Chapter 320: Woes of Adoration (2/2)

”[Goblin] Young Master, I… I would like to request that… you allow me to stay with you. Please…”

”[Goblin] Galina, my dear…” Seeing the girl's expectant, hopeful gaze, Aiden wasn't sure what to do. While her physique changed, turning more human-like both in terms of weight and features, she was still at its core, a being that was labeled as a 'Monster' by the human society. Even if she could successfully pass the guards' inspection at the gate, the moment they made a mistake and were found out, the consequences would be dire…

Considering all this, Aiden could only give a wry, conflicted smile in return, and with a light shake with his head he was about to respond, declining her query. However, before he could do so, the silver-haired prince decided to speak up and intervene.

”Hey, Aiden…” He began. ”Whilst I don't understand the language you are using, it's not that difficult to guess what the little Missy here wants to do.”

As the two turned and looked at her with similar, questioning gazes, he reached for his right side to the small brown, leather pouch, that always looked strangely empty and reached inside it. First his fingers, then slowly his entire hand vanished in its depth, causing a wave of a surprise to flash through Galina's and even Aiden's eyes before they returned to their previous, smiling state.

Even without the System whispering to him, Aiden understood from a first glance that the small leather bag was enchanted with some kind of space magic. While he had already seen the wondrous, skull-faced ring over her Master's finger having similar features as his System Inventory, he didn't know if these kinds of magical items were common occurrences or not.

After all, so far he hadn't seen another one during his time among the humans of this kingdom.

Drake looked quite busy as he searched for something in the magically expanded depths of his bag. It took him almost a minute and a half before the look on his face change into an expression of happiness. Grabbing onto the item he was searching for, he pulled his hand out of the bag, triumphantly raising it towards the duo.

But there was nothing to be seen. No, that wasn't entirely true.

His hand was balled into a fist, and from looking at it more closely it seemed that his fingers were tightly clenched, hiding something small.

With a questioning look on his face, Aiden looked up, urging his friend to not waste the time, and reveal what he wanted to show.

Drake gave a light cough, and spoke once again, with an obviously forced tone, trying to hide his eagerness, quite badly, unfortunately.

”Khm… So, I'm fairly certain, the lady would like to stay with you. While I can't understand for the life of me, why… I believe I can still be of some help.” He spoke, immediately causing a wave of pink to appear on Galina's cheeks.

Even though she couldn't speak the human's 'Common' tongue, she could understand it with the help of the connection she shared with the young master. So, when the silver-haired human revealed her innermost feelings without any concern for her at all, she was ready to hide behind the man of her adoration, ready to bury herself just to escape the shame she was feeling at that exact moment.

However, Drake didn't seem to care about her much, with the same smile on his face he continued as he slowly opened his fist, revealing the tiny jewelry in it.

In his palm, a small golden ring was laying, with a tiny onyx-like gemstone placed in it. Besides the strange choice of materials, there was nothing unusual about it. At least for the first glance.

Aiden could feel strange energies, something he could recognize as Mana faintly radiating from the stone etched at its top.

Just what was Drake trying to do?