Chapter 241 The Healer, Sato Iyashi (III).
Chapter 84: The Healer, Sato Iyashi (III).
Kein's POV
It was morning, when the sun hit my eyes- waking up to see Kazari's figure already dressed up neatly in her new adventurer clothes. "Miss Kein, good morning to you." She neatly fixes her sleeves before tying the laces of her boots.
"Kazari, you're already awake? What time is it?" I asked her to wipe the stars under my eyes and turned to the side where I could see Avery still sleeping messily- with her feet and arms wide open accompanied by a loud snore.
"About six in the morning, I did not wake you up for we all needed some rest before getting back on track to our mission." (Kazari) tells me to sit down on her bed facing me.
Hearing her words, I couldn't help but chuckle for her consideration.
"Thank you for that, I've been raised in the military I would've been in trouble sleeping in at six in the morning. I should've been awake at five, I guess I was too tired to follow back to my old habits." I shrugged, moving to the edge of the bed and getting up. "Now we just need our little hero here to wake up."
"Zzz…" (Avery) kept on snoring, tossing and turning on her bed. I walked over and shook her shoulders in hopes of her waking up.
"Avery, come on. You need to wake up, today is the day we'll be meeting our healer and maybe even check up on our adventurer IDs." I reminded her and she momentarily stopped snoring looking at me half asleep.
"Yawn… good morning everyone, rise and shine- Zzz." (Avery) went back to sleep again, head banging over the soft bed sheets.
Kazari and I looked at one another thinking Avery was tired from playing with Elena the whole afternoon, so I decided to give her a few more minutes of sleep. "Let's wake her up later, I'll go take a shower first."
"Alright." (Kazari) replied.
I stood up and hit the hot tub, quickly washing my body and getting a new set of packed clothes from my [Storage Ring]. "Done." I finished up sooner than expected but thankfully when I exited the bathroom Avery was standing up, her whole body being wrapped around in a blanket.
"Coffee… coffee or hot chocolate." (Avery) complained softly, she walked over to me and started tugging on my shirt. "Can we have some food before we leave to go to the guild- do you think they have hot chocolate?"
"If the Madrigal couple doesn't mind us joining them for breakfast, we can. I'm not sure if they have hot chocolate but you can go ahead and shower first, Avery. We need to leave soon. It's best to be prepared early so we have more time to talk with this healer." I told her, she squinted her eyes and understood my instruction.
"Okay… I will take a shower." (Avery) replied, dragging the blanket with her to the bathroom, taking half an hour to get ready. Avery finished cleaning and fixing herself up when she got out of the bathroom gleaming, she was even wearing her armor.
"Yawn…! I love hot tubs! Now let's go get some food!"
"Alright, alright slow down cowgirl."
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Breakfast time… at the dining table.
The lovely couple were already waiting for us at the table, with a spread- they're… eating toast I think.
"Good morning, you three! Come, come! I helped make this pan con tomate. You should all try some, I'm taking a little practice in making sprivanian dishes." (Sister Gisela) sets the table, helping the other servants in organizing the plates and utensils.
"Ooo! A simple yet scrumptious breakfast! Toasted bread rubbed with fresh garlic, virgin olive oil, and sea salt topped with ripe tomatoes!" (Avery) immediately went running and gunned for a seat, reserving a plate. "?Gracias, Se?ora Gisela!"
Sister Gisela looked happy hearing her thanks in sprivanian language, "You're always so sweet and grateful even for the smallest things, I noticed. Now you eat your fill, tell me if you want seconds."
I could tell she's already grown attached to Avery after spending only a day and a half with her. I don't blame her, Avery is a one of a kind hero who you can't help but like for being friendly, witty and charming.
"Si thank my wife for making good food, though it is a good thing you did not have to suffer her cooking years ago when-" (Big Sister Valentina) was about to continue her story about her wife's past skill on cooking but was stopped by a heavy glaring aura of a white tiger, daring her to continue her words.
"Mi amor. Eat. Your. Fill."
"S-Si… I will eat what my beautiful mi amor has made.."
Kazari and I sat down with her, seeing that there was also scrambled egg and by the looks of it coffee. The smell was mixed with a strong and creamy flavor of milk, I held the cup by the handle and raised it to my lips.
"Café con leche." I held the cup in my hands and drank more, half emptying it.
I smiled tasting the cream, I was right. "Did you use our coffee beans distributed by the Hills?"
"Always a pleasure doing business with Baron Hills. It is good to have coffee here- when you introduced it to me I thought it was very- very bitter but after some time I adjusted to the taste. It helps me focus on work and finish up deadlines." She seemed pleased and continued on with drinking her coffee as everyone ate in silence.
"Ah I'm done… Thank you very much for the meal. I wish I had more room for seconds or at least have this on the road." (Avery) holds her belly looking stuffed and satisfied with the food she ate.
"Don't you think so, Kazari?"
"Yes, this is quite good." (Kazari) replies, looking shy.
