The Crown and the Key (Epic LitRPG Adventure - Book 8) by Andrey Vasilyev

Author:Andrey Vasilyev
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Litworld Ltd
Published: 2018-03-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

On how important it is to be thorough.

“He’s dead!” Abigail’s shriek outdid even the uproar the villagers were making as they left for Glenn-Strad with their trunks and other things. My sister flew off the porch and came running toward us. “You’re a curse on our whole line, Hagen! First, my brother, and now, my fiancé?”

I’ve always loved how frank women are. First, I’d introduced her to Lossarnakh, then, I’d taken him away, and finally, I’d killed him. Through it all, everything was my fault. I wouldn’t have been surprised if she started to wonder whose idea going after the witch in the woods was—mine or Galing’s. May he rest in peace on whatever backup server he’s on.

“I’m alive, Lady Abigail,” Lossarnakh mumbled as he pulled himself up groaning off the ground. “Unfortunately.”

“You’re bleeding, my dear friend!” My sister, pale and shaking, crouched down tenderly, pulled a white lace handkerchief out of her sleeve and started dabbing at the back of the king-without-a-kingdom’s head. That could be a melodrama from the Middle Ages, right there. She would have made quite the name for herself in one of those. I really was going to have to turn tail and make a beeline out of the Borderlands if my plans worked, because I could tell that my head was starting to jiggle a little up on my shoulders.

“I’m fine,” Lossarnakh said, pushing her away and feeling his head. “What did you use on me?”

“A crowbar,” I replied innocently. Brother Herts, who was standing next to me, looked down. “You have a head like a rock, and that was all that would have done the trick.”

“But, why did you have to do it in the first place?” Lossarnakh looked around the fast-emptying Erinbug square. “I’m now completely disgraced. A week ago, I was just a fugitive; now, I’m a coward, too. I should have accepted my death in battle—it would have been better for everyone that way, including me.”

“You really are stubborn,” I exhaled. “Come on, the locals are one thing, since they’ve spent centuries squabbling with each other, but you’ve seen the world. You’ve talked with people, and you should have picked a few things up along the way. Who’s better off with a dead body? You can’t even make a fence with one of them. No, brother, we have a lot of fighting still to do before we forge your kingdom.”

“Leave my Lossie alone!” Abigail chimed in. “I have no idea how you wormed your way into my clan, but it doesn’t give you the right—”

“Woman, don’t butt into the conversation when men are talking!” Lossarnakh barked, and I practically jumped in surprise. “If you think you can speak your mind before we’re married, what’s it going to be like afterward? You go too far with my friend and your brother, too. Do you need me to teach you how to talk the way our forefathers used to do it?”

Hmm, well, that sounds interesting. I couldn’t imagine it didn’t involve

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