Izaru walked through the hallways of the palace with Cain. Liora tagged behind like a smug cat who knows a bit too much than she should.
"What are you so smug about?" Izaru asked as he walked.
"Oh, it's nothing. You'll find out in no time." sh said, grinning ear to ear.
"Whatever," Izaru shrugged it off, thinking it was another one of her teasing.
"Would you like to go to the royal library straight or rest a bit first?" Cain asked politely as they walked.
"Let's not hurry. I'll rest first." Izaru said, stretching his arms in the air.
That's when they heard it. The heavy footsteps of someone approaching from the corner.
A little girl stepped out, carrying a broad sword almost her size. Wearing silver armour with gold strips and a knight emblem on the shoulders.
"Who's that?" Izaru asked while pointing at her.
"That's miss Emily Ironguard. The strongest knight in the Empire!" Cain introduced her as she walked straight and stood before them.
"And the shortest knight in history I suppose?" Izaru said it casually like it was nothing.
Everyone went silent for a second. Then Liora burst into laughter.
"Totally!!! It's clearly visible, ain't it?!" Liora said while wheezing like a masochist.
"Who the hell are you calling short?!" Emily yelled, her face turning red with anger.
"You. Duh." Izaru said it like it was obvious. It was.
"Sir I-Izaru," Cain was trying to hold in his laughter desperately. "You shouldn't make fun of others like that."
"What? I said the truth." Izaru said as he crossed his arms.
Right then, a message popped up.
Skill received: Absolute Appraisal
Appraise anyone and anything. Get every little detail about the item or the person or monster it is used on.
Message: "Yo. Hope it helps you a bit. Try using it on the shorty."
"Who the hell is giving me these skills?" Izaru thought to himself. "The message shows that he's watching me. Is it 'that' person?
Izaru remembered that person who sent him to this world.
"Well, let's just check out the skill for now."
Izaru used the skill on Emily.
Name: Emily Ironguard
Level: 259
Strength: 1078
Agility: 870
Intelligence: 691
Endurance: 926
Luck: 477
Skills:
War Growth (Passive)
Stats(except Luck) grow by 1% for every enemy on the battlefield. The effect lasts for two hours.
Imperial Slash (Active)
Use Mana to use a slash attack that deals 100 times the damage. Has a cooldown of one minute.
"Holy shit! Those are some awesome skills and stats. Did I provoke a mini tornado with huge destruction? "
"Where are dozing off to?!" Emily yelled again. "Did you really just call me short?!"
"I didnt lie, though." Izaru said with a straight face.
"I will kill you!!" Emily shouted as she drew her sword.
"Miss Emily. Please calm down." Cain interrupted. "He's a guest. Please forgive him this time for me."
Emily hesitated. "Fine! But he better not try to mess with me again." Just like that, she put her sword back in the guard, turned around and started walking away.
But just then, a voice that belonged to a certain demon chick said, "Shorty."
Emily paused. Turned around, veins popping, ready to cut Liora into a thousand pieces