Explanation

Before we could even explain our situation, the man brought us to the town he lived at which also happened to be the place we were heading towards. As we walked through the streets the man suddenly stopped.

"Ok, now that we're in a safe spot I'd like to know why you were out there in the middle of the forest getting chased by a giant." The man said with a stern look.

The look he gave us was intense. It was as if all the voices in the town just vanished. I couldn't even move my body. The man seemed to notice me struggling and let out a sigh. Alice and I let out a deep breath and looked at the man. There was no way someone could do that without some special power, was he some kind of Genmochi user?

"Sorry, sometimes my weapon acts on its own and causes people to freeze in fear. I doubt you'd believe something as dumb as that though." He said with a sad look.

"Actually, I have a weapon that's similar to yours. It's a Genmochi so it has a unique power." I said.

The man gave me a confused look for a moment. He unsheathed his weapon and looked at it. I looked at it as well and noticed it has the same markings as Genki.

"Do you still want us to explain how we got in that situation back in the forest?" Alice asked.

The man shook his head, "it's fine, I don't need it anymore. If anything, I want to learn more about these Genmochi you're talking about. Consider it payment for saving you. I know a good cafe we could go to, follow me." The man said.

We did as he asked and followed him around the town. This place has a different atmosphere than the town that we were originally staying at. It wasn't as cramped was the first big thing I noticed. Before I knew it, we were already at the cafe.

I slowly leaned over to Alice, "did this guy ever tell us his name?"

"Nope." Alice whispered back.

"It's Kurt." He suddenly said, catching both Alice and I off guard.

He heard us? How good at hearing is this guy? Kurt made his way to a table and sat down. I shrugged at Alice and walked towards the table and took my seat. Alice did the same soon after.

"Ok, now explain to me what a Genmochi is." Kurt said.

"In short, it's a weapon that can use some special ability. For example; my weapon can shoot beams." I explained.

Kurt seemed somewhat disappointed, "that's it? No special backstory about how they were made?"

I shook my head, "not that I know of, sorry."

Kurt sighed and looked at the menu. I felt bad about not being able to be that useful so I felt like paying for the meal when the time came for it.