OP System The Hero Backup

Chapter 2.2: Following the Witch!

All right, they're gone. Now it's time for me to get into the inn. Without waiting any longer, I went straight inside.

When it was inside, the atmosphere was quite quiet. There were only a few men who were sitting and drinking beer then there were also people who passed by and went up to the second floor.

I couldn't help but thump in my heart and decided to go to the reception desk immediately.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" said the receptionist.

I understand what he said. That 'Language' setting could really change this big thing easily, huh?

By the way, it looks like he's the owner of this place. A woman who already had a slight frown on her face, even though her hair was still not bleached yet. His height is on par with mine and his body is full enough for a person of his equal.

"Is there an empty room?"

"Of course, we've been lacking customers lately, so there's still plenty of places you can choose ...." He explained with a slight sigh of disappointment at the end of his sentence.

I don't know why Eleanor brought me here, but it doesn't seem like a very special place. Although he did say that this was indeed a standard inn, anyway.

"... By the way, it pays one gold piece per night," he continued.

"All right."

I took out some gold coins from the cloth bag and put them on the table. "I'll rent for seven days." The seven gold pieces glittered on the reception desk.

After counting the numbers, the receptionist mother took a deep breath and prepared to shout. "Lucy! Take our customer to his room!"

It was so loud, I'm sure that one of these buildings could hear his screams just now. And sure enough, the answer is 'Good!' emerged from someone who was in another room and immediately walked over here.

Then someone showed up. A young girl who has brown hair in the style of a ponytail. Wearing a white apron and a simple red shirt. His clothes and hairstyle managed to create a natural beautiful impression on him.

"Let me deliver."

"Ah .. yes."

Am I fascinated by him? Damnit. The girls here are all pretty. Is this the real charm of Isekai? No, no, no. That kind of trifling thing can wait for later, now I have to raise my level so that at least I can escape the entanglement of Goddess Loki.

Now I'm sure he's sitting back with a bowl of snacks watching me.

I followed this girl and finally came to a room on the second floor. Room number 23.

"This is the room you will be using for the next seven days. Then ...." He glanced towards the large scythe I was holding right now.

"Ah .. You don't have to think about my sickle, I won't make a mess at this inn" I assured him.

Because once upon a time on earth, there was always a rule that no sharp weapons should be brought to the hotel. So I'm a little worried about my scythe.

But he's staring at me. And his gaze ... looks like pity? I don't know, but I don't think that's the usual stare shown to a customer. "Etto .. is there a problem?" I'm resuscitating.

"I'm sorry, are you an adventurer? But you still look too young for that. Maybe even younger than me. My name is Lucy Isvana, I'm 19."

"I'm Arka Wijayakusuma, 16."

"It turns out to be really younger than me, surely your life is quite heavy huh to make you have to be an adventurer at that age?"

Uh, wait. Looks like something's wrong here. My life has been hard since coming here, but the interpretation he understands seems to be much different than what I thought.

"It's okay, I'm used to it. Because I'm strong."

I convinced him with an optimistic smile. And it's not just sweet words, I'm strong enough that I won't stumble and just die.

And Lucy seemed to understand about it. He then gave me the key to my room and said excuse me to leave here, while I entered my room.

When I entered, well .. her room was very ordinary. It is not very special and has only one bed, a small table with night lights, and a sink.

I sat on his bed, not too soft but this was the most comfortable I had slept in the world. It's still too late to sleep, so it looks like I can take a short walk.

"If you want to visit the Adventurers Guild, the building can be found in the center of this city."

Before leaving me, that woman was— Lucy, telling me something about the Adventurer Guild. If there were adventurers in this world, there would naturally be Adventurers Guilds. It's possible that I can start my journey as an adventurer in this city.

I decided to get ready and wash my face in the sink. After looking in the mirror and feeling ready, I finally walked out. "Hm?" But I thought again about my scythe.

This scythe was quite heavy and created a deep sound when I leaned it against the wall because of its weight. What's more, it's big. I would be the center of everyone's attention if I took this everywhere.

"Oh! Is it possible ...?" Suddenly I had an idea. "[Dark Domain]" I activated the [Dark Domain] Skill and it appeared from under the wooden floor. If this was a Skill that created a dimension, was it possible that this Skill could also be a storage room?

Rather than keep wondering, I directly inserted my scythe from the handle to the blade part. And .... "Successful!" It can be used as storage space! This is truly a very useful Skill! Lucky my fun didn't make me scream with excitement, I could have been kicked out of here.

"Alright, alright. Time to go for a walk yourself."

And my streets began.

After a short walk, this is really a big city— even many people consider this is a country, which is very religious. There are so many temples built here.

From the temple of the Gaia Dragon, to the creator of the Gaia Dragon itself, Lord Bellerophon. Each of those religions also has its own uniform, although most of the materials are almost similar. There are also tourists who do not wear uniforms and then visit and pray in front of the temple.

It seemed like this was indeed the area where the temple ranks were built. And amazingly, I didn't see any of them fighting or anything like that.

Then at the very end of this area, in the area with the easiest street access to enter. There is a very large and magnificent temple. Tourists who make many pilgrimages, uniforms worn by devotees look expensive and luxurious compared to other temples.

This temple even caught my attention a little which made me stop my steps to ask.

"Excuse me, if I may know, what temple is this?"

