Arpious of the Planes

Right next to the blacksmith was an open dirt field with some wooden benches for people to spectate. Inside of the dirt field was a ring marked out with string where I saw Aika sparring with some adventurers.

"Do we have an adventurer guild? I don't think so, maybe we should make one…" I mutter to myself while watching Aika spar.

She was barely winning any of her fights but she gradually got better. Her choice of weapon was a huge medieval longsword about 4 feet long including the handle.

I obviously couldn't teach her anything about it since I have the scythe mastery but I also don't have any basic knowledge on swords besides katanas. The reason why I adapted to the katana so fast was that I went to a museum in Japan and it taught us the perfect form and the best way to swing it which helped me a lot in learning how to use [Fire of Deaths Sword: Raiu].

An hour passed and I decided to rest in the shadow of the blacksmith building. Aika only won a few matches but they all went easy on her. Eventually, a match came where I had to step in since the guy had obvious bad intent. He looked like a pervert no matter how you looked at him.

Dark red hair, a middle-aged slightly chubby fire harpy. He used 2 daggers as his preferred weapon and he was only slightly better than the current Aika.

He also only aimed for Aika's thighs, butt, and breasts, making me click my tongue in disgust.

Eventually, he knocked Aika to her knees, and then she fell onto her back. Seeing this, instead of him helping her up like everybody else, he reached out for her breasts while his breathing started to become heavy.

tsk

Before he knew it, he fell onto his butt and both of his hands were missing. Crying out in pain he looked up to see what had done this to him and saw an ominous figure with 2 wings, one black, and one white. As the figure turned her head around he saw her left eye which had an X through her pupil while her right eye had a Diamond around her pupil. Both eyes emitted a faint yellow and black glow that illuminates her face.

Suddenly an unknown pressure enveloped the local training ground causing everybody to fall to their knees. This could only be…

ME!

My bloodlust formed a faint image of satan behind me as the pervert gulped at what would become of him. He tried to scurry away still on his ass but I stopped him with [Magma Secretion] and [Magma Control] forming a wall of lava behind him.

He froze in place as I got rid of the wall and used [Forbidden Magic: Zeus's Nimbus]. A huge nimbus cloud appeared above the arena as you could hear the crackle of thunder inside of it. Soon a lightning bolt formed above the pervert causing everybody to hold their breath around us.

BOOM

Nothing remained. There was only a giant scorch mark in the middle of the arena where the pervert was scared shitless.

[1200 XP gained]

The glow from my eyes disappeared as everybody caught their breath. The giant storm cloud attracted a huge crowd and they all saw the aftermath of what they assumed was a fight that pissed me off. The new crowd of citizens asked around at what happened and they all agreed with my actions.

Deactivating Raiu I helped Aika up which she then thanked me and decided to take a break for today. We both ignored the ever-growing crowd and continued our date as nothing happened. As we left the ring we got applause from the crowd which made me and Aika smile.

Holding her hand, we make our way to the jewelry store that Aiso recommended.

…

"Aiso wasn't kidding when he said I would find it easily,"

Right in front of me was a 2 story building made of black and purple bricks. It stood out from the rest of the shops around it and had a steady flow of customers coming in and out of it.

Walking in, I was greeted by a woman about as tall as me. She was littered with jewelry from her neck to her fingers, wrists, and ankles. She was a fire harpy with bright red hair flowing down to her waist.

『Status』

[Name: Ava]

[Race: Fire Harpy]

[Status: Happy]

[Level: 16/50]

[HP: 120/120 MP: 90/90 SP: 25/25]

[Strength: 15 (+8) (+2) (+1) (+5) (+6)]

[Defense: 5]

[Magic: 15]

[Speed: 10 (+8) (+2) (+1) (+5) (+6)]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 10]

[Skills: [Fire Control] [Intense Focus] [Steady Body] [Precision] [Body Enhancement] [Flying Sense] [Gem Manipulation] [Intermediate Enchant] [Assimilation]

[Body Modification: [Mark of a Berserker]

[Equipment: [Magic Ring (x8)] [Magic Necklace (x2)] [Magic Chain] [Magic Bracelet (x5)] [Magic Ankle Bracelet (x6)]

[Titles: [Enchantress] [Jewelry Designer] [Jewelry Maker]

…

"Welcome! What would you like to order!" says Ava the fire harpy.

