Dawn- An age of Darkness

"So you're telling me you can understand everything? Even monsters?"

I was back inside the inn and now being interrogated by Dick. More like he was just shouting to hide his pain and jealousy.

"More or less." I tried to be humble about it. If Dick couldn't understand all languages that meant he was going to be very jealous of me. So the least I could do was be humble. 

"Hey! Don't be so nonchalant about it! That's a rarer than anything I've ever heard!" Dick was freaking out. It was out of character for him. "And doesn't that mean you have more than one power?" He looked at me with surprise. "You can already speak with them and you can swing around the mystic sword with ease, like its nothing even with just one Arm." he was looking at the distance. But we were in a closed room, so this seemed more comical than anything else.

I guess my humbleness had the opposite effect of what I intended for it.

I can't tell him I have regeneration, now I can i?

I could but, it would have literally freaked him out more than he already was.

  "Dude calm down. You're supposed to be a pervert, not a guy who freaks out every two seconds!" I tried to calm him down.

"Both of them sound just as bad though," Dick mumbled. The guy sure had brains that were for sure. "If you have no idea how long it took me to get this thing." He showed me his second ring. He had three rings on his left hand and I already knew one of them. 

"This? I assume some sort of translation device?" 

He didn't reply but his sulks conveyed the feelings just fine. But looking at it, I realized he was actually using two separate rings just for translating the demon tongue and the human tongue. He knew nothing about the elven tongue or the dwarven tongue. And that's where his demon buddy came into action.

Poor guy.

We were in my room. Lianne and Servesta were here but they kept quiet. Lianne could have known from Jowy but Servesta shouldn't have. But he was always a quiet guy, so I didn't really worry too much about it.

"Anyway, we should leave this place as soon as possible. The dragon might have come for the boy but it changed targets to us. So it would be best for us to leave." I still had the sinking feeling that the dragon might have come to this village because of me. But it was just a feeling.

"That reminds me, why'd you tell me to hide my shield?"

"You do realize that Trerortra and the rest of the grand monster hate each other, correct?"

"No? Why was I supposed to know that? And what the heck is a Trerortra?" Dick just waved around in confusion. More like he threw a tantrum.

Seriously? 

I stared at him, blankly. He knew about the world serpent but didn't know his name?  "I'm surprised how friggin ignorant you are. Anyway, don't show any grand monster a piece of mystic weapons.  They'd rip you apart. "

"Noted. You know I'm really jealous of you!"

I got that impression the moment I met him. "Yeah, I know."

"Damn! You even know that! Shit!" He banged his hand on the door and made a hole in it. "Sorry about that. It was always like this you know. No matter what I did, I was always second best. I could never be the best. Even in this world, I'm not the protagonist." And now he started sulking. Was this guy pregnant or something? What was up with these mood swings?

We don't know that yet. Who knows if you'll manifest mysterious powers all of a sudden… and be deemed the protagonist?

I don't know why but he seemed more like a protagonist than me anyway.

He apologized but it kind of ticked me off. "Trust me kid, you don't want this. And for the record, I'm more jealous of you than you are of me. So stop whining." Maybe I was the one whining. "Anyway, Lianne, when can we leave? Lianne?" 

Lianne's full focus was outside the window. "Right now would be a good time."

Servesta peeked out. "Looks like they're here."

"Who exactly?" I was the only one who was out of the loop.

"The border guards. It was faster than I'd thought. We need to leave now." Lianne seemed a little worried. "But I have to say, our guards really are something, aren't they?"

Why the hell are you looking proud?

"Aren't you a princess? Couldn't you do something?" I said.

"It's best to avoid trouble. But if it comes down to it, I could mediate things to some extent. Even so it might take days to settle this. And I was under the impression we didn't have the luxury of time…"

I sighed. Biteira poked out: was she in my hair, all this time? I pressed her back in. If she could live through all the fuss till now, she could live through the rest. I still didn't understand how she could live inside a comb of hair though. could she shrink herself down or something? "Alright then, let's get out of here."

"Didn't we save the village? I mean shouldn't they throw a feast for us?" Dick said something and we stared at him.

"This isn't a game you know. You don't just save people and they throw parties for you. Besides, who knows how many died? And for the record, I talked with the dragon and people saw that. You do know what that means right?" I tried my best to get him up to speed. Maybe he still thought of this world like a game?

Honestly, I wanted a party though. I mean, I was exhausted, and I really wanted a bit of a rest. And what could be more relaxing than a party?

Bad idea I guess.

"No?" He still didn't seem to get anything though. This guy was hopeless. I guess he played way too many RPGs and lost track of reality.

"You're a lost cause." I sighed, picked up my things, and got out through the window. 

There was a crowd outside. The moment we leaped out of the building they spotted us. I was still exhausted but we didn't have time to rest. 

Can't I even catch a break?