《Seven In One Blow: The little tailor story》


 1st Thread: I striketh, thou falleth!

    Tailoring. A job respected by all who don''t want to be naked. A profession of which a lot can learn but only few can master. But on Peach Country, tailoring has become a myth.


    Since the dawn of magic, magicians such as conjurers and enchanters have their ways to create clothing. With a whisk of their wands, garments and other tailored products could be made. Alchemists could now toss a few ingredients into the alchemy circle to transmute them into linen so there was no need for weaving. Clothing factories were created which employed magicians instead of tailors because they were more efficient for the business.


    Thus, tailors became jobless and their profession useless. The tailors throughout the entire Pearl continent closed their shops and changed vocations. Except for one oddball.


    An eccentric 18-year-old tailor who inherited his shop from his drunkard teacher who disappeared suddenly was sewing a belt with a large leather buckle in his not so well ventilated dark shop.


    Dust could be seen everywhere, mold and mildew on unwashed cups and plates;remains of linen cuttings litter on the ground; dead plants; and untouched counters. A sign that no customer has entered this shop for a very long time.


    "Hur hur hur...!" a creepy laugh could be heard from the tailor. "Once I finish this belt, I''ll earn hundreds of copper coins! hur hur hur!"


    The belt he was sewing looked shabby but sturdy. The quality of the materials he used was sufficient to compensate his lack of talent in tailoring.


    "Luckily, that drunkard old man left his magic robe. Hur hur hur! Now I got enough materials to sew 3 magic belts that I will sell!"


    It was a magic belt of the 6th Tier!


    There are three grades for magic items. The Low-Grade magic items comprise 9th to 1st tier, with 9th as the lowest and 1st as the highest. Followed by the Middle-Grade which is Copper rank, Silver rank, Gold rank, Diamond rank, Platinum Rank, Mithril Rank respectively. Then the High Grade which must be a 3-5 set item: Adamantium Set, Earth Set, Sky Set, Heaven Set, and God Set items.


    Middle and High-Grade items were the stuff of the legends so no one has ever seen them before while Tier 4 to 1 were rare items. Tier 7 to 5 were unique magic items thus were much more expensive than common magic items of the 9th to 8th tier.


    The Drunkard Old tailors robe was called the "Robe of Beginnings". A robe that will enhance the abilities and skills of the wearer for 5 levels. Thus making it a Tier 2 magic item. This would amount it too 250 gold coins which are 250,000,000 copper coins. Unfortunately, the little tailor shredded it to pieces and turned it into 3 belts of the 6th magic tier that would only amount to 140 copper coins each.


    If the Old tailor will find out what happened to his precious robe, veins pop out from all his body, burn the little tailor on a stake,vomit all his blood before dying of extreme anger.


    "It''s your fault old man for leaving your burdens to me without teaching me anything! Hur hur hur!" His evil laugh echoed around the four corners of the small shop.


    Actually, the reason he became a tailor was to earn money and become the richest man in the world! He was only thinking about earning money that he forgot that tailors arent needed anymore. So if he knew that the Old man''s robe was that expensive, he would cry and die of regret.If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    Not long after he finished the 3rd belt, the tailor heared a shout that highly piqued his interest.


    "Strawberry Jam! Apple Jam! Mango Jam! All the Jam you want! 50 copper per jar!"


    As his smiling face popped out of the shops window, he saw an old lady carrying a basket full of Jars of Jam.


    "Old Lady! Old Lady!" the tailor shouted.


    "Old lady your sister! Im only 70 years young! Youre the old lady!" replied the old lady angrily.


    ''Eh... 70 years old isnt old? Was my memory jammed by the jam?'' the tailor thought to himself. "Ah! my mistake. Beautiful elder sister, may I look at the jam your selling?"


    "Thats more like it!" The old lady laughed as she opened her basket.


    The sweet smell of the jam permeated around the tiny alley. The common folk and other bystanders only needed to sniff the air and they could already taste the jam.


    "May i taste them so that i can select which I like best?" The tailor asked.


    "Sure, heres a tasting stick." the old lady gave him a thin flat stick and he began to scoop one of the jams.


    "Mango... hmm its good! Apple... hmm its good too! Durian... hmmm... smells bad but it tastes good! Strawberry..."


    As he tasted the jams one by one , the old lady stared at him blankly. Because one stick was supposed to be used only once on one jam. But this thick faced young man used his saliva-wet-stick and dared to dip it in all of the jams!


