The Last Whiteblood's

The Egrit Village Puzzle

Daendra opened his eyes slowly. He saw the ceiling of the house he did not recognize, he felt his body wrapped in bandages. When he looked to the side, he found the girl beside him, asleep facing toward him.

Daendra was silent for a moment before moving away without making a sound. His face was flushed but simultaneously he was shocked as well.

"When am I here?!" inner Daendra.

The girl opened her eyes and woke up from her sleep. "Good morning, sir" he said hoarsely, relaxed without any problems. "Sorry you have to sleep here, there is no other room here" the girl said as she got up to sit down.

"I-iya ... no problem" Daendra turned his face away from the girl's sight. "Oh yes ... Your name .. who?" ask Daendra, be shy.

"Rena, sir" he replied with a smile. The smile stopped Daendra's heartbeat for a moment because he could not accept the beauty of the smile.

"Hoaamm .. have you guys woken up?" Arion appeared outside the room, his long and bushy hair was a mess. He also seems to have just woken up.

Daendra stared intently and coldly at Arion.

"What?" ask Arion, astonished. Not long after, he was pelted with shoes by Daendra.

"Sir, you can't move much first, the wound will open" Rena said, worried.

"It's okay, to beat up Arion doesn't need much movement" Daendra replied.

Rena laughed softly. "In that case, I'll prepare breakfast. You must have been hungry since fighting yesterday" Rena got up and went to the kitchen, Arion himself grumbled but without making a sound, he walked over to Daendra.

Daendra was still fixated, silent on the spot while daydreaming. Rena's words just rang in her head.

"In that case, I'll prepare breakfast."

"Geez, that girl is like the dream wife of men!. .. No, no, no! You should see the castle, Daendra! He is of the common people and I am of the nobility. What do people say later? But ... He is charming! My heart was touched by him!" Daendra seemed to have a dilemma in his heart.

Arion stared flatly at Daendra, confused by his behavior.

"You why? Stomach pain?" asked Arion, breaking Daendra's daydream. Daendra looked at Arion in annoyance.

"What happened when I was unconscious yesterday?" ask Daendra.

"You're just sleeping. That girl healed you until her arm became sore. He looks ... wants to heal you until you are fully recovered" replied Arion.

"so yeah. Rena is different from the girl I've met before" she said.

Arion smiled broadly. "Now you know his name, great progress, brother"

"What do you mean?! I'm not your brother!" daendra was upset.

Arion was sitting in a chair, next to Daendra. "He's a Priest, I'm quite surprised to see him.

"really? The existence of a Priest was quite rare. They have been killed by war thousands of years ago" Daendra said.

"This girl ... Rena is a priest. He channeled the Life Energy to you"

Daendra stared at the floor. "That means he saved my life. I can't repay her bud"

"Easy, just marry her" replied Arion.

"Sial" Daendra hits Arion's head.

***

This morning is not too bright because it is cloudy but it does not make the community cancel their routine activities.

From Rena's house, Daendra could see the village mothers picking tea leaves in the garden. He could see Rena was busy picking tea leaves, accompanied by several other village girls.

Daendra still cannot move much, his body is still injured but can still stand upright.

"I can hardly believe that this village used to be a stopover for Dragons .." Daendra murmured.

Arion stood watching Daendra from inside the house while drinking a cup of tea. He was there accompanying Rena's younger siblings who were playing.

"The two of you haven't introduced yourself to me yet. What's your name?" ask Arion.

"I'm Rofa! And this is my brother, Ed"

"Okay, Rofa and Ed. Can you take care of Brother Daendra until I get back?" ask Arion.

The two boys hesitated. "But ..we are afraid of him" replied Rofa.

"eeh? You don't have to be afraid of him, Daendra is good, he's just decisive. Daendra is the future leader of a kingdom, so he becomes so assertive, not that he is scary" Arion said.

"You take care of him, okay? I'll be gone for a while" Arion got up from sitting while rubbing the heads of the two boys. He took his sword and he put it on his waist, and Arion went out of the house.

Arion went around the village, looking for something. On the way, he met two members of his group.

"Arion, where have you been? From yesterday we were waiting for you at the inn" said Luke, one of the members.

"I ... got in a little bit of trouble yesterday but we've dealt with it" Arion replied with a faint smile.

"By the way, where's Daendra?" asked Glenn, the other member.

"Where?"

"Go to the Village Chief's house"

Luke and Glenn agreed, the three of them finally went to look for the Village Chief's house. They wondered to the residents about the location of the Village Chief's house, but they felt reluctant to tell, a worried reaction on the faces of the residents.

Arion frowned, he thought finding the Village Chief's house would be easy but it turned out that the opposite was the case.

They were sitting in one of the drinking stalls there. They sat at a table in the corner. Arion continued to stare at his drinking glass without touching it.

Luke and Glenn looked at each other. They were confused as to what Arion was thinking right now.

"Isn't it strange that the people here don't want to tell the Village Chief's residence?" ask Arion.

"Crazy weird. As long as we were walking around, I didn't see any bodyguards or soldiers" Luke replied.

"True, even though this village got reports of Goblin and Orc attacks, right?" keep Glenn.

Not long after, three men with delinquent looks came to their table. Luke placed his glass slowly onto the table with a flat gaze.

"You guys are new here, huh?" ask the man in the middle.

"Oh, yes ..we are new here, just arrived" replied Arion with a smile.

"Hmph! Quickly, I kissed amateurs" said the man beside the right.

"What among the seniors knows the Village Chief's house, we have to report" Arion narrowed his right eye.

"The village has no Village Chief. The strong here are the ones leading!" the answer.

"So, yes .." said Arion, he sipped his drink until it ran out. "Waws. The drinks aren't good"

After Arion said that, he threw his glass into the man's face. The glass broke and the fragments hit the man's face until it bled. The man groaned in pain as he held his face and retreated slowly.

Luke and Glenn attack two other men. Arion got on the table and jumped to attack the man he had attacked earlier.

The liquor stall became chaotic and its visitors chose to run outside.

"From you, boy!" said the thick-bearded man and had a strange mustache. He lays his punch at Luke, but he dodges and hits the man's chin until he flies off and lands on one of the tables.

Glenn kicked his opponent's head with several kicks. The man did not take it, he threw his punch, but Glenn caught the blow and twisted the man's arm.

"Armgh!" his yell.

Glenn broke the man's arm without interruption.

"Luke!" call Glenn.

"Good!" Luke ran towards the man Glenn was holding. He threw his kick into the man's face until it crashed out through the stall glass.

The Arion from earlier had absolutely no intention of attacking at all. His opponent also could not attack Arion clearly, because both of his eyes were injured by the glass fragments earlier.

"Just tell me where the Village Chief's house is" Arion said, folding his hands across his chest while avoiding any of the man's blows.

"You! Damn you!" The man throws his punch in Arion's face, but Arion catches the blow easily. He responded by beating the man's face.

The man's nose was broken by Arion's blow.

"Tell me where the Village Chief's house is" Arion said again.

"No.."

Bugh!

The man was beaten back.

"Tell me where the Village Chief's house is"

"Good! Alrighty! I'll tell you!" his yell.

He told the Village Chief's house was by the lake. There were heavily guarded by several Centaurs and dozens of humans as well as three Elves.

"The Village Chief doesn't want to receive guests, so you don't have to go there!"

Bugh!

Glenn hit the man. Arion and Luke looked at Glenn's astonishment.

"What are you doing that for?" ask Luke.

"Come" Glenn spread his shoulders.

"Come, we'll go" Arion stepped out of the stall first.