Story of Guilds

Chapter 17: In Hiding

Council> "It's time for the final fight of today, it will be a match between Sahara's well known Detective, Shashin Satsuei-Clinton and Aldrich's Local Boxer, who can really throw a punch at you, Valorize!"

Valorie> "I'm fighting a kid??? You've got to be kidding me."

Ren> "He's not just any kid! He's a genius once you get to know him..."

Valorie> "Okay buddy, I don't care if he's your friend and all, that dork is getting knocked down in one punch."

Quentin> "Be gentle to him, we will need him in good shape later."

Valorie> "No promises, he will probably get a black eye."

Valorie went down to the arena, Shashin was there already waiting.

Shashin> "Yo."

Valorie> "Hey..."

Shashin> "Let's play a game."

Valorie> "Kid, I'm not here to play games, I'm here to fight."

Shashin> "It's an obvious win, so why not just make it interesting?"

Valorie sighed, putting her hands on her hips.

Valorie> "So, what is this 'game'?"

Shashin> "It's simple, you have to guess what magic I have, however, you only have 3 questions in order to get it right. The rules are, you can't ask me directly what my magic is, or else it's just no fun, and I'm allowed to answer as vaguely as I please, so are you in?"

Valorie> "Wait, how do I know you won't lie and try to lead me on???"

Shashin> "That's for you to figure out."

Valorie> "Okay, but what happens if I win or lose?"

Shashin> "Doesn't matter, either way you win."

Valorie> "That doesn't seem very fair for you though?"

Shashin> "I'm not in it to win to begin with."

Valorie> "In that case I could just guess anything then and the game will be done."

Shashin> "If you do that, you're just no fun."

Valorie> "You're strange..."

Shashin> "I get that a lot."

This was actually just Shashin's plan to just stall until the timer runs out so it's a draw. Let's see if Valorie catches on.

Valorie> "This feels stupid... can't we just fight?"

Shashin> "Do you seriously just want a fight where you knock me out with one punch? Just by the looks of your arms I can tell that you are extremely muscular all over, and you workout for hours upon hours a day."

Valorie> "Doesn't take a genius to figure that out."

Shashin> "How about this, considering you seem so strong, you probably are the type who likes to be independent, and doesn't want to rely on a man or anyone else to save you, so you force yourself to become strong and healthy for the sake of being able to handle yourself. You never think what you are now is good enough, so you keep going because you're determined to be stronger. You want to be the best you."

Valorie> "And how do you know this?"

Shashin> "Just by the way you act so tough and all."

Valorie> "Yeah but how did you know I have the whole 'best version of you' mindset?"