Orion’s POV:
I opened my eyes as the sun was rising not feeling any pain, Shiro was sleeping in a chair with her head rested on the end of the bed. Scarlet slowly started to wake up, she rubbed her eyes before saying anything. “Fuck, that was uncomfortable.” She stretches.
She was also laying at the end of the bed with her head resting on my legs. “That was unladylike of you.” I teased.
Scarlet covered her mouth looking at Shiro hoping she wasn’t awake or didn’t hear. “Oh shi…“ She paused as I gave her a look. “Sorry.”
“It’s fine just try not to do it.” I replied.
*CRASH* the sound of a plate crashing to the ground alerted and waking summer (who dropped her plate of food) and Shiro. “NOOOO MY FOOOOD.” Summer cried out rushing to her food on the ground.
Shiro rubs her eyes, and she looks at me. “Oh, good morning.” She looks around the room at the others.
Summer is still half asleep. “Can we go to the Orical now?”
“When does it even open?” I asked, getting up and putting on a shirt.
Flabbergasted Summer and Scarlet stared at me as I got dressed both blushing and looking away. When I was about to put on his shirt Scarlet noticed a bunch of scars and gashes on my back looking like burns or whip scars. “What are those?” She asked pointing to his back.
I paused before putting my shirt on fully. “I honestly don’t know my dad…. said they were birth marks” He looks down with a saddened look.
Scarlet looked at Shiro who had the same expression I had. When Winter practically kicking down the door. “Orion explain this.” She held up a wanted poster with my face on it.
“Heh cool I'm worth three hundred gold.” I chuckled.
I stopped laughing when I read the reason why I was wanted. “Slaughtering of countless demons and destroying half a country and the lands around it?” I read along. “What the fuck, it doesn’t mention how they tortured my family for countless years.”
“What?” Winter asked.
I explained how my family was tormented throughout my life and eventually murdered my mother in cold blood. “I don’t know where they took my father, and I promised that I would find him.” I finished with a saddened look on my face.
I didn’t go into too much detail on how I killed Farith but I mentioned him. “Yeah, I used a too strong of an attack, but I would do it again if I went back in time.” I said.
“I’m sorry I didn’t know.” Winter tried to give me a hug, but Summer beat her to it.
“We are here if you need anything.” Summer said.
“I know, let’s go to the Orical.” I said letting go of Summer. “I will meet you guys there I want to make sure I can leave.”
“Ok, I'll see you there.” Summer said before heading out the door with the other girls. I left and headed to Knox’s office and knocked on the door. “Hey you in there?” I asked.
“Yeah come in.” He sounded from the inside.
I opened the door to find Knox sitting at a desk filling out some paperwork. “Uh is it good if I leave, I'm not going to die if I do, right?” I asked.
“Come here.” he said.
I did so and he placed his hand on my chest. After a few minutes he finally said something. “Shiro can’t use mana, can’t she?” he asked.
“No, she can’t, is there anything you can help with?” I asked.
“I mean I can take a look at her reservoir and her channels.” Knox replied, taking his hand off my chest. “You’ll be fine, if you have any problems come back.”
“What’s a reservoir?” I asked.
“It’s the thing that holds your mana, so you can use magic.” He answered like I was a little kid.
“Oh, you mean a core?” I questioned.
“A core, reservoir, mana holder whatever, if her is damaged she can't use mana ever.” he answered. “Bring her in in an hour or two. I'll take a look.”
“Alright, will do.” I said leaving.
“Oh, also you need to see what class you are when you get back.” He said as I was leaving.
“Alright.” I closed the door.
I left the guild hall and wandered around for a bit. After about 30 minutes of walking, I saw an older looking guy maybe around 20 maybe older he had short black hair with yellow eyes talking to a girl maybe younger than Shiro. I just assumed they were father and daughter because they did look similar, the girl had dark black hair with yellow eyes. I walked up to them to ask directions but when I got closer, I noticed the girl looked terrified as the man was trying to pull her away into an alley. The man quickly unsheathed his sword to swing at the little girl. “COME WITH ME YOU FUCKING BRAT.” The man yelled at the girl.
“NO SOMEONE HELP” The girl looked around.
Before I could react Jack quickly swooped down slitting the man's throat with chain scythes, but Jack didn’t hit anything to fatal, so he watched the man slowly suffer as he bled out through his throat. “Next time don’t touch my little sister” As the man took his final breath I silently watched as the man lost the light in his eyes.
“Jack, I didn’t know you have a sister.” I asked looking towards Jack.
“That’s because you never asked.” he replied wiping the blood from his scythes.
“Well anyway where is the Orical I’m supposed to meet up with Summer and Scarlet?” I asked Jack
“It’s over there” he points to the building they’re in front of us.
“Oh, thanks.” I replied.
When I walked in, I saw a big man maybe 7 foot tall, he had short messy grayish brown hair with dark yellow eyes, he was wearing a greenish brown shirt with brown jeans. He had a warm smile but when a drunk guy started to harass one of the waitress’ he got pissed, his smile went from a warm smile to a straight emotionless face as he started to walk towards the drunk. “Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to leave.” The tall man said to the drunk with a forced smile.
“Ehh *Hic* the fuck you say to me?” The drunk says while trying to stand up straight.
“Well, I warned you.” The man started to change half of his face went into a blur it was as if an Abyssal creature was trying to escape black like spears started to shoot out of his right arm picking up the drunk. “I asked you to leave.”
