27 「WakeUpCall」 (1/2)

Arche had been laying on the bed for at least twelve hours now, still hog tied, and on her side. Ninya was hugging onto her like some sort of large stuffed animal. Burrying her face into her chest.

Her eyes were settled though, not on Ninya, but on the figure which was standing in front of the window the moment she had been placed down here. Bags were under her eyes as clearly she didn't sleep whatsoever. It was about six hours in that she noticed his eyes were no longer glowing, but they were clearly open. Though she had this strange feeling that they were no longer gazing out to the sky.

Was he asleep with his eyes open? Or was he conscious?

Feeling the unknown girl nuzzling into her, she looked down at her. She had brown hair, fair skin and a boyish demeanor. Then she froze as she was reading the tier of magic she could cast with her All-Seeing-Eyes. This girl, she was at the peak of the Fifth Tier and her mana alone was far past the normal amount a regular human would ever possess.

How did a girl this young get so much power? Her eyes moved from Ninya and over to the man who was still staring outside. If it was something you could call staring.

His eyes were almost lifeless. As if he had long since joined hands with the abyss that was death.

Confused with Evil Counterparts... Her mind was wondering back to the riddle he had given her. What was he? Could he be a lich of some sort? Or an undead magician? If he was, then how did he get like this? Where was his necrotic tissue or the lack there of any tissue.

”Hmm..” She hummed as a tribute to her curiosity, causing Ninya to stirr against her.

Ninya slowly opened her eyes ever so slightly, catching the pink and tan colors of the sturdy clothes the female she was clinging to wore. Her eyes opened a bit more as she pressed the side of her face into something small and squishy.

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”What is this...” Ninya groaned as she was aching all over from the potion she had consumed the night before. She felt more powerful, but the highness that was about, was now gone.

Sitting up, her eyes traveled down the hog tied female, then back up to her face and groggily raised a brow. ”Who... Uh...Who are you?”

”I'd like to ask the same thing,” Arche replied sleepily, her eyes were heavy as she hadn't slept a wink.

Ninya turned and looked over at the standing figure which was Jack himself. ”He's in his mind again,” she muttered quietly before looking back over to Arche.

”In his mind?” Arche lightly tugged at her arm, before groaning in defeat as she couldn't budge.

”Meditation he calls it,” Ninya sighed as she was debating of untying this random person. However she didn't know why she was all tied up. Maybe she shouldn't try to untie her?

Yawning involuntarily, she would scoot away from Arche and planted her feet on the cold floor with her back to Arche. Ninya then stood up after pushing herself off the side of the bed and crept on over to Jack, getting onto her tippy toes as she placed her hands on his shoulder to weigh him slightly towards her, before blowing in his ear.

Suddenly his entire body jerked and his eyes ignited like tiny blue flames. It was like she had just lit a bonfire. His eyes darted about the room before narrowing in on Ninya, ”Good Morning. I hope you slept well.”

”Sore... But I'm okay.” She turned her head towards Arche, then back towards Jack. ”Why was there a girl in the bed with me, tied up?”

”Heh, funny story. She was spying, invisible, outside in the village.”

Ninya's face almost turned a bright red, as she could completely remember everything from last night unlike when people drank alcohol and blacked out. She had total recall.

”She... she saw!?”

Jack nodded as he was trying not to laugh.

”What'd I see!?” Arche mewled as she rolled side to side on the bed.

Ninya turned and stared at her as she moved about on the bed, mewling.

”She was outside while someone was using Observation magic on the area, it was probably someone from the Baharuth Empire. Though I blocked them last night.” He snickered quietly before glancing outside towards the window.

Ninya's gaze traveled around the room, slowly processing that the entire house had changed. The architectural rules and aesthetic were completely different. It reminded her of the interior of the Citadel. She paused for a few moments before looking over to him and tilted her head to the side. ”Did... Did you do this?”

”Obviously,” Jack scoffed before lightly reaching out and subtly pinching her cheeks and caressing her soft skin. While she wasn't as androgynous as Imina, he was getting curious of how the other members of the Swords of Darkness didn't know she was a girl.

That was an interesting thought which he never figured out while they were alive. Were they just that trusting towards their friend? At least they died knowing the truth...

”So... Is she being held prisoner?”

”Hostage, actually.”

”Hostage...? Like how you held me, Lukrut and Dyne in your Fortress while you had Peter go back to the Guild to report on your presence?”

”Exactly,” Jack couldn't help but giggle to himself, ”though in this case I gave her friends a bit of a harder quest...” His eyes rested on Arche who's eyes were closing slowly as she was fighting unconsciousness. ”To Eliminate the Death Cult that killed our friends, in order to get her back.”

Ninya froze hearing him say this. He sicked Arche's friends on Zurrernorn in return for her safe return. ”How... How many were there?”

”Counting Arche? Four, just like a typical Adventurer Party. She's a member of a Worker group. I sent them back to the Baharuth Empire unharmed.”

「Message」

”Jack, I've been informed of an intruder in Carne Village. Are my --”