Sera can't believe she was able to pull some stunts like that. Maybe she was in the state of shocked and her adrenaline thing made everything work out. Well she wasn't able to manage to passed through Nimrods Defense if she didn't attacked the one who casted heal on him. After all No matter how she tried to hit him he would only deflect it or evade it.
She had to thank Forest for being there for her, without his annoying ability to read mind she is already been defeated.
"You must've forgot that the deal is... If you manage to scratch me, you are the one going with us" Nimrod said right to her face.
Right now, Nimrod and his company was in front of their house. It seems that, they are persistent on getting her. Now, the trouble had followed them. How unfortunate was she to get these mercenaries attentions?
"You must have mistaken." Sera said.
"I was able to scratch you because you dropped your guard. Not only that you have to leave or else"
she threaten them but it wasn't effective. Instead they even pushed themselves inside and comfortably sat anywhere that seem comfortable. Who would not be mad at those people who just shamelessly barge in to your house and act like they are the owner of the house.
Displeased by how they act and tried to calm herself down and don't make any actions rashly.
"Wow! this house is comfy" Nimrod said sitting on the wooden chair facing the table. He even put his feet on the table making himself comfortable.
"Excuse me. Please put your feet a side. AND GET OUT!" Sera highlighting the word get out. The only one who felt awkward was the mage that wore the Whit cloak.
"We are here for you Whether you like it or not. We will stay here as long as you stay here. And beside we just arrive here this morning. Perhaps you should provide a warm hospitality towards us" Klaiden said.
"This house is already full." Sera retorted as she closed the door.
"So you two already have children?" Nimrod asked shocked. Sera face him with her brows about to combine.
"Children? What?" She asked back.
"Isn't the man with that ancient relic sword your husband?" Klaiden replied.
"Ha? We are not married. He is way more like a father to me!"
"He seem look young. What's your age?"
"just turned thirteen."
"You are already in the age where you can marry though."
"My age don't mean that I am ready. I might be in that age but I want to enjoy my life before tying myself to others though"
"Well, you are right... Marriage is something that will put you into limits. Its like making boundary in any parts of your life." Nimrod sigh. He remembers how he got married to a noble woman who does nothing but nag him and displeased him. After that, he manage to get away from her.
"So may I ask why is that man had that Ancient relic. He said he isn't aware of that and deny our claim" Klaiden asked changing the topic.
"He just lost his memories" Sera replied as her eyes shifted on him.
'I hope Euphora don't go out almost naked like she usually does. I don't want to see any corpse in this house right now' Sera thought.
"when are you going out of the town?"
"We are now under your care" Klaiden said.
'Argh! Seriously!' she thought. Her eyes shifted away from Klaiden to the corner where she saw a glimpse of Euphora fur lying around. Why do she always shed her fur around! she thought. she just hope that no one saw those fur.
'If they manage to get out... I will shave her fur out of her body!' she said to herself.
"My heads are already full and I can take you in already. After all I am an adventurer and not a mercenary. You should know that I am only here since I am only interested on having a new adventure than killing and slaying enemies along side with the soldiers. I don't want to be under some nobles and work for them."
"As for you to know, We are taking some adventurer with us. We went to the adventurer guild to post the news. Don't you read the news?" Nimrod asked. He pull something out of his bag and threw it Sera.
She took it read the headlines.
"the Kingdom army is about to fall. The Empire succeed on having an alliance with the elves. The empire is about to fall." Klaiden stop and the girl beside him whispered something to him.
"His majesty Is on desperate situation where he needs all the people in every town to fight alongside with his men. Not only that the neighboring kingdom do the same."
"I told you... i don't ant to work alongside with them. I am no expert on killing the enemies. The war is pointless in the fact that it was only due to your majesty ignorance." sera retort back. Everything was fine back then until the second prince who become the crown prince after the unknown death of the first prince and the late king. It was obviously that this Second prince was doing everything to get a hold of the power.
"You shouldn't say those words in public nor else someone will report you to the king and they will burn you alive like they do to the Demi humans who are dis obeying their master"
"Not only that, they do torture those who speak ill to the king"
"Of course we are going to let that one go after all we are here to make a trade"
"I don't care about it. My answer is final. I won't join you nor my members will join you."
