Ch 9. Phoenix

It was almost dawn, people gathered near the burnt hut. A lot of whispers, murmurs were heard among the locals. Some called me a sorcerer, the man with the death stick, the devil with an insatiate lust (obviously staying with Revati has gave birth to this tale), even one called me an immortal vampire.

I was clearly not in a state of mind to enjoy these gossips.

The local gurads of the bazaar area, the kotwal chief (police chief), some known faces of the area & Kalidas also had reached the area.

It was obvious that explosion sounds would attract them to this place. Due to less sound barriers, the sound waves carried the lethal explosion's sound a long way to the heart of the people.

Every one was in awe & shock when they saw those dead bodies.

The police chief, guards everyone knew that I was the one who had been the one who bore this massacre. But, they didn't even try to say anything. The example was already in front of them.

The two remaining guards asked Kalidas for a horse carriage to take these bodies back. He provided them with a horse carriage but the cost was double to a normal horse carriage.

The soldiers knew they were getting scammed, but they wanted to go as far away from this place. It was pretty obvious!

Kalidas was truly a sly fox, who knew how to turn every situation into a profit.

I beckoned Kalidas,

"Good day to you sir, how are you?"

I chuckled at his bootlicking skills,

"I'm fine, I would be needing your assistance."

"Kalidas is always at your service, how may I help you Sir?"

"I need a good place to stay, as you can see the hut is burned down. And I need a strong brick house at this place of the burnt hut. Can you arrange me some good masons?"

Kalidas, Revati & the people who stood in near radius, the one's who could hear our conversations were all dumbfounded.

They looked at each other's face in amazement.

Obviously, brick was a luxury good. And only the affluent people's of that era would use them for building purposes.

As, production of bricks were not very cheap.

"Are you sure about brick house sir?"

Kalidas was truly unsure about my intentions.

"Yes, I'm very much sure about that."

"The thing that you wan't sir, would cost 50 gold coins, including materials & labour charges of the masons."

"How much time it would take?"

"Approximately one month or so, some days less or more."

"Sir, if you pay 5 more gold coins. We can reduce 7 more days by adding more workers."

"I'll pay you 15 gold coins more, can you scale it down to 7 days."

With a grin of the devil, Kalidas spoke

"Surely sir, I will not disappoint you."

"What about now, is there any good place to stay?"

"Sir, you would need a room for two to stay. If I'm not wrong."

Kalidas's words had an underlying tone, towards the rumours of my debauchery and it clearly pointed at both of us.

It did affect Revati a bit, she became red in shame and looked away from us.

"Yes, and I would need that place for 7 days."

"Ok, sir. I think you know Mr. Haripada, he also has a good established of inns & hotels apart from his restaurant. From top class rooms to affordable cheap one's. He surely can set you up with one such room according to your taste."

"Revati let's go, we need to move."

Kalidas interrupted, "Oh, sir one more thing."

"Yes."

"The bear skin, claws, teeths & bones that were extracted from the carcass couldn't be sold randomly."

"It will be only sold at auctions, where buyers come for exquisite stuffs like these."

"Ok, when will it be done."

"We host auctions everyday, in our auction gallery in the bazaar. So, feel free to come tomorrow sir. Oh, one more thing I will take a 10% fee as my service charge from the auctioned stuff that you sell."

It was an agreeable term. Atleast, I needed money now more than ever.

A very suitable room was provided to us in Haripada's hotels. One gold coin for a day, 7 gold coins were paid in advance for 7 days.

A total of 72 gold coins were deducted from me. They say money comes fast, but departs even faster. I think the saying was very much true, atleast for me at that point.

Once, all these stuffs were taken care off. Revati told me how she had pulled me back here, with the help of Kalidas's lackey's. She was bit ashamed of her decision about trying to sell those loots from that bear to Kalidas without taking my consent.

We were inside that hotel room and no one was there to disturb us.

