Chapter 106 - The Guards Captain

We then enter the barracks, the guards that escort Aliss let her enter a room. There were many guards in there but I could see someone that really stood out in my eyes. His armor was different from the rest of the guards there. All of the guard's armor was in brown color but only he was in a gray color 

The design of his armor was also slightly different, all of the guard's armor was made of leather but his armor was made of iron or steel. The other guards also don't have a pauldron. Only he has it, I could see that it was a steel pauldron. He must be the captain of the guards, he must be as he the only one that different. 

He was in the middle of a discussion with some people, the guards that escorted us then told us to wait here as he would tell the captain about it. The guards then approach the captain, he leans to his ear and seems to whisper something. 

The captain nodded his head after listening to the guards, we could hear it loudly that to bring us herein. The guards then told us to meet the captain. We walked to the discussion room and everyone was staring at us. The captain smiled at us. 

"I heard that you had some information about the skeletons at the outer wall." The captain said that towards Aliss. 

"Wait! There really were skeleton on the outside of the town." Aliss was surprised to hear that the captain said that as she didn't expect that it was really there. She thinks that I was joking but I wasn't. 

"What did I tell you Aliss, now do you believe me or not!" I said that to Aliss, just to make her feel somewhat ashamed to not believe me in the first place. 

"Okay, I believe you...I'm sorry that I said it was a joke back then." Aliss apologized to me as she thinks all that I had said was only a joke. 

Our attention was immediately directed to the captain as he began to say something, "Ehem!... I thought you already know about the skeletons..." He said as he looks at Aliss. 

"No, I didn't know anything about whether the undead skeleton was really out there." She was here to know whether there were undead skeletons out there. Hearing the captain answer, she now knows that I wasn't joking around that time. 

The captain then ask Aliss a question, "Why did you come here then?" 

"I wanted to know whether there were indeed some skeletons outside, that's all."

I notice that the captain didn't like what he just heard, someone just walk in here and interrupt an important discussion that probably about the undead skeletons. He then shouts to the guards that let Aliss enter here in the room. 

"Keeneth! I told you not to let any civilian enter here, why did you let her in." The captain was really angry at the guards. 

"Umm... I thought she had information about the skeletons, Sir!" The guards said that immediately when the captain asks about it.

"So you just assume that she had info, why do you think she had one! Tell me!" He berated the guards. 

"I'm sorry Sir! There no one would go here unless there something important." The guards say I feel bad for him as Aliss was the cause he getting shouted by the captain. 

The captain looked at Aliss intensely, "Young lady! Do think that it's really a good idea coming here without any good reason." 

Aliss wasn't scared of the captain at all, she doesn't seem to be intimidated by him. "I do have a reason and that to know whether they were skeletons outside." She said that. If I was the captain, I really don't accept that. I would scold her even though she was a noble daughter. 

He takes a breath and said to Aliss, "Now you know about it, please head out and remember not to spread that information to the public, we would deal with the skeletons before the town people would even realize that there was an undead skeleton outside. Remember! don't spread it." 

"I understand, I would not spread the info... Thanks." Aliss was about to head out from the room but she was stopped by the captain himself.

"Wait, young lady!" The captain shouted. 

Aliss turn around and look at the captain, the captain told Aliss to come back here. I wonder why he wanted Aliss to go back there, does he not trust my owner with that info. Well, I would not blame him as he seems the person that doesn't trust anyone that easily. 

"What it is captain? Is there something wrong..." Aliss asked. 

"How do you know about the skeletons? I doubt the guardsmen were the ones telling me." He said as he wanted to know how Aliss know about it. 

Aliss simply said that someone told her, she doesn't tell that it was me. It would just cause much more problematic if they know that I'm the one that tells her about the skeletons. If they did know about me, I might be taken from Aliss as I would be handed into a wizard or a magic item expert. The talking ring was really rare and besides that, I was once the demon lord ring. 

"Who was that person!" The captain asked Aliss. 

"It was..." Before Aliss could say who was the person, Aliss stop as we heard a familiar voice. 

"Captain Callum! We will head outside the town... Thanks for lending us the guardsmen equipment." It was the voice of a man that Aliss and I known. 

The voice seems to be coming from behind us, Aliss turned behind as she knows that voice. Of course, we know that voice as it was Tane and Vicar wearing the guard's armor. Seeing Vicar there, Aliss immediately hugs Vicar, and Vicar was surprised by the sudden hug he received. 

I bet that Vicar didn't expect that Aliss was here, "Ali-Aliss why are you here?" Vicar asked her. 

"I'm here to know about the skeletons..." She said.

"What! you know about the skeletons... but how I thought this matter wasn't announced to the public yet." Vicar said as he didn't know how Aliss would know it. 

Aliss then show her hands to Vicar, she tried to let Vicar know that it was me that tells her. Vicar saw me and he was surprised to see me in Aliss finger. He should be as he thought that I was in the ground, in a place that full of undead skeletons now. 

I was kinda mad at Vicar for leaving me behind but at the same time, I somehow was grateful for his action. If he did not toss me towards Tane, I would never fall into the ground at that time. If all of that didn't happen, my level would still be on zero, my skills and talents would never be unlocked as well. 

He must not expect that I'm here as well, he must be confused about how could I be here right now. I could see that Tane was smiling when he saw Aliss hug Vicar. Tane must think something on his mind right now, he may think that Aliss was Vicar's girlfriend or something. 

Tane does have a wild imagination and he would easily make a wrong assumption about someone. The captain interrupts this reunion as he asks Vicar something. 

"Who was this girl Vicar? Does your the one that told her about the skeletons."

Vicar didn't know what was Captain Callum talking about, Vicar was about to say that he didn't know anything but Aliss step on his foot and reply to the question that was actually directed to Vicar. 

"Yes! He was the one that told me about the skeletons."

"Hmm... Is that true Vicar?" Captain Callum asks Vicar whether he was the one that tells Aliss. 

Vicar still didn't understand this situation right now but he could see that Aliss face, she made a signal towards him. He knows that he had to say yes if he says no he will suffer consequences later. 

"That's true Captain, I was the one that told her," Vicar said that as he didn't want to know what will happen if he answers no. 

"Vicar, we didn't tell her about..." Tane was about to say it but his mouth was immediately covered by Vicar's hand. If Tane managed to say that, it would be hard to think of another reason for this subject. 

"Is something wrong?" Captain Callum asks Vicar as he saw Vicar cover Tane's mouth. 

"All is okay captain! We will head out now, let's go Tane..." Vicar was dragging Tane outside. 

"Thanks, captain, I will go now... I'm sorry for interrupting your important discussion just now." Aliss also heads out of this room. She doesn't want the captain to get more suspicious about her.