On a calm road hugging the side of a hill, a carriage slowly made it's way through it slowly rocking from the uneven ground
" I didn't except this to be so rough we should have just flew." I whispered to zauto next to me, he didn't say anything right away " both of us don't know the town we seek my lord its best we stick to carriages."
" i guess your right." Turning my head I looked to a little human girl staring at me from across the carriage " are you a noble mister." She asked probably because zauto and I were wearing hoods to hide our identity
Doing a flourish with my hand in front of the girl I made a round candy one of the stalls sales around the town appear in my hand drawing a gasp from her
" no I'm magician." Lucky no one else saw probably to exhausted from the journey so far taking the candy from me she instantly popped it into her mouth enjoying like a kid would
As the the carriage continued onwards in it's journey I closed my eyes to relax but the world had other plans because it trembled from a hard impact coming from the front of the carriage
" everyone get out an keep those hands up." After what I assumed was the guards getting dealt with a loud voice spoke up getting all of our attention ' I should have guessed this would happen.'
The little girl I was interacting with was now crying,her mother tried to tell her it would be alright as we left the safety of the carriage as we got out I noticed the people in the carriage behind us were doing the same
As we lined up on te side of the road I could see about a dozen armed men a couple of them even had muskets aimed directly at us
" let's see what we have here." a few of the men cane forward an started to Rob people of their possessions as a gruff man stood in front of us while his lacky stared next to him
" it doesn't seem like we'll be getting a lot, maybe we should sell them to the factories I hear they are low on worker."
The gruff man rubbed his chin as he looked the little girl's mother up an down " that's a wonderful idea but first we should have some fun." Walking forward he ripped the woman's dress off in one go
She screamed recoiling from his touch " stop struggling or ill take your daughter instead."
Hearing this the woman stopped struggling letting him push her to the ground,but when nothing followed she opened her eyes to see the man frozen stiff along with the rest of his gang
The air around them seemed to vibrate keeping them all still " now why did you have to go and do all that, I was perfectly content in letting you have your way until you started acting like a piece of shit."
I walked on front of him blocking his view of the woman as I gave her a blanket " who are you. "
I bent my head slightly as I looked at him
" me I'm a lot of things husband,demon, lord, father, protector, my tone got a shade darker as I looked into his eyes, for the first time I saw actually fear in them as he stared back
" but for you all I'm death." In a instant they were all reduced to a blood paste
Looking around I sighed as another dozen spirits joined the dead man's parade with a swipe of my arm the possession that were stolen flew back to their owners,the blood on them was cleaned away as they did
" I hope we can keep this between us I don't want word getting out I'm here." Everyone nodded out of respect or fear I wasn't entirely sure " zauto can you help the wounded guards while I move the boulder so we can get going as soon as possible."
" as you wish my lord." Moving to the front of the lead carriage I moved the large boulder blocking our path with my elements
Walking back over to the little girls mother I handed her a dress from a certain easily annoyed tailor
After that I climbed back into the carriage closing my eyes again waiting for us to get moving
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" thank you for helping me."opening my eyes I saw the woman looking at me as she sat back down with her daughter " your welcome any half decent person would do the same in my position."
" still if there is any way I can repay you please let me know." She leaned forward so her breast would stand out more ' didn't she almost get raped five seconds ago.' This thought entered my mind while I looked at her
" thanks miss but I'm happily married." I looked to zauto as he climbed back into the carriage " my friend on the other hand may be more willing."
Confused for a moment he looked from me to the woman and back again " please don't joke about that my lord."
" fine I was just trying to help a friend out."I turned my head away from him " please stop acting like a pouting child my lord it's undignified." He sat down next to keeping his head down so No one saw what he really was
" your no fun." I closed my eyes again as our weeks long journey started again this time nothing tried to stop us
The ride was rougher then I expected almost destroying my already messed up back
" owww this ride has fucked up my back someone needs to make suspensions, how do people stand this" I bent backwards after I left the carriage stretching my back
zauto got out right next to me nit leaving my side " this is were we split little one." The little girl I've been interacting with has gotten attached to me over our little ride
"Please don't go." She looked at me wide eyed as tears threatened to leave her eyes luckily her mother came to the rescue " they have to go sweetie there are things they need to do I already told you they would have to leave."
" bu-" a yell cane from behind us to get the carriage moving,smiling I pat her head before smacking the side if the carriage signaling the driver to get moving
I waved as she got further away until the carriage past the gate into the small industrial era city we were currently at
Grabbing zauto's shoulder I teleported us past the guards into the city thanks to the traffic nobody noticed us pop out of nowhere " let's start at the inn it's always a good place to learn information and we will need a place to stay."
Walking through the city I took note of the architecture which was similar to the capital but less sophisticated,looking up I saw a thick cloud of smog covering the city
Following it back to it's source i saw a handful of factories pumping the smoke into the air " idiots just because you can, doesn't mean you should.", ignoring the fallacies of man I looked to the signs hanging outside buildings until I found one that looked like a inn
It had a black cat sitting outside a building for it's sign the sight was honestly very well made " this seems like a good place." I nodded to zauto entering the inn
The noise inside overwhelmed me the singing and talking were extremely loud making me feel disorientated as I went to sit
" umm I wouldn't do that the amount of things that have been on this floor is disturbing." Looking up I saw a barmaid looking down at me
" sorry I just got overloaded the noise overwhelmed me and I needed to sit." She looked at both zauto and I properly wondering why we we're wearing hoods she didn't say anything
though
"I see welcome to the stray cat please follow me." Doing just that she lead us to a secluded corner that was slightly quieter then the rest of the inn " now what can I get you two."
" two of your strongest drinks and some stew please." Before she left I gently slipped five gold coins into her hand " and information on anything interesting going
Acting like I just gave her another order she went to back inside the kitchen " why did you give that woman money do."zauto's people were secluded from the rest of the world so he didn't really understand the nuances if society
" it's just what you got to do if you want to get the things we need to know."half a hour later the waitress returned carrying two mugs and a bowl of stew " that will be two silver coins please."
Reaching into my pouch I pulled out five slapping them on the table " keep the change." Scampering away she waved telling me to enjoy my stew so I did
For being in a under developed time the stew actually wasn't that bad when I finished their was a piece of paper at the bottom of the bowl it was being protected by a small water barrier
On it was a drawing showing a location nearby ' must be a info broker,perfect.' I slid one mug to zauto and picked up the other
" cheers."