35 Did she get a boyfriend?! (1/2)

The streets of Portgreen were always lively. As a city made for everyone, there were all kinds of people doing all varieties of things.

Many people walked from side to side, up and down the street, everyone taking care of their businesses. Many merchants and visitors. Many adventurers and mercenaries...

Something that almost everyone had in common was that they were very happy. Portgreen is an excellent city to live, and even the problems were few, so the population was generally pleased.

But on that day, one person walked the streets so happy that she caught everyone's attention. Her smile was radiant, and she seemed to shine as she walked singing animatedly.

How could Mia not be happy? She spent a year alone doing everything she could to get money, and even then, it still seemed insufficient. But now, not only could she trust someone else to help her, but she also got all the money she needed.

Mia was happy that Lucien was intense with her but was also relieved that he respected her choices. Now he would have to stay with her, but they could also develop their relationship slowly.

She was going home to tell her mother that it wouldn't be long before she was healed. Well... Mia couldn't call the hiding place a home, but it was better than nothing.

Mia continued happily walking when she smelled something good and stopped. Across the street was a stall of wonderful cookies.

She and her mother could not spend money on things like that before as they had to save everything to buy the rare medicine. But now she had a big chest full of gold, so it was okay to buy some cookies for her mom.

Mia couldn't help but think about Lucien while buying the cookies and also bought more for him. The cookie seller saw Mia's big smile and said she looked like a girl in love. Mia couldn't deny that she had probably found love...

She walked for a few more minutes until she reached a simple inn. Then she walked a little further and came back to make sure no one had followed her. She and her mother had many hidden enemies, so being careful was not bad.

”Hello, Mia! Welcome back!” As soon as Mia entered the inn, she was hugged by a child, who received her with a smile on her face.

Mia caressed the beautiful harpy-girl feathered head. ”You are growing faster and faster, Ella. Where is your mother?”

Ella hugged Mia a little more and brought her to the kitchen where her mother was preparing dinner. The harpy-girl was very observant and realized that Mia was much happier than usual. ”Did you get a boyfriend, Mia?”

Mia was embarrassed when Ella spoke up. But that was not really a problem as the inn was quite simple. It had no more than ten rooms and currently only had four guests besides the Mother of Mia, who was in a secret place.

Ella and her mother were nice people and always treated their guests very well, but most people did not want to live in a place with harpies. The harpy-race was known to have bizarre peculiarities, so that inn was a good place for Mia and her mother to hide.

Mia and Ella arrived in the kitchen, and Ella's mother also hugged Mia while greeting her. Mia was very fond of the harpy middle-aged woman so she hugged her lovingly. ”Aria, how is my mother?”

Aria treated Mia as her daughter and Mia's mother as her sister. So, she spoke slowly with a sad expression. ”She is much worse than before. I tried to do everything, but she can't even get out of bed.”

Mia couldn't help but be sad to hear that her mother's health was getting worse quickly but then gave a confident smile surprising Aria. ”She won't be sick for long because I got enough money to buy the rare herb I told you about. She only needs to resist for three months more.”

Mia hugged Aria a little more and headed toward the back of the inn where her mother's hidden room was.

Aria realized that she had never seen Mia in such a good mood before, and it didn't seem only because of the money. So she looked confusedly at Ella, and the smart girl wasted no time in telling what she knew.

”She got a boyfriend! Probably he helped her get the money so fast... I wonder if he is a charming prince, or he would not be worthy of a princess like Mia...”

Aria saw her daughter's flushed expression and couldn't help but provoke her. ”You're only 16, silly girl! So, control those excited feathers.”

Ella gave her mother a cheeky smile and jumped on her while they both tickled each other. ”Your feathers are excited! So long without a man has made you a naughty old harpy.”

While mother-daughter harpy played in the kitchen, Mia approached her mother's room. She stopped in front of the door and hesitated to enter.

Mia did not know how to tell her mother about Lucien... He was so different... She encouraged herself and entered; after all, she had already decided that she would only be with Lucien forever.

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While Mia went to talk to her mother, two hooded figures stared at the inn in an alley across the street.

One of the figures was quite big and clearly a muscular man. He looked at his companion, who, although smaller, was also visibly another man. ”Are you sure it was Shadow? Why would she come back alone?”

The other man was staring at the door of the inn, where Mia had entered less than ten minutes ago. ”I'm sure it was her. I don't know where Brian and the others are, but we have to report Black Hand quickly.”

The two hooded men quickly entered the alley. They wore black armor, which was very common among mercenaries, and their clothes also had emblems from one of the most influential mercenary groups in the city; the Black Hand Party.

The two mercenaries ran for about half an hour between alleys and streets until they reached the front of an enormous mansion in one of the most dangerous areas of the city, the district of Midnight Den, where several mercenary groups did not-so-cool business.

The two mercenaries were famous scouts and entered the mansion without any problems, but the guards told them to wait in the hall while Black Hand talked to an adventurer. This made the two hooded men very confused.

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”Did you say an adventurer?!” The bigger man asked the guard.

The smaller man always acted as the duo's brain, and instead of being more surprised, he wanted to know why. ”Who was the adventurer? Do you know what he wanted?”