Fate/Inheritance

"*sigh* This is annoying." I scratched my head in frustration.

"Then why did you hit me in the head jackass." Complained Yamada, who was rubbing his head. Looking at him, my eyebrows suddenly twitched in annoyance.

"Well who would let a skilled archer like that go away you idiot!" I replied with an annoyed look.

"The guy was nearly caught dude! I just did not expect that the person shooting such skilled arrows is actually a cute and big b.r.e.a.s.ted elf!" He replied righteously. Looking at his smug look, I can't muster my anger again and I'm at fault also. Remembering what happened at the forest made me feel pissed at myself also.

'Tch, I feel somewhat righteous instead when I replied at that little girl but this knight's oath that I have might kill me in the future…'I secretly complained in my heart remembering that drill haired little girl makes me suddenly feel something bad in my stomach. But what I can do…If I ever break the knight's codes will surely destroy my qualifications in wielding Caliburn…

Good thing that I used that name alongside Camelot's so I did not break any codes and such.

"But hey William… it seems 'that' truly existed huh." Yamada's somber voice suddenly brought me out of stupor. Seeing his gloomy look, all I can do is pat his back.

"If…what you wrote was true it's 'that' right?'…" I hesitated asking but I need to verify it or I might not have a good sleep tonight.

"Yeah… the girl had a collar in her neck and I felt a more disturbing energy in that collar like the contract the girls had." He said with a saddened tone.

'So slavery does exist here huh' Feeling my aching heart. I sighed in this problematic world for the umpteenth time. I truly am feeling more emotional than before I came to this world but I'm sure the open-hearted Yamada would feel more…

"Damn it… I wonder what twisted and perverted master of her order her every night. Is it doing this or doing that?" Hearing his hushed murmur made me suddenly feel an anger suddenly boil in heart so I did a more physical approach.

Bang!!!

"Damn!! Why did you do that idiot! You did not even took off your armor gloves!" He said, clutching his head while in the ground. Seeing him writhing in the ground, I sighed at his idiocy and dematerialized the armor my Saber form had. If you are wondering, my Saber form is more similar than Proto Saber's Concept Art than the armor he usually wears.

"Where here idiot, it's Raft village and also start in doing your thing." I said while pointing at the small village slightly seen outside the forest. Seeing the visible village, he suddenly smiled with a crafty look.

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"*groan* That bastard…" I said grasping my head in pain. Lifting my body, I noticed that I am in a bed of what seems to be a room in an inn. Trying to stand up, I clutched the table beside me but my legs feel's jelly so I started patching my body and check if there is something wrong.

Sensing that it's just minor fatigue and no injuries, I started stretching my body for a bit.

"Hmmm? This footsteps…" Hearing the particular rhythm of a sound closing in from the other side of the door I materialized a particular weapon then…

Creak…

"Hmmm seems your aw-Gyaaaaa~!!!" Yamada's grinning face suddenly appeared when the door opened just in time for a wooden object smashing his face. Looking at his traumatized look that saw the demonic weapon, I nodded satisfyingly and dematerialized the wooden bat.

"…damn it. I forgot you traced that thing…" He said amidst his whimpers.

"*gasps* Are you ok Yamada-kun!" A gentle and kind voice suddenly was heard and a beautiful blond woman suddenly rushed from the nearby stairs and looked worriedly at Yamada.

"Ahhh… an angel…" He said tearfuly clearly reminiscing the times we had at that evil organization. But…

Bang!

"Blatant s.e.x.u.a.l harassment is inappropriate you idiot. Especially one that looks concerned at you!" I said hitting his head with my fist this time.

"Ahh~ why did you do that! He is your brother right?" The woman said while cutely pouting.

"My brother is harder than his looks madam. You do not need to worry, but I think you need to arrange your clothes for a bit cause it's dangerous…in many ways." I said embarrassingly while avoiding staring at those bountiful and 'slightly' overwhelming mountains of hers.

"Ahh… sorry sorry~" She said while blushing in embarrassment. Seeing her now properly fixing her clothes I finally took a good look at her. A gentle and innocent looking face of a m.a.t.u.r.ed woman alongside that strangely m.a.t.u.r.ed body of her's that even her clothing is trying it's best to conceal is not doing its proper job. Her silky blond hair tailored with an aquamarine pair of eyes perfectly enhanced her beauty. But that bossom of hers that defies that laws of physics is the thing I really want to question. Seeing her wearing an apron that is slightly loose before, she seemed to be cooking when I bashed the prick to his dreams.

"No wait? You should had stayed in bed! I saw you being carried by your brother heavily wounded!" She said again with a panicky look and tried to push me back inside the room. Looking at her face, I suddenly got the urge to hug her but with my strong will(?) I instead grabbed her shoulder's instead. Embarassed at our strange position, I separated myself from her and scratched the back of my head

"Ahh… my apologies, I am fine now actually. My body heals a bit faster than normal humans alongside my shallow knowledge of healing magic." I said when I flashed a gentle white light to her. Seeing, me truly ok she sighed in relief and admonished me a bit for hitting my 'brother' really hard.

