236 Lets talk (1/2)

Evlin and Hana continued to stare at each other as the crossbow mage continued to wait for the demon goddess to reveal where they could find Knucker in order to end his life.

Gustav and Daren then stood up at this moment.

”Hold on, Evlin! We really trusting what this woman is saying?”

”What if it is a trap!!?”

Evlin just looked at the two and sighed, ”Just let it go, guys... The discussion is over... Nobody wants to listen to me so let's just go with the flow and get this done as soon as possible...”

”But... Evlin...” Daren tried to say.

The brown-haired lad was about to try to argue with her, but one look at her eyes showed that her mind was made.

Hana was about to continue the conversation, but the loud noise of someone snoring grabbed the attention of all of those present.

Ellie, Joseph, and Dia all looked as Claire's head was glued to the table while the girl continued to lose herself in dreamland.

”Oho... I just acquired some valuable information...” Joseph whispered while holding his phone out and taking some pictures of Claire's noise.

”It's been a long day...” Marcus commented, ”How about we pick it up tomorrow?”

Evlin and Hana traded glances until the mage decided to reply, ”Sure... Let's rest for now... We can talk about our mission tomorrow...”

Hana at this moment hurried to stand up and bowed towards her, ”Thank you!! Thank you very much!!”

Evlin looked at that gesture and just glared at her again, ”I'm not doing this for you... I'm doing this for my niece... I don't want to be thanked by someone that uses threats to get what she wants...”

The mage then placed her niece in her arms since she still wasn't able to properly walk, as well as the sleeping Claire, and moved towards a room that Leona had assigned to her earlier.

Joseph and Dia followed behind and Ellie was forced to look at the ponytailed girl's eyes of concern.

She then raised her hand for Dia to hold it, ”Everything will be ok! My aunt will help your grandma!”

Dia smiled at Ellie and grabbed her hand, ”Thanks, Ellie!”

Seeing Dia's smiling face made Joseph's skin turn completely red, ”She's right, Dia!! Everything will be ok!! There is nothing to worry about!!!”

”R- Right... Thanks, Joseph...” Dia replied while shaking a little due to the boy's agitated way of speaking.

Everyone else continued to leave the room leaving only three ladies still inside. Hana who was lost in her thoughts wondering if she was really going to be able to pull off her revenge, Leona who was staying by her side awaiting her command, and Detra who just continued to analyze the new goddess.

”Can I help you...?” Hana asked.

”Just curious as to how someone managed to go from being a demon to becoming a goddess...” Detra replied, ”you mind if we chat for a bit longer...?”

”Your kind gets power by feeding on the misery of humans... What would you call something like that? Politicians?” Detra said with a smirk while holding her chin with the back of her wrist.

”... What do you want to know...?” Hana asked, trying to dodge the question.

”For starters, what happened after Angela dragged you into her world? I want details on this realm of terminal beings... What could you possibly have seen that made you change your whole way of life?”

Part 2

All the other individuals continued to move to their rooms. They all were letting the previous conversation sink in and think about what this would mean.

A dangerous enemy was out there somewhere, and the only ones that can stop him were a mage, a champion, and two girls, one with amnesia, and another with an unstable body.

After placing the kids in their rooms, Evlin noticed Ashley waiting for her in the hallway.

”Hey... Can we talk?”

Evlin wasn't in the mood to chat with her sister right now, but there were a couple of things that she felt needed to be made clear.

”Sure...”

The two moved to a balcony where their voices could not be heard and began their small chat.

”I haven't seen you in five years...” Ashley commented, ”I honestly assumed I would never see you again...”

”Yeah...” Evlin replied, bluntly.

”How have things been... After you got home...?”

”What do you want, Ashley?”

”... I told you... I just want to talk... I missed you...” Ashley replied while looking down.

”You missed me so much that you won't even be on my side?”

”Evlin, come on! What's your deal?”

”My deal?? My deal is that I just lost my body to a child that was being manipulated by your old green friend and the freaking moron that was the north god... My deal, is that my whole family almost died in a war against all of my old friends! My deal, is that the moment I finally try to free myself from this craziness, you, my own sister, won't have my back!!”

”I was just trying to help... I thought you would be excited to go on another adventure with us... Help people... Spend some time with your friends...”

”Why!!??” Evlin shouted, ”Why in blazes would you ever think that?? I dedicated everything to get out of this world!! Why would you ever think I would want to have anything to do with it ever again?? And why would you think I would want my freaking niece to be involved as well??”

”... Because we need you...”

”And what about what I need?? What about what I want?? Have you considered that maybe I don't want to risk my life again for some woman I never met to go after some guy I never met??”