7 Chapter 7: Recovery
I turned my head to find the source of weight on my hand only to see, Ariel layed down right beside me. Using my arm as a body pillow.
The longer i stared at her sleeping face, the stronger my faster my heart began to beat..
"C-Calm down john, E-empty your mind.. Empty you mind..
I Took a deep breath, closed my eyes and felt my heart begin to calm down..
"Good.. just like that.." I silently said
I opened my eyes and stared at Ariel again only to go back to square 1.
Wait. Calm down john, there's surely an explanation for this. Ariel most likely only bought one room for us to save on our funds. Yes. That is surely what happened. However..
MY HEART CAN'T TAKE IT...
Just as i continued to fight my inner fantasies and mind, i heard Ariel whisper something while she slept.
"Uncle.." she said as a small tear slid down her face..
Arg.. What am i doing so early in the morning. I need to prepare myself to head out to the guild with Ariel..
Just as i motioned my self to get up, i noticed Ariels expression changed from sadness to a smile as she grabbed on to me, in her sleep.
W-Well, i suppose we could get a little more rest...
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After a few minutes which felt like hours of my heart beating at 60 miles per hour, Ariel woke up.
She gave out a slight Yawn, before opening her eyes.
"Good morning." I said while we stared at each other as she continued to lay on my arms..
"Eh?" She muttured out as her cheeks became bright red
Cute..
"U-um, sorry, i accidentally fell asleep and.." She desperate said in a rush, trying to explain herself.
"Don't worry about it, I don't mind. Besides there's only one bed, where else would you have been able to sleep?" I said, while I kept my head under the blanket to hide my red swollen cheeks too.
That said. We got up and tried to change the topic to get rid of the awkward atmosphere.
"S-So, let's get ready to go to the guild.
"Y-Yes"
Ah not good, it still feels a little awkward. But i guess it's fine.. On the bright side, i feel like we've gotten closer, she usually used to be more quiet but now she seems like she has no problems talking with me.
While i said get ready.. There really wasn't anything to prepare. I held the dagger which had been sheathed on my waist and so did Ariel with hers. We have a weapon.. The only thing we need now is.. Armour and clothes and a shower.. When was the last time this body took one?
Ariel on the other hand, was wearing clean clothes, and it looks like she recently took a shower. I guess the inn has that sort of facility.
As i stared at her, as if she managed to read my mind she said. "Um, while you were resting I bought some clean clothes for us to wear.. Was it wrong..?"
"No, no, not at all. On the contrary, it was something i was planning to do later so now that you've already done it, it makes life easier so thank you."
"Y-You're welcome, Here are your clothes" She
"Thank you"
I didn't really want to use these clothes without taking a shower first, but it can't be helped.
"Is there a place to take a shower here?"
She pointed at the door leading the another room in our room. before she said "That room is the shower room, the maids bring a few buckets filled with water every afternoon. I used that to take a shower."
I see. I guess it's the inns job to provide it's customers with water too. That's pretty nice. And i'm guessing the way time pa.s.ses here is the same as how it did in my previous world.. so that's another bonus.
"That's great! Do you mind if i take a shower before getting changed?"
"Not at all, I already already took one last night, so don't worry about me. And there's two buckets inside"
"Alright, see you in a bit" I said before heading inside the room
"Mn" She nodded in response
I took off my clothes and stood on top of the wooden platform that had a hole on it. I'm guessing the water i spill goes through this hole on to the sewers? If they have one. I also noticed that there was something which looked like soap on top of the platform.
Now that i think about it.. I learnt a lot of things in my last life due to how hard i studied for my parents. Science was my speciality but i did learn quite a bit on engineering in case i'd need it..
I'm sure i could think of a few ideas which would be able to help and improve this kingdom. Also, i wonder if i'll be able to use magic to create metals.. I mean From what i remember, i was able to create an element and turn the elements of Hydrogen and Oxygen in the air into molecules to form water..
As i wondered what the limitations to my abilities were, i poured down water on my head.
"C-Cold.."
I let out a quiet complaint accompanied and felt my body s.h.i.+ver as it came into contact with the cold water. and started scrubbing my body to get myself as clean as possible.
Shortly after, i had finished. the shower was good and all but we need soap, or something similar. Well at least i managed to get rid of any odour i might have had.
Ariel somehow smelled nice regardless.. Are the bodies of beautiful and cute girls able to automatically smell nice? At this point i don't know what i'm saying.
While i was stuck in deep thought, waiting for myself to dry, i got an idea.
What'll happen if i imagine all the molecules of water around me moving to form a ball of water on my hand? That way i'll be able to dry faster and get rid of any moisture on the surface of my skin..
I concentrated on my flow of mana and imagined a ball of water would be formed by absorbing the moisture on my skin and water which hadn't yet dried.
It produced an effect looked as if a vacuum was pulling at the moisture on my skin and eventually i was dry. On top of my hand there a sphere shaped ball of water.
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I DID IT!!! I'M ACTUALLY ABLE TO FREELY USE MAGIC!!! YES!!! So wait.. Does that mean that i can create water out of nothing by imagine molecules of H2O forming in the air and i can also manipulate the moisture and water in the area? Magic is OVERPOWERED!
I wonder if i can use other elements... The receptionist said that using more than 1 was rare, let alone the fact that magic was already a rare existence.
It'd probably be best for me to wait until i got to the forest... Didn't the receptionist say i needed to chant to use spells? Well the spell i used was self made so i don't think there are any chants required in those cases.
She said something about unique magic, but i think my case is just the fact that i properly understand the molecular structure, therefore i don't need to chant.. I'm not too sure.. I guess i'll ask her.
But i couldn't help but get excited at the thought of about being able to create new spells and manipulate new elements. I Can't wait to find start a new quest!
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After the shower i got changed into the new clothes and we went to the guild
This time we no longer look like orphans and look like proper adventurers. Ariel also looks even cuter on her new clothes.. But that aside..
I greeted the receptionist alongside Ariel while i ignored the the gazes that were piercing my back. This time they were a lot sharper than before. I'm guessing they didn't expect orphans to survive in the forest? It doesn't seem like they heard about the incident though.
"Welcome back!" She happily said
"Thank you"
"Your guild cards are ready and don't worry you're already registered as an F Rank."
So i guess we did rank up, i mean we did get to exterminate a monster 3 ranks higher so it's only natural. However, the feeling of ranking up made me feel strangely happy.. and proud.
"Lend me your finger"
I did and she p.r.i.c.ked it with a dagger.
I left out a soft "Ow" as she positioned it on top of my card. After a drop of blood fell on it. It gave off a temporary s.h.i.+ne and that was it. She repeated this with Ariel and the same effect happened.
"Congratulations. You are now officially rank F adventurers." She said with a happy expression
"Thank you" We replied.