The Adventures of Rose Hood

“So, you are from a different world?”

“Yes.”

I was in Amanda’s house. She got me coffee and we were sitting in her living room.

“Who was that guy?”

“A member of a group called the God Slayers.”

“Let me guess, their goal is to kill God?”

“No, actually. They want to enslave Him.”

“That’s dumb.”

“Yep.”

“Either way, you said that you destroyed another group that was allied with them?”

“Yes, they were called Dominion.”

“What was their goal?”

“Gain power through slavery.”

“Great…”

“Yep, never been fond of slavers.”

“What’s your faction called?”

“We… don’t actually have a name yet. We have no higher beings, so none of us can start the faction.”

“I see. Was that guy a higher being?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm… Hey, what is your world like?”

“It used to be war faring, but since our first interaction with other worlds, we have united.”

“Heh, if this world were to be under threat, half of the world would side with the threat.”

“That’s stupid.”

“We know that. But they’d do it anyways.”

We sat in silence.

“You can do magic?”

“Yeah, it’s pretty common in my world, but I’m one of the strongest.”

“Nice. You also said that you used to be a resident of this world. What does that mean?”

“Oh, um…. I used to live in this world. It’s a long story.”

“Okay… do you want to go back to your world?”

“Yeah.”

“Hm… Well, I suppose I could help you.”

“How? The book that crumbled was my ticket home.”

“I see.”

“Hm… Maybe if I built up enough mana, I could do a high-level warp and warp back to my world… no that wouldn’t work.”

“Why?”

“I don’t even have my body to warp.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’m a spiritual being, that means that I can form as this, but normally I am in the body of a dragon.”

“So, this is small for you?”

“No, not really, I can shift my form in that body, very good for espionage.”

“Sounds like it.”

“Yeah, I actually usually appear like this, just with adult features. Same height too.”

“Fun.”

“Yeah, I’m a loli in that form.”

“Fun *giggles*.”

I looked at Amanda who was snickering at me describing my appearance as a loli.

Then she turned serious.

“Alright, I’m pretty sure the people at the Con won’t spread the story, but I think we need an additional way to keep you in a low profile.”

“What?”

“You look young, but you could pass for a middle schooler.”

“Okay? And?”

“I’m thinking you should go to middle school for now.”

“…”

“…”

“…”

“What?”

She suddenly looked nervous, then I sighed.

“I may not look like it, but my soul is over 1000000 years old. I doubt I could pass in terms of behavior, besides what would I do for my ears and tail. I can shift with my body, but if I had my body I wouldn’t be stuck.”

“I could say that you are a furry with prosthetics.”

“The **** is a furry?”

“Someone who wears animal features and does… stuff in them.”

“But I look like a kid. Wouldn’t that be weird?”

“Surprisingly, no. It’s not like they expect you to go that far either, not with how young you look, so you could just act like yourself… but younger.”

“I fought for life for most of my childhood, I don’t think I should act that way.”

“Okay… Hm… just don’t fight and be nice.”

“I can do that.”

“Good.”

“What if someone harasses me for being a furry?”

“Tell the teacher.”

“Okay.”

I gave a thumbs up, then she started a mid-year enrollment.

“And done, you start school Monday.”

“Nice… how far is that?”

“3 days.”

“Alright.”

“Let’s get you caught up in education.”

Then for the next 3 days, me and Amanda studied. I was ready.