CH.59 I’m famous now?

CH.59 I’m famous now?

As I was following Lucia to, well I don’t really know exactly where we are going, some of the farmers that were checking on their crops came up to us.

“Is that him?” and “Is that the summoner?” Were phrases I heard.

“Lucia, what’s all that?” I asked her.

“Well, there was a celebration after the wyverns were taken down. Some of the guards and members of Diamond Sword began singing about you. The rumors quickly spread, and now almost everyone in town knows who you are.” Lucia told me.

So I became a celebrity overnight. Well, I guess it would be over two nights, but who really cares. And here I was trying to keep at least somewhat of a small profile. Mission failed. Not that I was trying overly hard, but still. I did predict that being a summoner with a unique skill would eventually become known, but not this quickly. Next thing you tell me is that everyone knows about me being a dungeon founder.

“I’m sorry.” Lucia said after we got past the farmers.

“For what? It’s not your fault.” I told her.

“I should have asked them to not speak about you.” She answered.

“I can’t really blame people for asking questions. I’m sure at least Red-Eyes was spotted from the town and with a dragon that close to town, of course people will ask questions.” I told her.

“But... “

“No buts. I told you, it’s not your fault. In all honesty, I should be kneeling before you, thanking you for taking care of me while I was out.” I told Lucia.

“But you saved me first.” She answered.Updated chapters at novelhall.com

“I save you, you take care of me. Doesn’t that mean we are equal?”

“But,”

“No Buts.” I interrupted her. Again.

“...Thank you.” She said quietly. “For saving us.”

“Yeah, of course.” It’s always difficult to respond to something like that. I don’t want to say something like ‘Anytime’ or ‘I would do it again’, because that makes it sound like I want it to happen again.

We made it to a place where adventurers had gathered to drain blood from boars. Some members of Diamond Sword were here, as well as Alex from Prime Rib. But I don’t see Rico. I heard that Zayaan went with Brandon to make a report, but did Rico go with them? Or is he in some other area? I guess a noble would need some level of escort while traveling, so he might be with Zayaan.

Lucia went to help in the blood draining, but she wasn’t storing the blood in her flask this time. I guess she might have enough after the wyverns to last her for a while.

Some of the younger adventurers made their way over to me.

“Are you sir Brian?” One of them asked carefully.

“Yes, I am.” I answered. I’m not going to hide it now. The farmers already recognized me, so trying to hide wouldn’t accomplish anything.

“Then, could you show us a summon?” The junior asked.

(First summon?)

(Next time Master summons her, you should be able to do it like any other monster. I believe it’s called ‘being properly summoned’.)

So like extra deck monsters. I’ve never really used ritual monsters, other than Chaos-Max and that has to be ritual summoned, so I really don’t know them that well. But that’s an interesting benefit for ritual monsters. I guess I do need, at minimum, three cards to summon a ritual monster. And two of them have to be somewhat specific. Later ritual monsters and ritual spells are, of course, less specific. But with these early ones its specific spell and specific monster.

I should still make sure to check her card after I unsummon her. And attempt to summon her again tomorrow.

I grab the sandwiches from my fanny pack and take a seat on the ground. Snacking on some wyvern sandwiches, I enjoy the show my summon is putting on. Wyvern meat really is good.

—

As her performance came to an end, my summon returned to my side. Along with her, plenty of adventurers came as well. Shouldn’t you be working? Well, I’m one to speak. I haven’t done a single quest yet. I guess I kind of took part in Prime Ribs quest to take down that bison, but that’s not official.

“Sir Brian, would you teach us how to summon?” One of the adventurers asked.

Of course someone is going to ask that. Now I just need to turn them down gently. I can’t exactly teach a unique skill.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t.” I tell them. “My summoning is different from usual and cannot be taught. It can only be learned on your own.”

I’m not sure if that makes any sense. Technically the summoning is super easy and I could teach all of them how to do it, but only I can make the cards so... Would you really consider that teaching? It’s more like letting them borrow my power.

“You can’t? Really? But then how did you learn it?” The adventurer asked.

“As I said, it’s something that can be learned, but not taught. Perhaps you will eventually learn summoning on your own, if you try hard enough.” I told him. In all honesty, I have no clue how the ‘normal’ summoning magic works, so my instructions might be all wrong.

“I... I’ll work hard then.” He answered. “I’ll be taking down wyverns in no time, just wait and see.”

Well, he got excited. At least he didn’t give up.

“Sir, would you allow me to spar with your summon?” Another adventurer asked me.

I look up at my summon and she responds with a nod. So she agrees.

“Yeah, that’s fine.” I answered. I know Alex was sparring with a summon when we were trying things out a few days ago, so it should be fine. “Make sure to not hurt him.” I ordered my summon.

After agreeing to the request of one of the adventurers, I was mobbed with more ridiculous ones. The main one people had was for me to summon my dragon. I would do it, but it would most likely cause a panic in town. I should at least ask for permission from the guards first.

“Brian.” Lucia called out to me. “I’m done for now. Shall we head back?”

“Sure.” I responded. I still hadn’t exactly done anything, but I came here with her, and I’ll leave with her. “Performance, we are leaving.” I called my summon. She quickly subdued the adventurer she was sparring with and walked up to me.

“Yes, Master.” She said as she arrived by my side. I should give her a name, if I’m going to summon her more. I want to call her ‘Erza’ because of her red (ish) hair and her being a swordswoman, but I’m not sure. Well, we’ll get over that hurdle at some point.

Walking next to Lucia, we made our way back into town.