New Beginning
"Life is a journey, not a destination. We all should enjoy the happiness it gives us and not suffer the curses it has." Sakura said while looking at the horizon. A gentle air blew by her making every Sakura tree in its path flutter.
"Not gonna lie, that was kinda deep."
"Maybe I can be a great poet?" Sakura pondered with a goofy face.
"Hehe, you are kinda right." Sakura pondered for a moment.
*Cough.
She cleaned her throat a little and then started again.
"Life is a lesson. Explore the unknown, not the…um…not the"
"Not the obvious." 'Thanks Astra.'
'I wonder if I should write a book with my poems.' Sakura pondered.
"Sigh forget it. Now, where's that red dragon? Is he not going to come today?"
"Yeah, probably."
Sakura at this moment was waiting for Smaug a.k.a Red to arrive. She had just woken up a while ago. Upon waking up she had found an astonishing thing.
"Astra, how many EP do I have?" She asked for the fifth time.
"Hehehe, I'm rich." She giggled for the eighth time.
She realized she was suddenly rich. At this moment her hands were itching to spend but she barely managed to hold back the urge.
*Woosh!
"Oh! It's windy. Should I buy a jacket or something… No, no, no. What am I thinking? I don't even feel cold due to my defense!" Sakura furiously shook her head.
*Whoosh *Whoosh
"Nope definitely not gonna do it."
*Whoosh
"I said I won't…"
"Who?"
*Boom!!!
Suddenly something big dropped behind her, releasing a crap ton of air in all directions.
"What the…!"
Sakura barely held on to herself due to the wind being so strong.
"Cough…cough…cough!"
She shooed away the dust and looked at the person who did this.
As expected, standing proudly in front of her was a huge red dragon with its head held as high as a giraffe.
'Does this guy want a beating again?' Sakura pondered.
The dragon a.k.a. Red looked down on the little figure in front of him.
"Little one, do you know where your elder sister is?" He asked Sakura.
"Huh?" Sakura became confused at his words.
'What is this guy talking about?'
'I see.' She observed her hand a bit. Indeed, she looks like a child at this moment.
Since her body grows older in the span of seven days, she, at this moment, looks like a ten to eleven-year-old kid.
'Heh.' at releasing this she smirked internally.
Sakura, like an extremely innocent child, makes a cute face and asks,
"Uncle, do you know my sister?"
Seeing this, Red became delighted.
"Oh, yes, yes. I know her."
Sakura kept acting cute and asked, "Uncle, what relationship do you have with my sister?"
Red this time made a smug face, "Hahaha, of course, she is my soon-to-be concubine. Listen, kid, I am not bragging but your sister is head over heels in love with me. And not to mention she is forcing me towards marriage even though I already have one wife and 16 concubines."
Red kept explaining his relationship with Sakura while rubbing his dragon nose.
Suddenly he felt a chill run down his spine. It was his danger sense going bonkers.
He looked down at Sakura and saw that she was sharpening a sword.
What shocked him was that the sword she was holding was giving away a dangerous sensation.
It was weird because he could clearly feel the crappy word magic that was being used to power the said artifact.
"Um, little one?" he asked with a shaky voice.
"Yes?" Sakura answered while sharpening the sword.
"What are you doing?"
"Preparing breakfast. Do you want to know what's on the menu?"
"What is it?" Red was having a bad premonition.
"Dragon meat."
"Oh."
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(5 minutes later.)
"So, repeat what you said again," Sakura said sternly.
"I will not bad mouth Sakura-sama ever again!!! If I do, then Sakura-sama will be allowed to punish me as she likes." Red shouted in his humanoid form for the fiftieth time.
"Good, remember if you do that ever again then prepare to be dragon soup."
"Yes, Mom," Red shouted as he saluted Sakura.
"I don't have a son like you."
After giving a good beating to red Sakura then calmed down and started to explain what her plan was. Red swiftly agreed since he didn't want to be beaten down again.
Sakura on the other hand cursing at her weak state right now. After beating Red her hands were in pain. This dragon's high stats combined with her weakened body meant she was nowhere near hurting the dragon.
Thankfully with Astra's advice, she beats him up in his human form where his deffence is severely reduced.
'What a pain.'
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In a rural village near the outskirts of No Man's Land, there is a village consisting of a small group of people. They usually make their living by hunting and gathering herbs.
Walter is such a person. He makes a living by gathering herbs and occasionally hunting small monsters.
Walter looked at the sky. It was a gloomy foggy day. Indicating a not-so-good day to go out. However, Walter had to go out even in this cold weather. After all, "they" would be coming tomorrow to collect "protection fees".
"Sigh, what is happening to this village." he sighed and took his spear and herb basket. He wore the basket on his back like a school bag. After checking himself fully he went out.
Walters village is situated on the top of a mountain. Thus wet foggy and cold days aren't that uncommon. Barely do they experience sunlight.
As he started to make it through the wet muddy forest he staggered from time to time.
"I am really getting old, aren't I?"
He was sixty-five this year. At an age at that people retire and rest at home. Unfortunately, he didn't have any offspring to look after him. So he was kind of forced to go and hunt.
He probably didn't have any reason to live, to be honest. Even if he dies in the mountains not many people would probably look for him.
Maybe, he was just waiting for that day to come when he would just disappear from this world.