A World Full of Adventurers, Criminals and Monsters! Volume 1: Chapter 1

A World Full of Adventurers, Criminals and Monsters! Volume 1: Chapter 1

The Town of Nordic

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Part 1

Feel the mana flowing from my body to my hand... then to my palm. A warm sensation ran through my veins as I focused the mana to my palm that is emitting purple energy. Now I’m letting out the mana emitting from my palm to form a sphere. The sphere is getting bigger the more mana I transfer into it... not to mention it is also getting heavier... This should be enough. As I was ready to release it, smirking, I said in a cool deep voice. "Arcanite Blast." In front of me was a wide river. I aimed it at the middle of the river then I fired off the purple sphere, then the moment it touched the surface of the water it made a big explosion. Even I who was standing by the river almost got blown away by it. "Heh. Not bad if I say so myself. Well, that's just expected of one who will soon become an adventurer." I said as I posed while covering my face then nodded, then the water unexpectedly came drizzling down from above also displaying a rainbow. In the middle of the river where my magic exploded left a space and the water around it occupied it with a big splash at the end. Cool! That was definitely cool of me! "Wah. How cool." !!! I heard a girl's voice and instantly knew whose voice that was. I turned to look behind me where that voice came from and saw a girl with a blonde, shiny, and straight tailbone length hair. She has aquamarine-colored eyes. She wore a beanie and an alpaca turtleneck reaching to her thighs while holding a basket. “It would’ve been cooler if you have gotten wet like that though, Hiro.” Akemi!! D-Did she see that? No. She definitely saw it. I can already sense her making fun of me in that mind of hers. Gah! How embarrassing! "Y-Yo, Akemi. Didn't notice you standing there. W-Were you here the entire time?" I waved my hand then she shook her head and replied. "No. I just got here." *Insert Illustration* "...Really? That's alright then...” I still doubt her words. Well, it’s natural to think this way after you got caught doing something embarrassing. "Ah. The ground is wet. Now we can't spread the sheet in here. If only Hiro didn’t use magic just to act cool do a pose." “Well, sorry for that… Wait, what did you say at the last part?” “Nothing.” “You were here from the beginning, weren’t you!” Akemi giggled. “I don’t know. I saw you get drenched with water though.” “Be more direct would you!” I knew it! She was just playing around. Gah! How embarrassing! But now that she mentioned it, it is getting kinda chilly all of a sudden. I didn’t notice how my clothes have gotten wet. Possibly it’s because I got caught up in the moment earlier. Akemi searches for a dry spot on the ground. "...So? What are you doing here?" "I just want to hang out and relax by the river. That’s if Hiro doesn't mind." "N-No. Not at all..." So that's why she’s holding a basket. “Then that’s good! Come help me for a bit then, Hiro. I’ll share some of my food with you.” Why should I also… Never mind… I followed her while embracing myself and watching her look for a place that didn’t get wet by what I did earlier. “Okay. This spot seems fine.” She puts down her basket and takes out the blanket and lays it on the ground. I helped her fix it and spread the blanket. “Thank you, Hiro. Ah. Aren’t you cold like that?” “Hmm? Oh. Now that you mention it, I do feel cold.” Suddenly, the wind blew making me shiver. Cold! I should’ve taken my jacket with me. Seeing my reaction Akemi chuckles as she places the basket in the middle of the blanket and said, “You want me to warm you up? I can use wind magic you know.” “You can?! Oh. Right, I remember. Thanks, but no thanks­–!!” “Wind Breath.” ?! Before I finished speaking, she cast wind magic and a strong gust of wind blew from her open palm. Cold!!! Making me step back a few times. The wind almost carried me off the ground before it stopped. “It’s f-f-freezing!! This is why I didn’t want you to do it!” I shouted and tightly hugged myself. I say that but I still don’t want to be dried by wind magic because it would still be cold. “Hahaha! Sorry, sorry. I did my best to hold back.” “That was you holding back?!” Though it would be a bit better than Akemi’s because she has an affinity for ice magic which makes her wind icy cold. But thanks to what she did my clothes are up dried, though I still feel like I am freezing. I walked to where she is while shivering and I took of my sandals then sat down on the blanket and hugged my knees tightly. I feel much better now that the sun has warmed me up a bit. “Are you feeling better now?” She sat down on the other side of the blanket and started taking out thing from the basket that is between us. “Yeah. Thanks to you.” I replied sarcastically then she just giggled. Damn her. Always making a fool out of me. “…By the way. Isn’t it hot wearing that in this time of day?” Bothered