52 Chapter 52 - Stowaway (1/2)

The goddess was stored in the carriage with a few knights protecting it.There was still one place that hadn't been searched but Gren knew that there most likely wouldn't be any villagers there.The path towards the tent was covered in blood so Gren was already expecting the worst outcome.

Inside of the tent were many dead bodies but Gren could only recognize one.She was much larger than the rest even with her body torn apart.He didn't know much about her but she was nice to him in their short time together.If he just left her here she'd probably be thrown into a mass grave with the rest of her sisters.Gren stored her body away and due to that there was barely any space left in his pocket dimension.

Underneath Jane's body was the chest with the doll, Sheila.It was soaked in her blood but Gren didn't want to leave it behind.The doll was already part of his history and he thought the girls might like it after it was cleaned up.

He couldn't find Shelley's body anywhere so he hoped that she escaped.”Come look at this.”Gren set down the doll and went to where Georgia was after hearing her call for him.Georgia found a rectangular chest that interested her but there was no lid on it.

”It's a magic puzzle box.Inside are a bunch of mechanisms that need to be activated with magic.They're pretty good for training magic control so even if nothing's inside it you'll still get some use out of it.”Other than the magic puzzle box they couldn't find anything interesting and there were no survivors that they noticed.

The knights left first while Gren began to carry the magic puzzle box out.”Ah!”Georgia stopped and looked at Gren, thinking that something was wrong.”Go ahead, I just forgot the doll and I need to go back to get it.”The magic puzzle box was too big to carry with one arm so Gren put the doll on top of it and carried the two of them together.He couldn't see in front of him that well but someone held the tent's flap open for him when he got near it.”Thanks.”

Gren slowly walked to the carriage.There were a few times he almost bumped into something but there was a hand that pulled him away from the obstacle.He reached the carriage after a minute or so of unstable walking and set down what he was carrying before stretching.The carriage rocked and Gren noticed that Georgia was sitting in the driver's seat.”Thanks for the help, Georgia.”

”Do you need me to help you lift the stuff into the carriage?”Georgia looked back at Gren and was preparing to get down before Gren stopped her.

”No, I can get it from here.I'm good.”Sheila was bloody so he wrapped her up in a blanket.Gren pushed the magic puzzle box in first and then climbed into the carriage while holding Sheila; it would look funny to anybody watching since she was almost the same size as him.Gren's mother was wrapped up in a cloth in the storage compartment behind the seats so Gren placed Sheila on the seat next to him.If there was a second row of seats he would have put Sheila on the other row so he could lay down more comfortably but this carriage only had one row in favor of having more storage space.

”Georgia, do the knights need to eat anything before we return?”Gren didn't prepare any food for them but the knights still had their own saddlebags with some food in them just in case they got separated.Gren was sure that he saw at least one knight snacking but didn't know if all of them had eaten already.

”Yeah, everybody else ate while they were in the village.They didn't want to eat after moving the body parts since they might get blood on their hands.”Since everybody ate already, Gren would need to give them twice as much the next time they took a break.They should still have some food left but it's best to fill up their bags just to be safe.