No Trouble

What's up with that stern man? Why is he glaring at me?

[Can I do anything for you?]

"So you are the one."

[….?]

"Did you think you could escape our radar? Don't worry miss we'll save you!"

[What?]

Why is he looking at Calli like that?

"Men! Apprehend this criminal! He obviously used some dark magic to have her follow him! It would be impossible for a fairy like her to be with a man like him!"

[Hey! What is that even supposed to mean?!]

"Green hair and orange eyes! You are clearly inhuman! Reveal your true appearance beast!"

[That is my true appearance…do you have water in your brain perhaps?]

"How dare you! There is no way that…"

He stops mid-speech to hydrate himself.

"You are clearly the bad guy! Guards get him!"

Should I use vines to immobilize them? Somehow there is no trace of killing intent. Even the guards that were running after TMR stopped having any intention toward him when they heard about the beast-taming thing.

Now they are trying to restrain their leader it seems. He takes out a sword. Guess it's time for me to…

*Sound of a Guqin*

As the notes are played, I can recognize this as a lullaby. Ah, she seems to be using mana to affect only that guy. As in we can hear the sweet melody but the impact it has is limited. Of course, I'm stating that by looking at other people since I'm immune.

A few seconds later the guy falls asleep on the ground. He coils on himself and starts sucking his thumb. What the fuck?! Was she always that powerful?!

I can't help but look at her impressed. I see her blank a second before giving me a look saying, 'See how awesome I am!'

[So, why exactly did he go down so fast?]

She gives an embarrassed look. "To be honest, even I don't know."

That is when his subordinates approach him. One picks up the gourd he dropped on the ground. Then he smells it before making a peculiar face.

Okay, that explains a lot. They say alcohol removes inhibition. The guy seemingly was jealous of me for some reason. Clearly an idiot lacking self-control.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have become drunk on his job. Or maybe he was off-duty and just happened to pass by? In any case, there is something impressive about it. Somehow he didn't look it at all!

You know how people usually get flushed, slur their words, have trouble waling? Well, that guy only became a dick apparently.

The guards are too ashamed to stay any longer and they simply drop the other cases, wishing us a good night.

"How was it? Pretty good, right?"

[I need to admit it would probably have ended up more tumultuous if I had taken care of it.]

"I know, right!"

I can let her be smug for now, I guess.

"Alright, enough of the boring stuff! From now on we party!"

I'm not sure where that came from, but we start drinking. She makes fun of me because of how I'm having tea. Please, it is the beverage of life!

Later on, everyone is completely wasted. We rent rooms, there are two still available. At first, I'm planning to sleep with Logan and TMR, but then Calli grabs unto me tightly, making a fuss that I should not run away from this battle! That she'll manage to have me recognize her music!

She reminds me of a small animal. Every time I try to move her away she somehow wakes up. Oh well, whatever. I simply go to sleep with nothing happening at all, I'm not about to take advantage of a drunk girl.

I was up happy and refreshed to the sound of a panicking Calli.

"You'll have to take responsibility! I'll bring you to meet my mom and dad and…"

[Just calm down haha. Alright, let's go eat breakfast!]

When she realizes nothing happened, she finally quiets down, seemingly regretting how she overreacted.

For breakfast, we have toasts with butter. The tender goodness gives me the feeling it is melting in my mouth.

"What's with that expression of bliss?"

[Food should be enjoyed. Every time you take a bite enjoy it. It may seem ordinary but simply doing so will let one enjoy life way more.]

"You're weird you know that?"

She cannot understand, but it's fine. Then comes a blushing man that looks nowhere near stern. Of course, simply tease him a whole lot haha.

[Brother, you have to teach me your technique! You did not look drunk at all! You simply looked mad!]

[Brother, you are such a pro! What is the best alcohol to get drunk?]

[Brother what is…]

That is when he disappears. Then when we exit the place, he is nowhere to be seen. We hit the road again.

For some reason, Calli insist to protect our group. Something about proving her worth. Which is fine because we are busy beating Logan anyway.

From time to time she gets curious. She wants to know how every attack we are using is called. I and TMR just share a look, it is as if a whole new world had opened to us. How could we forget to name our techniques!?

Naming time! Of course, I have to translate for TMR.

- Heaven and earth shattering of the nuts!

- Divine mighty kick to the knees!

- Dragons and Phoenixes head flick!

- Sending you to the immortal world ass kick!

- Honorable and magnificent punch from behind!

- Heavenly Insightly palm to the face!

After that, we kinda run out of names. It is harder than it appears! Ah, who can understand our sorrows?

It is easy for Logan. All he has to do is sit there and take a beating. The good thing is Calli decides to help us too.

Except every technique she comes up with always involves music somehow. It's great and all but not what we want to pursue especially.

One of her ideas is to make the target sleep forever. Another is to make the target sleep and destroy them with a dagger to the face.

I'm seriously starting to worry about her mental state. I guess it's the same for the others because they all propose we camp saying they will go and hunt.

I'm about to tell them I still have meat but they are already gone.

A little while later I see them come back chased by something huge while screaming.