Hearing the unknown woman's exclaim of fright, Lily instantly rushed back from the bathroom, and charged out of her room and swiftly into her brother's, almost destroying his door in the process.
"What, Where, Who!" She barged into the room with a fierce look, ready to throw herself on the vile 'criminal' that dared to intrude on her dearest brother's peaceful rest.
Aiden who was still bare-chested, standing beside the window, looked at the invader with a clueless expression.
"Lily? What is…"
"Brother, where is she?!" Lily yelled out, darting her stern gaze from left to right and right to left, searching for the source of the scream, ultimately focusing her eyes on the wooden door leading to the bathroom.
Even though Aiden finally understood what the reason behind her sister's abrupt intrusion could have been, he was a tad bit too late. Without wasting any ti, Lily tore up the door revealing the stunned and frightened-looking Galina standing in only in her underwear in front of the bathroom mirror.
As the girl's gazes t, both froze in their places, unable to react to the other's unexpected presence.
However, when Galina's golden eyes wandered behind the girl and t her Young Master's, who was still standing by the window, her frozen state instantly lted, and another loud scream filled not just the room, but the entire hallway….
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"Once again, I'm terribly sorry! Please, Galina, I have no words for what I have done!" Standing in front of the now dressed long black-haired girl, and the stern-looking brother of hers, Lily was in the midst of apologizing for her mistake with a deep bow.
"I-I… I completely forgot about you, and fought that soone attacked brother!" She apologized again, keeping her gaze plastered on the floor below.
"There is no need for this Young Miss…." With a warm, light musical lody Galina spoke up, gently touching her Young Master's sister's bowed chin and raising it up from the ground. "We couldn't et yesterday, I apologize for that Young Miss… My na is-"
"Galina." Lily finished her introduction, as a kinder-looking smile slowly eased up her worried expression. "Aiden introduced you yesterday. He told , that you have joined our family… so please, don't call 'Young Miss'. Big Sis or Sister would do just fine!"
"Yes… Young Mi-… B-big S-sis…" Galina responded, her lips trembling, she stuttered, as she fixed her words with an embarrassed look on her face. Being called an equal with her Young Master's real family was not sothing she could process on the fly after all. Still, she couldn't deny the happiness that rose deep in her heart at the notion and curved the edges of her small lips.
Seeing their interaction and the expected shalessness of her sister, Aiden could only helplessly sigh. After the small event, they got a new, fresh set of clothes from Lily that surprisingly fit Galina perfectly.
"Anyway… I'm sure Drake and Scarlet are also up by now and are probably waiting for us downstairs. Let's grab sothing quick to eat then get Galina registered at the guild before we pick sothing to do for today." Aiden spoke up, changing the topic.
Truth be told, he was quite eager to set out. If he could, he would skip over to night ti as fast as he could. After all, today was the last day he had to suffer through before the system would complete its upgrade and co back to him.
He had to accept the fact that although it was still shrouded in mystery, it was the only thing that stood beside him since his arrival in this magical, dark world. He felt empty without it…
He realized he was quite reliant on it, but what could he do? It had features that just went beyond his understanding. Not to ntion the newly unlocked huge section of the Minions… its Fusion feature that he still hasn't experinted with too much was just beyond his knowledge.
Having experienced a day without it, he wanted this day to just co to an end as fast as possible…
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Eventually, the small group joined by the lazy hounds alighted from the rooms and joined up with the royal siblings at a larger table. Not-so-surprisingly, the old man was still quite afraid and wary of them and served them with absolute subservience. His wife, the culprit of the small trouble last night was nowhere to be seen, in her place another middle-aged lady served them.
When asked, the innkeeper excused himself, and backed away from the conversation as fast as he could. It was quite obvious he did not want to engage in any sort of interaction with the 'Young Demon' any more than it was absolutely necessary.
He dared not to kick them out, not after what happened, but he also didn't want to have anything to do with them.
Seeing this, Aiden could only bitterly smile, turning his attention back to his sister and friends.
From the looks of it, they would be better off finding a new place to settle down. They have caused more than enough worry to the poor old man that was enough for an entire lifeti.
Even if none of the troubles was their fault, ultimately, they still caused further suffering and pain to him.
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After gobbling up their luscious first al of the day the group, now joined with Drake and Scarlet left the inn, and made their way through the bustling city streets towards the quite badly nad Adventurer's Street.
Along the way, Lily and Aiden glanced into the back alley, finding it surprisingly clean and empty. There was no trace of the group of disabled thugs that they left there. Even the broken, shattered pieces of their arms were neatly cleaned up and taken away, not to ntion the lack of traces of blood.
Heck, not even footprints could be found imprinted in the ground.
They looked at the sight with a surprised expression confused about what could have happened… Who cleaned up so fast, so cleanly? Why? How?
"Hey, you two- three!" Seeing their bewildered, stunned gazes, Scarlet called out. Behind them, the quiet, shy-looking hooded girl, Galina, was standing. She just couldn't solve the enigmatic girl, but she felt that sothing has changed about her since yesterday.
While she was still hiding behind that faceless dark mask of hers and even pulled the hood over her so nothing could be spied upon, there was a shift in her stance, her figure… There was a new feel to her presence, sothing she just couldn't place for the ti being.
Although she knew that she was using so sort of spell or skill to change her looks matching hers, she felt that this explanation was lacking… There had to be sothing more to this strange girl…
For the ti being, she decided not to pry further, but she also wasn't ready to let the matter go entirely. After all, it was her face that was stolen!
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As they made their way towards the Adventurer's Hall, Galina couldn't help but look with amazent at the sight of the huge towering multi-storied wooden structure. Its size easily dwarfed over all the other buildings around it, lording over the street by its sheer size itself.
However, she couldn't help but shiver at the sigh of the large black-painted double doors, reminding her of the not-so-pleasant experience they had in the orc's camp.
"Don't worry, Galina. You will not suffer the sa ever again. I will not let harm co to you ever again." Noticing her growing fear and trepidation Aiden leaned closer to her and whispered gently into her ears causing it to twitch.
Thankfully to the mask, she was still using to hide, her deep blushing expression remained hidden from the others. She ekly nodded at her Young Master's words, clenching her small, leather glove-covered fists in the process.
She knew this place was not the sa, still, her dreaded mories ca back as she stood in front of these doors.
Still, amidst the chaos and darkness, there was also light and hope. Soon, her bad mories were replaced by the sight of her Young Master. His dashing figure appeared before her as she tore up the door to their prison and freed her, her brother, and their Teacher. Even going beyond that, he also invited them to join their family, and akin to a god he gave them incredible boons, elevating their powerless state into sothing they themselves couldn't even fathom.
'Yes.' She reminded herself as she rembered the fated monts. 'I have no reason to fear. Not anymore. I… No. WE are no longer alone. We are one big family, Young Master's family!'
Her fear slowly vanished, replaced by bubbling excitent, her strive to continue following in his footsteps. The Young Master, Aiden, who saved them, not just from their predicant, but from a fate that would have been worse than death…
He was not just their 'Young Master', nor just the leader of their new family.
He was much… much more.
Her expression eased up, Galina turned to look at Aiden, matching his worried-looking gaze with a gentle one of her own. She nodded, reaching out and grabbing his hand, interlocking their fingers together.
"Yes… Let's go inside!"
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