[It has been a little more than a week since I met Elise. Me and Lilia have also gotten closer to her since she has been coming here every single day. She had become a part of our daily life.]
[She keeps Lilia company while I'm away on a quest. And since I don't know what human limits are so I just ask her to something difficult for normal humans, like 100 push-ups or punching a rock. She still hasn't crushed the rock for some reason, are humans supposed to be so weak?]
[It was the same thing every day. But today, she did not come.]
"She'll probably come shouting like always.", Lilia says.
"Right"
[She is not the type to disappear without saying anything. I hope she is fine.]
[However, she did not return that day. And she did not return the following days either.]
[And just like that 3 days passed by.]
"It will be fine if you take a bit advanced quest. No one will find out about you over something so small.", Lilia says.
"But"
"We need more money. Do you want to live in this shabby place forever?", Lilia says.
(As they were talking, the door suddenly opens. Elise comes through the door panting.)
"MASTER! Please let me live here!", Elise shouts.
[What the Heck!]
After a while.....
"So about what you were talking about earlier, do you seriously mean it?", Lilia says.
"I have no one else I can ask to. I'll do anything you say, Please let me stay!", Elise says.
"What are you saying so suddenly after disappearing for so long, did you lose your mind while you were gone?", Lilia says.
"Lilia. Let her talk.", He says.
Elise clenches her fists and says, "Actually, I have something I've been meaning to tell you. I wasn't trying to hide it but I also never got the right chance to say it."
"Elise, what are you"
She makes a serious face and says, "My complete name is Elisabeth Elise Frostborn."
[Well..... shit.]
"Wha-wha-wha, wha-what? Did I hear you wrong, I just heard you say something unbelievable.", Lilia says.
[That is a very normal reaction considering her name. The family of Frostborn are known for being the richest in the whole kingdom, and not just the kingdom they are one of the top families when it comes to financial power even outside the kingdom. They are also very close to the royal families.]
[Did they find out about us? No, even if they did they wouldn't send someone from their family.]
[Is she lying.]
"I'm sorry, I never meant to hide it from both of you."
"So, what exactly is your motive?", He says.
"Right, it only makes sense if you don't trust me. But please believe me, everything I said was true! Please hear me out!", She says.
"Alright, we'll hear you out.", Lilia says.
"But, Lilia"
"It's fine, we can trust her."
He looks at Lilia and looks at Elise and nods. "Alright"
"I can't thank you enough for this."
she takes a long breath and speaks.
"Because of my family, I never had a close friend. Everyone I considered my friends were only my friends because of my family. Because of that, I slowly started to lose trust on everyone. Every teacher I had, they always praised me no matter what I did.
It's almost like my whole life had been an act.
So one day I ran away from my home, and that's when I met you. It was really fun spending time with both of you. For the first time, I felt lucky and happy. But three days ago, my parents arranged a marriage without my notice. They always listed to my smallest wims so I was helpless when they didn't listen to me. I couldn't do anything.
So I ran away from home to here."
"Brother, so are you finally gonna do better quest from now on.", Lilia says.
"Does that mean?", Elise beams with joy.
[sighs]
"Well, with my brother going on quests it's boring here. I'm not particularly telling you to stay but since you're an idiot, who knows what you will do?", Lilia says.
Tears falls down Elise's eyes.
"Ah, oh, uh, I didn't mean it literally. I mean you can be clumsy sometimes but you are not an idiot. You can stay here as much as you like.", Lilia says.
Elise hugs her. "Thank you. Meeting you both was the luckiest thing that happened to me."
He smiles as he watches over them.