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With his newfound knowledge Jet returned to the tavern to discuss with the girls how he'd proceed with things. While they were supportive of his decision, neither felt particularly inclined to help him. Kaya did not feel like being a manual laborer, instead opting to hunt for wild game by zapping it with lightning until she could fabricate herself a proper hunting bow. While Ena, due to a critical lack of libraries or bookstores in the village, thought to head out and search for any ancient ruins in the area. Jet thought about notifying her about there not being any in the immediate area, but he refrained from doing so, lest he gave away his abilities. Instead he simply warned her about where the Freehold was so she could avoid it safely. Thus he was left alone to get started on his work.
He went into the woods, to a place where he knew he'd find some good quality wood and after making sure nobody was observing him he began cutting down trees. It was good practice, chopping the trunks with the side of his palm, and even better when he punched the logs into manageable sized pieces. But transporting his haul proved to be more difficult than he anticipated. He ended up threading some makeshift rope from nearby vines and poked holes in the wood so he could thread his rope through them. Then he started pulling the logs out of the forest manually. It was long and exhausting work, especially alone. And it did not help that at his fourth round he encountered one of the locals. It was the same shepherd boy he met when they first arrived.
"You know this would be much easier if you used animals, your highness."
Jet dropped the log he was pulling behind himself and looked at the boy.
"What do you want? As you can see I'm quite busy."
"Yeah, I can see that. I just came to watch the show. Hey, do me a favor and do two more rounds if you can. I got my dinner riding on you."
"You made a bet?"
"Ye. Me and the woodcutters. They said you'll collapse after seven. I said six."
"Well, hate to disappoint but as you can see I haven't even broken a sweat. So tough shit."
"You say that. But high and mighty assholes like you have a tendency to talk big right before eating shit. So I believe in you."
The boy said with a mocking grin.
"What's your problem? I'm just trying to work here. Don't you have sheep to fuck or anything better to do?"
"I just don't like people who think they are better than me."
"Then we shouldn't have any problem with each other. I don't think I'm better than you. I am. Now if you'll excuse me, I got a house to build. Have a blessed day."
