During that time Ramiel finally woke up after 5 hours had passed, while a female guild attendant was placing a tray of food on the table, when she notice that Ramiel was already sitting upright and was recalling the faint dream about Haella, he raised his arm and saw the bracelet on his wrist verifying that the dream was real, with a shock expression the female attendant saw that he was fully healed, with this she rushes outside and called the guild manager and inform him,
Loki was eating dinner with the rest of the guild staff in the personnel kitchen hall, when news broke out that he was awake and had fully recovered after gaining such a fatal wound, Loki drop his fork and stood up to rush toward and see him, but even before he could stand up from his chair, Ramiel as already walked into the kitchen hall holding the food tray that the female attendant left for him, he greeted everybody with a smile and thanked the guild staff for treating the wounds they both receive, Loki was shocked to see that he was really ok just after a few hours of sleep.
Loki and the rest of the staff were already infected by his warmth and kindness, they never expect he has that kind of personality and characteristics, all 15 staff members greeted him like a friend that they knew for years, Odell was also among the staff asked him to sit down and join them for dinner, he smiled and this made the female staff see why the supervisor was head over heals toward him, after getting cleaned and wore the repaired clothing that Odell fixed for free, they saw how good looking and charming he was,
"Have you noticed that he is really handsome?"
"Honestly, this was the only time I was able to look at him."
"Manager Loki was keeping everybody really busy, especially us the female staff since last week,"
"even when, he came here to register I never expected to see him like this"
"Wait! wasn't Fionne the first person to greet him, right?"
"yes! but, he was dirty and looked like a beggar with his worm-out clothing."
"yeah! I thought supervisor Taeriel was just helping him, out of pity, because of his condition, but now after seeing him up close."
"that sly fox!"
Odell heard the female staff member's conversation and asked them to remain silent, or keep their voices down, the kitchen staff hall has only two huge handcrafted tables that have a seating capacity of 10 personnel per table, Odell asked Ramiel to share a few details about himself and why was he travelling alone, because this was his first time to be part of a crowd, he shared most of the details they wanted to know and just conceal those important details, like specifics info about his connection with the queen knowing that this information might bring harm to their own safety,
Taeriel was not with them, because she was already tired from tending to the guild workload and checking up on his condition from time to time, Odell even told Ramiel that the young supervisor was diligent in making sure he was ok, this changed Loki's attitude toward Ramiel even saying,
"You do now that my sister is too young to get entangled with any kind of relationship,"
"Manager please hold your feeling toward the young man, I think he still doesn't understand want you are saying,"
Ramiel was indeed confused about the words that Loki was saying about his sister, considering Ramiel didn't intend to bring any kind of harm to her,
Loki explain that the moment she saw him something unexpected happen to her, she was like one of the guys before, to the point she even engage with other males guild personnel, showing she was as hard-working as anybody here, but now she acts differently like her feminine personality finally blossom,
Odell told Loki, that his sister has felt the warm touch of adulthood and was able to take a small glimpse of what it means to like another person, Loki already understood her sudden change but was still in denial, Ramiel now understood what he meant by those words,
"I am sorry Manager Loki for not being understanding to your feelings, especially toward your sister, I apologize for acting that way in front of her."
"I Don't Know, that she was feeling that way, rest assured I will not mislead her feelings, as of now I am still working hard to fulfil the vow I made toward my mother."
"I am thankful that I was allowed to meet wonderful people and befriend them."
" for now I can only offer my hand in friendship to anybody who wants it,"
Loki stood up and said,
"We are not bonded to any kind of rule when it comes to matters of the heart, I am just an older brother that worries a lot about my sister's welfare and future, she is still young and needs guidance."
Odell broke the awkward speech coming from an overprotective brother and told him to sit down and let Ramiel finish his story, Loki was flustered after realizing his action was too foolish, and just sat down too embarrassed to look into his staff members' faces, when Ramiel openly said an unfamiliar poem to the rest of the personnel, to ease the uncomfortableness feeling in the air,
As I think of our new friendship, I begin to see
Mere words can't describe what this means to me.
When this cold, hard world has me lonesome and blue,
I look up to see my new friends,
You all dry the tears that fall from my eyes.
You all bring me sunshine to brighten my sky.
You all rescued me when I'm hurt, wounded, scared and alone
You all greeted me and took my hand to lead me to a warm home.
No matter the miles that keep us apart,
We're always together in each other's minds and hearts. Sometimes we take for granted, I fear,
The ones who are so close and dear.
We get so caught up in life and the things we must do.
Sometimes we forget to stop and say thank you
If ever you felt that I forgot or didn't care,
Let me stop right now, my true feelings I'll share.
you all are my reason to continue to move on.
After saying those words most female personnel were already emotional, while Taeriel was standing outside the entrance archway of the kitchen hall, she was crying silently and understood why he like him, he was very articulate in expressing his true feeling as it transcends beyond what most normal beings say and do in this world,
all of the qualities of a great warrior but knows what it means to cherish the people who are around him, his naiveness comes from being accepting toward everything that surrounds him, Taeriel wanted to join them but she felt it would be more inappropriate for her to come in and just join the lively conversation, so she just plans to walk back to her room when Fionne peek at the archway entrance and saw her hiding, Loki stood up and just drag her inside and ask her to sit next to Ramiel and said
"There you are, sister!, come and join us while Ramiel was sharing stories about her exploits before getting here and joining our branch guild."
"yes, would you mind sharing a few moments of your time?"
Ramiel held out his hand and guided her to sit near him as he sat again and continue his stories, the night was filled with laughter, as each person also share small details of their life that non of them ever knew, this sharing of intimate details about their life was a revelation and made everybody feel closer like a real family. everybody was having a great memorable time.
But Beyond the outskirts of the city, under the night sky, numerous fully armored 10-foot-tall strong beings were all marching together as they planned to cause havoc and seek revenge on the city of Ivlares after a member of their race was murdered and sold to Viscountess Hilas Ugrihron.