Preparation

The duel might have been a tie but it was decided that I would be allowed to go. The next few days were spent in preparing for the journey. New equipment was made by Leh and co. Other than the equipment, they also prepared a set of clothes. They looked simple at one look but were not. They were made by the dragon's skin and pulverized mithril mixed in it. (Grinding mithril was one hell of a job.)

There was a white full T-shirt, a black hooded shrug, Black lower with enhanced flexibility, and red sneaker. The look might have been that of sneakers but it wasn't that simple. It had magic circles on its sole. It could increase the speed by 10%. The shrug could expand when mana was poured into it and could act like a shield or a cloak. Their defense was higher than that of normal equipment. Even a level-6 fire spell could not burn the clothes. Being made by a master blacksmith increased its value even further.

After experiencing such bad food in the dungeon, I learned cooking from mom. It could not be said that I became an expert but it was self-sufficient.

When the gun project was over, a new project had started. It was to recreate a phone. It was my mom's idea so she could contact me whenever she wanted. Although I could 𝙶𝚊𝚝𝚎 to come home anytime, mom insisted on making a communication device so it couldn't be helped.

(No one can stand against mom after all)

Unfortunately, it was easier said than done. Unlike my world, this world had no concept of electricity. There were no network towers and satellites as well.

On the contrary, it was confirmed that a simple communication device might be possible. I taught the dwarfs about physics and tried to correlate mana with wavelength and frequency.

A great idea was presented by Leh. He said that the devices can be connected through a different space made by my space magic in that way there would be no magic interference. We tried out the idea and it was successful. Unfortunately, It had a serious flaw. Only I could use space magic so unless I had connected the device with my magic the devices won't be work. But it was quickly resolved. A magic stone charged with my magic would be placed in the devices. Although my magic would diminish in about a month or two and had to be charged again.

After many trials and errors, the device was perfected. Its size was a little bigger than a match stick box and was black. It had 3 buttons, 1 on either side and one at the top. There was also a blue circle in the center. The green button on the left side was used to connect the call while the red button on the right was to disconnect the call. The button on the top was to show the video through the blue circle like a hologram. It basically worked like a video calling app. It had a battery life of 3 months and if the distance between the devices were more, it would take more of the battery. The samples were given to my and Sherry's family.

Aside from that, all the people involved were told(threatened) not to tell anyone about these creations. It could even lead to a war at worst or so I was told.

Another few days went by waiting for my guild card to arrive. The guild card arrived with a letter for me.

The guild card looked like a normal credit card. As far as I remember I had decided to use a pseudonym(fake name) for the guild card. So my name was Black. My age was entered as 16. The swordsman was printed as my job despite my being able to use high-level magic too. The magic swordsman was another option but I had turned it down saying that it would attract too much attention. Mage was yet another option but I preferred using sword over magic, so I chose swordsman. Although that would result in me getting fewer quests I was fine as long as I can freely search clue about my actual job. The rank was specified as F.

The Envelop had the Guild master's seal on it. I opened the envelope and it said:

"𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘡𝘢𝘤𝘬,

𝘔𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘥'𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘣, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘚𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘣. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚 𝘵𝘰 𝘍 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘍 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘊-𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬-𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴.

𝘛𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘌 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘹 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬. 𝘚𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥.

𝘗.𝘚.- 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘢'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯."

Summer was just around the corner and I was ready to start my journey. The merchant, Michael-san had arrived at my doorstep with his carriage. There was only the carriage driver other than himself. The carriage was small. Michael's good only amounted to a few boxes but it covered more than half of the Carriage. There was hardly any space for another person to be seated. The road to Clara was safe that's why Michael-san had agreed to let me take on the quest.

He was served tea while I rechecked my equipment and other stuff. By the time I came down Sherry's parents were also there. But Sherry didn't come. Dad asked them why but they didn't know as well.

Everyone came out to send me off. I was a little sad that Sherry didn't come. I was about to leave when Sherry came running. She was carrying huge luggage.

"What are these bags?" Sherry's mom asked her.

"These bags! They are my luggage. I am going on a long journey after all"

"journey?"

"I will be accompanying Zack-sama," She said.

"What?!" Everyone was bewildered.