Rebellious Path

They graciously left my grasp to give me even a little bit of space, but they were so warm! I wanted to touch them more, and I'm not lying. They're are so similar to my little sister, clingy and cute... well, Hina is indeed the same age as Elena, but I don't know about Farah though, maybe they're still the same age? Shall I check?

'Observe'

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Name: Farah Windborn

HP: 39,300

MP: 19,135

Gender: Female

Age: 19

Race: Human

Level: 49

Job: Adventurer, Alpha

HP: 39,300

MP: 19,135

STR: 539

INT: 432

DEF: 397

MDEF: 443

SPD: 600

AGI: 600

{Status}

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She was indeed... the same age as my sister. That just makes her even cuter! I just smiled happily as Louise beamed with a pure smile, "Today is an occasion! Though I can't come, you should go to the market and maybe join some auctions! Tonight, we'll have a feast! And oh! Riku-sama, I will also give you money as a primary reward."

I just nodded at Louise, who was smiling as Elena spoke, "That sounds like a great idea! And it will be fun as well! Riku-sama, Elanor, Rina, Farah! Shall we go?", I smiled as I nodded and so did Farah, though, without smiling. It was clear in her eyes though. But, Elanor and Rina, on the other hand, seemed to reject as they said, "We don't really need anything, you three go have fun."

They seemed more a.d.u.l.t-like, and for me, I like it very much. I looked at them with a wide smile and said, "No, we won't be going if you don't come with us. It won't be fun even if only one of you two is missing. You both have to come!"

They seemed so happy at that as they smiled widely. It was as if it was the first time that someone wanted them to go with that certain person. "Well, then, we shall come with you", both of them had a slight shade of pink glowing upon their cheeks as they walked closer causing me to nod.

[Elanor Yelfiel Affection +15 (83, Casual Friends - Close Friends)]

[Rina Valfir Affection +15 (82, Casual Friends - Close Friends)]

Yep, I was able to easily get relationship points because of the status effects I had... Shall I consider this a blessing? or a curse? Of course, for me, it's a blessing! Everything that happened to me was a blessing! I guess life was worth it, but it'll be more worth it if I can kill that f.u.c.k.i.n.g bastard!

"Let's go!", without further ado, Elena clung to my arm as if she knew for a very long time and so did Farah, but it seemed more like a master kind of thing; I didn't know why but that was my feeling. As we walked out, we did say goodbye to Louise and she simply smiled as if happy seeing us all together like this, and she also gave me money... tons of them, in fact. As we walked out of the castle, Elanor and Rina just walked beside us, seemingly glancing at me from time to time.

And what's more, I found out that the base relationship stat with them was already friends! Louise was the only person I knew that was probably at 39 or 40 base relationship stat. But, that increased quite quickly and I felt extremely comfortable.

It was still afternoon when we arrived at the market, and there are so many people! Be it poor or rich. I just wanted a peaceful community like this on the earth, where there is probably no discrimination whatsoever. Elena then giggled lightly seeing my satisfied expression as she said, "It's really peaceful right? I want this peace to never end, actually. Though, I don't think peace exists beyond this kingdom..."

As I heard that, I began to question in my mind, 'So it's not really peaceful after all. How stupid of me to think that everything is like this', the atmosphere then proceeded to get a bit... dim, and I saw Elanor and Rina with bitter smiled that caused me to smile bitterly as I said, "I want to preserve this peace as well... not just here, but all around this world."

[Elena Rugret von Reisfield Affection +3 (99, Close Friends)]

[Elanor Yelfiel Affection +5 (88, Close Friends]

[Rina Valfir Affection +5 (87, Close Friends)]

[Farah Windborn Affection +6 (85, Close Friends)]

All of their relationship stats with me were already so high up despite only being with me for a single day! It was just amazing with these Effects. Though, I really like them... a lot. Hungry for peace and for what seems to be love... They're much better than people in my world, always hungry for power and hungry to be the one up top.

That, in fact, lightened up the mood as I smiled and looked around. I saw people selling various stuff from ornaments, to food, and to weapon and armor shops. This scene was quite enjoyable if I might say so myself.

It seemed that the girls were attracted to the magic shops and they seemed interested in the potions that alchemists made, whilst Farah was interested in the weapons, and so it seems. Well, I for a fact, are also interested in the potions and magic stuff, but I wanted to give a gift to them, but... well... they can basically buy anything they wanted, they're far richer than me after all, but still.

I then looked towards the girls and smiled as I said, "You girls go to what you want, I will be separating for a bit, okay?", the girls just nodded as they went to the various shops whilst I headed towards the jewelry shop.

