The next 4 days we made good time. My dad gave me a thumbs up every morning. Thanks to my strength training my arms didn't get numb from the girls' small head weights. Today we arrived in Anna's home town. We went in and when people saw PAIN and FEAR they started showering me with gifts. I rejected them all, but managed to swipe quite a few of the gold bags without the girls noticing. The new town mage was a young man who looked to be around 25 years old, he had cat ears and seemed to be doing a good job. The village looked to be doing well, although nothing compared to what I did for my village, it was clean and well kept and there were no mice or rats to be seen. Surprisingly the cats looked to be on the leaner side now and there were a few dogs in town now. Anna didn't talk to anyone while we spent the day there as we were a day ahead of schedule.

I went to bed early and counted my 'reward money' plus my money from hauling the girls' stuff, it was a total of 150 gold coins. For a total of 900 gold. Still not as much gold as Anna had gotten from betting herself, but close enough.

The girls all got their own rooms and slept separately. Just when I was about to nod off someone slipped into my bed.

I could tell it wasn't one of the girls so I got up right away and pushed them out of my bed.

“Who the hell are you?”

A naked girl around 16 in age with nice tits looked up at me.

“The girl who wants to sleep with the hero who got rid of the mice and tamed the Cerberus.”

“Not interested, get the f*ck out.”

I mean she might have some sexually transmitted disease, if she's that easy to get. There is no way I'm going to ruin the rest of my sexual experiences. As she leaves I check whether I have all of my rings. I do, so I go back to sleep.

I get up and there are some brand new clothes outside my door. They fit me perfectly and I put them in my ring of storage. Those fine clothes can be used when I get to school.

We continue travelling after an early breakfast riding FEAR and PAIN. When we get to the gate of Black Wall the guards come out armed with spears. We all dismount and approach.

“What's this all about?” (dad)

“What's with the beasts? They don't pass the code.”

“Well they are going to school here.”

Dad points to me and the girls.

“Well we will take them in and you can leave with your beasts.”

“Um sir, they're not his, they're mine” (me)

He looks at me then to PAIN and FEAR then back at me. The guards start laughing and some even start rolling on the ground clutching their stomach. A tall man from behind the guards approaches together with a withered old man who looks like a shrivelled up blueberry. The tall man is wearing armour similar to the guards but in a deeper and shinier colour.

The old man speaks:

“Boy if you can defeat the man beside me I will give you a scholarship to my school in Black Wall, it is called Red Royal Academy.”

I hear the girls whispering behind me:

“That's the school we're going to!”

“You think Charles can beat him, he looks pretty tough.”

“Sure I accept, on one condition.” (me)

“And that is?” (old man)

“I am not allowed to use my pets.” (me)

The guards hearing this laugh even louder, most can barely stand.

One speaks out:

“Ha! You think you can beat the garrison commander so easily? He wears 4 gravity rings everyday!”

“Old man, one more condition.” (me)

He looks at me annoyed.

“What?” (old man)

“He isn't allowed to wear gravity rings and no swords.”

The old man looks completely surprised but smiles:

“Sure, if you win I will also give you a monthly budget of 50 gold coins. The man you're about to fight is known for his fist fighting.”

“Deal, let's start.”

I take of my 5 tiered ring and he takes his four rings off. We move over to the bush.

“You know, I failed the swordsmanship program at the school, so if you can't beat me then don't bother with swordsmanship.” (tall man)

I don't respond and simply move to the spot.

“Start now.” (old man)

The man flies right at me pushing off the ground. He seems to have a lot of experience in battle unlike myself. He punches me right in the chest and sends me flying. He stands straight up and looks at the old man.

“Kid wasn't even a challenge, I probably broke some of his bones.” (tall man)

I get up and he looks at me. I fake having a broken rib, but still get closer to him all the same. I'm so glad Codex reinforced my bones. The man rolls his eyes and rushes at me again. This time I'm prepared, dodge his punch and hit his legs with acupuncture. He falls head first into the dirt and grass and slides for a couple of meters. The other guards see this and have stopped laughing. Th man behind me tries to stand, but he falls over. He turns his head to me and yells:

“WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME? MY LEGS AREN'T WORKING AND I CAN TELL THEY AREN'T BROKEN, SO WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?!”

“I tapped you is all” (me)

I say it with a creepy smile on my face and walk over to him. He notices that I'm faking a broken rib.

“Didn't I break your ribs? What the f*ck are you?” (tall man)

“No and abstained.” (me)

I then proceed to hit him in the back of the head and knock him out.

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