AUTHOR NOTE: I Won't post chapter for two-three maybe days since I want to [Edit] several following chapters [Chapters 13-15]. When I write Edit, I meant adding 700+ more words to several chapters and fix spelling mistakes.
I posted this chapter now since I noticed 'views' rate of yesterday and just wanted to send one more. For you all.
Hope you like it. This one has been also edited by 800+ Words or something.
Change of POV: Morgan Le Fay.
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[Gold Earned: 25]
I titled my head at fascinating notification from my [System], apparently if my Summons kill someone I would earn 'Gold' which I could exchange for almost anything in the [System] that is. And prices are way cheaper compared to those that Sung Jin-Woo had.
Which is huge help, I won't need to save 'billions' of Gold just for B-Rank Dagger or something like that.
' I suppose it's because my [System] is literally Summoning System, if B-Rank Dagger is billions of Gold, then B-Rank Hunter would have been trillions, thus impossible mission to gather enough Gold for an army. ' I thought as I turned the next page on the book I'm reading right now. It's a history related book about Japanese Sengoku-Period, with this I'm not only 'improving' my Japanese, even though I could 'buy' any Language from [Knowledge-Shop] but I'm also learning history.
It will show itself to be useful one day, and it's good enough so I can pass my time freely anyway.
I'm not complaining that much though, I miss my old laptop that is..
~Sniff~
All goes for Gold, if prices were same as those with Sung Jin-Woo's System then I wouldn't have been able to even buy a B-Rank Weapon in my life.
~Sigh
"Here, soup is ready!" Exclaimed feminine voice from the kitchen, I titled my head in the direction of the kitchen so I could look at owner of the said voice.
Can you guess who is it? 3,2, 1?!
From the kitchen exited none other than Kosu Ikari-San, with apron on her upper body while carrying a pot of soup. She slowly walked as she hummed before placing the pot of soup on the table gracefully before she took off her apron.
I gingerly took my book from the table before placing it on my lap. I'm rather hungry after all this, I might as well eat first before continuing.
I thought so,
If you might be asking yourself, why is A-Rank Hunter such as Kosu-San doing by cooking for me? Well it serves several purposes.
One, she is High-Class being, that can kill High-Class Devils and she is solid High-Class. A perfect choice for guarding me right? Just in case if something were to jump from the shadows, and you never know..
After all this is a supernatural world, full of creatures of any myth. And since we are in Japan it would not surprise me if some type of Youkai were to enter our house eventually..
Always best to be on safe side.
Second, she is acting as my 'babysitter' since my Grandmother cannot take care of me 24/7 when she has work at restaurant as a Cook, thus the money she earns from being my 'babysitter' not only does it go to 'us' but I profit from a capable guard.
Though, my grandmother was certainly suspicious of 'Ikari-San' at first, but gradually she warmed up to her.
I suppose she is overprotective? Hahahaha....ha..ha...
And third, with her acting as my babysitter I do not have to act as a child.. It's tiring you know, acting as complete and clueless child, while smart but yet clueless one. And instead of giving money to random babysitter it's better that money goes for us, our 'organization'.
And I can in meantime satiate my curiosity with knowledge, knowledge of mythologies and legends. Thought, the 'books' we have right now should last me for some time.
While I was thinking so, Kosu-San already gave me a plate of soup.
Time passes fast when you overthink, doesn't it?
I noticed it in last seconds before both of us proceeded to clap our hands in front of our faces in prayer and say. " Itadakimasu!"
I had prayed with my parents too sometimes, not every time.. But whenever I do, this causes my heart to ache slightly. Just casual 'Japanese' culture style I'd say.
I took a spoon filled with soup as, I proceeded to 'breath' on it to cool it down before eating it.
It has passed a week already, a week since I summoned them. And apparently they settled nicely in the abandoned Church and had already done work regarding information sources. It's May right now so they don't have to worry for winter yet..
Key word yet.
But, Goto Ryuji and Mizu Kage are already working on that problem. It shouldn't take them long to 'collect' enough money to rent an apartment for three of them.
The first day since I summoned them, they immediately managed to locate 'a Devil', A Low-Class Stray Devil none-the-less in alleyways. Apparently, for their 'mana sensing abilities' Devils tend to feel like 'Magic Beasts' from Dungeons.
Not entirely like one, but quite similar that a newbie Hunter could mistake them for.
And of course, they interrogated him mercilessly.
Apparently, the disappearances all around Kuoh Town last several years were caused by large amount of Stray Devils appearing. It's as if entire town is infested with them, and funny enough, current Overseer's of the Kuoh Town is Cleria Belial.
She is 15 year old right now, in her first year.
[Author Note: Honestly I know nothing about her, so from here on it's 'AU' and 'fanfiction' for a reason.]
