Chapter 47 - Forty-Five (1/2)

I lean back on my chair, now really thinking seriously, passing my fingers between my eyebrows.

”You are really serious about this?” I ask Leo, who with an intense gaze, says:

”Never been so serious in my entire life.” I lick my dry lips, his eyes accompanying the movement, making me once more very aware of his presence, of his muscular body in a tied sitting position, making him even taller and bigger than before.

”Uhm, ok, so, this place that you said you have to make this city… is outside the main continent I presume…”

”Yes, no map has its location.”

Then how does he know that is there at all? Another question for another day, as always.

”Ok, so first things first, we need your money back to establish the bases of the city, and we will need more people to help in it, as well some population to live in it in the future. For now I think we should separate in two, no, three types of groups; the defenders, to keep the order inside the city as well as defend it against attackers, the builders, which would be those who to stay building the city up literally, but not only the wall and buildings but the commerce, health care, wood source, economics, politics and law, and so on and on.” I say, gesturing with my hands in the air.

”Continue.” Says Leonel, the table having a first in staying silence and serious, attentive to the conversation at hand.

”The third one would be the attack one. It may have more hierarchy, of course, and more than one group, but anyway they would be those who secretly act in the main continent, gathering people to live in our city. They would be the ones to free slaves and save magical creatures, the ones who would gather new citizens.”

”But for now… we need the money.” Says the girl.

I nod. ”Yes, for the sh.i.p.s, tools, clothes, complicated things that, in the beginning, won't be produced there yet. We should aim that the city doesn't need products from other places as not to compromise its secrecy in the future.”

”Secrecy? I don't think we should be so radical, after all, if the city is well known a lot of citizens will come on their own.”

”And we would lose control over it, even more, how can you be so sure that they would respect the others creatures? We aim to make a different type of city, of civilization, a place for all, so we should be very careful on who can live there and which rules to make them follow.”

”Even more, the other nations are… greedy. If they know there is a place where no one conquered yet, with only an emerging city, wars are bound to happen, and we can't afford that, especially in the beginning.”

She frowns, deep in thought, as other conversations start at the table, her with the knight, and my brother chitchatting with Ragnur.

”You said it.”

I turn to Leo who has a kind warm expression in place, which stuns me a little for the admiration I can see in his gaze.

”Said what?”

”We, you said we will.”

Did I? Maybe someplace in my brain my mind had already accepted the crazy task of building a heaven place?

Sigh. ”I think the worst is not building it up though.”

”How so?”

”The worst is maintain the order, the idea we want to build… is a matter that putting a demon and a human side by side will end in a battle. We cannot simply change the way people think, so how can we make and maintain a place with those ideas in mind?”

”You will think of something.” I snort at that.

”Of course, of course I will think of something, right?”

”Wow, my little hound is so smart.” He says with a smug on his face, making a vein pop on my forehead and a sigh to escape my lips.

”Yeah yeah, and our elf is very cunning.”

He just smiles at that, holding his chin up with his hand, leaning forward.

”Yes, your elf can be very cunning…” He says, dragging the words with a mischievous glint in his golden eyes.

Images of him laying down with his body stretched out on the bed upstairs, the torso exposed without a shirt, his abs and chest in plain sight, having that same look came to mind very vivid, making me swallow dry and try to hold in a blush. Freaking elf, why do you have such an effect on me?

Sigh, I'm starting to think that coming here was a big mistake…

Lost in thought; as usual; I just realize what was happening once it went for a few seconds straight.

L-Leo was brushing his legs on mine from underneath the table!

None seemed too realized beyond us, all having their own conversations.

I look at him, fuming, but all my anger escapes me once I'm see myself been stared down my a pair of golden eyes, the playful smile gone from his lips substituted by something… more intense, an hungry desire...