Chapter 113 Leaving the empire 3 (1/2)
Mars watched Varvei eat for sometime until she slowly finished
'this is worse than I thought...'
from the way she was eating Mars could tell she was badly malnourished, most likely she would have died in another week if Mars had not taken her out of her cell
”you done eating?”
”...yeah”
”okay then...”
Mars walked over and picked Varvei up again and proceeded to walk out of the mess hall with Victoria following after him, after some more usage of his new skill did he arrived in front of a door and knocked moments later the door opened
”oh it's you Mars... wait what, or rather who is that?”
Mars ignored the question and asked
”can I come in Chloe?”
Chloe stared into his face for a moment before she gave a sigh and nodded
”...sure”
Chloe stepped aside and Mars walked in and turned to her
”remember what I said earlier about a scent?”
”... yeah I do, wait was it her?”
”yep, by the way this is Chloe Varvei”
”....hello”
”hi, by the way Mars is mine”
Mars gave a sigh
”...so because of this I need to leave early”
Chloe looked like she had a headache coming on as she massaged her temples but eventually she just gave a sigh
”...so when will I see you again?”
”hmm... after I leave the empire I'll head for Destra's magic academy, then I suppose I'll pay the Mother forest a visit”
Chloe stared at Mars for a moment then gave another sigh
”fine, then you can go now I'll tell the others”
”thanks Chloe”
Mars turned and walked out of the room leaving Chloe behind
”...idiot”
Mars picked up his backpack and left the fort after a few more uses of his new skill and entered the city still caring Varvei in his arms
”why are you even doing this?”
”hmm..?”
”I mean saving me”
”oh that... well because it sounded like the most interesting thing to do”
”...I see”
Varvei fell silent and Mars continued to walk into the quiet night town, well it was not completely quiet and Mars soon reached one of the not so quiet places; an inn
”let's rest here for the night”
”should we not leave the city before someone comes after us?”
”yeah we should, it's just I'm worried about your condition”
”...I see”
Varvei lowered her head slightly
”sorry...”
”don't worry about it, Victoria wait here with Varvei for a moment”
”okay...”
Mars put down Varvei in a secluded ally a little away form the inn
”I'll be right back”
”okay...”
Mars walked into the inn and quickly found the owner that stood behind the counter and asked
”do you still have rooms?”
”yeah we do, do you want a single or a shared room?”
”single please”
”well I suppose it's late already... just give me 100 cell”
Mars paid for one night and was shown to a room on the second floor, the room was small with a single bed and a window
”perfect...”
Mars put down his backpack and walked over to the window before he jumped out of it and landed on the street down below before he walked over to where he had left Varvei and Victoria
”sorry for the wait”
Mars quickly picked up Varvei again and walked over towards the inn again only this time he jumped and landed inside his room and put down Varvei on the bed and sat down on the floor himself
”what are we going to do now?”
”rest”
Mars stood up and pulled a blanket over Varvei before he sat down on the floor himself with his back leaning against the bed frame
”...are you sure I'm worth the trouble?”
Mars sensed the weakness in Varvei's voice
”sure you are, i mean just by the fact that you are the first half-dragon I have met”
”...you won't regret it?”
”nope, now get some rest”
”...okay”
some time passed and when Varvei fell asleep Mars also closed his eyes and begun to meditate with Victoria laying in his lap as the time passed and the night grew longer...
the next morning Mars open his eyes and glanced towards the door before he gave a sigh and quickly picked up the still sleeping Varvei and then suddenly jumped out of the window with Victoria following after him quickly just as he clear the window the door was kicked in by a knight looking person
”there he is!”
”don't let him get away!”
'sure is lively in the morning...'