Physics The Greatest Magic

We thanked her and made our way on to the quest board.

After searching around for quests. We agreed on choosing a rank E difficulty one. Since i had just learnt magic, taking out bigger targets would be much more possible, and with Ariel potential, I'm sure we'd be unstoppable.

I brought over the quest to the receptionist and she explained the details.

The objective of the quest was to exterminate goblins which had settlements around the forest. As proof for exterminating them we're supposed to collect a body part. If we can somehow bring the entire body back, we will be awarded money in exchange for materials.

Each extermination would be worth 2 silver and we'd be payed accordingly to how many we killed.

However it was weird how we didn't encounter any monsters despite spending 30 minutes in the forest, only one. I might've been due to how close we were to the entrance? I don't know..

We thanked the receptionist and accepted the quest, before making our way to the nearest blacksmith and armour shop. We needed some form of protection and since we have a budget, i thought i should get Us some armour.

After all, the only thing we have is a dagger, which we haven't even gotten to use.. Hopefully i'm able to learn a protection type and healing spell. however i still haven't tried and there's a chance i won't have compatibility with it. That's why we're getting armour now instead of later.

But if worst comes to worst, i'll try to make a water barrier. That sounds like it would work. I need to learn how to use my dagger though..

We entered the shop and i was instantly taken aback. There were armours and daggers on display. A back room which appeared to be where the blacksmith worked as i could hear the sound of someone banging metal coming from there..

"Huh, customers? Give me a second." Said the voice which was coming from the backroom.

Shortly after, a short but ripped looking man came out of the room. His ears were pointed and he had a long brown beard. He gave us a curious look before moving on to the topic.

"So, what are you looking for? Armour i'm guessing?"

"Yes, i'm looking for something easy to maintain and durable."

"For the girl as well?"

"Yes." I hastily replied

This man.. Although he was shorter than me he definitely looked older. I'm guessing he's a dwarf..I've read about them in books. Short beings which specialise in blacksmith arts. I can't believe I'm actually meeting one...

As i thought that. He asked. "Hmm, are you adventurers?"

"Yes" We replied in a proud and dignified manner.

"I see, that explains it. How does Orc armour sound? It was made with the top quality orc skin and is pretty easy to maintain, It's also flexible and weighs little so it won't restrict movement."

That sounds too good to be true.

"W-What's the price?"

"60 Gold Coins"

I knew it.

"Do you have anything cheaper? Around 50 silver coins?"

"Why did that guy make the armour in the size of kids... There are barely any adventurers that would fit this size.." He quietly murmured.

Ah, so that 's the case..

After Giving off a saddened expression, the man quickly recomposed himself

"How does iron armour sound? I'll have 2 sets which look like they'll fit you and the girl. Since i didn't seen any adventure's small enough to fit them, the price dropped. They're in top quality condition and i'll give them to you for 30 silver, maintaining kit included. "

He doesn't seem likes he's lying and i don't really know the market price and now's not the time to be picky so i accepted.

The armour set itself was composed of an iron chest, leggings and gauntlets. In my opinion 30 silver sounds pretty good.

We each went to a separate changing room to try out the armour and then shortly after, came back out, with it equipped.

It fit me pretty well, I guess it's a little loose around the chest but aside from that it felt natural. Now i look even more

"H-How do i look?" She asked with slightly reddened cheeks

In front of me stood Ariel. I must say... Ariel is a real beauty. A slim waist, slender body yet it doesn't look like it lacked nutrition, A cute face with deep black eyes and short black hair. She's 100% my type.

"I would prefer longer hair though.." I quietly said without realising

"I-Is that so.." She said with a saddened expression

"Ah? What? N-No I accidentally said that out loud, but honestly you look really cute i-i mean Nice!"

Uwah.. I was so fl.u.s.tered i couldn't properly make out what i was saying.

Seeing my embarra.s.sed expression she let out a cute giggle giggle and smile before saying "Thank you"

... I think my heart just skipped a beat.

I took out 30 silver coins from the bag on Ariel's waist and handed it to the blacksmith. Now all that was left was 20 Silver coins. We left the rest at the inn in case something might have happened.

the purchase that brought down to 143 silver coins. the first twenty was payed in advance to stay for a week, meaning there were 3 days remaining. And the 3 silver was used for her meals. If you're a client in the inn. You'll be able to have 3 meals a day for a silver as a bonus.

