Chapter 47 Weapons

After a few more rounds of answering questions, Lilly returned to her seat.

Rose turned to her, and asked. "Wow! How do you know so much just on top of your head, Miss Lilly?"

Lilly looked at her, and said. "Yeah, I just have an above average memory. Also, I told you to drop the formalities, Lilly is fine."

"Okay, Lilly. May I ask you another question if you don't mind?" Amber asked.

Lilly opened her arms, smiled at her, and said. "I wouldn't ever mind answering another question from someone as cute as you, Amber!"

Lilly then came in for a hug, Amber didn't expect the surprise attack which caused her to be caught immediately.

Amber is now in Lilly's grasp while wearing an extremely awkward face. Lilly meanwhile looks like she is having the time of her life.

Looking at Amber, Miya asked. "Uh, Amber are you going to ask your question or-"

"It's fine, Miya." Amber sighed as she interrupted Miya.

Looking at Lilly's cheerful face, Amber asked. "Lilly, can I ask my question?"

"Sure thing." Lilly said while not letting go of Amber.

"My question is, why do you always hug me?" Amber asked.

Lilly smiled at her and replied. "It's in our to blood love people like you. Besides, how can people resist hugging someone as cute as you?"

Looking unsatisfied, Amber asked. "That's not the answer I'm looking for. Hey!"

Lilly then hugged her tighter, making it harder for Amber to breathe, much less speak.

Lilly turned to the other girls and said. "Alright, now that the boring stuff is out the way. How about we spar now?"

"Uh..." Both Rose and Miya didn't answer her question as they were busy worrying about Amber.

Miya looked at Lilly and said. "I don't think we can win against you."

"Nah, you won't know until you tried." Lilly responded without letting go of Amber.

Rose looked at her and asked with a look of concern. "Uh, I don't think I can fight without a weapon. I lost my gun during the last fight. Also, I think Amber is suffocating."

Upon hearing Rose's concerns, Lilly loosened her hug on Amber, but not letting go entirely. Amber then poked her head out and inhaled heavily.

Almost immediately, Lilly put her back on her hug as she smiled to the girls and said. "Follow me."

Lilly then stood up and walked out the room with Amber still in her hold. Rose and Miya followed her while still looking concerned for Amber.

Lilly then went right after exiting the door and continued to walk while carrying Amber like a stuffed toy.

They continued their walk until they reached the T-junction in the middle. Lilly stopped, let Amber breathe before hugging her tightly once more before she continued on walking.

Miya looked at Rose, with eyes that asked. "Should we help her?"

Rose merely shrugged her shoulders as they continued to follow Lilly.

They eventually stopped in front of a door. Lilly then took a breath as she yelled. "Let us in, Goldie!"

Almost immediately, the door opened on it's own before the girls went inside the room.

The room they entered looks like the same they were in earlier. A wide room with battle scars upon it's walls.

In the middle of the room, a man had his back on them as he sat infront of two large piles of black rocks.

"Hey, Goldie! Look at me when I'm taking to you!" Lilly shouted.

The man turned slightly around showing one of his golden eyes. He smirked and turned away from them while saying. "Because you said that, I'm not turning around."

"Grr, I'm so done with you!" Lilly growled, making her hug Amber tighter. Amber tried to pull herself away, but it was useless.

Without turning around, Chrys asked. "Why are you here, Lilly?"

"Grr, we are here to get the girls some new weapons and only that." Lilly stated her reason.

Chrys grabbed a rock from a pile while throwing a rock in his hand to the other. Chrys then added. "Aww, I thought you were here because you missed me."

Lilly snapped at him and yelled. "In your dreams, stinky!"

"Ouch." Chrys said before continuing. "Moving on, didn't you hear me when I said, I moved the weapons into the room you were just in?"

"Huh?" Lilly stood there with her mouth open before adding. "I never listen to what you have to say."

"I know..."

Miya then walked further into the room before making a pained noise. "Ah!"

Feeling that she has stepped on something, Miya raised her bare foot and looked underneath.

A black rock fell from her feet, which then hit the floor.

Seeing Miya get hurt, Lilly shouted. "Goldie, clean up after yourself! Miya just got hurt!"

