Chapter 189 - Back To Rusllyyn

Me and Rosie finally leave the cave where we have spent the last few weeks training with Lady Mengshee, and the first one to greet us is Leonard who ask while adjusting his glasses.

"you guys were in there for a few weeks, how did it go?"

I reply with a new sense of calmness that I haven't felt in a long time.

"I think, it went well."

Rosie adds on.

"yeah, Lady Mengshee has ȧssured us that we are now capable of defeating Damien."

he smiles nervously and replies while pointing at Felnor and Selshruuk, who are looking in rough shape.

"good, because I have no idea what is going with those two."

he pauses and stutters.

"I mean right b-before you two came out of the cave, they were sparring with each other just fine."

"don't worry about it, I'll take care of them."

I place my hand on his shoulder, I then take a quick glance behind me, to where Lady Mengshee is standing and I nudge him towards her direction.

"you should spend quality time with her before we go."

his face turns red.

"now is not the time for that, we need to stop that demon Damien."

Lady Mengshee smirks.

"thanks Collin but he's right, and besides I have all the time in the world, he knows where to find me whenever he misses me."

I sigh and shake my head in disappointment towards Leonard.

"alright then, we should get going."

"you guys feeling hungry?"

while Felnor struggles to form any coherent words, Selshruuk answers with a weak voice.

"yeah, but it seems like whatever we eat our hunger doesn't subside."

I then ask.

"is there a voice in your head telling you to eat meat?"

Selshruuk nods.

"yeah, and I'm sure the kid is hearing it as well."

he then asks.

"so should we do what the voice is telling us to do?"

"no, because if you give into your temptations and start consuming meat, you will regress in power and your savage werewolf nature will take over."

Selshruuk then asks.

"so how are you going to help us deal with this?"

without giving any sort of warning, I punch him in the face, knocking him out cold, Felnor looks at me with a shocked expression and mumbles.

"are you going to punch me too?"

I reply.

"sorry kid, but it's for your own good."

without holding back, I also knock him out, Rosie then asks me.

"was that really necessary?"

"yeah even though we are much stronger, it will still be a pain trying to deal with what their going through while they are awake."

while I pick up Selshruuk and put him on my right shoulder, I ask Rosie.

"can you place Felnor on my shoulder, and I'll carry them both to our boat."

Rosie responds.

"it's okay, I'll carry Felnor."

she picks him up and says.

"okay let's get going, we don't know how much stronger Damien has gotten since we've been gone."

Leonard comes up to us and adds on.

"yeah let's get going."

"I hope to see you again."

she replies.

"as long as you bring Leonard with you whenever you come visit, I'll welcome you with open arms."

Rosie also waves goodbye.

"thank you for everything, Lady Mengshee."

Leonard doesn't wave goodbye, but he does say.

"you know me, I'll see you when I'll see you."

she smiles warmly at him.

"yes of course I know that."

"come on now, we are wasting valuable time here."

as we leave the cave I look back one last time to and see Lady Mengshee waving goodbye with the same warm smile that she gave to Leonard, I grin and think to myself.

"don't worry Lady Mengshee, I won't let you down."

as we walk out into the cold snow covered ground, I ask Leonard feeling very curious on why he was acting the way he was with Lady Mengshee.

"so what's wrong, were you not happy to see her again."

he replies.

"of course I was happy to her again, it's just."

he stops himself from saying anything else, I then pressure him.

"come on, I won't judge, I'm just curious on why you didn't embrace her."

he sighs.

"well I'm not bold like you, I'm not very good with women."

confused on what he is talking about, I ask.

"what I'm not good with women either, what gave you the idea that I was good with them?"

he answers.

"you have two wives and Rosie is obviously head over heels over you and you are still so cool and composed about it all."

Rosie giggles.

"well Collin does have is charms, so it's not surprising."

Leonard adds on.

"you see what I mean."

instead of disputing on what he thinks about me, I ask him.

"well if you continue on putting how she feels about you on hold, she might not feel the same next time you see her."

he looks at me with sad puppy eyes and asks.

"you think so?"

Rosie doesn't let me answer and jumps in.

"don't listen to Collin, Lady Mengshee really loves and is will be waiting for you, when you come back."

after a long walk back to where we left the submersible, Leonard sighs and says with a look of determination.

"I've been thinking on what you both have said, and the next time I come see her, I'll tell her that I love her, and ask her to marry me."

me and Rosie don't say anything but smile, Leonard then laughs nervously to himself as he hops inside the hatch of the submersible.

"yeah things will turn out great."

Rosie goes inside with Felnor and then I follow afterwards still carrying Selshruuk, and after closing the hatch and climb down the last step of the ladder, Rosie asks.

"should we put them in bed?"

I nod.

"yeah and we'll take turns watching over them, just in case they wake up."

she replies.

"okay sounds good."

after putting then in bed, Leonard comes to us and asks.

"you ready to get going?"

I reply.

"yeah."

he then asks.

"where should we go?"

I answer.

"let's go back to Rusllyyn first before we go and take on Damien, I want to go see my family one last time, if things don't turn out good for us."

Leonard responds.

"to Rusllyyn it is then."

me and Rosie sit down and watch over Selshruuk and Felnor, as we make our way back to Rusllyyn.