I hugged Revati again, this time she was less shy in my warm embrace.

I placed a warm kiss on the cheeks of that wonderful being that was so close to me.

She, was bit moved from my approach.

I said,

"I'm sorry dear, your house got destroyed because of me. If I hadn't had these enmity with the local landlord you wouldn't have to face this situation."

"Don't say that sir..."

I put one of my finger over her mouth and said,

"Don't call me sir, please do call me by my name. It's Rahul."

She smiled a bit, and agreed...

"You were the one who saved me from being dishonoured, you didn't look down on me. You treated me like your equal. You even stood still in times of calamity. You are more than just a man to me. You have made me feel alive."

She took down the upper part of her saree that covered her breast...

"I have nothing else to offer you in return..."

A ripe pair of intricately carved bosom were open to be caressed, and it was all infront of my own eyes.

I wouldn't lie, for a fraction of second I thought about licking, sucking and playing with those titties.

I would have pounced on her, if I was someone from her time period. Plus, she herself invite me to a treat. Only, a fool would say no.

But, my mind spoke otherwise.

My desires said it's ok, while ethics & upbringing anchored those urges to it's limit.

I took her saree & covered her exposed breasts. She was again stunned at my action!

"Am I not..."

While interrupting her, I said

"You can, always have me. I won't stop you. And I'll also love to have you as my someone special. But, it is okey when your heart says so. What you were doing now is like offering your body, as a part of payment or deal."

"I never thought of you as an object. Come to me, when you heart want's to. And what I have done, is to ensure my own safety to. So, it's a mutual thing."

"You have a generous heart, to give someone unknown a shelter. And I was luckily capable enough to protect us. You even saved me from that bear. So only when your heart want's me, I'll be there for you."

She was stupedified with what I had said. Maybe, men didn't deal with hearts & all at that era. Mostly, it was always a man's need prioritised before a women. The women's were not allowed to choose or place their statement. After all it was still colonial era & in India too.

She wen't towards the bathroom and before closing the door, looked back & asked me...

"I understand what you say. But..."

"But what?"

I enquired,

"Am I undesirable in your eye? Is it the caste? Or something else..."

I laughed at her thought, damn I'm the luckiest dude right now. Such, a hot & smoking women is asking me about her desirability for not accepting her.

"To tell you the truth, the first time I saw you. You, stunned me. Even now every part of my body want's to melt in you."

"But, as I said... I'll be your's, only if your heart want's. Not like any part of business deal or tribute."

She looked down and then gave me a satisfied smile & wen't to the bathroom.

I felt like a mountain has been removed from my chest.

I haven't checked out my profile for a long time. Now, I have reached lvl 4. It was time to check out my stats.

[Host] - Rahul Shikder

[Lvl] - 4

[Health] 2025/2025

[End] - 16+4

[Stam] - 11+7

[Int] - 21

[Dex] - 14+6

[Charm] - 7+3

[Mana] -

[Add. attribute points] - (+20)

[Skills]

[Active] -

[Passive] - (Basic Firearm Mastery)

(Basic Assessment) (Basic smooth talker)

[Title] - John Ramgo (active)

[Shop] [Exchange] [Store] [Notification]

Due to two level ups I got 20 attribute points. It would have been wise to store some points, but I spen't them all. It's an unwise move for gamers, yet I couldn't control my spending spree...

New addition was that title thing, which had it's benefits.

Reloading, aiming, firing & repeating again is the most important thing for me in this world. As, I'm a ranged warrior. More points in [Dex] would surely evolve my gun play.

And to be honest, I have added points in [Charm] to improve my statistics with Revati. And it did too, after adding more points in. I could literally see the change in my body & I was bit shocked to see my new developed sexy avatar in the mirror.

Then, there was other improvements in the skill section. Some skills reached basic level. That means the more I used them, the more higher it would go. Life was not that bad here, what I had immagined, it was becoming fun...

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