Chapter 23
Helena peeks at Romain and says,
"Just make sure that the bear paws didn't hit your side."
"I know..." says Romain
"Our problem right now is our armour isn't as robust as the military issue. The bear could easily tear it apart with it sheers force," says Helena
"Just like what Volya explains..."
"Or are you worried about both of them?"
Romain looks at Helena and nods at her. Helena then says,
"You don't need to worry about them. Ludmila is a seasoned adventurer like me. And don't forget that she is one of the Five Great Knight of Haegia."
"..."
"Or you are worried about Volya?"
"Yes."
"Hehehe... I believe he will be fine. He is quite knowledgeable about animal nature. And I believe he could understand when to run or to fight."
"You are right, My Queen..." says Romain
Helena only smiles at Romain and then starts to lit the torch. She then throws it to the cave entrance and prepares her sword. Meanwhile, Romain prepares his sword and s.h.i.+eld before the beast charging on them.
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Not far from there, Volya and Ludmila observe their movement from the air. Volya doing some experiments by trying lifting two people using his 'fly' magic. Volya looks below, then at Helena and Romain, then at Ludmila, and then asks her,
"Why did Helena really emphasize on she will become the bait for this plan?"
"That's how our Queen usually devises her plan. By making herself as bait, it will easier to trap the enemy," explains Ludmila
Volya looks at Ludmila with disbelief and then looks at Helena that already attract the bear out from the cave. Romain and Helena then run from the cave with the bear chasing them.
Ludmila and Volya then nods and land in front of the cave. Ludmila then searching for a twig to become a torch, while Volya looks at the cold cave in front of them. He then walks there and says,
"O thy fire spirit, light the path in front of me and banish the darkness from me. Will-O-Wisp!"
Ludmila could see a small magic circle on Volya's hand. She is quite intrigued by that and see the magic circle already vanished. And at Volya's palm, Ludmila could see a small fire suddenly fly from his hand and flying around Volya's head.
Volya looks at Ludmila and says,
"With this fire, it will be easier for us and for you to use your weapon, right?"
"..."
"Ludmila?"
"Your power indeed really amazing," says Ludmila
"Huh?"
"You know... No one in Haegia could use magic. But with you here, you become the one and only mage in Haegia."
"Is... that so... I thought magic is something usual around here, especially with a lot of adventurer and mercenaries around here," says Volya with a surprised face
"Yes... And to be honest, I am glad that you join us."
Volya looks at Ludmila's honest smile and smiles back at her. He knows
The cave isn't that big, but it still has s.p.a.ce for them to manoeuvre around. Volya orders the fire to split into several small fires and orders them to move ahead from him and Ludmila. Meanwhile, Ludmila looks around the cave and notices that there is an animal carca.s.s near them. She walks towards the carca.s.s and finds out that the animal died around five days ago.
They continue to walk until they arrived at a bigger place in the cave. Volya then scatters his fire spirit to light inside it. When he does that, he could hear something is in pain.
Ludmila looks around and notices a small brown fur is hiding behind a rock. She then shouts,
"The cub is here, Volya!"
"Where is it?" ask Volya
Ludmila points at the rock and Volya immediately see the brown fur. He then walks towards him, but the cub makes a stance to attack him. Volya notices the bear cub action, then squats down, and then says,
"You don't need to worry, buddy... I will not hurt you."
But the bear cub still agitated. Volya then moves slowly to the bear cub and stretch out his hand at the bear. The bear sees that as aggression and immediately claws it. Volya startled a little bit and that makes Ludmila draws her sword. Ludmila's action makes the situation becomes worse and the bear continues to hide behind the rock.
Volya looks at Ludmila and says,
"Ludmila... Could you sheath your sword, please? You make it scared..."
"But..." says Ludmila a little bit worried when she sees Volya's hand
"You don't need to worry about this. The wound isn't deep."
"Al... Alright..."
Ludmila then sheats her blade and see Volya tried to approach the bear once more. Volya knows that bear is scared with them, especially after the villager attacks them and hurt it.
Volya then moves slowly once more, smiles when he nears it, and says,
"Come here... I will check your wound. Don't worry, the bad human already put down its weapon."
The bear cub looks at Volya and then at Ludmila. But, it still shows a sign of agitation at them. Volya smiles again at it and sits down there. He makes a sign of someone that wants to play with it.
Volya even makes several playthings with the rock near him and even creates it from the bones around. Little by little, the bear cub comes out from it hiding and move at Volya. Volya could see that the bear is limping and when it on his reach, he immediately catch it.
The bear cub fights back, even it could claws Volya's hand several times and tried to bites his neck. Volya tried his best to avoid the bite and makes a green glowing magic circle. He immediately says,
"The flow of ether, lend me the miracle given by G.o.d. As I p.r.o.nounce thy name, protect and heal us from any harm. Healing Light!"
The magic circle vanishes and a small light manifests on Volya's hand. The light then flies to the bear that still fights back and closes the wound on the bear.
Volya notices that the bear cub start to gain its power back, so he let it free. The bear cub runs away from Volya and starts to attack Volya. When it tried to move again, it notices that its leg already healed. It stops for a while and looks at Volya that laugh with Ludmila that tried to help him up.
Volya then says,
"With the cub healed... It should be fine."
"..."
"Ludmila?"
Ludmila suddenly pulls Volya's hand, takes out a bandage, and wrap it up with it. Volya quite surprised and hears Ludmila says,
"You are really something, Volya..."
"Huh?"
"You are the same with Helena... Selfishly acting on anything," says Ludmila
"Well... It's because..."
"No... You are people of Haegia. It's my job to protect you. Even when I am working as an adventurer," says Ludmila as she continues to patch Volya
"..."
"So..."
"I know... I will be careful next time," says Volya
Ludmila surprised to hear that and after she finished patch Volya, she hits his head weakly. After that, she says,
"Let's go... I don't want to make another mess here..."
"Yeah, you are right."
Right before Volya walks away with Ludmila, the bear cub hugs Volya's leg as if the cub shows grat.i.tude to him. Volya looks at it and then smiles. He then carries the bear cub and says,
"Let's go now... Let's meet your mom and I will heal your mother, too."
"Yeah... Let's go," said Ludmila
"But... I wonder what happen with them right now..."
Ludmila and Volya only look at each other and walks away from the cave with the bear cub that really happy with Volya.