Free and Sylvia were quietly walking in the markets, their dates were like every other dates.
"Free le-let's go and have some lunch" Sylvia said, Free nodded and starts to look around.
"Let's go to a good place today" Free said, they starts to toward the west of the village and after a few minutes they stop infront of a tavern. "Let's go in" Free said, and both enters holding eachothers hand.
Inside the tavern, adventurers were partying like crazy, betting and throwing fists like there was no tomorrow, Free and Sylvia sat on a corner and orders some food.
"Hey that's healing boy right" a adventurer with mustache said he saw Free and Sylvia in a corner of the tavern, he was about to call them but others stopped him.
"Stop man, don't disturb someone's dating life" another adventurer with heavy armor and a shield said, he was sobby but still adviced not to disturb them. "Also if you did disturb him, he might not heal you for a copper" he said, and the mustache adventurer sat back down.
"Everyone here respects you" Sylvia said, with a chuckle, and Free just gave a sigh.
"Resoect less, cheap healer more" Free muttered, his order came, a steak and some omelette. They start to eat.
Sylvia look up to Free, he noticed her stare but didn't said anything, she stared at him for a bit longer and starts to eat her food again, Free took a breath of relief.
"Hey Free do you think there is something .....missing in our dates" she asked, Free looks up and he noticed her cheeks being slightly red, he quickly understood what she meant.
"I know...but it just three months since we start dating" Free said, he look down at his food trying to keep his cool. 'I can't act pathetic, what if she thinks of me like a pervert or something' his mind race, he didn't want any mistakes or misunderstanding between them.
Free wasn't looking up from his food and Sylvia's mind starts to race. 'Did i mess up! He will probably think i am a pervert or something! Should i say sorry or clear the misunderstanding' her mind raced, she was now pale, her legs were shaking.
' It's a man responsibility to satisfy his girl's desire' one of Hina's word echoed in Free's mind, he grips his hand tight and stands up. "S-Sylvia..." he called out.
"W-what?" Sylvia head was down, her face was covered with her white hair.
"S-should we stay i-in a i-i-inn tonight" Free asked with all his courage, Sylvia slowly looked up to him, he look at her straight in the eye, Sylvia's face starts to turn red, steam starts coming out from her ears.
"W-well if Y-you want to" she said, not able to look at him but in her mind she was happy. Free took a breathe of relief, he sat down at his table with a faint smile.
"Yeah! Go healing boy!!!" the adventurers starts to cheer for the two, they were eavesdropping their whole conversations.
"Were they listening the our whole conversation" Free muttered he hide his face, too embarrased to even look at them, Sylvia's stand up from her table.
"L-let's l-leave" she said, Free didn't argue back and he quickly stands up and both left the tavern with red face, the adventurers face starts to fade as they walk far away from the tavern.
"We should go home and tell our parents we will be staying out late tonight" Sylvia muttered, her face was back to normal. Slightly.
"Yes you're right" Free said, they walk back to their houses, Sylvia walks to her home after giving a kiss to Free, Free kept looking at her until she was completely gone, 'Forgot my skyboard at her home!' he remembers his skuboard at her house but it was now too late as Rai was using it as a table in his house. Free had to walk home without his skyboard.
He after sometimes... Free was walking in the path alone admiring the flowers, trees and birds. 'This trees and flower and so beautiful' he thought, he smiled but then he also realises he never laugh even once for the last 20 years not in this and that life. 'Laughing is hard for someone like me. Even though my life is so great in this new life' he thoughts staring at the sky, with a hint of sadness.
He reaches home, Free opens the door of his house, the familiar scent of soup and meat was filled in the house. "Young master you're back" Lina said, coming out from the dining table with dirty plates in her hands. "Did you ate outside again?" she asks, Free gave a faint nod, Lina didn't said much she just enters the kitchen to clean the plates.
"Where is mom?" Free asked.
"I'm here" Hina voice came from the kitchen, Free took a deep breath and walk to the kitchens and went in. Inside Hina was sipping her favourite tea while Lina was cleaning the plates. "What do you need" she asked, still a bit mad about the breakfast chaos.
"I just...wanted to tell you that i won't be home tonight" he said, Lina hands stopped cleaning the plates, Hina looked up from her tea.
"Why?" Hina asked, Lina turn to them now intrigued.
"I am staying in an inn tonight...with Sylvia" Hina face light up, she crack a proud smile and gave Free and big hug, Lina chuckles faintly and turn back to clean the plates.
"Really! Is it true!!" she shouted, hugging Free tightly in her arms.
"'Y-yeah.....it....is" Free was getting choked under the hug, he somehow was able to let himself out.
"Yay!!" Hina cheered, she then run to her room and after sometimes came back. "Here are some money, buy the best scented flowers" she handed Free some money.
"Mom isn't this money too much" Free said, staring at the two gold coins.