    "I take one spoon of this strawberry jam for 3 coppers!"


    "That would be 50 copp... huh?!"


    The little tailor took a spoon from his pocket, scooped a large spoonful of strawberry jam, placed 3 coppers on the old lady''s hands and said "Keep the change." as he went back to his shop.


    The old lady was dumbfounded for a long time until she regained her sences. Then her face went red in anger and fumes could be seen coming out of ther eyes, nose and ears.


    "YOU LITTLE TAILOR!!!!!" an angry shout could be heard outside the shop.


    "Hur hur hur! One satisfied costumer!" The tailor grinned happily feeling he did the world a huge favor.


    "Now where''s that new bread i bought last week?" looking at his messy table filled with cloth fragments, threads and needles, he spotted something covered in brown paper.


    "Ah! there it is! Now... Bread and strawberry jam! Fusion!" he said as he dramatically spread the jam on the piece of bread.


    "Now for the taste!" he bit the bread and paused for a while in a daze.


    "This... This... I... I have invented the food of the gods!!!"


    Enlightened by his food he decided to embroider the third belt with the sentence "I created the food of the gods!". He placed the half eaten bread back at the table and prepared the materials for the embroidery.


    As he was ready to start his work, flies from outside entered his shop. It was about a dozen in number and was buzzing around the shop until they spotted the tailors bread.


    "Crap! I forgot to close the windows!" the tailor exclaimed.


    When the flies neared his bread he shouted "Shooo!!! Damn flies! Don''t you get near the food of this genius!"


    However, would flies understand human language? No... So the flies kept on attacking his jam filled bread.


    Angered at the stubbornness of the flies, he picked up a piece of cloth and said "So... You wanna do it this way huh? Then... When I striketh thou will falleth!"


    He swatted the flies with his piece of cloth and amazingly... with only 1 swing, 7 flies got hit and died.


    "Huh! What the!" He was amazed at what he did. He leaped and shouted for joy.


    "I''m sooooo great! Wow! I killed 7 flies with one swing!" Overwhelmed at what happened, he decided the new words to be embroidered on his belt.


    "I have to tell the world of my achievement! They have to know how great a tailor I am! And many customers will come and flock in the shop! Hur hur hur!" He laughed loudly thinking about the money he might earn. He even forgot about his bread... of which was where the 7 dead flies fell...


    He began embroidering the new words he thought about until he finished his work the morning the next day.


    "Now I''m off on a journey to inform the world of my great work!"


    He took a piece of old cheese from his drawer, a few clothes, and needlework, closed his shop and started his journey.


    "Opps... I forgot to wear my new belt! hehe! People must see this to believe!"


    On his belt were 4 words. It was embroidered from the thread the came from the old tailors magic robe. It said:


    "SEVEN IN ONE BLOW"

 2nd Thread: The Fairy, the Tailor, and the Hero

    Hero. A title most young adventurers sought for. Heroes were either a commoner that suffered hardships and trained himself to the peak of strength and defeated an arch-villain that would destroy the universe or someone summoned from another world. They were chivalrous, kind-hearted, wise, strong, heaven blessed, and most of all... the main protagonist of stories. They were loved by righteousness and feared by evil. Plus, they reek of the hero aura which people love to see.


    Nogi, a young famous adventurer reeks of this hero aura. He was but a little boy living in a village near the outskirts of Peach country when bandits from the Howling Forest invaded the tiny hamlet. The villagers, as well as his family, died in the calamity. But then he found a tiny pea under the bed of his mother which granted him the power to be stronger. Thus he trained and made an oath that one day he would destroy the Howling Forest Bandits.


    Although a little out of reality sometimes, he still possesses all the qualities and traits to be called a hero. What he is now lacking is to defeat an arch-villain and the title would be his.


    He heard of the news that there was a vicious giant near Chestnut village and decided to subdue it.


    "If I could get rid of this giant, my fame will increase will get more work in the future." Nogi thought to himself.


    As he was happily walking along an alley, a door from a certain shop opened. A short young man came out of the door.


    The young man was smiling with his pearly white teeth sparkling and nose held up high.


    "Oh hello fellow commoner!" the young man said.


    "Ah.. hello.," Nogi replied with an uncertain look. He was not sure if he''d be happy or mad with the greeting. Being called commoner by a commoner? No! He was on the path becoming a Hero!


    Then he noticed the sparkling belt on the young man''s waist. - SEVEN IN ONE BLOW- What?! This man killed 7 people in one blow?! This scrawny brat is that strong? Or maybe... He murdered them in the night! With 1 slash and all of them died!


