"That motherfucker what right does the man have to do that to our son Thorkell. Even when the two have grown up as children together."
Inside their home, the wife of Lorthr Eskilsson was making it clear with her reaction to what had occurred at the great hall at the dinner table where each person there had a Plate of food ready to be eaten.
"Halla please there is no need to act this way it has already been done and over with."
"Oh there's a fucking need for it husband as you should share in this feeling, I'm having because our child nearly was going to lose his life over a lie of a crime that he didn't do."
"And yet here he is alive and well with family at the table."
"Would it have been such a great loss if he was just an elf? No big deal."
Halla heard that coming from her oldest son Sigehelm like all the rest. She held not back to walk up to him and straight shot a punch right into his face sending the poor fool to fall hard backward.
"You want to say that again Sigehelm because I don't take kindly to how you keep running your mouth like that against Thorkell."
Lorthr had to quickly rise from the table to get in the way of his wife, keeping the woman from doing any further harm to the boy.
"Fuck! Mother come on why do you all keep fighting me about this? Why must I have to be focused to accept this thing as my brother as you two just want him to be a replacement for the dead Thorkell."
"Sigehelm, I'm going to break those teeth if you don't keep that mouth shut."
"Enough! Both of you, I don't want you two fighting just to end it now."
Sigehelm rises from the floor in anger that he doesn't stay leaving the house in a hurry. No one stopped him or even wanted to at this moment.
Halla then starts to calm down and realize her actions.
"Shit, I went too far with him but my son didn't I Lorthr."
"Look, let me speak with the boy even if he wants nothing to hear of what I have to say."
"Probably for the best, go now before it is too late to catch up to him."
The man listened, going after his oldest son leaving behind his wife and two other boys.
At the time the women take a deep
Breath then put a smile on her face to show to Arfast and Thorkell.
"Boys I'm sorry about that, please let us enjoy the dinner I made today alright."
The two said nothing as one was afraid and the other was careful not to make a response in wasting breath. Halla takes that as a sigh to sit down at the table with them to eat the food she created.
"Northern people haven't changed much over these years."
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[Northeast, Hjoy, and Grima farm]
After everything that happened Hjoy and the fake Grima, his daughter, looks for the outside yet inside it the demon Sannoth when the coast is clear makes it go away.
Arriving at their farm home the man went straight for the house where he burst open the door in anger and Sannoth followed behind, closing the same door carefully.
"I can not believe this to be happening humiliated like that back there. I don't see how I can show my face there again."
"Father please you shouldn't get all work up over nothing."
"Nothing is my flesh and blood daughter saying. How can that be nothing when there is a lot of something we have a lot to talk about."
Sannoth was getting annoyed by this human man's behavior that she wanted nothing more in silencing him forward alone.
If only her lord didn't order her to just mess around with this human memory to make the man accept all that happened to be like the real daughter was really with him.
"Master you have returned and with…. Grima."
A young woman no doubt being the slave who works this farm walks out of a room belonging to Grima.
"Grima, but you're in the room, how can it be that you are here with your father."
"What are you talking about? My daughter left home and came down to the settlement when I placed her under your watch, which you failed to do."
"Yet master I was here the whole time watching over Grima who was still sleeping in her bed, I haven't left until now. This person looks like your daughter, but I don't think she is."
Hjoy remembers about the demon that is out there yet to be found and not to forget the creature can look like anyone as the man slowly turns his head back to see red demonic eyes shining from the fake Grima along with a wicked smile.
"Oh father, I think we have much to talk about between us, don't you think?"
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[Time later nighttime at Halla and Lorthr farm]
Finally, all within the farm home had fallen asleep yet not Xalroz couldn't lay in bed in the room he shared with the young and older human sons of the owners of this farm, but only one of them was here in this room; the oldest had yet to come to bed.
Thoughts in his mind kept him awake as he tried to understand it all.
"Lord Xalroz I hope this isn't a bad time in contacting you again."
Xalroz hears Sannoth's voice popping up inside his head again like the last time.
"It's fine I couldn't sleep anyway thinking too much about everything now. What do you want from me anyway?"
"I have something for you that I believe you will like as my gift for your return."
"Interesting, I think checking out this gift you're talking about may take my mind away from thoughts.
Xalroz needed this, being too deep in thought isn't the best for this one to go into any time soon.
"My location is that of the woods near these humans who take the Drow elf farm. Please leave the home and meet me outside."
"Very well, I will be there soon."
"Glad to hear my lord."
Xalroz's telepathically conversation with Sannoth ended, he then worked to slowly leave out of bed carefully to not awaken his sleeping neighbor.
It worked well till the end when he got a hand on the door and a voice reached out to him.
"Thorkell what are you doing?"
Xalroz cursed under his breath that someone had caught him right as he was about to leave and the one to be Arfast.
"Arfast sorry to have woken you up, I just need to get out."
"Is it because of what happened at the great hall or what our brother said at the dinner table?"
"It doesn't matter brother, I don't care about all that, I just need to step outside and take a little walk for fresh air."
"Right now, since when have you ever wanted to take a walk outside at night."
Xalroz doesn't need to deal with this, so he just opens the door and walks out saying no more words to Arfast leaving him with no answers.
After that, he was outside looking up at the sky not to take in the sight of its beauty, but to remember what is important to him to do now back to life.
"One day the heavens of the God's will cry blood that promise, I plan to keep it when the promise first was made."
The Xalroz starts going in the direction of the woods walking through there for a time till to see the figure of Grima in his sight.
"My lord, I'm pleased to lay eyes on you again. It felt like forever since the last time.
Sannoth bowed before him and he rolled his eyes at it as meeting face-to-face again wasn't that long.
"It hasn't been for long. We have already met 3 times this day so far, and please remove that digest, I would feel more comfortable talking to you in your real form."