THE LAST HOBBIT'S

38 - Meeting

...'An and I left the Kingdom of Elmora. My doubts arose and right after that... My eyes went dark. I can't see or feel anything.'...

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Leaving the Kingdom of Elmora now makes Arslan continue the journey only alone with An. They continued to walk north, past the grasslands with rocks and occasionally rested.

The clear forest that is the location of Arslan's destination is very far. Moreover, the 1.3-meter-high youth was only on foot and sometimes carried by An on the shoulders. It's just that, the trip does not feel boring even though honestly not as crowded as Sofia and Natur come along.

Arslan is currently on the edge of a river and appears to be burning fish. The atmosphere around him had started late in the afternoon and not far from where there was a hilly forest. He decided to enter the forest tomorrow.

Arslan sees An eating a loaf of bread. It was he who bought the bread for An while they were in the Kingdom of Elmora. And in addition, Arslan also bought two robes that can withstand various extreme weather.

".............."

Arslan breathed slowly. He also took out the star stones he had obtained from the Lunar Orchis Auction. His memories of the past are back.

Because of this stone-like thing in his hand... The world is full of tension. The dragon that appeared with pure magic energy and the disappearance of the dragon was by a star stone sword... It brings the world to another and equally terrible chaos.

"Everything's been a long time... But it feels like it just came here..." Arslan muttering. The look in his eyes was hard to interpret and even An was too innocent to be able to understand it.

"Arslane... Eat.."

"Mn, you just eat An. The fish was not yet mature," Arslan watched the river before him and then breathed slowly.

He said, "What am I really thinking. Hobbits.... They still remembered the races that had already disappeared from civilization. Race as show... On the battlefield,"

"Ha ha," Arslan shook his head. He laughed bitterly and said, "Gearl Howl... Does this world really need me? Why does it feel like every day my doubts never disappear? L'm... Even start to remember... How I hate the human race."

"Arlan..."

"It's okay An, I'm just talking to myself.." Arslan took a breath and kept the star stone in his hand. He was about to flip the fish he was burning when he suddenly jolted.

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Arslan looked up and just as he did so, a dazzling light was seen. He could not feel anything, including hearing voices. His sight immediately darkened.

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The sound of water droplets rang out and resuscitated Arslan. He slowly opened his eyes, but frowned while his gaze was still so dark. Arslan realized that someone had closed his eyes with a cloth.

"..............."

Arslan slowly moved his hand and now knew that he was in a condition of bondage. Even his feet were in a tied position. In a place where I don't know where this is... He realized that he was sitting on a chair with water droplets and a familiar scent. This... Someone had captured and led him to a cave.

"..............."

Compared to panic or other feelings of anxiety, Arslan was much more calm. After he knew his hands and feet were tied, the 1.3-meter-tall young man no longer even moved.

"An..." Arslan could still speak, his mouth was not smothered but he could not hear An's voice. It is likely that An was somewhere else in this cave.

Arslan's thought that he was taken to a cave is true. The sound of one's footsteps rang out along with a light snort. Arslan took a breath and acted as calmly as possible.

"Very interesting,"

"Woman?" Arslan guessed that the figure's clear voice belonged to a woman and remembered it... He seemed to know quite well the owner of this voice.

"..............." Arslan gulped. He already remembered. The woman who walked closer towards him was none other than the owner of the Lunar Orchis Inn, Helena Vennamous.

Arslan did not need the blindfold removed to be able to guess this subject because he had heard Helena Vennamous's voice before. Especially if remembered, he had offended this woman as well as the Lunar Orchis inn.

"You're so calm that you don't even care about your current condition" the voice came back. Really a beautiful voice even though Arslan knows the facial expression of the voice owner may be very cold and demeaning.

"I've never had such humiliation before. Congratuations. You're the first person to disturb the peace of my home,"

"..............." Arslan snorted, a smile forming as he said. "I want to know... How could this ordinary person disturb the calmness of Miss Helena?"

A hand stretched out and then grabbed Arslan's chin. The pressure was quite painful before it finally sounded that beautiful voice again.

"Now... How am I supposed to kill you?"

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