Forgotten Hero

3

The four women sat around the campfire while Galdim was inside the tent and sleeping. Hylumu, Valg, And Katerine were in t-shirts and shorts with their armor and robes next to them. Trish was sitting on Hylumu's shoulder, kicking her feet happily.

"So, what happened while I was getting my staff?" Hylumu asked. She sat on her legs, hiding her feet behind her. Katerine and Valg stretched their legs out in front of them, curling and uncurling their toes constantly.

"Valg got both of us free." Katerine said as she looked up at the night sky. She saw the sky being filled with stars with a few shooting stars going through the sky. "Beyond that, I don't think anything else happened. You came just in time."

"How many monsters have you faced?" Valg asked with an angry tone.

"None." Katerine said as she looked at Valg.

The orc sighed before looking at the fire. "Monsters like those usually eat people like us. Try don't hesitate unlike what they did with you. If we made one wrong move, we would've died. However, this time, it seemed to be different." Valg explained. Hylumu looked at her in confusion. "The Vine Terror decided to tickle her instead of eating her."

Hylumu immediately giggled at the thought, causing Katerine to blush. "I kinda wish I was there to see it." Hylumu said. As soon as she did, Valg smacked the back of her head. The dark elf winced before giving her friend an angry look. "Moving on. Monsters usually cause fear and harm to adventurers and civilians. It's the reason why we go out and hunt them on behalf of the guild." She explained.

"Then it's not natural for monsters to tickle adventurers?" Katerine asked.

"Not really. I can't think of a reason that they would." Hylumu said as she looked up at the sky. "Then again, recently, the guild has been asking about passive abilities." She explained. Both Katerine and Valg gave her looks when she finished. "Usually abilities have to be used. Such as magic, or a great feat of strength. But passive abilities work without the person needing to activate them. It's rare to find someone with passive abilities since they began to recently develop within people. I would be more skeptical about it, but I'm one of them." Hylumu explained with a smirk on her face.

"What passive do you have?" Katerine asked with a sparkle in her eyes.

"I can see the most ticklish spot on each person." Hylumu responded as she looked at Valg. "Valg's sides are her worst spot." She said. Valg glared at the dark elf, but was stopped from doing anything when Katerine began tickling the orc's sides. Hylumu giggled as Valg laughed loudly and squirmed in the elf's fingers.

"As for Katerine, I think it's her feet." She said as while looking at Katerine. The elf blushed while tickling the orc.

"Trish is ticklish all over." The dark elf explained as she lightly tickled the fairy with her index finger. The fairy fell over onto her shoulder and squirmed from the tickling. Hylumu giggled at the reaction before stopping. "Galdim is ticklish in his armpits while my toes are the most ticklish part of my body." She explained.

As she did, Katerine stopped and let Valg regain her breath. While the orc was recovering, Trish was laying on Hylumu's shoulders and slowly recovered once the dark elf stopped tickling her. "I can't say that you have a passive abilities, but a dangerous monster did nothing but tickle you so I can't count it out." She said.

"If I do have a passive, then that would be great!" Katerine said as she got up and smiled.

"Welp, don't worry about passive abilities. Even if you do have one, you need skill to be a great adventurer." Hylumu said as Trish sneakily flew to her feet. Within seconds, the dark elf was thrown into a fit of laughter as the fairy tickled her toes. "WAIT! STOP!" She begged while attempting to keep upright.

Katerine smirked as she watched the dark elf laugh. However, before she had a chance to join in, Valg tripped the elf and trapped her ankles. "As a reward for tickling me, you can keep watch all night with Trish." Valg said as she began tickling all over Katerine's feet with one hand.

The elf screamed in ticklish laughter as she curled her toes. At this point, the dark elf fell forward and went into silent laughter. The two elves laughed loudly as their ticklers relentlessly attacked their most ticklish spots. Valg dug into Katerine's feet with her rough fingers, causing the elf to cry from the tickling. Trish lightly tickled Hylumu's toes, forcing her to punch the ground so that she wouldn't throw off the fairy.

The tickling went on for a few minutes as Valg and Trish tickled their victims till exhaustion before releasing them. Once they stopped, Valg crawled into her tent. "Good luck. Night!" She said before going to sleep.

Trish stopped and flew over to Katerine, letting Hylumu go into her tent and sleep by herself. The tired elf stared at the starry sky and regained her breath as the fairy sat on her stomach. "Why am I on watch?!" She yelled to herself.

Trish quickly flew off as Katerine sat up. She flew over to the elf's feet and began to tickle them. Katerine began laughing while trying her hardest to keep still. "Why?!" She asked while laughing.

To her surprise, Trish flew up to her ear. "Endurance training." She said with a quiet and soothing voice. Katerine agreed as Trish flew back to her feet and began tickling them again. Katerine laughed and struggled to keep her feet still. As the fairy tickled her with tony hands, she laughed loudly.

After a few minutes, Katerine laid on the ground and curled her toes as her laughter grew. Trish smirked as she turned around and fluttered her wings on Katerine's soles. When she did, the elf howled in laughter and pulled her feet away.

Trish smiled as Katerine put her feet back where they were. The fairy flew between her toes, laying with her legs sticking out towards the fire with her head facing towards Katerine. Katerine smiled at the fairy before keeping a constant eye on her surroundings.