In a world where magic is everything, a boy named Asta was born without it. As such, he was bullied, mocked and neglected by almost everyone in his village. Unable to tolerate the cruel treatment from his fellow villagers any longer, Asta ran away a...
The next day, we got up and around Port Tanzia to shop for what supplies we still needed. Orion got me a pouch to hold my items, since I'll be needing to carry my own share while in the field. We continued to walk around until evening, when we decided to check on how Mike was coming along with my equipment. He said the other day that he wouldn't need more than a day to make a set of armor to fit me, the sword would take a couple more though. We arrived at Mike's smithy and we heard him working in the back, pounding the metal with his hammer. We went inside and he noticed that we were there, as he stopped working and got up to come to us. "You came at the right time, I just finished forging Asta's armor 20 minutes ago, and just started on his sword." I was eager to see my armor so I asked, "It's ready?" Mike answered, "Yep, but I'll still need a couple more days to work on your weapon. But, you'll ready to go on a Harvest Tour with Orion watching your back. By the time you get back, it'll be ready."
I looked at Orion and asked, "Harvest Tour?" He explained, "It's basically a foraging trip to a locale, it's something of an official quest where you can go out and gather materials, such as herbs. It's also a good way to get started with your training, since Hunters are allowed to train their students while on a Harvest Tour." I smiled and said, "That's awesome." Mike chuckled and said, "Well before we forget, why don't you try your new armor on, see how you like it?" I looked at him and nodded. With that, he took us to the room where he had the armored stored. A few minutes later, I had donned my new equipment.
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(Asta is wearing the armor on your left hand side)
I moved around in my armor, trying to get a feel of how well I could move in it. It feel pretty good, I could move very easily. "Seems like you're already used to moving around in it. You must have quite a bit of muscle on you already, huh?" Mike asked. I replied, "Well I had been training my body since I was 4, so I built up a bit of muscle mass." They both seemed surprised by that and Orion said, "Kids usually start training their bodies when their 7 or 8, but you've been training for as long as you can remember? You must've been determined to prove you were strong, Asta." I replied, "I was bent on proving the naysayers wrong." He chuckled and said to Mike, "Well, how much do I owe you?" The smith replied, "You don't need to pay me just yet, the order you put in isn't quite ready after all. But, I'll let you take the armor with you on a Harvest Tour. Let the kid get some training in while you wait for the next 3 days. I should have Asta's Longsword ready by then." Orion nodded in agreement and turned to me Before saying, "Alright, let's pack up and get ready for the Harvest Tour. We'll be gathering materials and training for 2 days." I replied cheerfully, "Right!"
Timeskip - next morning at dawn
We were all packed up and ready to go on a Harvest Tour. "You ready?" Orion asked. I replied, "Yeah." Then, there was something I forgot to ask something important, "By the way, where exactly are we going?" My mentor replied, "Oh right, guess I forgot to tell you earlier. We're heading to the Deserted Island, it's a perfect place for rookies in this region to start learning to hunt." I was curious about what kind of place the Deserted Island was like, but I knew that I just had to wait and see. We boarded a sailboat and Orion said, "It's a half day's trip by boat to the Deserted Island, we'll arrive in the evening and we can rest until tomorrow morning. We'll need to be well rested for tomorrow, because we'll be training until dusk."
