Limitless Path

"Have fun," said Rissa, turning and walking back toward the door they had entered from.

"Uh, right. Thanks," Beth replied before turning back to Baelvyr.

"Phew, level nine, huh? Beggars can't be choosers, as they say, but ya could have given me a little bit more to work with, girlie," he said, gesturing her to sit across from him.

Beth did so, pulling out a regular-sized chair before adjusting her sword and sitting down. "That's so annoying. Are there, like, storage rings or something?" she asked, looking to the ogre.

"Indeed, girlie, there are. I doubt any storage item or power is quite within yer grasp at this point," he answered with another deep chuckle. "The cheapest thing ya could get would be a backpack with runes for extra holding, and one of those would cost you at least five golds bare minimum."

"Five golds?!" Beth shouted, the other three in the room turning their strange gazes at her before laughing as she blushed furiously.

"Aye, girlie. How many coins you have?" Baelvyr continued.

"T-twelve silvers," Beth mumbled, looking down at her hands on the tabletop.

"Ha! We'll have to get ya killing some beasts and maybe find ya a good trial."

"We?" Beth asked, looking back to Baelvyr again.

"Aye, girlie. Yer my mentee now, unless ya have some kinda problem with that? Or with me?" he responded, his eyes glowing a brighter red.

"N-no, you're clearly very talented, Mr. Baelvyr. Of course, I would love to be your student," Beth replied quickly, holding up her hands in a calming gesture.

"Pah. Enough of that shit. No mister, girlie, just Baelvyr. Or instructor, if ya must. Show me yer stat page, let's see what I'm working with here," he instructed her.

"Well, alright," Beth replied, making her status page visible just to him.