"looks like his god couldn't save him…" levi says
Devon turns around to retort but holds his tongue when he sees the pained look on levi's face
"what about her? What do we do with her?" garcia asks and gestures towards the gaurdswoman you saved
" we could let her go" jonas suggest
" she'll die , where's there's goblins, there's lots of them" levi drawls
"i say we tie her up and leave her for dead" garcia says
"what!!!?" jonas asks outraged
" she would have done the same to us" levi says
"how do you know … "
"she was escorting the carraiges to the pits" garcia says cutting jonas off
"she was following orders!! "
Levi sighs and walks away, garcia and jonas continue argueing
Devon sighs and goes to work on buring the bodies, striping them of any valuables first.
"you don't plan on burying all these bodies, do you?"
"i do"
"why?"
"i don't know, i guess they would want to be given a proper burial"
" they're dead, i don't think they would mind"
"yeah" devon sighs and starts to look for a shovel, he finds three rusty shovels and starts to dig, after a while levi joins him, he looks surprised but doesn't object , even jonas takes a break from his arguement with garcia to join them
After some hours about fifty graves were dug
"i think this is enough" jonas says and glances around the miniature cemetery
"so do i"
"yeah"
In 3 hours each grave was occupied and the dead were successfully buried
Night had fallen and devon had suggested they make camp, and so they made camp, garcia had tied the guard to a tree much to jonas's dismay, and levi had decided to look for a river to take a bath, he found a small pond north of the camp and they had all had a blast playing around in the pond, jonas had volunteered to stay behind and watch the guard, and garcia had threatened hell on earth should he let the guard go, now they were all sitting around a campfire, sharing stories and drinking wine
"were you a noble once?" devon had asked
"how do you … i… yes, i once was"
"ah, no wonder " garcia says
" i was the son of the baron of Casilerock "
"was??" levi asks looking interested
" my father … he … he was killed in the the great war, after his death , my uncle, the duke had wanted to become the baron, but my mother had objected, she was killed … i have no idea how, i was out riding when i had heard the news , so i had packed a few of my belongings and fled, because i knew as the last surviving son of the baron, i was next in line to inherit the title and my uncle would have killed me if i had stayed"
"the last surviving son?" garcia asks
" yes … my elder brother died when i was five, he had been thrown down the parapets#, i had been forced to watch "
" i'm sorry " devon says
"yeah, don't you have any relatives except from your uncle?" levi asks
"i had gone to my aunt at first, but so had my uncle, he had requested i be sent back to palace, i… my aunt had tried to get me to go back, i had refused. A few days later my aunt was holding a feast and he was invited, he threatened me at the feast, asked me to either run or die, i had chosen to run and he gave me 5000 gold coins, for being understanding he said"
"so… what did you do with the... Uhm"
"the gold?"
"yeah"
" i used it to get her back "
"who?"
"i… never mind that"
Jonas decides to take some water to the guard
" so… he's a noble " levi drawls
" yeah , what about you two "
"our dad died a while ago, we never knew our mother"
"oh, i'm sorry " devon looks into the fixe as in searching for something
"wait, our?? "
" yes " levi drawls
"you're siblings!"
"is that so Hard to believe? "
" yes … frankly ,i don't see the resemblance " Devon says
" really??" garcia pouts
"you know, that's the only thing we agree on " levi drawls
Garcia elbows levi and he keels
"what about you , devon?"
" i never knew my parents, t'was from one orphanage to another, i ran away last week"
"oh"
"yeah"
"so...what now?" levi asks
" huh"
" well i hate to agree with levi but right now... We can't go back to elsthem " garcia says
" we can head west to dengard" jonas says as he rolls a log to sit on
"where have you been?" levi drawls
" talking to our mutual friend" jonas gestures towards the guard "lemme guess, she told you a sob story about why she joined the watch" garcia says
"she was being honest"
"You know this, how?"
"I just do"
"I see...you're being stupid, levi tell him he's being stupid" garcia says and turns toward levi
"You're being stupid jonas" levi says
" I'm not" jonas glares at levi
" Devon, back me up here" garcia turns to devon
"Nope, not getting in the middle of this one" devon raises his hands up snd shrugs
"ugh " garcia storms away towards the river