"Big sister, do you have now a new name?" Na'an was completely baffled. What was that about?
"We can use it for quests, but in our family, I am Mikey. Or even better big sister. What, you don't like calling me big sister?" She teased him a bit.
Suddenly he stopped and held his little head. "We forgot to pay?!"
She flicked her finger on his forehead. ''Little fool. If they wanted us to pay, wouldn't there already be the whole bunch of them running after us and making ruckus a long time ago?''
He pursued his lips and rubbed the spot where she hit him. ''I guess you are right.'' Then he smiled brightly while thinking about the stones. ''So what shall we do with the money?''
''Let me check out what is going on in the city. We need to go around markets, stalls and stores. I need to see the price range of different materials and food. Did you hear him? I have nature power. If I can grow some things that are rare, wouldn't that be amazing? Then we could earn more...'' She wanted to say more when she saw him shaking his head.
All proudly that he knew more than her rose his finger in the air and started walking forward. ''As someone that knows more, listen to me. You can definitely earn more money if we go to quest guild. It will be faster and easier.''
She just let him be. Actually, partially he was right. This child knew much more about this world than herself. It will take a long time for her to understand more.
"Then I shall follow you to the quest guild. But I still plan to stroll through the market. We don't have to buy anything. The family needs these stones more. We need a proper house, don't you think?" Living in that hut was not an appropriate way.
Na'an smiled. "We didn't plan to stay in that place for a long time. Just until the mother had enough stones for a little house in the city. Its summer so we just are taking that as vacation time."
Mikey was surprised by his words. "You world have vacations?"
Na'an smiled brightly. "My mother invented that while ago. After she came back from one quest she started having new ideas. And she started laughing, smiling more and has much more confidence."
Mikey became serious. It seems Nalan Ko didn't tell her everything. But, maybe she fears that she could be misunderstood? Never mind, when she wants, she can tell her. Or should she just ask her?
All those conflicted thoughts crossed her mind while she walked and almost ended up colliding with the biggest man she ever saw in her life.
He looked at her from above and almost yelled, but when he saw her clear blue eyes that looked like they would tear up any time, he just gave up.
Mikey could see his emotions and was glad. He was over seven feet tall and had probably about three hundred pounds of pure muscle on him. If he smacks her with one of those hands, she would turn into a patty.
With a cute smile and small bow if a head she excused herself. "I am sorry. I literally am new here so I got too much into dreaming that I didn't look my steps. I'm Mikey ohmmm Mei Ling and this is Na'an.''
The big man bowed slightly and with a deep voice introduced himself. ''I am Noak. I an see you are going to the quest guild. Are you looking for groups?''
She shyly nodded making his heart warm. ''I maybe can help you. Tell me, do you have any powers?''
Na'an proudly puffed his chest up. ''My sister has nature power. ''But then chuckled as he saw the man changing his face into complicate depression. ''And she is a tracker.''
The man suddenly looked at Mikey like she was a pot of gold and carefully held her hand. ''Please, then let me invite you first to our group.''
Mikey blinked ta him. ''Uhm, I just found out I am tracker. I still need to learn how to use that. I planned first to take a couple of simple quests to learn more...'' But it was stopped as his face suddenly appeared in front of her.
''Please don't deny it. I will explain everything to you. My sister is a tracker and got actually quite a good offer to hunt a dragon. My group is small so we do medium quests. I promise half of the win will go to you. And I will teach you everything. Only this quest is now important as one of our mates is about to become a father so we wanted to give him enough stones for the child and his wife. Please accept us.''
His big head was deeply bowed only to be in her line of sight making him grunt but he still did it for his people. Mikey could only nod. ''I accept it then. I hope you will help m learn more about this skill. Are there many people like me here?''
Noak finally straightened his back and shook vigorously his head. ''Trackers are even rare than power users. But the combination of nature and tracker is even rarer. Listen I think you can use your natural power as your own shield and it can help with our quest as well. I am a truly lucky person today. Come. My people are waiting inside the quest guild. Let you write yourself in.''
The Quest Guild was the size of a huge train station. Why train station. It was as noisy. People coming and going made Mikey open her eyes even bigger and look here and there in surprise. Yes, there are many nations inside so her white skin, blue eyes and blond hair was not rare.
Noak leads them to one of the tables that were empty and sat her down while he and Na'an stood behind her with huge smiles. The woman stared at the two silly people behind this girl and almost laughed.
''You probably just came from the testing ground. Tell me your power and specifications.'' She already dipped strange-looking feather into seethrough liquid and looked at Mikey.
''My name is Mei Ling and I have nature power and tracking skill.'' Mickey could see her suddenly shaking and dropping the quill and staring at her with big eyes.
''You are tracker?'' Her voice suddenly went one octave higher making few people look over. But then collected herself again. ''Good, very good. Not many women are trackers. I am happy. Noak, you seem to have found yourself someone who can help you out while your sister is away. You are quite a lucky man, aren't you?''
He suddenly went red in the face and shyly looked at the woman making both Na'an and Mikey speechless. This huge man is shy to this extent?!