Chapter 21:A nice change of pace.

Chapter 21:

I woke up from my comfortable slumber, reluctantly, I got out of bed and wore my clothes. I left my room, coming downstair I met the girl from yesterday. She supported her head with her left hand and was asleep.

She had her hair braided and wore her pink apron; I couldn't point at it but something seemed off about her. She didn't give off the same aura as she did last night.

Shrugging, I concluded that I was just seeing wrong. I went outside and looked for a place to train. I ended up finding an open area near the stables.

'This will do.' I mused and started my daily training. After finishing the sun had already risen. I went inside to find that some other customers were already awake. I browsed them for the blondie from last night, but he wasn't there. My stomach grumbled, asking to be fed.

I headed towards the counter and sat down on a chair. The girl seemed to be busy at the back, while waiting I decided to listen in on an interesting conversation. Between two men who seemed to be high ranking officers in the city, they sat beside a wall on my right.

''Is she really coming.'' The first guy asked fearfully, the subject of their conversation was clearly not normal.

''Yeah. They say she's looking for the guardian or something.'' His friend replied.

''You mean the old monster that destroyed an entire sect in a single night?'' The first guy shivered as he asked, clearly this old monster was dangerous.

''Yeah, I don't know much but the old man seems to have disappeared.'' His friend narrated. From their conversation I had a hunch that they were talking about Sam, the old man seems to be really famous.

''Hey buddy, I thought you'd be sleeping in today.'' Someone patted my back; it was the blondie from last night.

''Why would I do that?'' I asked with a smile, already expecting a stupid reply.

''Nobody who has eaten a single spoon of what you ate came out alright and you ate the whole plate! I thought you'd be craping yourself by now.'' He explained, not disappointing my expectation.

''It wasn't that bad, besides I love spicy food, you're just weak.'' I replied with a friendly tone.

''You my friend have an iron stomach! No iron would probably melt if it touched that food. Maybe adamantine.'' He started musing to himself as he hurled insults at the food. He didn't realize that the girl was standing right behind him, she was enveloped in a terrifying aura. Her beastly eyes staring at the prey before him.

''Hey Clark, is that what you think of my food.'' She asked in a nauseatingly sweet voice.

''N-no, I- I was t-talking about the weather with my friend.'' He let out a nervous laughter as he made up some random bullshit, his lie was seen through immediately.

''I'll rip out you tongue and shove my tripe down your throat.'' The girl roared and started beating poor Clark to a pulp. Nobody reacted to this, as if this was just normal.

''Ahem! Could I get some breakfast?'' I decided to save the poor soul and asked for some food.

''Oh? I didn't see you there, I have something special just for you.I'll be right back.'' Her terrifying aura receded immediately. She greeted me with a sweet tone and an innocent smile and happily ran inside to the kitchen.

''Hey, you still alive buddy.'' I shook the swollen mess that was Clark.

''Yeah, I'm fine somehow. The name's Clark by the way.'' He introduced himself and sat back down as if nothing happened.

''Itachi, nice to meet you.'' I introduced myself, using my alias.

''An Eastern name huh? I thought you were Western.'' Clark stroked his chin as he observed me.

'' I get that a lot. Also, why are you looking at me like that?'' I asked.

''Can you blame me? Its rare to see an Eastern dweller as young as you, even rarer to see a half Western one. Ya'll never leave your region.'' Clark explained. I also observed his as he observed me. He had porcelain skin and a striking face, his oceanic blue eyes were squinted as he looked at me and his blond hair sat messily on his head.

''Why are you still staring?'' I asked after an uncomfortably long time passed. My thoughts started straying towards me being see through.

''I dunno, your hair and eyes just seem out of place it-'' He replied without realizing but he forcefully shut himself up after the statement.

''Sorry for saying that, its not that its bad or anything.'' He tried to explain himself, but it was unnecessary since he was right. I had used a genjutsu to turn my white hair black and my red eyes green, I just didn't think he'd notice something, he had sharp eyes it seems.

''Hahaha, don't worry about it, just buy me a glass of wine and pay for my breakfast and I'll forget your transgressions.'' I used his guilt and desire to fix things to my advantage.

''Sure! no problem!'' He readily nodded and paid for my meal and drink when the girl who introduced her introduced herself as Amare.

I asked for some water and went to my room to bath soon after, looking at my reflection in the water, I sighed it seems that my genjustsu would be seen through by someone stronger and in this city I'm sure there were a few.

Heaving another sigh, I decided to leave things be for now. I'll asked Clara to take me to where I could get my identity papers in order later.

...…..

After taking a well-deserved rest, I went back downstairs to find Clara, I had considered it last night and decided to take up her offer to be my guide in the city.

I was greeted by a rowdy and cheery atmosphere as I went back downstairs, although not as much as last night, it was still a little loud. Not that I hated it, being around a crowd was a nice change of pace for me.

''Don't these people have jobs?'' I asked nobody in particular as I went downstairs to look for Clara.

''Actually they just came back from the night shift at the guard post.'' A voice suddenly came from behind me, I jolted away in fright.

''Hey don't scare me like that Amare!'' I rebuked the perpetrator immediately when I noticed who it was.

''Pssh…sorry it wasn't on purpose.'' She suppressed her laugh and apologize.

''Good, also where's Clara?'' I immediately asked after she apologized.

''Oh…. she just left, but she did leave a message.'' Amare informed and after that she kept quiet.

''Aren't you going to tell me the message?'' I asked with a raised eyebrow.

''Yeah I could, but I could also not tell you.'' She said impishly and left me to go serve customers.

'What's up with her, she's acting like a kid.' I rubbed my chin as I looked at her retreating figure.

'Maybe she's always like this.' I was too hungry to ponder on it, I shrugged and followed her.

'Meh, I'll just look for blondie and make him give me the tour.' He seems trustworthy enough, even if he happens to be some evil villain. I'm most definitely not an easy target especially when it comes to escaping and stealth. Even someone as powerful as Sam acknowledges that. Nobody can sense chakra unless in direct contact with it. To most people I seem weak and powerless.

''Hey Amare, please get me some break-fast special and a cup of wine.'' Upon arriving, I immediately placed my order.

''You got it!!'' She replied cheerfully and went towards the room behind the counter, most likely the kitchen. She took only a few seconds and came back with a plate of food and wine.

I started looking around for Clark, unfortunately he wasn't around. Heaving a tired sigh, I started eating my meal. Now I really had no idea where to even start looking.

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Finally caught up and edited. Finally