The day finally has passed since Roth first awoken from his injuries. Sunlight can be seen slowly seeping through the curtains as it slowly glows brightly in the room. Roth winces as the sunlight slowly shines at his eyes. He rises from under the covers as he sits near the edge of the bed. Slowly waking up from his deep slumber. He rubs his face as his hands slowly slide down his face. He sits at the edge of the bed for what felt like an eternity. Giving a blank expression as he stared at the wooden floor at his feet. The birds outside the window chirped loudly, signaling the start of the day. After a moment of spacing out, he was suddenly startled by a sudden fast knock on the door.

"Good morning, may I come in?"

It was an unfamiliar woman's voice that spoke behind the door. It was soft and yet very commanding. Her voice sounded smooth and calming that even Roth was taken back for a moment. He almost forgot that he was somewhere else now, a person's home, not a local inn. He took a moment to respond as he hesitated, feeling very unkempt.

"Umm... yeah... come in."

The door handle slowing clinked as the nob jiggled and the door slowly opened. His eyes blinked in complete surprised as the woman walked through the door, at least, he was sure it was a woman. As the door fully opened, standing in the doorway, was a beast person. She was a draconian beast person. She was tall standing at about six feet. Her tail hung out of her dress as it swayed freely hanging low to the ground. Her scale skin was a mix of dark and light green coloring. The top of her head had several spikes and two large horns that curved back, signaling her maturity of her age. Her eyes were golden color with a black slit for her pupils. She walked in gracefully and carefully as if not to startled him. Her posture was well mannered as if she was acting as a maid in some lord's mansion.

"Good morning mister Malvikun, I do hope you have slept well."

"I... I have, thank you for your concern and... thank you for taking us in..."

"There is no need for thanks young man. You folks were in distress, and we were happy to take you in. I just came by to say that breakfast is just about to be served. I do hope you don't mind being shirtless for just awhile longer. I would have given you one of my husband's shirts, but it just so happens to be laundry day today. The only set of clothes we had were just wool trousers. I deeply apologize for the inconvenience. If you like, I can happily bring the meal for you in here to eat while you wait for your clothes to be washed."

"N-no no, that's quite alright, I don't mind eating with you all. It won't be weird at all just eating down there without my shirt?"

The draconic woman giggles as she places her claws on her mouth trying not to giggle hard,

"Of course not, you can relax young man. You have been through a lot. Come, come, before the food gets cold."

Roth blinks in uncertainty but softly smiles. He slowly gets up still feeling the pain all over his body of his battle. They walked down the elongated hallway as the wooden boards under their feet creek with every step. Roth can feel the rustic feel and ripple texture of the wood boards under his bare feet as he walked. He takes each step very careful as to not get a sudden splinter underneath his feet. They reached the stairs and a wave of delicious smells waft past Roth's nose. He takes a deep breath in as his stomach rumbles in starvation. He held his stomach quickly feeling embarrassed of the loud growl coming from his body as he tried to silence it. The draconic woman giggles,

"Oh my, sounds like someone has worked up an appetite."

Roth nervously laughs as he agrees with her. They finally made their way into the large kitchen area where everyone was present. He was surprised to see that Amaya was cooking and just about ready to serve the table. Mina was patiently waiting as she was looking at Amay with hunger in her eyes. There was also another being present, another draconic. He could tell this person was also female by the style of her clothes. Her horns were straight and had bright red scales. She also wore a silver pendant around her neck. She was smiling happily as she was washing some pots in a large sink. Her tail was swerving gently back and forth showing how happy she is. As Amaya turned around with a plate in her hand, her eyes widen with excitement as she smiled from ear to ear.

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"Ah! Master! You're finally awake! I made everyone here breakfast with the help of the owners of this place of course."

Mina quickly turned around and jumped out of her seat bolting towards Roth. She crashed into him as she hugged tightly than ever before.

"Big brother! You dummy! Why do you always put yourself into these kinds of situations! I'm going to die from shock if you keep this up!"

"Mina... I..."

She made a very upset pouty face but was clear that there were slight tears in her eyes. Roth raised his hand gently and brought her closer to comfort her.

"I'm... sorry. I really am. He was just too dangerous, way more than that masked woman."

