The older girl and the little one hugged Nozomu in tears, thanking him for saving them. They then ran to Taisetsuna and almost made her fall.
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Nozomu sat on the ground and looked at his hands that were trembling. Koyaga sat at his side and asked, “What happened Nozomu? You look as if… I don’t know, something is wrong with you, but I don’t…”
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Nozomu slowly nodded while still staring at his trembling hands, “I don’t know how I know this, but I think I wasn’t supposed to come out alive. Neither Taisetsuna. Something happened to me when I saw that girl being sliced while still alive. It was as if… it wasn’t me, controlling my body… Taisetsuna said that I have muscle memory and even with my memory loss, I can still react if I don’t think. But in there… I totally lost it. I just wanted to kill them all… and when I saw Taisetsuna under that huge ball of Goblins, being eaten alive, I didn’t even think… I saw myself jumping over that ball of Goblins, and then I blew up the ceiling of the cave where we were. I don’t know how we managed to escape, I thought the entire mountain was coming down on us…”
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Koyaga hugged him, and Taisetsuna approached them, biting her lower lip, “Nozomu… Thanks for getting me out of there. I thought they were going to eat me.”
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Nozomu got up and held her hands, “If it wasn’t for you and that last Wind Slash you threw, we wouldn’t make it. You were amazing in there, Taisetsuna. I just did what I could. Do me a favour, don’t let me make another big explosion inside a cave, okay? I almost buried us in there!”
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“Yeah, that was a bit crazy of you. I saw you throwing that cloud to the ceiling before I fainted, and I remember thinking that you were completely nuts. It worked, but that was so stupid!”
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Nozomu scratched his head, feeling awkward, “I know, but it seemed like a good way to stop those Goblins from following us.”
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The little girl approached, taking something from the pockets of her dress that was covered in dark green blood, “Mister… the Goblins used this to make a hole in our house to get us. I took as many as I could grab while they were distracted.”
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Nozomu looked at what the little girl was holding and took one from the five she had. He looked at it, and wondered what were those wands the size of a pen and with three shining buttons to press, “I am guessing it’s kind of dangerous to press these shining things, right? Have you ever seen these, Miss Koyaga?”
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“No, I have no idea what they are. Some sort of Magic Item, judging by the way those buttons shine?”
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The little girl pointed one up and pressed the third button counting from the bottom. A massive Water Tornado went straight to the sky, and water poured down, soaking them all with Rampage and Furnace running away as soon as the first drops came down from the sky to hide underneath the nearest group of trees, on the right side of the entrance to the cave.
She then pointed to the sky again and pressed the second button, and a weaker Water Tornado soaked them again. Pointing the wand at her dress and pressing the first button, and it was as if the wand was turned into a hose with water pouring from it.
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Nozomu got up and pressed the first button on his weird wand, pointing it at Taisetsuna, “You might as well take a nice bath, you look awful with all that green and red dried blood on you.”
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Taisetsuna answered while rubbing her body, “Like if you look any better! You are greener than a Goblin! And you smell just like one!”
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Nozomu looked at his clothes while the little girl was laughing and pointing her magic wand at him, washing all the green blood from her young saviour. She kept on watering them all, laughing all the way as if she already had forgotten everything she went through.
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Her older sister took all the wands from her tiny hands when everyone was already clean, and she kept on running after them, pointing her wand, “Give me that, you crazy! We are all clean, see? Now we just need to dry, before we catch a cold.”
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Taisetsuna gathered a huge Fireball above her raised hands, surrounded by powerful winds, “Everyone, come closer! I will dry us up!”
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They all ran to her, and Taisetsuna made her Fireball to surround them like an orange moving dome, with the wind making the fire move around them, and heating them. In seconds, all the water in their body, hair and clothes turned into steam, that went up, joining the orange fire ceiling. Taisetsuna looked at the others to do a final check and dispersed the fire dome.
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Nozomu looked up as the fire was dispersing, and wondered, “Since when can you do this? It was so cool!”
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“Well, remember when you told me I should train my Magic every day? I am doing that. I started with a bit in the morning and at night, and now I can have some Magic on my hands or the tip of my tail for most of the day. Then, I started on thinking of new ways to use my Magic, and I thought of a better way than that Fire Wall and Wind Tornado I used to dry the leaves for the Healing Potion we made.”
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Nozomu slowly nodded and spoke after a quick thought, “You know, you can use this Fire Dome as an attack. If you compress the Dome around an enemy, you can roast him to death. If you make a bigger Dome, you would even be able to kill a bunch of Goblins. You could have used this inside that cave!”
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“Yeah, I could, and the smell of roasted Goblins would intoxicate us. Why do you think I only used Wind Magic, you dummy? But I see your point, I can use this Fire Dome as a Magical attack. I even like the name!”
