The expression of Lea became slightly more irritated, I placed my hand on hers in solution.
-... I´m sorry... She told me changing into a guilty face.
-You don´t need to apologize, it´s strange to no one that there are tensions between that man and me.
-...
My response didn´t seem to be enough, but if I say that I´m doing this for her then I would only be adding unnecessary weight on her shoulders.
-... There´s still another thing I want to ask you.
-... Go on.
Molly looked at me no more, actually, there was now an awkward air between us. Lea noticed this too and kept herself quiet, insecure about what to say.
-The heroes, Why do you interfere with them getting related to the kingdom?
-I haven´t interfered with anything, I´ve just advised them to be prudent.
-A prudence based on distrust and manipulation. Right?
-Ouch, so many suspicions are going to break my heart.
-You didn´t deny it.
Seemed like my attempt to lighten the mood was as effective as throwing a glass of water into an ocean of fire.
-Forget it... Ehem*. I imply that I don´t do it with the intention of being damaging to you, I´m one of those who think that knowledge must be shared with everyone to step closer to the truth, and with luck, to dignity.
-Your actions show otherwise.
This short verbal assault was really hurting me in several aspects.
-... J-Jeez, let me finish...
-I do, you are the one who stopped.
-...
-M-Molly...
Despite someone was calling her, she didn´t turn to look at Lea, at least not in a fashion that could be appreciated at first sight.
-Haaah* Sorry... I´m a bit tired... Keep talking, let´s finish this so we can both get some rest.
-... All right.
If the discomfort had a home, I´m sure it would be this room at this moment.
-...As I was saying... The knowledge should be shared, especially when we are talking about other worlds. It is a relief to know that Lafonía hasn´t monopolized the technological and scientific advances that got from the previous heroes. And I want to keep it that way now that there are heroes from different parts of my world. But to assure impartiality and the healthy competition, I gave myself the task of telling the other heroes that, if they are willing to add something important or interesting to this world, they must do it with all the kingdoms before choosing a favorite.
Lafonía has been the key point to summon the heroes for ages, because of that it has been the first to enjoy and manipulate the benefits that involve summoning a hero. Thanks to that, they have established themselves as the biggest bastion against the demons during the war.
There´s currently not a lot of problems with that, but I believe that preparation for a future where the wars are between the remaining races is not a bad decision.
-I see! That way, even if one of them chooses to live in this world, there will be a competition where everyone has a similar start point!
Lea had picked up the essence of this decision.
-Correct. Also, we have agreed that the information that could be implied for military use is forbidden until the war against the demons ends. None of us wants to be remembered for giving the formula of a mass destruction weapon.
Even with an intention like that, a wise king will use all the new knowledge obtained for the army first. This is because the military force of a country has to keep itself in constant improvement in order to defend the land or wipe out the next threat.
In this world of semi-medieval values, have the confidence that your army is stronger than most could impulse a campaign to conquest other lands with the appropriate support.
With that reason as a premise, I spent some time talking with the heroes about their position and political power in this world, and after discussing it a bit, we reached that conclusion.
-... So that´s why...
Molly finally seemed a bit satisfied, before this I couldn´t help letting out a weak smile followed by a relieved sigh.
-To be honest, I didn´t expect a reason like that.
-I´m sure you did not. As far as I know, you think of me as some kind of evil genius that wants to take control over everything.
-Are we wrong?
-At least in the part of evil genius you are.
The contents of this conversation should be preoccupying, but with this weirdly agreeable mood, I didn´t feel the necessity of worrying.
-Hmm... Depending on how you look at it, the desire to control everything might have some evil connotations, don´t you think?
-Maybe... What I can tell you is that I am not a fervent ally of Lafonía, but I am neither your enemy. I´ll stay as neutral as I can regarding the kingdoms of the world and their conflicts.
-... I see...
The marble on Molly´s hand lost its brightness and returned to her pocket.
-That´s all for the moment. Lea, you can update him on the situation, I´m going to deliver this.
-U-Understood!
With nothing more to say, Molly got up aiming to leave the room.
When she arrived at the door she halted her toes and turned at us.
-There are still other things to discuss and you will probably have to face the king and the royal family directly to clear all the other issues. The vigilance around you will also increase, move as you did before will not be possible anymore.
That was a problem that I wasn´t disposed to let pass.
-I´ll discuss that with the king later, right now I just want to listen to the condition of the elves and rest a while.
-Yhea, I guess you want that...
Molly opened the door and stepped out of the room, I supposed she still had something to say since she never ceased to look at us from the other side of the door.
-Is there something else?
-...No... It´s nothing...
After that almost inaudible response, she began to close the door.
-Molly!
Before the piece of wood could separate us, Lea raised her voice as she went to the cat.
In a brutish move, she opened the door once again.
Both Molly and I were confused by the sudden change of attitude.
-W-What is it?
-...
Both women were in front of each other, Molly looking like the smallest. From my position, I wasn´t able to see the face of Lea, tough the tune and the volume of her steps made notorious her anger about something.
-Haaaaah*
Lea inhaled and exhaled air as if trying to prepare for her next sentence.
Noticing this the body of Molly tensed up at the same time her eyes wandered without course around the space.
The hands of Lea held the shoulder of the maid, both exchanging sights as result.
-We... Are not dating...
-... Eh?...
When I was wondering what she would say, she shot those words.
The face of Molly was filled with incredulity, but there were also slight traces of relief.
As for me, I was trying to deal with the unpleasant feeling in my chest. There was a despicable foreign sensation reigning its painful mandate.
This should make me feel relieved... And yet it feels like shit...
Just at that moment, I realized how idiot I had been regarding the feelings of Lea, and mine.
In any way, I didn´t have the right to complain, nor the energy to do so.
-We are not dating... At least for now...