    Weird imaginations now filled Nogi''s mind.


    "Halt there Villain!" Nogi shouted


    But the young man doesn''t seem to hear him. "Are you ignoring this knight of justice?!" Nogi was infuriated. ''Impudence! Does this short brat not know who I am?''


    "Villain! Hey you! Stop right there!" Nogi continued to shout.


    "Huh?" Bothered by the noise, the young man turned back to look.


    "Finally Villain! Surrender and pay for your crimes!"This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.


    "Uhh..." the young man looked confused. "I''m sorry... You probably mistake me for someone else. My name is Mana... not villain." he replied smiling.


    "Huh! I don''t care what your name is! What I want to bring is justice for the seven you killed!"


    "Oh! That... well they bothered me so I swatted them." Mana replied proudly.


    "What? Just for bothering you, you murdered them?!" Nogi exclaimed


    "Uh... yeh... Bunch of annoying pests..."


    "YOU! VILLAIN!!"


    "I told you I''m not called ''villain''..."


    "Argh!" Nogi roared as he unsheathed and brandished his sword.


    "Huh? Oh, I see! You are in awe of my new belt! Hahahaha!" Mana laughed


    "AKj89&(H!F" ''This murderer must be retarded...'' "Have a taste of Justice Blade!"


    As Nogi lifted his sword, divine magic could be felt resonating from it. Truly, the sign of the Hero''s path. Destined to become the Hero.


    Pressure could be felt the surrounding people.


    "Huh what''s happening?" a fruit vendor asked.


    "That adventurer looking kid is trying to pick a fight with mana."


    "Really? That kid must have lost his brains..."


    "Hahaha! Right. Who would pick a fight with that darned little tailor? He''s basically the god of disaster."


    As Nogi swung his sword, Mana''s eyes nearly popped out of his head. Fortunately, he was able to evade by a hair''s breadth. Just as he was about to reprimand Nogi for being crazy, another attack was thrown at him. This time he couldn''t hold his mouth anymore.


    "Hey, you crazy monkey bald face shrimp! What are you swinging your sword around for! In this day and age... There''s what we learned people call civility!" Mana roared angrily.


    "Civility? It''s you who killed 7 just because they annoyed you! You have no right to talk about civility in front of me!" Nogi roared back.


    "That... I had no other choice..." Mana said as he sheepishly scratched his head.


    Just when Nogi was about to unleash his attack at the poker-faced Mana, something suddenly hit the back of his head.


    He was hit at the right spot and became unconscious with bubbles coming out of his mouth. Staggering to the side, he fell inside an open manhole to the sewers.


    The thing that hit Nogi went straight to Mana and hit him right on the face. But the difference was, Nogi was hit with something really hard while Mana was hit with something squishy soft.


    Mana fell on the ground on his butt while the thing that hit him was in front of him.


    "Ugh!"


    "Hey, you! Watch where your heading!" Mana exclaimed


    "Uh hey sorry about that." A beautiful girl with perfect proportions was in from of him. She was carrying a stone tablet.


    "Hi! Let me introduce myself. My name is Hina Nala Koh. Just call me Hina. I''m a Hero fairy guide. I will be your guide to the Hero''s path Mr. Hero!" Hina said with all smiles.


    ''This must be the first time this newbie hero has seen a fairy guide, he must be really amazed seeing a beautiful fairy like me! hur hur hur!''


    "The heck are you saying lady? I don''t want to be a Hero! And you''re too overgrown to call yourself a fairy!"


    "Huh?" Hina was confused. Her hero detector, the stone tablet on her arms, pointed her in this direction. And right now, only this young man was nearest to the location.


    "Oh, I know... you''re a scam artist, are you? Here to scam me of my money, selling fake hero and adventurer cards, fraud investments and empty promises." Mana said as he stared at Hina suspiciously.


    "What are you talking about. I''m a Hero fairy guide. Can''t you see my wings?" Hina exclaimed.


    "What fairy guide? I''ve read seen fairy guides from my teachers Illustrated story books before. And those fairy guides were tiny. Like that flying dude for example... he had that blonde tiny fairy... And also that Blonde Elf dude with a stone lover... He had that tiny bug thing as a fairy guide... But you... the only fairy-like about you is your face and boobs!" Mana said as he poked Hina''s forehead with his finger."


    "......" Hina didn''t know whether to laugh or cry.