11 (XI) Remishia, date?, they found him!
Mark who was on his way to the nearby dorm that Jasmine mentioned was taking his time as the feeling of someone was spying on him was starting to tick him off, as one he couldn't find out where they were hiding, two he has no privacy anymore, and three his hunger was flaring up thanks to his emotions making him quite cranky right now.
but he controlled himself so that he would not scare the crap out of the gnome...
again.
fate, however, had thoughts of its own~
the gnome was able to enjoy a good bath and was about to get venture out to the market then get some supplies all while thinking back on the large figure that seemed so scary yet lonely as soon as Remishia opened the door...
the very person that scared her so much was just outside of the dorm which made her start hiccuping while thinking to herself.
"Oh Lady of Fate, why are you doing this to me!?"
Tears started to form on the edges of her eyes as the man walked towards her...
slowly~
Hell right now, even Mark was feeling sorry for the girl!
But he needed information thus Mark endured it and bowed while apologizing.
as it was getting hard to control himself both from chuckling at this scene and from feeling hungry with this girl looking like a rabbit freezing, and shivering in front of a predator!
but he controlled himself since there was still those prying eyes that made him wary as he had to be careful now lest they find out his form or they might've already.
"Sorry for scaring you earlier, as an apology how about I buy you some stuff within one gold and be your escort for the day?"
The girl's reaction was something...
"FUEEEE!!"
Mark was speechless as he heard that strange sound that she made and couldn't help but blurt out.
"Is that how you say yes?" all while tilting his head in confusion.
The gnome girl, on the other hand, her mind was spinning as her fear began to dwindle and confusion replaced it with a light amount of fantasy as one she was nearly 20 years old, halfway through her 'ripe' age, and the men that she liked were either dead or never had any romantic thoughts about her!
and now the scary man suddenly looked like a knight in shining armor in her eyes that was going to escort her like a princess...
If Mark heard her thoughts right now his face would be twitching before getting the hell away from this nutjob!
but alas he was not able to and allowed the girl to further immerse herself in her unbelievable fantasies!
Kinda amazed that she wasn't suspicious of him at all after what happened earlier!
then again a woman trying finding themselves the right man isn't something you can scoff out either...
So the little gnome girl whose face brightened up grabbed his hand then starting pulling him towards the market~
As Mark had a strange look on his face while wondering...
"is this girl alright in the head? then again this does make things easier for me"
Making him truly look at her this time Remishia had black straight hair that reached her shoulders, the clothes she wore was a brown robe with a green tunic, brown slacks, with leather boots, she had a couple of pouches with who knows what is inside of it, her skin was pale white with a tinge of yellow from being malnourished, green round eyes, her looks were above average meaning that she'll look even better with a proper diet~
the only sad thing was this Remishia looked like a child as she tugged on his hand made it seem like a daughter was dragging her father along the way...
just by thinking that, it made Mark relax a bit and tried enjoying this time of peace forgetting his hunger, forgetting about the spying eyes, forgetting what he was, All that he wanted now was peace and quiet.
and sure enough, they both had a great time, shopping for some clothes as the clerk help Remishia show off a little despite the clothes in this world wasn't very, uh, enticing...
No underwear, as anything remotely 'sexy' are either made and used by prostitutes thus the selection was boring and too bland for mark's taste as he was wondering to himself.
"what the hell is going on? (half an hour in) where the hell am I? (2 hours in) is it finally ending? (the final dress)"
she seemed down by the time she tried out the last set of clothes, but the clerk said something to her with a thumbs up!
making her beam with renewed vigor, before pulling Mark away as a female clerk said something out loud.
"Tch, to think her man is quite the numbskull!"
Mark heard that but he assumed that the female clerk was talking about someone else thus quickly forgetting the words only to make the clerk sigh heavily before saying to herself.
