Chapter 96: Tomb.
Jiraxa was gone for a long time. The sun was about to set behind the tall mountain wall, when she came out, looking dazed and a bit tired. She was alright, though.
Most of the crowd were still there, waiting for the two, and when the elder said something to them, everyone cheered again.
"We're good to go?" Lee asked Jiraxa, and after getting mhm as a confirmation, walked over to her and pulled away.
From the looks of it, the whole village escorted their guests on the way out, apparently excited about something that happened in the cave. Meanwhile Lee prayed the two hotheads had not started anything stupid.
Actually they were about to and were on the way to the entrance, ready to face the even taller guys than them, but stopped, hearing the noise of the approaching crowd.
When when the people flooded out, most of the locals were shocked to see the red devils up close – one with the huge sword and the other with even bigger spiked shield, but the two didn't care. They dropped their weapons and rushed to Jiraxa to find out whether she was alright.
Once again Lee praised Lunax for sterilizing all his subjects. If the sexual tension was there, it was hard to imagine what mess the whole Ashland would turn into and what bloodbath the devils would've caused here.
The platonic love the two brothers felt was already more than enough. They were obviously barely holding themselves together, but fortunately no funny business happened to their darling.
After the villagers reluctantly let their esteemed guest go, the stress everyone went through was quickly forgotten. All it took was for Thorax to sample one berry when the natives turned into the nicest people he had ever met, at least in his eyes.
Both brothers emptied the mushroom cap in an iffy, and began to look for more berries in the surroundings, while Lee wondered whether they would get diarrhea or not.
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