15. The Girl and her Request

The little girl mustered enough courage to face Ei and Mio, but it seems she didn't gathered enough as she stutters to speak words towards them.

Ei look at Mio and nodded, prompting Mio to walk a few steps towards the girl and said " You're a hindrance, if you have no business with us then get out of the way." Mio's cold words frightened the girl as she shriek a little and held tight to her folded cloak without retreating from Mio.

Ei just raised her index finger to Mio as she shoots a tiny bolt of purple lightning, hitting Mio's butt and causes for Mio to scream a little as she turned around to Ei with a facial expression not of pain but blushing with pleasure.

With a distorted voice Ei asks, " What are you doing Mio?"

Mio replied, " I thought you wanted to get her out of the way."

" And what made you to reach that conclusion?" asked Ei and which Mio answered, " B-but she got in the way of our time together!"

Ei sighs and pinched Mio's nose, "It looks like you still have to learn some more Mio."

Mio cannot form words properly, making the little girl laugh a bit and that was heard by Mio as she immediately turn to her and asked " What's so funny?!"

" Just knock it off Mio, so what are you doing out here little girl?" Ei reprimanded Mio and asked the girl.

" I...I...I have a request. Ugh, agh waaah!"

the girl answered but cried in the end in Ei's arms as the girl tightly held on to Ei's cloak.

" We'll bring her back to the Inn Mio." Ei said as she pats on the girl's head and Mio exclaims " What?! But..." then shuts up immediately after she saw Ei's eyes that doesn't accept refusal.

" Ugh, understood! If you insist my Mistress!"

Back at the Inn where Tomoe is guarding the carriage as she senses the people surrounding her decides to finally move, she greatly anticipate this because earlier she just recieved the prototype version of a katana from the dwarves as they still lack something to create such a masterpiece of a weapon.

Her eyes turned into slits and start to dispatch some of them and capture one for interrogation, though she succeeded in catching one but the rest was overkill because she didn't expect her prototype katana was so good and she uses too much strength without taking into account that her enemies this time are so much weaker than her.

Ei made her kneel to reflect on what she did while Mio was sent to clean up Tomoe's mess. After the girl took a bath she bowed in gratitude and introduced herself to them as Rinon.

Ei listens to Rinon's situation as she gave a folded paper to Ei, a paper that contains her big sister and herself drawn image on the paper.

Ei raised her eyebrows for a bit and gave the paper to Tomoe, as Tomoe also realized why Ei gave her the paper.

Uhm, why does your voice sounds strange?" Rinon asks as she's curious to the person who's wearing a cloak and mask.

" It is because I was cursed Rinon."

Rinon exclaims, " Cursed?! That means a demon must've done that!"

Tomoe agreed on it and said " Yeah, that lass from that should've paid lots of money to have my mistress be cursed from a demon."

'Are demons known to inflict curses Tomoe?' Ei asks by telepathy

'Yes Master, Demons have a big grudge against Hyumans because that Goddess favors them and Demons were cast aside.'

An Inn employee knocks on the door delivering food to them and Ei gave it to Rinon as they can see the girl's body is lacking some meat due to the lack of food.

" Both of you have gotten clearer on the whole situation, I order you both to save her sister. It appears my Vessel would've do the same, such striking resemblance of Rinon's sister to my Vessel's childhood friend isn't it?"

Both Tomoe and Mio obeyed Ei's command and left.

" At least I should do this, Fate works in mysterious ways sometimes."