Chapter 7

After sleeping for a while in the bath tub, 1 hour according to the system watch, I open the hot water faucet again to warm up a bit and start to think where to go with the girls, I don't think or want to take them to the sewers, so I should follow the old school, that means hunting Spores and then Wolves.

'Or at least that's all I can think of at the moment. Let's distribute my skill points, I need to think better when I do something, since at least if something went wrong I could use a butterfly wing, but with girls I can't make those such decisions, fuck I don't even know if they can use them'

[Sword Mastery (Passive) Lvl: 23/30]

[Sword Mastery increases damage when meleeing with a Sword or Dagger at a certain percentage.

115% Increase in Damage with Swords or Daggers.

23% Increase in Speed Damage with Swords or Daggers.]

After a few minutes I get up and go to the window, open it and sit down to look at the horizon, a beautiful blue sky unfolds in front of me, free of pollution, combined with a wonderful view of the houses of the nobles together with the palace in the background

'If I'm thinking these things it means that I'm still in lethargic mode.' But I don't want to move, I stay like this for a while, I don't know how long after I see the girls who come here.

If I were in my normal mode I would notice that the only sounds that are produced are from inside the inn and how strange the girls are walking, but now worn and tired i just get up and go to the entrance to receive them. I get to the entrance and see them talking to the receptionist

"Miss, they come with me, I rented the big room," I tell the receptionist, I thought she would say something about Lilinaya, but I see that she is wearing a hat, she seems to know how to take care of herself.

Once we get to the room, Lilinaya gives me back 10,000 of the 20,000 I gave her, I look to what they bought and is only the basic supplies, They don't seem to have bought clothes, so I take the 10,000 she gave me and separate it into 5 and I distribute it to all of them.

"Use this money to buy clothes, we are going to be out of town for several days, and I want you to have more clothes to wear, also buy other clothes that you will wear when we are resting." I say as I take off Lilinaya's hat and put my hand on her and start petting her, yes, I'm healing.

But she reacts strongly, and like a cat she jumps up gets on four legs and arms and start showing me her fangs making growling sounds, which I think are rather cute but you are a fox not a cat although I don't know what kind of sound foxes make excuse my lack of memories.

"Master, I would like to know what we should do?" says Arldana, intervening for change the subject.

'Do you think I'll be upset with Lilinaya by threatening me like that? If she was 18 years old, I would probably punish her, but it's a shame that I have to wait a year for that, at least that's the minimum age that I plan to use to start relationships, one must set limits so as not to become a degenerate, wait... Should I count her with human years or fox years or something different? I remember a novel where if beastmen level up they grew... stop thinking about it, you have to answer their questions.'

Nambra an Epianne also look at me, paying attention, well it concerns their futures so they should know the plan of action, although Aphine is still depressed.

'I have to do something with her too, at least make her pay attention to her surroundings, she was going to hit the wall if Nambra doesn't stop her or worse, how long has she been like this... I'm going to have to pay extra attention with her and remove sharp objects from my inventory.'

"We are going to hunt monsters" Huh? I mean they stare at me with somewhat incredulous faces, except for Lilinaya she still glares at me preparing to defend herself, Don't worry, I just want to pet your ears for now.

"Do you have questions?"

"What and where" Epianne says now that I think about it, it's the first time she has spoken since we've been together, now I just need Aphine to speak too.

"We go to Payon, first we'll hunt some Porings and Willows, then Poporings and Spores..." I started to talk everything was going well even Arldana nodded her head, but when I mentioned Poporing (green poison variant of poring) and Spore, they froze, Aphine directly raised her head and looks at me as if I was going to do something horrible to her. But the first to raise her voice is Lilinaya.

"Do you want to kill us? Or do you need something and you will use us as bait? After? Will we continue to be your baits until we no longer can be of use to you!?" Lilinaya starts to ask raising her voice more and more after each question.

'I know there are some strong creatures and monsters, but the Poporings and Spores are not really dangerous, These are things that you must face as a newbie, but why is this, this fear of monsters?'

"You do not say anything!? Or will I reveal your plan!? Now that you're going to..." She continues but begins to calm down when she looks at me and sees that I don't get upset or yell her, much less try to shut her up.

It is something that I learned from my memories, sometimes it is better to keep quiet and look at the person who is angry, If you try to shut her up or argue with her, she will ignore you and you will only waste your breath, after a bit she begins to calm down and looks at me.

Now the moment the other person calms down you already have the advantage, of course this is as long as the things they are claiming are not true and you can explain them clearly, although there are still many people who do not understand no matter how many times you explain it, I hope you don't keep trying to fight.

