Luke sighed as Grace asked, "Is something wrong?"
"No, it's nothing," he said as he smiled at her. "Just as long as a certain someone doesn't run off on her own without any protection."
Grace flinched at his words and avoided looking at him directly. It seemed that his words had a strong effect on her, which was good. Then he turned his attention to the rest of the party, who were waiting for them to reach them. He also noticed a certain weapon in Theodore's position. Luke felt his eyebrow twitching at the sight of the claymore at Theodore's waist.
That was the weapon he had used last time in his previous life before he got a better one. It seemed that Tracy was able to find it like he had hoped, but Theodore had taken it from her. He would have to have a talk with the man so he could reclaim the sword. There was no reason for Theodore to use it when he
"That's if that's what the rest of the party wants," Luke said, making it clear they didn't have to agree to let her stay.Unfortunately, no one else seemed to mind her presence, not even Theodore, as Bobby shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sure. Why not? I don't see a problem with her sticking around."Chris nodded his head. "It'll be great to have another hero in our group, just as long as she doesn't cause trouble.""I won't do anything to disrupt the party's harmony," Violet promised.Bobby narrowed his eyes and leaned his head forward as he asked, "Actually, what is your class?""I'm an assassin," she said.This caused everyone who didn't know her class to perk up, and Bobby said, "That's great. We don't have an assassin in our party. It'll be nice not to have to play that role."Chris also looked relieved to have an assassin join them, which surprised Luke. In the previous life, they never had an assassin in their party, and the duo never complained about that fact. They had tak
"So how are we going to do this? Are we going to help them rebuild or bring them to the next town?" Chris asked.Luke wasn't sure what he had been expecting, but it certainly wasn't this. It seemed like they had forgotten all about asking where Violet had come from. Well, that was for the best. It would bring up too many awkward questions that couldn't be answered. However, he knew it would eventually be brought up later, so he needed to prepare for that."Wouldn't it be better to help them rebuild?" asked Grace.Theodore scoffed. "You expect us to do manual labor after the stunt they pulled."Grace looked hurt by his words, but she didn't dare speak out. After all, he had been the one most affected by what happened, even though the party had received the same treatment. It made sense that he was unwilling to help them out after what happened. The only reason he was helping was because of the quest. Otherwise, Luke was certain he would walk away."I agree. Trying to rebuild the town i
"We're getting off track here. We should be discussing about whether we should stay or go," said Bobby.His words were enough to draw everyone back in line to the important topic at hand, and Chris said, "Right. Sorry."However, before the conversation could go any further, Grace raised her hand. "Shouldn't we help the people first?"At her words, everyone was reminded of their current situation. While they had been arguing about what to do about the survivors, the survivors had been dying left and right or suffering while waiting for help. Who knew how many people had died while they were chatting away. They should have been helping the people first before deciding what to do.Of course, no one wanted to say this out loud, so they stood in awkward silence. No one could look each other in the eye. Personally, Luke thought it would be better if they let the numbers go down a little bit more, but he doubted that would go well with the others and the angels. They would probably be horrif
It was several hours later and late in the night before Luke and Violet saw the others again. They were covered in dust and blood from going through the rubble looking for survivors and trying to save lives. Even though neither of them had healing magic like Grace did, they did their best to help the injured, though many still died.Luke had experience dealing with injuries and patching them up. It was inevitable after being in that world for so long. However, he hadn't expected Violet to know so much, despite her young age. He wondered where she learned it from. The kind of knowledge she had betrayed her experience, though she wasn't as experienced as he was."I'm exhausted," said Bobby as he leaned against an unbroken wall."Me too," said Chris as he leaned against Bobby."I can't believe how bad it is," Grace said as she wrung her hands."What are you talking about? This isn't as bad as back in Sahgar," said Tracy.Grace looked away as she said, "I guess you're right."He didn't bl
Luke waited until everyone had gone to find a place to sleep before asking Grace, "Are you okay?"At the sound of his voice, she jerked violently before saying, "I'm fine."She obviously wasn't. It would be stranger if she wasn't shaken by everything because, deep down, she was a kind person. She was so soft hearted that she would cry over the smallest things, despite how hard he tried to toughen her up. He wasn't sure how he would he feel if she ever changed. Would he be relieved that she was finally growing up or mourn the loss of who she once was?They sat together in silence until Grace finally worked up the courage to ask, "Was it the same for you?""What do you mean?" he asked."Did people treat you poorly like Theodore?" she clarified."Based on the way you're talking, I assume you didn't have any problems with the people," Luke said instead of answering her question.Grace shook her head. "Everyone was really nice to me.""That's probably because you're a healer." In the after
Grace wasn't wrong, but it would have been nice to get her opinion on what to do with Violet. He had debated whether it was a good idea to reveal to Grace all his thoughts about Violet. Originally, he thought it was best not to tell her about his thoughts about killing her, but he eventually decided it was best to put all her cards on the table regarding how to handle Violet.Interestingly, Grace didn't seem to have any objections. He would have thought she would react with horror or shock about the suggestion, but she had remained calm as he discussed killing Violet, like he was talking about deciding what to have for lunch. She didn't even reject the idea when he asked about her opinion, like he thought she would have."If you're worried about saying something wrong, don't. Just give me your honest opinion," Luke said."You know I'm not good at coming
"What the hell is wrong with these people?" demanded Bobby as he stomped back towards Luke."Obviously, things would be chaotic after a demon attack, but I never expected it to be this bad," said Chris."Reality isn't like fiction," said Tracy as she placed her fists on her hips. "You can't compare the two."Bobby and Chris were silent, as they had no argument against her words. Luke could see why they were so caught off guard. While this might have been the second time they had experienced a demon attack against a town, the two experiences couldn't be any more different. Last time, they arrived while the demon attack was still ongoing and the people had set up a system to handle it.Shouting in the distance drew their attention, and the group sighed as Bobby said, "Theodore is at it again. Would it kill him not to cause trouble?""We should see what the problem is this time," Luke said."I'm out," Chris said. "Last time I tried to help settle the issue, I nearly got punched in the fa
"What's taking them so long to return?" asked Chris after they had stood there for what felt like half an hour. "It shouldn't take them this long to settle a fight, right?"Tracy scoffed. "You do know that if a fight did break out, it would take longer to break it up."Chris squinted at her and said, "You're now acting like Theodore."She scowled at him. "Are you trying to pick a fight?""Knock it off, you two. It's bad enough that we've been dealing with fights all morning. We don't need you two fighting either," said Bobby.The two relented, as they understood how he felt. When all of them woke up this morning, they didn't expect they would have to deal with breaking up fights first thing. After they had helped the people settle down yesterday, they thought it would be a breeze. Unfortunately, they were proven wrong. None of them had expected the people to cause trouble as soon as they woke up.They hadn't gotten a moment of peace as they tried to stop crimes from being committed an