《Hero for Hire》Chapter 1: How much?
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Arcadia,
It was a continent that doesn't belong to earth. It was a world where monsters and demons reside. Magic was a fantasy for people who lived on Earth but on Arcadia, it was a common practice for people who had live their lives.
Magic, a mysterious ocurrence where describing unscientific way of releasing changes in nature and making imaginary into reality. Monsters and demons that roamed in the continent had made people, hide in terror.
In this world, humans are the weakest race before the goblin. But in their research, they invented magic in fighting monsters. Now, magic are now used in their everyday life.
5 years ago, A huge magical concentration had emerged in a far away land. A Demon King was born and created a huge army of demons in raveging the lands.
About half of the continent was covered with blood and fire of each race. In the brink of extinction, the king had summoned a young man from the other world in defeating the Demon King.
The Boy had defeat the Demon King and save the continent. He was hailed as a hero and praise by many. But he had disappear one day...
The people were shocked at his disappearance. A new Demon King had emerge a year after his disappearance and now tearing Arcadia once again.
But on a certain day...
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On a dense forest, people that wore armor that shines on the sunny day. A carraige that only one person that rode inside. A young maiden was looking outside while fluttering her Blond hair.
"Are you sure he is here?"[Girl]
"I don't know princess, our spies we sent didn't come back after their last report. But they left behind their last location here."[Knight 1]
"Maybe some demon had passed by here, we should be careful."[Knight 2]
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"Wait!"[Knight 3]
!!
One of the knights had stopped galloping. After they have stopped, they were shocked by what they saw.
People who wore black clothings and hid their faces were tied together as they had lost consciousness. A young boy was resting above a tree while looking down at them. His eyes that dyed with darkness as his hair swayed on the wind. He had leap from the tree as he walk towards the carriage.
The knights had unsheath their swords in preparing to fight but the boy doesn't even glace as he approached the carriage. As he reached the carriage, he called out to the princess who was inside it.
"Sup, nice to see you again."[Boy]
The boy gave a grin as he stared at the girl...
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It was on a small house, built in the middle of the forest. The knights were stationed outside the house as three people walk towards inside.
They were shock that it was clean and well oragnized. The house was plain furniture but it was polished like a noble's mansion. The boy called out to them.
"Do you want some tea?"[Boy]
The boy handed them some tea and cookies while the princess was comfortable on the couch. As the boy sat down on a chair, he stared at the blissful girl.
"So, what do you want?"[Boy]
The boy change from polite to intimidating aura after he had said those words. The knight next to the girl was suffocating from the pressure he had imitated while the girl was shaking. But she gave resolve and to respond to him.
"I want you to go-"[Princess]
"Nope."[Boy]
"Why you-"[Knight]
The knight snap from the pressure and unsheath his sword. The boy just stared at the princess.
"Do you think that after you pulled your sword, you can take me down?"[Boy]
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"..."[Knight]
The knight was pissed at the boy's words but he sheath his sword and sat down. The boy glared at the princess.
"Why did you even come here for? You already know that i don't even give a damn about your kingdom."[Boy]
"..."[Princess]
"Grr..."[Knight]
The princess became teary eyed seeing the boy was pissed while the knight was releasing killing intent as he glared at the boy.
"I want you to train the heroes. I beg of you."[Princess]
The princess gave a pleading voice at the boy as she was in a dire need of help. The knight became depress as he stared at the princess. The boy didn't say anything as he raise his head up.
"Haah..."
He gave a sigh as he looked at the princess. The air around him got even more colder as he was staring at the princess. The knight shuttered as he was now being in contact with a strong monster as the boy took a sip of the tea.
"Did you think that i would help you?"[Boy]
"..."[Princess]
The boy gave a dead eyes to the princess as the knight could do nothing to the boy. The princess gave resolve as she stared at the boy.
"...i-i would do anything to help our kingdom, please ask."[Princess]
As the princess said that, the boy looked at the princess body as he gave a lewd look at her. The knight gritted his teeth as the person he serve was offering her body to him. After the boy looked at the girl's body, he gave a smirk as he wasn't interested in her.
"Then we have ourselves a deal."[Boy]
"Why you..."[Knight]
The knight couldn't take the shame and charge at the boy.
"How much?"[Boy]
""...""
A cold silence had emerge from the house. The princess and even the knight had their jaw drop as the boy said those words.
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