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Nozomu handed over the wand to the little girl and spoke to her older sister, “You two should keep these things. Don’t show it to anyone until we are in the Guild of Adventurers. I think our Guild Master will be able to help you sell these things, and your parents will get a bunch of money that will help them fix your house and buy some new animals, considering the Goblins killed some, and we killed the ones that were still alive while we were fighting those mean green midgets.”
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The little kid looked at him, not understanding what he was saying. Those were toys, why would anyone pay a lot of money for them? She looked at her sister, and saw her smiling at her and kissing her forehead, “You were amazing, sis! You managed to get these things, and so many! Mom and dad will be so happy! Come here, my little hero!”
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Both sisters hugged each other, and the older one looked at Nozomu while leaning her head on the little shoulder of her younger sister, “Thanks, Mister, for coming for us. I thought we were done for.”
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Nozomu pointed at his back, to a smiling Cat-girl, “Thank her, she was the one to embarrass all the Adventurers and the Guild Master when your parents came asking for help. I just tagged along. What do you two say if we get going? We are still far from the City, and your parents are worried. We have those new horses, and you two could probably ride one.”
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The young girl pointed at the white Unicorn that was approaching them, pulling the ropes of the two horses with his teeth, “Can we ride that pretty Unicorn? I never saw one, and that one is so pretty!”
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Nozomu looked at Rampage, who was frowning, “I am not sure if he won’t mind, but I guess I can ask him. He doesn’t like people very much. Rampage, come here boy. Do you mind letting these two cute Cat-kind ride you to the City? After all that happened to them because of those Goblins, I think they could use a nice ride with you. Maybe you could throw into the air one or two of those amazing electrical balls?”
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Rampage dropped the end of the ropes on Nozomu’s hands and stared at the two girls that were looking at him with expectant eyes. He nodded and he even lowered his body to make it easier for them to mount.
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Nozomu helped the older girl up by putting his knee in a ninety-degree angle for her to use as a step, and lifted her younger sister while complaining, “For them you lower, but for me, you even stand on the tip of your hoes! Thanks a lot, dumdum!”
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Rampage made a weird neighing sound as if he was laughing, and gently pushed Nozomu’s shoulder with his snout.
Taisetsuna jumped graciously to Furnace’s back and said, “Nozo, I will go ahead to tell their parents they are safe and sound. Be careful on your way back, don’t let a Goblin or a Fairy get too close!”
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Koyaga Azusake waved goodbye, “I can take care of them, you go as fast as you can! Help my brother in the kitchen, because when we arrive it will be almost dinner time!”
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Taisetsuna nodded and Furnace blasted at full speed, leaving behind a cloud of dust.
As Koyaga mounted on her horse and muffled laughter by the weird way that Nozomu was jumping to mount one of the extra horses, she asked, “I think we can trot for a while to let the girls get used to riding that pretty Unicorn of yours, Nozomu, and you could tell me in detail what happened inside. When I arrived, I saw Furnace roasting a flock of Fairies, then the Goblins arrived, and we got into a big fight with them because they were so many. There were only a few Goblins inside that cave?”
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“No, hundreds of them, actually. We found three nurseries full of baby Goblins, and Taisetsuna killed them all with Wind Magic. We killed four Goblins as soon as we entered a large tunnel, and when we reached the large cave where the girls were, there were dozens of those short green, mean Monsters. The noise we made to save the girls, called a bunch of Goblins, and they kept on coming from every hole and tunnel in that big cave, in a torrent of mangled green arms and bodies.”
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Koyaga saw him trembling and shaking his head as if he wanted to get rid of the memories. She looked forward and made a slight smile when she saw the two Cat-kind girls waving their tails and laughing, “You know, even with all the danger you and Taisetsuna faced in that mountain, you did a good thing, so you should be proud of yourself. If it wasn’t for you and Taisetsuna, those two wouldn’t be there, having a blast.”
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“I know, but all that danger led me to think that Adventurers sure have a dangerous job, and if we are really going to do this, Taisetsuna and I, that is, we need more members in our Party. Rampage and Furnace are powerful, but they couldn’t enter that mountain with us because some tunnels were either too low or too narrow for them.”
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Koyaga kicked the sides of her horse to make him trot faster, “That’s why the Academy of Adventurers will be good for you and her, you can find new members as crazy as you both, or even more!”
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Nozomu kicked his horse as well, to accompany her, “What do you mean crazy like us? We are not crazy! At least, I am not, Taisetsuna is a bit nuts sometimes, but I don’t think she is crazy!”
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“You both are stupid and crazy! You two entered a mountain infested with Goblins to save two girls without any kind of reward besides knowing you did a good deed! I don’t know any Adventurer that would do such a thing!”
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“Hey, you followed us, what does that tells about you then?”
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Koyaga shouted as her horse jumped forward, running at full speed, “I am not an Adventurer, remember? I am just a cute and sweet Adventurer’s Guild receptionist that wanted to be sure her “yuuu” buddy didn’t die so soon!”
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Nozomu slowly shook his head, watching the smiling Bovine-kind woman riding ahead with her long hair floating in the wind and her tail waving.
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