While the three of us were sat there talking and waiting to order our breakfast, a very tired and worse for wear looking Altria appeared in the guild hall. She slowly made her way across room to us, looking like she hadn't had a minute's sleep. Once she reached us, she flung herself down on a spare seat.
"Need tea and a fry up." She said before resting her head on the table.
"Are you not feeling well this morning Altria?" Asked Serin.
"No… But I expect I'll be fine after so food. I hope." Altria answered lifting her head from the table for a mont, before slumping back down again.
Serin laughed a little.
"Well, I suppose we could order now, but Siofra hasn't co down yet." Explained Serin.
"We might as well order. There's no telling when she will appear, and I doubt she will mind if we have already ordered." Lillia suggested, whilst waving to the waitress doing her rounds at the far end of the room.
The waitress noticed Lillia and started to make her way across the room to us. At the sa ti another person had descended from the residential floors of the building and slowly made their way to our table. It was Siofra and she was looking in an even worse state than Altria currently did.
"Morning…" She said when she had finally dragged herself to our table.
"Oh Siofra… Morning." I answered turning to see her. "You look awful!"
"Oh great, thanks Theo… I feel like it too." She said whilst almost collapsing into the last seat at our table.
"Are you sure you're okay to be up?"
"Yeah. I couldn't sleep anymore, and this wasn't getting any better just lying there. I had to get up and do sothing about it."
"Well, you're just in ti for food. Hopefully, that will help you feel a little better."
"I hope so."
The waitress ca and took our orders. Unsurprisingly everyone went with so kind of fry up for breakfast. We might not all have been felling quite as bad as Altria or Siofra, but all of us were nursing a little bit of a hangover.
Once the waitress left, I decided to ask Siofra about what had been bothering .
"Um Siofra, I know you aren't feeling your best right now, but there was sothing that I've been aning to check with you since last night."
"You want to know if I'm going to tell anyone about what you've been doing with Lillia right?"
"Err yeah…"
"No, not if I can help it. Believe it or not I wouldn't like it if anything bad happened to you."
"Thanks… Can you be sure they won't force you?"
"No… But it's hardly likely that they would. Not that Lillia's family aren't afraid to use any thods at their disposal, to find out what they want from soone like . Isn't that right Lillia?"
"Yes…" Lillia answered looking ashad.
"Well, that's why she stopped adventuring with . She didn't want getting hurt because of her… Don't worry, I doubt it's sothing they are likely to suspect, not unless you've done anything to make them."
"I don't think so." I answered.
"Good, but you'll need to be careful. It isn't just , they have all sorts of contacts within the guild that provide them with information. If I were you, I would make sure no one outside of this circle finds out."
"Right…"
There was only one other, Jules. She wouldn't at least I hoped, not if she had the choice at least.
"Anyway, isn't there sothing else you should be asking about? Not just from , but from Lillia and Altria."
"I'm not sure…" I didn't know what Siofra ant by that.
"Don't tell you've forgotten what that woman said? I'm sure she said sothing else to you before she combusted too."
She was right, it had slipped my mind. That was sothing that I had been aning to press the others about more.
"Yes, I do. Thanks Siofra."
"Don't worry about it. From what I heard when she first spoke. She wanted to know why you were working with two of the taboo breakers. I can only guess that she was referring to the summoning ritual, to Lillia and Altria. If you want to know more, then asking them must be your best bet, right?"
"I think so." I said turning to the pair expectantly.
"But we don't know anything about that. Right Altria? We don't have any idea what she ant by the taboo breakers." Lillia said a little defensively.
"I've never heard it being called that before, no. That isn't sothing that we would need to keep from you either. My best guess would be the fact that the summoning process results in your death then binds you to this world through the relics." Explained Altria.
"Perhaps… But before she ntioned the taboo breakers, she said the one's that murdered and brought here. Why would she say that if they weren't two separate things?" I asked.
"That's true, I heard her say that too. It would be odd of her to have ntioned it like that if they weren't separate things." Serin spoke up agreeing with .
"Then I have no idea at all what she could be referring to. What was it she said to you before she combusted?" Asked Altria.
"She only said one thing. The demon lord is not who I think it is. What could she have ant by that?" I asked.
"I've no idea. The demon lord is the demon lord. I don't what they could have ant by that." Altria answered.
"I don't what she could have ant either." Insisted Lillia.
It didn't seem that either of them was trying to hide anything from this ti. It didn't feel like it was information that they would need to keep from either. Not with what I had already been told by Liz. Then it dawned on who might just be the best person to ask about this. Liz. I had a feeling that she knew or at least suspected a lot more than she was letting on when we spoke before. When I got back, I would have to go and ask her opinion on what the demon woman had told .
"I don't think they are hiding anything from you." Serin tried to reassure . "I've never heard of the demon lord being called anything other than that and I've never heard of the summoning ritual being called breaking the taboo either."
"Thanks Serin. For what it's worth, I believe them. I don't think they know what she was telling us anymore than I do… I think it sothing we need to investigate. It could end up being important."
"When we make it back to Dunshelm we'll look into it. It isn't like we have any other leads on the demon lord anyway." Promised Lillia.
"Thanks. Maybe if we look into it from another angle, we might find so information about their origin and that could give us clues about their abilities. They might have been known by sothing else before. Maybe there is information available under another na?" I asked.
"That could be a possibility. If that is the case, then what she said could turn out to be really useful to us!" Lillia agreed.
"See, aren't you glad you asked now?" Grinned Siofra.
"Yes. Thanks for reminding ."
I was sure there had to be so aning in the words of that woman. At the very least it gave us sothing to research. I would just have to wait and see what Liz thought about it when we got back.
As we finished talking the waitress reappeared with our breakfast. Everyone started to look at little better at the sight of their food arriving. All of us eager to tuck in and hopefully get feel a little better from the previous night's excesses.
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