Chapter 19: Travelling with Sir Denise
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[Mana: 90]
[Due to the dispersed mana in the environment, mana absorption is limited]
Its still too low, I guess the mana in the seal was concentrated due to the small space and the Dragon's mana leaking. My mana regeneration is slow as well. Is this normal?
"I am so sorry Miss Anya, I had not calculated the distance properly, it did not seem far thanks to the acceleration item" Denise who is walking beside me said
We have been walking for almost an hour now and still too far from the mountain he said he was training before.
"It is fine, I should be the one apologizing, if I did not zero out on mana, you wouldn't have to endure walking in this pace" I said with a smile.
Denise looked the other way while scratching his head
"It is only proper for a knight to save a damsel in distress" He said without looking at me
I wasn't in any distress though?
"So, Sir Denise, whats new in the empire? I have been travelling for a long time you see, and I even lost my belongings at some point" I said, I needed to keep up with what is going on in the empire.
"Oh, is that so? how long have been travelling Lady Anya?"
"It has been 8 years at the very least"
"Oh? You must've been very young when you started to travel, did you travel alone?"
"I may not look like it but I am quite old. I traveled with a friend for a while but then he needed to go to his hometown so I was left alone, I also decided to go home, so I ventured towards the empire since" What I said were not lies, It's just incomplete truth.
"hmm, 8 years, just as it had been for 10 years the empire is still in war against the Voltx kingdom, hmm, I don't know much about whats going on in the capital since I had only gone there once, it was during my knighthood ceremony."
I still don't have a clue what and how this Voltx kingdom came to be.
"Oh! There is something new that I know!" Denise said cheerfully
is this some kind of game to him?
"The eastern village named Frasha which is under Count Vernon's Fief became a Garrison village. The civilians were sent to other territories due to monster attacks, and I am one of the knights under the garrison" He said proudly
"Monster attacks?" I asked
"Yes, various monsters suddenly popped out 2 days ago and tried to invade the village, some speculated that it was Voltx kingdom's doings" He said
"2 days ago? when did the village became a garrison?" I asked, no matter how fast they move, an entire fleet of knight cannot move that fast.
An entire village became a Garrison over night, how can that be possible?
"yesterday, Thanks for the gates stationed to each territory, we managed to prevent the monster invasion"
gates? like portals to other places?
"are the gates accessible to anyone?" I asked
"No, we were only able to use it because of the emergency"
"If there is a monster attack how come you were training in a mountain?"
"I was exterminating monsters as training" He said
Hey, Anya, Introduce me to that man!
I heard the Staff's voice in my head after a while, it had been floating behind us this whole time.
"You must be quite skilled, exterminating monsters alone in a distant mountain" I said as I look at the huge mountain looming in front of us
"You praise me too much, I'm just a lowly battalion leader" He said while looking down and scratching his cheeks
That is quite a high position, but why is it that the battalion commander is roaming around alone instead of planning formations and strategies in his office?
"That is quite a high position, given your age, I think you are a genius at what you do" I said
"Oh please, I am nothing compared to a mage who can even use fly magic like you" he said while blushing
haha Teasing him is quite fun, but
"What do you mean? isn't fly magic common with magicians?" I asked
"I don't know but you are the first mage that I saw use fly magic. You must be at least a master magician" He said
"Is that so? my friend can also fly so I always thought that most mages now a days can fly" I said to avoid suspicion
"Did you not attend the magic academy?" He asked
magic academy? there's such a thing now?
"... I didn't, I trained personally under someone" I said
"Oh? you must be rich, having a personal magic teacher is quite rare this days, plus the sum one had to pay them is also too much, its almost 10 times more than the empire's magic academy's tuition. I have a sister attending in the magic academy in the capital, thankfully, she got in with a scholarship under our territory's lord, if not it would have been quite difficult for my parents" He said
"How about you Sir Denise did you attend the academy?" I asked
"yes, I attended the basic academy and advanced to knighthood right after, It has been 5 years since then" He said
"Fie years? how old are you Sir Denise?" I asked
"Me? I'm 21 years old" He said
He's hella young! I mean he looked like a middle aged man!
"Haha did I look old?"
I just nodded my head
"I guess I should shave this beard now" He said while stroking his red coppery beard.
But still, He graduated at the age of 16? Did the basic education I knew change as well?
"How about you Lady Anya? How old are you?" He asked
I fell into thought, how old am I? I was 18 when I was on earth, 16 before the seal so I should be 34 years old? plus the 1400 years in the seal, I would be 1434 years old!
"Sir Denise, Didn't you know that asking a lady's age is inappropriate?" I said with a cold voice
"... My bad, I'm sorry" He said and avoided my gaze.
//Hey you still didn't introduce me to him!!!!!//