Chapter 20: Quest 18- Outside Orario- Sword Smithing City, Zolingham

As the plan was made and set in motion Cirrus got on the next merchant traveling to the city of sword smiths. Cirrus simply watched the scenery and other towns they went through, he helped the merchant sell their wares as a thanks for letting him travel with them and eating their food, this also helped Cirrus gain a understand of bargaining and the merchant gained an understanding of marketing.

After about 8 days of travel they arrived near the city, from afar one could see a tower of smoke with a metal wall reflecting off its dull metal in the distance.

When reaching the city gates the guards of the city sounded incredibly sketchy, when in the back of the carriage Cirrus overheard their discussion, the price for entry was practically highway robbery.

“Thank you for letting me ride sir.” Cirrus gave a polite bow.

“Not at all! Your more than welcome to ride with us again anytime!”

Now in the city Cirrus looked to find that several of the building were for blacksmithing. Cirrus quickly hid in the shadows of the buildings and alleyways.

From the shadows he could see several stores with fine swords of a variety of styles even armor, this was a cultural pot of blacksmiths.

‘I need to find the Chernobog Familia.’

Cirrus went about searching the city from the shadows only finding their shady looking city guards. The residential area of the city had several people, but it had a rather sturdy wall surrounding it.

From the way it looked it reminded Cirrus of a concentration camp, he would see some of the smiths coming into the area through a gate after being patted down.

‘Geezus fucking christ…how the fuck has no one heard of this!’

Cirrus continued to observe the city, but it was getting dark, Cirrus couldn’t go to one of the inn’s since a child having money to stay at an in will be very suspicious and he can’t be staring a scene here not in this situation.

“Haaa…no matter what world it is people will always ignore the homeless.”

Getting a dirty ragged cloak he finds a dark abandoned alley makes himself at home hiding in a corner of trash.

‘Well…I did want new experiences…this technically counts…’

 

Sleeping in a pile of trash Cirrus wakes up when some people started yelling.

“P-please we do not have the money!” shouted a boy. “You took so much we can’t even make daggers!”

“Doesn’t matter! Lord Chernobog wants more money and weapons made!!”

Smack!

Crash!

The boy was thrown into Cirrus’s pile of trash.

“Hahaha!! Lets go! You better have the weapons and money!!”

They walked away as the boy began to cry.

“Dammit….”

“…are you just gonna let them do that shit to you?” said Cirrus.

“Huh?”

The boy gets up as he felt underneath him something was moving. From the trash a young boy with messing brown hair and emerald eyes appeared in a ragged cloak.

“W-who are you?” the boy said falling back from surprise.

“…My name is Zephyr, boy.” Cirrus looks at the kid to find that he’s actually older than him. “Do you wanna overthrow this ruling Familia!” Cirrus said reaching out his hand on a pile of trash.

Much like how Emiya met Saber the full moon illuminating his figure, the boy was dazzled.

“Yes!” he said reaching out and shook his hand.

“Cool…so what’s your name?” Cirrus said helping him up.

“M-my name is Ibic! Can you really help!”

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“I can, tell me do you have a Falna?”

 

Walking back to his workshop Cirrus see’s eyes glancing at them until they made it to the workshop.

“Lord Lugh!” Ibic said rushing towards his god.

Lugh was a god with a divinity of red and gold, his hair was as red as fresh blood, dirtied by his work at the forge, his tan skin another result of the forge with orange eyes.

“Hm? your back.” He said. “Who’s this?”

“His name is Zephyr! He said he’s here to help get rid of the Chernobog Familia!”

Lugh looks at Cirrus and gets up to inspect him.

“…Remove that dirty disguise.”

Cirrus did as he said revealing his mix of leather and metal armor with a sword to his back and a 3-sectioned spear.

“Who sent you? Which god are you child to?”

“I was sent here by Hermes, but he is not my god, the reason I am here is to investigate the Chernobog Familia and in turn Evilus.”

“Evilus? Aren’t they just a group Orario?” he said taking a seat.

“They were once, but they have spread out, currently as far as we know this city and Santorio Vega.”

“I see….but why send only you? A human child?”

“…Lord Lugh before the Chernobog Familia came here who had the highest level?”

“…That would be from the Vulcan Familia, they have a level 3 but now due to Chernobog were subjected to this constant workload.”

“Well isn’t it the same workload but just you have a sword hanging down your neck?”

“A very fitting description, but you haven’t answered my question, why did they send only you a child?”

“Because I can hold my own and gather information on the Familia and any other cities they took over.”

“Is that so.” Lugh looks at his child and moves his head in a direction. Ibic quickly moves and removes a sheet from a massive sword. “Move this great sword.”

“…Sure.”

With not even a hint of hesitation Cirrus easily lifted the weapon and put it down gently.

“A level 3 huh? at such an age…very good, so what can I do to help get rid of this annoying Familia?” Lugh said with a smile.

“I only need to have a cover, working in your forge will give me a cover and a place to stay until I get word from Hermes.”

“And from there you all will get rid of Chernobog Familia?”

“Yup.”

“B-but if your strong why don’t you g-go in and deal with them now?” Ibic said nervously.

“Because as far as I know they could have spread to other places, until I have a full map of their Familia and connections their group won’t be truly stopped.”

“Smart lad, now.” He throws Cirrus an apron for blacksmith along with some goggles. “Lets see how good you are at Blacksmithing!”

Cirrus removes his gear and weapons and puts them to the side.

“Well I’m barely qualified to be considered a novice but I hope you are an excellent teacher.”

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