Ero Skill Tree

Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Six: New Companions

With their hoods down and out of the way, I could now make out who the captain had brought to travel with us. They were both from the beastkin races. A catkin and a wolfkin. They smiled pleasantly as they stepped forward to introduce themselves.

I was relieved that they belonged to two of the races that might be sympathetic to our cause.

The first girl, the catkin flicked a few strands of her deep red hair that had slipped down out of her face and then offered Serin her hand as she approached. "I'm Ameri, I hope it isn't too much trouble having us accompany you."

Serin took the girl's hand. "Not at all. We're more than happy to have the extra support." Serin glanced back at the rest of the party.

We all nodded and made positive noises as Ameri looked on.

She seemed happy at this reaction.

No one was voicing what they must have been thinking. As far as I was concerned, I was happy enough to have extra members to our party... Under normal circumstances that was. But we were hardly travelling under normal circumstances anymore.

At the very best, this arrangement was going to make life difficult for us. We wouldn't be able to meet with the harpies while they were with us. It would be a struggle to meet with Celine and feed her. Just staying in contact with the harpies would be difficult because of that.

That was if things worked out for the best. If they didn't, we would have to do something, and any of the options open to us didn't seem that appealing to me.

Ameri didn't seem to pick up on any of this. She was still smiling as she stepped back and let her friend introduce herself.

The second girl, the wolfkin, offered her hand to Serin. "I'm Lucy, I'll do my best to ensure we all make it Dunshelm safely." She gave a little bow and then stepped back.

"Thank you, Lucy. I appreciate that..." Serin took a step to the side. "I should introduce the other members of our party to you both.

Serin quickly introduce each of us in turn. Giving a little information as she went about our roles in the party. The only person she didn't give the truth about was Aetherin.

Seeing that everyone had been introduce, the captain placed his helmet back on his head. "Now that you've all been introduced, I should return to town. I wish you all the best of luck on your travels."

He waved as he made his way back to his horse.

We all waved him off as he left and watched for a short while, as he made his way down the road back to the town.

When he became a small dot, Serin caught the groups attention. "Well, we should think about setting off too." She glanced to our two new members. "I assume you are both okay with riding alongside?"

Ameri nodded. "We are. The horses are fresh, and we should be able to travel for some miles before we need to rest."

"Good. We want to cover as many miles as possible while it's light. We'll look to set a camp before night falls."

"That's perfectly acceptable to us."

"Thanks... Then let's depart."

Before climbing back into the carriage, I looked up at the sky. I could make out some tiny specks, they were too far for me to even guess if it was the harpies or birds.

I hoped that our new catkin member couldn't spot them either.

The two new girls mounted their horses as the rest of us climbed back inside the carriage. Altria joined Rosa on the driver's bench once again. As soon as everyone was ready, we left.