Inn

Once I was outside I take a long breath to calm down while Kurisu stroked my back to comfort me. Fuuu ... seriously I tried to remain calm since it was becoming a habit for people to confused me with a woman, not that I don't understand my appearance, the problem was that even after correcting them, they laughed in my face.

When my breathing calmed down, Kurisu handed me the guild ID card and when I grabbed it, the system notification sounds in my head. Without wasting time I go directly to the system menu in my head.

[Beep]

[Mission / Principal "Join the World Guild-J" Completed]

[Mission / Principal "Join the World Guild"

Rank: "J"

Description: The largest organization in Gaia, the place where people gather to become stronger and help each other for a better future.

Objectives: Register in the World Guild at any of its branches in Gaia.

Failure Condition: Death of The User

Rewards: 100x Crystals

1,000x Gold

Grimoire [Parchment]: The Traveler of the Worlds (Unique)

Unlocked system function: List of missions (Optional)]

[Mission Completed: Rating: "S"

Additional reward: 100x Crystals

1,000x Gold

1x Summoning Scroll: Monster Level 1]

With this I should not have any pending missions, I'm again without an objective. Mmmn ... how strange, the option of ongoing missions should be empty, but there seems to be one still there. Filled with curiosity I select it to see its description and it displayed the information.

[Mission / Main (Repeatable) "Conquest of the Heart (Kurisu)"

Rank: "D"

Description: To maintain confidence in a person, it must be based on some emotion, the stronger it is, the greater bond created will be.

Objective: Affection 100 or Loyalty 100 Current: Affection 85 (Attraction) Loyalty 75 (Dependent)

Reward: 1x Random Object Ticket - [G]

1x Divination scroll - [D]

Skill [Parallel Thinking] ]

Woh, when did I get this mission? Besides, is the system telling me to conquer Kurisu? ... well, that was what I intended to do anyway.

[It was when Kurisu was touching your penis the first time]

"Ack"

"What happened Alex?"

"N-no nothing"

Aurora's sudden words make me choke on my own saliva. Kurisu notices my shock and asks me about it. Taking a second to stabilize myself, I answer her to keep up appearances.

Aurora ... you shouldn't be so direct about those issues since you're a girl, much less bringing them up out of nowhere. It's a bit shocking to hear those words with your kind of voice ... it's bad for my heart.

But that explains why I did not realize I had this missions ... so, for the system to show me the emotions of people it is needed to touch that part? That's not a very useful function, maybe it's only for my potential mates?

[Is that part of your body is not called that way? Was I wrong? It is not necessary for them to touch that part exactly, you just need to have some form of physical contact to activate it. The first time you two had any physical contact was when she grabbed your penis to see if you were a man...]

No, you are not mistaken, it is called what you said, but please do not be so abrupt when you talk about the intimate regions of people, when you mention it with that voice of yours, it unbalances my mind quite a bit. Fuuu ... it is a relief that it is a part of the body, that way it has more practicality.

On the other hand, Kurisu's affection has risen quite a lot and she seems to like me. I feel a little guilty knowing her emotions, but I cannot help but feel happy when seeing what she feels. While thinking about it, I look into her eyes and talk to her smiling.

"Let's look for an Inn to stay at"

"Okay, but where do we start looking?"

"This is one of the main streets of the city, so there must be one on it, it will probably be a little more expensive than looking for one in the suburbs of the city, but as long it's not too expensive we can afford it"

While I was talking, we started walking leaving the guild behind. I wanted to get more information from here, but thinking about the atmosphere when we left I don't want to enter again for some time.

Surely because of the guild's since it deals with many traveling people, we came across several inns around the area.

We enter a respectable looking one and go straight to the desk. On the other side sitting on a bench was a small girl, her features were a little crowded, rather than being chubby they were the characteristics of a girl about 10 years old. The remarkable thing about her was that in her eyes there was no innocence that should belong to someone of her physique.

She looked us with her eyes and quickly changed her face into a smile, and with a cheerful voice welcomed us to the inn causing the short brown hair to flutter due to her vivacity.

"Welcome to the inn 'Happy dreams'!! Are you here to stay for the night or just for a meal?"

"Both, well depending on the price of the inns services"

"As you two seem like nice people, one night, breakfast and dinner for two will be 750G"

"I honestly don't know if it's a good price"

"Of course it is, I usually charge 500G for the room and 150G for two meals"

So we get a 50G discount? But I didn't mean that exactly, I don't know the standard value of things in this world. Well, whatever, I will take that as the standard and say that one person needs about 1,000G to live off per day, with what I have now, we can live comfortably for more than 3 months, that's a relief and it takes a weight off my shoulders.

"Well, we'll take the room and the meals"

"That is the best choice of your life! What name should I register you under?"

Taking a logbook she ask us, I have not done anything bad in this world, so we don't need to hide our identity, my name should be fine.

"Alexander"

"I understand, Alexander"

She repeats my name as she writes it, I couldn't stand the curiosity anymore and asked the thing that bothered me since I saw her as we entered from the door.