Finally, somebody who talks to me casually doesn't use "Master" or "My Queen" all the time.

"Hello! I just came to get some jewelry and these rings enchanted," I say while taking the ring off my finger and pulling out the other ring.

Aika was confused by this but just decided to go along with me since she showed some interest in the jewelry displayed.

"Here let me get these… alright, are there any specific enchants you would like," Ava asks.

"Whatever you think would fit, make sure to take your time," I say.

"As you wish," she replies with a huge smile on her face.

As Ava made her way back to the front desk where I assumed she did her work, I and Aika checked out some of the jewelry. They were all beautiful, some were made of different ores such as gold, nodril, and quartz.

We searched for a while before we both picked out 3 things. I picked 2 bracelets which were made of gold and nodril and I also picked 1 necklace made of pure gold. Aika picked 2 bracelets and 1 necklace as well but they were all made of an ore called Zusnalt.

[Ore - Zusnalt]

[A rare ore found throughout the [Mountain of Twilight]. This type of ore resembles a clear diamond but it is way more fragile. Even touching it slightly can crack it.]

How did she make jewelry out of this when it's so extremely fragile. Maybe she can change the density with [Gem Manipulation]. Are my citizens getting that smart…

Walking up to the main desk, I placed down the payment of 18 gold which seemed reasonable for the work displayed. Ava gladly accepted the payment and continued the enchanting on your rings. Since we had nothing else to do we decided to watch her enchant.

She activated [Intermediate Enchant] which enveloped her hands in a light purple glow. As she muttered words that were not of our language, strange runes could be seen slowly emerging on the rings. A light purple aura coated the rings causing the strange runes to disappear while Ava deactivated [Intermediate Enchant].

"It's done. The payment will be 10 gold coins because of the enchants I put on it, but since you are the queen I'll give you a discount of 5 gold coins," Ava says while giving a huge grin.

"Here you go," I say while placing 5 gold coins on Ava's desk then grabbing the newly enchanted rings.

[Equipment - Green Ring of Twilight]

[+10 Strength (+5) (+10)]

[+10 Speed (+5) (+10)]

[+10 Magic (+5) (+10)]

[Enchants: [Haste] [Boost] [Empower] [Larger Presence] [Greater Mana Flow]

…

"Pretty good… Do you think you can enchant a normal silver ring with [Assimilation] as a last request before I leave," I say?

"Sure! I already have some so you don't have to buy another one," Ava says.

Ava opens one of the drawers on her desk then pulls out a basic silver ring. Once again, she activates [Intermediate Enchant] enveloping her hands in a light purple glow. This time she chanted something different from before which I still couldn't understand but the process took very little time due to her doing only one enchant.

The strange runes disappeared as a light purple glow enveloped the ring then dissipating into thin air.

"How much do you want," I ask.

"This will be on the house!" Ava replies.

Grabbing the silver ring I leave with a huge smile on my face. If this works out and I can gain skills from enchants maybe I can gain an [Assimilation] skill. With this, I can combine my skills or maybe external objects as well.

"Bring it to my castle," I ordered.

"As you wish," Ava replies.

Slipping the silver ring in my pocket I then slip on one of the [Green Ring of Twilight] before leading Aika back to my castle where I would like to do something special. As we entered it we didn't stop until we reached the top of the hill my castle is engraved in.

Arriving at the top you could feel a cool breeze as the sun was starting to set. You could look down and see my growing kingdom and all of its citizens. Time flew by today with Aika so I wanted to thank her.

We both sat down as we gazed upon my kingdom. I used this chance to scoot closer to her until my head was leaning on her shoulder. I pulled out the ring and quietly slipped the ring onto her finger but she noticed anyway and just gave a huge smile before kissing me on the forehead once.

We both wished time would last like this forever as I snuggled next to Aika watching my citizens go throughout their daily life.