A new bullet arrived from the same place as the previous one, creating a new wound.
-I have decided what I will do, and I´m prepared for any result. We are friends... No... I consider you as a sister! And that´s precisely why I´m not backing up here! Much less with you!
Molly and I were wordless, Lea suddenly had begun to bomb us with her strange determination.
-We... A-Already...
Her voice once powerful was now becoming weak, whatever she was trying to say, it didn´t come out easily from her throat.
-W-We already did "that"!
-Hey!
-...
The 3 people inside this room understood very well what "that" meant.
Especially when my skin had the traces of the mark made by Lea.
-... Is that true?...
-W-Well...
At this point the question was unnecessary, but knowing Molly a direct and concise answer was required to keep her satisfied.
The eyes of Molly were as cold as a dead fish, the words choke in my neck along with an intense blush covering my face.
-I-It´s true! W-We even bathe together! W-We also kissed a lot a-and went out on a date!
-!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! SHUT THE HELL UP IDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!
Just in my mind, I was able to scream that loud.
The embarrassment taking over my body was so strong that I was only able to hide under the sheets as a self-defense method.
I saw how the face of Lea turned bright red from a tiny hole, some tears taking shape on her eyes with her trembling body.
Don´t say that if you´re gonna get embarrassed too!
Now I was sure that her thoughts should be similar to mine.
-Haha... What a sister do I have. Even if you´re telling me this... It doesn´t have anything to do with me... You can both do whatever you want...
Her voice had the same impact as a feather falling into a river.
-Oh for the love of Aurora! Can´t you leave that damn attitude for once and be honest!?
Another sudden change, this time more intense than the previous.
-M-My attitude doesn´t have anything wrong!
A cowardly weak excuse coming from Molly, only her increasing bad humor could back up something like that.
-It has a lot of bad things! Starting with the fact that you can´t say what you want even when you are being encouraged to do it! What has to happen so you can mature and stop acting like a kid?!
The fangs of both began to show, short growls flying through the air.
-I don´t want to listen to that from someone who can´t defend herself against a stupid lie!
-!!
I thought that a rain of insult was about to shower us, however, a subject much more delicate was put between their claws.
Lea was not just offended, but angry. To be honest, I also had developed a tiny dissatisfaction with what Molly said.
-What the fuck did you expect me to do?! He is the god damn prince! I can´t defy the royal family without putting the agreement at risk! And you know that!
-You could have tried! We could have made a big change together!
The conversation had taken another strange turn, our circus of embarrassment and confession was nowhere to be seen. Now there was a tense mood with lots of hostilities.
And somehow, a bit of sadness.
Bam*
Following the said description, both women locked their hands in a battle of physical strength.
Lea having the advantage.
-We can´t do anything without convincing proves! Not even you being the next leader can modify the agreement so simply!
-Rgh! Even if it´s not easy we can still do something about it! Now that Samanta will be the next ruler we have a better chance to make big changes in the clan and the agreement! We can make that prince pay for what he did to you!
In the middle of the struggle, Molly parried the hands of Lea to then get a hold of her clothes, the cat rolled her body raising Lea from the floor.
-RGHAAAA!
Thump! *
-Gah?!
-Holly shit!
Lea was thrown to the ground with a judo move. The hit was so strong that I felt the vibrations of the floor from my bed far away from the door. It was an architectonic miracle that the floor didn´t break apart.
-Now we have a good chance! Waste it would only be stupid! Woah?!
From the ground, Lea revolved on her own back, throwing a spinning kick that destroyed the balance of Molly and took her to the floor with her.
The lioness recomposed her posture and grabbed one of Molly´s legs.
-If you can think of doing something like that against the crown then stop being so coward about this!
The centrifuge force that generated affected enormously the position of several objects inside Molly´s room.
It was going to be a strong throw.
-Wait, we are are on a quite high building, you won´t think of-
-RAAAAHH!
Boom! *
Before I could try to stop her, Lea launched Molly in direction to the exterior. Her body broke the wall and began to fall to the garden of the territory.
In the middle of the fall, Molly took her hands inside one of the pockets of her belt and brought out a tiny scroll.
-Buda´s breath.
A cloud of condensed golden air cushioned her fall, letting her land with security. Just passed a few seconds before the sword of Molly materialized from the pink petals of the surroundings.
-I-Is this necessary?
I could only see how this absurd situation developed from the new window in the wall.
-Don´t worry, we have done this before, is just that now the reason is a bit different. It´s time that Molly understands that the best soldiers don´t always follow the rules.
-And she´ll get that being thrown from a third floor?!
-We beast man are like this. She replied with a flirty smile.
-...
And at that moment I knew... That these women were more fucked up than what I thought...
A pair of gauntlets materialized from nowhere and embraced the arms of Lea as she walked to the giant hole created by Molly.
-Don´t worry, we´ll solve this without being too destructive.
-... Somehow that worries me more...
-Ahaha...
Just after that short laugh, Lea jumped out, her gloves shooting chains that gripped the branches of trees and other support points that let her go down with no problem.
-.... All right, I give up, do whatever you want.
Defeated and expelled from the possibility of stopping them or understand the logic of their actions, I stepped out of the room.
-Ah! Roberto!
-Hm?
One of the maids called me, it was cute and had the tail and ears of a fox, I didn´t remember her name.
-What the hell is going on?! Why are those two fighting?!
-I don´t know and I don´t care. I´m going to sleep over here. Please don´t bother me.
-W-What?
I completely ignored her presence and entered into one of the rooms, then I closed the door and walked to the closest bed where I let my mental and physical fatigue get control over my being to embark on a deep dream.
I hope they don´t do anything too stupid....
Deep within my heart, I knew that was wishing for too much.
In any way, I didn´t lose faith.