"Don't shut up you can continue, I want to know what else you're thinking, I'm not upset only curious what other things you thought I would do" I begin to speak though I wonder if I'm making some terrible face or other thing since the others are beginning to tremble, when crossing their eyes with mine Aphine covers herself with her hands and legs, Arldana and Nambra look down and Epianne... She look calm, it seems like understood without having to explain it, well she is a magician after all someone with a good head on her shoulders, I better finish this before something else happens.

"I'm not going to send you guys to die or use you as bait, I wouldn't have spent so much money if I planned to do that, I need partners to watch my back, so I'll train you and you guys will get strong, understood?" I smile and get up and walk towards Lilinaya. When I'm in front of her I don't say anything but put my hand on her head and pat her again.

"But as punishment for raising your voice against me, you will have to sit with me and I will be petting your head." She quickly reacts and steps back, putting her hands to her ears.

"I know that the Normans do not know much about my race, even i don't know much, but the act of kneel down and leave letting them touch your head is only something that is done with the strongest person of the tribe as a reward, so I ask you to change the punishment"

'I-I... will no longer have my fluffiness... wait, I just have to order her to do others things and when she completes them I can touch her ears?'

"I appreciate that you want to do this to me like this, a person as strong as you want to pats me on the head is the best reward I can have, I will follow your instructions as long as long as they are reasonable and doesn't lead to my death." I am surprised by what she says, so her race respects and obeys the strong, it sounds like a warrior race but seems somewhat suspicious to me.

"You don't want to hurt us?" I hear a small voice almost like a whisper, I turn around and see Aphine still covering herself with her hands, but without having her head between her legs. And those sapphire blue eyes, watching me. So I walk towards her, she covers herself again, when I'm in front of his bed I kneel down and do something I probably should have done from the start.

"My name is Leonhard Hauser, from now on I will be the person who will take care of you, as long as you are with me you will not lack food, water, clothes and a roof where you can sleep without worrying about what will happen tomorrow. I will teach you how to protect yourself, how to fight, to live a life without having to lower your head or think that you shouldn't even exist in this world, that all the people who blamed you come to beg your forgiveness." I reach out my hand and touch her head.

'Hmn? how can she have such soft hair if there is no shampoo or conditioner in this world, there something like that? Now that I remember, there was soap in the bathroom too.'

"So don't punish yourself by thinking that you did something wrong, you didn't do anything, and if you want I can help you to return to the church, if you follow me I promise you, you will achieve and see things that you never even imagined, you will be able to obtain your own strength and show the world how wrong they were to abandon you, you will be the one who controls your destiny." I turn to see the others and continue.

"No matter what you want to do, now we are together and I will help all of you to fulfill the dreams you have, all I want is your support and loyalty"

'Okay, I think that I did ok? I didn't know that I come up with a motivational talk system, why didn't they tell me? So I can say the shit I want and it sounds so convincing, if I could create the talk no jutsu I would be invincible, No, I was a soldier, of course that I have a motivational speech it's common for me to say or hear that kind of thing in the army, the others already have a look of determination even Lilinaya is squeezing her hands.'

I feel someone touch my hand, I turn around and Aphine are looking directly to my eyes.

"Do you really believe me? I did not steal anything, the... priest, called me alone at night, told me to go into a dark room, I was afraid and refused, and then he tried to pull me, I scream and start running, I found a crusader who was on duty, I didn't say anything I was still scared and tried to keep escaping, that's when the priest arrived behind me and shouted that he saw me stealing one of the relics, more people came to see what was happening, I was stopped then... the priest then register me and a gem fell out of my clothes I was paralyzed I didn't have that, I did not even know where it had come from, I begged and begged swearing that I did not do anything, when I was going to say what the priest wanted me to do, he covered my mouth and ordered me to be sent to the mercenaries guild as punishment and pay for what I had done, no one believed me, only Nambra came looking for me and believed in me, she even stayed with me..." Now I was hugging her while she exploded and told what had happened to her, I more or less had an idea that it would be something like that, I would have been more surprised if something else had happened, or that she was really a thief, when she was nearing the end of her confession, she separated her face from my chest and looked at Nambra and started to walk to her.

"I'm sorry, I'm very sorry, because of me, because of me, y-you had to become a mercenary, you won't be able to return to the archer association, I know your dream was to join the hunters..." She doesn't even finish speaking when she gets up and runs to Nambra and continues to cry in her arms.

