Crass
Crass is the smallest kingdom with the least amount of territory and smallest military. Despite it being the smallest and weakest it is one of the richest. All of this is thanks to it being conveniently placed right smack dab in the center of the human empire. With most tradable goods heading in and out of crass it makes quite the pretty penny. Of course it isn't the paradise everyone makes it out to be. Like in most kingdoms slavery runs rampant with plenty two out of the five noble houses being corrupt. At least ten out of every two hundred people own a slave and five of the two hundred have killed a person.
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After ten days of torture our trip was finally coming to an end. Off in the distance a castle could be seen behind massive walls.
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"Where are you from" asked a guard.
"Baltry[1]" I said flatly.
"Extrilla" Shar said in an obviously annoyed tone.
"Why're you here" he asked.
"To visit" I said.
"What do you intend to do here?"
"Nothing much, see the sights, shop, you know normal things."
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After many more arduously long minutes of questioning we were finally allowed to pass through the checkpoint. If I had to stay there another minute I probably would have gone on a killing spree. Though I don't know if I would have the chance to. Due to being sleep deprived Shar was in a terrible mood which took everything I had to contain. I'm honestly surprised she didn't kill the guard with the knife I neglected to take back from her after the wolf attack.
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About an hour later we finally arrived at the outer wall. Thanks to the guy stationed there who noticed my companions mood we ended up getting inside a bit faster than you usually would. As soon as I got through the gate I instantly started to ask around for a good inn to stay at.
Eventually I found a nice little little inn called Luna's light. It's a rather nice place with two floors, and outside bath and a very comfortable atmosphere.
"How may I help you on this fine evening" asked a receptionist
"How much does it cost for ten days with meals" I ask.
"That'll be two silver" she said a little excitedly.
After paying her we headed up to our room on the second floor. The room was nice, it ha a bed a desk and a wardrobe the sheets looked clean.
"It seems they take care of the room pretty well" I thought allowed.
"Mmm~" Shar hummed in response as she face plants onto the bed.
"You wanna come with me down to the bath?"
Hearing my question she jolts up and shakes her head vigorously. I let out a giggle before leading her back down the stairs.
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As I slowly peeled off my dirty clothes I caught Sharla sneaking a peek at me.
"You know if you want to look you can just ask." As I said this her face turned a deep red.
"Hmm~? Is something wrong?"
"N-n-no" she stuttered.
"If you say so~"
...[1]
An hour and 3 bloody noses later we finally made our way back up to our room.
"Well that was an experience wouldn't you say?"
"Y-yes!"
As I glanced out the window I noticed that there was a fight outside. It seemed some drunk fool decided to pick a fight with someone twice his size. Without me noticing Sharla walked up beside me wondering what caught my attention.
"Shouldn't we stop them" she asked.
"Why?"
"Hmm? So they'll go away."
Her answer surprised me but I decided ignored it and said, "Why get rid of free entertainment."
"Because it's annoying."
I was once again surprised and when I looked over to her that surprise only grew. She looked as if she was watching two annoying bugs buzz around.
"Oh no, where has my cute little Shar Shar gone" I said dramatically while jumping on her.
When I said that she seemed to snap out of something akin to a trance and looked at me like a hurt puppy.
"There she is" I said while patting her head.
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Many head pats later we I finally made our way into the bed where we snuggled until she finally fell asleep.
"Haaa~, it's good to be back in a bed" I said to no one I particular.
"I wonder" I think aloud as I open my status.
"DING"
"+2,436,431 exp"
"DING"
"You can now evolve!"
"DING"
"For completing your second trial you have learned the 'organization skill and gained 351 exp!"
I was paralyzed, how did I possibly get this much exp.
"DING"
"Message from creator of the system: hey it's big sis Luna and I know your probably freaking out right now but I'm going to need you to calm down so you don't have a heart attack. In and out, in and out. So your probably wondering who I am and you probably have lots of guesses and even more questions which will be answered in time but trust me you don't want to know at this point in time. We probably won't meet for some time but if you're in to deep then the system will notify me and I will rush in to save you. After all I can't have my cute little sister dying on me.
Love you byyyyyye."
I was completely awe struck. I think if there was an award for having the most mysterious big sister in the world I would be the one to win.
Note: I was honestly going to put a joke here but then I remembered I'm not good at making jokes...
(Insert dramatic music that you would hear on the news)
This just in: I fell asleep while writing this chapter which caused me to finish it really late and yeah that happened. I'm glad I stated to write some yesterday or I probably wouldn't have finished it tonight
[1]: it's a bath that you usually see in anime or in a graphic novel or read in a regular novel. I'll leave what happened in there to your imagination.
As always stay healthy, stay safe, thank you for reading and have a good night? I font know it depends when you read this.