Chapter 120 The archery hall
With the grand castle as the center, the entire central zone of the town of Yuta was divided into six main Knight halls.
The first one was the sword hall on the north side, the shield hall on the south, the spear hall on the west, and the archery hall on the east.
The two other halls that were located nearest to the central halls were called the unique halls where either the knights who were training with a unique weapon went or were places for the people who did not know any of their talents.
This places were not the same as the other four knight halls as there were a little more than just a few kind of weapons here, but these are the places that gabe the knights the freedom to choose the weapons that they found the most comfortable with the people who knew how to wield these weapons being there to teach them,.
"This is the archery hall, the shrine of the archers."
The archery hall on the eastern side to the main association hall was the place that housed most of the archers and had the biggest training ground for the archers that was occasionally also used by the other knight halls.
"Oh! Ohh! Look mommy! They even have birds here~!"
The inside of the main hall was just like most of the halls.
There was a reception, there were people here in appropriate armor that was of their class, and they were carrying around various weapons- mostly different kinds of bows and various kinds of arrow carrying units.
In the air above, there were various birds flying or were accompanying these archers or the people that were in charge of the various things in this place.
These birds were very important to the people who were professional archers… they were not their familiars or tamed beasts but partners that were nothing less than a part of their body.
They were their eyes, they were their ears, and they were the main individuals that saved them in many situations on the battlefields or in the hunting grounds.
"They are called <Flin birds> Misha. They are trained beasts that help the archers and various individuals as messenger birds, as signal birds, as well as the warning birds that save their lives in many situations."
Miss Rin thought back to the time when she used to have a creature like this one as well. But, no good would come out of reminiscing about a lost life.
"Do you want one of them as well Misha?"
"Hmm? I can have one as well?"
These birds were highly trained beasts that not just anyone could have, but it wasn't difficult for someone like Alex to get one if she wanted.
"Of course you can~. Though, you will have to take a very good care of it. They are a very useful being, so having one with us will be effective in the forest."
Sera was there of course, but she wasn't going to stay in the bird form forever.
She was not a bird in the first place, so she will revert back to a more appropriate form once Elio gets to a higher and more appropriate level for her to manifest a better form.
"Ohh~! I will take good care of it! I want one as well! Please sister Alex!"
She wanted a cute little bird of her own as well.
All she had around her were her friends, these creatures that she was carrying around did not belong to her or anything.
They were merely her friends. But having a bird of her own will be a completely different thing.
"Alright then. Let's go look for a good one the day after tomorrow."
They already had plans for tomorrow so they weren't going to have any time for shopping tomorrow. But, the day after that was quite free.
"Yeiiiiii~!"
"Be careful, Misha."
She was excited, but she shouldn't jump around in a place like this.
There were a lot of people around and if she crashed into someone, then they might get angry or there could be some unnecessary commotion later on.
"Alright then, let's go to the training ground first."
She was going to compete with Elio inside the game for the first time, but they had done thi in reality a few times.
She knew just how 'good' he was when it came to handling a bow and arrows. He was just too good actually, and even if he did not like it, she did not want to miss any chance to see him holding a bow and any kind of arrows.
"Excuse me."
"Oh. How may I help you today~?"
They all went to the reception and seeing the group, the receptionist lady greeted them with a smile like they should in a place like this one.
"I have this letter for the hall master. Can you pass it on to her?"
Alex took out a unique looking purple envelope from her inventory with a unique golden seal on it and just seeing this seal was enough for the employee as well as many other employees around her to recognize it.
"Miss!" The receptionist took the envelope from her hands and hid it under her desk.
"You aren't supposed to show it around in public!" she was shouting in a quiet voice, her eyes wide, and it seemed like just seeing that envelope had almost given her a minor heart attack.
"Oh? Apologies. I did not know that."
Alex had a smirk on her face, so it was obviously a lie that she did not know just what this envelope actually was. She was just trying to tease the receptionist, and it was certainly effective.
"..."
Receptionist quickly took another look at the envelope after seeing the girl's careless expression, and when she confirmed the authenticity of the letter, a complicated expression appeared on her face.
"You can just pass it on to her. She will know what to do with it. Oh, and can you also show us to the practice area? We would like to spend some time practicing until she is done reading this."
"..."
The receptionist still had that complicated look, but there was nothing that she could do here.
This envelope and this seal… every worker here and even many of the players here knew that they belonged to the Swordfish Swordmaster, the person that this town was named after. Enjoy new chapters from empire
For all of them, he was an ideal, and those who were taught directly by him in the past like the nine hallmasters currently living in this town were all the same as well…