Chapter 39 Green rivers response 1 (2/2)

Mars looked down at Victoria that was lightly tugging his arm with her teeth and gave a smile as he patted her on the head and went back to roasting meat for Victoria and himself, and while they were eating Chloe and Isabel returned

”welcome back”

Mars greeted them while he was roasting the last of the meat, his focus was most on roasting meat as he knew Victoria would sulk if he burned it again so he didn't notice something had changed about Chloe as she walked directly over to him and sat down besides him while Isabel gave her a thumbs up after witch she quickly dragged Rex and Alvin away with her, leaving Mars and Chloe alone, well almost alone as Victoria was taking her post meal nap on a tree stump a few meters away from them as Chloe took some peaks at Mars from the side before she asked him in a quiet almost inaudible voice

”...what was your old world like?”

as Mars had super hearing he had no problem in hearing what she said but as most of his memory had been deleted or maybe altered he didn't know what to say for a moment before he started speaking about what he remembered

”well there was only humans there, i was one too.... there wasn't any mana or magic either and most of the people lived in comfort and spread to other worlds far away while they lived without war...most of the time”

Chloe sat in silence and waited for Mars to continue while she looked at his face

”when there were war it was terrible...tens of thousands could die in an instance, but i don't think it happened were i lived...but i could be wrong as i don't remember much”

”i see...”

Mars feel silent as he ate the last piece off the roasted meat before he suddenly turned to Chloe and asked her

”what did Isabel tell you?”

Chloe looked away as she blushed until she finally whispered

”...that if i keep running away nothing will change”

when she finished her blush spread all the way to her ears and Mars half expected her to run away, only she didn't she just sat there with a red face while her eyes darted everywhere except him as she played with her hair while her long elven ears trembled slightly, causing Mars to all in all have a hard time holding himself back from jumping on her

'maybe just a little 'taste' would be fine... no, i must hold back... at least for now'

Mars looked away from Chloe, fearing she would wear down the last of his defenses as his brain worked in overdrive to find a topic to talk about, until Alvin, Isabel and Rex returned saving Mars from the silence although Chloe gave them a not-so-pleased look while she pouted but Alvin seemingly ignoring her walked over to Mars

”do you have some time?”

Mars looked up at Alvin and saw he had a oddly serious look on his face and gave a nod, Alvin's expression eased a little and gave a glance to Chloe before he gave a wave signaling him to follow before he turned and away, leaving Mars a little puzzled but he still stood up and followed after him all the way to the other end of the clearing

”so what is it?”

Alvin gave a sigh before he went straight to the point

”we need to return to the village”

”...why?”

”well...”

Alvin scratch the back off his head looking a little embarrassed

”we have revived orders to return from the village, or at least to head to a nearby outpost”

Mars became even more puzzled and could not help but ask

”...how did you revive that order?”

”we revived it by eagle just now”

”...how did that eagle even find you?”

”that's... well, Isabel know's a spell called earth pulse”

Mars narrowed his eye and gave Alvin a glare before he continued asking

”and how does this 'earth pulse' spell work”

”it's a one-way communication to the village, under my orders she have been sending 3 messages to the village everyday for the past 2 months...”

”and what are dose?”

”...'status normal', 'unable to move' and 'don't come near'”

Mars went silent and stroked his chin for a few seconds before he gave a sigh

”okay then let's go tomorrow, i need to prepare for the rest of the day so don't disturb me”

finished saying what he wanted Mars turned around and walked back to the cave leaving Alvin behind

'it's a little earlier then expected but that fine i guess'

Mars had long since expected that his 4 'captives' was in contact with Green river village in some way so he wasn't all that surprised so he quickly made a packing list in his head as went into the cave

'first i need to make a backpack and some kind off bedroll... i also need a new vest'

Mars quickly began sewing with a bone needle and the ample supply off leather and hide he had piled op in the cave from hunting while he thought about how Green river village would be

'the first piece of civilization i will see in this world... can't say i'm not excited'