“I knew you would like it. Come on, let us march towards adventure, Leon!”

With the sudden declaration made by Master, I increased my speed from walking to running. The boost multiplied my speed by twice! Though the Lions are a beast species which tops in strength, we are by no means slow. I could feel Master struggling to keep his hold on my back.

“Leo, that’s the spirit!”

I feel warm inside. That’s what a praise does to you.

The trees all passed by me, since the trees are looking younger and younger by the second, it seems that we are almost out of this forest.

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Honestly, if he was that fast, he should have done that from the start. While he sped through, I saw many weird things, I even saw a humanoid, but I ignored it since it looked like a male. What, I want my first encounter to be memorable.

His abrupt stopping almost made me flying, thankfully I had a firm grip. He stopped in front of a road, a dirt road, that explains a bit about the advancement in this world.

“Leo, follow the right path”

By the way, did I ever mention how he could run while being like a humanoid? He actually changed his body frame into a lion. Possibly magic was at work there. I’m just gonna call it ‘Lion Body’ and ‘Human Lion’ for practical’s sake.

After a while, I think I see a wall. I think. Yep, it’s a wall, with a gate. At the gate are two guards, hopefully female. Suddenly, Leo stops walking and lowered me down. I think I forgot something that I brought with me. Oh well.

“What’s wrong buddy? You scared of walls?”

He just pushed me towards the gate, I think he wants me to go alone. Are the people afraid of Lions?

“I’ll go ahead then, don’t wait up for me ok? Just go hunt for some food while I’m gone”

I’m thinking of meeting up with him later on after I’m done with whatever things I would be doing in the town. First things first, a slave.

“Greeting’s fellow guards! Lovely weather we’re having”

The two guards have a typical appearance. Chainmail covering their body, tunic, a leather vest with a symbol, and of course, helmets. Meh. They put their hands on the swords on their hips. I can’t see what expression their making, but I bet it’s of cautiousness. Also, they are taller than me. Like a head taller.

“(State your business stranger)”

I…can’t understand what’re they saying. What to do, what to do. Handsigns?

“(I.Good.I.Enter.City?)”

The guard nudged the other one

“(You think he’s a spy? He looks like one of us)”

Guard2 leaned closer to my face. Then he whispered something to 1

“(He’s one of those failed apprentice. You know, the lazy ones who sits at home all the time? Maybe he came back from a quest or something)”

Guard1 visibly relaxed, I don’t know why, but I feel offended right now

“(Poor guy, can’t even speak our native language)”

“(He’s also short as heck)”

“(Even his clothes are freaky)”

Guard1 slapped my back forcing me entering the gates. It hurts really much, like a hammer hitting your back. At least I entered the city.

It looks like a normal light novel setting. So I don’t have to describe it. Well, maybe a little. It looks like the medieval, all the people are friggin higher than me, all people have it white, some tanned, and the strangest thing, I could see that most people have a weapon. There are also people with collars.

That guy has a sabre-looking weapon, that chick has two guns, heck, I could even see a boy walking around with a spear in his hand, how adorable.

I walk around the place just to get the feel. There were a few curious glances, maybe it’s because I don’t have a weapon, or maybe I was short. Meh. Now, priorities straight, slaving time. I want a slave, who doesn’t like a slave? They’re obedient, trustful, and most of all, submissive. I don’t get how some people in the light novels don’t like em.

I wandered around, walking in a straight line, trying to find any suspicious shops, any dark alleys. Nothing. At least until I saw a hooded guy nudging me to him, by the way, it’s almost night time, so there were less people.

He brought me to a dark alley and showed me a ring thingy. At first, I showed my best curious face, he seemed to get the gist of it. He puts on the ring on my finger. I have a slight idea on what it does

“So translator?”

(So it’s a language translator?)

The words are a bit messed up, but it’s what I need right now. When I made a nod, he gestured me to follow him.

He took me to a dark looking building, which my sense are telling me that this is dangerous, but I want the ring. If anything goes wrong, I’ll just bite my arm. You know what they say, ‘An arm is easier to bite than a thumb’, I don’t think that exists, neither does ‘A mango falls faster than a tree’.

The door creaked when he opened it, just to be on a safe side, I put the tip of my arm in my mouth. Who knows what I would do in a place like this. He glanced at me for a moment, then shrugged it off.

“This where?”

(So where is this?)

“Good shop”

(It’s a good shop)

Good shop eh? Okay. Haha. Damn it. I heard footsteps coming behind me. Looks like it's biting time. But just before I could bite it-

*PAK*

There goes my consciousness.

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Author’s Note : This chapter sucks a bit, but someone’s gotta do it. Thank you for giving me the names, don’t worry, I’ll use all of them. You're welcome to give me more names :)

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