by her clothes, I decided to ask her about it. “Hm? Oh, this? It actually keeps me warm. Though it would be warmer if I used more layers of clothing.” Please don’t. People would be concerned if someone walked around the village wearing multiple layers of clothes under the sun. “But I also wear light clothes sometimes, you know. I have a bit of resistance to cold temperatures so wearing lighter clothes doesn’t really bother me much. Here.” “Ah. T-Thanks…” I took the sandwich she was handing over to me and observed it for a moment. “Hm? What is it, Hiro? I used mayonnaise and added boiled egg and lettuce in the fillings.” “Ah. No, It’s not that.” Its contents doesn’t bother me at all but this situation does. Because no matter how you look at it… I took a bite from the sandwich. … “So? How is it, Hiro?” “W-What do you mean? Rate it yourself. You made it didn’t you?” “Eh. But I want you to say it. Come on now. Don’t be shy.” As if she was making fun of me, she repeatedly pokes at my shoulder with both her index fingers then to my sides. “S-Stop it… Hey, stop- Guah! Alright! It’s good! It’s v-very good!” Snickering, Akemi stops poking me and took out a sandwich from the basket. Really. If only she would just stay silent like this… After taking a bite, Akemi started a conversation. “So, you also want to become an adventurer, Hiro?” “Y-You… You heard that? You really were watching, weren’t you?” She just shrugged it off with a giggle. Sigh. Unconsciously, I took another sandwich from the basket. “Well… Yeah, I guess I want to. (Munch)” “I see. I guess all boys have the same aspirations, right?” “Who knows (munch munch). Though I know some of our schoolmates who thinks the (munch gulp) same as me.” Akemi giggles as she watches me take another sandwich from the basket. “Alex and Haruko told me they want to become adventurers as well.” Just when I said that I heard someone screaming my name. We turned to look at the direction where it came from and saw two guys started running towards us. It’s going to get a lot noisier here. “Akemi. Let’s hurry up and finish these sandwiches.” “But there’s no more left. Hiro ate them all, didn’t you?” She replied and showed me the inside of the box. … “…Oh! Right. I did. Sorry.” “Hiroki!” Yelling out my name, Alex ran towards us followed by Haruko then started to slow down and stopped a few feet away from me. “What a coincidence to see you here, huh, Hiroki.” Coincidence, my ass. You already know that I often come here during weekends. “H-Hello there, Hiroki and Akemi. Sorry to disturb you. I tried to stop Alex but…” Behind Alex was Haruko who apologized. And you didn’t disturb us or anything. We were just eating. “No problem. Though I apologize in advanced because Hiroki already finished our sandwiches.” “Hey.” Akemi showed them the empty basket and Alex smiled in response. “No problem. We have brought our own lunch and blanket.” Alex puts the large box he was holding and revealed its contents. A big lunch box, good for five people, and a folded sheet on top. That’s just normal because he eats the same way as me, who eats anything as long as my stomach can take it. Grabbed the sheet and spreads it on the ground beside ours then he puts his large lunch box in the middle. As the two fixes their blanket, Akemi and I folded ours then she puts it in her basket. “Alright. Now we can–!!” “Well then. Excuse us. We’ll be leaving first.” Turning our backs on the stunned Alex, he shouted at us. “Hey! Why are you two leaving already?!” “Eh? What do you mean?” “Why? Well. We wouldn’t want someone to eat lunch beside us just as we ran out of food.” “Wha–!” Akemi and I replied in a teasing manner. Both of us really are similar when we make fun of people. Maybe noticing us joking, Haruko spoke. “Now, you two. Please stop teasing him. You’re going to make him cry.” “Who will?!” Well, there’s also the reason that Alex is a noble and his food is always cooked by proper chefs. I can’t stand to just watch him eat delicious food right beside us. “Just ask them to join us, Alex.” “Fine then. Hey. We’ll share our lunch with you–” “Okay.” 2x Both of us are already on their blanket just as he said that and sat down properly. It’s because he asked us to stay. There isn’t any reason to deny him, right? “…Are you guys mocking me?!” “What do you mean? You said you’d share your food with us. Right, Akemi?” “That’s right, Alex. Besides, how can we refuse a friend? Right, Hiro?” I guess Akemi also wants to eat his lunch. Sighing, Alex has stopped making arguments and Haruko who was calming him down also sighed in relief. “…Whatever. I don’t care anymore. Let’s just eat. Good thing I brought extra spoons.” “As expected of Alex. Always ready for things like these.” As the two were talking, my gaze and Akemi’s are focused on the lunch box Alex was opening. Like a treasure chest, full of treasures inside it. There were a lot of varieties of food in there. “Here. By the way what were you two doing here?”   ************* o(*￣▽￣*)o Still working on it... Teehee