51 Lydia (1/2)
A lightbulb appeared in Tim's head. ”Let's see if you're really telling the truth. Follow me.”
Tim lifted Garrik to his feet, but he made sure to keep holding his neck. He looked over at Mutyx and motioned for him to follow. ”Follow me and don't make any sudden moves, or I'll crush your friend's neck over here.”
”Whatever ye say,” Mutyx replied.
Tim took the two into the village. The residents of the community stared at the two, some telling their children to get inside the house. Some people gasped at seeing Mutyx's small body.
”Tim, what have you brought here?” a man asked.
”I don't know. These two say that they can be trusted, but I have to make sure. Is Lydia around?” Tim asked the man.
”Yeah, I think so,” the man replied. ”But just so you know, she's angry right now. Her husband doesn't want any children.”
”Yikes. Well, thanks for letting me know.”
”No problem.”
As Tim led Garrik and Mutyx to Lydia's house, he kept looking back, making sure that Mutyx didn't escape. The village was small, so it didn't take long for them to arrive at Lydia's house.
Tim knocked on the door exactly three times. Lydia was very irritable and hated it when people knocked too many times. ”Lydia? I have two people here, can you check their future?”
”Not now! Haven't you heard? I want to be left alone right now,” Lydia said from inside the house.
”This is really important, Lydia. Please! This concerns the whole village,” Tim pleaded.
”Ughh, fine.” The door opened, and a short woman greeted them. Lydia looked at Garrik and Mutyx. ”Weird.”
”Yeah, I know. They are weird. So, can you check their future?” Tim asked.
”Who are you calling weird? You're the weird one here. I've never seen anything like you before,” Garrik said.
”Well, neither have we,” Tim said.
”I definitely can,” Lydia replied. ”Come in and sit down.”
The three went into Lydia's house and sat down. Tim still had his hand around Garrik's neck.
”Tim, stop that. Let go of his neck. They won't hurt us,” Lydia said.
”You don't know that. What happens if they kill you?” Tim argued.
”Oh, please. Look at them. They're wearing clothes that we can't make. The short one over there has a hammer made with a weird material. I'm pretty sure they can kill us anytime. Not to mention their mana is enormous.”
Tim looked at their clothes, and the weird hammer Mutyx had. ”Fine. You know better than me anyway.” Tim let go of Garrik.
”Thank you very much!” Garrik thanked Lydia as he rubbed his neck, which had marks from Tim's grip.
”Oh, shut up. It's nae like ye were going ta die. Ye kinna even die,” Mutyx told Garrik.
Lydia's eyebrows raised as she heard Mutyx mention that Garrik can't die.