53 Chapter 53 - Travel Buddy (1/2)

Gren was shocked to see Shelley behind his seat but soon became worried.”Mom!”Gren checked to see if his mother's wrapped up body was still there.She was a bit squished to the back but the wraps were still over her so he couldn't tell whether or not she was fine.

”I think you have the wrong person.I'm too young to be a mom.”Shelley was rightfully confused by Gren's words.

”No, my mom is behind you.She's wrapped up in that cloth.”Gren pointed towards his mom's body.

Shelley looked back at the wrapped up body and reached out to touch it.”Why is she all wrapped up?”

”Stop!”Georgia must have thought that Gren was talking to her so she made the carriage come to a stop.Shelley also stopped what she was doing.

”Is everything okay in there?”Georgia called back to Gren.Gren didn't want to worry Georgia or make things awkward so he made an excuse.He didn't know how to explain Shelley's presence.

”Everything's fine but I didn't check my mother before we left the village.I want to see her for myself before we get too far away.”Gren lowered his voice to talk to Shelley.”Move up to the front and take a seat.Feel free to eat the apple; it's yours.”

Shelley shambled over the back of the seat and tossed Sheila on the magic puzzle box.It took her a bit of time to get into her seat and now Gren had even less space to lay down when he wanted to rest.With Shelley out of the way, Gren hopped into the back of the carriage where supplies were meant to be stored and unwrapped the cloth around his mother.

Her body was still the same as it was when he uncovered her from the pile of ashes.The ash itself was a mixture of black and white so Gren couldn't make out her original skin tone.Her already poor quality clothes were even more in tatters so Gren wanted to replace them.

Gren stored her clothes away as they were and noticed a pendant around his mother's neck that he couldn't remember seeing her with before now.It was black on one side and gold on the other; the system indicated that it had a spell on it with its own pocket dimension but Gren decided not to absorb or open it.If his mother was hiding it then it was probably important to her.

There was a bit of a problem with the pendant.Gren couldn't store an item enchanted with its own pocket dimension.He decided to keep it on her body and hide it from view behind her new robe.It would be a problem if people recognized her as the goddess so Gren picked a fancy golden robe to put over her.Now she looked more like a noblewoman.

There was still ash covering her body so Gren pulled out a bucket and washcloth; filling the bucket with water using the water ball spell.He cleaned her, hoping that it would allow her to heal quicker.This was his mother; the only family member he had in his two lives.The idea of having a living relative that cared about him made Gren smile as he finished dressing her up; he still wrapped her up to prevent her two halves from separating though.