The irregulars
Chapter 7
Claris guides them to the captain camp office to take the sealed demon. As they run on such a hurry and desperate for a few minutes they finally arrived at the captain office while exhausted.
"Captain Galand!!!" Claris calls-out.
"!!! Knock first you dumbass, Oh Claris?... And, You two are awake now, are fine?.
"Captain Galand where's the demon?" Rein asked desperately.
"Ehhh the demon what of it?"
As Rein and Claude is desperate as they asked Captain Galand, however, the Captain Galand is confused as to why would they search for the demon.
"Well I still have it, I was going to send it to the kingdom for the king"
"Um...we need it so please let us take care of it" Claude stated.
".....what!?.... well I know that you three were the ones who stopped the demon, however it is still dangerous, I can't hand it to any of you"
Claude and Rein pleaded for the captain, however the captain doesn't wanted to as a Knight, henceforth the Captain offered a Contract out of interest.
"Okay I will give the demon to you, however you three must show us your power and how did you defeat and sealed the demon, and accompany us to the kingdom of mistia" Captain Stated, grinning from interest as if peeling the secrets behind the trio..
"..."
The captain stated his wish for them so they can have the sealed demon. However the two are hesitating because it will involve them to such authority and noble power struggles that might in-danger them.
However Captain Claude only wants to see their potential and make them live to the kingdom for the country benefits.
The two of them is deciding either to agree or not to the offered contract. And so the three of them reached into conclusion and Claude stated their answer.
"Captain we will only agree if, We will be free to do whatever we want once the contract is over, And we only do if Gen is here with us, however he still asleep so please give us time"
Using Gen To buy time, They thought that if they will agree they might become a vassal for the kingdom and their journey and mission might not be finished until the calamity comes.
And so they came into a conclusion that "if they are finally at the kingdom and you all tested our abilities they will we be free to leave after?" Claude asked, therefore Galand replied.
"Sigh... Okay I agree to your demands, but the mistia kingdom is may be small but its the best with our Great King"
"Okay captain, Then when are we going to depart?" Claude asked.
"Soon because we don't know when is the sealing Spell will vanish"
"Okay captain"
The four of them talked about four hours wasting their time because they have nothing to do and so, claris made a move
"Rein your single right?"
"*What the hell did I just said!*'' jumping at her thoughts put of embarrassment.
".....why do you ask? Well I do" Rein answered cluelessly.
"Ahhhahaha it's nothing really haha'' she said awkwardly. "*Yes his really single! Wait why I'm i happy about this? Kyaaa!*"
She said with ab awkward voice however she's very happy in her thoughts as she confirmed that Rein didn't have a girlfriend. And then Rein asked.
"By the way Claris are you fully recovered to your injuries?"
"Ehh? y-yes! I am!" She answered. "*Woah his worried about me!" she thought while blushing.
The two were having a fun conversation. Meanwhile Gen is still unconscious and is inside to his dream
"Where am I? What happened? Right the demon! Where is it? What is this place? Arghh! My head freaking hurts!"
As Gen looked around to the empty space in pain, he found nothing but just a darkish color of the surrounding, soon he sees the sage of Magic Gaius, appearing in front.
"Gaius! Where I'm I? Why are you here? I'm I dead?" In the state of confusion He asked Gaius desperately however Gaius answered.
"No Gen we're in your dream"
"My dream?"
"Yes"
"But why are on my dream?"
"Using magic of course, Magic bends the reality you know"
Gaius has something to talk to, henceforth he did not waste any time.
"Gen you collapsed due to creation of magic"
"I did?"
"Yes creating a magic requires 10 mages to create a small spell such as fire ball"
''However you created an advanced magic alone"
''That's why your unique and thankfully that the mana bank jacket that I gave you became useful, because when you created the magic spell on that time all your magical energy has been consumed so when you casted the luminous Cage spell it used the mana on the jacket or else, you be gone Mad and unreasonable"
Gaius explained Gen on how Good Gen is and therefore Gaius warned him.
"Gen I know your impressive but don't abuse your power, Using too much magic might turn you into an unreasonable monster"
"Huh.... then?"
"I know so I will give you this my ability
(Copymagic) it's one of my best skills thought I don't need it anymore, however as you know my power is restricted because of the Gods, so it has three limitations.
"Really? Why give me?"
"Because I choose you as my inheritor, With this skill you will be able to learn magic easily and you don't have to create a spell that might kill you, All you need to do now is to cultivate your mana"
"...okay thank you Great sage Gaius"
Gaius finished transferring his skill by touching Gen's head, Gen felt a rushing heavy feeling into his body and then the skill was transferred, however Gaius became translucent.
"See you next time Gen, I don't have time"
"Yes see you next time, and thank you, I promise to grow stronger without relying next time"
And so Gen wakes up inside the tent alone and he wondered where is everyone. He wandered around and found a knight on standby and asked.
"Um sir, Did you see my companions?"