Sera answered him denying hi s request. She won't risk the two exposed when things got bad. Euphora might be a bitch sometimes However, right now, she isn't becoming an issue. After all Her race is the one who made Euphora become like that.
"I'm Afraid to tell you that due to what happened earlier I won't take the risk on letting you go out of my watch" Klaiden said.
"And, I see something suspicious around the house." Klaiden continued and his eyes look more serious than before. He put his clasped hands together and leaning his chin over it.
"What suspicious are you saying?" She said.
"Why aren't the two hiding over there?" Klaiden smile, more like smirk after seeing sera's reaction after saying it.
She clenched her fist making the newspaper on her hand crumpled. She tried to hide her shocked reaction as she tried to act like confused.
"What are talking..." she answered trying to act dumb.
"Don't act like dumb. I am aware that, you know how observant I was."
"Well they are my friends." she replied calmly. She look at him in the eyes.
"Why are they even hiding?" He asked again trying to get her fry from his constant questioning.
" I am not hiding them?" she replied.
"Explain why is there a lingering smell of a lycanthrope around the house"
"I don't know I just cam here with my friend a while ago. 2 days ago perhaps"
"Really Then you should've clean the house right? why is there some fur lying around?" He said.
She was about to answer him but in a moment, something flew out of one of the doors. Sera only manage to see her already on the top of Klaiden. She was stepping on the arm rest as her left hand on his neck while her right was raised up in the air ready to hit him on his throat.
Nimrod quickly raised his battle axe to Euphora. the mage casted a magic and a massive vine wrap Euphora in her place.
"It seems that you have to die inside this house" Euphora said with her face almost gone distorted in madness.
Sera can't even made a move in that time. It happened so fast like a blink of her eye.
Klaiden is unfazed from the sudden attack it was more like he expected it to go that way. Instead to be frightened from her threat he smiled to her didn't even make a move.
"Why not sit first and discuss thing between us" Klaiden casually said.
"Nimrod, Reina Put down your weapon" He commanded and they did. but Euphora didn't move away instead she smirked at him like she won't back out.
"There is nothing to be discuss. Because you'll die right now" She said and strike him with her claws.
"Wait stop" Sera Yelled making her stopped but Its too late. Warm liquid sprayed on Sera's face at the time. Her eyes didn't even got to blinked.
' He was born in the noble family. His father was an earl and her mother was nowhere to be seen. The only thing he knew is he was an unwanted child from unwanted woman.
At the age of six. He was been treat like a monster, he grew up on a cage ate left over food sometimes spoiled sometimes moldy. But he doesn't care all he want is to survive and get out of the hellish place.
At the age of twelve, He fell in a severed cold. His body was aching arround. Not only that he felt something weird coming out of his body. That day was his twelfth birthday and it was a full moon.
The maid who use to deliver his meal look at him with a pity. "Poor child, If you aren't just the child of that monster, maybe you won't have to experience this" she said and threw the spoiled leftover food on him. She felt relief as she saw him in pain. she thought he will die soon.
After the pain he felt that day, It eventually vanished after that day. The earl take a round on his domain and found him. He realized that His child from that woman is a mere human after all, he took him under him as his son.
Days passed and things worked up on the Earl, he is the only child of his who got a mana. Who can use a magic he posses... Due to the unfair treat of the earl toward his children his other children began to make his life in hell again.
A never ending hell was it.
however that didn't faze him from becoming the strong. His experience from them become a part of him who make him more strong. Maybe without those experience he won't make it as the strongest mercenary in the capital who defeated a thousands of strong mercenaries up for today.
Euphora took out his hand coated in a thick warm blood. Sera immediately grab Euphora and tried to pin her down.
Klaiden stood up and the two of the look at him with shocked on their face.
"We should discuss things first before going into conclusions" He said casually. His wound is now heal, He is only coated in his own blood.
"Now how about taking a sit first. You too please have a sit" Klaiden aske them. Forest who was standing on the corner silently took a sit. everyone is in silent.
sera knew that the blow Euphora did would be severely damage his neck and his vocal chord. Not a mere healing won't heal him and the attack he receive is a fatal one. No way he would survive it.
She gulped down and sat. She felt something to him she felt terrified. terrified like the way she first met Forest but this one is more terrifying.