"Elder Gembu," Chokio bowed along with everyone else in the room.
"Please, tend to the girl as you were," Gembu waved it off. "Something tells me you aren't a simple merchant," Ko said with narrowed eyes, "what exactly is going on here?"
Gembu sighed, "it's complicated."
"One of my students is on the table injured and the other one was almost killed. Uncomplicate it for me."
"How dare you talk to the elder like that!" a young man standing behind the squad of old men cried out, "do you know who you're talking to?!"
"Yoshi! That's enough," Gembu glared at the man making hims shut up. Gembu sighed and turned to us, "you are correct, I am not an ordinary merchant. I'm also the elder of this village, my family has been helping run this place for hundreds of years, along with the temple who enact the annual tea ceremony." "Who is this Buloba?" I asked, "why did he attack Red over there?" I pointed at Rias who blushed at the attention.
Gembu looked at Rias and chuckled, 'they get younger every year,' he muttered under his breath before speaking louder, "Buloba used be a ninja from our village. While we don't have the system the great nations do to churn out ninjas, we do have our own protection. Buloba was one of them, and he was a good man. But...he became...interested in the legend of the village."
"More like obsessed," another elder scoffed, "the boy believed that stonefaces were actually real! Can you believe that?! That fool killed ten people trying to prove his theory and when we caught him he killed ten more to make his escape!"
"And took along with him this village's most prized possession, the last warhammer of the Stone Crushers," Gembu sighed the mentioning of the hammer causing everyone to hang their head in shame, even Rias.
Zemo and I looked at each other. The Sarutobi grinned, "I guess it was a good thing you think ahead huh Yami?"
I nodded, "yup."
Ko raised an eyebrow, "something you want to share?"
I took out the storage scroll and unsealed the war hammer displaying ti before the elder who all became stunned silent, "here you go, one mythical war hammer, near mint condition, previously used by a douche so make sure you wash it before using it again."
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Save the priestess! Reward: A kiss +8,000 EXP I blinked at the first reward, a kiss? Seriously? Could this thing predict the future now?
Ping!
You have leveled up!
Yami, Little Professor Level- 31 (300/15,800) HP- 4,500/4,500 (+20) SP- 2,175/2,175 CP- 2,550/2,550 CONTROL- 100% FIRE- 100% WIND- 78% Allegiance- Konoha Civilian STR- 32 VIT- 46 DEX- 46 INT- 35 (+2) CHA- 51 CC- 131 LUC- 26 (+5) Points- 5 "Y-you found it!" Gembu cried out in surprise, "how?!"
Zemo shrugged, "we found it in the forest, figured it would be a good idea if he didn't get his hands on it again."
"Oh my God!" Gembu said as he took the hammer, barely managing to hold it. The elderly men and the priest and priestess all looking at the hammer in almost holy reverence.
"You have done us a great service!" Gembu said as he smiled at all of us, "please, let me repay you, this action mustn't go unrewarded! Spend a day here, let us show you our hospitality! Not only did you save our people from those ninjas but you also brought back this villages treasure! You must stay as our honoured guest! I insist!"
"Don't forget saving Rias," Chokio added, glaring at the fact that the man forgot about her daughter.
"Y-yes! Of course!"
"But why did he kidnap Rias in the first place?" Zemo asked, "what did he gain from it?"
"Well like we said, he was an avid believer in the tale of the strong crushers, and he believed that is the mountains woke up again then the Land of Tea would revert back to it's glory days of great might and power. With him leading us all."
I blinked, "so he kidnapped Rias, who is incharge of making the tea which keeps the king of the mountains asleep. So by stopping the ceremony he would curse the mountain to...holy shit! Did you guys actually finish the ceremony?!"
Zemo gasped, "oh no oh no oh no! We're all going to die!"
Gembu chuckled, "relax young ones, it is just a story. Why if missing a single ceremony means so much, then the mountain king would have awoken a long time ago. While this is tradition, we haven't been able to do it every year for the last thousand years you know."
I sighed, "oh thank God. I so was not in the mode to fight a mountain today."
Rias chuckled, "you have a very nice sense of humor..."
I smiled, "Yami, my name is Yami." Rias blushed, "ri-right. I'm Rias, Rias Uzumaki...thank you for saving me," she bowed.
"It's fine, please don't bow," I said with a smile.
"Hey! We helped too you know!" China called out from the table before groaning in pain.
"Don't move too much," Chokio scolded.
Rias blushed, "y-yes, all did help but..." she looked at me and gulped, moving forward, leaning forward and pressing her soft lips against mine. My hands automatically went to her hips as hers rested on my shoulders. Oddly enough, the height diffrence was...not really an issue.
I blinked in shock as I stayed still as she slowly moved away. Everyone was silent, Gembu looking smug while Zumo's jaw dropped and China's face looked comical in shock. Even Ko looked surprised. Ping!
You have gained a new skill!
Kissing, Lv- 1 (0%) Your ability to please someone through a kiss.
10% satisfaction +2 REP for the next ten minutes I blinked, "was that for saving you?" Rias nodded as she licked her lips, "isn't that the proper way to thank someone for saving your life?"
"No! It isn't!" China yelled out.
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