We payed 2 silver coins this morning for the meals today and had breakfast before we left. In wasn't anything impressive just bread with milk. I guess you can't expect much from an inn. but she did say the other meals were better.. Guess i'll have to wait and see.

I've been wondering. why did she pay 6 silver instead of 3 for the meals? Did she get extra meals for me? But i was asleep so i'm guessing she somehow managed to feed me.. I'll ask her later. Either way i have to thank her.

"Thank you for your patronage"

After we left the store, we stocked up on food to eat in the forest as we weren't sure how much time we'd be spending in the forest. And as we walked towards the gate i took upon this chance to ask.

"Um.. Ariel."

"Yes?"

"Remember when i was unconscious?"

"Yes..?"

"Were you feeding me when i was asleep?"

"Yes.. Sorry."

"W-What? Ah no, i'm not mad at you, i'm actually grateful, that way i was able to properly recover, thanks to you."

"Mn.. I used to take care of uncle while he was ill so i learnt how to help.. While you were asleep i sat you up and spoon fed you.."

Ah.. I guess that's possible..

"I see.. Thanks a lot, i feel even better than before now thanks to you"

I showed her a big smile on my face as i said that.

"Mn" She replied with a smile as she blushed

The inn provided us with toothbrushes and toothpaste so there's no need to worry about my breath smelling bad or bad teeth. And of course, the same can be said for Ariel, she had been living quite nicely after all, it was only until recently that her uncle had died.

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After heading towards the gate we finally arrived and were stopped by the gatekeeper

"Where are you going?" he asked.

This voice.. Is he a new gate-keeper?

"Hey, we're adventurers, we're on our way to the forest for a goblin subjugation quest."

"Adventurers.. can i see your cards?"

"Sure."

We handed the man our cards and after checking them, he allowed us through.

That's weird, the previous gate keeper didn't ask us for our cards.. Was he slacking off? It's even more weird that he was easily able to melt ice, doesn't that mean that he was able to use magic? Isn't it rare? Why was someone with such an ability working as a gatekeeper?

We took the same path we took last time and arrived at the forest, I wanted to see how much damage my magic caused after i fainted so i followed Ariel as she led the way.

After we arrived at the scene, i froze.

I.. did that? In front of me were a few trees which had been completely frozen. It wasn't anything ma.s.sive but the fact that i was able to do such a thing made me feel strangely excited..

After looking around and making sure that there weren't any monsters nearby, i decided to sit down.

This was a pretty open area, there weren't many trees around here. No wonder the boar was able to easily attack us.

I took a deep breath, closed my eyes and wordlessly began to concentrate. Ariel stood there and watched quietly.

Imagine.. Imagine.. Remember how it felt when the boar tried to attack Ariel. Remember the feeling of the mana flowing within my body.. Imagine the elements forming water molecules around me and imagine Ice being formed through an endothermic reaction.

After a few seconds which felt like minutes.. 4 Spiky emerald shaped Ice b.a.l.l.s formed around me.

While it drained some of my energy, i still feel like i could create 30 more of these. But it's probably better not to use up everything.

After she saw the ices form, Ariel's expression lit up. and she let out a short "Wow.." to show that she was impressed.

Seeing this made me want to show off but i held back.

I aimed at a target and the directions the ices were facing changed at my will. After my signal they propelled themselves towards each target i had in mind.

I wanted to see if i would be able to aim each on individually towards a separate tree and it worked.

On impact The tree instantly froze up.

Seeing this i couldn't help but let out a short "Wow.." Either..

Although the power was weaker than the first and they only managed to freeze the first thing it collided with.. It was still amazing..

Oh G.o.d.. I can't stop trembling.. Even Ariel was surprised. It looked like she wanted to be able to do that too.. I'll try to teach her once i'm done with.

As i sat down again to i noticed that there were a few creatures approaching us from within the forest.

Was it the sound cause by the impact.. c.r.a.p.. Should we run? No.. With magic i should be able to fight them..

I signalled at Ariel to come over and perhaps having understood the situation she nodded.

"How many?" She asked.

"I'm not sure.. I'm only able to feel movement, i can't exactly, detect what they are or how many, with perception."

Although i should be able to if there was a search spell.. We'll leave this for later.

"What do you want to do?" I asked

She pulled out the dagger on her waist and said "Fight."

I nodded and we got into our positions. I'll attack with spells and a dagger and she'll attack with her dagger.

"Well then.. Let's dance."

Uwah.. that was embarra.s.sing.