22 Seven Friendly Faces (2/2)
That surrealist discussion stunned the six men listening to it. What in the world happened in front of them? At first, they were disturbed by the cold and calculated speech of the child. They had heard a lot of people talking like that, but they were either undead, magicians with decades of experience of some patriarchs from the noble families. All in all, dangerous and very experienced beings. But the very same tone was used by the eight years old girl. The holy knight felt cold sweat on his back.
But after that initial surprise, they were mad at their leader. Why did he have to talk like a sexual predator like that? Forgetting the deep and grave voice that was not modifiable, why did the last sentence look like a pervert luring his prey to his basement? And he even used the word ”we”, meaning that all sevens were alike. That was too much for the pale looking priest, and he violently pushed Khozak away.
”Don't listen to him, little g… Leilade. Yes, Leilade, we will get you in and after that, you can do what you want, ok? We won't take you anywhere, we will just point to you where you can find a bed and food, that's better?”
”Ok.”
The very laconic answer extinguished the fervor of the priest. Before they were only pitying her, now they were more and more curious about what could happen to a child to turn her like that. After hearing the sentence from his companion, the berserk thought about what he said and that led him to the same conclusion that the rest of the group reached; he really sounded like a sexual predator.
”Ok, enough Irion. Now climb my shoulders, we will do that quickly.”
The giant human crouched and tried to help Leilade climbing on him. She had no reason to refuse, since that group was quite friendly, even if they were a little weird. At least, she will be able to enter the city easily with them. Not hesitating for a second, she agilely sat down on the berserk, without even needing his help. The man in leather armor was shocked but when he looked at his companion, he saw that none of them really noticed anything strange. Thinking that he was losing his calm for nothing, he didn't say anything.
The seven adventurers and their newly found companion bypassed everyone and immediately came in contact with the guards. They exchanged a few jokes and news, but none of them talked about the living thing moving on the shoulder of the bear man. But their eyes were fixed on her, and that caused the rest of the group to be weirdly ashamed and guilty. Only Khozak was fine and still laughing, not noticing anything. They realized that and made an internal pact of not letting their boss talk to any child in the future. That would only provoke a lot of problems.
After entering the city, the leader still kept on explaining everything and took a long time to do it. He regularly stopped in front of numerous shops and buildings, teaching the little girl everything he knew. And while the number of stares he received was not bothering him the slightest, the six men following him were more and more frenzied by the situation. Seeing that no matter what they did, they were not able to make him go faster, they took the initiative and explained beforehand what she will see.
That way, Leilade learned the name of that company. It was called Proud of Axes, but when she said it loud with her cold voice, six people sunken while only one under her glowed. She realized that this berserk was unfazed by nearly everything embarrassing. But thanks to them, she received the news she truly hoped to know. The magical test will be conducted in one day and the priest, Irion, told her that it will be done in front of the manor of the mayor. That group was very reliable, and all the infrastructures were well described. The travel ended when they finally stopped in front of an orphanage.
She finally climbed down from the tall shoulders of the giant and turned around to see the faces of those seven humans. They were appreciated by the others for their behaviors and respected for their strengths. Their death will be a moral blow but will lead to some unrest. Reaching that conclusion, she stabbed her left hand with her right nails and some of her blood leaked. Then, she took the hands of Khozak.
”Thank you Khozak.”
”Irion.”
”Richard.”
”Jimmy.”
”Pedro.”
”Miguel.”
”Mario.”
None of them noticed the small batch of black blood that infiltrated their body. All had a huge smile on their faces, after doing such a good deed and seeing the happy child in front of them. They never expected that a lot of things will happen to them only because of that.