Junta & Wizarding World
#33 Return to Polski Village
It was morning, the sun was beginning to reveal itself but the air around it had still not turned warm, even though the warmth of the sun still had not warmed this world, the people in the city did not seem to care about it, they walked on the streets of the city taking care of their own affairs, of course Junta and Kou had already awakened from their mattresses in the room, which were in the bedroom, today they plan to go to run Queen Rana's request to check on a monster that the Queen of Rana considers dangerous enough to the extent that the Association is not strong enough to carry out this mission.
“So..did all the preparations have been completed?”
Junta asked Kou who looked relaxed eating snacks at the table in the corner of the room.
“All are ready Brother, since the beginning we do not have too complicated equipment, so what is prepared?”
“Maybe preparation of intentions?”
“In intention or not we have to run this Brother, we have already received the request of Ratu Rana and it looks like this is an important request”
“Seeing how Ratu Rana talked about this monster problem, plus a big reward, I got worried about a few things”
“I believe that Big Brother is worried about not the monster is not it?”
“Of course not, I'm more worried whether we should use Full Potential in a desperate situation.. We have used it as much as 2x in the near future, the use of this much has made me quite worried”
“2x yes, we use it to save Ratu Rana castle and another one to fight the masked man in Sorz” forest
“You know the rules of Kou, as well as me, all of it happened in the near future, we should not use Full Potential as often as this”
Kou stood up from his chair after swallowing his last meal on the table.
“So far I don't feel anything Big Brother, so I don't think there's a problem, but it's true we've used Full Potential too often, so if things go bad later, it feels like we should run”
“That's what I think, in this request I think we're allowed to kill him if things force us right? So it feels right from the beginning it's okay not to kill the monster, which is the problem is the forced state that meant”
“If circumstances indeed force us to kill that monster and that monster is beyond our present ability without Full Potential, there is no other way but to use combined magic to escape”
“You think about what I think, it feels like there is no other way if the situation has urged us, well, we must hurry, we must hurry, we only have 7 days to complete this request”
“Alright, let's go to the city entrance gate, I will use my magic when we are already outside the city”
Junta and Kou walked out of the room and came down from the 2nd floor, on the lower floor there was the innkeeper, master, Junta and Kou waved their hands and answered the nod of the head of the innkeeper who was standing behind the reception desk, after descending into the city streets, Junta and Kou instantly moved their feet towards the entrance of the city gate that was on the left side if they were to exit the inn, the distance between the gate and the inn was not too far in fact, actually, but because of the crowded city streets plus there were many people carrying large items, making Junta and Kou have to walk carefully.
“Day is still morning and the air is still cold, but the people here seem to have some kind of thick skin”
“Maybe they are used to Kou, or maybe there is some magic that makes them able to survive this cold temperature without wearing something thick”
Feeling no response, Junta turned his head back to look at Kou, and sure enough Junta Kou's conjecture disappeared somewhere, too, quickly the Junta looked around and the Junta saw Kou standing near a wagon, Junta walked towards Kou and patted him on the shoulder.
“We have to hurry, what makes you interested?”
“Ah Sister, these items.”
Kou picked up one of the items from the wagon, the wagon was filled with strange items that the Junta had never seen before, maybe this is because the Junta has not been in this world too long so there are still many foreign things for them.
“Oh! Good choice, miss! It was a tool to make ice without water! Suitable if you want to travel far and want to drink something cold to refresh your thirst!”
Suddenly the man who seemed to be the seller of the items appeared out of nowhere and said like that.
“Hmmm so yes, do you have any other interesting items?”
Kou said to the merchant while putting down the item he had taken earlier.
The merchant was seen thinking for a moment while looking at Kou and Junta.
“Then how about this?”
The merchant took out a very small bottle from his pocket.
“I just got it early this morning, this is an item that can restore your mana and increase the total amount of your mana to parallel to class 5 in a time that can be said quite long”
Kou received the small bottle and looked at it carefully.
“The price per bottle is 90 silver coins, but if you buy two then just pay 150 silver coins or the equivalent of 1 gold coin and 50 silver coins, I give this price specifically for you guys just”
“Hmmmm”
Kou looked at the little black bottle meticulously, occasionally he slightly wiggled the bottle to check how much liquid it contained, on the other hand, Junta looks a little surprised by the price which can be said to be very expensive.
For a bottle that was no more than the size of an adult human thumb, the Junta had to pay 1 gold coin and 50 silver coins, which with that much money Junta can pay a cheap lodging rent for 15 days, and also that much money can be used for 15 meals, he said, if every day Junta and Kou eat 3 times a day then Junta must be forced to undergo 5 days without eating if buying it, The junta is more thought to use that much money to buy a good weapon, because their weapons are now rusty weapons that will somehow be damaged.
“This is interesting, but you said that this item can increase the total amount of mana in a long period of time right? How long is it?”
