The ride towards this Raven mansion that this beautiful female knight who I could fall for told me took the whole night , feeling drained and tired from my fight with the boar king I felt a bit sleepy but was fine ,the only thing that bothered me when we ride through the night was the unbearable silence
She didn't talk through the whole damn night this woman, even when I asked her about where sh was bringing me to ,all I got was the Raven mansion and when I asked more she would always reply with
" Pardon me but I am not permitted to speak with you normal now until the investigation team is done with you "
So remained quiet the whole time and after 3 hours since the Sun rise we saw another village, it was big and bustling even from afar as we rode horseback towards it and the walls around the village were filled with patrols, the town was beautiful and spanned wide with 7 particularly tall monuments, towers to be exact and a mansion was at the centre, the mansion was big ,like really big ,Bill Gates could live there without a problem
Under the sunny sky and landscape like view truly it was a town that belongs in fantasy and admiring that view an thought passed by my mind
{ Should I really try to find a way to go back? }" Woah "(I couldn't take my eyes off the view and then snapped back to reality ).....{ Arg ...no my families are still back home }
I shook my head and got Julia's attention for a while before she turned away and then after the next 15 or so minutes we reached the gate ,the soldiers who saw us didn't even try to stop us the moment they saw Julia's face ,they slammed their right fist on their chest and shouted
" WE WELCOME BACK THE SWORD OF LORD ERIC FLAMEHEART! "
Julia nodded and rode past them entering the village on horseback with me behind her ,no it was more of a city than a village
" Look it's miss Julia !!" (A 10 years old cat girl)
" Hmm? Oh it is her!! Guys miss knight is back "( her friend also a 10 years old girl with dog like features)
Julia waved at them with gentle smile that surprised me considering how stoic she was to me the whole time but that was small compared to the surprise that hit me when i saw the other villagers
" The sword is back ! EVERYONE! "( Teenage female villager who had fairy wings )
" HUH? Who's that behind her ?? " (Teenage male Villager who was also had fairy wings, he seemed to be her boyfriend or companion)
" How dare he hold her waist like that??! "(One of the city's veteran male half elf adventurer)
" Oii lucky bastard!! you're dead if I see you on the streets!! "(Some half orc guy carry a bag of rice)
" Jeeze you horny male!! stop dawdling and go back to work , you'll trouble the poor guy and worse ,what if lady Julia get's angry " (Vegetable shop human lady in her 40s and she was apparently beated the orc guy on his back with a stick)
" Oww!! I'm sorry! Geez mrs Hansen!! Be more lady like!(the orc guy apologized and advices the lady)"
" Oh ! I should be more lady like?"
The scenes itself seemed like a dream, coming from a place where the entirety of India looked down upon because of religion alone! Seeing people of races so DIFFERENT getting along with eachother with little to no discrimination during the entire ride towards the castle moved me, respect began to form in my heart for the lord of this place whom I have never even met before for accomplishing such a task
We were greeted by many more people, nine out of ten would always greet Julia with reverence while four out of ten people would always give me death threats, but it seems to be half hearted so I simply laughed it off in my heart, and now I will skip most of the other things aside as there was simply too much too talk about in such a place, because it's wonder beauty and people were simply full of stories themselves
So I'll resume from right here, where I was infront of the lord of this area, Viscount Eric Flameheart Raven, seated infront of his desk, he was surrounded by Julia ,his butler and a beautiful woman with black hair and ruby like eyes dressed in a fine blue casual dress who seemed to be his wife sitting on a coach nearby, unlike her intimidating husband who had large and tone build, sharp and well defined facial features with a well kept red hair who was looking at me with his crimson eyes that she seems kinder as she looked at me with simple curiosity without a hint of animosity
Eric Flameheart was currently scrutinizing me with a blank face that I couldn't read and after 5 seconds of that he asked
" Tell me everything that happened on the Battle you had with the slime ,I heard tha you killed it from my knight you see? "
"... Okay then " { I probably shouldn't lie }
With that I began to narrate how met and fought the slime and how I fought it but lied a little in how I killed though, telling them that I killed it by throwing my sword through its core was more believable and safe rather than telling them that I glowed and then healed after I got melted when the thing exploded when I slashed it's core after all
The whole explanation took an hour as they often inquired more on how I did what I did, backed by Julia who seemed to know my physical prowess as she had seen to have been watching my fight against that boar in the forest ,the explanation eneded without much words added and then the Viscount turned to his wife and asked with a gentle tone
" Martha what do you think? "
The black haired woman then looked at me and with her glittering red eyes , i gulped for a moment, in situations like this and from how her eyes glowed I had a bad feeling, and confirming my bad feeling's authenticity the woman called Martha then turned back to her husband and replied amafter looking at me for 10 seconds
" He's telling a white lie, he's doesn't seem to have any hostile intensions against us but he lied in a few parts of his words"
Rumble!!
The room shook, the familiar pressure returned pressing me down, no it was much fiercer ,Julia glared at me with a cold gaze as she released her pressure
" Julia " (Eric)
Ssss
" I beg your pardon my lord "
" Gahaaa(gasped for air ,fell down )"
Eric's demeanor and gaze did not change at all ,after telling Martha to stop he stood up from his seat and got near me and looked at me who fell down on the floor , I also looked back at him with curiousity, caution and fear
Eric :{ He looks too inexperienced and innocent to be a spy or a demon worshipper, his mana core is dormant too, completely empty, strength rivaling a 7th class , reflex rivaling a 6th class and stamina high enough to fight 2 wild boars after killing an intermediate monster, he's not normal, I feel bad but I have to confirm}" Why did you lie young Saved ?"
" .... "
I kept silence, I honestly didn't know what to say ,I felt too cornered to reply properly right now , I began formulating ways to escape instead
Eric:{ He's probably in panicking while thinking of ways to escape, it seems he's harmless after all , but —} " Don't worry just tell me the reason you lied ,you don't need to reveal much ,just give me a jist of why atleast, (with a reassuring playful tone and smile) the people behind me are bit too uptight to let this go see ".
" ... I...ummm....{What would Jesus do in a situation like this?....I should just be honest, only a jist of it should be okay ,even if this is his plan to make me talk , it's better than silence atleast}.... I have a skill I can't talk to others about my lord, I'm sorry for lying, but I swear ,I only lied because of my safety if this skill get's revealed ".
Eric didn't reply immediately as he pondered on Saved's words
"....Okay then ,this is my last question, ..."
Chhan :(I swallowed my salvia in anxiety){ What's he gonna ask? !!(nervous)}
Eric suddenly changed his demeanor again turning dead serious
" Are you human ? "{—He can't be a human }
End of chapter