136 Negotiations with the worst negotiator (1/2)
Part 1
The former goddess of the east was roaming the hallways of the hotel looking for Evlin and her friends.
”Hello...? Anyone there...?” She said while gently knocking at the door of the rooms they were supposed to be settled in.
She peeked inside each of them but found no signs of Evlin, Ellie, Lilith, Daren, or Marcus.
”Crossbow girl...? Lion boy...? Uuh... Dang it, what were the names of the rest of them...?”
She was taking a shower just a while ago and heard some kind of commotion outside. She got curious about what it could have been but at the same time, not curious enough to investigate.
Once she was done, everyone had completely disappeared, leaving her alone in the hotel.
”Did they went without me...? Guess I must really be hated...” she said, imagining that it wouldn't be that strange if she had been abandoned like this. She knew how much Daren and Lilith, as well as her former champion, Marcus, all disliked her.
She kept looking for a bit more, wondering if they had left some sort of note, but ended up founding nothing.
”I see... So be it then...” East said after finally giving up on finding them. She assumed that they probably just felt it would be better to go after Mia and the demons by themselves and leave her behind. After all, what could she possibly help with on this mission?
East had no power in this world. Even if she had access to blessed energy, nobody was praying for her so there was little she could do.
She returned to the room she and Evlin were sharing and decided to just wait while continuing to play with Ellie's phone while carrying a mug of coffee.
She always had a hard time interacting with technology, but after realizing the threat the return of the demons opposed, she decided to reorganize her priorities and give it a try. She felt she was getting good at it.
She started to wonder about how much work Evlin had ahead of her. Mia, the demons, her captured family, the danger of the people of this world getting access to magic, spirits showing up and attacking her... But then she thought to herself that Evlin was probably used to this kind of thing by this point.
”I'm sure they will be fine...” she said while pressing a red icon with a white triangle in the middle for this really interesting app that allowed you to watch videos of random things called tube-something.
She saw the image of a cartoon man with sunglasses in a suit in the middle of a room surrounded by horses and got curious about it, ”What does this say...? Gnam... Style...?”
Part 2
Evlin, Ellie, and Lance were on the rooftop of a building looking very confused right now.
Behind them was a box of glass with metallic edges that had the ghost of a deceased mage inside of it. In front of them, there was a group of people wearing robes with red drawings that resembled lines of fire holding staffs made of wood staring directly at Evlin.
They were all waiting for her response to the sudden offer that their leader, Leona, had made.
”Uuh... Come again...?” Evlin said while rubbing her forehead.
Leona came closer and repeated her request, ”I said that we are the followers of the new Goddess of the East! And she has requested for you to be her champion!”
”Uuh...” Evlin joined her hands right in front of her mouth while taking a deep breath as if trying to think of the best way to approach this.
”I'm... Kinda in the middle of something right now... Can this wait?” She asked.
”Please miss Evlin, the glory of being able to fight for the great deity of the east is an honor that many struggle to reach but few manage to acquire! And she has personally requested for you to fight for her!” Leona said with sparkles on her eyes.
”I see...”
Evlin didn't know who the heck this new east goddess was, but it seems like Leona was a big fan of hers.
Any other time, Evlin would probably try to start a proper conversation with these people and try to reach some kind of agreement while listening to what they had to say. But then she started to think about how her family was still being held hostage by Mia and decided that she simply didn't have time for this right now.
She decided to ignore these people and returned her attention to Xadi and his glass box.
”So, anyway... Where was I?” she said, completely disregarding Leona's request and looking at the imprisoned mage ghost. She began to carry his box one more time and started to shake it again, ”WHERE IS MIA!!!!???”
”Ouch!! Stop! Stop!!” Xadi said while feeling the blessed box burning him every time it touched his figure.
”Uuh... Aunt Evie... What about them...?” Ellie said while gazing at the East followers who were starting to look rather angry with Evlin's rudeness.
”Just ignore them, Ellie... If you don't give them any attention they will go away eventually...” Evlin said, acting like the followers were some kind of internet trolls.
”Miss Evlin... I'm serious!” said Leona, ”We have a duty with our goddess and we need you to-”
”NO!!!” Evlin said while dropping Xadi on the floor ”I am NOT doing this right now!! I have my own problems to deal with!! I am not letting some god nonsense become another stupidity that I need to solve!”