"Excuse me, maybe it's not right to ask this, but, are you human?"

"Of course not, do you think a human kid would be the inns attendant? I am a hobbit, and by the way I'm 33 years old, married and have 5 children. So if you fell in love with me, I'm sorry to tell you but I'm no longer available"

"No, I don't have that kind of preference. Doesn't it seem like you were surprised by my name, why?"

"Huh? What do you mean? I don't think it's a strange name."

"That is my name"

"So?"

"And I am a man"

"What is the problem with that?"

"You really are a good person! Now I am beginning to be jealous of the person who married you."

While she had her head tilted, not understanding why the outburst, I took her hands and said with emotion. Then to make thing clear, Kurisu pulls me back to separate us as she explains.

"People mistake him as a woman everywhere he goes, so he is just happy that you do not doubt his gender"

"I understand... as a hobbit I've been through similar things, so I created a habit of not judging things at first sight. Well I'll take you to your room"

With a low jump from the bench she takes the keys under the counter and tells us to follow her. She goes up some stairs to the right side of the reception desk. We pass the second floor and reach the third in which she opens the second door of the hall and the three of us enter.

"This is your room, that door is the bathroom. The whole Inn uses a Crystal system to heat the water, but we only activate it from 9Pm to 10Pm so take advantage of that time to bathe if you like hot water. Otherwise it is like a normal inn, keep things of value with you when you leave because we are not responsible for them, and also please leave the key at the reception desk if you two both leave."

She gives us the key aand at the same time told us her speech. Great, the inn has hot water to take a bath. She says goodbye and returns to the reception of the inn. When she leaves I look at the room, it seems clean and tidy, and I don't find it to be too expensive for what I payed for it.

When I want to try the bed to see how comfortable it is, I realize that there is only one bed for two people ... when I turn to see Kurisu, she is inspecting the room too. I could pretend not to realize it, but I don't want to take advantage of it, so I speak.

"It seems she gave us a room with only one bed, do you want me to talk to the owner and change it for one with two beds or to reserve another room just for you?"

When I speak, she looks at me and then at the bed while I inform her. It lasts a few moments and then she turns around so I can't see her face and answers.

"W-we have already slept in the same b-bed ... also, I trust you"

It seems that again I will enjoy her company in the same bed, it's a shame it's not in a sexual way. But it is also good to take things a little slow in the beginning, if I try to rush things I may burn that bridge and only garner hatred from her instead. Or at the very least she may feel like I forced her into something before she was ready.

"Well, then I want to check all the objects we got from the system and I also have two chests that I haven't opened. Close the door and let's check them out."

After she secures the door I take out the two chests, first I take the one that is made of pure wood and open it, by the way I got this chest from the last bandit I took care of. Kurisu quickly returns to my side and sits down to see what objects come out, she seems to like this kind of thing. Well it is exciting to wait to see what you will get, this is something that probably everyone enjoys.

Soon there are three objects in front of us, the two already known [100C] and [1,000G], the third are some kind of lens. I take them and evaluate it.

[Translator Glasses-J

Description: Can identify any language commonly used by people of any world.]

"Glasses?"

"With them you can read what you want no matter what language it's in."

"Seriously!!?"

She takes them from me and puts them on, unfortunately there is nothing in this room that she can use to check their function. But I must say that she looks pretty with glasses, she already has an intellectual aura about her and they only reinforce it when wearing them.

"I-I'm sorry, I thought it was something interesting so I took them hastily"

"It doesn't matter, they look good on you. Take them, they are yours"

"Really!!?"

"Sure"

"Thanks Alex"

After seeing how happy she looks and how good she look in them, I would be punished if I took them. Besides, I certainly don't need them and she does. Looking at her taking off and putting on the glasses I take out the other remaining chest, it should have better things since it is of a higher rank.

With the same previous actions the chest opens and this time it produces 4 objects, [500C], [5,000G], [Boots of Shadow Rat-I], [Inspiring Necklace-I]. When I see everything I can only say that today is Kurisu's lucky day, since everything seems to have a better use for her.

[Shadow Rat Fur Boots –I]

Skills: [Stealth-I]

[Description: Boots created from the skin of the shadow rats which has a good resistance while preserving lightness and flexibility for greater mobility. Since the coat of these monsters is adapted for stealthy movement it reduces the user noise when moving.]

They were long black boots that would cover up almost to Kurisu's knee, they were covered with a tiny fur almost imperceptible to the eye. They had a beautiful aesthetic, but looked more feminine than for men's use.

[Inspiring Necklace-I]

Skills: 

Passive1: Increase in vitality (Minimum) 

Passive2: Increase in resistance (Minimum)

Description: Necklace in which a small [Life gem] is embedded, provides a small increase in vitality and resistance to the wearer.]

This was a silver necklace that had a medallion with a small green gem the size of a fingernail embedded in it. I was honestly tempted to use this, but I decided it was better for Kurisu to have it too.

"I think this is suitable for your use Kurisu, take it"

"Eh? This is for me?"