"Yes they are on the captain's tent"
"Thank you"
Gen finally knows where they are and so he goes to the location to find them. An hour later Gen arrives seeing them four talking
"Hey!"
"Oh your finally awake!" Said Rein happily.
Gen arrived surprising everyone, And so they greeted him from waking up with disbelief and curiosity.
"So what happened when I was asleep guys?" Gen asked feeling left out, therefore Rein and Claude answered his question.
"nothing much, we just secured the demon" said Claude.
"However we will go to the kingdom soon so prepare, I feel there's a lot of events will happen" said Rein, patting Gen's shoulder.
And so Claude explained to Gen about their contract with captain Galand.
"So we will go to their kingdom" said Gen.
"Yeah"
Gen felt and filled with excitement as he is about to explore a kingdom that he only sees in fantasies.
"So when are we going to depart" He asked.
"tomorrow, the sealing spell you made has an unknown expiration time" Claude answered.
"Oh then let's sleep!" Gen was very excited that he recommended to sleep early to depart tomorrow to the kingdoms capital.
The next day
"Okay let's go! To the capital! Boys!" Claris declared loudly.
They started to move with one platoon of knights as guards and leaving the others for the camp.
A few hours later, on the middle of the travels a monster appeared.
The monster was a huge bull with a Fury red eyes and black leather with the size of a truck
"Moooooo!!!"
The monster bull began to run towards to them however Claude said he will stop it alone and he also wanted to test his abilities
"Flare wave!"
Claude uses his spell to burn the bull however the flames were not enough at least it slowed down the gigantic bull therefore he use his flare burst spell
"Flare burst!"
He ignites the monster bull by flames however the bull were tough. The bull was defeated about 3 hours on the first hour Claude exhausted his spiritual energy and the other two hours were the flames and the pain from the burns.
"Free bull meat!" said Gen being humourous.
As they stayed to rest and eat for the night, Gen asked about the kingdom and the capital.
"Captain? What is the name of the kingdom?"
"It's mestia kingdom, It is famous for its king himself because of the feats and achievements he accomplished in his prime days as a Knight"
"Oh like what kind of achievement?"
"Hmm...the most famous is he defeated a dragon that lived hundred of years and the second is his daughter was said to be a chosen hero. however his daughter specialises on a dark magic that controls the dead. therefore his daughter ran away from the palace and nowhere to be find, then it was concluded that their daughter was not gifted but rather cursed"
As the Captain answered Gen's question the topic became a little heavier as they hear about the princes who ran away. Untill they decided to sleep.
Two weeks later they finally arrived at the kingdoms outskirts and sees a lot of small houses that looks like from medieval era.
However they are heading straight to the capital therefore their traveling well be extended for a day. They arrived at noon on the barracks where the knights resides.
"Alright you all can rest I will be reporting to the royal palace" said Captain, leaving the trio with claris in a room.
"Okay Captain" Claris commented.
The captain walked away to report the incident about the abandoned village, however he will be hiding about the demon that was captured by the trio for a while as he promised.
"So this is the barracks huh, I want to explore the capital... Right guys?" Gen asked.
Gen said with a little excitement shown on his face therefore Claris agreed as the guide.
"Okay I guide you three follow me"
Claris offered guiding them not just for kindness but also to be able to accompany Rein on the trip.
"Let's do that tomorrow I want to sleep besides it's almost night" Claude commented, with a tired expression shown from all those events and travels.
"....okay" Gen agreed.
They agreed therefore they cannot stroll to the capital, and so Claris said something with a exited expression especially for Rein.
"Oh you three must be hungry? I will cook dinner, just wait for a moment"
Claris walked out to the room and goes straight to the kitchen to cook. The kitchen were huge theres about fifty cooks cooking various food for a hundred soldiers however Claris have a space special just for her to cook.
Claris lit the fire on the Magical device using a mana stone an object that feeds from a little magical energy to power on, then Claris wondered on what to cook.
"Hmm what should be better... AHH wished I asked them about the food they prefer~"
And so three hours had passed Claris came back to the room with nine kinds of food.
"Wha- there too many claris!" Said Rein surprised and overwhelmed my her efforts and kindness.
Rein said it straight with worry because it might be wasted because they cannot eat that all.
However Claris on three hours before was lost in thought on what to cook therefore she thought that to cook lots of different variety of food to be safe, and so this moment came.
".....Well I don't know what kind of food you like so I cooked a different kinds, It's okay if you don't eat it all you know it's my fault...sorry"
"No! I will eat this all it took you three hours you know" said Rein, hating to waste her efforts.
On this moment Claris felt starstruck from Rein words and then she blushes.
"Well...let's just eat while it's hot" she said a bit shaky.
She started to eat silently feeling a kind of pleasure from Rein eating the food she cooked.
"Okay Let's eat" said Rein.
However Claude and Gen were listening them the whole time felt left out as they were forgotten on the room
Rein tasted Claris cooking and left him shocked.
"Oh so how's the taste Rein?"
"Hmmmm....it taste"