Regret
1000 Words
I knock the door of Diana's house. I waited there for a few seconds and then the door was open by a middle-aged woman. When the woman sees me in front of the door, she then tried to shut the door but I manage to stop it.
"I will pay when I have the money...but for now" The middle-aged woman looks a little scared as I try to explain the reason I am here. After she heard the reason why I am here, I could see that she was very shocked. She could hold the heartbreak no longer and she fell to the floor in a dishevelled heap as her grief poured out in a flood of uncontrollable tears.
I feel so remorseful as I saw Diana's mother cry so hard, I tried to console her but it was no use. Few minutes have already passed and Diana's mother seems to calm down. She then thanks me for letting her know about Diana's death.
I then give her the 5000 gold as I promise Hugh to give it to Diana's family. Diana's mother was surprised by my action as she not expected to be given any gold. I told her that it was my responsibility as I was the one that hires Diana for my quest.
"I can't thank you enough, young man, as it will help us to pay our debt." Tears are coming down again from her eyes.
If anything happens in the future, I tell her and I would be glad to help. After that a few minutes more of talking, I left and headed to the mercenary guild to find Hugh. But when I arrive and the guild, I do not see Hugh there.
I ask the guild receptionist about Hugh whereabouts and she tells me that Hugh was heading to the castle to report the incident and the undead. The guild receptionist also tells me that I should report what I had seen in that cave to the King as it would be better if the king knows about the danger that is lurking in the cave. I thanks the receptionist and headed to the castle. I then decide to go to the blacksmith shop first as I wanted to tell Fozir that I will not be buying that armour.
When I arrive at the blacksmith shop, Fozir is surprised by my arrival. "Oh, Arias! Back already with my ore, it was fast even for you...I guess the cave was pretty easy right." Fozir then laughs but when he saw my serious face, he immediately stops.
I told Fozir what had happened in that cave and about my decision to buy that armour. He then feels sorry about what had happened but at the same time, he feels glad that I survive. He also understands my decisions not to buy the champion armour.
Fozir feels bad and he decides to give me an armour but I refuse the offer as I tell him that I will not be fighting anymore. He asks me why I won't be fighting anymore.
"When I saw Diana died fighting the Earthen Drake, my heart feels scared as I want to run away from there and leave Hugh but I couldn't do it." My hand trembles again as I remember the event.
"I'm sorry if I had asked you for the Mythril ore, this could never happen." Fozir then gives me some gold instead as he told me that it was to make up for the problem that occurred. I still refuse the offer but this time he insisted I accept it as he felt guilty and it was the only way to redeem his mistake.
Eventually, I accept the gold and thanks Fozir for the gold. I then headed straight to the castle to get Lily back and meet with Hugh. Once again, I stumble across Elan when I arrive at the castle.
He then smirks at me, "Is this the power of the chosen being? Even I could single-handedly kill an Earthen Drake myself."
Upon hearing that, I feel irritated and know that Elan already heard about my defeat against the drake and the undead from Hugh. I tried to stay calm as I walk passed through him.
I just pretend not to hear or see him as I walk toward the throne room. When I enter the throne room, I could see Hugh was delivering his report on the undead and the drake. King Rainard realize that I have arrived and want to hear from me as well.
"I heard from this man that your party has encountered a powerful undead, do you check the undead profile?" King Rainard ask me about the undead that Hugh and I fight in that cave.
I told King Rainard that the undead name was unknown and the undead was a dragon summoner, the undead also had two races, but one couldn't be read. The undead was level was higher than Hugh and me as it was level 300.
After hearing the undead stats, King Rainard was unfazed and told us that it might be the demon lord minions. King Rainard then thanks me for giving the info, he also tells us not to worry as he would send Xaniela party to defeat the undead before they went to the Northern kingdom. King Rainard then allow us to leave the room as there would not be anything to discuss anymore.
Hugh and I then left the throne room. "Hey, Hugh wanna go to the Inn for a drink?"
" I'm afraid that I'll have to pass on the offer." Hugh then leaves me as he keeps walking towards the castle door.
I then went to the garden to see whether Lily was there or not. Indeed, Lily was there playing with Greg. I call out their name as they slowly turn towards me, Lily was running towards me when she heard her name being called as Greg just smile at me.
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