A short while after Melissa figured out she was pregnant she started to improve her small house/cottage. With a new life being born, she would need another room for the life to live in.
She took down the wall she had rebuilt after the fight and started working towards adding two rooms. She wanted to have one living room and one sleeping area for her child.
Melissa started hunting for wandering merchants to get a decent price for her spare crops. It was a rather tough occasion. This proved to be as expected a hard task, since vampires was one of the most disliked species in the world.
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As one of the few species that could take their nutrition from blood and other beings magic power vampires was very disliked.
This hatred towards the vampires was promoted 10 years ago when an adventurer team on the hunt for missing people found a very big vampire farm. This farm contained almost 100 missing people, some had been there 5 years and even had children.
Since one of the great lords owned this farm and they used the farms to make bloody delicacies, the entire case blew up. Unable to get a hold of the perpetrator a short war between the human kingdom of Lindum and the Vampire society broke loose.
Nothing really happened though, since this war was more a show made by the human king to keep the people calm and happy. It was said in the vampire society that no losses had occurred during this entire war.
If you took a trip to the human kingdom, you could hear the people talk about the devastating loss the vampires had and that they finally drew the white flag and gave up.
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After a month of chasing merchants, Melissa was able to get a hold of a merchant who was willing to take her goods.
The Merchant Melissa was able to get in contact with was a serious man from the beast nation Goratia, He was a of the sub specie Bearman and had worked as an adventurer. Unfortunately, age was getting closer for him and after he took an arrow to the knee, he had started working as a guard.
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However, he was unable to enjoy this slow and stable lifestyle. His animal blood was screaming for movement. Therefore, he figured he should try a new life as a merchant.
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When Gron the bearman first met Melissa he was actually happy. This was the first city he had visited where he had made quite a decent amount of money. What he saw in the eyes this poor woman with a small bulge on her stomach was a will. An unbreakable will. As he studied the woman, she started talking to him in a very careful manner.
“Hello mister, my name is Melissa. I can see that you are a merchant and I was wondering if you would like to take a look at some of my crops.” – Melissa
With a strong and rumbling voice Gron answered.
“Hello, Gron is the name. If you wish to speak business, I would like to see what you have to offer. I will be leaving towards the next town in a few days so if the quality is good I can give you a fair price.” - Gron
He could now see the woman’s eyes tearing up and a small, but careful smile was starting showing on her smile. She then stated with confidence
“Thank you for being willing to see my goods, I can assure you, you will be pleased. “ –Melissa
Gron then answered with a smile
“Hoo, dear. Could you show it to me now then or do I need to wait for you to prepare it?” - Gron
“follow me then.” – Melissa
Gron followed Melissa down the road and after a few minutes, he could see Melissa’s cottage.
During the half an hour they moved down the road he had tried to ask her why she lived that far away from the city, but after the look at her face he gave up on his inquiry. With the thought, ‘it’s a lot of different lifestyles and fates. I can see that this woman have met the bad kind.’