Well, turns out our new house is actually very far away from the guild, and its already night so we will only be able to arrive there tomorrow.
We're currently walking in the streets of Beatitudo, while the sky is completely dark.
I'm walking with Sayuri on my side, were both just walking normally, in these completely empty streets.
She then, simply stops and looks at me while pointing at her right side.
"Hey uh, this is the forest, let's
go this way, it is a shortcut to get to the location of the house."
I yawned, being quite tired.
"Uahhhhh.... Im so tired, yeah lets go and sleep in the sleeping beds."
She frowned.
"Ah? Didn't you hear me?! I said we're going to take a shortcut!"
"What?! Do you plan to keep walking during night?!"
"Yeah, let's just keep walking, so we'll probably arrive early in the morning."
"NO WAY!! I need to sleep at night!"
Sayuri and I started arguing.
"Why? We can sleep when we arrive it's no big deal."
I moved even closer to her, quite angry.
"We should sleep now and walk during the day!! That's healthy!"
She was also quite irritated.
"But we need to arrive as fast as possible! Plus, im your boss, so you bett-"
"AH NO WAY!!"
We gritted our teeth, face to face.
At the same moment, we turned ours around and screamed at the same time
"AMARI!! WHO'S RIGHT!?"
"AMARI!! WHO IS RIGHT?!"
We were looking at Amari.
She... she was sad, head down and depressed, almost dragging herself along the floor.
"5-5 finger ring... 5 finger ring... 5 finger ring..."
She just kept saying those words over and over again, without even looking at us, looking hypnotized on the floor.
I don't think she even knows that we're actually shouting her name.
Sayuri and I looked at her for a second, trying to understand whats going on with her.
Wait a second... 5 fingers... 5 fingers!
"Ha! She is saying 5 fingers, and I have 5 fingers on my right hand!! That means she agrees with me!!"
Sayuri didn't seem to agree with me very much.
"W-What!? WHAT A STUPID ARGUMENT IS THAT!? I CAN LITERALLY SAY THE SAME!!"
Oh damn, she got me.
"Augh, fair... I SAID IT FIRST!!"
"THIS CHANGES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!"
So we continued in a fight of arguments that lasted for a while, until Sayuri had an interesting idea.
"Well, you kno what?! OK! We can sleep in the sleeping begs..."
I opened a wide smile, ready to celebrate, but before I could speak, she spoke first.
"Buuuuuuuuuuut..."
She gave me an evil smile, which gave me sincere fear and nervousness.
"YOU WILL HAVE TO LET ME CHOOSE THE NAME OF YOUR MOST POWERFUL ATTACK!!!"
This definitely took me by surprise, it was a request I really wasn't expecting.
It even made me stutter a little.
"H-HUH?! Y-You want to name my most powerful attack... Why?!"
In a very epic and serious pose, pointing her staff upwards, and speaking very loudly and confidently, she said.
"I, Sayuri, the coolest wizard, and the one who will become the greatest wizard in the world, will choose the name of the strongest attack of the man who will be the Emperor of the World, the attack that will defeat the final villain!!.. Isn't that something I should want!? and the name you give to your attacks sucks..."
She pointed the staff at me at the end.
She definitely wasn't being ironic, in fact she was speaking in a very aggressive and even proud way.
It sounded more like a threat than anything else, honestly.
She somehow managed to say all this without blushing even a little.
"A-And what it would be?..."
She took a deep breath, trying to maintain the same posture, but was unable to not turn pink slightly.
"Katchaboom."
"OH HELL NAH-"
But then suddenly, i heard a few steps behind me.
Wait, actually its not a few, its a lot!
I slowly turned my back, only to face whoever was walking towards us.
"Who's there..."
I said, looking at some weird fellas.
They were 3 people, 2 guys and a girl.
"So uh, how do I say this... this is a robbery."
They all had something in common, they wore raccoon masks on their faces, and- WAIT A SECOND!
The girl, she was very small, young, perhaps a child, wearing a black hood, and had green hair...
WAIT A SECOND!
"SAYURI, IS THIS YOU SISTE-"
No no wait, that's not it... I've seen her somewhere... Where?...
But before Sayuri could say anything, or I could remember her, she said it herself.
"Oh wait, you're the guy I stole the sweets yesterday!"
"OHHHHHHH!! THAT'S YOU!!"
I remember now, the moment I arrived at this world, she simply stole my sweets, but...
I pointed a finger at her and started laughing.
"HAHAHA! I ATE EVERYTHING!! YOU DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING FROM ME!! HAHAHA!"
The girl instantly replied, even though I can't see her face because of the raccoon mask, I'm sure she didn't expect me to say that.
"W-What? Do you think i care? If only there was money or something, but there was only candy!"
I kept laughing.
"Hahaha! I literally ate everything in front of you, without anything you could do! Hahahaha!"
She simply crossed her arms and sighed at the side, i think she was quite pissed.
"Yeah yeah, whatever..."
