Raiden opened the room door and found redhead girl in front of his door standing and was about to knock on the door
Their eyes met when her hand is still up in the air
She withdrew her hand shyly and said "I am here to thank you for what happened yesterday, I wasn't able to thank you properly"
Raiden smiled "No problem" and he closed the door after him as he left her standing there as he walked slowly to the stairs
She looked at him and wanted to say something but she kept her words to her herself, as he went downstairs
Raiden looked at cozy wooden tables and the red fire in the fire place, the smiling inn lady serving food and the customers having
Breakfast.
He felt nostalgic for something..
Like he needed the warmth of the fire
Inside his heart.
The inn lady saw him looking while standing at the stairs.
She smiled at him "good morning young man, sit down I will bring you some food"
Raiden "thanks sunshine but I am in a hurry"
"Better be hungry than late" he thought
He left the key on the counter and winked at the inn lady and said "keep troubles out next time" as he walked out
She smiled and said "visit again soon"
As she looked at his back while he is leaving
...…
The warm light of the sun and breezy air of the fields the nice smell of the flowers
And a few caravans leaving to reetna
Raiden looked at his clothes
His black cloth pants and long black leather armor and steel plates on his arms and knees he felt it's suitable.
He looked inside his storage ring
Saw the many swords he has
And the huge black sword with deathly aura around it
He picked an ordinary long sword and strapped it to his waist to not draw attention
And moved to the stables to buy a horse
He walked slowly in the town
Saw the old wooden buildings with the morning sun light on them which looked poetic and greenery in the town
As he walked past a baker he heard to customers chatting
"Did you hear, Vice-dean of the royal academy will be supervising the royal academy exams in Reetna city"
"Wow really?? Are you sure ? Isn't the vice dean one of the 10 Heavenly Masters?
Why is he appointed to something like this?"
Raiden felt his heart jump as he heard them
"What is that old bastard planning?is he here looking for me?"
He thought as he walked lazily
"Maybe not he has no idea that I am going to Reetna"
Raiden face twisted as he remembered some unpleasant memories
"When is he gonna die of old age anyway, is that bastard immortal or something?"
He suddenly remembered that he doesn't care anymore
As he reached the stables he saw many people there either fixing there wagons in the smithy nearby or buying tools
He approached the old man standing nearby who was brushing a horse
Raiden "hello I want to buy a horse"
The old man stopped what he was doing and turned around
He was wearing a white wool sweater to protect him from cold morning breeze and black pants with a leather apron extended to his knees
He smiled and said "sure young man look at this healthy horse I will sell it to you for 5 gold coins"
He said as he smiled and slapped the horse back and the horse kicked him and threw him over the wall
People started laughing hysterically and nearby blacksmith, which looked like a dwarf
Short fat man
With a full black beard carrying a hammer
Said
"Careful old man this is the 3rd kick you receive this morning if you love being kicked
So much how why dont you let me kick you ?"
As he laughed hysterically
People laughed even harder after hearing the black smith comment
The oldman climbed the wall quickly and yelled the blacksmith "How about I kick your mother you short frog?"
The blacksmith face turned black as people started laughing at the blacksmith and a certain fat merchant even fell down while laughing
Raiden coughed and looked at the stable owner
The stable owner cleaned his clothes
And said " Yes 5 gold coins and that horse is yours"
The blacksmith yelled "young man don't let him cheat you, that certain horse is very violent and always broken the bones of who bought it"
Raiden focused on the horse after hearing the blacksmith.
The horse was way bigger than normal horses and its as dark as moonless nights
"Isn't that a nightmare stade?"
He thought to himself.
Nightmare stades are said to be the result of breeding certain types of monsters with horses.
"But it lacks the aura of nightmares"
He thought as he got closer to the horse
The merchant cursed the blacksmith 10 bloodline as he ran behind Raiden
"Don't listen to that ugly bastard the horse is a little energetic thats all"
Raiden stopped and turned and looked at the merchant deeply.
The merchant got scared and waved his hands saying
"Sir I will give you a discount, you can have it for 3 coins"
He said hurriedly
The blacksmith yelled again "young man your life is worth more than that"
Another blonde spectator joined saying "yes this horse killed one of the city knights that tried to ride it"
Everyone was stunned when they heard that
Since Reenta knights were very strong
And they are even capable of contending against normal clans
The merchant cursed some unholy curses
Raiden didn't think too much and handed the merchant 3 gold coins
And got close the the stade
The blacksmith started smirking excitedly expecting another person to be kicked across the stables wall
Butthe horse got absolutely horrified when Raiden got closer
Raiden patted the horse like a cat and the horse done nothing except shaking
The merchant was stunned since he got kicked every time he got close to this horse
The blacksmith was also wondering confused
Raiden got up on the horse and left the whole crowd amazed
"Who the hell is he?"
They all had the same thought.
Raiden left the town quickly
The stade speed was amazing
Raiden "Nightmare, you are certainly much slower than nightmare stades"
He said while shaking his head in displeasure. And he decided to name the stade Nightmare.
The horse spat on the ground and his speed skyrocketed
They passed by the dirt road that is surrounded by green fields in the blink of an eye
The carvans on the same road were shocked
"Is that a monster?"
One of the merchants yelled
The other people looked at him like he is brain dead
"Dont be stupid maybe he is one of the knights who is one a mission"
They kept moving as they discussed
Meanwhile Raiden was feeling confused
"That's what I am talking about"
The horse was feeling smug as he raised his head even haigher
"But why dont you have a nightmare aura?"
The question made the horse drope his head low and slow his speed.
"Ohh, seems like a complicated iss-"
He stopped what he was about to say as
He focused on certain direction where a forest of tall trees stood
"Monsters?"
"How can they be this close to the city?"
He thought to himself
The horse stopped completely as well looking in the same direction
Raiden stood there for a minute thinking about his next move
But he felt someone getting closer to him from behind so he turned around and saw the same redhead from the inn coming towards him woth 3 people on a wagon pulled by 2 horses
She saw Raiden and she got up and started waving at him happily
He looked at her and looked back at the trees feeling the monsters aura had disappeared
The wagon stopped close to Raiden
As the redhead jumped from the wagon and Said "I didn't introduce myself last time, my name is Iris. A bronze adventurer from the adventures guild"
He looked at her
Then he looked at the adventurers behind her. A blonde lean assassin with blue eyes and a short hight and she wore a black leather armor
And a big man carrying a shild and a sword on his back. He wore blue heavy steel armor and looked tall and heavy
And the same skinny tattooed man from the inn she was in a fight with yesterday
Raiden looked back at Iris and smiled lightly
"My name is Raiden nice meeting you again"
As he shook her hand
Iris "Are you traveling to Reetna? If you are lets go together we are also going there" she proposed while smiling and her bright green eyes looking at him
Raiden "sure if you say so"
'Its boring to travel alone anyway why not even though they are pretty slow'
Raiden got of Nightmare and looked at the group behind her
Iris "they are my friends, That assassin is Lyla the swordsman is Leo and the shameless one is Keth, you have met him in the inn"
They all laughed as Keth started cursing
Keth "lady how thick is your skin to call me shameless after I forgive you for yesterday's misunderstanding?!"
Raiden 'they sure are lively'
He thought to himself
As the ruckus continued he looked again at the direction of the tall trees with uncertainty
'Forget it, its not my job anyway'
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TBC~~