305 The Lazy Elf Bard And The Righteous Vigilante
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A handsome elf saw Faylen and her husband walk back to their tent below a nearby tree, as he smiled faintly.
“It seems that things went well. Allan has a thing with words… Little Faylen had always been such a sensitive girl… I am glad he found a strong man that can keep her happy. I don’t think there is… anybody more deserving of taking care of her. I wonder if her father… my brother, would be okay with this.” Arafunn wondered, as he covered his face with a hat and decided to sleep below the stars, as he liked to do. The night was rather warm in these regions, so there wouldn’t be any problems.
“Hahh~ Oh well, things are alright for now…” He sighed. “Thought that little girl… The demon… Hm, she got a lot of secrets… Well, we’ll find out more later- Ah, Melodia, don’t go around without my permission! Come back this instant.” Arafunn suddenly ordered an invisible entity, as the spirit in the shape of a little fairy emerged before him. She had long white hair and bright green eyes with butterfly-like wings.
“But master! We need to go see the other children! What if there are more demon children that need our help?” She sighed, pouting while crossing her arms.
“Dear, I’ve told you that sometimes you need to take it easy. The little girl is sleeping right now… Come on, we’ll do some more investigation tomorrow.” Said Arafunn.
“But… haven’t you noticed?” She sighed. “This entire town… it emanates a lot of Malice, like I’ve never felt before… I am afraid, master… T-The children might be being threatened…”
“Hmm… You’re such a worrywart.” Sighed Arafunn. “Come on, come to papa.”
“Geez! Master you’re a dummy!” Said Melodia. “The Malice… what is going on in there?!”
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“Hmm…” Arafunn looked into the town carefreely. He immediately noticed through his special magical eyes that there was indeed a large black cloud. It was mostly invisible to the eyes of everybody that didn’t possessed Magic Eyes, a special ability that only a few Elves are born with. It allowed them to see energies, essences, spirits, and souls that others couldn’t detect.
“There is a big black cloud of Malice, you’re right… But who is doing something so bad it is festering such an incredibly large amount of Negative Emotions…? Is there a witch in here or something?” Wondered Arafunn. “There’s indeed something fishy about this!”
“See? See? We have to go!” Said Melodia.
“Not yet…” Said Arafunn. “I first need my beauty sleep. Do you want this handsome man to have bags below his eyes or something, dear?”
“W-Why do you care about something like this?!” Cried the fairy.
“Unsummon Spirit…” Sighed Arafunn, unsummoning Melodia and leaving her inside his Soul Scape.
“Master! T-This is unforgivable! You’ll have to pay with tons of sweets if you want me to forgive you after this!” Said Melodia, crossing her arms. Arafunn’s other spirits looked at her with surprise. She was the most noisy of all his spirits.
“Hm… I can feel a lot of resentment in this town… Just what does the nobility of this place hides?” He wondered. “I am so tired though… Let’s do some investigation tomorrow… I’ve never been an innate hero like Allan or Shade, and I am quite lazy so whatever…” Arafunn sighed, getting comfortable over the grass and putting his hat over his face.
However, the figure of Shade emerged within the shadows at his side.
“Arafunn, there’s something weird in this town, can you feel the darkness?” He asked.
“UUUGH! I am trying to sleep, for Yggdrasil’s sake!” Arafunn sat down and looked at Shade’s serious poker face. “What do you want?”
“Why are you so pissed?” Asked Shade. “Faylen sadly lacks Magic Eyes, but you do have them, you can see Malice, right? Is there any?”
“Sigh…” Arafunn sighed. amongst all the heroes, Shade was the most heroic and stubborn of them all. He was so righteous he acts as a vigilante through the night, catching thieves, bandits, and other things in any town he gets close to.
The last town they visited was wiped out of a drug-selling organization without anybody realizing other than Nepheline and Arafunn… It was all Shade who did it. He’s always like this, and it really annoys the carefree and slightly selfish elf.
“Okay but if I tell you can you let me sleep?” He asked.
“Yes.” Said Shade.
“Alright… Indeed, there’s a big cloud of darkness over the town! Happy now? Let me sleep for now.” Sighed Arafunn, resting over the grass.
“Hm… Malice… I will go take a look for now.” Said Shade, disappearing just as he appeared, meddling with shadows.
Arafunn sighed, Shade was not someone he liked that much, but he was still a friend which he shared many hardships.
“And there he goes… Amongst all of us, he’s probably the most tormented by our past. He feels like he has to do something for others or he can’t even sleep well at night…” Sighed Arafunn.
Meanwhile, within the Dungeon close to the town, a girl with long blue hair and sharp red eyes was walking through the second floor, walking upstairs towards the first floor. She carried a large leather sack filled with bloodied corpses of monsters she had hunted. Her entire body was shrouded in wounds and blood, but despite that, she seemed mostly fine, although exhausted.
However, she seemed to not be older than 14, for such a young girl to be alone inside the dangerous dungeon… it was unheard of.
“Hahh… I hunted a bunch of Horned Wolves and Goblins…” She sighed. “This should be enough to feed us for the next week… Hahh… I want to see Mist and everybody already.”
She carried the sack while walking upstairs, reaching the outside of the dungeon.
And she was greeted by a group of people that were waiting for her…
“There she is…”
“Hoh, is that heavy? Let us carry it for you, dear.”
“Haha… She’s really a monster for hunting so much…”
“But I bet she’s tired to death now…”
“Yeah, just like boss said, she comes to hunt at night!”
The girl’s sharp red eyes glared at the men expressionlessly.
“Again with you scum?”
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