As I went inside I couldn't help but widen my eyes for a bit as this place was luxurious as hell! I saw various people with a variety. Some wore extremely luxurious clothes seemingly here to buy some jewelry, and there were people wearing lackl.u.s.ter clothes compared to everything that was here, and it seemed that they were here to trade with some... gold that they found.

Both the rich and the poor treated each other with respect and are on friendly terms with each other which gave me great satisfaction rising upon my heart. I just smiled as I looked at the jewelry around.

There were rings, bracelets, necklaces, amulets, almost every luxurious jewelry with gems embedded upon it! I haven't been close to other pieces of jewelry except for the earrings and bracelet that I got. And oh! you might not know but the choker disappeared from my neck when I came to this world and boy! I finally got a breath of fresh air.

As I looked around seemingly deciding which to choose from all of it, a notification suddenly echoes throughout my head and a panel appeared right before my eyes. It said,

[Four Rare Magical Items Detected: Wind Amulet (Sealed), Nature Amulet Sapphire (Sealed), Nature Amulet Rhodolite Garnet (Sealed), Light Amulet (Sealed)]

Hmm? Suddenly I felt the presence of an intense barrier surrounding four amulets and it was strong as well, yet it was also unnoticeable. It seemed as if it was keeping the mana and not letting it gush out fro the amulet which was... interesting, not gonna lie.

And then I remembered, as I looked at each of the amulets, the {Status Effects} of the four. I then proceeded to think about {Party Status} and a panel appeared right before me.

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[Riku Akatuski (Level 90)]

HP: 90,322

MP: 420,069

[Elena Rugret von Reisfield (Level 34)]

HP: 26,000

MP: 12,000

{Status Effect}

[Light of Hope]

[Light Goddess's Chosen Child]

[Elanor Yelfiel (Level 40)]

HP: 30,000

MP: 15,000

{Status Effect}

[Nature's Blessing]

[Goddess of Nature's Chosen Child]

[Rina Valfir (Level 40]

HP: 30,000

MP: 15,000

{Status Effect}

[Nature's Blessing]

[Goddess of Nature's Chosen Child]

[Farah Windborn (Level 49)]

HP: 39,300

MP: 19,135

{Status Effect}

[Nature's Blessing]

[Call of the Wild]

[Alpha]

[Wind Goddess's Chosen Child]

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The four amulets had the same elements as the four that had the 'Chosen Child', so it seemed, that it was meant for them. I then proceeded to look at the four intently as I smiled and asked the merchant, "How much for these four?"

The merchant seemed to be happy as he said, "Those four are rare finds! They had such exquisite designs! If I might say so, you made a great choice, my lord! Each of the costs of the four is leaning towards a hundred gold coins each! And now that I took a good look at your face, it seemed that you're new here."

"Yes, indeed I am", I smiled as I gave a thumbs up. The merchant nodded as he said, "Well then, since you're new, I will give you a discount of 20 gold coins, so it will cost 380 gold coins!"

Louise gave me a lot of money and this barely costed anything! I guess they didn't know the real advantage of these amulets. I just nodded as I said, "Okay, I'll take the four", the merchant proceeded to smile widely as he gave a thumbs up and grabbed the four amulets carefully and gave it to me.

I, of course, gave him the exact amount of money and smiled. He also smiled as he bowed lightly whilst saying, "Thank you for the patronage!", I just nodded as I walked out of the shop and was planning to give the amulets to the four.

Just then, I saw Elena, Elanor, and Rina incredibly interested in the alchemy shop. Farah, on the other hand, was trying out a lot of weapons, exchanging from time to time and testing them out. The two shops were actually near each other so I walked towards them and when I was close enough, they seemed to notice me.

They proceeded to smile as they ran up to me one by one and Elena said, "Riku-sama! The auction will begin in a couple of minutes! Let's go!", as they reached me, Elena grabbed and the other three grabbed my arm as they led me to the biggest building in this market.

Outside the building, there was a sign that says 'Auction House', but the writing was completely different from Japanese. Was this the effect of the {Status Effect}, [Instant Learning]? But I seemed to know it the first time I saw it which was interesting and I didn't even understand how. Maybe it was because of the memories which flooded upon my head five years ago?

Elena proceeded to smile as she said, "This is the auction house, and it seems that it will start in a couple of minutes... Let's head inside!", she happily grabbed my arm as we went inside with the guard only bowing down saying, "Welcome Princess! Priestesses, Miss Windborn, and their Guest! Please come inside!"

They seemed so respectful which was rather opposite to what I'm used to so I'm a bit thrown off but I seemed to calm down and get the level of understanding immediately as we went inside. Just then the auctioneer shouted, "Oh! The roster is full! The auction will begin immediately! I wish you all good luck!"