The Beast and the Sword Book 2: The Changes

Page 40: The Little People PT2

In a world filled with magic, anything is possible. Though many seem to forget the creatures that have existed for many years have achieved great feats then that of humans.

Apart from them, there are Elves who were blessed by mana and had powers that almost made them a devil.

There are Therians or Shifters that are one with nature and can communicate to the various animal species. Though they forgo the gift of a grimoire, they too possess incredible power.

There are Dwarves who use their powerful magic in the skills of crafting

There are Witches who are independent from the kingdoms who possess secrets of their own.

There are Goblins, who have features such as their green skin and pointy ears. Yet despite their appearance, they are known for communication and understanding of other creatures. Unless the very nature of their home is attacked, they use their strength in numbers as a means of  last resort.

And then there are ones that are told through stories, though were never actually seen are the Little people that live in the walls. They... Are known as Borrowers.

It is unknown if they have magic or not since no one has ever seen one before.

All they know is they borrow things that they need from items that humans seem to forget.

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(Fourth Opening Theme: That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime OP2-Meguru Mono Performed by Takuma Terashima)

    Prism had been able to get back to Gooden's stand without any trouble; not even Gooden seemed to have noticed the fact she had been carrying something other than the fliers. Thankfully she had set up the stand just behind a vacant building so she had been able to help out the little girl in the palm of her hand.

    She had laid the little one down on a small table she had borrowed from Gooden and started to get to work on treating the girl. Though because of her size, she was having a bit of trouble because of her size, even when she tried to bandage her up.

    "Ana latta as me--" She said, as she ruffled her hair, "--How am I supposed to help you when you're this small?"

    "Can we squish her?!" Theodore said as his eyes were pink.

    "No Theo she isn't a bug--" Prism said, "--Sides we're trying to help her, not kill her."

    "Oh, okay." Theodore said as his eyes shifted to blue, before they changed back to pink, "Do you think she could be my master?"

    "Somehow I doubt that." Prism said to him before she pondered, "Hmm what should I do?"

    The spirits soon spoke to her before they gathered around the Borrower girl; the little gerbils started to motion her to hand her the bandage, to which she did. They started to work with their little paws as she and Theodore watched in awe.

    "Thank you sweetums." Prism said as she patted their heads which caused a couple of them to spark.

    "Hey, how come they're not using their healing magic?" Theodore asked as his eyes with gray, "They used them on you before."

    "They said her wounds aren't serious and she doesn't have an infection thankfully." Prism replied as she handed the little gerbil a pair of scissors, "So there's no reason for them to use their healing magic."