The tall man was definitely not human his right arm had long black, green, and white spikes sticking out, the right side of his face was a hardened obsidian material with a light green eye. He started to walk out of the Tavern with multiple spears in the drunk all in pressure points so all the guy could do was look in horror as he was dragged off. I just watched as he was dragged off by the creature after a few seconds you could hear the drunk scream as he was slaughtered. “I smell blood, and lots of it.” I covered his nose.
After I commented the tall man walked around the corner covered in blood and wiping his hands. “Are you sure this is the right place?” I nudged Jack.
“Yeah, that’s Aizen he works here he’s kind of like a bouncer but he’s a bartender/waiter.” Jack replied, swatting away my hand.
“Oh, hey Jack and who’s this you’re with.” Aizen asked and unlike his appearance his voice was warm and welcoming.
“Hi, the names Orion.” I held out his hand for a handshake.
Aizen grabbed my hand and the grip on Aizen’s hand was strong enough to crush my skull. “Well anyway nice to meet you let me introduce you to some of the staff.” He walked into the tavern.
As I walked in Jack went straight to the counter with his little sister to talk to the one behind the bar. Aizen looked around and walked towards the waitress that was harassed, she was wearing the uniform for the tavern it was a short-frilled dress with red and white highlights she had long orange hair slowly fading into a light orangish red with a red ribbon tying up her hair in a ponytail she had sky blue eyes. She was holding a tankard full of booze and a plate of food. “Hey April, you, ok?” Aizen asks. “Also, this is Orion one of Jack’s and Summer’s friends.”
“Hey my names April, nice to meet you.” She bows not spilling any of the food or booze.
“Hey the names Orion, nice to meet you too” bowed slightly.
“Hey where’s Maple?” Aizen asks.
“Oh, she’s in the backroom talking with Katsuki.” She replied.
“Alright thank you.” He waved and started walking to the counter where Jack, Scarlet, Shiro, Summer and Jack’s little sister.
Aizen signaled me to follow him as he walked to the back, when I walked through the doors to the kitchen there was a guy cooking a large meal, but what was weird is that he was making 10 meals at a time, he wasn’t going from dish to dish the dishes were making themselves. The guy was wearing a grayish green long sleeve shirt with brown pants, his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, his eyes were glowing a lime green, he had short dark brown hair with a fade, what stuck out the must was a small metal plate bolted to his forearm. “Hey Ivan meet Orion he’s Jack and Summer’s friend.” Aizen grabs a piece of food from one of the plates.
“Aizen, you know how much food I have to make?” Ivan yells at Aizen.
“Yeah, Summer is here.” Aizen says grabbing some plates. “If you turn the corner over there, you’ll see Maple and Katsuki.”
I walked towards the corner and stopped when he heard voices. “No, we can’t do this here, it’s too risky nyah.” A girls voice whispered.
“Come on its going to be fine no one is here.” A man voice whispered.
I knocked on the wall before turning the corner, giving them time to stop doing whatever they were doing. “Hi Aizen sent me over here, I’m one of Summers friends.” I walked around the corner covering my eyes
“Why are you cover your eyes nyah” A girl with brown hair that just went past her shoulders with cat ears and a cat tail, her eyes were a reddish brown her uniform was like Aprils, but she had orange highlights instead of a red she was holding a plate of fried squid with peanut butter on it. “Katsuki is just making weird food to put on the menu but it’s always too gross nyah”
“Hey so you’re one of Summers friend, right?” The man that’s over the weird looking fryer. He had short blonde hair he had crimson red eyes, he was wearing a light brown vest with a light green undershirt and a yellow tie.
“Yeah, why?” I replied with a question.
“Because she puts me to work, fucking hell.” Katsuki groaned.
“Why?” I asked.
“Have you seen her appetite, holy shit she can eat.” Katsuki replied. “Alright I’m busy leave me alone, git git”
I start to walk away from the two when Maple jumped to her feet and started walking with me. “Yeah, I’m gonna leave with you, he makes me eat his food and it’s so gross nyah.” Maple walked into the kitchen to grab some food for the customers.
I walked out of the back and towards the front of with the bar, I plop down next to everyone. “Hey, Orion, you want anything I’m paying.” Scarlet asks while handing him a menu.
The menu for the Orical
Specials (Drinks, Alcoholic):
Briggen (Homemade Booze 70%)
Grunt (Extremely high alcohol percentage infused with mana 90%)
Rumage (A bunch of alcohols put together 85%)
Gaster (a fine wine infused with mana aged for 10 years 50%)
The Kraken (Has the mana of the Kraken which makes people drunk 70%)
Specials (Food):
Ribskey (Boar ribs slowly cooked in whiskey of choice)
Trifec (3 different meat of choice compiled into patty and made into a sandwich)
Poulder (The roughest part of a strider that’s been pulled and aged for 3 days put on to a sandwich)
“So, these are the custom items?” I asked. “Is there a different menu or is this it?”
“These are the specials of our tavern but if you want anything else don’t hesitate to ask because we can make anything.” The man behind the bar spoke, his hair was a dark orange with lighter orange eyes to match on the right side of his face like Ivan he had a metal plate, his uniform was a little different to Katsuki’s though the vest was a dark green instead of brown and wore a beige undershirt with a light green tie. “The names Kaza and I heard you met the rest if the staff.”
“Yeah, they are an interesting bunch. Oh, shit what time is it” I panicked and checked his nonexistent watch.
Summer checked her watch. “It’s 12:30.”
“Oh, shit I got to go meet up with Atlas, it was nice meeting you guys” I said walking out the door. “Scarlet watches my sister and bring her to Knox later.”
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