Chapter 11

The free city of Dhost was a huge cluster of houses arranged in a brat, and streets teeming with life, the sunset light illuminated the solid rough stone walls, two guards guarded the entrance, the one on the right was a human guard in her thirties with blond hair, she was dressed in a worked leather armor and was armed with a long lacia along with a circular shield plus a sword to the belt , the snistra one instead was an ogre, the chest was bare and wore only a long skirt in reinforced iron, in his hand instead he had a giant double blade axe, the ogre immediately stopped them

-Alt, stop who you are, what you want but above all, because you have a crow like that on your shoulder-

Me? nothing we came here because we make the journey of the continent looking for arcane secrets of existence, my name instead is Alexander while she is my girlfriend Sarhaa-

What... your girlfriend?-

Mahel cast a glance at Elisabhet they had been traveling for hours and had gone through the alibi endlessly, but that one part could not do it, he instil it with his eyes to indulge you and used exactly that look that worried her, Elisabhet swallowed a couple of times and then exclaimed

Get engaged! No we are on a honeymoon, my husband speies things in a somewhat twisted way.

She turned to Elisabhet and used her poker face but then with her eyes told her that that night's training would be gruesome, Elisabhet swallowed twice more, breathed a big sigh and mentally prepared for the training

"I can't explain it ,"olto well," Mahel said, "this is the third leg of our journey, oh right he's Hellnir- pointing to the crow- it's my crow messager, I wanted to call him Muninn but my wife said it would be disrespectful, so now and Hellnir-

-Oh a couple of newlyweds, of course, now you can enter the city there is an inn near the main square straight to you, make a good trip-

-Thank you, Sir?-

-Ulrhic, even though I'm an ogre, I have a human name, but he and Walter said, pointing to the human he was dozing off the wall - you can get in guys.

Mahel and Elisabhet immediately entered the city, they realized that unlike the capital it clearly showed rot and poverty, but it was a city full of life, teeming with people, it was a non-cold living city, they arrived in the central square, it was a normal square with in the center a white marble fountain surrounded by hedges, strangely well cared for, At the entrance of the square on the right there was an inn built entirely of wood , With small balconies adorned with lush hedges, a wooden sign painted blue, recited

"Welcome weary traveller, may your members rest in this humble inn-

under this inscription, painted in gilded letters was the name of the inn: "the inn of the Silent Night"

-Elisabhet we enter, and because of your alibi we should take a room with a double bed-

-Ah.... I understand, I was stupid, right?- as he said this a strong and strong redness invading his cheeks- we should stand one on the floor and one on the bed.

-We should do this- and they came in, a red-haired girl, blue eyes and freckles welcomed them warmly

-welcome to the "Silent Night" inn what can I do for you?- The girl had an energetic and sunny character, and she was quite pretty

-We'd want a room for two thanks-

Oh. all right, then what else? give me the hearty lunch for two with a glass of wine and one of water thanks to

-Of course you go and make the registration at the counter, then I will serve you lunch-

They approached the counter and a bald man in his 60s approached them, so what do you want foreigners?-

-One room for two thanks,-

- Of course.... a silver coin a night, the key is this, the hundred and three-something room, see you-

They greeted the innkeeper and approached a table, and waited for dinner, which came ten minutes later, was a tray with chicken, salad, sausage, sauce, blueberry pie and finally apples like fruit

-Quind in all are three gold coins and from how you are dressed I guess you won't be able to pay, in fact Mahel and Elisabhet looked like rags,- so now go wash the dishes-

Mahel instead without saying a word pulled out one of his coin bags and threw ten gold coins on the table,

-Keep the rest and please go to our room and start lighting the fireplace thank you- and began to eat, with peace of mind, while Elisabhe looked at the coin box with her mouth half open

But... that sachetto... all those coins... we could buy at least one house-

-Those are change for me.

"Really?- thought Muginn- I knew about the money but I don't know how many people you killed for killing them.

-Tsk... I think about a thousand people in my whole life-

-mmmh I will send this information to the deis, that contrary to what you think are not entirely omniscent, they know everything about which ones venerate them, since you do not worship any god but at least you know of their existence, know your generalities plus some particulars regarding the arm and eye, the god of illusion Lush, the goddess of magic Helin and the goddess of love Verish are those most interested in you after the goddess Lusien the mother goddess who very , very interresive to you-

-And who asked?-

-Mhf... -

Mahel, why are you still? are you okay?-

-I'm fine but don't call me Mahel, I'm Alexander in this town, all right?-

-Okay okay, but don't be touchy, I was just worried about you.

