We are returning to the inn, today we completed yet another kill mission. Doing a mental count, I think I'm almost there with the money I need for a trip to the town of Loford, but I have a dilemma.
I look at the girl who is next to me, Jusy is walking next to me right now, but she is doing something strange, she is stroking her belly.
"What is it, Jusy? Why are you caressing your belly?" Jusy interrupts the hand movement, she looks at me.
"You entered so much inside me today, but also the other days you were no less... what will I do if I get pregnant?" I immediately freeze in place, she's not pregnant, right?
"I don't think you are... but even if you were, I won't abandon you, don't worry." I mean it sincerely, I don't want to shirk my responsibilities.
Jusy looks down, embarrassed, but also has a small smile on her lips, with a blush on her cheeks. Looking at him, I remembered what I wanted to ask Jusy. "Jusy, I wanted to ask you something about an important matter."
"Mh? Tell me everything." Jusy looks at me, eagerly waiting for my question.
"Soon I'll have to leave on a trip, I have to reach a city, more precisely Loford, there I have some questions to resolve. And I wanted to ask you if you're willing to accompany me?" Jusy continues to stare into her eyes, very intensely.
"What a question, of course I would, Darion. Now I belong to you, and I'll follow you wherever you want, I'm ashamed to say it but... I can't be without you anymore." Jusy looks away, embarrassed by what she just said.
"Even if you have to leave your grandfather alone?" I want to know what Jusy thinks about leaving her house, she's the only member of her family she has left.
"Sure, I'd hate to leave my grandfather alone, but now that he's approved my full freedom of decision, I don't want to miss the opportunity to travel the world, even just for a trip. I'm sure he'll understand my decision to follow you ". Jusy replies with a smile on her beautiful lips, she's just a good girl, maybe too much for this world.
"I see... thank you so much Jusy, I must admit I was a bit worried hearing your answer, but hearing what you said makes me very happy." I approach Jusy, I put my hands on her hips and I approach her with her face towards hers. She understands what I want to do and closes her eyes, I do the same and we begin to launch into a calm kiss full of mutual love.
'I don't know if this is love... but for now I just know that I want to have Jusy by my side forever.' Who knows what the future holds for us.
We get lost in our atmosphere for a few minutes, enjoying our moment, but we know it can't last forever and we decide to break off the kiss.
"We will have to go back to the guild to deliver the horn we recovered from the corpse of the noterozo we killed, and we have to go back to the inn, Gald will be anxious about you." I caress Jusy's cheek with her thumb. She blushes and nods, agreeing with my decision.
We continue our walk towards the guild but Jusy surprises me by saying something. "You've been planning this trip for a while, haven't you, Darion?"
"Yes, since the second day I've been in this city... how do you know?" I have a guess as to how he knows about my departure, but I want confirmation from him.
"Well, I've seen the map on your desk a couple of times, it's also various items you need for a trip, you leave too much stuff lying around the room Darion, you need to be more organised." Jusy lectures me on the organization of my room, I agree with her on this topic, I need to be more tidy.
"You're right, I'll try to improve." Between one chat and another we reach the guild, carry out all the procedures necessary to obtain the reward and set off again to reach the inn.
We enter the inn and I immediately notice Gald who is sitting on a chair near the fireplace, it is strange not to see him at the usual counter, while he washes the kitchen utensils and the cutlery and cups used by the customers. "Grandpa, are you warming up?" Jusy goes to her grandfather, placing her cane on a nearby table.
"Honey, yes, I'm warming up." Gald smiles at her granddaughter as he throws wood on the fire in the hearth. "Sit here too... I too have something to tell you Darion." Gald turns to me and motions me to sit next to him.
"Okay..." He seems to have something serious to tell us. I take two chairs, one for me and one for Jusy, put them next to where Gald is sitting, in front of the fireplace. Jusy thanks me, she sits down, I follow her.
"So what do you want to tell us about, grandpa?" Jusy reaches out to approach the heat emanating from the hearth of the fireplace.
"An event happened today while you were on a mission, the Laten family sent her servants here to us." The Laten family? What they want? "Apparently your father remembered you, Jusy, but I'm sure he didn't do it out of affection for his daughter." If I'm not mistaken, the Count of Maduville is called Trekon.
"What...but why does my father want me back in his family?" Jusy looks at her grandfather in disbelief at what she heard, apparently that bastard wants to take Jusy back, the mere thought of her being kidnapped by that bastard makes me angry.
"It was all thanks to the rumors, they must have reached the Laten mansion, Trekon discovers that his daughter has awakened her power as a priestess, she didn't wait long to bring you back, but you mustn't let that snake get to you, Jusy." Gald watches the fire inside the fireplace. "He has never considered you related to him. Ansi considers no one related to him. He sees the people around him as pawns that can be scarified." And just a piece of mud.
"If they came today to bring a warning, it won't be long before the second group comes here…and I'm sure they won't be as peaceful as the first." I put a hand under my chin, telling Gald my guess.
"Exactly, they are very likely on their way here now." Gald looks at me. "Darion, take Jusy and get out of this city, I can't let my niece suffer the same fate as my daughter." He gets up from his chair, walking over to a trunk behind the counter.
"What?! Grandpa I can't leave knowing that people with guns are coming here to capture me, I'm putting you in danger." Jusy gets up abruptly from the chair, making it fall to the ground. I get up too, grabbing Jusy by the arm, the latter turns to me, with a questioning look mixed with sadness.
"Jusy, your grandfather is right, it pains me to admit it, but right now we are not strong enough to face such enemies... we have to leave now." I try to dissuade Jusy, leading her to think with a cool head.
"But ... but the grandfather ..." Jusy turns again to look at her grandfather.
"He knows what he's doing, and he does it to buy time for us, do you want his sacrifice to be in vain?" I pull her towards me, hugging her, I feel her body shaking in fear of losing the last member of her family. "I know what it's like to be separated from loved ones, but you have to be strong, for yourself, for your grandfather...it is for me too." I whisper in Jusy's ear, I don't want to lose someone dear to me so suddenly, no again.
"I ... I understand ..." The girl peeps her face, looking at Gald who at that moment is turned away, she is rummaging inside that trunk, looking for something.
"Go, I don't know how long I can keep them." She takes an item from the trunk, but I can't see what it is, but I can figure it out. "Jusy, I love you and always will, you've changed a lot in these last few days, and I'm proud of it. Darion, you're a good boy and I'm glad you accepted Jusy as your woman... Take care of her». Said these words, Gald goes towards the front door of the inn.
"Of course I will, Gald." I reassure him, while Jusy says nothing, but I hear sobs under me.