"that gnome has her work cut out for her..."
the next area was food it had been a long time since Remishia had a proper meal as food was expensive in this city thanks to the growing numbers of refugees and people here, prices dropped drastically within a day thanks to the culling that happened, Remishia usually dressed as a dirty boy to avoid being taken and only bought small amounts of food to avoid wandering eyes.
Thanks to her having a good time she had forgotten about the possible troubles being a woman could bring by coming to this area.
Well, that and her 'Knight in shining armor' was here to protect her, Remishia's carefree smile right now made him wonder...
"why was she being so careless around him?"
It has only been one day yet it was as if she had completely opened up to him!
was she really having fun? or was she part of the group spying on him?
Yet her excitement of going through the marketplace was genuine thus making think of other things and possibilities...
Or that she was just being used bait.
without her knowing, his paranoia and speculations were only half right.
Remishia had no idea about the spying people, she just wanted to have fun as much as possible today as the next stop was a nearby Tavern with a special drink~
As she wants to 'get' some!
Desperation for a partner can make people do some stupid things especially those that are blinded by their fantasies~
Only that her plans were cut short, as a peculiar guard leading ten more arrived and said this.
"YOU DAMN BRAT HAD ME SEARCHING FOR YOU, FOR QUITE SOME TIME! SURRENDER NOW OR I'LL BE USING YOUR SKIN AS MY RUG LATER!"
The guards that followed him were either armed with a spear or a shield and a sword prepared to attack the man they have been chasing, the guard that threatened Mark was only giving an empty bluff hoping that he was foolish enough to surrender without a fight to make things easier, but should he decide to retaliate, the guard could pin a few things to arrest him with no problems, and the nearby archer had a few laced arrows to paralyze their quarry.
The guard noticed the Gnome girl before openly licking his lips in delight then said.
"HoHoH to think that we'd find a nice looking girl, looks like we'll be having quite a night, no?"
The men were all looking forward to this as it wasn't often they could find a young clean girl but Mark, on the other hand, shook his head while approaching one of the nearby wooden poles used to keep the shop stand up before asking in a rhetorical tone.
"Are you sure that you want to do this?"
The leader guffawed at this while looking at Mark as if he was an idiot before replying in a disdainful manner after spitting on the ground.
"*ptui* just shut up and surrender you dam- eh?"
as soon as he spat of the ground Mark made full use of his increased strength then uprooted the large log from the ground before swinging it towards them by the time the guard that was talking smack realized this the log was a few inched from his face.
The sound of a loud *thwak* followed as the guard's head was caved in as his body went crashing into the group.
wielding the log Mark said this as his bloodlust exploded out.
"̷͎̬͇͉̀͠i̷̮͓̥̘̲̱̖̱͌͊̎̈t̵͖̻̟̦̼̻̝̦̭̻̿͑s̸̛̺̩̮̳͎̏̈́̐͂̚ ̴̢͒́̈́̆̂̒͘c̷̨̤̥͓͍͖̲̒́͒̈́̚ĺ̷̨̛̮̠̗̻̺́o̷̪͎͕̖͉̤̊̔̑̈́̐̅̔̏͝b̷̛̪̗̜̳͇͖͖͚͇̐̐̄̋̊͒̂̉b̴̢̮͎̙̖̜̮͆̓͝͝͝e̴͓̫̓̽͗̋r̷̨̢̼̤͓̗̯͊̀͊̍̔͘͝͠ī̷̢̡̛̝̣̳̪̞̤͑͒̓̆̕͜n̸̡̯̠̗̪͇̝̹̖͌̋̾ͅg̶̰̠͖͈͓̤̉̀̉̈́ ̴̛̝̱̘̜̬̯̩̺̈́̐̈́̎͜t̶͙̤̤͎̪̓̔̍̓́̐̓̕̕͝i̸̮̋̇̀͒͂͠m̷̨̈́e̵̳̐͆̈́́͂́͘!̷̹̽͂̽́̾̽̓̎͋"̸̢̧̭̯͓̣̑̈́͘͝͝