'I feel like I'm being scolded by my mom' This thought suddenly popped up in my head. Scratching my head, I listened in her lecture properly. After the strangely long lecture and with the sudden rumble of my stomach she told us that the food downstairs is ready. Nodding in assent, I dragged Yamada first in the bed and asked for a debriefing from the 'three' inside me of what happened while I was out cold.

It seems that after Yamada hit me in the back knocking me down when he asked me to relax my body. After changing our clothes to a more civilian attire in this world, he made some scratches and tattered the clothes we had. With the guaranty I won't budge due to the experience we had in that evil organization alongside some suspicious drugs courtesy of Ruby with the guaranty I won't wake up. He stabbed arrows that are tainted with the same drugs here and there in obvious parts and dirtied our body and face with dust and soil.

After the disguise was ready, alongside waiting for a few minutes so the wounds would look more realistic, he carried me by the shoulder and slowly walked to the village. Seeing us from afar, the guards panicked and rushed to our 'aid' while Yamada pretended to collapse in exhaustion. After a rest and patching up, the guy was interrogated of what happened and Yamada merely recounted that our carriage was attacked by suspicious people and was accidentally dropped by the carriage when it broke through the encirclement. So both of us was running away while I kept on defending him from incoming arrows for the whole day. The guards worried by the safety of the civilians, tried to ask him where is the place it happened but the guy fainted due to a drug the arrows in his body had kicking in.

So when Yamada woke up, he just pretended to have no recollection of what happened and because we 'hid' our tracks so well they did not found anything significant. Then they let us stay in an inn and now here we are.

"This conniving brat…" I said while looking at the blissful look Yamada had. Sighing, I stood up and got back to my feet and slowly walked outside to eat something. Ordering Ruby to guard him, I walked downstairs when I suddenly felt goosebumps from the multiple stares suddenly directed in me.

"…!" Seeing the creepy stares, the buff men had on me felt like I am in danger especially in that certain 'danger' when that lady's shout suddenly broke my monologue.

"What yer doing brats! Don't look weirdly at him and continue swallowing yer grubs you idiots! Oh~ are you ok boy? Did they do anything scary at you? Ahhh, here's your food by the way~." This woman is scary!! She truly reminds me of my mother damn it! Looking at her face that had the look of a thug just a few moments ago made me suddenly felt a cold chill slowly crept in my back. Nodding in assent, I quickly grabbed the chair of a table that looks towards the door outside and started eating at the strangely huge amount of food that is already placed which my now bottomless stomach accepted.

After a moment of eating till my stomach was satisfied I panicked and tried to ask what may be the amount the cost for the food and stay when that lady told me it's in the house due to us having 'no' money. Taking the empty plates, she cheerfully returned back to the kitchen to wash them.

Bored, I just stayed there and observed the diners when a person suddenly sat beside me.

"Your that brother the guy had dragged right?" The guy had suddenly tried to struck a conversation. So I who was bored started conversing with the guy. It seems that his name is Finn and he is an adventurer seeing his attire that screams of a ranger get up alongside the bow in his back. During our conversation I learned that we got slightly famous in this place for a bit due to what happened, the guy was even asked by the guards to check the forest and surely they did not find anything when the place a certain carriage incident happened a few hours' distance in horseback (based in Leonidas speed of course). Remembering the scary lady, I tried to ask what is her thing when he suddenly started paling and hesitant.

"A-ahhh well… she is actually a super retired adventurer staying here temporarily and if I remember correctly she is one of the guys that are at the top. Also her title is 'The O- hiickk!! I mean 'Iron Maiden'." He said when he suddenly squealed of what he saw a 'certain' someone in my back.

"Oi… Finn you spreading bad rumors about me or somethin' haa?" a 'not so kind' voice suddenly whispered behind my back that even I who feared a bit of what may happen due to sensing her shivered in fear.

"N-no ma'am! I was just talking with young William here!" He said panicky and excused himself because he 'remembered' that they need to search a certain part of the forest today. Seeing him that walked out of the door akin to running away, I sighed and looked worriedly at the lady and saw her blushing and fidgeting.

'Oi! Where did the great Iron Maiden go!' I retorted mentally and saw her trying to speak something.

"Ah… madam, is there something wrong?" I tried to start the conversation.

"Theresa…"

"Excuse me?" I replied back confused.

"Call me 'Miss' Theresa and not something like madam please…" She said with a dere and embarrassed look.

'No I would gladly call you madam or Iron Maiden instead please' I retorted mentally while answering her by calling her 'Madam Theresa' which earned me with an angry pout. While secretly despairing why I always meet with weirdo's.

So I who's conversing partner ran away started conversing with her instead and when suddenly in an hour later…

'What the hell is this situation…' I said while twitching my lips seeing a huge crowd cheering at us while Yamada is walking around starting a betting session.

"You ready?" Theresa's voice suddenly was heard in front of me and I saw her lifting a huge claymore.

"Yeah…" I said and unsheated a long sword I made before.

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An hour ago…

I suddenly remembered something I forgot to ask on Finn so I asked her instead.

"Ahhh Madam Theresa, may I ask for directions please?" I said stopping her from returning to the kitchen.