"ah! An atheist! You came to the right place! If you want to get help and strength, Mr. Ares is the right answer!" One of his adorers explained with passion.

Ares? If it's not wrong he's the God of War on earth, huh? He became the most respected god in this world.

"Even the Hero Lord worshipped Mr. Ares, most of the previous Heroes also worshiped him. Then from it—!"

"I'm not interested." I ran away from there.

I then continued my walk. In addition to the temples, there are also church buildings and women and girls who wear church-style sister clothes. Ancient church buildings commonly found in the middle ages are also very felt in this area.

Of the many temples and churches I met in the worship area, I did not find a single temple of a Goddess I knew.

"You were sent by Goddess Loki?! That filthy rotten goddess?!"

I thought about Gaia's words earlier. Did he do something until he was hated like that? After looking at it directly, I could not feel anything as evil from her as I felt for Gaia. She was just like a lonely girl.

But I shook my head, dispelling that thought. I forgot that he only thought of me as a spectacle, I shouldn't be too comfortable with him. I have to get stronger.

And after walking for about 10 minutes through the area—with a crush and a jostle, I was finally able to get out of there. "Fyuhh .. is quite crowded as well," I murmured.

According to Lucy, the city center is not too far from the temple area. After exiting the area, I would definitely not be lost. But, it still isn't that easy.

Maskudku, this is a city that is already equal to the country. Moreover, I am still very layman with this area. I have to find the most effective strategy to find that Adventurer Guild.

After thinking for a while and looking to the left right, I let out a grin. Sometimes I am amazed by my own intelligence. Just by looking at someone, I could think of an idea as good as this.

My steps then followed him. A woman wearing a witch outfit with a wooden stick that matches the height of her neck in her grasp, she also wears a witch-woman hat that further reassures me that she must be an adventurer.

His footsteps were quite fast when he was just walking normally. With this density of people, I should really focus on him so as not to lose track of him.

I keep following. Follows. And followed.

But for a long time the road we passed was getting quieter from the people, and after that he went into a small alley. Although a little suspicious, but I decided to keep following him.

And after turning into that little alley, I couldn't find him.

"What's the truth, I lost track of him?"

SWUUUSH...

Suddenly a great wind blew from behind me which made me reflexively quickly turn back, but my first glance at looking back was the stump of a familiar magic wood wand.

This is the witch's wand. I could only raise my hands together if I was innocent and didn't want to attack him.

"Who are you? Why are you following me? Hnm?"

"I-I didn't mean to! I-I just thought if I followed you, I could find an Adventurer Guild! That's it, I swear!"

He watched me from top to bottom. "Little boy?" And those were his first words after watching me for quite a while. I also had time to do [Appraisal] to him, and the level he had was Lv. 33. Pretty high too.

After he felt that I was harmless and threatened him, he pulled at his wand. "Little children shouldn't wander around following someone like that, what if the person you're following instead attacks you mercilessly?"

"Sorry." I was even lectured.

"In addition, what do you want to do in the Adventurer Guild? Visiting your parents?"

"I-I want to be an adventurer!"

"Tlck!" When I said it confidently, he looked annoyed and pressed my forehead with his index finger. "Listen yes, boy. So adventurer is not a joke, you better go home or learn from school and come back after so strong enough—"

GREB...

I grabbed her arm firmly enough that it made her eyes widen in surprise, I don't know why she didn't do [Appraisal] to me, but I said the next thing seriously.

"Am I .. not strong enough?"

My serious gaze seemed to make his face become even more shocked mixed with a hint of fear. I then let go of my clutches that were involuntarily quite strong. The woman then stroked her arm that I had just clutched.

"My parents are not in this world, so inevitably I have to become money-seeking and become stronger with my own abilities. That's why I came to this city and became an adventurer!"

He was a little stunned by my words and fell silent thinking about it for a while.

That's a lie, Wlee! Hows it? Hows it? Is my code good enough? My parents were not here because they were on earth. I also actually have enough money to live a life of fun for the next few years.

But I'll let him feel guilty if he doesn't bring the 'orphan' kid to be an adventurer and make some money.

"alright. I'll take you there."

Ahah! It worked! My password is great! He was caught in my trap.

"Follow me."

I happily followed this witch woman. It turned out to be quite a distance away from that small alley because he was indeed trying to frame me, but we finally arrived at the Adventurers Guild.

As Lucy said before, this place is really downtown. As if all the places of— except the royal area which is on a plateau and its own area, centered on this building. Access to the road is also so easy to go to every area in this city.

Me and the woman then went inside and the atmosphere was quite crowded. Most of them here are adults and I think the most brat here is me.

"This Adventurers Guild. Are you satisfied?" ask the woman.

"W-uh! Thank you so much for bringing me." I bow my head in thanks. He also seemed to have no objection to this, although it was still a little irritated.

And when I lifted my head back up, there was something strange. This is not just my feeling, but everyone who is here is looking towards us both— or rather, towards that witch lady.

"Hey, isn't he ...?"

"Not wrong anymore."

"She's that woman, right?"

Eh? What the hell's going on? He has a problem I don't know about here. Doesn't that mean I'm a little guilty of taking her where she doesn't want to be.

I looked towards the woman. And his irritated face became more and more visible even though the witch hat tried to cover it.

"Stop looking at me, you fools!" He muttered a little which unfortunately only I myself could hear.

Oi, he's really pissed off, huh. Aren't you guys overreacting a little?