Editing Rune Soldier Louie:Volume1 Chapter3 (section)

===Part 1 – Ancient Wood===

“You broke your wand?”

Louie’s door was suddenly opened, and the female magician called Ila rushed in.

Louie was doing abdominal exercises, his entire upper body was naked.

(This woman, she just walks in casually.)

Though, Louie never does lock his door.

Seeing the glasses lying on his bed, Ila relaxed herself. Meanwhile, Louie got up and put on a shirt.

“You have such a great physique, why do you still exercise?”

“Oh, I’m not exercising.”

It seemed she didn’t understand that he was simply keeping in shape.

“Anyway, I’m not interested in muscular men……”

Ila said to herself. She then closed the door behind her, and walked straight over to Louie.

“What’s this I hear about your wand?”

“Oh, I broke it.”

Louie had a helpless look on his face.

He used the wand when he fought the goblins, he bashed the goblins in the head with it, thus breaking it two.

“It broke into two halves!”

After listening to Louie giving his explanation, Ila didn’t want to believe it.

“Your wand is broken, just like how I broke my hand.”

Ila was dressed in the usual magician garb, except she had her sleeves rolled up, she was pointing to her wrist.

Her skin was white, it was really quite fine.

“A wand is very important!”

A magical wand is proof that you belong to the Magician's Guild, it could also be said that it’s the spirit of a magician. Without a wand, you might as well resign from being a magician.

“What will you do?”

“I’ll get a new wand made.”

“Do you want me to get Mr. Carwes?”

“No way, my grandfather is also my mentor.”

“You need a 500 year old ancient wood to make a new wand, and three days or more for the magic ritual!”

“Since my grandfather is Headmaster Carwes, he can help me get that old wood.”

“500 year old wood just doesn’t grow anywhere!”

As precious as ancient wood may be, you wouldn’t find it by just looking in the outskirts of the Kings forest.

“The only place where you can find some is Tartious Forest, and that place is filled with all kind of dangerous monsters.”

“However, the forest is so big that I probably won’t encounter any.”

“Tell that to all the people who lose their lives there every year.”

Ila’s tone was dire.

“I’m not afraid. Monsters or demons, I’ll defeat them all, just like how I defeated those goblins.”

“Yes, but you broke your wand in the process, didn’t you?”

Louie was left speechless.

“T-This time I won’t be so careless. I’ll be using a sword to fight.”

“And you can’t use magic since you don’t have a wand. Anyway, will those adventure companions you met go with you?”

“No!”

Louie said defiantly.

The three women didn’t want anything to do with him anymore. Since Louie broke his wand, they took him for a walking joke. On the way back from the ruins, the trio constantly called him a pig.

“Well, are you going alone then?”

Ila’s eye’s blinked wildly.

“Yes.”

“Ah, I see……”

Ila seemed to be thinking, then she went silent for a moment.

Then——

“You……can accompany me tonight……”

She said to Louie.

“What’s got into you all of a sudden?”

“I might never see you again, so I’d like to create some fond memories.”

Silence filled the room for a moment.

“That’s just like you.”

Louie said, while laughing.

“I’m just kidding! I just want to accompany you, so I can hear about your adventures.”

After that, Ila left Louie’s room, regardless whether they reached a decision or not.

Louie stared blankly at the wall, he really enjoyed having fun with women, but now he was really tired.

“If someone is envious of my life, then I’d happily switch with him.” Louie said inside himself.