Nozomu nodded, unable to stop looking at those pink eyes. Koyaga spoke, and the plant girl looked at her with a big smile. “Hello, Tresuria, nice to meet you. I am Koyaga Azusake and he is Nozomu Shinchaku.”
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“This one is pleased to meet you, Koyaga Azusake. This one is also pleased to meet you, ‘new hope’. This one likes your name, it makes this one believe you will do great things.”
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“Thanks, I guess, but you can call me Nozomu, like everyone else. No one ever calls me by what my name means in the ancient language. I hope you don’t mind my question, but why do you refer to yourself in the third person by saying ‘this one’ all the time?”
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The plant girl giggled. “Hihihi! You are not used to Gailies, it seems. This one is not important, only mother Nature is. Gailies are sons and daughters of Nature. They are not focused on personal realization as Humans and Beast-kind are.”
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“I believe that Humans and Beast-kind are also sons and daughters of Nature, but you are right, we care more about ourselves than Nature around us, most of the time.”
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Tresuria then smiled at the two Unicorns that were smelling her flowers and neighing, as if they were greeting her. “You appear to be more in tune with nature than most of the people I have met.” Rampage just said you are kind, but sometimes a bit dumb for your own good. Unicorns are almost as much in touch with Nature as Gailies are, and for these two to be following you so peacefully is quite an achievement."
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Nozomu turned around and grabbed Rampage’s lower lip and pulled it a bit. “I am dumb, really? Who is the one that is always making me look like one, huh? You crazy Unicorn!”
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While Rampage was making his usual laughing sound, Nozomu turned to the smiling Gailie at his side. “Wait a minute, you can understand what they say? Can you ask him why he attacked me and Taisetsuna when we met for the first time?”
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Tresuria smiled at Rampage, and he frowned and neighed for a few seconds, bumping his snout on Nozomu’s shoulder when he finished. She giggled and translated, “Hihihi! He said he and his partner were sleeping in the forest, and the noise that you and your friend were making woke them up. He just wanted to make you run away so that he could go back to sleep, but he wasn’t expecting that instead of running away, you went straight at him to fight. He also told this one that you wanted to be his friend, and despite your lack of Magic, meaning that he would starve if it was up to you, he decided to stick around because you looked funny.”
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“Annoying Unicorn… I looked funny? I am so going to put a saddle on you when we get back home. See if you like it!”
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Rampage neighed and pointed his horn at Nozomu’s forehead, only to get a slap on it by a frowning Nozomu. “Yeah, it’s always a good idea to point that thing at me! One of these days, I am going to cut it out and sell it on the market. You will look amazing without your horn, you will see!”
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The white Unicorn backed away with wide-open eyes, wondering if Nozomu was joking or not. Tresuria giggled and reassured him. “Hihihi! Don’t worry, Rampage, he is joking. You two are funny. This one hasn’t laughed so much for quite some time.”
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“Crazy Unicorn… At least Furnace is more serious, she doesn’t annoy me like him.”
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“Oh, that is just because she doesn’t like you. She said you are blind and unaware of the feelings of people around you.”
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Nozomu looked at the red Unicorn, only to get a snort and a raised snout as if Nozomu was just a small bother. He faced the smiling Gailie again and asked, “What do you mean by that? I am unaware of what?”
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“It is not up to this one to speak about other people, especially when they are not present. The Gailies don’t do that, it’s considered a tremendous disrespect.”
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“Fair enough. So, where are you from? Around here?”
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Tresuria shook her head, and Nozomu gulped at the sight of her breasts with pink nipples, reflecting the sunlight. “No, this one lives in the Kingdom of Garam, like most Gailies. This one came to this City to accompany a Party of Adventurers from Garam. They went to the market, and this one was sightseeing when you emerged from the Magical Circle. This one was curious why two Unicorns were with you and a Bovine-kind woman.”
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“Oh, so you are an Adventurer as well?”
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“No, this one was just curious why a Party of Adventurers was near this one’s house. After talking to the parents, this one joined the Adventurers and arrived here. This one was never in a City. It’s interesting. So many people and things to see and to try. The Adventurers gave this one some coins because it seems this one is their guide.”
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Nozomu nodded, trying his best to avert his attention from those gorgeous breasts with pink nipples. “Your parents and you live in a forest, then. Are they Gailies as well?”
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“Oh, no, this one apologizes for misleading you. This one’s father is Human, and he was an Adventurer and this one’s mother is a Gailie. This one grew up hearing her father tell stories about his adventures, and this one was always in awe. Gailies don’t work as Adventurers because they are all peaceful beings and truly despise violence. This one always dreamed of travelling everywhere and meeting new people, but because this one doesn’t like to fight, this one had to make Draiky. He is the fighter, this one just helps.”
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“Wait a minute… You made this weird plant? How? Can all Gailies make walking plants like Draiky?”
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“Oh yes! Gailies are very good with Earth Magic because they are so linked to Nature. This one used one seed and some Earth Magic to make Draiky. With him, this one can one day be an Adventurer like her father, and help people. Gailies love to help, you know? This one just doesn’t like violence or fighting.”