But while I was laughing at this looser, Sayuri grabbed me by the neck gaiter to make me bend down, so she could whisper in my ear.
"You don't know who this guys are?... Of course not... They are the "Racoon Killers", a group of very famous thieves in Beatitudo..."
So i looked at their faces, and ohhhhhh, thats why they use the racoon masks...
"What a foolish name."
Sayuri herself yelled at me.
"LOOK WHO'S TALKING!"
The one I presume to be their leader, since he was in the middle and was blond, pointed a finger at me.
"I said, this is an assault!! You two give us everything of value that you have with you!!"
Sayuri whispered on my ear.
"Don't worry, let me take care of this, i know how to deal with them..."
So she turned to them.
She took a deep breath, holding her staff, and-
"KATCHA-"
Before she could finish, o "Racoon Killer" what was left, the brown-haired boy on the right, said.
"Wait, boss!..."
Sayuri also stopped.
She gave a proud and arrogant smile, feeling like the one.
"Oh, so youre afraid?... I didn't know that the name Katchau had become popular throughout the city... You've already identified me, right?! Yes, Indeed, the cool, the big-, the cool wizard, Sayuri, the one who's going to become the greatest wizard in the wo-"
"Boss, they are just kids."
This speech from the brown-haired man, simply ignoring her and looking at his boss, made Sayuri feel shocked.
"Oh you're right... But how many times i will have to say this... WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT AGE!!"
The boss then took out a dagger, and pointed it at us.
"So, I repeat for the last time!... THIS IS A ROBBERY, GIVE ME ALL THE VALUABLE THINGS YOU HAVE!!... That lady over there please too..."
He mentioned Amari, who was behind us, sprawled on the floor, just mumbling "5 finger ring" over and over.
Sayuri was still in shock, the anger hadn't yet had time to take control of her body.
Lol, they really called her a kid during her proud speech... Wait... they said K-I-D-S?! S!? T-THEY MENTION ME TOO?!
Small black rays appeared around my fists as i activated Sankalpa on them.
"OK SAYURI! LETS TELL THIS GUYS A THING!!"
Sayuri quickly grabbed her staff and adjusted her hat, composing herself and ready for battle.
"YEAH!! I WILL BURN THEM!!!"
The 3 thiefs didn't show any reaction, they didn't seem nervous (or I just can't see it because of the raccoon mask.)
The boss lowered his dagger, and said assertively.
"Brown-haired guy!!"
"Yes boss."
The brown-haired guy, simply pointed his hand at us.
"Gurandosefuto!"
And just like that... nothing happened.
I looked confused at Sayuri.
"Hm... you hurt?"
She said no with her head.
I looked around, there was nothing strange either.
I don't understand what he did.
But then suddenly, Sayuri said.
"H-Hey... why my legs are cold-"
She then looked at the Racoon's, and instantly got a lot blushed, putting your hand in the middle of her skirt.
"A-AHHHH!!!! H-HE STOLE MY UN-..."
I looked at the hand of that brown-haired thief, and there was a strange yellow fabric object there, something I had never seen in my entire life. It was small, he could hold it in his hands, but it looked like a net. Do they use that to catch butterflies? But it seems to be very small and with holes on the sides, so they can easily escape!
Could it be a small bag then? Oh yeah, the holes are for you to hold on to! No but wait, it's too small, is it a bag that you can only hold with your fingers? What is that thing!?
The boss looked at the brown-haired dude, and instantly yelled.
"Y-YOU PERVERT!! WHY WOULD YOU STOLE THAT?!"
The brown-haired guy seemed kinda desperate and stuttering a lot, holding that yellow thing in his hand.
"N-NO!! Gurandosefuto only steals the MOST EXPENSIVE THING THE PERSON HAS!!"
The boos talked slowly.
"S-So youre telling me that the most expensive thing that girl has is her..."
He looked at Sayuri, she was extremely red, holding her skirt and looking at the ground besides me.
"G-Give it back..."
Wait, that means that thing belongs to Sayuri? What is she buying with it?!
The brown-haired guy simply tossed her the object, which she quickly tucked into a pocket of her dark yellow dress.
The 3 thieves simply turned their backs, and the boss said.
"Well, as a married man, I apologize, we will not steal you anymore... And honestly, if that's your most expensive thing, you're either extremely poor or extremely rich, but I honestly don't care anymore..."
They turned back and started to walk away.
I looked at Sayuri, she didn't look back at me, so I looked at the robbers.
"Hm wait, an expensive house?... We actually have a house now!!"
Sayuri quickly yelled at me.
"W-WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?!"
The 3 thieves immediately stopped and turned to us.
The green-haired girl said coldly.
"Oh, did you hear boss?..."
"Yes, i did..."
We all looked at each other in great silence.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!? GIVE US THE DIRECTIONS!!"
"Oh, hm well... It's quite far, and we are just following a ma-"
"3 RINGS..."
Suddenly, 3 thin, gray iron chains came from behind me at an impressive speed and tied up them 3.
