I Summoned My WHAT?! by Montgomery Quinn

Author:Montgomery Quinn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montgomery Quinn

Chapter Nine

Calon smiled, seeing the farmhouse set amongst a plot of fruit trees. The house wasn’t as large as McReedy’s was. It seemed about the right size for a single man and maybe some occasional company. There was a barn around the back that was closed up tight. And there were a half-dozen men and women in the fields. Some looked like they were weeding, another was using a pair of horses to pull a plough. But every one of them had stopped working and were watching as Burt came down the driveway. It probably wasn’t Burt they were watching, though.

“This is creepy as fuck,” Chrissy grumbled.

“Give em a moment. Tony will come out and introduce himself and he’ll get them all back to work.”

“Who’s Tony?” Calon asked.

“Foreman,” Burt nodded as a large man came out from a small door on the side of the barn. “That’s him there.”

The big man had a few years, a few inches, and a few meals on Calon. He scowled as he approached the wagon while Burt slowed to a stop in front of his home.

“Burt? You okay?”

“Fine Tony,” Burt chuckled. “This here is Calon, Evie and Chrissy,” he gestured to the three of them.

Tony hostilely glared at Chrissy for a moment before grimacing at Calon. His eyes lingered over Evie for a few moments, and the succubus pressed herself into Calon.

“Right. What are they doing here? I can’t see a summoner being much use on a farm.”

“You’d be correct there, boy,” Burt emphasised the last word. “Calon and his friends here saved me from a goblin attack. I figured they might be interested in taking a gander at the job board in town.”

“Bandits,” Tony spat. Then he shook his head and offered his hand. “Summoners don’t have the best reputations in these parts. There’s no proof, but the local sheriff thinks one of your kind is in charge of the bandits somewhere in the North. But if you kept ol’ Burt here safe, then you’re fine in my books.”

“Trust me, I don’t regret it, but I never intended to be a summoner.” Calon smiled and shook the larger man’s hand. His grip was firm, but it was natural. None of that false machismo bullshit where you try to crush the other guy’s hand. “Evie and Chrissy have made this life wonderful.”

The big man glanced at Evie before giving Chrissy a quick look, too. Calon could see a conflict in his eyes, but he put it aside. “Well, I don’t understand it myself. But I won’t judge a man. What are you planning now?”

“Now he’s getting paid, then I think I’ve got a few things around here he could put to use,” Burt cut in, before waving for Calon and the others to follow.

“Right,” Tony nodded, before looking around. “I’ll get everyone settled in then.”

“You do that,” Burt nodded.

Calon, Evie, and Chrissy followed the old man inside. The house was all wood. It had that ‘rough around the edges’ kind of appeal. It told Calon that this place was built to last, not look pretty.

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