Chapter 204 An oath 1 (1/2)
Yel munched the bread down while Varvei watched her and asked
”is it good?”
Yel got embarrassed and slowed down her eating speed while Varvei gave a grin, just as she did Yel began choking on the bread and so Varvei handed her a water skin to clench her thirst, after Yel finished drinking from the water skin did she ask Varvei
”...do you know if Mars spoke the truth? about his mission being closing the portal I mean?”
”well, as far as I know his mission is to close the portal, nothing more, nothing less”
”....not to wipe us off the continent?”
”he asked about that but Information said no, his mission is only to close the portal”
”I see...”
Yel feel into thought Varvei took this as her cue to leave the room, which she did leaving Yel alone in the dim room...
”oh you're already awake”
Mars was surprised to find Yel awake when he walked into the small room, not only was she awake she was also sitting on the chair she originally had been bound to looking like she had waited for his arrival with a serious expression on her face, Mars walked over and took a seat on the chair in front of her and waited for her to speak up which she did a few moments later
”I want to challenge you to a duel”
Mars gave a nod
”sure”
”wait are you going to agree just like that!?”
Yel stood up from her chair and yelled at Mars continuing
”a duel is a very serious affair in my culture and you just agree like that?”
”well I didn't know that...”
”oh... sorry”
Yel got red in the face from embarrassment and sat down on her chair again, then Mars asked a question
”so what are the stakes of this duel?”
”life and death”
”...you know I have no intentions of killing you right?”
”it's not death like that, the winner gets the losers life, to act as a servant for life or to take after the duel in my culture this is a very serious event”
”I see, so basically you are asking me to make you my servant? but why?”
Yel thought for a moment on how best to explain but then she asked a question
”your objective is to close the portal right?”
Mars gave a nod
”that's right”
”then my survival is none of your concern right?”
”well you are both pretty and a strong woman so that's not quite true...”
”eh...?”
Yel processed what Mars had just said and went completely red in the face before she averted eye contact and muttered
”...you and your smooth words”
Mars gave a grin and watched Yel for a while until she cleared her throat and spoke again
”well that aside... I will help you close the portal”
Mars narrowed his eyes, all traces of his earlier playfulness and smooth words gone as he simply asked
”...why?”
”because my race was the first to evacuate and have are already all here in this world, besides we we're not the ones that ruined our old world...”
Mars kept silent clearly he was not convinced yet so Yel kept speaking
”with me as your servant it will be easier for you to move through the sky people territory as the master of a servant is a member of our people even if he or she is from another race”
”...so you want to tie me to your ship?”
Yel gave a nod and admitted it
”basically”
Mars crossed his arms in front of his chest and leaned back in his chair
”I see... I still don't get what I get out of it”
Yel bit her lip and with a flushed face she pushed up her plentiful breasts trying her best to look seductive as she spoke with a slightly shaky voice
”you get me... and my eternal gratitude...”
Mars bilked twice before he burst out laughing
”hahahahahaha! I see your 'eternal gratitude' HAHAHAHA!”
Yel became even more red in the face, but this time it was not from embarrassment but fury as she rose from her chair and slapped Mars on the face, or at least she tried to as Mars caught her hand and stopped laughing, afraid he would slap her back Yel closed her eyes but instead of a slap she felt her cheek get pinched and open her eyes and saw Mars with a warm smile on his face