Chapter 170: Marriage Trial
Vritra, Diana, Fiona, and Vanessa sat inside a well-packed hotel and ordered some food for themselves. Vritra was holding his mother’s hand with his right and Fiona’s with his left. The two women were overjoyed after reuniting with him.
"Did you not go to the temple?" Vritra asked, remembering the strange and eerie place.
"We did go to the temple, after all, we knew that would be the first place you would go to search for us. But after arriving in front of the temple, I had an ominous feeling there. In the end, we didn’t go in and came to the second most likely place for you to visit—the most crowded area." Diana was the one to answer.
"Sir, here is your food." The young waiter brought the food to their table, staring in awe at the three beautiful women and looking at Vritra with jealousy.
"You did good. I indeed went to the temple, and something is certainly wrong with that place. None of you should go anywhere near it," Vritra said seriously. The three women had booked three rooms in a hotel and had stayed there for a few days while waiting for Vritra.
"The people who were following us, are they still after us? A-And what about that news we heard... the demon lord Vritra? Are they all talking about you?" Vanessa asked in a worried tone.
"I don’t think they will be able to follow us for a while. As for that news—yeah, they are indeed talking about me. But this news was spread by the exact same people who were following us," Vritra replied. He decided not to reveal the truth just yet—it was too big of a change after all.
Although Vritra was sure that Vanessa would accept him no matter how he changed, he wanted to break the news in a better situation and not rush it.
"Ah, just who were the people that were following us? They even killed the king. Can’t we just complain about it to someone? Anyone?" Fiona asked in frustration. She, too, had heard why Vanessa had fainted earlier, and just the thought made her incredibly sad.