Morgana_Everybody Loves Large Chests_Volume 4 by Neven Iliev

Author:Neven Iliev [Iliev, Neven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-06T06:00:00+00:00

Interlude

Long-Distance Relationship

Rowana and Keira were having dinner together as per usual. However, the normally noisy table was gripped by a heavy silence. Only the clatter of silverware and the odd chewing and gulping noises could be heard throughout the house. The elf had expected something like this to happen, but there was only so much she could take.

“So… tomorrow’s the big day?” she asked, not even trying to hide the worry in her voice.

“Yeah, it is,” Keira replied flatly.

The elf couldn’t bear to see her normally energetic girlfriend so lifeless and subdued. Even if the catgirl’s lips curled in a faint smile, the distant look in her eyes proved it wasn’t genuine. It was obvious the beastkin was trying to keep her feelings in check, and was failing miserably. She seemed to be the kind of person whose thoughts floated onto her face without her noticing, so Keira’s attempts at masking her nervousness fell flat. Yet, Rowana hesitated to call her out on it, because she wasn’t sure which one of them Keira wanted to reassure with that flimsy front of hers.

“You don’t… You don’t have to go, you know,” the elf added after a few minutes. “I know that conscription is mandatory, but there are exceptions…”

Keira stopped raising the spoonful of stew towards her mouth, and slowly lowered it back into her bowl. She moved her gaze away from her meal, looked directly into the elf’s eyes and spoke with a level voice.

“You’re wrong,” she disagreed.

“No, I’m sure of it. I’m certain there was a clause in it about immigrants and-”

“Rowie,” she interrupted, “not that. I know I can get out of it somehow, maybe make a run for it. But I won’t. I want to go.”

“But why?! Why do you have to go off and join a war so suddenly!”

“Because I already… I don’t want anyone else to suffer at the hands of people who think that might makes right.”

The elf fell silent as the redhead stared off into distance, peering beyond the walls of the cozy little hovel.

“My parents… They were hunters. Good ones, you know. They often brought back more meat and fur than they could use, so they usually traded it for other goods at the village market. They always made sure to get fresh salmon whenever possible.”

Keira’s face softened into a nostalgic smile, the first genuine sign of joy she’d shown all evening.

“My mom, she’d steam it especially for me, since I didn’t like it grilled or in a stew like she and dad did. We didn’t have much, but they spoiled me every chance they got.”

The catgirl turned to face Rowana, who listened intently.

“They hunted a lot at night. Said the best game came out after sunset. They weren’t adventurers or anything like that, but they still handled themselves okay. Those two would be fine even in that pitch blackness… It’s something I believed with all my might.”

Keira’s face turned scornful.

“What… what happened?” Rowana asked warily.

“Imperial patrol killed my parents, that’s what happened!” she yelled.

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