Chapter 318 - Ralmet Famliy's Regards

Mercury got out of the shower and dried off before he massaged his injured right leg for a few minutes, then he got dressed and walked downstairs, when he arrived at the bottom of the stairs he sensed a familiar presence and showed a slime as he walked into the living room where found Marie, Max and 3 unfamiliar people, well he was familiar with two of them, one of them had killed him once and the other was the Judicator from earlier, Mercury made eye contact with the crusader that had killed him once as he asked

"Any of you want anything to drink?"

Then he disappeared from the view of the crusader that also immediately disappeared from view a series of clangs sounded out in the living room before they moved outside into the courtyard, the Judicator sighed before she spoke

"He really hasn't changed…"

Marie showed a smile and spoke

"I believe the sun will extinguish before Mercury changes"

The Judicator showed a smile under the veil, a few moments later Mercury walked back into the living room, the Judicator spoke to the other crusader

"Jey, go pick up Ben, or what's left of him, and place him in the carriage"

"But Judicator---"

"Just do as I say"

"Yes Judicator"

The gem embedded on the armor of the crusader lit up for a moment before she turned and walked past Mercury that then sat down in a chair in the middle of Marie that had Max sitting on her legs and the Judicator that spoke

"You've gotten faster Mercury…"

"Yeah… I had a being that can make an archangel kneel train me"

The Judicator paused before she sighed and muttered

"It's like you don't need me anymore…"

"That's not true"

"Is it really?"

"Oi"

Mercury stood up with an annoyed look on his face and spoke

"It seems like you don't remember?"

At that point the crusader returned to the room carrying the other crusader that was passed out with most of his shiny white armor broken, she dropped the other crusader and reached for her sword when the Judicator stood up and yelled

"Stand down!"

"But Lady---"

"I said stand down, unless you want to turn out like Ben"

A silence followed for a few seconds until the Judicator snapped

"DIdn't I tell you to take him to the carriage!?"

"Yes, Lady Judiactor"

The crusader picked the other up and walked out of the door leaving it open, then the Judicator stood up and looked at Marie before she spoke

"I see you have upgraded to a younger model, I'll take my leave here"

Then she was about to walk out of the living room when she suddenly found herself unable to move as Mercury spoke or rather asked

"You really don't remember?"

"What am I supposed to remember!?"

Mercury looked straight at the Judicator as he spread his arms before he spoke

"That you're my woman of course"

A shudder went through the Judicator before she first walked and then leapt into Mercury's embrace, then she quickly tore away her white veil before Julia then kissed Mercury. Deeply.

The next morning Mercury awoke, he crawled out of bed and looked outside the window and found a rather pitiful sight, the female crusader was still standing outside, waiting for the Judicator that was currently laying on his bed deeply asleep, Mercury sighed and looked back at Julia before he judged that it would be a while before she would awake, nestled next to her lay Marie that also seemed to be deep in dreamland, he sighed before he put on some pants and walked downstairs and used a magic tool to warm some water and make some tea before he poured it into two cups and walked over to the front door and opened it, there stood the crusader, her armor was covered in morning dew, still, she stood with her back straight, a gem in her armor lit up when Mercury opened the door, Mercury showed a smile and asked as he presented the cup

"Do you want some tea?"

"..."

The crusader remained silent, Mercury sighed before he began to sip his from his own cup, then he casually asked

"Have you known Julia long?"

"...The next time you address Lady Julia so casually I'll cut off your head"

Mercury rolled his eyes before he looked past the helmet and into the cloudy eyes of the crusader

"Well she is my girlfriend, my woman"

"YOU! How dare you speak of the judicator in such a demeaning way!"

The gem embedded on her armor lit up as she drew her sword, or attempted to as Mercury stuck it back into the sheath before he caught the other cup he had just thrown into the air to free his hand

"What makes you say that it's demeaning?"

"...Treating a woman as an object, you're probably just going to throw them away once you're done with them, right!?"

"...If not for the fact that you're close to Julia I would have fractured your sternum for that statement, I don't know how people of this world act but when I say that a woman is mine then I mean it in a… Well, nice way?"

"...Why are you asking me?"

"Because my memories have been partially deleted… Don't look at me like that it's true"

"I am not looking at you like that---"

"I know, you're not looking at anything, you have Visual impairment… If I were to guess you're probably born with it"

The two of them fell silent before Mercury muttered

"I bet the past me could cure it… But how..? Need to meditate on that later.."

The crusader sighed before she reached up and took off her helmet before she put her hand forwards and spoke

"Tea"

"Sure"

Mercury handed the cup of tea to her and after making sure she had gripped it probably he let go of the cup and watched how she sipped the tea with practised movements, being careful not to burn her lips on the hot tea, Mercury then asked again

"Have you known Julia long?"

The crusader nodded before she spoke

"Since childhood"

"I see… Do you want to eat with us?"

"No…"

The crusader showed a tiny smile before she spoke

"Thanks for the offer though, I'll wait here until Lady Judicator returns"

"Okay… I'll go wake her up"

Mercury walked back into the store and further into the private area living room before he walked upstairs and found that both Julia and Marie was already awake and was chatting, he knocked on the doorframe to get their attention before he looked at the two of them as he sipped his tea, then he asked

"Is it demeaning to call you 'my women'?"

Marie looked at Julia that looked at her, the two of them exchanged looks for a bit before Julia spoke

"I don't think so?"

Marie nodded

"Yeah, we're yours after all"

Mercury nodded before he asked Julia

"Do you want some breakfast before you leave?"

"....Yeah, though I wish I didn't have to leave…"

"Me too"

Marie picked up on the slightly sad atmosphere before she asked

"Then want to go drinking tonight? Just the 3 of us?"

""Yes, definitely""

"Geez the two of you sure love beer…"

Mercury looked over at Julia, then both of them showed a smile and spoke

""Yes, definitely""

Marie sighed before she stood up and walked out of the room as she spoke

"I'll get breakfast ready"

"I'll help out"

"Me too~"

As the four of them were eating Max suddenly asked Mercury

"Dad, who's that?"

Mercury knew he was referring to Julia and spoke with great pride

"She's my woman, her name is Julia"

Julie quickly nodded her head and spoke

"It's nice to meet you Max~"

Max nodded rather innocently and spoke, equally innocently

"Nice to meet you, new mother!"

After eating Julia left for work in the carriage along with her two crusaders (one of which was still passed out) and Max ran out of the house saying he would go play with his friends leaving Mercury and Marie alone, Marie asked Mercury

"Want to help me out at the forge?"

"Yeah, let's get started"

Around noon the store opened when the cleck Annette arrived, though after an hour she went out back and spoke to Mercury and Marie, Mercury narrowed his eyes before he asked

"What do you mean there are no customers?"

"It's as I say… There hasn't been a single customer yet…"

Mercury and Marie found this odd and Mercury quickly put on a shirt before he grabbed his cane and walked out the font and found two men standing on either side of the store scaring away customers, Mercury narrowed his eyes before he asked

"Can I help you?"

The two men remained silent before one of them spoke as he took out a club

"The Ralmet family sends their regards"

"Oh… I see"