Chapter 9

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Looking around I couldn't see anything and only the small flickering flame provided me with any type of lighting in the area. 

Should I wake up Aang and Katara? No, doing that would only raise them into a sense of panic, and sis wasn't anything special in fighting yet. Also, even though the situation was creepy, there was no notification from my Sense Danger Skill. Meaning the enemy was harmless, at least for the moment.


"Show yourself or I will have to assume you are an enemy," I called out, clutching my beat whale-bone spear. 

Slowly out of the darkness came out a fox-like creature with shining eyes. Immediately I instinctively used Observation on him.

[Knowledge Seekers (Lvl 16)]

...Those are the Spirits who work for Wan Shi Tong? They go around the world gathering different books and knowledge. 

The fox looked at me and then at the fish that I had roasting. "Oh? You want some?" I grinned. "Well, you could have just said so, there is no need to sneak around."

I went and got a roasted fish in a stick and gave it to the fox, it got closer to me and smelled the food first before biting into it. 

"What a cute fox," I caressed the Knowledge Seeker and it let me. Perhaps it didn't sense any bad intentions from me, so there wasn't any need to be afraid of me. "I had a pet like you once, though it died after a while. For a time, it was a part of the family."

I had a dog who died when I was young, if there was one pet that I adored it would have to be that dog. Sadly animals didn't live too long, so only a sense of loss would be left behind after they died so I never got any dog or cat after that.

As the fox devoured the fish, it looked at me with puppy eyes. 

"C'mon now, that's just unfair," I grumbled. "If you want more fish, you will have to give me something. How about a deal?"

It nodded in understanding and the Knowledge Seeker opened its mouth, and out of it came a book titled '69 Positions During Intercorse'... 

I just looked at the fox with an emotionless look, "Are you joking? I don't care about this, it's more exciting to discover things by myself as I go along."

The fox heaved into something that seemed like a laugh and rolled on the ground like a dog.

"You are fox spirit, don't act like a smart ass," I picked it from the back of its neck and turned the fox around to a sitting position. "What might seem funny to you also wasn't very funny to me."

It appeared to have its mood go downward and its ears folded at my words. 

*whine*

The Knowledge Spirit also had his feelings hurt very easily. "Anyway, learn to take a joke man," I slapped it on the back softly. "Do you have some kind of Martial Arts books?"


While using the food and guiding the conversation to this wasn't exactly good on my part. But if no one knew, then it wasn't a bad action… yeah, I will need to come up with an excuse if I am found out in the future. Better prepare for that outcome.

[+1 Intelligence]

[+1 Wisdom]

Come on now Gamer Interface, you are encouraging bad and manipulative behavior… 

No answer came in return for my thoughts, so by my observations until now, this 'System' had no self-awareness. It was more like a Gamer Interface than a System.

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