Chrys, without ever turning around, said. "My question is, why is Miya bare-footed?"

After hearing what Chrys has to say, Miya just stood there deep in thought.

Rose then bent down and picked up the rock that Miya stepped on before muttering to herself. "This is... coal?"

"Hmph, let's go, girls. Let's head back to our room so we can start." Lilly said, turning away from Chrys.

"Before you go, Lilly. Let go of the cat." Chrys said without turning towards her.

"Hmm..." Lilly seemed to ponder Chrys' request.

"Lilly..."

"Fine!" Lilly replied. She then let go of Amber while looking very unhappy.

Upon being set free, Amber took a deep breath as ran directly behind Rose and Miya. Looking very scared.

"Let's go then." Lilly said as she left the room.

The Amber and Rose followed her a moment later. Miya looked back at Chrys for a moment before going out with the others.

They then left Chrys alone in the room, who continued his routine of picking up a rock from one pile, and throwing another rock to the other pile.

The girls that left then went back to their room after a short walk.

They entered the room and followed Lilly's lead, who led them to the door on the side.

Lilly opened the door and said. "You girls go inside and choose your weapons. I'll stay out here since it'll be a bit cramp in there."

The girls nodded, especially Amber, who ran straight in.

She still had the look of fear from earlier, so one could guess her reasons for doing so.

Miya and Rose followed her shortly afterwards. They stepped into the small, dimly lit, narrow room with it's side full of cabinets of different weapons.

The girls wandered in as Lilly flicked the light switch by the door, illuminating the inside.

Now that they can see, the girls browsed the assortment in front of them.

Rose then asked. "Why do you guys have so many weapons laying around?"

Lilly, who stood by the door outside, replied. "Well, Goldie tends to make a lot of weapons when he feels bored or wants something specific out of them."

Rose nodded as she continued to browse through the weapons.

She then spoke a moment later upon picking up a weapon. "Are you sure we can pick anything? What if we choose an A-tier class weapon?"

"Sure, you can pick anything you want. Nobody uses them anyways since all of us already have our weapon of choice. Just be careful since some weapons are a bit harder to wield than the rest." Lilly replied immediately after.

"There's a tier system to weapons as well?" Miya asked.

"They just get the tier of the monster that are used to create them. It's a way to even the odds when fighting a higher tier all alone." Lilly answered.

"So, the higher the tier the better?" Miya asked.

"Not really, since fights don't just end with 'My punch is stronger than yours, so I win'."

"It's more like 'My quick scratches are better at making you lose blood than your slow punches. So, if I continue to dodge, you'll eventually bleed out and I'll win' or something like that." Lilly answered.

Miya nodded before taking the knife she used and showed it the Lilly. "I forgot that I already have a weapon. Do I still need to pick?"

"Well, it's better to have a spare." Lilly responded.

Rose then said. "I don't see any guns over here or even long range weaponry."

"Like I said before, going long range is disadvantagous since people we fight tend to move like maniacs, so I suggest mixing a bit of long range and close range. I guess you can always just fly away if you don't want to get close."

"And if you really want to have a long range weapon. Go ask Goldie since he was the one who created the gun you used and Sister Morgan's bow." Lilly replied.

"Okay. I guess I'll ask him later. I'll stick with this for now." Rose said while holding an unneccesarily long staff with a pickaxe head at the end.

Lilly gave her a nod of approval while Miya said. "Can I take another knife?" Showing Lilly a familiar looking knife.

"Sure. That knife has a trigger so be careful. It can release a numbing agent to it's blade. It's the same one that stabbed Amber. Don't know how that got there though." Lilly answered.

After hearing her name get called, Amber turned to them and said. "Can I just stay here? I feel safe in here."

Lilly looked at her and said. "Don't worry. I know when to control myself. Besides, the only reason I'm not going in there are for you girls to have room to move."

Amber gulped as she quickly picked her weapon. It was a baton with a black body, very remiscent of the weapon she had earlier.

"Are you sure you want to pick that, Amber? That's only... a stick." Lilly asked.

"Sure, it's simple. Very easy to use." Amber replied.

"Okay then. Now that you girls have chosen your weapons, shall we?" Lilly asked, showing the way into the wide and open room.