[Inside Ice Dungeon]
[Lara and Nara point of view]
We are afraid. On this happy occasion, anything can happen. We couldn't help but to imagine 1001 way of things that can go wrong. Especially
"Don't worry Lara and Nara, I will be fine" [Rafiah]
She's confident on her plan should anything happen to her, and if we may add, that's indeed a solid plan. Utilizing various monsters spawn from the spawning blocks as her arsenal is one thing, to set up trap and tracker on herself is another thing. Some powerful and intelligent individual might bypass all her efforts on keeping herself safe, and considering the situation we are in, Lara/Nara can't help but to feel afraid... Afraid that those who help Prince Fawan of Kiserre escape from his prison come and take Sis Rafiah away from us. She didn't tell us, and I doubt many knows about who Sis Rafiah really is. If anything, I can confidently said that only Princess Diana, Grandpa Claude and Filvisar knows about it. Maybe a few mores but that's about it. That's why, to keep her safe
(Lara... There isn't any sign of infiltration here) [Nara]
(Same here. Plus, no physical nor magical traps that could he set-up here) [Lara]
((And there is no sign of Brother Ash here)) [Lara, Nara]
Everyday, we have been going in and out of the dungeon, for various reasons. To put it simply, anything that can go wrong will definitely go wrong, and as such, the two of us, without any orders, work tirelessly in order to prevent that. Sis Rafiah safety is one thing, but there are multiple other reason for us to keep going inside the dungeon, everyday without fail, and those reasons include
1) Searching for Brother Ash who is currently most likely getting controlled by the fallen god. If we did by chance find him, we will split into two, where one of us will secretly follow Brother Ash around while the other tell those back in Estel about it
2) Making sure that the True Beastman Group will not found their way into Estel as to try and kidnap Farhah once more. Considering they're losing most of their men, we could rule out that this might not happen anytime soon, but it's better to take precautions nonetheless rather than losing Farhah
3) Making sure that any of the ten commanders of the devils didn't plan anything anywhere near Estel. Of all the things, this is the one that's most likely to happen, and the one that will be most difficult to deal with. We pray with everything we have got, hoping that for now, they wouldn't even set foot inside of Estel. At least, until Rean's wedding is over
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But somehow... Somehow... We couldn't help but to worried about Sis Rafiah safety. Call it a hunch, or maybe even a bit of paranoia, but we couldn't exactly shake this feeling off, and we don't even know why. It's just a mere bad feeling that we hope stay that way
((Most likely, this hunches of ours developed when we were helping the fellow vampires and giants running away from Saintess Angela of the old teaching)) [Lara, Nara]
Or maybe it was horn during that period of time. That would be possible as well. If anything, we are grateful for it. It might be taxing for both of us to constantly be on the vigilant side, almost always getting ourselves ready for any disaster to strike. Little time to rest, but as a homunculi, that's all unnecessary for us as we can simply shrug it off unlike most mortal could'nt do, but... If we are being honest, we have a bit of dislike to these traits of ours, as it makes us different from them. It's useful, and we are glad to have it, but seeing as how we are so different from them make us feel separated, feels alienated, but it's at the end of the day, a useful tools for us
((No. No. Bad thinking. Remember back then...)) [Lara, Nara]
Remember back then, when they experimented on us to make us homunculi, and remember how the prince of Kiserre kicked us for being useless, only to be saved by Brother Ash, as he treated us the same as he treated all the others. We aren't merely a tools, but rather, the companions of the ten heroes, and for that, we take pride in our works. Every drop of sweat, every mana spent, every passing second helping them out in area they're lacking, we will be there
""I'm tired. Let's go back"" [Lara, Nara]
Since we are basically thinking the same things all the times, that remarks was unnecessary as we both could simply walk toward the dungeon exit, but maybe we are just too tired and involuntarily leak our thoughts simultaneously
"Good day to both of you" [Guard A]
""Good afternoon"" [Lara, Nara]
"You two really are amazing. It makes us looks bad" [Guard B]
""We do it because we simply wanted to"" [Lara, Nara]
"Have you guys eaten anything?" [Guard C]
""No need for food and drink"" [Lara, Nara]
"That means it's a no. How about you join us all? We got plenty of food to spares" [Guard A]
"True, I just bought them in the stalls fee minutes ago, so they're fresh" [Guard B]
""If you insist. Won't decline good foods"" [Lara, Nara]
And as such, we join the guards, also bringing out some of the foods inside our item box. We doesn't really ate considering our nature, so we store it for such occasions, when helping any refugees or anyone in need of it, or simply when Charlotte going "rampage" from low glucose input to her brain due to lack of sweet, so that's why, we make sure to have foods and drinks inside our item box. Once we are done eating, we head back to the orphanage, where we found
"Tomorrow is the practice session!" [Seo Ah]
"Need to make sure everything ready!" [Zerolith]
"Have you memorized the script yet?" [Seo Ah]
"Not yet. I am planning on doing so after calling Htilorez" [Zerolith]
Those two are now panicking. Maybe we should help them