"No big deal" Hina said. "also what about the smokes"
"Well then i'm going now!'" Free said, he quickly exits the kitchen and went outside. 'How did she knew!' he thought, he saw Hinata hitting the root tree with a wooden sword Philip gave her on her 6th birthday. 'She uses them quite well...unlike me' he thought, remembering of his own wooden sword that had turned to dust by now.
In Sylvia's home...
"REALLY!!!" Sylphia shouted loudly, Sylvia open her ears.
"Yes mom, i'm not returning home tonight so please don't be worried" Sylvia said, Sylphia gave her a pat and a charm.
"Okay then if you're going remember this, don't aim to satisfy him but enjoy yourself too" Sylphia adviced, Sylvia went red but she nodded with determination.
"I'm going now, bye mom" Sylvia left, and went to their meeting spot, Free was already there waiting for her. "Yo-you're quick" Sylvia shyly said.
"Yeah" Free said, he hold her hand and they start to walk to the village square.
The Sunset quickly came, Free and Sylvia were now very nervous, they were infront of an inn. "A-are you ready" Free asked, Sylvia hand gripped his tighter. 'Why am i feeling nervous, i have done it once' he thought to himself, then he looks at Sylvia her face was flushed, he slowly pull her inside.
Inside the owner was giving another couple a key to room 6 then she saw Free and Sylvia, her face looked surprised for a moment but it quickly changes to mischevious one. "What do we have here. The popular couples in Hayan" the inn owner tease, Free gave her the coins Hina gave and the inn owner handed them a key with no numbers. "This for that much" she said, both quickly went upstairs.
Free looks at the key and it had words 'V.I.P' he scans the door and it was in the last of the floor. They walk close to it. Free inserts the key inside and the door opens. Inside there was a pink massive bed, with red flowers in love shape, the room was lit with 5 candles all around the room.
"So this is a VIP.... room....." Sylvia muttered, she was staring at the bed then she slowly backs away, a little scared but Free gripped her hand tight, he pull her close and gave her a kiss, Sylvia was still she didn't move her mind went blank. "Free...give me more" Free threw her into the bed gently.
"Sylvia do you still want it" Free asked, she just closes her eyes, he slowly climbs into the bed and was about to open her clothes buttons then....
"STAMPEDE! EVERYONE A STAMPEDE IS COMING!!!!" a adventurer yelled while running all around the village west side, Free and Sylvia's moment was disturbed, Free as soon as he heard the news he quickly stands up.
"What? A stampede!" Free muttered he quickly fixes his clothes. "I'm very sorry Sylvia but the village is in big problems" Free apologized.
"No need, let's go and see what is happening outside" she said, both starts to run outside the inn and went to the village chief house where a crowd was already gathered.
"FREE!!" Philip called out, he was with Hina, Lina and Okoto. "Why are you here, shouldn't you be at your... Whatever!".
"That's not the problem" Free said. "also the adventurer said a stampede is coming?" he asks.
"Yes a big one, the S-rank dungeon is in rumbling now, all the adventurers has to run out of the dungeon with their live on the line" Hina said, she had a old staff in her hand and Lina had a notebook and her spell pen with her.
"What is this?" he asks.
"We're gonna fight too, tomorrow we will preoare for the attacks and forces" Lina said, she grip her pen tighter.
"Yes, you do know we were on same party before i married Hina right" Philip said, he didn't have his sword with him for the moment.
"So tomorrow is gonna be very hard and after that harder" Free said and thet nodded, just then Hemire approach them, his condition was very bad, he was very ill.
"So the whole family is gonna fight the stampede" he said with a chuckles and a cough.
"Yes they are" Okotot answered, he turns at the four but his eyes were on Free.
"Let's go and sleep for now" Hina said, she turn to Free and Sylvia. "It's sad your night date is ruined" she said.
"No need, we're fine" Sylvia said, with a smile,she turn to Free who was deep in thought. "Free, let's go" she said and Free came back to his sense.
"ahh...yes" everyone starts to return to their home after Hemire said, everyone will prepare for fight tomorrow but he stops Philip who was returning home.
"Philip you still remember what we ended up to twi year ago about Free" he asked and Philip just nodded. 'i won't be able to hold it those nobles for long, Free is the village's last hope'.
Philip kept on walking home with Okoto, he was deep in thought. 'Free... Just three more days and you will have to walk with the whole village on your back' Philip thought, while staring at Free and Sylvia walking with theur hand grip tightly to eachothers, Philip cracks a smile. "I don't think you will have to walk alone son" he muttered.
Okoto turn to him. "Did you said something?" Okotot asked.
"Nothing" Philip said, he ran to catch up with his family, Okoto followed woth a laugh.
Meanwhile at the dungeon a massive army if minster were walking out fron the depths of the dungeon and a massive beast in two feet with a wolf face roared, all beast bowed to it. The emperor of the dungeon.
To be continued...
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