Veronica just sighed at her new challenge. She shouldn't be surprised at this point.

  'This is going otom of list and it's staying there for a long time.'

  "What's up, Ver?" Cassidy asked.

  "A challehat really wants me to ruin my school life. So I'm not going to do that for a few years."

  "And that challenge is?" Eleanora asked as Aviris leaned in to listen.

  "Ugh... It wants me to... have a child. Either by getting someone pregnant, etting pregnant myself. her of which I pn on doing soon. For now anyways."

  The girls went silent for a while before Cassidy grew a huge, sly smile.

  "Looks like we'll have to quite busy for the many nights~"

  "I said I'll do it ter! You know, after we graduate a some adventuring under our belts. It would be useless if I threw it all away now."

  "Oh fine... hmm... I wonder..." Cassidy was most certainly thinking of a devious pn.

  "Cassandra. No." Veronica sternly said.

  "Fine..."

  "Now that I think about it, it's quite odd that it wants you to do the exact thing that Tisha told you specifically not to do." Aviris said, leaning her head on her hand.

  Veroniodded and tried to think of something else to do to distract her from her curse of sexual challenges.

  "I'm going to go for a walk. I'll be ba a while." Veronica stated as she headed for the door.

  "Hold your horses missy! You 't leave before you give us a goodbye kiss!" Cassidy yelled out.

  "Eh- A... Fine. Everyone who wants a kiss, e by and line up." Verinica relented.

  All three girls lined up in front of her. First, of course was Cassidy, who tried to worm her way into a long make-out session but was easily refused. Sed was Aviris her took her quick pe the lips gdly a her merry way. And st, but not least, Eleanora, who got her kiss and carried on like nothing happened.

  Finally, Veronica was able to leave. She stepped through the halls slowly, trying to think of various things. Perhaps the tour? Figuring out who would be there could prove useful, especially if she figure out team positions, strengths and weakness all before hand, so she draw up some pns.

  But of course, she needed information first. How lucky would she have to be to just randomly stumble upon information like that?

  "So, I heard that Xander's team is entering the tour." A girl spoke to her friend as if this was something special to her.

  "Isn't Xander and his group all level threes? Those boy's will easily win against the other first years." The friend agreed.

  "I'm certain they will. Though, I heard he's afraid of the dark. How silly is that? Some maan." Ghe first girl said with sarcasm.

  "Isn't that just a rumor? I mean, how a guy like that be scared of something so simple?"

  "Sure, but rumors start somewhere. I mean, he's good with a nce, and his boys are all somewhat det swordsmen. Like, they'll definitely win."

  "Yeah, definitely."

  'Well how ve...'

  Just barely left the apartment and she's already got some information. Information that could in fact prove useful. Maybe Cassidy to whip something up for that.

  Veronica tinued her casual stroll mixed with an information hunt, just mindlessly wandering until she heard more voices.

  'Am I lucky again?'

  "I heard Rose Garden is going to be watg the tour!"

  "Rose garden?"

  "You know, the best third years in the school. Actually, not even simply third years, they're the best team in the school! They're all level nine!"

  "ht! I think I heard their leader actually just got to level ten. What was her name again? It started with an S or something..."

  "Sarah? Stephanie? Wow, I don't remember."

  "Oh well, doesn't really matter to us. I mean, how are we gonheir attention? We're just lowly craftsman."

  "True... Well, maybe a det team will get lucky aaken uheir wing."

  'Rose Garden? I think I heard of them...'

  Veronica went through her mind trying to remember what she could about Rose Garden.

  The team was all female, and they not only have had the best grades siheir first year, but also have pleted the most amount of requests that students do. Multiple of these requests also included more difficult requests, whicluded things like bandit sying.

  Rose Garden are know to be a great team for a reason. They're strong and smart. They work extremely well in a team.

  Veronica had tinued her wandering, not really paying attention to where she was going. At some point, she eventually found herself outside. The fresh air was nice. And surprisingly, it was quiet. Not eerily quiet. But more calming than anything.

  So, she kept on walking and walking, and soon she saw that she wound up in front of Liafi's shop.

  "Might as well che. Maybe Liafi will have some info, and or at least stuff we use for an upper edge. If the rules allow for it."

  Veronica opehe door aered the store, and immediately, she heard a voice she didn't reize.

