Editing Rune Soldier Louie:Volume1 Chapter3 (section)

===Part 4 – A change of heart===

“Well, that wasn’t fun.”

After Louie had gone, it took a while before Merrill said anything.

“Obviously.”

“It was boring.”

Melissa agreed with them.

“The nerve of that women, how dare she insinuate that we need a stronger companion! If I ever meet her on the road I’ll…”

Merrill moved her fingers across her throat.

“It’s his fault that his wand broke, it’s not our responsibility to fix it.”

“That women is also an idiot, is she trying to cause more problems between us and Louie? I don’t know, but I get a weird feeling from her.”

Then, the three women cursed Ila’s name. And then they cursed Louie’s name, and sighed deeply.

Now the three women’s throats were dry, due to the excessive cursing.

“……Those two, they must think the Tartious forest poses no threat.”

Merrill said to herself, as she finished her drink.

“Even the hunters only go to the edge of the forest, they are afraid of going any deeper. Anyway, I heard a rumour that there’s some ruins of the ancient kingdom deep in the forest, but adventures don’t dare to go there.”

“But then again, he’s just not anymore ordinary person.”

Genie said, then they all began to think about Louie.

“Do you think he’s actually going?”

Merrill murmured.

(No wonder the broker Shamsul paid special attention to him.)

“What if he actually becomes a hero……”

Melissa staggered as she remembered the revelation from her God.

The three women then looked at each other and sighed.

“This is boring.”

They all said at the same time.

“Hey, ladies, looks like your all in a bad mood. Why don’t you drink with us?”

Two drunken men said, as they approached them.

At that moment, Genie decided to vent out her anger on them.

“You’ve got to be kidding!”

Tables were overturned and glasses were sent into the air.

The bar was turned into a battlefield.


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The next day——

Ila and Louie are walking down South Street.

He stressed to Ila that he didn’t want to walk with her, but she insisted.

Of course, Ila brought her magical treasures with her.

After walking for a while, they discover the three women in front of them.

“Hey!”

Merrill greeted them.

“What brings you here?”

Louie stood still for a moment, it was like he had seen a ghost.

“After you left, we got into a fight at the bar.”

“A fight?”

“Yeah, it was just some riff-raff so we’re okay.”

Although Merrill was a lovely little girl, Louie sensed something was off about her.

“Actually, we were looking for you.”

“For me?”

“Yeah, we want to go with you.”

Louie never thought he’d hear those words.

“If you two go alone, there’s no way you’d make it back alive.”

“If something happened, I wouldn’t be able to fulfil my obligations to my faith.”

Melissa said, looking to distant hills.

“We were also looking for a certain troublesome magician.”

Genie said.

(I never expected such kindness from them.)

Then Louie thought that they would be asking for favours as compensation.

However, he knew this was a good thing. Because he has heard all kinds of stories about the Tartious forest, and none of them good, so more people in his party is better.

But, there was a problem……

Louie looked to Ila, who was wearing the magic glasses.

“Isn’t this great?”

Ila smiled, and began to talk.

“Since they are willing to go with you, you won’t be needing my help. Anyway, I’ll head back to the Magicians Guild and prepare for you guys coming back.”

Ila put a bag on Louie’s back, then waved goodbye.

“The material needed for the creation of a new wand doesn’t necessarily have to be a big stick, twigs and branches can be used. But still, ancient oak is the best thing to make a wand with.”

Ila then turned and left, Louie stared blankly as she walked away.

“Don’t go!”

Genie then spoke with an impatient voice.

“Let’s get there and back again, before we change our minds.”

Merrill started laughing.

Melissa didn’t speak, she didn’t even look Louie in the eyes.

“Alright.”

Louie replied, and then all of them followed Genie out of the city.

With the warm sun on their back, they headed towards the Tartious forest.


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