"Hey miss?"
"What is it?"
"Why am I getting arrested?"
"Because owing a sword without any form ID is against the law, you must be part of the the military, or be government official or a certified adventurer to carry any form of bladed weapon out in the wild"
The woman replied as she dragged me along towards the gate of the walls, and we got there after 2 hours, the woman who seemed to some sort of officer from the way the guards greeted her, explained why she brought in, in the way that she did before the guards allowed us to enter, the stares they gave me due to my Asian look was quiet the sight, the kind that people in the west would give to an Asian when they vist their lands I suppose
Everyone here looked Caucasian
Inside the wall there were less trees and more bushes, there was a wide one way road that leaded to another wall which was about another 2 kilometers away from us, along the way there were people passing by, even ba k there on the gate, there were an abundance of people going in an out giving me the impression that this kingdom would be wealthy
"So what's is gonna happen to me then miss?"
I asked with a feeling of anxiousness mixed in my tone, the girl promptly replied
"Imprisonment for 3 months, and your weapon will be taken form you as well, speaking of which, where did you procure such a fine blade as this?"
She asked as she raised the sword that she took from me
"My father's gift to me, we live in the middle of the Verdant Wilds you see, as jungle dwellers"
Simon lied, but he did not feel bad about it, it was necessary after all, and the woman in white, who listened raised her brows and stopped her horse and looked at him in the eye
"Ah..I see, that actually makes sense... wait then how do you speak our language l, Livonian then? Also why were you in the outskirts of the jungle if you are jungle dweller? And your clothes don'texactlylook like that od a jungle dweller as well"
She narrowed her brows again, Simon paused for a moment, indeed, his white clothes did not exactly looked like what a jungle dweller would wear and he did not even know what language the real jungle people spoke either, so he just opened again
"My father and his grandfather spoke this language, and as for the reason why I came out of the jungle, that is because I wanted to see how life outside of it was, so I ran away from home, and these clothes; I found them at an abandoned camp in the firest 2 months ago, I washed them as best as I could so that I can wear them to blend in with the outsiders, but I guess my plan did not end that well"
"..."
Simon could see it
"Well"
Sd unbelievable as his story sounded to him, the beautiful girl in white believed what he said and seemed to feel bad for him now, she was probably feeling like she arrested an innocent tribal man who did not know the ways of her kingdom, her expression and body language says it all
He warmly smiled at her innocence even though she seemed like a superhuman
"It's okay miss, if it's just 3 months of Imprisonment I can take it, besides i think it would a good experience for a jungle dweller like me to start knowing the world from a prison where I'll get to learn about the bad side of the world first right?"
The girl in white blinked at Simon's words, astonished by his statement that sounded so ridiculous yet pure, and the next moment she sighed and got off the horse, and made her way towards Simon
"Okay then, what is your name agaim mister?"
"Simon "
"Okay then Mr Simon"
In a flash, she drew her rapier and the ropes bindingh Simon's arms got cut apart in a blinked, literally, he only her sword being drawn and sheathed and the ropes got cleanly cutted apart
Simon looked at his arms in shock
"Wow"
"You can go, and take this with you"
She grabbed something out of the puch on her waist, a gold coin and a token with the symbol of a sheep on it
"Umm miss?"
"That token is a Visitor pass that can only be given to people who are guests of important people here, and for now I will be keeping your sword with me since you don't have any sort of ID that would permit you to carry it, so use that Gold coin to register yourself as an adventurer to get an ID so that you can co.e get it back from me at the Guard center in that city there, you have 2 months to do all that since I will be transferr..."
{She looks to be in her early 20s, that's probably why she's being so unprofessional right now, but yeah, people like her make the world a better place, people who actually care}
"That's just my opinion though I guess"
"What?"
"Ah..nothing haha, it's just that I'm surprised you're letting me go like this, don't get me wrong I'm very thankful though miss"
The woman sracthed her head then replied to Simon with sharp tone
"Listen here Mr Simon, you better not tell anyone that you were pardoned by an officer get it?"
"...then what am I suppose to say when people ask me where I got this token from?"
"Hmm just tell them that you got this for helping a noble in the wilds when she was hunting an Owlbear"
"That thing that you killed back there?"
"Yeah, it was terrorizing the wildlife there, so I hunted it down"
She then went back on her horse and looked at Simon again
"Well then, farewell Mr Simon"
"Can you give me your name before you go miss?"
"Ah...(she looked shocked, probably because she just realized that she had not given the poor guy her name all this time)...ah forgive me about that, ahem..
It's Audrey, Audrey Artis"
Simon blinked at the sound of her last name
{Artist?}
He nearly laughed on the spot but the idea of him making the female warrioress angry quickly made him hold his laughter inside
"Audrey Artis, I will remember it well mam"
She nodded abd rode off towards the town by herself, and Simon he took a deep breath and replied to Aia who has been buzzing in his head
"You really wanted me to challenge her on a duel?"
[It would've been a huge gain in level for you sir, the difference in level is over 40 so even a non lethal fight with her would give you atleast 5 levels in one fight]
"You don't answer chivalry and courtesy of people like that if you can help it, make sure to remember that okay"
[I will remember it from now on sir]
"Speaking of levels can you show me my physical parameters right now, you keep saying levels levels like I'm some kind of a game character so I'm curious now"
[Status will be displayed per your request sir]
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●Name: Simon
●Level - 2
●Exp - [004/100]
●Mp - [100/100]
●Stats:
| Strength - 4 | Intellect - 3 | Agility-5
| Vitality - 3 | Senses - 4 | Luck - 7
●Abilities - [Gun slinging (Lv2)],[Butchery(Lv3)],[Silver tongue (Lv4)],
[Stealth(Lv1)]
●Skills - [-]
◇◇◇
"Okay?"
{Wow my physical data are actually digitized}
[Do you have any questions regarding this data sir?]
Simon paused and thought for a while before speaking up
"Yeah, tell me Aia, what ways can I level up myself"
[There are 4 ways that you can increase your level sir; physical training, completing certain quests that I will give you, killing other beings, consuming rare items]
[The fastest way to gather experience points would be killing other beings]
"What about the 2nd option?"
[That is also available right now]
"Show me then"
[Quests]
(1).Kill 100 goblin
Reward-[Mystry box][Goblin Slayer (Title)]
(2).Kill 100 humans
Reward-[Mystry box][Man Slayer (Title)]
(3).Kill 100 Wolves
Reward-[Mystry box][Wolf Slayer (Title)]
(4).Kill 10 Owlbears
Reward-[Golden box][Ascended (Title)]
{It's also just killing other beings}
Simon pinched the bridge of his nose and decided to first put number 2 off of the list as he made his way towards the city
The city of Safra, it was build on top of the grassy plains behind the walls of stones, it was well populated for its size and the streets were busy at the time, Simon walked past the guards after showing them his token and was wandering around the city to get a good look at the civilization he was now in
The buildings clearly belong to the old times of the 16th or 15th century but the dragon drawn carriages, demihumans and people with pointy ears roaming the streets gave a very another worldly feeling to him who stuck out like a sore thumb there as he did not look like the other humans here at all
The fantasy races there looked at him like he was some kind of a rare animal, even the other humans were giving him curious stares due to his asian look
Walking ahead under all of this attention, Simon had only one wish
{I hope they're not racist}
End of Chapter