  "And then the ss just tried to cut him! Though, instead of slig him, she just fumbled, dropped her bde, and fell face first. Needless to say, we're limitin' her drinkin'." A woman's voice off to the side. It was sultry, but rough, as if she had been barking out orders for years on end.

  "So that expins why the sword was nearly folded im half. I usually don't question things like that, but it's pretty hard to do that with proper steel..." Liafi responded.

  Veronica looked towards them and saw that they were simply sitting at a table, which had a curved bde on it, certainly after having been repaired.

  The unknown woman seemed to have known Liafi for a while. She retty tall with slightly baggy clothing. Her hair was long and dark red, like Eleanora's but darker. And, needless to say, she was certainly well endowed, but dressed rather servatively, with only some slight cleavage visible. She had a triangur hat resting upon her head.

  The womaainly heard Veronica walk in as she moved her head slightly in Veronica's dire.

  "Aye. Ah, seem you have a er. I'll see you again some day, Lia. Be safe, and have a good day." The husky voiced woman said as she grabbed the sword a. As she approached the exit, and Veronica, she gave a slight bow a.

  But Veronioticed something iing. The woman was blindfolded. How could she see through that? No matter, it's none of Veronica's business.

  "Did I interrupt something?" Veronica Asked.

  "No, no. We were just finishing on catg up with each other." Liafi responded, getting out of her chair and walking towards the ter.

  "You know each other well?"

  "Oh yeah. I've known her food... oh... two huhirty years or so. Though, the st time we saw each other, aside from today, was about fifty years ago."

  "I see. Iing. What does she do?"

  "She's uh... a sailor of sorts."

  "Oh, that's ."

  "Fairly. She's got many stories too. Anyways, enough about that. What I help you with?"

  "Well, we retly decided to ehe tour. And so, on a whim, I decided to try a us as much advantage as possible. I was hoping you had some gear or information."

  "Hm... well, for information, the things I got are small. There's going to be a magie that makes sure that no one dies ets seriously injured. And as far as gear rules go, everything's fair game." Liafi expined.

  "So they're allowing us to go all out. No holding back, right?"

  "Yup. Now, for equipment... I got some basic potions from a trade a little bit ago... some explosives too."

  "Hmm... do you have any ented gear? A piece per person is fine."

  "I may have something. What are you looking for exactly?"

  "Well, Cass is an attack mage type, so something that could either increase her magical abilities more, ore something to help her cast more spells. Elly is more like a cleric of sorts, so something for added defense or something to boost her healing magic. Avi is a rogue type with some stealth skills, so something to help with that would be nice. And for me... I think just defense is fine."

  "Hmm... let me see what I got." Liafi said, going around the shop to find ented gear that matched Veronica's specifications.

  It took a small while, but after some looking around and moving items about, Liafi came back with some gear.

  "Alright, to start us off, we have a ring for Cassidy, it's ented to greatly boost magic capabilities as a whole, so she'll get to cast more while doing more damage. For the princess, I got something that mixes the two you asked for. A neckce that enhances holy magid creates a form of shield around the user, proteg them from a good k of damage. For Aviris, I've got a belt that greatly increases one's agility, so theoretically, if she's faster, it'll take longer for her to be spotted. And for you, my dear, one circlet that provides a huge defense bonus to magic attacks. So much so, that you bee immuo basic low level magic."

  "... this is... amazing... how much do I owe you?"

  "About twenty seven ptinum s."

  "Huh?"

  Twenty seven ptinum s would be enough money for Veronica to live peacefully for the rest of her life and makes sure that up treat grand children wouldn't have to work a day in their life.

  "I could give it to you for free though. However, you would o cash in that sed dist first."

  "The... oh... r-right... um... wouldn't you lose money on this?"

  "Nope. Someone used a couple of these as colteral some years back. They never paid, so I got to keep these. Too bad they're so expensive. 't get a buyer outside of the Royal family, and they didn't want them. So I got stuck with them."

  "I see. So... if I want them..."

  "You either pay me with a lot of money, or..."

  "I have sex with you..."

  "Bingo!"

  Veronica thought about it. Really good ented gear for free? It sounds too good to be true. However, Liafi hasn't shown a reason to not trust her.

  "F-Fine. I-I'll do it."

  Liafi grew a lewd smile. She rao the door, locked it and made sure that people know that the shop was closed. She then grabbed Veronica by the hand and dragged her off to Liafi's bedroom.