With sufficient interrogation methods done by Goto-San, they pretty much discovered more about Supernatural World, not only in hierarchy of Factions and races, but also on how to use 'Supernatural' side of the world to their advantage.
And they certainly can rip off quite advantages right now in early stages if they are careful and do it correctly too.
One such example would be becoming 'Bounty Hunters'.
A quite favorable profession for 'Outcasts' in the Supernatural World.
There are too many rogue Supernatural Creatures, not only from Devil Faction but from EVERY single faction, and factions had already created 'Bingo Books' to determine danger levels of individuals and their bounty. From F-SSS Ranks.
And without much trouble, Goto-San along with Mizu-San started their 'adventure' as Bounty Hunters by slowly hunting Low-Class and Mid-Class Devils, it wouldn't do them good to start hitting on High-Class and catch attention of Devil Factions leader.
For now, they will take slow yet deliberate approach and eventually will strike stronger ones.
And obviously as expected, most Bounties required for wanted is for them to be caught alive, very rare want them dead or alive.
But nevertheless, Goto-San makes sure that they indeed are dead if 'dead or alive' bounty they go after. We need Gold after all, and beggars can't be choosers.
Bounties may vary, from couple thousands of Dollars equivalent in yen to dozens or so. All depends on how much 'target' is worthy. And if caught, Goto-San messages 'the other side' for a location outside of Kuoh to meet, it's mostly villages. Since they are 20-30 minute ride from Kuoh.
I slowly eat soup in peace with Ikari-San in silence, no one expecting. Truly appropriate atmosphere.
' I earn only Gold if my summons slay beings, and earning XP will probably be exclusively for me to earn.' I thought as I put eat another spoonful of soup. 'I already have over 340 Gold, that amount is very little honestly, and not even worthy enough to buy E-Rank Ticket. But I gave that E-Rank Katana to Goto and brought another one for Mizu-San.' Another spoonful .
Silence, peace.
'But..' I glanced at [Quest-Tab] that I'm leaving active in my vision constantly for now, since it's first Quest I got, and I got it three days ago.
[Quest: Eliminate 10 Devils!]
[Description: Do not let evil stain your path! Order your servants to clear evil in front of you!]
[Progress: 10/7]
[Rewards: 2,000 Gold]
A cringe description even for me...
'2,000 Gold might seem small, well it is small but..' Another spoonful " 500 Gold = E-Rank Random TIcket, 1,000 Gold = D-Rank Random Ticket. With that reward I would be able to buy two Low-Class level beings but I will not, Low-Class will be a waste right now honestly, better save up gold for A-Ranks or at least B-Ranks for now.'
Or I'll see, it depends on what quests and how I decide to go with my 'Faction'.
Honestly..
I'm unsure what I want for my future to be like.
Next Day!- Time Skip!
"Do we really need to go to park?" I asked my grandmother as she held my hand in her own, currently we are walking side by side, approaching a kid's part. Apparently I need 'friends' of my own age.. Whatever that means.
Damn childhood!
"Nuh uh Morgan-Chan, you need to make friends your own age instead of being in your room 24/7." She explained as we walked further, from this distance I can see small park, dozen or so kids playing there, parents watching over them.
I honestly don't see anything wrong with being 24/7 stuck in my room, planning my future efforts, reading books, writing everything I remember from Solo Leveling and DXD into my notebook.
Why?! Me?!
From this distance I can see three Slides, two swings, small horse like swing where a kid already seats on. And a trampoline, in all honesty, it looks as anything you can expect from a town's park, nothing too 'special' or unusual.
Just basic things to catch children's attention and to 'tire them out so parents will have less than harder time before'.
Nice for them.
"Puff.." I pouted, well I have to 'pretend' to still be a child in some ways, but I also don't want to seem spoiled nor I want to make it harder for grandmother.
I'll just go with the flow at this point and let's see where it get's me. Hopefully not into 'annoying trouble'.
I'll just pretend to do something while overthinking..
You never know..
Grandmother simply chuckled at my behavior, and not even two minutes later we are already in the vicinity of the park.
I glanced around us, but we continued walking, till grandmother suddenly stopped walking, curious for the reason she stopped I looked in front of me.
And I had to see, my alarms 'beeped' in my head. This either can be indeed a very 'good' thing or 'bad' thing. Depends how you proceed I suppose.
My eyes widened slightly but noticeable, but thankfully my mouth didn't gape.
It's because of the woman in front of us, sitting on a bench gracefully, with legs crossed. She has long brown hair, soft face, big brown eyes. And her hair is styled into a ponytail. A classic 'side character' I'd see, but still her face is noticeable more 'detailed' or 'beautiful' than a street girl you'd see.