'I can count it as a job well done, at least I don't think I have to worry that she might want to kill herself now.' I turn to see Arldana and stare at her, she just stares at me but in the end she sighs and starts talking.

"Sigh... My story is not that dramatic, and I want to emphasize that I have no desire for revenge. I abandoned my last name, I was from a family of former knights, my grandfather managed to rise and became a Viscount, but none of his sons had the ability to bear the title, when my grandfather died , The family fell apart, my mother died giving birth to me, I trained to wield a sword and be a knight, my father was an alcoholic and decided that I would help my uncle, since I didn't want to end up being a toy that they could use to tie themselves and gain favor with other nobles, I convinced my father that to sell me to the guild" From what I see it is going to be one cliché story after another.

"My only aspiration is to follow the path of the sword and become a knight like my grandfather, I don't think it's possible anymore since we mercenaries can't join the Chivalry." That's easy to accomplish, and from thanks to my system you can do that work as a job changer, you can give the world the middle finger to the world when it comes to advancing classes. After her Lilinaya starts talking.

"My story is normal, I don't know my parents and I grew up in Morroc, I had to steal to survive, but due to my particular... form, it was hard for me to fit in, then a person from the thieves guild found me and said that I have potential, she began to train me and probably someone did not like me that a person trained me so they captured me and framed me, in fact I already lost hope that someone would help me for the simple fact of being sent to Prontera instead of staying in Morroc. I have nothing to live for, my only dream is to have something to eat every day, but after listening to you, I want to know what it feels like to walk down the street without being thrown stones at you or accused of stealing husbands, it bothers me that they claimed that, they were all idiots who I could steal their money with no effort, they even bought me things and some even gave me money, they always bothered me, but they kept accusing me of destroying their families and causing them to abandon them I didn't even steal that much." I want to laugh but it's a serious talk I must resist, surprisingly Lilinaya must be very innocent

'So they don't treat her badly? Or was it some kind of charm of her race? It may also be like on earth and there are legends about foxes destroying empires.' the next to speak is Epianne

"It's my turn now let's finish quick, I don't like to talk much about the past, I'm a bastard daughter of Ian Walter and a magician, he didn't know about it, my mother died and they took me to the Walter mansion and I lived there for almost 8 years, finally by order of Isenhour Walter I got sold to the guild, My only dream is to create a new magic system, and put my name in history. Show them that I don't need any help of the Walter family."

'It's good that she doesn't want revenge, she's looks upset about something, but she doesn't seem to want to cause the destruction of that family, I just hope that is not another cliché development and they're behind her mother's death otherwise I'll have to add a name to my 'Must be Eliminated' list.' then Nambra starts to talk.

"My case is different from all of you, I was born and raised in Payon with Aphine, since our parents were friends, when my dad and the parents of Aphine passed away my mother adopted Aphine and we became sisters. Sometime later after the knights and crusaders finished an expedition one of the Archbishops saw Aphine, that same day he went to our house and said that Aphine has a huge affinity with the sacred energy, he taught her how to train and use it, then he told her that when she turned 14 years old, go to the cathedral of Prontera, so when she turned 16, I accompanied her to Prontera where we discovered that the archbishop we met had passed away some years ago, but one of his priest knew of the promise and she was accepted into the church. I stayed in Prontera since my Mother went with the rest of the Hunters to establish the new headquarters in Hugel, Aphine was supposed to stay in the church for 2 years before she could go out and spread Odin's blessing to the world, but 1 year passed and this happened. I couldn't leave my little sister to her fate, so I decided to take half of her debt and be with her. I don't have a big dream, just to become a hunter like my parents and continue to defend Payon"

' Even if she said that she led a normal life, the love she feels for Aphine is commendable, she is the kind of person, one that will carry everything and still show a smile to the person she wants to protect.'

"I..." Aphine tries to speak but her voice does not come out, she has been through a lot, and was betrayed by those she believed, It is probable that she will even lost her faith.

"It's ok you don't have to make an effort, you'll tell us when you're ready" I speak as kindly as I can, the few memories I have did not prepare me for this kind of things I only remember treating soldiers rudely and sarcastically...

"No, I want to say it, My dream was to be able to help injured people and to be able to protect Payon together with Nambra" I place my hand on her head again and pat her again she is stronger than she thinks, despite what happened she wants to continue, later I will look for that priest.

'Why are they all looking at me? Ah, now it's my turn, damn I don't know what to say... I don't remember much... here we go'

"I don't want to tell much about my past, hmmm let see, I've fought, gone to wars, and now that I'm back I want to build a team that I can trust, I don't have dreams I just want to live my life without regrets, although I suppose that my motivation now is to help you fulfill your dreams" And form a harem, which by the way you are already included, you're welcome.

