Road to Valhalla

Chapter 21: Dernière

"Deli, shouldn't we check with the orphanage before getting a room? I mean, we should confirm before settling down if-"

"Chopper is never wrong so we don't have to confirm", Deli replied as she proceeded to check in with the old lady at reception.

I wonder if what she said was true. People are dying every day on the border of Ildia. I heard after we had left Ildia that Halen was never recovered. Its people were either captured or killed, though some managed to flee to the capital. I had believed that Halen's destruction was a mistake and the yoke of it fell on both Chopper and me and yet...how can Deli be so confident about Chopper?

"Let's go out after we've settled in", Deli proposed as we were putting our luggage in our room.

Surprisingly, I wasn't bothered by the fact that she booked a single bedroom.

Considering, I had bought nothing with me, except for a coat, I don't suppose there was much for me to do with a room either. Deli had carried a briefcase which now rested on the bed,