"Hmm what is it? Also I said stop putting the Madam please?" She replied starting to get annoyed.

"My apologies, it's just I can't easily remove this habit of talking to other people especially to other people whom I just met." I replied.

"*sigh* Can't help with that I guess… so what place are you going to go in Raft village? I may had stayed here for a few months but I know the stores and stalls here." She said proudly.

"May I ask for directions to the Adventurer's Guild?" I asked her when suddenly her atmosphere suddenly changed.

"…What did you say?" She said with a serious look.

"I want to ask for directions to the Adventurer's Guild." I replied back.

"Why do you want to go the Adventurer's Guild?" She snapped back.

"I want to join." I curtly said. I don't want to be knocked off repeatedly by Yamada like that every time we walk to a town and because a Hero's identity is too s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e we aren't going to use it. So being an adventurer will still do.

"Ha!? You want to join! I won't allow you!" She replied in anger.

"Why? We had met in just a few hours and you want to dictate what vocation I want?" I angrily replied.

"Because it's a dangerous line of work! I can sense you have training and skilled even but seeing your gait I can sense you should join to be a knight! An adventurer's job is way more dangerous than those brats who protect their country and those nobles! Let me tell you, nine out of ten adventurers traveling the wild always die before even reaching halfway to their assignment!" She angrily explained the cons of that life.

"I will still join. Yes, mayhaps you are true that my calling is of a knight. But an adventurer's line of work is as honorable of being a knight! Yes you may die by even a block of stone suddenly punching at you, or enthralled by some monsters but I saw in my own two eyes how an adventurer's job is still honorable! Even my brother knows of it!" I said suddenly remembering the corpses of those adventurers clearly guarding that little girl.

"You…" She said in anger.

"Oi Theresa, give the brat a chance." An unknown voice suddenly sounded from another table. Looking at that direction, I saw a middle-aged man in a goatee drinking what seems to be alcohol.

"Yeah! Give 'em a chance alright." Another voice chipped in, following the voice again it seems to be another adventurer. Then as if following a trend, all costumers started talking about giving me a chance, etc. Seeing her suddenly go silent. I suddenly noticed she looks like my worried mother.

'There might be a story behind this.' My otaku senses was tingling seeing her like that and being abnormally adamant of stopping two teens she just recently knew joining the Guild.

"Just wait for a moment…" Her voice suddenly gone slightly lower, silencing the whole bunch of adventurers. She slowly walked to a door just besides the kitchen. Hearing the strangely ominous footsteps, countless buff men suddenly gulped their saliva and looked at each other's face.

Pat.

"Sorry kid… seems you're going to die." A muscle old man suddenly patted my shoulder and looked at me in pity.

"Eh..?" I cried out in confusion.

"I heard that 'The Ogre' is way scarier when she started talking like that." A guy carrying a spear suddenly said. Then they started looking at me suddenly in pity. This bastards…

"Hmm did something happened?" Yamada's voice suddenly sounded out and I saw his refreshed face (effect of the bat) coming down the stairs.

"Ahh… you should prepare for the funeral of your brother kid." One of the adventurer suddenly said. Curious, he asked what happened and when I saw his face suddenly slowly morph to that conniving merchant look of his.

'This bastard, I will bet the guy is up to something.' I mentally thought when the door Theresa came in swung open again and she came out carrying what seems to be a big assed claymore similar in size to a certain white haired devil hunter.

"Come with me." She ordered curtly and go to the back of the inn. Seeing a huge courtyard at the back she walked in one side and unsheathed that claymore and started some practice swings.

Seeing her, I signaled Yamada and he threw a sheathed long sword to me. Catching it, I checked the blade and noticed it's one of my own works that had gone perfectly right.

"Hmm? That sword is made with dwarven techniques right?" Theresa suddenly said. Shocked, I looked at her with a startled look.

"If you saw countless weapons in your life you started to learn if their genuine or not in their being made." She said quoting something old man Rangka always says.

"You knew a dwarf?" I replied in shock.

"Ahhh yeah an old acquaintance if you call it. Hurry up and pull out that blade. If you would win against me I would let you join the Guild. If you lose don't think about entering it, I have the necessary connection to block two green sprouts from joining the guild." She said and prepared in a combat stance. Even if this woman started getting on my nerves if she started butting in our business like this…

Suddenly, I heard a clamor and saw people started encircling us.

'What the hell is this situation…' I said while twitching my lips seeing a huge crowd cheering at us while Yamada is walking around starting a betting session.

"You ready?" Theresa's voice suddenly was heard in front of me and I saw her lifting a huge claymore and pointed it at me.

"Yeah…" I said and unsheathed the sword.

'Might as well get this over with…' I thought and saw her rush at me.

Clang!

The clash of swords echoed out in the courtyard amidst the cheer of the crowd. I did not know this battle will spark two fires of light and darkness in action.

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Author's note:

Here is the chap for the day...

As thanks, I made this a supper long chapter.(Even though I haven''t get anything of it lol... ''-_-)

People might question why Theresa is forceful and some already knew but still wonder why its too much but sometimes women especially those who are gruff and straightforward in their feelings tend to be a bit too forceful.