Chapter 419 - 419. Familiar person

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On the evening of the fifth day, they came out of the forest and she could finally see the city. 

Actually, with her speed skill she Gould have been here long ago. But every cultivator had their own skill, only not speed. She sighed. They were quite low, but she found out quite a lot.

The city they are going to was considered quite big. Valeria City. The current ruler was a woman. Mona Valeria and she inherited the city and surroundings from her own mother.

Kendra was quite happy to hear that men and women in this world are considered in the same standing. There is still a servant system, but only commoners chose to become servants. And usually not for a lifetime. 

There is no slave system as it was frowned upon and people lived a somewhat normal life.

Of course, there will be some impoverished people. But it was not as extreme as in the past world.

"So there are no really poor people?" Kendra was curious as she walked towards the city. It had no walls so she could see houses and even a few taller buildings from far.

Bes chuckled. "If you gather healing herbs and bring yo the trading hall, you can already earn some coins. Even as a small child it's possible to live normal. We have an orphanage. And they are supported by the ruler herself. So, if you see a poor person or beggar... Think of them as lazy."

"What if they don't know, or are too weak to do it?" Kebsea considered frailness of the human body or even old age.

Bes became quiet. Even Kendra didn't know many things. What if there are more people like her that don't know how to survive? "Then... Then..."

Kendra patted her head. "Just tell them. And if they are too frail, find a healer to heal them. After that, they can't say that they can't do anything about it."

Rorry chuckled. "Are you sure that will work?"

Kendra shrugged. "Its worth of try."

By now all the cultivators in the group understood this calm child. She was smart and kind to everyone. But she was as well quite realistic and down to earth.

There was no fear that someone might use her anytime soon.

The city had all kinds of houses. From simple wooden houses outside the city until big stone buildings in mid of the city.

But what took the breath away, was a castle that was built on top of the nearby mountains. Tips of the large buildings had different colors and Bes explained why.

"Each color represents a basic element. Blue is water, red is fire, yellow is earth and black is wind. But as there are many more powers, they were included in the main four." Bes pointed at the tips of the four highest buildings and tried to explain more, but Lord Daruvar stopped her.

"She will learn more when she enters school. Let's first go and take her to the task guild. There she could get tested." 

He was truly curious about this girl. 

On the other hand, Kendra was astonished. There were many people who had spirit animals. "I guess having a spirit animal is not rare..."

The cultivators sighed as they stared at her back with a bit of resentment. Did she see them having a spirit animal? 

Rorry started laughing. "There are hundreds of thousands of people in this town. Among them are about tenth cultivators. And only one in ten cultivators have a spirit animal. Today you see so many as there is spirit animal competition."

Kendra furrowed her eyebrows but Draga and Taffy were curious. "Competition? With other spirit animals?"

Looking at their excited bearing Kendra smiled. "I was worried you would get offended. You wanna go and watch?"

"Yes, please." They voiced at the same time.

Lord Daruvar was surprised at their excitement. Usually, spirit animals hated fights. Why would these two like such a thing? Then he turned his eyes towards a straight-faced girl and shook his head.

Weird master and weird spirit animals. It was fate that these met. 

"The competition starts tonight. You can join the fight as well. Let's first handle what is needed then we can go to the competition ground. You see, they are all still in the city as well." He saw the two creatures calming down, but their appearance was not left unnoticed.

"Mom I want that pink cat! I want that pink cat!!!" The little girl stood there and almost howled in mid of the crowd.

A woman in a beautiful red robe stood there and looked at the pink cat and then at the cold face that girl had. "May I ask is this your spirit animal?"

"Yes." Kendra could feel the pressure vomming from the woman's body and felt anger. This woman could feel that her powers are weak, bit still tried to scare her. What for?

"I know a way how to cut contract between owner and spirit animal without any of them being harmed. If you could give that cat..." The wan stopped as she saw the silvery eyes suddenly turning colors. "Your eyes..."

"My eyes, my problem. Taffy has her own will. If she makes her own choice to break the spirit contract, I promise I will not stop her. But threats do not work either on her or on me. In the nearby river, I saw spirit fish that could be an amazing partner to your child. If she had water powers the fish can live outside water as well. Not only that, Draga told me it was quite a high level. It will soon have first evolution, so you should hurry. After that, it will be hard to capture it."

Her voice was devoid of any emotion and made both mother and daughter fear this girl. But child stubbornness was on its peak. "No. I want the punk cat!"

Kendra looked at Taffy and shrugged. "You know me, I am giving you a choice. What will you to with it..."

Taffy walked in front of the child looked at it with her pink eyes and snorted. "Broken doll. She has a good spiritual base, but its to lazy to cultivate. I don't need such a partner. And no, she will not change. You spoiled her way too much. I refuse!"

She turned around swung her tail and climbed on top of Draga's head. "I refuse!"

''Refuse? Do you have the gut to refuse me? Do you know who I am?'' The woman rose her voice and stared at the tiny creature with an icy smile.

''No matter who you are. The rules are rules and will not be broken. I officially refuse to leave my companion for anyone. It was my own choice to chose to make a spirit contract with her, to change it, I do not wish. So I refuse!'' She snorted, laid down on Draga's head and just closed her eyes, ignoring the furious woman and obnoxiously crying child.

''We will see if you dare to refuse me soon.'' The woman picked up the girl rushing away 

Her voice suddenly resounded in the street and cultivators turned around in wonder. But they still saw the situation and got angry. If she tries to take away from that child, she might try to take their own away. So they started pointing fingers at her. ''STy away from our spirit animals. How unreasonable!''

Suddenly another strange thing happened. Spirit animals started talking. "If she refuses, no one should push her. Tsk tsk."

Big tiger looked at the pink cat and started growling. "We all made choices. No one can make us do something we don't want. Anyway, I'm hungry. Should I eat the girl?"

The young man looked st his spirit animal with a flat expression. "No."

"Oh well. If I see her in the forest I will. And you can't stop me. I am your spirit animal, not your slave. Understood?" The tiger growled at pale youngling and then laid down to sleep.

Strange things suddenly occurred. Animals started talking among each other and humans could listen to their words. Just then they realized another fact. Everyone understood their words, not only them.

But that occurrence didn't last long and soon only growling of animals could be heard. 

Kendra left with the group after Taffy's refusal and went towards a huge building on the other side of the town under the curious eyes of two young people.

''Brother, why do I feel I saw this girl somewhere before?'' The young woman scratched her head in wonder.

''You are not wrong. I feel the same... But where?'' They stood up and started following her, but as it was a big crowd, she disappeared before they could find her. 

They looked ta each other. They both knew that girl was important somehow, but why?

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