Chapter 28:
Heart Dream - How I Got To Chase My Dreams and Myself In Another World!
The next morning, somewhat refreshed, the four went straight to Steeleets. It was necessary to have some better rest before taking the next step of their journey. As they walked, they reached some woods where they heard some loud rustling of leaves. Isabella made a sign and they walked slowly, hiding in the bushes. They advanced and the sound got louder until they could see its source. It was like a peacock, but 2 meters tall and colored of a shining silver, it was probably made of steel. There were some kind of cables on its neck. Isabella made them stop and said:
- "It must be from another world. Let's see if it is a threat or if we can ignore it." - at the same time, the monster opened one of its wings and cut down a tree like it was butter. It ate some apples that fell in one bite and then started going towards them. - "yeah, I guess we have no option."
- "I will distract it!" - Caoilainn said and got up running drawing the attention of the monster. She created a trail of fire on the ground which did not scare the monster, but was enough for Mazanlold to strike with his morning star from its side. The monster felt the hit but reacted, attacking with its tail. Mazanlold defended and was thrown back a little. At this moment, Richard was in front of the monster and poked it with his spear, to no avail. The three were ineffective in hurting the monster, but they enabled Isabella to come out of the bushes and strike at the monster's nape. This cut the cable like structures and oil gushed all over the place. With that, the monster got immobilized, fell, and its eyes went blank.
Richard approached to analyze the body and said:
- "This is some kind of robot, an automaton." - he touched his glasses - "it seems to be more advanced than what my world is capable of." - Caoilainn said:
- "And it is full of oil!" - using magic she cleaned her clothes and the others, except for Isabella's which were pristine. After the cleaning, Mazanlold turned to Richard and said:
- "Try to be useful next time" - Caoilainn stepped forward with anger, but felt Isabella's hand over her belly. Isabella looked at her, before looking at the others and saying:
- "We all did a good job, let's continue" - and with that they continued their journey.
They continued walking until the sun was at its zenith. Still in the woods, Isabella said:
- "Let's settle down camp real quick here, so we can reach Steeleets in a timely manner." - she pointed a place for them to make a fire. - "Me and Richard will get some wood, Caoilainn and Mazanlold, please start preparing the food." - Richard was going to say something, but Isabella took his hand and left the place. After a minute, she released his hand and Richard said:
- "What is happening?" - he gesticulated - "that was so sudden, what's th..." - Isabella simply touched his lip with her index finger, stopping him. Then she smiled, touched her lips with the same finger and said softly:
- "Please, simply trust me this time." - Richard was captivated, it was rare to see Isabella with such a cute smile, and he conformed to her.
Some minutes later, they returned with firewood and had a mostly silent lunch with the others. And after a short while, they resumed their journey.
Later in the afternoon, they finally reached Steeleets. Caoilainn stretched and yawned saying:
- "Finally we are here" - she yawned - "I'm so tired again."
- "But you will do a little more work yet!" - Isabella said to her then looked at Mazanlold and Richard - "we will have a barbecue today!"
- "Yay!" - replied Caoilainn.
- "Me and Caoilainn will go to town buy some things, you two get the barbecue ready at you house, Mazanlold" - Mazanlold and Richard were both awkward and didn't look at each other. Despite that Mazanlold said:
- "Sure we will" - Isabella replied:
- "Great, see you later" - Isabella and Caoilainn waved at them and went to town.
Richard and Mazanlold his house. They barely looked at each other and prepared the pit for the fire. When all was set, Mazanlold started the fire, so that it would be strong and ready when the girls arrived. Richard, on the other hand, went to the fence to look around. Mazanlold swept some sweat from his brow and sighed. He then got close to Richard, climbed on the fence and said:
- "So Richard, how are you holding up?" - he was looking towards the pit. Richard said:
- "Well, tired, but quite okay." - Richard kept looking outside.
- "I guess we didn't have much to talk yet..."
- "Yeah, we didn't" - Richard seemed to be getting annoyed. Mazanlold put one hand over his head, and sighed. He got up from the fence, looked at Richard and said:
- "Damn it!" - he moved his hands - "I am terrible at those things" - Richard looked at him, seeming puzzled - "Richard, the thing is, I'm trying to apologize" - Mazanlold gesticulated more - "I messed up pretty bad and I need to apologize" - he paused - "I'm sorry, Richard". - Richard couldn't hide his surprise:
- "Sorry? Come again?"
- "Damn it! I can't be any clearer! Caoilainn should have explained what I should do."
- "I beg your pardon?"
- "Okay, Richard." - Mazanlold calmed down - "I think it's better to explain what happened today right before lunch:"
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