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Nozomu looked down at the weird plant and saw it raising its weird head and clacking its teeth at him. “Yeah, I can see the usefulness of this guy. But you used one seed? What sort of seed? From a plant like him?”
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“Hihihi! No, that would be impossible because there are no plants like Draiky. This one used one of hers.”
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Nozomu looked at the green flower that Tresuria was pointing at as she explained, “This green flower produces seeds that can be shot at a target and can also be used to create pets like Draiky.”
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“Amazing! Your vines move like a tail. Can they also be used to grab things? What about the other flowers? “
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As if answering him, the vine with the green flower on the tip caressed Nozomu’s head while Tresuria explained, “Each vine can be used as hands or for defence if this one so desires. As for the flowers, they are different. The blue flower shoots a cloud of poison, the yellow shoots a cloud of sleeping gas and the red flower is for ‘experiment’ purposes.”
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Nozomu wondered what she meant by ‘experiment’, but he then heard Koyaga muffling laughter. “Pffft!… Yeah, I almost forgot that Gailies call ‘yuuu’ a funny word, ‘experiment’. Why are you looking at me like that, Nozomu? You didn’t notice she has nothing between her legs? How do you think Gailies make other Gailies?”
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“I didn’t look, okay? I… never read or heard anything about Gailies. Except that they existed.”
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Tresuria covered her face with both hands, and she vigorously shook her head. “This one apologizes if you feel somewhat embarrassed! This one is also extremely embarrassed, not even sure why this one mentioned such a thing. Oh, this one wants a hole to hide!”
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“No, sorry, I… didn’t know. It’s just… forgive me for being so curious, but you use the red flower and then the green flower to make a seed? Then what, you plant that seed on the soil?”
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Tresuria looked at him between her fingers and spoke, “Yes, that is how it works for new Gailies to be born. The Gailie mother puts the seed in a special vase with soil from the nearby forest. That vase has been in the Gailie family for generations, and the Gailie mother is always near that vase, waiting for the little one to sprout. That was how this one was born. This one’s mother made a seed, and she and this one’s father waited, and watered, and talked to this one until this one sprouted. Then father and mother took care of the little sprout until this one was big and strong enough to leave the vase.”
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“That is so cool… How long were you in the vase? And do you remember being so little?”
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“Oh, this one remembers as all Gailies do. They remember and hear everything the moment the seed opens and the little sprout goes up in search of the sun. That is why this one’s mother and father talked to the seed while it was in the soil.”
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Nozomu made a gentle smile. “That is a wonderful way of being born. I wish I had such memories. You said you were watered, like, your parents poured water on your vase? To feed you?”
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Tresuria giggled, amused by Nozomu’s question. “Hihihi! Yes, like a plant. While in the vase, Gailie feeds on water, the sun, and nutrients from the soil. When the Gailie is strong enough, the parents take it from the vase and the young Gailie starts to eat water, sun, Magic, and normal food, like Humans and Beast-kind do. This one likes water a lot, but has already tried many foods.”
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Koyaga interrupted their talk by pointing at the big building that was in front of them. “The Guild is there, Nozomu. While you two were happily talking, I took Rampage and Furnace to the stable, so we can go right in. Do you want to enter with us, Tresuria? Or do you have somewhere else to go?”
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“This one doesn’t have an appointment, but this one doesn’t want to intrude. This one already bothered you both for far too long, so this one will leave and let you be.”
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Nozomu made a slight smile. “You know, we came here to teach the Cook of this Guild how to make two different types of foods. You said you like to try food, so I suppose you could come with us and maybe try it in the end. I don’t know what kind of effect it could have on a Gailie, though, but I don’t think it will be poisonous to you.”
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“Oh, even if it is poison, this one can eat it. Gailies are very resilient to all sorts of poisons, diseases, and wounds. Gailies recover really, really fast. This one is very curious about that new food you mentioned, so if this one is not bothering, this one would love to try it.”
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Koyaga opened the door for them and said, “I think there won’t be any problems, unless the Cook doesn’t want you inside his kitchen, Tresuria. It’s just a matter of asking, right?”
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Like what happened in the previous City, unknown visitors entering the Guild made the Adventurers inside look at them and the sound of their voices diminished.
Koyaga went straight ahead to the reception desk, and after introducing Nozomu and mentioning the purpose of their visit, the receptionist went to call the Guild Master, with a pale face. Nozomu wondered why she looked like that, and then she returned with the Guild Master.
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A short, beardy man arrived, with a serious look and long, messy red hair. Nozomu was amazed by seeing, for the first time, a proud Dwarf who was rubbing his red beard as he talked, “Koyaga… Impressive as always. I was only expecting the young Nozomu. I didn’t know he was coming with such a famous Adventurer. How life has been treating you?”
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“Very well, so far, Agu. I see you are still around. I thought by now, someone had already detached your head from your body. How is your daughter, Muse? I haven’t seen her for years. The last time I saw her was at the Academy of Adventurers when I went for a demonstration.”
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“She is there, working as a Fighting Teacher. She was an Adventurer for some years, but then she found out the Academy was hiring, and she applied. She crushed all the others that also applied during the try-outs.”
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Koyaga made a big smile. “So, Muse will be Nozomu’s Fighting Teacher, when he and Taisetsuna go there. Nice!”
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