We found Turek waiting for us with supplies. He seemed to be looking at the supplies and thinking about something.
"Hey Turek, we registered the quest. How about the supplies? Are we ready to go?"
"Yeah I think so. I was just wondering if the amount of water and food is enough or not. Since this is our first time, I don't really know. I guess we will find out."
Cleo looked at the supplies and said "Yeah, it should be enough. Don't worry about it. Even if it's not enough, I can always find food and water in the forest. Anyway, is that pack heavy? I can carry it if you want."
Cleo was certainly the strongest of the three of us but we needed to make sure that she was free to fight in case we got attacked.
"Its alright Cleo. Me and Turek will take turns carrying the supplies."
"If you say so. Alright let's get going then!"
We started walking towards the north entrance. I was leading since I was the most familiar with city. We decided that Cleo would be leading once we left the city.
When we came to the gate, I saw some guards at the gates and others on the top of the walls. I remembered that I still needed to thank Leana, the guard who had carried me to the healing center. Since that had happened on the southern side, it seemed unlikely that she will be here. I decided to ask anyway since I didn't have any information about her.
"Hey, do you know a guard named Leana?"
"Who are you? Why do you want to know?" The guard looked at me suspiciously.
"It's just that she saved my life yesterday and I wanted to thank her" I didn't want to be thought of as suspicious, so I told the truth right away.
"Do you think I am a fool? Get lost! And tell your boss that it's not that easy to trick us!"
He shoved me back while glaring at me. I was really surprised! It seemed like there was some misunderstanding. Since we were in a hurry I decided to leave this mystery for later.
I signalled Cleo and Turek to leave with me and we exited the city. Both of them seemed angry at the guard's actions.
"What was that about Ren? Who is Leana? Why was that guard angry at you?" asked Turek.
I told Cleo and Turek what happened yesterday and how Leana had carried me to the healing center to save my life. I had thought of not telling them about yesterday to avoid being thought of as an idiot. But I also didn't want them to think I wasn't trustworthy. In the end, I decided that it wasn't worth hiding and it might make them trust me even less if they found out later.
After I finished the story, I waited with some trepidation for their response.
"Don't worry Ren, I will protect you this time. If a wolf shows ups this time, I will take it down!`` said Cleo.
"Yeah, it's not just you this time. We will be there with you too. We also have Cleo who is used to being in forests. I think we should be fine..."