Chapter 7:Start of a adventure

(Linda pov)

For as long as I can remember I have hated this city.

My mom was a prostitute my dad was an ex-army veteran who had a dishonorable discharge for bringing drugs into his base.

He says he was framed by his general but in the end, no one believed him.

Well, I believe him or I want. to be able to at least.

After it's my father and he has never done me wrong before except when he gave me whooping but I heavily deserved it.

As a kid, I always dreamed of being an adventurer like my dad was when he was discharged from the army.

It wasn't a dream to me but something that I will make happen no matter the cost. Even if I have to bleed.

I am happy because the day for me to finally spread my wings was here since it was finally my 16th birthday.

If you were not recruited by a clan by the age of 15 you could apply to be in one once you were 16 or get in it by recommendation from someone.

I haven't found a clan yet but I have a couple of places in mind for me to join in.

I am kind of unprepared but I will figure out the clan thing once I'm out of here

Today was my day to finally leave the house in search of adventure but first. I need to make a crew.

What I needed was a good sidekick to look out for me in my time of need.

After all, what is an adventure with a sidekick? If you ask me a person who wants to carry their luggage.

I grabbed my suitcase and put it in my spatial bag.

A spatial bag was something you could use to carry heavy luggage in to make it lighter. There was a limit on it.

Mine could only carry about 100 pounds for example.

I made sure to clean my room. As I looked at it I was surprised. It was still messy somehow.

After I clean my room up again I made sure it was clean enough at least for my standards.

When I was my I took my magic staff and shield headed downstairs to kiss my mom and dad goodbye and eat breakfast.

"Watch out slaves escaped from the arena last night," (Dad)

"Serves them right for keeping those poor people locked up." (Mom)

"Most are criminals." (Dad)

"And they weren't even given a trial." (Mom)

As my mom sit all the plates down we prayed to the mother goddess and begun to ate.

Today my mom made my favorite fried eggs with grits...

We didn't have much so this was a luxury for me, unlike others

I was happy to not get a piece of bread and be sent on my way like most were at this age.

That is what my aunt and uncle did to my childhood friend Adam last year when he turned 16.

Even though we fought a lot about this I know my mom and dad just cared a lot about me.

A lot of people die adventuring each year after but I know I will make it somehow through it all. But confidence was only a step in the grand scheme of things for me.

I still had a lot to learn about the world unhappily. Still, I want to go out and leave this town.

After I finished eating breakfast I took our rent and headed out. Before I left me my mom and dad had an emotional moment.

I say that but my mom just hit me on the head and called me an idiot for leaving. My head was still heart but I was also still crying.

I wiped my face and went to the main building where our landlord lived. Since today was my last day I decided to go meet my landlord, Mr.Duncan.

Mr.Duncan was a big fat old ugly man with a big gain bald soot on top of his head. He had tan skin and fat but also a muscular body. I

You could tell he must go to the barber because was a bald spot on top of his head ⅞was always shiny.

A lot of women would leave his home so many assume he would let them go there to please him in hope of their rent being pushed back or for it to be paid for the month.

But in truth, he was in good faith a babysitter.

Yes like any man Mr.Duncan was a perv but he never did it to anyone who didn't see it as a joke.

If you got to know the man he was nice but he also never dared to interfere with others' lives even if it pained him.

The main house was a giant church. In it, Mr.Duncan would educate the kids who lived in the slums.

Not many schools would accept kids from lower classes in this country so not many lower class citizens have become successful politicians.

Usually, if they were then they had a powerful family backing them from the top 5.

Knocking on the door I waited for Mr.Duncan or his two daughters Susan or Beth to come in answer.

'They're taking longer than usual. Maybe they are out.'

. Soon I heard a lot of crashing noises coming from inside the house.

Worried I opened the door to check out what was happening. Even though I was a total noob I knew a little of our kingdom's martial arts from my dad.

The scene on the inside wasn't the same clean home I've known. It was a mess and it looked like some kind of east had ravaged it.

On the floor next to the grandfather clock was a wet and beaten Mr.Duncan.

"Linda you're early haha." (Mr.Duncan )"Kinda too early actually can you leave?"

As Mr.Duncan got up he grabbed an umbrella and rushed into the kitchen.

I have never seen him like this before. His face was sweaty and his big body looked as if he had stretched marks from some kind of beast.

'I shouldn't get involved.'(Linda)

I closed the door and found myself running toward the kitchen and grabbed my dagger

"Not stop there." (Beth)

Hearing Beth screams in horror I kicked down the door. I felt the wooden door make contact with my foot and it came to me.

I am a normal human, not some hero from a book.

Dropping my dagger I screamed in pain. Soon the door opened and out came Beth.

Beth was a blonde-haired girl. She had pale white skin and green eyes. Today she wore a tiny gray one-piece dress with a red bow on her head. She was a really cute 6-year-old child but she tried to act grown too much

"Beth is everything okay."

As Beth looked at me and shook her head. I was going to open the kitchen door but she stopped my hand.

"Listen your lucky we love." (Beth)

Taking my dagger she opened the kitchen don't and locked it from the inside. I heard beth make a war cry. I was kind of proud but at the same time worried.

Soon Mr.Duncan, Beth, and Susan came out from the kitchen looking tired as if life was sucked out of them.

"We present your partner." (Susan)

As Susan opened the door Mr.Duncan and Beth pushed me in from behind.

Looking at the room it was all dark.

"Prove yourself. Fight me."

As a voice spoke to me it sounded somewhat deep but scratchy. It was as a teenager was still trying to find their voice.

As I looked around I suddenly saw two golden eyes glaring at me from the darkness. For a minute I thought in those eyes I saw my death.

Soon the door opened and in came Mr.Duncan.

"Sorry forgot the lights. The way his eyes glow is way too awesome. Never seen it before you know."(Mr.Duncan.)

Turning on the lights I saw a tan skin boy with white hair with a fork and my dagger??!!!

He was using my family blade used by my father after father. That is an artifact that most back 200 years. What the hell.

I could tell what trouble Duncan and his daughters were having. The boy was dirtying up dishes at an astonishing rate.

In front of him alone were 10 plates. There was no telling what was being washed but I could see twenty at least at the sink my the corner of my eyes.

" I challenge you to an eat-off."(Alamesh)

" Fuck that bastard let go of my treasure."(Linda)