Tales Of Hearts | Liskook

Chapter 34

As she turned her stiff head, she saw Dokyeom squatting under a tree carefully scraping the moss between its roots. Soon after, he grabbed his sack and stood up.

“My clothes and armor are stained so black, I wonder if I should change the name to Knights of Hume (Black) Dragon instead of Rem (White) Dragon,” he said with a sour face.

“Mr. Dokyeom!”

Yurixion, visibly glad to see him, ran towards him.

“What are you doing here?”

“I am making reagents at Lady Calypse’s request, to revive the trees in the garden,” said he as he lifted up a sack. Fixing his gaze upon her, he continued. “It seems you were recounting the fierce battle you went through during your journey.”

Lisa literally flushed from head to toe. She had been caught bluffing, red-handed, and out of all the people, by the very one who saw her vomit and pass out. All she wished was to turn into dust and disappear.

However, the mood of her audience wasn’t affected at the slightest. The boys shook with excitement, not noticing her embarrassment at all.

“Yes! She was telling us how Lord Calypse slayed ten giant ogres in a blink of an eye.”

“Ten giant ogres you say….”

As each word drawled, Lisa’s heart pounded tenfold with anxiety. She wondered if she should cut her losses and just get out of here on the pretext of having something urgent at hand. Her eyes darted eyes around like a prey looking to escape.

Like Dokyeom didn’t know what she was thinking! He cast her a sly smile and while sounding completely natural, he said, “You only got that far? There was also a battle in the mountains.”

“A battle in the mountains?!” Yurixion exclaimed.

“We were crossing the Anatorium Mountain when we ran into a pack of werewolves. How… how many were there in total? Mrs. Calypse? My memory is a bit blurry off late…”

“I- I also don’t….”

“Understandable, I mean there were so many that it was tough to count. The whole mountain was covered with their dark fur, so it probably seemed like someone had put a carpet over the mountain.”

“There were that many werewolves on the Anatorium Mountain…?” Yurixion cried in astonishment.

Lisa was sweating profusely, as she was unable to agree or deny what Dokyeom said.

With a gentle smile, the wizard continued. “How about you tell them the story of what happened that day in detail Mrs. Calypse?”

The boys’ gazes, suffused with anticipation, flew towards her. Lisa’s face was red-hot, she didn’t have nerves thick enough to make up a story in front of someone who was actually there when it all happened. Perhaps taking pity at her current state, Dokyeon extended her a helping hand.

“We can’t just take up our lady’s time like that as she is very busy.”

“Y-yeah… I-I’m a bi-bit busy..”

She didn’t even blink before grabbing on to the helping hand.

However, did she think she’d be let off so easily? Dokyeom stopped her again…

“Oh, come to think of it, I have news for you, Madam. I was so focused on your story that I almost forgot to tell you.

“Ne-news…?”

She carefully looked back at him, suspicious, wondering if this was another one of the wizard’s pranks. But when she noticed him holding a small unfolded sheet of parchment for her to see, she relaxed just a tad.