Vol 1 Chapter 23 (1/2)

Chapter 3

As afternoon turned into evening, the noise of the taverns reached its peak The festivities of the day were drawing to a close, but those who still felt the need to celebrate opened the doors of taverns, seeking alcohol Separated frohout Alan Finally, he arrived at a small tavern

Parn couldn’t shake the thought that soe had happened to him When he’d left the inn, the ‘Crystal Forest,’ Eto and Ghiirl sitting across fro’ is relative when speaking of elves, and he had no idea of her exact age, but Parn had decided uponelf

Sipping the ale Deedlit had reco Deedlit about himself

“Yes, we’re on a journey”

Deedlit gave an exaggerated reaction, as though that was a very difficult thing to do Opening her eyes very wide, she nodded a few times Parn was so drunk that he had no idea her reactions were an act

“And your companions are just that priest of Phalis and the dere with you this afternoon?”

“No, there’s also a e He’s an odd one, but he’s powerful I hate to say it, but his er than my sword”

“Slayn, that’s theto add, “I don’t think you give yourself enough credit”

That wasn’t just an empty compliment - Deedlit really meant it Parn had easily read her movements earlier that day, after all

Watching Parn scratch his head in ehed a little deep in her throat The tips of her ears lowered and her eyes narrowed

Bored of her tedious life in the forest, Deedlit had recently left her village in the elven woods Everything in the human world was new to her Of course, humans seemed foolish and uncivilized to her But she knew that it was useless to expect humans to have the same culture and beliefs as elves did

Once she had co humans so much From time to time she encountered unpleasant people like the ether, she was sure of getting herself out of such situations

Even if this youngster hadn’t barged in, Deedlit would not have ainst the four men earlier that day In fact, it was only because of hister had easily controlled her movements The fact that he had shown her up left a painful wound in her pride as a skilled fighter That reaction was the real reason Deedlit was h she had yet to realize it But Parn was so unused to talking to woive his actions earlier in the day

Parn had gone on talking so long that he had cooblins Really getting into his subject, he slurred his words and stood up in his chair

“Just then, I thought no one would saveMy old ot Oh yeah, that’s why I’ht Tha- that’s why I’ Fahn, is there Hihts, yeah My old man, he was one of them, once That’s why I becah But you know, even Kashue, the king of Flai … no, there’s no way But I want to do soreat man at least”

Deedlit had listened to Parn’s latest speech with an expression of disbelief

“What do you hope to find in Valis?” asked Deedlit in a quiet voice

“What? I wonder what Soh

“That’s a riddle You could be a great master of riddles”

“The one who should be solving riddles is Slayn See for his own star He even went as far as calling hiaveother people give me”