A rainy day

It took quite a while and a lot of cursing and crying for "Mr. Bush" to finally calm down.

*sniff* *sniff*

"... this isn´t fair..." mumbled he while sulking a few meters away from us.

"Ah, please don´t mind his, ehh, crying... he´s just a little bit sad that a snake got something that he dreamed of getting," said Cadina, slightly embarrassed.

"Heh? Why would he want that?" asked I.

"Hmmm, it´s a long story, but to sum it up, a childhood friend that he liked for years, turned him down and got together with someone that has a primordial gem and poor Burash here is obsessed with getting his own primordial gem ever since," said she with a mocking sad tone. "Heh, this idiot even challenged a demigod and got his leaves whooped. Fun times."

"..."

"Do you the name of the person that has the primordial gem?" asked the veiled girl, ignoring her last comment.

"Hmmm, I can´t really remember, but I think it was something like, Treamon? ... no no no, Tragi?"

"NO! HIS NAME WAS TRAK THAT BASTARD!" screamed Burash from afar in anger.

"What! Trak, the TRAK that is the current overlord of the eastern continent Hamja?!"

"Ah, yes Trak that was his name! Never knew that he would become such a big shot, time sure has flown" said Cardina nonchalant.

The veiled was gobsmacked that they knew the current overlord of an entire CONTINENT!

"So, what are the two of you doing here?" asked Cardina ignoring the veiled girl's inner turmoil.

"Eh, just touring the town..." responded I while glancing at the veiled girl.

"Hmm what a carefree monster you two are... ah I wish I had that much time to just relax, but our master is kind of strict and can be very scary... anyway we have to go! See you around little snake!"

"Yes, see you around," said I while waving my tail.

I could see Cardina walking towards Burash and pulling him along. 'What a weird duo' thought I.

It took a few minutes for the veiled girl to calm down and we continued to tour around the place till sundown, or the equivalent of that, as the light dimmed inside the cave. Back inside our room, I slumped down on the bed.

"I have to finish some business, Raas. You stay here for now." said the veiled girl, before I could even respond.

Smacking the door shut I was once again alone. Having nothing better to do than to fiddle with my thum- ... with my tail, I decided to rest a little.

Closing my eyes, my other senses sharpened. Hearing the slight breeze that waved over the town, and the noises of the lively town I slowly drifted to sleep.

*3rd POV*

During the night the veiled girl finally came back. *sigh*

"This was so tiring. Finally, I can get some sleep." mumbled the girl while yawning. Swapping her rope to a clean one she got into bed, not knowing that a giant storm is brewing.

Meanwhile, in the deadly thick jungle of the 22nd floor, where a constant deafening downpour and lighting hit the floor, a hodded blur could be seen rushing through the jungle while cutting everything in its path. No matter of monsters, trees, bushes, or rivers, nothing could stop it. Panting and struggling the figure tirelessly rushed through the floor. Seeing the entrance of the 21st floor the figure stopped for a moment while pulling the hood down, revealing a smooth face with two black dots gleaming through the rain. The drenched coat hugging her body revealing a perfect hourglass figure.

Clenching her hand over her chest a small female voice spoke in a longing whisper, "Raas..."

Not wanting to spend any second longer here she draped her hood over again and vanished in a blur.

Darting through the entrance she expelled all the water on her making her as dry as sand, without stopping for a moment. Navigating through the town she soon reached a small run-down hut and slammed the door open with enough strength that it blew the door into thousand pieces. Ignoring the mess she made her eyes darted around the room searching for her beloved, but what she saw made her freeze up like a statue.

...

In the comfy bed, Raas and the veiled yelped in surprise as the door exploded out of nowhere. Being woken up by the loud explosion the veiled girl sprung up, but because she used him as a body pillow he got dragged with her. The veiled girl was the first one to spot the figure standing in the doorway.

Raas who thought that the veiled girl made the noise wanted to complain to her but stopped when he saw the figure standing between the rubbles of the door. A tall woman with golden flowing sand as hair and 2 doted eyes gleamed at the two with sadness and anger, in her hand a glass dagger that was still dripping in monster blood was shacking.

Raas' eyes widened as he saw the two black dots that always gleamed at Raas with love and happiness. But he was shocked as he saw her sad and angry face, but soon understood as he heard stammering beside him, "N- No- this isn´t what it looks like! W- We didn´t do anything! I swear! So please calm down! I can explain!" said the veiled girl while pushing Raas away and standing up.

Raas' orange-tinted scales turned pale white as he noticed his situation. He was currently sleeping in a bed with a girl while she was clinging to him.

Raas got out of bed and stammered, "S- Sahra, th- this is not what it looks like."

Sahra who was completely silent pushed the veiled girl aside and continued striding towards Raas with her dagger in hand. Raas seeing this slowly backed off but soon hit the wall behind him. Sahra who was standing and looking down on Raas lifted her dagger and stabbed it into the wall right next to Raas' head.

"HIIII!!!"

A thrill shriek escaped out of Raas mouth as he looked at the bloodied dagger and then towards Sahra´s angry face.

Raas wanted to explain the situation to her, but upon seeing her angry face slowly turning into a crying one he shut up and whispered, "Sahra..."

"Shut up!" cried Sahra as she leaned her face next to Raas. Emotion overwhelmed her as she didn´t want to hear what Raas wanted to say. She felt angry, disappointed, and betrayed upon seeing him with the veiled girl together in one bed.

"How could you" *sniff* *sniff* "I... I was so scared of losing you... I was worried the whole time, thinking about what happened if the mark suddenly disappeared... when I couldn´t find you and was separated from you I was completely lost... but I knew you would survive... I knew we would someday reunite... I knew you would come back... I was challenging monsters day and night to gain levels to be able to search for you... and when I heard that you are in the town my heart was beating so fast, I was so happy to finally see you again... so I rushed back. Running through the rain without stop and pushing myself to the limits, just to see you again... and when I finally reached you... what do I see?!" said Sahra while raising her head and staring at Raas. Tears began to swell and fall down her eyes.

"I see my beloved Raas sleeping with my childhood friend! How could you Raas! I- I was so desperate to finally see you, but when I came home I saw you with another woman?! How could you do that to me?!" cried Sahra pitifully while leaning her head on the wall.

Raas was speechless and his heart hurt seeing her so sad. Thinking back, he was just playing around while Sahra was desperately searching for him. He felt really bad about it and ashamed of himself.

Raas couldn´t do anything but apologize, "I am sorry."

He gently put his tail on Sahra´s back while she was crying and mumbling "how could you" between sniffs and sobs.

After a few minutes, lite breathing could be heard as Sahra fell asleep from exhaustion and tiredness that accumulated.

Now Raas was hugging a sleeping tear-drenched Sahra while the veiled girl only stood there with a complicated expression on her face.

Raas sighed and spoke, "Let´s get her on the bed and clear up the misunderstanding when she wakes up."

The veiled girl nodded and sat on the ground, her heart still beating a mile per hour from the shock and surprise.