- Don't be, DON'T BE-

-.... Mah-ehm Alexander all right?-

-I said yes- the last sentence had said it in a quiet tone and with a low tone of voice, but inside he was enraged, it was a sudden and visceral rage, a sudden hatred and without reason assaulted him like a river in full

-Mahel rest assured - Muninn's croaking voice penetrated his head trying to calm him down- resist, don't you give in understand?-

"What do you know Muninn?- thought Mahel- what do you know about my magic, my arm or what I see from my eye, what do you know?-

-I remind you that I know everything, I remember everything, I traveled the world discovering everything, including what you see or what you hear, so you trust me and resist-

Me. . . . . I am tired, too tired, I have been enduring this for practically my whole life, I have already given it up, but now I am too tired-

-I'm going to give you some of my mana, so now calm down-

Mahel felt a cold Mana, very similar to his own, perhaps that's why Muninn was in tune with him , that mana restores him by clearing his mind like a bucket of frozen water

-Thank you Muninn after I give you a little semi-

-mahel all right?-

-Now yes, I was going to have an attack but Muninn helped me, now leave the food here and let's go to sleep I need to rest-

They went to their upstairs room, opened the door and stood in front of a stone room, warm because of the fire that had been burning for half an hour, the bathroom was very similar to qello in hedgar's inn only a little smaller, Elisabhet as soon as Mahel closed the door he walked to the bathroom and closed the back door.

Mahel immediately heard the water from the tub and the rustle of clothes falling to the ground, Mahel instead opened the window and with a whistle called Muninn who flew over his shoulder a few seconds later,

"Thank you Muninn you helped me- he rummaged through the bag and took out some seeds- keep Muginn you deserved them.

- I don't eat semi-

But immediately after saying this, his instinct ness assaulted him, it may have been the message of gods and divine memory but he was still an occelo, and he abgressed those poor seeds as if they were his enemies-

Mahel lay the seeds on the ground, then took another book on magic, this time explaining the fifth and sixth level spells, plus a small chapter on forbidden spells, began to read it, but practically immediately fell asleep on the bed, when resisting an attack consumed practically all its energies.

When satisfied Elisabhet got out of the tub, quietly and had a strange noction of deja-vù, and came out of the bathroom, a few seconds later she realized why that feeling, but then she realized that he was asleep with the book still in his hand, took his clothes and began to change inside the bathroom

He went out a few minutes later Muninn had come out of the window, only Mahel was in the room, Elisabhet was embarrassed she was all red, but she won her shyness lying on the bed, she slowly approached Mahel, she feared him a lot more, but the aura that enveloped Mahel despite being cold, ruthless and calculating, seemed to have as her life, like an unnamed beast, but inside that aura , inside that mana deep was a residue of human heat, like a handful of dying embers, that heat called it

Without noticing it she found herself a centimentro from Mahel's face, her breath strangely smelled of mint, and she was quiet, she thought of all the times she had saved her, when she had helped her learn magic, how many meals she had offered her and how instinctively she brought her lips closer to hers and ...

-What are you doing girl?- Muninn had entered the room with a rat in his beak

"Did I ruin something?- he asked

No. no nothing, you didn't ruin anything, now eat that rat out of here-

-Muninn listens to the girl and takes that rat out.

Elisabhet as soon as she heard Mahel's voice became not red, but scarlet, her ears turned red and almost seemed to stretch, and she began to recite a spell of Invisibility, but because of nervousness it did not work,

"Okay, I'm going to leave you alone," Muninn said, and flew away.

-Now Elisabhet tell me what you were trying to do, were you too close what you wanted to do?-

Uh... nothing I was crushing a mosquito that had rested on his forehead, so I was crushing it.

He was too sleepy, and he didn't understand anything, so he didn't ask any questions, he lay down again and a few seconds later he was already asleep

Elisabhet waited until he fell asleep and checked that he was really asleep, and came up to him again, this his face was slightly corroded, but this made him much more natural, so he came up to his labrra and eventually kissed him,

she was not experienced it was only her second time, Mahel's lips were soft and strangely smooth, the kiss did not last less than a second so she did not wake him up,

Elisabhet blushed more and more, slowly began to gasp, blushed and gasped without stopping, ran to the bathroom, opened the water and tried to calm down by throwing water on his face, did not function in the slightest, stared out the window and took a couple of breaths of fresh air, did not even work that, then ran downstairs, sat at the counter and began to order beer

An hour later Mahel went downstairs, her lips knew slightly strawberry but she was looking for Elisabhet and found her right away, she was swearing, drunk, very drunk

He approached Elisabhet and said:- Go back to elisabhet's room, you're drunk.

-Oh hello beautiful I see you woke up - his breath smelled of beer and oddly strawberry but Mahel wasn't quite lucid yet, so he didn't connect the two

-... you're too drunk - and without ifs or but Mahel took Elisabhet in his arms

You're very close... you're too serious you smile - and without thinking about it he kissed the boy on the lips, who forbade dropped the girl, didn't blush in the slightest, picked her up again and took her to his room and as if it were a ball he threw Elisabhet on the bed, centering it in full

Three hours later Elisabhet woke up with respectfully post-hangover symptoms

- What happened to Mahel? Aaaaah was sick - then she remembers when she first kissed him and started blushing- What... Is.... success?-

You kissed me.

What... so?-

-You were drunk wet for now I forgive you but next time I will give you a training of the highest level-

-Oka what should we do adhesive?-

- Well now we're going to train-

-oooh man!-