Tribe Master 2: A Fantasy Harem Adventure by Noah Layton

Author:Noah Layton [Layton, Noah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The next morning I dressed early and prepped my saddle atop Arabelle.

Before I even had a chance to mount my horse, Santana appeared in the pasture fully dressed with her own saddle over her shoulder.

‘No,’ I said. ‘I told you, you’re not coming with me.’

‘And I told you, master, that you need me to help you with this. You can identify ores on your own, maybe, because they’re impossible to miss against rocks. But plants are different. You need to examine the undergrowth carefully for them. I can help.’

‘It’s still dangerous out there.’

‘And I still have my crossbow. Don’t underestimate me. Besides, I’m going out of my mind stuck on this land. It’s starting to feel how our homestead felt during the wolf attacks.’

I exhaled through my nose deeply and gritted my teeth.

‘Fine. There are a few bolts in storage. But if we run into anything that poses a threat let me do the fighting.’

Ten minutes later we were saddled up and heading through the forest. No more than fifty yards in and Santana brought us to a halt. She hopped down from Myranthia deftly and landed in the undergrowth.

She whipped out a simple knife that she had brought with and ushered me over with it.

‘This is sunleaf,’ she said, running her fingers lightly up the stems of some twining orange-brown stalks crowded together in a small patch. ‘You don’t need to take out the root – just the stalk from where the dirt begins is fine.’

Santana’s delicate hand commanded the blade to cut through the stem, which she eventually deposited into her inventory.

‘And then…’ She continued, standing and pointing to a patch of flowers nearby. ‘This is aquaria. It’s used for potions of haste primarily, but it can be used for many others if you were to acquire the recipes’

‘You really know what you’re talking about, don’t you?’

‘Of course,’ she smiled, brushing her hair back behind her ear and smiling cutely at me. ‘Did you think that I was lying, master?’

‘No. I just want to look after you. Lara and Ariadne have grown up as fighters, so I guess I’m less worried about their safety.’

‘I understand, but you can trust me. I’m a grown woman.’

‘I trust your judgement. You’ve grown up with the land. That counts for something important. But you’re the youngest of my wives. It’s my job to protect you. You understand that, right?’

We continued through the forest on horseback at a slow pace, both scanning the ground for further herbs to extract. Santana’s eyes did a better job than my own, but every so often I got the edge and scoured something that she didn’t see first.

They were small victories, but I was steadily getting the hang of it.

‘How come you and your father never crafted potions back at your land?’

‘We could not. Potions tables are incredibly expensive.’

‘It was only 100GP for me to create one back at the land.’

‘That is because you are a tribe master.’

‘What does that have to do with it?’

‘The tribal lands of Agraria abide by different rules to other pieces of land.

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