Silver Tales And Sorrows

knock knock who's that? knocking on my door this early this is not good maybe they found out what happened yesterday wait no calm down they wouldn't knock if that was the case i'll just have to see who it is opening the door li hua was stood in front of me dressed in a very tight and alluring golden embroidered dress although she turned bright pink as i opened the door why was that? oh shit i'm not wearing my mask (or a shirt) quickly grabbing her arm i took her into my room causing even her ears to become red

"what are you doing?" asked li hua meekly "you've seen my face now so i might have to kill you" i jokingly said to her "what did you want me for?" i questioned her "i came to show you around today as you've not come out your room since getting here" what a thoughtful girl even though this seemed more like a date to me "let's go on a date then li hua" getting changed quickly i ignored the angry and embarrassed look she gave me washing my face we then headed out, "hey kakashi do you want to go the "river town across from the forest?" hmm i've only ever seen this river town in the boys memories it would be a good chance to get more information on my surroundings and currency/culture of this would "yes let's head there now how far is it?" "if we go on foot it won't take more that half an hour" walking through the forest we came to a ridge after a while looking out onto the town in front of me the amazing view of this town stunned me it had such a vibrant but medieval look to it with 10 meter high walls surrounding the town and a huge river flowing directly through the centre, surrounding the river were many buildings, what shocked me the most was in the centre of the river there was a huge castle towering above held up by several pillars towering above all other building with an air of supremacy what is that huge thing i don't remember it being there i decided to ask li hua "what is that thing" in astonishment "haha that's the city lords castle it also works as an array to ward off beast hoards i couldn't contain my excitement i was genuinely impressed with the architecture in this world it far surpassed anything i had seen even in my previous life without another thought i grabbed li hua and rushed her down into the town

the guards at the gate also shocked me being no weaker than the 1st realm peak stage making the Zue family look like ants compared to the normal guards, after being inspected we entered the town li hua decided on showing me around the commercial district where many medicines and elixirs could be obtained not forgetting rare weapons, treasures and blacksmiths were also in this district, as you enter the town through the enormous gates the first thing i was greeted with was the different smells of delicious food, smouldering iron and a slight sent of some unknown substance that was very alluring to the nose as i focused my other senses i could hear the bustling crowd of the town the sly merchants as well as a few scarcely dressed women's alluring tone haha i guess this world has brothels as well i'm in luck other than the sounds i could see the layout of wide cobbled roads giving plenty of space to move around and tightly packed stone buildings rising up to 4 story's high in front of me while the smaller merchants had vibrant stalls contrasting the medieval construction of the more prestigious shops

"where should we go first?" i questioned li hua "we can just have a look around for the moment tell me if you see any shops you have interest in kakashi and we'll have a look inside" she explained "ok after we strode through the densely packed streets a alleyway lead to a strange blacksmith shop that caught my attention the shop i was talking about was built on the river with the water directly passing through the shop this unique shop peaked my interest as the sight of smoke could been seen rising from its chimney as i walked closer the inner child in me couldn't help but smile looking at the sign "flowing river blacksmith" in large iron letters it was plastered high up on the fairly small shop pushing open the heavy iron door my heart skipped a beat observing all the weapons around me from glowing sabers to curved daggers they had it all and some of the pieces were of considerable quality although what caught my eyes the most was the dagger and revolving crossbow section there were many to choose from and at quality's from low-medium considering the state of this world

the crossbow has a revolving magazine allowing eight bolts to be stored and fired in quick succession!! due to it being spring loading whilst the daggers were of varying quality although i had my eyes on a pair of deep black 12 inch daggers, being just slightly curved they could be used for both slicing and stabbing…perfect! looking at the pricing only made me confused my memories couldn't help much as i had nothing to compare to asking li hua in response she gave me a weird look after a while she gave up and said "them daggers are 150 tales of silver the monthly allowance for us disciples is only 10 tales of silver" wow weapons in this world are really expensive not to say that crossbow is 300 tales of silver i could see the quality though the wood was sturdy plated with metal still keeping a compact size due to it being wrist mounted the leather strap was also of high quality, the way this would work would be the 2 sides of the bow would pop out when the trigger on the wrist was pulled back although when pulled forward and channelling energy towards the bottom plate which had a formation inscribed on it the bow would spring load itself with a bolt and fire in quick succession until it needs reloading after this analysis i could start to recognise the high price tag as well as the cost of bolts being 1 tale of silver each advertised next to the bow was the guarantee of piercing up to any earth grace body skill this might help me fight the patriarch hehe although it might not pierce him there was a slim chance if he had a weak body skill cultivated while the daggers mostly relied on the weirder being able to easily cut the earth realm as long as their was adequate strength behind it li hua cut me out my train of though "stop ogling the weapons now kakashi you weirdo let's go eat i'm hungry now besides these weapons are to expensive for you" shit she was right i need to earn some funds before fighting the patriarch now there is another thing on my to do list my measly 1 take of silver was apparently only the same as 100 bronze coins to compare li hua mentioned that 100 bronze coins could feed a family for a fortnight at least, giving the shopkeeper a wry smile i had no other choice but to leave, hiding my thoughts of killing everyone in the shop and looting it's contents that iron door felt much heavier on the way out for some reason..

quickly my hand got grabbed and pulled towards a nice smelling bakery making me remember my hunger as i hadn't eaten today i decided to purchase me and li hua some snacks to eat for breakfast from the friendly shopkeeper as he looked at my clothes he gave a small smile recognising the symbol on the left side of my chest