In the Castle City
Author's Commentary: 1st PoV doesn't feel like my specialty, so I now switched to 3rd PoV, completely for the rest of this story.
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As Meld watched Satoru and one of his students leave the Coliseum, he wondered, "What was he thinking about? Although he left these little puppies arguing over him, I couldn't help but notice that he left them to my care."
Meld realized he already knew him as a trustworthy person, so he supposed he did what he wanted.
Plus, fighting crime.....
Meld knew that the crime rate of Heilig Kingdom had grown up since many years ago, and several crime syndicates and gangs were appearing from all around the northern part of the continent which was protected and blessed by Ehit.
And it seemed like there was one man who was eager to try lowering it by fighting it.
Suppressing a sigh under his mouth, Meld was a amazed at this person's action, not one day and he was already acting independently for possibly a long while until they officially go to the Labyrinth on the Southeast for more training.
Now, how about his students?
Their loud chatter was becoming annoying, so Meld did as he knew.
"Everyone of you, silence and go to your positions, your training is about to start!" Meld had spoke, as the students immediately shut their mouths up.
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Satoru merely stared at the food stall in front of him, his mouth pursed with disappointment.
"What do you mean you don't have any Luta on you? Leave my sight until you get some money on you!" A reasonably angry vendor yelled in slight anger, but he wasn't at all reckless.
He sighed, remembering just now that because this was another world, they were absolutely broke unless they gain some Luta
Eri and Endou almost looked disappointed at him, but because they were here to walk around and fight crime for possibly both money and some good fame, they wondered somewhere else inside the Castle Town.
And even though they might say they were one of Ehit's chosen saviors, that might backfire somewhat.
"Hey, Sensei! Is there something we could do?" Eri asked, staring at him with some concern on her face.
"We could go back to the castle to ask for food for free and rest there even after we find our first targets." Was his reply, putting his hand on his pockets and then glancing a look at a darker alley.
"Remember, the best crimes are always in these types of areas, and it might be best to gather information from gossips or anything significant by asking." He said, before continuing after taking a glance at Endou.
"You will go around the Castle Town and gather information as your first actual task in espionage."
Endou was flabbergasted, just after one day, he gets to have his first actual mission without much training?!
"M-Me? S-seriously?!"
He almost wanted to complain, but Satoru possibly has the best hopes for him.
"Well, you're practically unseen by people if your hide and blend in good enough, and do not engage in fighting anybody, you're still very, very weak." He explained, lifting his hand to scratch his chin.
"By the meantime, we're going to familiarize ourselves with this Town so we could know where to go. We'll meet you back at the castle."
Turning away from the lightly populated poor street, he began to walk somewhere else after successfully persuading his student into beginning his task to gather information.
It wasn't that exciting, but he knew it would make Endou useful enough outside of battle, though.....
"Thief! Please catch him, those jewellery are very precious to our shop!" An young boy yelled, pointing at a lanky, generic thief running away from him with a big sack that had made rapid clacking sounds.
"Oh? Teacher, shall we?"
And that thief, coincidentally was about to pass by Satoru and Eri. So through pure reaction alone, both stepped on his feet and tripped him in a way that he will bite the dust.
*false_explosion.ogg or something like that*
The thief groaned, standing up before beholding the sight of two people staring at them. They looked foreign, but because be still had to escape, he immediately hopped to the side to continue his escape, but suddenly he was tackled down to the ground by one of them.
Satoru immediately took care of the thief by knocking him out and taking the sack away from the thief.
Seeing this, the young boy exhaustedly jogged near them, almost kneeling to the ground to recover his breath. On closer look, he seemed to be around 13 years old, maybe at 14 or even 12.
"Thank you two! But, I don't really have any Luta to give you for my gratitude, forgive me for that...."
Well that's kinda sad for Satoru, but because of curiosity, he opened the sack.
Moments later, he cringed.
"Is there something wrong, Teacher?" Eri asked, tiptoeing towards him to look at what was inside the sack.
"What the hell..... These jewellery are fake, no wonder you looked like a goose in mud, the thief wouldn't even gain much Luta from selling these away...." Satoru harshly commented, making the young boy feel very downtrodden.
"B-But, you can't just say that! I've been making and selling these for a while!" The boy rebuked, but what he got was a pat on the head.
"Instead of crying out loud, why don't you lead me to your shop? I might help."
What Satoru spoke had immediately changed the boy's expression to one of surprise, slight joy and slight fear.
"Well, we don't have anything else to do right now, so..... how about a deal?"
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Soon enough, Satoru and Eri were led to an old workshop that wasn't even fixed and taken care of much unlike most of the buildings and houses they passed by in this rundown district east of the city.
Eri even felt pity on the boy that was in front of them, though did not think what might happen if she was alone with Satoru.
"Here we are, I haven't really had much to make for my brothers and sisters in this workshop, and orphanage." The young boy spoke as he sat on a table before staring at Satoru. "So what is your deal?"
"Be my student and give this workshop to me. I'll handle your expenses, and definitely raise you all up to shape so this workshop will be the greatest!" Satoru exclaimed, bringing hope to such a young boy.
Well, that is, until 7 children appeared from the door that led deeper into this workshop. Because the boy had said that he had brothers and sisters, they must be them.
"Brother Arc! Did you bring any food today? We're almost starving to death!" One of the children younger than him asked, and when he shook his head, said child whimpered.
But, once another spotted Satoru, she approached him.
"Mister! Who are you?"
The moment she asked that, Satoru, as if remembering something from one of his past lives, gained a small smile.
"Your new caretaker."
[ ~ Chapter • End ~ ]
Extra Note:
lIIlI (Basically just Lilli but had lowercase L and uppercase I)
Category of Luta:
Blue - 1 Yen
Red - 5 Yen
Yellow - 10 Yen
Purple - 50 Yen
Green - 100 Yen
White - 500 Yen
Black - 1000 Yen
Silver - 5000 Yen
Gold - 10000 Yen