"W-WHAT IS TH-"
I quickly looked back, there was Amari, with her right hand open and pointing forward.
From her thumb, index and middle finger, the chain of the ring on that fingers had stretched out and was the one holding them.
"Mooring..."
Sayuri and I quickly ducked, as grabbing the arm with the other hand, Amari simply began to spin around, over and over again, the same effect applied to the raccoons tied by the chains, but much greater because they were spinning around the circumference of a circle.
"WHIP!!!"
With a final twist, she undid the restraints as she launched them, and sent the 3 thieves flying at incredible speed into the sky.
"AHHHHH!! W-WE WILL COME BACK!!!"
So, they disappeared in the sky.
The 3 chains quickly returned, returning to Amari's right hand, bring back to being just a normal finger ring.
She looked at her hand, quite impressed.
"Hm well... This may not be that bad..."
Sayuri and I were in shock, looking at Amari.
"W-WHAT WAS THAT?!"
I said, running in her direction very interested.
"Oh? Well, i simply created my Sisu!!"
"Oh really?... I thought you were crying on the floor this whole ti-"
Amari quickly shouted back, a bit embarrassed.
"I-I WASN'T... O-OK, maybe a bit in the beginning, an-, B-BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THIS RING, AND I DISCOVERED HOW USEFUL IT CAN BE TO ME!!!"
"OH WOW!! AND WHAT IT IS!?"
"I decided to call my Sisu: 5 Rings of Power."
Sayuri said quietly.
"Not cool."
"S-SHUT UP!! I-I'M MORE FOCUSED ON HOW TO MAKE IT STRONG THAN ON GIVING IT GOOD NAMES!!!"
She calmed down, as apparently Sayuri just didn't had enough strength to keep teasing her.
"So... Wanna guess what it does?"
I quickly put a finger up, jumping.
"OH, ME ME ME!... Well let me see... YOU CAN STRETCH THE CHAINS!!"
Amari laughed a bit.
"Haha, no... That would be very simple to me, you know, im smart as hell."
I started to think even further, the best i could.
"Hm... You... you... you... YOU CAN STRETCH IT, BUT EVEN BETTER-"
Amari quickly interrupted me.
"Ok shut up. So..."
She showed us the ring.
"My Sisu, 5 Rings of Power, actually does the following: Grants individual fixed properties to each of the rings and their chain!"
I honestly didn't understand very well, but it looks cool!
"S-So like uh... Each one has their own power?"
"Yeah kinda like th-... Actually no, even though I did that my Sisu, my thumb, index and middle finger rings, just stretch out and I can kind of control them..."
"Wow that... thats cool!!"
Amari looked at my honest excited eyes, and continued to talk happy and proud of herself.
"And its not over yet! If not, I would have made my Sisu: Stretch the 5 rings. I made them so that they were individual properties, even if the 3 fingers were the same, to be able to have some... special abilities!!"
"S-Special abilities!? S-SO ITS LITERALLY POWERS!!"
"Yeah yeah whatever you call... I gave a different ability to my little finger and ring finger, which I found useful... 3 chains seems to be enough to fight, and I can freely use one or use all 3 as before, but I believe that the more I use them, the more Sankalpa I spend..."
Sayuri, embarrassed and talking slowly (or maybe she was just cold), said.
"All you said is right... But, I will warn you about something... if you had done your Sisu: 5 chains that stretch, the 5 chains would stretch to a level, their resistance and amount of Sankalpa spent too... But since you chose to give properties to 2 of them, it is different..."
"What you mean..."
"Depending on how strong these 2 skills are, your range, resistance and Sankalpa spent changes... If they are too powerful, these 3 attributes are much lower than if you had only chosen for the 5 chains to stretch."
Amari was trying to analyze it.
"Ah so like, It doesn't matter if I'm using these 2 skills or not, my limits will always be smaller just because of the existence of the 2 skills..."
"Yes indeed... Over time you will be able to increase these attributes anyways... But maybe, if the skills you choose are pretty weak, It may be that in fact these attributes have increased... It's all a mechanism of Sankalpa itself to make everything balanced and not overpowered... But well, it all depends on the question: which 2 skills did you choose?..."
Amari giggled.
"It's a secret❤️"
Oh that made me furious!
"OH CMON!!! JUST SAY IT ALREADY!!!"
She giggled again, looking at the side playing dumb.
"Maybe later..."
She then noticed the dark sky.
"Oh damn, its so late... We were going to the mansion house?... But is so late now... But im with energy now!"
I smirked.
"Ah me too!! I actually wanted to sleep, but now, I can't, let's walk!-"
Sayuri yelled.
"NO!! DON'T CHANGE YOUR OPINION NOW, WERE SLEEPING HERE!!!"
I glared at her, kinda confused.
"Ah? Weren't you the one who wanted to go to the mansion as soon as possible?-"
"NO, NOT MORE!!! WE WILL SLEEP HERE!!"
She seemed so worried, I just accepted it.
So we slept in the sleeping bed one (hopefully) last time.