Mina released him as she wiped her eyes not letting them see her crying. The two draconic women smiled on how sweet and kind they were to each other. After a couple of moments of reassurance, they finally sat at the table while the three other women were still helping each other.

"Here you are lady Mina, enjoy."

Amaya set a plate of food in front of her as her eyes sparkled with excitement. She lifted up a pancake looking item but was filled with juicy shredded pork. It was so tangy and flavorful that Mina squeed in glee. Amaya set down another plate for her that had over easy eggs and slices of thinly cut beef.

"Ah, pardon for my rudeness mister Malvikun, we neglected to tell you who we are. My name is Iverna, and the red one is my daughter Sassa."

" A pleasure to meet you sir."

Sassa gently bows her head. Her voice was slightly higher, and it sounded very cute to him. He bows his head back and greets her respectfully. He takes his seat waiting for his plate.

"I would have introduced you to my husband but he's out right now making a few deliveries."

Roth assures her that it's quite alright and giving them a roof to recover is more than they deserve. Iverna smiles at how humble he's being. Roth suddenly feels as if someone is watching him intently. As he turns around, he finds Sassa standing over him staring at the many wounds and scars all over his back.

"Sassa! Don't be rude! He is our guest!"

"Ah, sorry mother. I'm sorry for staring mister Malvikun, I wanted to see and feel your scars. They look otherworldly, I was quite fascinated."

"Sassa!"

The mother interjects apologizing for her bold remarks. Roth assures her that it's no problem at all and says she can stare if she wants. Iverna gives him a worried look but understands if he has no problem at all.

"It's okay, you can it examine it more. It's my fault I got my clothes bloody so, hehe."

Sassa examines all of the scars on his back and the large wound on his arm.

"Oh my, are you a soldier mister?"

Roth giggles, " No, I'm not a soldier. I'm an adventurer."

"Ooooh, how on earth did you manage to acquire these many scars?"

Roth looks down on his arm examining the large wound encircling it.

"It's quite a long story..."

The silence hung in the air as the tone completely change. But Roth manage to change the tone really quickly.

"Anyways, Amaya, what on earth happened while I was out?"

Amaya brought several other plates to the table before all of them finally sat down together.

"It was a very close call master. You were on the verge of death. Since my abilities has to do with blood, I tried to stop the bleeding as soon as we arrived here. I was unable during the flight process... unfortunately."

"Exactly... where are we right now though? The spell I used should have teleported you two back to the border of the country."

"It did master, but with the blood pact we made, I can sense where you were and if you are still alive. I am connected with you through our pact, remember?"

Roth rubs his forehead remembering the contract they had made. Iverna curiously interjects the two.

"Control blood? You're a dark magic user then? That is quite an unusual power."

Amaya nods and laughs nervously, playing along with their assumption.

" Instead of bringing you back to the border town, I scoured the area that was isolated, far away from any other being."

Sassa joins in on the conversation as well.

"It's true, on the night when you were brought in here, she was banging on the door aggressively trying to save you. We never get visitors here, so we were scared naturally on who was knocking on our door. When we saw you all bloody limp and missing an arm, we quickly allowed you inside to heal. She quickly ran off to retrieve your sister back here. We made a torniquet to try and hold the bleeding, and it barely worked. When she finally arrived with your sister, they both started working on you to save your life. I'm shocked that not even a few days has past and you're already moving about."

"He's very resilient that's for sure."

As Mina makes a joke to lighten the mood, which seemed to work. Roth appreciates the kindness they all did for him. He bows his head and express how gratefully he is to be alive. They all smiled and finally decided to dig into the delicious food. The amount of food they made was insane, majority of it was all for Amaya with her extreme high blitz of her metabolism to compensate the lack of drinking blood. Roth also remembered something and decided to check as they were eating. As soon as he examined his skills he immediately choked up in great disbelief.

"Oh my goodness, big brother, are you alright?"

He coughs and pounds his chest as the food almost became lodge in his throat.

"Ye-AH... UGHH! I'm good! HUGHA! Just went down-... the wrong pipe... is all- ARG!"

Everyone sighed in relief except for him. Before he could even check his new perks, the rank in front of him caught him way off guard.

Roth Malvikun (Lvl 500)