Chapter 7: This Witch is More Than a Baggage Carrier

Chapter 7: This Witch is More Than a Baggage Carrier

Six days had passed. During that time, I did a few herb-collecting quests—constantly gathering more than enough—always told only to give the amount the quest requested. Nevertheless, I had a decent savings of twenty silver coins built up. I arrived at the southeast entrance—seeing both Mary and Wood. But there were two new faces I had not seen before.

One of them was a girl that looked to be around my age. Wait, that wasn’t quite right. She looked to be in her early twenties. She must have been a witch, too, as she had a staff and some cool-looking green magic robes. If she could be a witch actor, that would make my future even more secure!

The other was a boy similar to Wood Beach, but he had plate armor instead of leather armor.

“Eerie!” Mary said as I got closer. “You are a bit late. Did you get lost?”

“It doesn’t matter,” Wood Beach said. “Now that she is here, we can begin introductions before setting off.” He then gestured to the two people I was meeting for the first time. “These are both members of my party. The girl in the green is Hela, and she is our Healer. This guy—” He put his hand on the plate of the other man’s shoulder. “He is our tank, but he doesn’t say much.”

The guy, whose name was ‘Tank’: tentative, responded with a grunt.

Hela stepped forward and offered her hand, which I shook. “These two told me a lot about you, Eerie. I wish to learn from you if possible,” she said.

“Likewise, I am not used to acting.”

“Acting?” Hela asked.

Mary cut between us. “Don’t worry about it, Hela. Now that we got that out of the way, can you take our luggage, Eerie? They will fit in the carriage, but it will only slow us down.”

A carriage was behind them, but the creatures at the front weren’t horses. Instead, they looked like large velociraptors. Their luggage had already been laid out beside them. It would be my first day as a bag carrier, so I had to take it seriously. I nodded at her request and sucked all of their baggage into my inventory.

“It really is just as you said, Marcy,” Hela said. She smiled before climbing onto the carriage.

“Acting troupe? What do you mean about red blips?”

“You know,” I said, and to give her a visual representation, I made a green hologram with blinking red dots. “Like these.”

“What kind of magic is this!?” She jumped up from her seat and got loud before hitting her head on the top after a bump.

“It’s some magic that I hope will be useful with setting up stages. After all, every acting troupe needs a nice stage, wouldn’t you say?” I paused as we hit another bump, and it was starting to feel rough on my butt. Due to this, I produced a cushion from one of the couches in my inventory. I placed the nice and soft cushion under me before continuing. “I don’t really have much helpful magic. It’s why I have pretty much given up on leveling up.”

“I-I see—” The half-elf said. “By the way, do you have another one of those cushions?”

“I do!” I presented her with one. She followed my lead and placed it under herself.

“Ooh, me too, Miss Witchhat!” I also gave one to Mary, and she did the same. “Don’t worry about Eerie,” Mary said, putting her hand on Hela’s shoulder. “The more you think about it, the less you will understand. I have dealt with her type.”

“But how is she able to do all of that, even the court wiz—”

“Like I said, don’t even think about it.”

“But surely we should at least repo—”

“Don’t even think about it.”

At some point, their conversation had become too impossible to follow. I could only stare at the two of them in awe. This must have been why they were both successful actors. I grinned. This witch would try her best on the journey and become more than a baggage carrier!