a bit of pride saying it.

“I better get going now and when are you going to finish fixing Moonlight again?”

“About a week at least”

“Alright then, I’ll be off now”

Eric then put back his hood and walked out the door.

Hmm, Moonlight? I asked Kinwall about it.

“Hey Kinwall, what is Moonlight?”

“Oh, it is the name of his magical weapon that I made a while back, he broke it somehow.”

“Somehow?”

Magical weapons are magical tools that are weapons and they would usually take a lot to break, so what did he do to break it?

Kinwall shrugs his shoulders in response, he doesn't seem too angry, like he gave up worrying about it a long time ago.

“Anyway, how's the throwing knives and spikes I’d made”

“They’re really good, better than I expect with how long it took you to make them”

“That's good to hear. The holster for the knives is worn on your waist, basically a belt, and the holster for the spike is a leg holster”

“I see”

I put back the knives and spikes into the holsters and then wear them. They were securely holding onto the throwing knives and spike so they wouldn’t fall off but could be easily accessible if I needed to use them.

“Alright, thanks for making them. I'll be going now”

“No problem and thanks for the business, see you again Nyx”

I left the store and headed directly to the adventurers guild.

Rain was waiting outside the building, she waved at me with a smile when she saw me.

“Hi Nyx”

“Sorry for making you wait, I have to pick up something”

“It’s not really a problem Nyx, and what did you pick up”

“Some throwing weapons”

I showed her the holsters that held my throwing knives and spikes.

“Thanks really cool”

Rain has stars dazzling out of her eyes.

“Come on, let’s go inside”

We went in, taking on the same quest as yesterday. Emma was surprised to see that I teamed up with someone when Rain and I got to her booth.

“Rain? Your with Nyx”

“Huh? How do you know Nyx”

“Ummm… do you two know each other?”

Confused, I ask how they know each other.

“Oh, Emma is the relative I’m staying with”

“And you must be the adventurer Rain told me about”

“Ya”

So Emma is Rain’s relative. Thinking about it, when Rain said she was taught by a teacher who was formerly an adventurer, it was most likely Emma.

“I like to thank you for helping out Rain yesterday and sorry if he caused you any trouble”

“Its fine”

“So, which quest would you like to enter into?”

“Same one as yesterday”

“I see”

Emma entered my name and the quest I was taking, on a piece of paper that had a list of other people's names and what quest they were taking.

After Emma finished entering us into the quest, we left the guild building and headed out the north side gate to get to the forest for our quest.

We entered the animal trail I found yesterday, to look for some horned rabbits.

When we encountered some horned Rabbits, Rain for the most part didn’t immediately run away whenever she saw a horned Rabbit. And if she did run, I got into the habit of immediately grabbing Rain and smacking her on the head, then throwing her to the horned rabbit whenever she tried to run.

It’s some progress I guess.

As for me, I've been trying to use my throwing knives and spikes against the horned rabbits as target practice but more often than not I miss because I couldn’t get the timing right in throwing them.

I know how to use throwing weapons, in my past life when I was a pilot. We were trained, to an extent, on all sorts of weapons and martial arts.

I wish I had more opportunities to practice my throwing. I had a real fun time with my sister Norn, practicing throwing weapons but we got banned from doing it by our captain.

Let's just say we went out of control again, eventually as we were practicing, we both thought it would be fun to try it out on each other

Subsequently it caused everyone in the room to run out of the training area again, from all the stray weapons we were being thrown at each other.

In the end he yelled at us for it and we got a temporary ban from the training area again, so it was back to playing our video games.

Rain and I were at the same spot by the creek yesterday. I asked Rain to gather some wood and build a fire while I prepared the horned rabbits to be cooked, then I put them by the fire to be cooked.

I sat on a log and waited with Rain for the Horned rabbit to be done roasting.

Suddenly we heard a rustle by the bushes again, same thing as last time. However this time Rain didn’t immediately run away. It’s a major progress compared to before but Rain wasn’t able to control her fear since she didn’t pull out her sword.

Hearing the rustle in the bushes, it was definitely not a Horned rabbit, something bigger.

A pair of familiar ears pop up out of the bushes.

“Nyx, is that you?”

“Wendy?”

Wendy pop out of the bush startling Rain, causing her to fall down

“Oops sorry, I knew it was you from your scent.”

“Hi there then. So, what are you doing here?”

With a big smile Wendy said.

“I’ve been wanting to thank you but you weren't with Alex, Maria, or Chelsie. So I ask around and found out you were doing and decide to take the same quest to find you”

“Thank me?”

“Ya, we finally made some progress with Alex”

I am not really too sure that I did anything to be thankful for, at least I don’t think so.

“By the way, who’s that person over there”

Wendy had pointed her finger at Rain.

“Oh, he is Rain. We are working together, I’m helping him out right now but he is a major crybaby, so progress is slow. I finally manage to get him to stop running away when he see a horned rabbit”

“I see, well you got your hands full”

Speaking of horned rabbits, I wonder how many Wendy had killed, since she is a beastkin.

“So, how many horned rabbits did you kill today?”

“Oh, around 20 of the those small fry today”

Wendy pulled out a pouch and proudly showed me it filled to the brim with horned rabbit horns.

“That's really a lot”

Rain was really amazed and so was I, by how many she killed.

Then I heard a grumbling sound coming from Wendy. I notice Wendy was drooling at the horned rabbit we were roasting by the fire behind us

“You want to come eat with us”

Wendy enthusiastically said yes, she sat down on a log next to the fire eagerly waiting with her tail wagging for it to be done.

Once they were ready, I gave Wendy a whole horned rabbit while I shared one with Rain because knowing Wendy’s personality, she is a glutton.

“Really Nyx can I have it all”

“Ya”

Wendy was wagging her fluffy tail as she was devouring the horned rabbit.

Looking at her tail, I was really tempted to touch it, so I placed my hand on her tail.

“Gah!”

Wendy screeched in surprise and moved away from me, clutching her tail.

“Hey, you just just touch my tail”

“You can’t just do that Nyx”

Rain was admonishing me for some reason, I just wanted to touch Wendy's fluffy tail.

I tilted my head confused.

“What do you mean?”

“Do you not know only their mate can touch it”

“Oh… so that is why”

That’s disappointing, it seems that their tails are much more important to them in this world than I would have thought.

“Sorry”

Feeling kinda bad, I offer to make Wendy another roast horned rabbit as an apology.

Wendy was excited when I offered to roast another horned rabbit as an apology.

I grabbed a horn rabbit and went to the creek to skin it, then skewer it with a stick and place it on the fire to roast.

Finding nothing to do but to wait for the horned rabbit to be done, I decided to go practice throwing my knives and spikes for a bit, specifically to incorporate throwing them into my fighting style.

“Hey Nyx where are you going?”

Rain asked where I was going.

“I’m going to practice with my throwing knives and spike by that tree over there”

“Okay”

“Why don’t I help you practice, I’ll be your opponent”

Wendy offers to help me but I question her.

“Are you sure? Won’t that be dangerous?”

I mean I literally throwing knives and spikes at her, is she going to be okay

Wendy grinned bigly, saying.

“What’s the worst that could happen? I really want to see how strong you are”

A lot actually, but if she says it’s okay then it should be fine, plus I was getting excited to see what it’s like to fight a beastkin.

We went to a suitable area to close by to spar with each other.

After sparring for a while, let's just say I may have gone a tad bit overboard again once I ran out of things to throw. Before I knew it, I was on Wendy and placing my sword next to her neck, and Rain was on the ground, crying in the background.