A Blade Made of Slime

Chapter 25 - Stories of the Past

I had begun giving Fran a breakdown of what I could tell Urushi's abilities and Skills were.

"Hide in the shadows and attack?"

"Yeah, he is sort of like a ninja in that way."

"Ninja?"

"Think of them like a person who hunts down bad guys in the dark."

"Oh!"

Fran seemed to enjoy the idea of ninjas a bit.

"What about me?"

"Let's see..."

I wasn't entirely sure what to class Fran as. Although she was sort of a berserker, she was slowly mastering the blade and was putting aside her highly aggressive fighting style for a more elegant approach. In a sense, her fighting style would fit perfectly for ninjas as well, wouldn't it?

I imagined Fran wielding twin daggers and throwing stars, with her dressing up in a completely black cloth outfit. She already has the ability to clear up her sound and doesn't need anything to cover her hair since it is already naturally black. Not to mention, Fran could see clearly in the night and had a perfect sense of where she would try to head.

Not to mention but wasn't one of the classes she could choose before quite literally called Assassin? Ninjas were assassins and great reconnaissance forces.

"Master?"

"I think a ninja would fit you as well."

"What about you then? Are you a super ninja?"

Eh?

"Arf?"

"Urushi, think. Master is a super duper disguise master!"

Fran began to explain in detail how much I sort of fit the role. I had the ability to quite literally vanish in broad daylight, the same Skills as both Urushi and Fran, and I had the added Skill to transform myself into anything and disguise my own appearance. The only problem was my hair color but I could always change it to black if I wanted to. After all, it wasn't that hard to change the color with the Skill Camouflage being synced up with Mimcry.

The more I thought about it, the more interesting it became. Still, I couldn't see myself being a ninja. However, I wasn't about to shoot down their ideas about me just because I was reluctant about myself.

"Sure, let's go with that."

"Nn!"

Fran and Urushi seemed happy with that, though...

"It should be your bedtime now Fran."

"Oh..."

Fran seemed a bit upset but it was time for her to sleep, after all, a strong warrior needed to sleep on time. Fran reluctantly got herself into bed but patted the bed to get Urushi to come onto the bed with her.

"Urushi, here. Fluffy Junior can sleep with me."

"Arf?"

Urushi turned his head over towards me as if wondering what he should do.

[You're supposed to protect her alright? Even against her nightmares.]

(Arf!)

Urushi seemed to understand and went over the lie down next to Fran.

I was about to wish them good night until Fran began to tug on the edge of my shirt.

"Master."

"What is it, Fran?"

"Tell me about the story?"

"The story?"

I thought about it before it suddenly came back to mind. I remembered that I would tell her about Milim before. Would talking about Milim be good night story material though?