Chapter 37: Getting to know Crion

The girl had long black that reached all the way to her buttocks. She had pink eyes and an expressionless face. She was also really short.

Dan handed her the now human spider a giant hoodie. He put it on for her since she did not know how to put it on. He decided against giving her a trousers since the one's in his inventory were to big for. The hoodie was more than enough and covered her body until her ankles.

Two small pink eyes were under her eyes and beneath then were two more normal sized eyes and even further were smaller eyes.

"Is there a way you can cover your eyes?" Dan asked. "There would too much attention on us if you walked around with that many eyes."

The child nodded her head, "I can close them," She said. She closed her eyes and as if by magic, her eyelashes and eyebrows disappeared. It was as if her closed eyes assimilated with her skin and disappeared.

'That is so cool!' Dan thought to himself.

"My name is Dante, but you can call me Dan, I don't think you told me your name?" Dan said.

Even though he was on his knees the child was still shorter than him.

Dan didn't know whether it was because he was tall or she was short.

"Crion," She answered.

"Crion, that's elder language. Can you speak elder language?" Dan asked.

"Yes I can, What about you?"

"Of course I can, Crion. That's a beautiful name!"

Dan smiled. Crion's expression on her face was the same as earlier on. It was an expressionless face devoid of any emotion just like her voice.

"Do you know it's meaning?" Crion asked.

"Of course I do, I wouldn't say it's beautiful had I not known it's meaning, it means to be cursed, right?" Dan said. Kan was still behind him. He would take a quick peek every once in a while.

"You have a weird sense of beauty," she said.

"I find chaos beautiful, and being cursed is just a part of chaos. I also think that spiders are a great symbol for chaos, what is more frightening than a giant spider that can suck your organs and blood out." Dan explained.

Dan stood up and turned around and walked.

THUD!

Dan turned around as soon as he heard the thud. Crion was lying face down flat on the ground.

Dan walked over to her and picked her up. Her expression still had not changed. "What happened?"

"I am not experienced walking on two feet so I fell."

"Your able to do perfect backflips but not walk on two legs, Very well then, hold my hand, I will guide you." Dan held out his hand for her to hold and she did. Kan walked beside him keeping his eyes on Crion.

Crion walked on Dan's left side holding his hand. The size difference between the two was astounding. If a stranger saw them then he would think they were father and daughter.

He walked slowly for Crion so that she could get used to walking on two feet. Dan made short conversation with Crion and she replied shortly and stoically.

"How old are you?"

"I do not keep track of that, but I was born when it was raining meteorites during a blue moon. At least that is what my mother told me."

"You were born on the fire shower of the blue moon, it's quite a rare event that happens once every 200 years, it's been approximately over a hundred years ago since then. I can see why people would say you are cursed." Dan said.

"But truth be told you are not cursed, always remember that."

"Where are your parents?" Dan asked.

"Dead."

"Just like mine haha, Where is your original home?"

"It was on a mountain with a lake at the top, I do not remember it well."

"Are you an Acrocropulet?"

"No, I am a Asocriligan, people often confuse us together since we look alike. Although we are distinct relatives."

"Why did you leave your home?"

"I ran away when I was several months due to to the abuse I suffered."

What seemed like a casual conversation turned into a full blown interrogation between a police men and tekashi 69. It seemed like Crion did not really mind his questions.

"Why did you not attack me when you saw me?" Dan asked. "You had a chance to attack me and yet you did not."

"I did not sense any killing intent and I thought you were from the nearby village, had you gone missing then people would miss you and attack me."

"You thought I was from a nearby village? What about now?"

"I was not sure earlier but now I know you are definitely not human." Crion's balance had improved and her ability to walk was getting better.

"Hoooo, and what do you think I am?" Dan smiled.

"I'm not really sure but from my sense of smell, you are something between a human and a demon. A hybrid of sorts."

Dan nodded his head and smiled even further.

"Wrong! Zero points for you, although you were close. I am fully human 100 percent. I only have some demon and dragon blood in me." Dan said.

"That is Impossible but you don't seem to be lying, how is that possible? A normal human should die just from having either dragon or demon but you have both." Crion said as she sniffed Dan. "Also it's like you don't have a scent but I can smell the faint smell of your scent."

"What can I say? I'm just built different!"

Crion looked up at Dan, she barely reached his elbows. "Is that not a figurative saying?"

"Yes it is but I take that literally, My physiology is completely different from a normal humans."

"In what way?" Crion asked. The more she talked with Dan the more she became curious about him. Just curious and nothing else.

"Well, I heard human's have one heart, but I have three! If you listen closely then you can hear 2 faint heartbeats. I have dragon and demon blood in my blood circulatory system, I have better eyesight than a cat and a sharper sense of smell than a normal person." Dan boasted proudly. He never actually noticed how different his physiology was compared to a human but what kind of human were raised with a bunch of barbarians who could split trees with their hands?

"Indeed you truly are built different! Are there many humans like you?" Crion asked.

"I highly doubt it, I'm a one of a kind just like Barlon." Dan looked down to see Crion staring at him with a confused look.

"Barlon? I do not know who that is, would you mind explaining to me?"

"Sure, you see centuries ago there lived a gnome called Barlon. Barlon was a famous weapons maker who made really good weapons for his customers. He was so good that even the lead dwarf came to him so that he could learn from him." Dan looked to the side to see if Kan was still there. Sure enough he was there still glaring at Crion who was able to walk properly now but still held onto Dan's hand.

"But you see the funny thing about Barlon was that he didn't make the weapons himself. Underneath his workshop lived his brother who was forced to live under his workshop and make weapons. Barlon got married several times, had way too many kids and just enjoyed his life until he died in his sleep."

There was a silence as the only thing that could be heard was the sound of them walking.

"Any questions?" Dan asked.

"What happened to the brother?" Crion asked.

"Well, several weeks after Barlon's death, they found him under the workshop tied to a rusty chain ball. He was malnourished, dirty and at the brink of death, after being nursed back to health he told everyone what had happened to him and how he had lived underneath the workshop and hadn't seen the sun for more than 60 years."

"Barlon's wife was shocked, the people who knew him were mortified and they all cursed him and the fact that they actually used to love him. The end."

"I do not understand what is special about Barlon, you said that he is a one of a kind but I still do not see how he is."

"Hmmm, well you see Barlon is a one of kind because he was never caught and paid for his crimes. His past never caught up to him, Even when he died, he died while asleep. True, people cursed at him and hated him but that was after he died. There was nothing they could do to him to hurt him, he won. His name is listed in history as a one of kind. Do you understand now?"

"Yes I do, Thank you for explaining but why is it that you want to be a criminal? Is not keeping a person hostage under your workshop a terrible thing by human standards?"

"Well.....by human nature I am a criminal!"

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