Mythical World RPG

Nekora's Past

After talking for a while with Alexa, there was a commotion suddenly downstairs. Satria and Alexa immediately looked down. It turned out that several demi-human adventurers were arguing with human adventurers there. The association officers seemed to have a hard time breaking it up. They sounded like they were fighting over the quest they would take.

Only after the association officials threatened them with sanctions was the fight finally stopped. Satria and Alexa sat back in their chairs, and that's when Alexa just remembered that Satria's adventurer card was already with her. She hurriedly returned to his study to retrieve the card.

"Sorry, Satria, I just remembered that your card is already with me," said Alexa while handing Satria's adventurer card.

"Thank you, and then I want to say goodbye first. Later, if there is news about the house that you want to sell, just let me know, "said Satria.

"You're welcome. Yes, I will tell you later," Alexa replied.

At that moment, Satria immediately went downstairs, which was still noisy due to an argument between several adventurers. But Satria was not interested in getting involved and stepped away from them and left the association building. Satria intends to go straight back to Lixia's shop. However, he just remembered that he and Nekora still hadn't eaten today.

That's why Satria stopped at the food stall first because there were so many unique foods that looked delicious and made Satria want to taste them. Honestly, there are still many things that make him curious in today's world, one of which is the variety of food available. Satria immediately bought a lot of food and spent 10 gold coins. But thanks to his bag slot, he didn't have to bother carrying the food with his hands.

Looking at the other buyers and merchants who weren't surprised, they all knew it. There are even some buyers who do the same with Satria. After that, Satria walked back to Lixia's shop. When he entered, he saw Miria had also returned and was waiting for the shop to see if there were customers.

"Master is back apparently," said Miria.

"So, madam, can you not be so formal? It feels a bit uncomfortable if I am called sir, "said Satria.

"Eh, then what should I call you?" asked Miria.

"Just call Satria. I've never had a problem with my calling. After all, the lady is older than me, so I feel like I'm the one who isn't polite," answered Satria.

"Eh, fine then. But don't call me madam, call me aunty or something," said Miria with a bit of hesitation.

"Okay, aunty. Then where are Nekora and Lixia?" asked Satria.

"They are eating at home," Miria replied.

"Eh? Even though I already bought food. Besides, I didn't give money for our meals," said Satria rather uncomfortably.

"You are calculating. No problem, you've helped us a lot after all. The food you buy can be saved for dinner tonight," Miria replied with a smile.

"Hemh.. then are the moneylenders not acting a lot?" asked Satria after taking a deep breath because he wasn't feeling well. As much as possible, he never wanted to be indebted to anyone because, according to him, it would be a way for him to be used by the person who gave the debt of gratitude.

"Yeah, they didn't ask too many questions, although at first, they looked surprised when I gave them the payment. The bonds have also been stamped and paid off. Now they won't mess around here anymore," Miria answered happily.

"It seems that everything is according to my calculations so far," Satria thought.

"I am grateful. We might be homeless by now if you don't help us," Miria continued while lowering her head. Her voice sounded hoarse with excitement.

"Auntie, there is no need to thank you. After all, it's the money to buy this place. I'll go see Nekora first," replied Satria as he walked back towards the Miria family's modest residence.

Lixia immediately opened the door when Satria came. He was directly invited to enter. The conditions inside the house were much more apprehensive than they looked outside. The place was very narrow. Maybe if the people who cared for it were not thorough and tenacious, the house would have collapsed and was unfit for habitation.

Satria went straight to where Nekora was eating while sitting on an ordinary mat. There weren't any chairs or tables there. Lixia explained that the shop in front of them used to be part of their house, but when her father decided to open a blacksmith, their home was getting smaller and smaller.

"How long has your father been running this shop?" asked Satria.

"My mother said maybe around thirty years. But yeah, because of mediocre income, we can't renovate the house anymore. But I'm grateful to be able to live here. There are still many people out there who don't even have a place to take shelter. This is also where my family's memories are stored," Lixia said.

"Maybe after the renovation, Nekora and I will also live here. I think this is a very suitable place for me. But don't worry, you guys will stay here. I plan to make this house three or four floors. Likewise, with the shop, that way you can stay here," said Satria.

"Master is good. I think after our debt is paid off, the master will kick us out of here," Lixia said.

"I won't do that, and I'll still do it according to the original agreement. Two more things you should remember first, don't call me sir. Second, I'm not a good person. According to my calculations, I did all this because everything would be very profitable for me, "said Satria while approaching Nekora, who had been listening to their conversation. Lixia just smiled hearing that.

