In Another World With JUST MONIKA Chapter 118

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Traveling was not fun. It was b.u.mpy and boring and slow. Arma was regretting having badgered her father and sister to bring her along to Belfast. She hoped to find something new and exciting and better than what she'd already seen in Berge, the beastkin capital.

But while Alephis was bigger and wealthier than Berge, it was also not fun at all if you don't have money. There were too many people, and unlike Berge a city full of humans just didn't look as interesting. It was cleaner and prettier, but the people moved fast and didn't seem to care about anything except where they were going. They were callous, self-interested, and cold.

She didn't have anyone to play with. Being lost in Alephis… it was scary.

That wouldn't have been as bad in Berge. There, she could just walk over to anyone and expect to be helped. There were some mean people in Berge, of course, but all beastkin cared about children. Beastkin have a lot of differences with each other, and they didn't even like each other most of the time, but one thing they did have in common was that they never let that stop them from helping lost children.

And that was why Arma was not as suspicious of Zah Playa stopping to help as much as she should have.

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[What do you think about Mister Zah and Lady Monika?]

Mister Zah and Lady Monika? Um… yah? I thinks so? That's their name?

Sis told me that I dont's be rude. But Mister Clown… clowns around. That's what Miss Fairy said, I should just keep calling him that. Mister Clown said that "Moni ka Fairy ka" is fine, but she said it's not even the right words. Then Mister Clown said something about "Monika Fenryka" and "s.p.a.ce Wolves" and then they started arguing and I don't remember what happened next.​

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[Do they argue a lot?]

I guess…? But it's not like they're angry or summat. They sound like they're happy when they argue, they talk very very fast an' no one understands. When it looks like they're not going to stop, Miss Elze gets annoyed and makes Mister Clown go away to bother someone else for a while. Miss Linze sometimes gets called to decide who wins the argument.​

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[What do you think of Miss Elze?]
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She's nice. She's mean to Mister Clown a lot of the time, but they don't get angry either. You can tell they're really good friends!​

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[What do you think of Miss Linze?]

She's quiet and doesn't talk a lot. She likes to read. She's a magician, but she's not as scary as they were saying about magiccy types. She taught me about magic a little bit, but she looked busy trying to learn Mister Clown's [Air Conditioning] spell.​

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[What do you think of Miss Yae?]

Miss Yae is fun! She's from Eashen, which is really really far away. She's a swordswoman and she's strong! But she doesn't know how to play games, but she tries so hard I have to let her start to learn. She taught me some of the games they play over there. With some colored paper and scissors there's a lot of things that can be done!

When she's not playing with me, she sits quiet like Miss Linze, but instead of reading she just watches the outside. She's a guard. But she's a better guard than all those other guards, at least she knows how to have fun!​

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[What do you think of Miss Yumina?]

Miss Yumina's so pretty! She's got a great singing voice. When I grow up, I wish I could be as elegant!

But it's too bad she's Mister Clown's student. She's nervous around him all the time. 'Cos that means she's also a student of *clowning around*. Mister Clown said "Singing, the knowledge of how to play musical instruments, dancing, all of these are expected feminine talents. But no one expects a Princessy type to dance like Michael Jackson." (1)

And Miss Yumina was going "It's agility training… I just have to believe it's agility training."

Ow.​

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[What do you think about Sir Lyon?]

Needs bigger fluffier hair. Lioonnn!!!

But that short hair of his really gotta go. I've seen his pa, now that's a lion man! Sir Lyon needs to be less pretty and more manly.​

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[I… I think he looks manly enough. He's tall, and well-muscled, and he has that strong jaw…]

Sis, you do you. You do you.​

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[What does that even mean?]

I 'unno.​

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Going back home was a lot more fun than going there to Belfast because they had more people. Her father still had business in the capital. Mister Clown brought his adventurer friends, and *they* were fun.

Mister Clown and Miss Fairy did something to make it so less b.u.mpy. They did magic to make the insides full of fresh cool air. Magic sure sure was nifty, yes!

When they stopped they got yummier food than what they had to eat on the way to Belfast, and Mister Clown told the best campfire stories. Sleeping inside the carriage was fine, they had thick fluffy blankets and Mister Clown's cooling magic kept the insides nice and cool even at night with a feathery breeze.

Miss Elze said something about STOP IT WITH YOUR CHICKENS AND MONETIZE THIS, PLAYA.

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It was scary when they were attacked by bandits. But both times, Arma and Olga didn't see what happened until it was all over. They had to sit and hide in the dark inside a protected carriage, hearing all the noises outside.

There were booms, and shouts, and screams and the clas.h.i.+ng of metal on metal. Arma cowered in her sister's arms as they heard arrows thunk against the metal plates inside the carriage.

And when it was all over, Mister Clown… didn't look as funny anymore. He was ordering people around, and not in the way that was annoying and full of himself a few nights ago. His voice was loud and curt, completely lacking that faintly whiny undertone they were used to hearing. Now he sounded like someone ready and willing to reinforce his words with violence, even to his allies if they were too slow.

Elze approached, dragging two unconscious Poison Fang adventurers by their legs behind her. Well all right, Elze's violence upon anyone who was too slow to carry out his order.

It was still dark, but there was enough light to see by from floating magic lights in the sky and things that were on fire.

Arma whimpered and hugged her sister tighter. All beastkin had some form of enhanced senses. Fox beastkin didn't have as good a sense of smell as Wolf beastkin, mainly better hearing and spatial sense, but even the little girl could smell that lingering acrid tang in the air like after a lightning strike. The air also smelt sickly sweet with burnt flesh.

When they began to pile high the bodies, she could feel her sister tense up, trying to force down a vomit.

"Are… are they dead?" Arma bravely asked.

Mister Clown smiled. "Nah, they're just knocked out. Don't worry about it."

Arma worried about it.

Miss Linze and Miss Fairy started to move around and sprayed sparkly healing magic on people. Miss Yae also moved in carrying more sleeping adventurers, but carried on her shoulders like they were sacks of potatoes. Much kinder than Miss Elze. Miss Yae was so cool!

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(1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V90AmXnguw

Because Yumina has [DARK] MAGIC.