“About about 3 hours, the total amount of mana you will increase for 3 hours and when you first drink it, whichever you are depleted will instantly be fully charged, during the next 3 hours of regeneration where you will also increase, all the benefits you will get are equivalent to the ability of class 5”
The merchant said with a serious tone and expression.
“Kou, although we want to buy-”
“Alright agree I bought 2”
Not yet finished Junta spoke, Kou had already declared his agreement, he took out 2 gold coins from his pocket and gave them to the merchant.
“The way to use is to drink all the liquid in the bottle, very easy right?”
“I understand”
After the merchant gave 1 more small bottle along with the change of money, Junta and Kou began to continue their journey again.
“Where did you get that money from? We don't have any money because the Association still can't pay for the request we've completed”
“Queen Rana gave it to me yesterday”
“Wait, why don't I know?”
“That's because Brother is in a hurry to get away from palace”
“That's it? Then how much did queen Rana give?”
“Queen Rana said this money to help us in running his request, he gave 2 gold coins to ku”
“Du-”
Junta put on a face expression that was difficult to explain.
“You sacrificed those 2 gold coins just for an obscure item?”
“I want to try something with this item Brother, don't we have the possibility of not being able to use Full Potential when the urgent situation later?”
“That's the possibility, what are you planning?”
“I want to see how potent this stuff is, or should I say this medicine”
Junta seemed to think about the meaning of his sister's words.
“You want to try how powerful the drug is in adding mana and restoring where you are? So there is no need to use Full Potential?”
“Yap, exactly, I know for myself when we are in this condition that is without Full Potential then the amount of mana, mana regeneration, magic power, physical strength, mental strength, mana regeneration, and other things will be reduced quite a lot, making us do not have much choice in casting magic because of the limitations of mana”
“What you said is true, our current condition without Full Potential is similar to the condition that is being weakened, but what is permissible for Kou, it is our family regulation since the past”
“Therefore I am interested in this medicine Brother, maybe this medicine can not increase magic power or physical strength, or other powers like Full Potential, like, but at least this drug can increase the amount of mana we and increase its regeneration, so it can make us more free in choosing the magic we will use”
The junta seemed to think for a moment after hearing his sister's argument, not feeling they had reached the gate, when they stepped their feet out of the city, there were 2 guards who gave greetings to the Junta and Kou, the guard was seen not knowing the Junta and Kou so the Junta assumed that they were just being friendly to them.
“So, you plan to use the medicine later when the situation is urgent?”
“Yap, if this drug is successful and can help us, maybe we have to make some deals with the merchant earlier in order to buy this drug in large quantities at a cheap price”
Kou said that while handing the 1 small bottle he held to the Junta.
“I must admit, your idea is very interesting Kou, but do not forget to check the side effects of this drug”
“Sure, before we decide to rely on this drug in a fight, I will check in advance whether this drug is safe or not”
Kou said that while putting his small black bottle into the robe.
“I think I can start?”
Kou closed his eyes while holding his brother's hand, quickly Junta and Kou's legs were covered in frozen ice and the surrounding ground they were poking on turned into ice.
“It turns out the magic you created is quite useful”
“Yes at first I also did not think that this magic would be useful, I used to make it just for fun”
The magic had a simple way of working, Junta and Kou only needed to use a layer of ice that enveloped their feet in a way like people using roller skates, the layer of ice that covers their feet will freeze the soil around them so that the ice sheet can walk as it should, of course the frozen soil will return to normal if the ice sheet is no longer around that soil.
“Kakak still remember how to use it right?”
“More or less, we used to play chases using this too right, my head might forget how, but maybe my body can still remember it”
“Then let's go”
Kou and Junta continue their journey using the ice magic that Kou has.
Although the sun had already begun to spread its heat, the ground that was frozen because of the ice was seen to be unable to melt, it said, the ice sheet that enveloped Junta and Kou also still emitted white smoke even though the sun's heat began to spread into the air.
This magic might look simple, but this magic takes up a decent amount of mana to pay attention to, as long as this magic is used then where Kou's belong will continue to decrease, as long as it is, that was why yesterday while at the palace Kou asked his brother about his opinion regarding using this magic to go to Polski village.
Thanks to the slippery nature of the ice plus the little push produced by the ice sheet that covers the legs of Junta and Kou make them not too tired even though they have been surfing for quite a long time, how fast they can get to Polski village depends entirely on their speed in surfing and the endurance of where Kou is to hold the magic to keep it active.
After surfing for about 2 hours, Kou said to his brother that his own was almost gone, so they had to stop for a moment to recover the mana, at the same time the Junta saw that there was a city not far from their position, so the Junta told Kou to stop in that city.
“This city..”.
Kou looked at the outside of the city while looking like he was remembering something.
“I guess this is the city we stopped first?”
