“Eh?” Argos tilts his head while lying down on his temporary bed.
The man dilated his eyes towards Rillon as he raises his tone out of shock. “Hey, Rillon, apologize to him! We are not here to blame him. You are being rude from your life-saver.”
“Why did you save me!?” Rillon shouted as she clenched her fists with her furrowed eyebrows. “Did I give you the permission to save me!?”
“Hey, stop it!” The man said as he goes towards Rillion and touches her shoulder but Rillon avoids it. She turns back with an angered look towards the man.
“You stop! Stop pretending to be my father…” She shouted while pointing her finger towards him, and later turns to Argos. “and you, stop meddling to other people’s business! You are nothing but a stranger!”
She walks out the door with her stomping feet that creates a loud sound from the wooden floor. Argos left his mouth ha
Argos grunts as he climbs up the house’s rooftop after getting out of the house suddenly. The house is a mixture of wood and stone, capable to withstand medium types of thunderstorms. The house is climbable from its sides. He grunts after reaching the second-floor rooftop and sees the shining moonlight striking down the kingdom surrounded by walls.On the far edge of the opposite side, a girl sits as she looks at the moon shining bright. Argos goes beside her and sits down at the edge of the roof.“I would’ve thought you’re here. I hope you won’t plan on jumping again.”Rillon moves inches away from him and speaks. “Distance, please. You’re the one jumping to conclusions.”“You aren’t angry? Are you alright now?” Argos asked with an open mouth left hanging.“I must be the one asking that,” Rillon said and bows her head down, staring at the ground. She continues to s
The whole night, Argos has full control over Ibbara’s bedroom. While Ibbara sleeps on the couch in the living room, Argos spends his time resting, catching up the past days he went restless. For him, it’s good to have Rillon’s side even if he means to lie. What he did is also for her, so that she could find some purpose in life.Argos spends the night for just hours after sleeping half a day earlier. The moment he wakes up, he already planned not to stay for long. At three midnight, he wakes up silently in the room with only the night candle open. He left a piece of letter beside his bed. He stands up and opens the door out to the hallway. He sees Ibbara sleeping on the couch and walks stealthily with his featherweight feet on the fragile wooden floor, but the moment he is already on the door, Ibbara wakes up.His eyes widened out of shock, but it is better to be caught than to leave without notice which is rude. Ibbara tilts his head slightly to the
“Is this… their hideout?” Argos whispered after following the trails of marked trees and sees a small campsite guarded by FEW bandits. At the current time, activities are suspended. Everyone is already asleep which marks a perfect opportunity for them to sneak.“Most bandits are like this, but their real base is far more deceiving. This must be an outpost for them. Look at the number of guards. They’re not even too many for one person to handle,” the merchant said.“Then we’re in the right place then?”“If it is already morning, this may not be. After sunrise, they transport stolen goods to their main base. We’re out of luck if we come here too late,” the merchant said and looks at Argos who is staring directly at the cages of hostages. “Hey, where are you looking?”“Look at that bunny. It’s so cute!” Argos exclaimed with a blushing face and glimmering e
Argos reappeared beside a tent where he isn’t visible to anyone’s vision. *Don’t they have some sense of hearing? My ears would blow out from their spartan debate if I didn’t escape there. The good news, the tents are now clear of guards. This might be the nearest and what doubts me the most. Anyways, there’s no point in not trying.*Argos sneaks in front of the tent and opens the tent door. What he sees gave him a deep gasp as he flinch back out of shock. He saw the three bandits who are chasing him earlier playing poker at this time of the night. On the other hand, the three bandits looked at Argos like they have been caught playing video games at midnight by their strict mothers. That isn’t the only reason for their shock but also the resurrection of Argos. As they stare in a long period of time, both of the parties left their mouths hanging open.*Max luck?*“Who are you!?” One of the fat men exclaimed with bul
After a long run from the pursuers, Argos came back to the signpost from the main trade route and sees the merchant preparing his carriage and horse. His face is purely tired and his clothes are full of ground dirt in which he got from being tripped on the ground. The merchant noticed him and greets him with a worried look which Argos finds annoying.“Argos! Did you get the package?” The merchant asked in a concerned tone.Argos picks the small box from his inventory and gives it to the merchant without any resistance. “As I said, things didn’t turn out well,” Argos said.“Your appearance can tell. You got discovered, aren’t you?”“I draw the worst cards. The tent I first checked is full of bugs. Now, it ends up in a very tiring temple run.”“Then that sums it. Those bandits only use their muscles more than their brains so a chase is already expected. By the way, how did you escape?&
Argos spent the same half-hour walking towards the forest where the campsite should be. Like what Stan said, he paid attention solely to his right. While clearing his mind out of distractions, a sudden chain of questions tempted his brain. These questions are what he must have asked him because of some unreasonable logic that happened. For him, it seems like he has been hypnotized the whole time.*What? Why do these questions just come into my mind? How the hell did he know my name? How did he know the route I’m going to take? Why did all of this just come into my head now and not earlier? Am I hypnotized? There’s something weird going on! But still, he gave me something epic, though I doubt its ability yet. If I didn’t find the well, then he must be lying about the ability.*His focus came back after noticing the well on the right of his way. It is behind some trees which have a large distance from one another. This distance makes it easier to notice
After Holessa came back with Argos at the site, they cleaned up the mess she made. Things get clarified as they don’t want any more problems to be raised. They spend three hours of rest so that they could prepare for their departure. Argos became the surveillance so that Holessa couldn’t do the same thing again. He wakes up after three hours so he could check for the two adventurers he recruited.Argos opens the door to Alex and Zak’s tent. “You’re early.”“It’s already late in the real world. Zak’s really liked this since we were kids,” Alex said as he looked at Zak who is snoring loudly.“Anyways, just to remind you, you have your own choices here. I’m not forcing you to do anything,” Argos said.“We’ll adopt flexibility in times that you needed help. Why do you say so?” Alex asked.“Would you want to come with us? It isn’t far away, I gues
“Are you okay now, Holessa?” Loic asks as he comforts Holessa on his chest. With him, the place owner, being occupied, he can’t do anything to accommodate his guests. Argos took the role and prepared a tea for Zak and Alex. While he give the tea to Zak, Zak gave him a narrowed look of irritation. After such time, Holessa already lost all her tears and takes a deep breath in order to calm herself down.“I… I just felt better. Thank you for making me realize what I must do. I feel towards my selfishness that I didn’t even track of what is happening around me. I’m sorry. I’ll do everything to catch up to my sins,” Holessa said with a rough voice that is a product of endless sorrow.“There is not even a pinch of selfishness in what you have done. Everything that happened is not your fault. What you have experienced is just being human. We need to move on and focus on our goal,” Argos said while sitting on t