Chapter 305: Side Story: Sonya’s New Shape
When Jonas, Kim, Elin, and Elmo left to see about what they could do for the kind in the capital, Heather settled into a simple routine of working as a waitress at the inn. She wasn't unused to working, but this certainly was quite a bit more demanding than she had been used to in the past.
However, she still felt rather relaxed. Occasionally she'd have trouble with something, but typically it wasn't a problem for her. Especially when she had Sonya there to help.
The biggest change was how the other women who had been rescued by the goblins were people that Heather found rather easy to talk to. Which was a surprise for her, given she hadn't had any real experience talking with others that much.
With the others involved with the competition, it wasn't the same. They at least had common ground, in that none of them had been given any choice in participating in this or not. So it wasn't like they were there because they wanted to be. Which made it easier for Heather, although at the same time, she couldn't say that she felt like she could really open up to any of them.
Even with Sonya, she wasn't sure if she'd be able to be more than a teammate, no matter how much she liked her. Yet, given the shared experience with having been captured by the goblins, she was able to use that to break the ice with them and found herself becoming good friends with them, even though she was pretty sure they were going back to the life they knew. Which involved things that likely weren't completely legal.
Not that that fact bothered Heather. It was merely what their job was, or at least how they managed to survive in this world. Though, Heather didn't try to pry into exactly what they did, since she had a feeling that it would either put her new friends in a bit of a bind or that she'd find herself in hot water faster than she could blink.
Heather wasn't sure what the chances of any of the goblins having gotten any of them pregnant might have been, but she was a little surprised that all five of the women had gotten pregnant, not that they seemed overly put out by it. Which Heather wondered if that attitude had to do with the way the culture in this world worked. As that was the only thing she could think of, since she was still sometimes having issues dealing with it herself.
Though, Sonya didn't seem to be as interested in staying with her to work in the inn as much as she had been. It almost felt like she'd come to a decision that she wasn't telling Heather about. Which made Heather wonder what she was thinking. Such as if she had plans on leaving Heather there rather than sticking around.
It was about three weeks after the challenge involving preventing the king's assassination was completed that Sonya approached Heather. Though, Heather had already embraced the idea that Sonya was getting ready to leave and would do just that sooner or later, no matter what she herself might try to do or say.