Chapter 114 Leaving the empire 4 (2/2)
”okay...”
some days passed and Varvei gradually got better and begun to display the appetite of a true dragon which caused Mars quiet a headache because their rations were rapidly running out, Varvei of cause noticed this and begun saying she wasn't hungry as a result she got busted by the loudest stomach growl Mars had ever heard, as a result her eniter face lit up like a Christmas tree which was quite the sight to behold Mars was of cause unable to hold his laughter which only made Varvei sulk even more, this lasted a few days right before the pair reached a town and decided to stock up on provisions
”there you go... take it slow”
”but... I... can't”
”yes you can, believe in yourself, ah don't use your tail that's cheating”
”but..!”
”no but's keep it up!”
”okay...”
Mars was currently watching over Varvei as she slowly and with great trouble walked around a small inn room they had rented, this had been Mars's idea as Varvei gradually got better it was time to start training her body a bit
”that's good, only one more lap to go”
”ha... ha... ha...”
Varvei grit her teeth and took it one step at a time but unfortunately she didn't quite make it as she stumbled and fell
”ops...”
only to have Mars catch her
”are you okay?”
”I'm.... fine...”
”that's good, take a rest and try again when you're ready”
”you... demon...”
”hahaha! I am indeed a demon! a demon that will tickle unwilling and slothful half-dragons if they don't do as I command of them!”
”don't... you... demon..!”
”HAHAHA come here!”
”no...”
Mars then proceeded to very slowly chase after Varvei with arms stretched out fingers wiggling making it so she completed her lap and thereby her training for the day before she collapsed on the floor again
”good job, I knew you cou--”
*GROWL*
”...eating time I see”
”kill me now...”
Mars left the embarrassed Varvei on one of the beds and walked over to his backpack and begun to dig through it eventually finding a package of dried meat and handed it to Varvei that ever so gracefully opened the brown wrapping paper before she begun eating the dried meat bit by bit
”you don't have to hold back you know”
”I know...”
Varvei's speed gradually speed up while she still ate bit by bit
'good grief...'
Mars walked over to the window and rested his elbows in the window as he looked at the stream of people outside the inn
'how peaceful...'
in a fort about 100 klimoters further north a knight was running through the hallways with great stress viasabe on his face, he ran he eventually reached a heavily guarded door were 5 knights stood in full armor and started down the servants that passed by, upon reaching the door the knight gave a salut and loudly said
”I have an urgent report for the mashal!”
the knights in full armor let him pass and as soon as he walked into the room did the door close behind him, after the door closed did the knight take a few steps forwards before he fell to his knees and oudly reported
”reporting to the mashal!”
the other figure inside the room looked up from his paperwork, he was a old man with gray hair but beyond that any other signs of ageing was negligible as he was in perfect health and had an astonishing figure packed with muscles
”speak”
”yes, reporting to the mashal Varvei has escaped!”
”WHAT!”
with a slam did the marshals fist descend upon his table in a fit of rage, the talble creaked loudly under the pressure but bearly held without breaking
”when did she escape!?”
”4 days ago”
”why haven't I been informed before now!?”
”the forts guards had all been knocked unconscious by an unknown magic spell”
”...I see, is that all?”
”yes mashal”
”then send word to the elite magic knight platoon leader to come to my office at once, tell him I have a mission for him”
”yes, at once marshal”
the knight retreated from the room meanwhile the mashal gathered his thoughts
'how did she managed to escape.... in the first place why did she escape I thought the intelligence division broke her will thoroughly..?'
the more the mashal boarded over this the more questions he had
'was she rescued by some of the remaining rebel forces...? no that's impossible, no one knew were she was held unless they bribed a high ranking officer there's no way they should have acquired intel to make such a raid...'
suddenly there was a knock on the door, this woke the mashal form his thoughts
”enter”
a man in the prime of his life entered the office, he was wearing white plate armor, upon entering he kneeled down and respectfully asked
”please give me your orders mashal”
”Varvei has escaped, your task is to re-capture or kill her”
the man in white palte armor's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness before he lowered his head
”understood”