And beside her, clinging on her leg is a child, brown haired child with short hair, brown eyes. And oh my god, with god awful hair cut, that MUST be Issei ! That's his god damn haircut he is known for, there is no mistake!
Oh divine punishment!
Oh wait, ' If I be-friend him, I can later 'make' him join my faction later on'? He has huge potential simply by being Booster Gear wielder.
This is Miki Hyoudou and Issei Hyoudou, but Issei is sure shy.. I noticed his flushed face as he 'continued trying to hide behind his mother'.
Key word, tried.
"Hello Miki-San and hello Issei-Kun." My grandmother smiled, did I mention that she had silver hair and silver eyes just like my mother? It seems that silver hair runs in in women from my mothers family. Grandmother practically looks like my aged up mother, with that sweet smile and tone. If you add about 30+ Years to her and coincidentally she still hold on her 'mature' beauty somehow.
I inherited my hair from mother, eyes from father, and my first and last name from father, I literally look like Fae Queen Morgan Le Fay from Lostbelt because of it.
Coincidence? I think not!
But my overthinking habit was broken by slight rub on my hands from my grandmother, a sign to introduce myself too.
I would have sighed at this before but let's just get this over with.
I stepped forward, and made a small 'smile' to appear on my face.
"Hi, I'm Morgan Le Fay, nice to meet you Issei-Kun!" I introduced myself with a happy smile on my face as I looked at Issei who appeared to become even shy-er because he now tried to hide behind his mother even more.
Miki-San simply chuckled before crouching down at eye level with me.
Ah, is that a motherly smile I see?
"Ah, Morgan-Chan, I heard so much about you from your grandmother, It's nice to finally meet you in person." She spoke with a smile before rubbing my head slightly, before pushing Issei from behind her. "Issei-Kun, you should introduce yourself properly to a lovely girl like her." She chastised him as she bumped his nose lightly.
My eye almost twitched at 'Lovely girl' comment. but I reigned.
Issei-Kun grumbled something under his breath that I couldn't hear from this distance, but it seems that dirt beneath his feet suddenly interested him very much as he looked away from me, at the dirt before extending his hand in my direction.
Still refusing to look me in eyes.
"A-ah, I-I'm I-Issei Hyoudou, n-nice to m-meet you Morgan-Chan.." He muttered with faux confidence as he extended his hand. With a playful grin, I extended mine and we handshake-ed our hands.
It might be fun to 'tease' him through our childhood, and I might as well have good influence on him, so he doesn't end up being a pervert at all.
I felt a slight tap on my shoulder, I looked at source of it, my Grandmother smiled before motioning at behind us .
"You two can go play together, I and Issei's mom have something to talk." She said as she motioned at swings behind us. I nodded.
My cue to 'go'.
I and Issei then simply continued walking forward in direction of a first slide, away from other kids.
I unconsciously glanced several times at Issei's face beside me, his flushed face, obvious signs of shyness or embarrassment.
'I did not expect to meet Main Character yet, I thought maybe in several years or so.' I thought as I glanced at him. But this also helps me with discerning where In timeline I was.
" Issei-Kun, how old are you now?" Issei should be one year younger than Rias and Sona.
And with his age I could deduce where I am in 'canon'.
He looked at me with slightly confused expression before replying with a cheeky grin. "I'm four year old! Mom says I'm grown up!" He exclaimed as he bumped his chest in pride.
I simply replied with a silent smile.
So we are same age and generation. Good, then I'll be 17 by the time 'canon' should start.
But it's not going to be same, If I'm already building something like Human Faction, then it would be a waste to exclude Issei.
He is literally holder of Boosted Gear, he can get to Satan-Class in his Human body too, hopefully if trained properly, it would be a shame honestly to let him go and allow him to join any peerage.
He is Human after all.
But first, I must not allow him to become a pervert like he was in canon.
"Say Issei-Kun~ " I singed as I jumped in front of him. " Do you love watching Anime or reading Manga?" I asked him hopefully, I don't want to play with slides and swings. It would be just better to talk things like Anime and Manga at this point, get to know him better.
Acting as child is already tiring, playing with kids even more so.
His eyes sparked for a second.
"Yes! I love watching Anime! Manga is boring thought, I can't read yet.." He elaborated.
I grinned. Good at least we have something common to start our friendship.
Hopefully it will last.
"Then do you have a favorite Anime?" I asked him, amazingly, It seems that I am taller than he is. Not by much, but not for long probably.
My max height will be at 170cm more or less like original Morgan Le Fay maybe?
We'll see.
"Ultraman is my favorite Anime, he is amazing hero of Justice!" He made a pose of his arm striking air while he outstretched his legs apart.
I laughed.
This might be worthy for a while.
Chapter Word Count: 2840
Hope You like the story for now though.
Original Draft had 1856 Word, edited to 2840