“You mean when we were chased by that masked man? One of the members of The Fingers?”
“Am I wrong?”
“I also feel the same way Kou, I think this is his city”
“We got to this city faster than when we were with Zonya”
“I think it's thanks to your magic Kou”
Junta and Kou walked into the city through the gate that was in front of them.
This city is a busy city, but at least the Junta is a little grateful because the streets here are not as crowded as those in the capital.
Junta and Kou turned to the right and to the left, trying to find a good place to rest, to be honest their views were slightly disturbed because of the crowded streets in this city.
After a few minutes of walking, Kou tugged at his sister's robe, indicating that he found something, Her brother looked towards where Kou's hand was pointing and it turned out that Kou was pointing at a building with a large inscription.
“The writing says that whatever is in the building becomes free”
“Free? Then why are we still standing here?”
Junta and Kou walked into the building and just as the Junta expected the building was very crowded with people.
The building turned out to be a tavern, the first impression of Junta and Kou when entering the building was that the atmosphere of the building looked the same as the Association building, there were tables with chairs, there were tables, then there was the reception desk not far from the entrance, it was just that here no one was eating, all drinking something from their cups, she said, either this building does not provide food or indeed the people here are targeting free goods, and maybe the free drink.
Junta and Kou walk towards the reception desk which is guarded by a man who is quite tall and has a fairly stocky body, his hair is short with a short mustache too, one of the differences between this building and the Association building is that there is a round chair with no backrest placed in front of the reception desk, so people can sit and drink here.
“Can I help you?”
The man greeted Junta excitedly.
“Give me any drink that is free”
“Coming soon!”
Just a matter of seconds, a drink in a light brown wooden glass was served in front of Junta and Kou who was sitting on the chair in front of the reception desk.
Due to thirst, Kou finished this drink in one round, so he asked the man to fill his drink again.
This building also has a staircase that is not far from the reception desk, because curious, Junta asked the man.
“What's on the 2nd floor?”
“A inn of course”
Junta was a little surprised to hear that, this was because Junta had never seen before there was an inn whose ground floor was a tavern or some kind of tavern like this, or perhaps this was due to the Junta's lack of knowledge about this world.
“How much is it for 1 night 1 room?”
“30 silver” coins
The man said in a happy tone.
“Junta does not think that the price can be said to be cheap when compared to the inn Junta and Kou inhabit in the capital, which is only 10 silver coins, which is, but of course the price of 30 silver coins was the average price of the inn that Junta often encountered, it could be said that the price of lodging here was normal.
“So where are you from? I've never seen you guys before”
The shopkeeper started the conversation.
“My sister and I will go to Polski village, we leave from royal capital”
“Oh, Polski village ya”
His happy expression suddenly turned serious.
“What's the problem?”
“I only heard what I heard, he said the village had a problem that was difficult to solve, I heard there were 3 people who went to the village and one of them was class 5, and one of them was, which after they came, the problem in the village was finished, the presence of class 5 in the village was actually enough to make some people a little suspicious of what happened”
“What do you mean?”
“Class 5 is the strongest class right?, everyone knows it, then what if there is a class 5 coming somewhere? There must be something so difficult that it requires a class 5 ability right? Although I still don't know what problems befall Polski village, but the presence of class 5 there makes people wonder what problems he solved in that village”
“Maybe class 5 just want to see his friend?”
Kou said that in a tone pretending not to know.
“I also hope like that, you better be careful”
“Thank you for-”
Uncompleted Junta said his words, suddenly the door of the building opened violently and there was an old man walking in while shouting.
“ZOKAVIA WILL BE BACK!! ZOKAVIA WILL RISE!! THE FINGERS ARE ON THE MOVE!!”
The old man repeated his screams several times before making the guard of the building serving Junta and Kou scratch his head.
The man who was guarding the building took a small bag and went to the old man, and he gave it to him and slightly forced the old man to go out of the building.
“What was that?”
The building guard's man answered Junta's question after he poured the drink into his glass.
“Only someone who is crazy, but if you know, he used to be the richest man in this city, but it looks like his fortune came from the help of The Fingers and I don't know what made The Fingers have to kill his family so he became what he is today”
The guard man slightly sighed.
“So yes, pity once”
Kou said like that while looking at the shadow of himself that was slightly reflected from the drink that was inside his glass.
“I think that's the result if you guys play around with The Fingers, the old man used to just yell about The Fingers, but lately he's been yelling about Zokavia, too, I think the more days he gets the crazier”
“Then what did you give earlier?”
Junta asked in a curious tone.
“A little food and drink, even though he has gone mad, but I used to be very helped by him, just think of it as my return
“So yes, I hope he gets better” soon
Kou said like that and then drank his drink, as well as Junta, Junta nodded indicating he agreed with Kou and then returned to drinking his drink in a wooden glass.
