Chapter 149 - Tane Awakes

Vicar approach Tane and stand near him as he asks whether he was feeling fine or not. Vicar was worried about Tane's injuries. 

With a smile, Tane answers that question. "I perfectly fine, no need to worry about me." Tane then makes some pose with both of his arms while still lying in bed. 

"Glad to see you're doing okay but I thought the injury was kinda bad," Vicar said that. 

"The wound is bad but grandma forces me to chug twenty healing potions at once so it's kinda healed up. But still, I was kinda surprised that I suddenly get here, is this the ring magic?" Tane said that as he realized that he was teleported here. 

"I'm a bit surprised that you know that was the ring magic. Thanks to that you're still alive right now." Vicar said that. 

"Then I suppose to say my thanks to the ring then... Do the ring hear what I'm saying to him right now?" Tane asks Vicar as he wasn't sure that I was listening to him. 

"Tell Tane that I'm listening to what he said. Just told him that he should say that word to you instead as you're the one that chooses to teleport him, Vicar." I said that to Vicar. 

"The ring said that you should thank me instead of him." Vicar just simply said that to Tane. 

"I guess I should thank both of you then for saving my life back then. Without you guys help, I don't think that I would be breathing at this moment." Tane said that as he really appreciates us for saving his life. 

"Of course I will save you Tane, your my friend, and I will not let any of my friends die on me," Vicar said that.

Suddenly the door of Tane's room was opened up by his grandma. She brought a tray of food for Tane, seeing that Vicar quickly lend a hand as he takes the tray to Tane. 

"Remember Tane to eat all of the food." Tane's grandma said that to him, she then leaves the room. 

Vicar then put the tray on the small table beside Tane's bed. "Do you want me to feed you?" Vicar said that as he was making a joke to Tane. 

"If you really want to do it, just do it then. I don't mind getting feed by you." Tane said that as he was laughing so hard. 

"Really?" Vicar said that as he takes the spoon and about to feed Tane.

"I'm just joking Vicar, I eat my own food... Just give me the tray." Tane immediately said that as he didn't want Vicar to do that. 

"You should say that sooner." Vicar then gives the tray of food to Tane. 

Tane then started to eat and our conversation was on hold because of that. It took a few minutes for Tane to finish up eating all of the food on the tray. Tane then put the tray beside him as he can't reach the table, I could see that it's still hurt when he moved a bit. 

Tane then ask something with Vicar, "So how the battle against the skeletons, who won the battle?" 

"The town guards managed to defeat all of the skeletons but many of the people that fight have lost their lives in the battle," Vicar said that. 

"I will say that I'm happy that the town didn't get destroy by the skeleton but I'm kinda sad for the one that died in the battle," Tane said that to Vicar. 

"Just this afternoon I had attended the remembrance event for that fall in the battle. There was a huge crowd of people there and I hear that some ordinary citizen also died in the attack." Vicar said that. 

The door of Tane's room was open once again by Tane's grandma, she takes the tray and said with Vicar to let Tane rest a bit as his wounds didn't heal completely yet. 

Hearing that, Tane insisted Vicar to stay here as he wanted to talk about what had happened in the town. Vicar refuses to stay as he said to Tane that it's probably the best for him to rest up a bit and get that wound to heal up. 

"But I'm fine, I'm bored in here if I was alone. I need someone to talk with." Tane said that to Vicar as he doesn't want Vicar to leave the room. 

"I'm sorry Tane, your grandma is right. You should rest and after that, we will continue our conversation." After finish saying that Vicar leaves the room. 

I know that he actually wanted to stay in the room with Vicar and tell him about everything that happens but he knows the reason why Tane's grandma said that. She might want to tell us the ring secret right now and that's why she wanted us to leave Tane's room. 

It might be because even Tane doesn't know about the existence of that ring that his grandma mentions to us at that time. If we talk there, Tane would know about the ring and might try to get it as it was his father's ring after all. 

Vicar follows Tane's grandma to the living room and he stopped as Tane's grandma sits on the chair there. Vicar knows that this was the moment that he been waiting for, the ring power will be unveiled in front of him and I also couldn't wait to hear about it. 

"Is this the time for me to know about the ring secret?" Vicar asks Tane's grandma about it. 

Tane's grandma nods her head as in her hand right now was a small box. "Promise me that you wouldn't tell Tane about this." 

"Is Tane doesn't know about this?" Vicar said that. 

"If he knows, he will try to get this ring as well and because of that Tane shouldn't know about this at all." She said that to Vicar. 

"Why? Is there a reason behind why you choose to tell me and not to Tane..." Vicar was confused about why Tane's grandma decided to tell him the secret while she doesn't even trust Tane on this. 

"I had a dream which I tell a certain man the ring power and that man resemble you." Tane's grandma said that to Vicar. 

"Is this the premonition that Tane told me about, can it be trusted?" Vicar said that as he was unsure about this. 

"Not once my dream has gone wrong, I believe it. But it depends on you after hearing the ring power." Tane's grandma said that. 

"If you are really sure about this, I guess it's time for you to open that box and tell me the ring secret," Vicar said that as he looks very closely as the box that contains the ring was slowly open by Tane grandma. 

When the box finally lids finally open, we both could see the ring and somehow we're kinda surprised to see that particular ring inside the box. It was the dark ring that consumes Vicar once, it has the same color as the dark ring that Vicar wear before but the pattern was different on this one. 

I think Tane did mention that his village was destroyed by an undead similar to Eli. Then this must be that undead ring but why is Tane grandma keeping it and saying it was his Tane father's ring. Does she not know about this dark ring actually was. 

"Close that box!" Vicar immediately says that. 

Tane's grandma then quickly close the box right away as she heard what Vicar had said. She was a little bit calm when Vicar said that. She then asks Vicar, "Looking at your reaction, it seems that you had seen this ring before right?" 

"That ring isn't any normal ring and it was a dangerous one, it should be destroyed at once," Vicar said that. 

"This is what I afraid of coming from you... You had known too much about the dark ring." Tane's grandma said that in a weird way. 

"The way you saying right now, you know about this dark ring right?" Vicar said that as he was getting a bad feeling suddenly. He tried to reach his sword but Tane's grandma said not to reach it or else. 

"You need to calm down Vicar, I will not hurt you... I will simply want to share my knowledge about the dark ring." Tane's grandma said. 

Vicar was feeling confused right now, who is Tane's grandma exactly and why does she had a dark ring. If she already knows what the dark ring power, she should destroy it immediately but instead she keeping it in a box. 

"I think I have enough knowledge about the dark ring already..." Vicar said that. 

"Your knowledge about the dark ring isn't that much, it's true that you know what the dark ring power but there is much more that you haven't known yet." Tane's grandma said that to Vicar.