"Yes, the boots have a stealth skill, plus they are light and comfortable. But as you can see they are somewhat feminine, as for the collar, it will make you feel more energetic."

"I think you can wear the necklace, right?"

"Take it, I have enough energy. If I saturate my body with more vitality I will have to attack you during the night to free myself from it, hahaha"

"I-Idiot ... you can't do that ... it's still too early to do something like that"

"What did you just say? I didn't hear the last part"

"N-nothing! Thanks for everything"

She takes the boots, trying them on and walks around the room with them to adapt to their feeling. I help her put on the necklace and ask out of curiosity.

"How do you feel?"

"The boots are quite comfortable and when I put on the necklace it felt like waking up after having a good night's sleep, it's very refreshing"

"Well, then I will now check the objects obtained from the last missions"

With that said I take out the [Human Transmutation Scroll], [Summoning scroll Level 1: Monster], and the [Grimoire (Parchment): The Traveler of the Worlds (Unique)]

The first was a reward for completing the mission to destroy the Goblin settlement, I set it aside because it sounds like something dangerous. The other two were the rewards for the mission to register in the guild.

[Scroll of Human Transmutation

Description: It allows the transmutation of a human body with a soul level of 1. The individual resulting from this process will start with a loyalty of 100 to the person performing the procedure.

Requirements: 100x Crystals, 140gr Sulfur, .12gr Lead, 43Kg Oxygen, 100gr Sodium, .26g Bromine, 16Kg Carbon, .95gr Chlorine, .32gr Strontium, 7Kg Hydrogen, 19gr Magnesium, .68gr Rubidium, 1.8Kg Nitrogen, 4.2gr Iron, 1gr Silicon, 1Kg Calcium, 2.6gr Fluor, 140gr Potassium, 780gr Phosphorus, 2.3gr Zinc, and a DNA Base for transmutation]

Damn, can I find those materials in sufficient purity here? Isn't it much easier to just do a summoning and avoid all those problems? On the other hand, what comes out of the transmutation won't attack me right?

[Transmutation has its advantages and disadvantages. As you can see, it has many more requirements to perform, its advantage is that you do not need to convince the other party to follow your orders, the system integrates a soul so that the product is totally faithful to you from the beginning.

Its disadvantage is that the transmuted person does not have the innate abilities of the original person because they are different souls, although you can solve that problem with your skill [Will of the Worlds].

About getting the materials in this area... I think that would be difficult. You can get some in certain shops from alchemists, but the purity may not be very good. You can look for them in other areas later where the technology is more advanced or you have another option, the [Grimoire] you just received will allow you to go to other worlds, choose a similar one from which you originate from and get them there]

[Grimoire (Parchment): The Traveler of the Worlds (Unique)

Description: Grimoire created by the entity "Cross" with the power to travel to countless worlds. It has the ability to grow together with its owner and provide new functions in doing so. 

Current level: (Parchment) 

Next level: (Skin)

Soul Link: (-)]

I take out from the inventory what looked like a great book that is about 50cm long, 30cm wide and about 15cm thick. It had runes on the cover and it gave a feeling of being something very old. When I touch it I receive information inside my head about spilling blood on it to form a link.

Putting the grimoire down on the floor in front of my feet, I take out the knife that has accompanied me since arriving in this world and made a cut on my palm. I make a fist and place it over the book waiting for the blood to fall onto it.

"Alex! What are you doing?!"

"Quiet, I need to shed blood on this book to activate it"

Kurisu looks with concern at my hand from which blood begins to drip. The cover of the book is soaked in this and its color becomes more vivid. I continue shedding blood until I see a sign of activation.

Damn, it's been more than 10 minutes and nothing happened, I had to open and close my hand to prevent the wound from closing, but that has a limit. Damn book, you want me to cut an artery, right? Maybe it's defective...

Having those thoughts, the grimoire suddenly shines and start floating in front of both of us. The light coming from it intensifies eventually calming, turning into a small orb of light, it moves all around the room and enters through my chest.

"Alex !!"

After Kurisu's screams everything returns to normal, I touched my chest and everything seems fine, I'm not hurt. That scared me for a moment...

"Where did that damn book go?"

With my words there is a flash in my chest and the book appears floating in the air. When we both observe it, I feel an emotional level of closeness and belonging with the grimoire. To solve my doubts Aurora intervenes.

[It has been linked with your soul. So it will be a unique object for your use and it will be impossible for someone else to take it, since you can control it with a single thought]

"What happened Alex?"

"It has been integrated into me, it's nothing bad you can relax"

"Are you sure?"

I confirm with a nod to calm her restlessness, I reach out and touch the grimoire. The information on how to use it floods into my head, it seems that to open a portal to another world I need to feed it crystals ... and not a small amount.

Well, it seems that now I can go to other worlds. I will have to think about which one would be the most beneficial for both of us and that it meets the conditions to find the materials for the transmutation parchment. That would be easier than having to go to another area for now.

"It seems that we can travel to other worlds now Kurisu"

"Eh?"

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Written By: 

Jwunder99 

Ideas By: 

Drack21