Chris woke up in Amelia's room. He then remembered that she had asked him to stay. Amelia was already awake. "I did not want to disturb your slumber. You looked like you needed it. I am fine now. You can leave me to my rest, I will probably stay here for the entire day. Oh and would you be so kind as to do me a favor? I need you to go back to the village and help them recover from the demon attack."
Chris got up, said farewell to Amelia. He went out of her room and found some breakfast. After he had eaten, he ran into Thor the blacksmith and the four guards. They were heading back to the village and Chris decided to go with them.
When they came back to the village they saw that there were a lot of damages, debris and imp carcasses. Fortunately no villager had been seriously injured. The group said their goodbyes, split up and went to help with whatever they were able.
Chris went to check out the damaged cottages and asked the villagers if they needed help with repairs. They were all very happy for the offer and accepted right away. Chris began running between different cottages, working on their repairs and going to the lumber mill for materials. Eventually the lumber at the lumber mill ran out.
While waiting for more lumber Chris began gathering up all the dead imps. He also thought to himself that if this were a game he should be getting some sort of reward from the imps. This gave him the idea to go and check with the merchant if anything of the imps would be worth some money.
"The imps aren't very useful in general, but their claws can fetch a decent price." the merchant answered. Chris removed all of the imps claws and made a deal with the merchant. Chris received three pieces of silver for each pair of claws. In total this added up to fourty-two pieces of silver. He had no idea if this was a lot or not, but it still made him happy that he had managed to earn some money in this world.
The sun was setting and Chris headed back to the temple for some rest. He would continue working at the village tomorrow.
The next day Chris got ready to go back to the village, but first he wanted to check in with Amelia. He knocked on her door. "Hi Amelia, may I come in?"
"You may enter", he heard Amelia answer from inside.
"I hope I'm not disturbing you. I wanted to tell you that I visited the village yesterday and helped them with some repairs, but there is still a lot of work left. I plan on heading back there after visiting you. Are you feeling better today?"
Amelia gave Chris a warm smile. "I am feeling much better, thank you. Please help the village as much as you can. I would have gone there myself, but I have far too many matters here at the temple already."
Having reported on the status of his task at the village and knowing that Amelia was feeling better Chris headed toward the village.
The villagers were already busy working, but there were still a lot of repairs left. Chris went around and checked on the status of all the cottages. He then went to the blacksmith for materials. Thor was hammering away at his anvil. "I see that you are kept busy.", Chris said.
"The requests are far too many for me today. Do you think you could help me out?", Thor answered with sweat pooling on his forehead.
"I will do my best!", Chris quickly replied. He worked with the blacksmith for the rest of the day.
Chris spent several weeks working on the repairs, helping Thor at the blacksmith and even working at the lumber mill to fill the requests of lumber and other wood products. It was hard work, but everyone appreciated his help a lot and that gave Chris all the motivation he needed. Besides, this was a favor to Amelia and Chris would never want to let her down.
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After all the repairs and work had been finished Chris reported back to Amelia. "I would say that the village is now in even better condition than it was before the attack. We have even started building a wooden wall around the village and Thor is working on stocking up the armory."
Amelia was relieved to hear the news. "Thank you for these wonderful news and all the help at the village. Please take your rest, you have earned it. And would you please come meet me for breakfast tomorrow?"
"I will gladly join you for breakfast. See you tomorrow Lady Amelia.", Chris answered with a big smile on his face. Chris tried to be more polite when speaking to Amelia since he had noticed how bothered people were when they heard how informally he spoke to her.
The next day Chris woke up with a feeling of excitement. He went to knock on Amelia's door. "My Lady are you awake?"
Amelia suddenly opened the door. "I am awake. Let me lead you to the dining hall."
They enjoyed a hearty breakfast and then decided to take a walk to the village. The weather was nice and sunny and Chris felt very comfortable around Amelia. They spoke of many things along the way and Chris realized that he was happy. Like really happy.