Eric was limping out of the guild. His right arm is on Rubra’s shoulders, and his left is on Eve's. He abandoned the building, in a way more silent and discrete manner, with respect to his arrival. Most adventurers had lost interest in him or started disrespecting him directly for using the doping potion during the entry test. It was true that there were no rules about the use of particular objects, weapons, or elixirs. Still, the veterans interpreted the personalities of those using this kind of trick as spoiled brats without enough guts to use their own strength. The only persons of the Guild not reversing their initial opinion about the adventurer Odysseus were Shark, Rita, and the mysterious butler-like figure that attracted Eric’s attention just entering the hall. That man was the only that could possibly have an idea about the incredible mana manipulation of those three. He was the detail that wasn’t included in Eric’s plan. Was he worried about it? If he had to answer at that precise moment, it gained the same urgency in his mind as that night's dinner. After all, he didn’t eat from early morning before infiltrating Zolgas. *I should fix the problem, to freely enjoy my meal… * He calmly continued walking, interchanging limping with one leg or the other. That kind of detail didn’t feel necessary at that moment. Turning towards one of the darkest and most unpopulated corners in the street. A second later, had someone been following them, he would have lost track of them. Three men were moving toward the Main Plaza, now full of different noises. The noise of the working merchants dismantling their stalls as their day of work reached its end. Covered by the surrounding buzz, those words could be heard only by those three men, now reunited, sitting on the edge of the monumental fountain. ''So, how does it look ?'' The two men watching that face in front of them were worried. Had it not been covered by the hood, any citizen would have taken that face for a goblin and asked for help to kill the monster that managed to enter the city. The man on the left, Eve, was lost for words, trying to find the best way to tell Eric the truth and not lose his affection for her. On the other hand, Rubra, not thinking about all this, simply started laughing. ‘’Ahahah, why did you polymorph into a goblin? Do you want to scare the adventurers that didn’t bet on you? ‘’ *So this is the price of absolute honesty?! * Eric had decided to try to learn polymorphing understanding the future need for it given his long-term objective. Eric was relatively smarter than average. Now had a better-looking face and appeared to Eve as someone that simply had the strength the first time she saw him. The truth was, Eric wasn’t some kind of almighty monster, capable of learning every ability in a matter of hours and never making mistakes. In a way, Eve raised too much of his image in her own mind. Sure, his thought process was way out of the norm, as his strength standard, after all, given his age, but he was still a normal human being(or so he hoped). Rubra was accustomed to all that, knowing him for three months now. He wasn’t always powerful or right. Still, this didn’t change the emotions she felt for the man behind that disproportionate, scary-looking face. Eve had mixed feelings about this unexpected event. Somehow this temporary lack of capabilities he was showing would have made her abandon him if she was a simple dragon. Yet at the same time, his figure wasn’t just a freak of nature in her eyes. *This imperfect man found in himself the strength to save me from an infinite solitude… * Somehow her heart started beating faster, and a slight smile appeared on her face. ‘’No comment. ‘’ This was all she felt like saying now. At this moment in time, she herself didn’t know who she was. She didn’t understand who was talking, using her body, but she knew. That being was happy, enjoying her time with those two improbable companions. Eric sighed. ‘’Well, if this is the current situation, I would get too much attention solving the problem, going inside the guild as I look now…Eve, can you solve the problem with Dragon Tongue? ‘’ Rubra’s eyes closed slightly, furrowing her brows. ‘’Wait, what problem?…and what is about Dragon tongue?! ‘’ Eve's smile became slightly perverted then, not caring about answering Rubra’s question and asking for a bargain. ‘’That’s fine by me if you book a room with a single bed for tonight…’’ Eric was surprised by the sudden ask but decided not to show it if possible. ‘’Rubra will be in the same room with us. ‘’ If the social rookie called Rubra didn’t quite understand the hints before, now the situation was different. As her mind kept turning on its place, the water in the fountains behind their backs started to evaporate. ‘’Don’t worry, Rubra. ‘’ She regained control of her powers, stopping the flames surrounding her from running wild. She saw his hand holding hers and heard his words. ‘’You will be on my right and Eve on my left. Nothing will go wrong! ‘’ That clear confidence on his face. The absence of moral indecisiveness, shyness, or rebutting against the idea of sleeping in the same bed as another woman different from her. For all she cared about, Zolgas could turn into a huge bonfire tonight… Her eyes closed as she felt releasing all her flames in that moment rejecting the whole reality, including her lover betraying her so openly. As fast as that rage flowed into her, it started going away a second later. She could feel something touching her lips, and after opening her eyes, she saw Eric in his original form. ‘’Rubra, calm down. You’re the first and only person I ever loved. I will not leave you even if you want to burn me down.’’ His words were coming out automatically, as he was focused on something different. *Does this make me homosexual? * He felt like laughing at himself for the stupid question filling his mind at that crucial moment. Infact, Rubra was still using polymorphism, and Eric decided to cancel his own, so as not to scare Rubra once she opened her eyes. *Phoenix master helped make her relax faster, but still… Well, Zolgas is worth a homosexual kiss. * His random mind brought him back to Henry IV of France. After calming down Rubra, Eric said goodbye to Eve, telling her the inn where they would meet afterward, and started walking with Rubra still coiled around his arm. Eve was stupefied by the scene she had just seen but decided to ignore it for the moment returning toward the guild. Luckily Rubra returned to her adventurer-like appearance and continued laughing happily without any worry in the world. Her thinking in complete synchrony with her outer appearance. *Eheheh, he said I’m his first and only love! *

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