"How does it feel to fight in a war" Arldana uh, well I'm not surprised you want to be a knight, you will have to fight in wars.

"Not very different from fighting monsters, you go to a place where everyone wants to kill you, you don't let them and so on, although the fact that they can think is more problematic, if you can't win you try to run away, you have to end the life of the persons in front of you, at first start to think about his a family that hopes that he return alive, after many it just stops interest you, sometimes you have to kill even children who are only sent to die, it is not pretty, so remember this you also have people who wait for you. And Arldana, if you're going to fight for something, at least make sure it's something you believe in, don't fight for other people's ideals" Damn how can I prepare speeches like this so quickly? It's a pity that I can't create skills on my own.

"What could I fight for?" She says as she looks down and sees her hands. So we have to start from there huh, probably here they put the idea of fighting and dying for your King or something like that which is actually not that different from today's thinking.

"In all the wars I've fought, the best reason I knew and why almost everyone fights is to protect the ones you love." to impress a woman you always have to talk about love, so if I can win points with them it doesn't matter.

"How many wars did you fight?" Lilinaya asks me.

"Many"

"Did you fight against Arunafeltz or in some other country?" Hmm, it seems Lilinaya wants to ask me something else, but what the hell is Aruna-something, food?

"In many countries and even other continents, I have fought in deserts, mountains, jungles, forests, tundra, sea, even in the air, villages, cities, places that I can't even pronounce their name or that probably not even god knows where they are" It was not in this world, although technically I am not lying, among the memories I have there are missions in various parts of the planet it shows that I was very active in my time as a soldier, even as an officer it seems that I traveled a lot.

"Do you know where my race is? Have you heard or seen of others like me? Everyone says I'm a Demon, but I don't even know what I'm doing here, all I know is from some books I found in the Thieves Guild." So you want to see your home... Wait a second, she has fox ears and red eyes, everyone says she's a demon.

"I have a question. You were born in Morroc or you were brought from somewhere else before?"

"How do you know? As far as I know, they picked me up in the desert near the place where the PecoPeco are." So it's like I thought, there are another fox demon in the game, but it's okay to take her to see the Moonlight Flower they are probably of the same race, they may even be related... better first investigate the situation is not good to give her hope.

"I heard something about your race, from an island country, there your race is known as Kitsune which means fox, the opinion of your race is divided, some think that they are demons, others that they are deities, but the important thing in you race are your tails, the more tails have the more pure their blood is, and according to legend when they have nine tails they become gods or something like that. Do you have tails?" I explain what I know about the anime foxes but while I was thinking about this, I asked her about their tails, as I remember the Moonlight Flower does not have any, the only has animal traits are her hands and feet.

"Nope..." Another thing to note about Lilinaya, she doesn't know how to lie, she even sat down, put her hands behind and try to positions herself so that we don't see her back, I wonder if her tail is just as fluffy as her ears.

"Lilinaya you don't have to show it if you don't want to, I just want to ask how many do you have? One? More?" Se continue to deny, and she is less and less convincing although when I say 'more' she flinched so she must have more than one and they will be mine. I have to stop pushing her, she hardly knows me so it must be awkward to talk about this.

"Well let's go to sleep tomorrow will be a long day" They all separate and go to their beds, Nambra and Aphine will sleep together, I won't have to pay attention then. They all lie in their beds, with their clothes on? Well they don't have a change of clothes this time so nothing happens and they are probably still alert with me here.

Apparently they quickly fall asleep, probably they couldn't rest much in the guild, among the memories that I have there are some reports of mass rapes in prisons and places like that, if one prisoner fell asleep and I don't think they care much about your safety here, it's even very likely that the guards participate in those events. I am not very sleepy thanks to the fact that I slept a little before although when thinking a little I abruptly open my eyes

'Now that I think about it, I barely met them today and I haven't been with them for even an hour, I gave them money, yes, but why did they decide to tell me about them so quickly? I'm not hungry but they didn't tell me they were either, did they eat something before coming with me?'

I start to think about simple things that happened, there is something strange although I can't figure out what it is, or it's probably just me thinking too much.

'I shouldn't compare this world with my old one, as I remember people were simpler in the old days and they were also more trusting than others. They believed in promises more easily and always maintain their word, it's just that, it's not good to over react to everything. It's better to rest now I am very exhausted to be worrying about little details.'