"Oh! You really liked my cooking? If only I could have you as my own daughter, I'll go back to the kitchen and make some more for you to pack on your journey."
"Really?! Yay!"
"Oh Sister Gisela you don't have to trouble us with this-"
"Nonsense I am overjoyed that someone appreciates hardwork and good taste, I'll be giving you something to bring in a bit." (Sister Gisela) insisted, she looked happy, deciding that she was going to pack some lunch with us, so I agreed and let her do what she wanted.
"Then… thank you, so where will we meet this healer you're recommending to us, Sister Valentina?" I turned towards the master of the house.
"Well then back to business now, shall we?" She held her chi,gave us two golden cards with the label "guest", taking it out of her [Storage Ring]. "The healer has given me her reply, it is said here that she would like to meet you over at the VIP guild room on the second floor."
"These cards should be able to help you get in, it was provided by yours truly." (Sister Valentina) slides it over to us, only two cards. "The hero will not be needing these, that is why I only got two. I believe she should be in a high enough rank to get inside the VIP room all on her own."
I held the golden card in my hand, admiring it's material and shimmer as it reflected into the light.
"Eh? There's a VIP room?" (Avery) asked, holding the back of her head and tilting it looking a bit clueless.
"You… don't know what the VIP room is or where it's located?" (Sister Valentina) asked with widened eyes, not believing that the hero who's been traveling the countries has never been into the VIP room. "I know you've completed a lot of S+ rank quests and your strength should be enough of an elite rank to get you inside there."
"Knowing you're a hero registered as an adventurer surely you've at least heard of it once?" (Kazari) asks to which the hero nervously replies.
"Um… I didn't even know there was a room like that. I was too busy killing monsters here and there- all I take is extermination quests and I just look at the picture, see the quest location, description and go on a killing or looting spree…" (Avery) holds the hilt of her sword, nervously laughing before continuing her story. "Then I go take back the needed items or evidence, present them, and then take another quest repeating the cycle. I've been given a new update on my adventurer guild card on my ranking but- I didn't really understand the perks of it."
"It's hard to keep track when you're mentally tired and wondering everyday if this is what my life is now."
The blonde hero laughs casually while telling her traumatizing story with such speed, I too was worried but I didn't know how to help her in that state.
"...oh dear light." (Sister Gisela) must've realized after hearing everything, all clicking in her head.
Avery was and still is a child being forced to exterminate our country's problems. She was just putting on a brave smile and wide smile to hide the pain and trauma she's experienced the past two years of living in this world.
"Oh it's alright! I got used to the sight of blood etc. I learned a lot and I managed to make some friends here who don't think I'm weird." (Avery) turns both to Kazari and I, we felt honored that she felt that way about us.
"Have some more, Avery." I tell her, my hands reaching for toast and placing it on her plate.
"I'll refill your tea." (Kazari) noticed that her teacup was empty and began moving to help her out.
"It's okay guys- really! But anyways, enough of that, Mrs. Madrigal, can you continue more about the VIP room?" (Avery) quickly changes the topic, to which Big Sister Valentina changed her solemn and pitiful stare towards the hero and hid it with her usual business smile.
"Well the VIP room is one of the perks, it's a private place where many guild leaders or strong adventurers meet and party up. That place holds on the [Decade Quest] and [Eternal Quest]." (Big Sister Valentina) explains and we all listen in very intently.
[Decade Quest]... From its name I'm guessing these are quests that could take up to a decade in completion but- "[Eternal Quest]."
"Si you could even say you're taking on one right now, exterminating the demon lord is a high level quest, that it could take an eternity to finish."
"It's not easy taking down a powerful dragon after all, Kein. Even in [Puronia] there have been folktales of dragons tearing up villages and even a whole country just by itself."
"Noted but we have Avery here-"
"You only have one hero, it took hundreds of years and an era ended before the former demon lord was slain- it took five heroes that sacrificed everything they had to save this country from ruin." (Big Sister Valentina) didn't even let me finish, I stayed still in my seat and let her continue. "The old demon lord was a dictator and a brute, from history records. I wasn't even born at that time and my parents were young to remember-"
"But all I know, hermana, is that it could take you the same time to defeat and take whatever it is you need."
"An eternity." I answered shrinking in my seat, but it didn't make our morale down. I only became more determined to find a way to save the first princess from her sickness, we have to make a cure.
Kazari was the same as I was, the look of determination in her eyes only grew.
"It is only what I think, I am not here to stop you but to remind you what you are facing, dragons are fearsome beings but?with this healer you might stand a chance in the battle even if it's a small percentage. I am… just worried, do be careful." (Big Sister Valentina) turns to the blonde hero and asks to take out something, "Can you give me your adventurer card?"
"Of course it's in my [Inventory] let me get it." She chants her inventory window to appear and reaches out to pull the card out of the air, giving it to Big Sister Valentina and nodding in approval.
"You're all set to visit the healer now."
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