Chapter 13: Arrest Me

Chapter 13: Arrest Me

Im out.

I mean, Im going for a walk.

Clodia gave me an enchanted clock thats now resting on my houses wall. She told me to get back to work before the 26th hour. Im still getting around the notion of having 27 hours and 9 days. Listen, its weird. I cant help but try to fit it in our system.

I do wonder if we have the same hours or if their planet simply has a different orbit, or things like that.

I do watch documentaries from time to time, but this world-wide stuff has never interested me that much.

Apparently, I live in a nice district.

I look around and, once again, I dont smell human excrements. I used to think that the Middle Ages were all about throwing your own waste around in the streets.

Deep down, Im a bit disappointed by the lack of human manure. If I ever manage to go back, Ill be sorely disappointed that I wont be able to tell people that I was knee-deep in human excrements.

You cant deny it makes for a great story.

I can already imagine peoples distorted expression when I describe the kind of sick, disgusting, tainted and diseased

I almost bump into Officer Lucinda while Im thinking about colorful evacuations.

Luciani, she looks at me with a polite smile.

I kind of recoil.

I was thinking about some unsavory things, and now, there is the cutest policewoman smiling at me with a charm that steals all the blood in my heart.

Officer! I have a crime to report!

She can already see where this is going and sighs.

What is it? she gestures with a hand for me to go ahead and tell the cheesy line.

I dont know, but Im sure I did something bad. Would you mind cuffing me? I wink at her.

Well, I still love my future wife to death, though.

She can pursue all the magic she wants, and Ill make the cakes.

I feel a slight zap in my left wrist and I swear.

Is the goddamn book reading my thoughts now?!

Uhm.

Wait.

Thats not so far-fetched, is it?

And you just want to be a baker? she asks with some disappointment.

Sure thing. I dont care about adventuring, being a [Mage] or whatnot, I say while ignoring another little zap, I just want to live a good life, marry a good woman and make good children. If you are interested, I have a spot open.

I dont think our paths will cross in the future, she says with no apparent regret on her face.

I mean, I get her. She has all these dreams and stuff. But I can still follow her and bake wherever. I dont really care.

Happy wife, happy life.

Dont worry, lifes too short to worry about paths and whatnot. Ill be happy with the dinner you promised me, I smile.

What dinner? she raises an eyebrow.

You said that we would have a nice dinner if I let you tag along to the [Enchanter], I winked.

She looks troubled and gazes at a ring on her finger. I notice a slight flash and she shakes her head.

I promised no such dinner, you liar.

I only lie to get more time with a beautiful woman, Officer. You should arrest me for that.