"I will remember it," Lixia said.

"Yes. You guys just call my name," said Satria while removing food from the slot of his bag. Lixia and Nekora looked surprised because Satria's food was very large and varied. Lixia smiled back at all of that and took a deep breath.

"You can eat each one of each kind. Just think of this as an early celebration for you to work for me," said Satria as he took a delicious sandwich and ate it immediately.

"You said you weren't a good person. But your attitude is far from what you say," Lixia thought.

"Can I eat it too, sir?" asked Nekora as if she was still in doubt.

"Yes. You are also my employee, so eat it. And don't call me master. You're not my slave," answered Satria as he continued to eat voraciously.

"Then can I call my brother?" asked Nekora. For a moment, Satria stopped eating and looked at Nekora.

For some reason, when he heard Nekora's words earlier, Satria's memory suddenly recalled something that had been missing for more than two years. It was an important bond for him and the only reason he tried so hard to get a scholarship from the Most Elite High School and defend it with all his might even though he had to face various bitter torments at his school.

"Yes. You can call me that," answered Satria as he returned to eating his food voraciously.

After finishing eating, Satria explained her plans for the future if Lixia's shop and the house had been renovated. Satria intends to run his blacksmith shop, and Nekora and Lixia will teached by him how to forge properly. He also opened up equipment enchanting services and bought and sold items and equipment.

As usual, in the afternoon, Alexa and Trixi stopped by Lixia's residence and delivered some food. After talking for a while, they finally returned to Trixi's residence in Whis Village.

In the evening, after closing the shop for the first time, Satria dined with Miria's family. They ate quite well while talking about many things. Nekora also seemed to have started to open up to Miria's family and told her life story. It was said that since childhood, she did not know her birth parents and lived with her adoptive parents, who took care of her in a city not far from the Luxurie Capital.

But one day, her adoptive family was wiped out by mysterious people, and she was sold into s*****y in the Capital. But she managed to escape and continued to hide in the Capital until she was finally forced to work under the orders of the Capital's bandits. They take advantage of her because of her ability to distinguish the smell of money. She is required to trap many people in secluded places like Satria did.

"It seems that her ability is a kind of special skill for a player," Satria thought.

After Nekora finished telling the story, Satria finally directly asked about the stats of the three of them. Lixia and Miria didn't seem confused and immediately used the access menu to take a look. In contrast, Nekora didn't seem to know anything until Satria had to teach her.

From what the three said about their stats, Satria could tell that Lixia was level 7 with stats that were suitable for a blacksmith. While Miria was level 5, and her stats weren't too flashy, a sign that it was the standard of a normal NPC in general. To increase the level, it takes EXP.

Usually, players will get the EXP from fighting or training and killing monsters. But for a blacksmith, he could also get EXP points from forging a weapon or something and keep honing it. You could say it was a form of training.

Meanwhile, Nekora is level 4, but it seems that Nekora's stats are very suitable for a fighter if you take it into account. But Satria himself is still confused by this world's system. Could it be that all of one's job classes were determined from the Crystal balls in the adventurer's association, or could it depend on their training method? Satria does not know the answer at this time because to conclude it requires a lot of information.

Even so, there is no other important information, such as special skills, especially ultimate skills, in the access menu. Because of that, there is still a lot of information that Satria needs to know. But so far, Satria has only concluded that special skills can be felt by the user, just like what happened with Nekora. Everyone also seems to have their way of using their special skills, as happened to him or the Borox he fought the other day.

Satria also concluded that the crystal ball in the adventurer's association building only deduced the adventurer's job class from the statistics. For example, Nekora's current stats resemble that of a fighter, so the Crystal ball will conclude that Nekora's job class is a fighter, but if Nekora continues to practice magic until her stats resemble that of a wizard or sorcerer, Nekora's job class will appear as a wizard or sorcerer in the Crystal ball. At least that's the tentative conclusion he drew and felt it made sense.

After a late night, Satria finally returned to the shop to sleep there. Miria suggested Satria sleep in her late husband's room while Lixia and Nekora would sleep in the same room. Miria herself slept in the middle of the house. But Satria refused and chose to sleep in the shop.

During the dim lights that illuminate the shop, Satria lies freely on the shop floor while looking at the contents of his bag slot. He had already decided to sell some items that were a bit expensive, but there were quite a few in his bag slots. He intended to sell it to several other merchants and shops in Lunar City. Of course, he already had some plans so as not to attract attention. Tomorrow he'll start because he doesn't have enough money right now to renovate Lixia's shop and house.