“Hello?” I raised my hand. “I’ve just arrived here after a long journey.”
I wanted to ask where here was, but I had a feeling such a question might not be well received. It turned out that my current thod didn’t fare any better. The woman left her spot and grabbed the younger maid by the shoulders before giving a stern look.
“Co on, dear. Get inside.” She declared, straightening the girl’s bonnet.
“I know him.” The girl protested.
“I’m sure you do. Go!” The old woman declared in a no-nonsense voice.
The girl looked at , a hint of stubbornness in her eyes, but then she turned and ran back indoors. Once the door shut, the old lady put her hands on her hips and glared at . I didn’t know a lot of old ladies in my life. Even in Chalm, most of the won I knew were younger.
“Um… my na is…”
“I know who you are.” The woman cut off. “And I know why you’re here. However, you’re wasting your ti. You should just leave.”
“Why I’m here…” I repeated uncertainly, not sure what to make of the situation in front of .
“You want to see her.” The old lady declared. “You want to see the woman at the end. However, it’s too late for all of that.”
I started to feel slightly irritated. I had been through all kinds of dungeons, but this one was leaving the most flummoxed.
“Look, this is just so curse. If you have sothing to show , stop wasting my ti.” I growled.
The woman didn’t seem intimidated despite the fact that I towered over her. Instead, she raised an eyebrow, looking up and down with an appraising look.
“Well, well… I guess you’ve got a bit of gut in you.”
A door slamd shut, and then a man walked out from behind the mansion. I imdiately recognized him. This was the brother hunter from before. A woman had co out with him, older still.
“Please… don’t do this.” The woman was saying.
“I’m not going to follow what you want.” He declared angrily.
“You need to…”
“No! I don’t.” He responded, cutting her off. “I have soone I care about.”
“If you leave… they’ll punish us,” she said.
“Mother, you should have had the guts to leave a long ti ago.” He responded.
“It’s the only way for us to survive.”
“No, it’s the only way for you to survive. Our family is gone. Stop trying to preserve sothing that doesn’t need to stay alive.”
“Using the ti that the master and mistress have gone running off… nothing good will co of this.” The old maid next to made a noise.
A door slamd, causing the pair to look back at the mansion. The young maid girl had co out. She was looking anxiously at the mother and the brother. The brother’s expression darkened even more.
“Please…” The mother tried one last ti, tears running down her cheeks.
“I won’t…” He responded. “I’m gone.”
He turned away and began to run, heading off into the impassible forest. The mother stared aimlessly at the forest, looking lost. The girl walked up to her mother.
“B-brother… he’s coming back, isn’t he?”
“Of course, he loves you.” The mother spoke, but her words had no weight to them.
She didn’t seem to be paying attention to her daughter, or she would have realized that her daughter understood this, and such callously spoken words only hurt her more.
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