"Master Eugene, here is what I think. I think that there is a high chance that Abby's aunt was using some sort of protective amulet"
"That is quite far fetched but we cannot rule out that possibility as well. After all, a lot of shamans had been starting to show up like mushrooms in the market. Those darned mortals who did not pass their apprenticeship often tried to make a living out of what they learned from us."
Eugene concluded as he put a hand under his chin so that he could make a cooler pose while he was busy contemplating over a solution.
"But what if, her aunt made it herself, Master? Don't you also find it weird that Abby was capable of reading and comprehending the old Marcellian language? What if she actually came from a witch family?"
"Abby's family sure knows how to hide well. But we will see about that. We will get to see how far they could go into hiding. Because I would not rest easy either until I catch their tail."Eugene said word by word as though he was making an oath. Resolve was clearly written on his face and his fists were set into a ball, almost crumpling the report that he was holding in his hands"Go ahead, Jorah. Try to meet this infamous old witch at the west at once and see if she could actually help us. At most, I only need two feathers for my spell, so you could bring the rest with you and offer it to her in exchange for her help."When Eugene finally made up his mind, he issued his command right away and started formulating a plan.
"Here's the catch, the sooner we catch these people, the sooner Abby could get her revenge. What is far more important right now is for us to find her stepfamily, the soonest the better so we could give them what they deserved."Eugene said as he tried his best to divert Jorah's attention at the perks that came hand in hand with this mission that he was entrusted to him.
"Eugene?'"Disbelief and confusion as well as the mix of a few more other inexplicable emotions took turns and started to surface at Abby's facial expression one after another.But who could blame her?
"Are you still mad at me because of what happened? Come on, Eugene. Don't be so hard on me. I am very sorry, okay? I promise I won't do it again. I will not make you feel worried about me ever again. If I---"Abby still had a lot more to say but Eugene cut her off."And who told you that I am in any way worried about you? I am not!"
Meanwhile, having to depend on Abby just to help him up and walked him into his room somewhat hurt Eugene's ego.At the same time, he was also starting to regret having Jorah left the house. He did not expect it to be this awkward for him.'HAIXT! Why am I even doing this in the first place? I should have just stood still and enjoy my day as it is. Why do I even think about helping this girl in secret? It was not like I am gaining anything in return for
Abby deliberately used a desolate tone as she spoke to make herself sound more convincing and it seemed to be working because after she said that, Eugene finally looked at her.However, what she did not expect was for the other party to get up from his bed, all of a sudden. He forcefully rose from his feet and even knocking a pillow down the floor in the process of doing so.Abby on the other hand subconsciously took a step back when she saw him approaching
"Are we not close yet?""We're almost there"Eugene said the same thing for the umpteenth time already, but it did not seem that they were stopping anytime soon.
He sure was weird. What a psycho.'That thought crossed Abby's mind as she silently followed behind Eugene. She had no other choice though. It was not like she could back out in the middle and retraced her step out of the wild.She better stuck beside Eugene now, rather than risking losing her way on h