'cough cough'
"Are you okay, Felicia?"
" ' eh,eh yes..... Felicia is almost done. "
Felicia sweated and coughed while pouring out her purifying mana into Darla's body. Darla was filled with cold sweat, and she frowned in pain.
The pain was probably like getting your blood sucked out.
A bit later, Felicia was done and rested along a stump of a tree. Ororon cared for her in a worry and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Those two got along better than I thought.
Although it was hard to notice, Darla's pale skin started to have colour little by little. I could see Karter's tears from the corner of my eye. A big weight was lifted off his shoulders. He must have struggled a lot.
"Thank you, travelers! Please! Tell me what I can do for you, " Karter cried out.
"Now, now, that's enough. We just have a small favour to ask of you, " Dermis awkwardly laughed.
"Yesss!!! Please say so!"
Dermis explained our situation, and Karter was more than pleased to introduce us to some warriors from his town. He was willing to bring people to train us in swordsmanship.
***
We walked into the Yoplis kingdom. As expected, it was a vast place with merchants and craftsmen. Not to mention the giant castle for the royals at the middle.Many creatures roamed around the town square with freedom. Demi, elves, dwarf and even normal small monsters.
"Hey! Isn't it Karter!"
"Huh Karter's back?!"
"Karter!"
"Oh, Darla, look at you!!!"
"She looks so much better now,"
"Are you the fairy who helped her??"
Many dwarves came in front of us and swarmed us with various questions. They huddled together and covered us whole. It was honestly hard to breathe.
"Uff 'cough' c-could you --plea-se move 'cough' "
Out of nowhere, a warm hand came from the crowd and snatched me away. I felt the warm hand dragging me away from the crowd. I rested on his body for a while and was a little dumbfounded.
"Please! Calm down, will you lots!" Dermis pronounced loudly.
Tremious pulled the little Ororon from the crowd and glared at the people with his yellow eyes. In that moment, I knew he was about to unleash his aura.
I pulled back from Dermis and tried to stop him. Fortunately, Kyoko was quicker than me.
"They are naive. You don't need to do that. Besides, he will be affected in the chaos,"
'tsk'
Tremious clicked his tongue annoyingly and dragged away Ororon from the crowd.
"I will cut short. If you all are thankful for what we have done, then reward us."
The dwarves took a moment and replied.
"What can we do for you ma'am?"
"Give us some magic orbs and help us train in swordsmanship!" Kyoko finally lashed out.
The dwarves were happy to help.
***
"There you go, you can stay here for the time being,"
"Thanks, Karter."
Dermis shut the door and breathed out heavily while falling into bed.
We all were tired due to the journey and also because of running out of social battery.
"They gave us this many orbs...." I uttered whilst looking down on my hand, which contained 10 colourful orbs.
"It's good that they gave us these many"
"I don't understand. Why do you fools need orbs when you can just cast magic?" Tremious spoke out in a mockingly manner.
"We can't always rely on you..."
"Yeah, there may be times when you won't be there. I'm just preparing for the worst."
"I've been meaning to ask....."
Kyoko mentioned softly while laying on the bed and looking at the ceiling. Our attention was now on her.
"Are we gonna find an orphanage any time soon?"
The room suddenly felt chilly, and Dermis and I looked at each other awkwardly. I nudged the laying Dermis beside me, signalling him to speak.
He shook his head very fast, and I got annoyed. Don't tell me, this guy, who had the nerves to talk to a dragon, fight a dragon, ask a dragon to join a group full of nobodies.....is afraid of talking right now.
The annoyance filled my face, and I glared at him. Dermis saw my rage and quickly got up.
His sudden movements caused the attention of everyone diverting towards him.
"I-I've been meaning to mention this before.....but something came up.....I talked with one of our companions yesterday...we have come to a conclusion."
Dermis wriggled his fingers and was on the edge the whole time whilst speaking.
He finally got up from the bed and walked towards Ororon, who was observing Dermis's every movement. He finally knelt down and placed his hand on those little shoulders again.
"What do you say, kiddo? Do you want to join all these old folks on a journey"
He smiled softly.
Ororon's eyes sparkled, and a tear escaped his eyes. His mouth was open as he looked at Dermis's face.
A large smile formed on his face, and he yelled out for the first time.
"YESSSS!!!!!!!"
All of our mouths were open, and our eyes were completely wide. Dermis laughed out loud and swang Ororon in the air with joy.
"Little man!! You can talk! Hahaha!"
Me and Kyoko jumped happily and hugged Ororon tightly. There were happy tears in my and Kyoko's eyes. Tremious also came forward and smiled at Ororon while patting his head. We all love him a lot. Ororon gave his signature smile and the air filled with warmth.
It was official. A new party member had joined.