Misery Loves Company

Chapter 5: At what cost

Raven runs towards the direction that Raizyx went in.

"Phew. Getting that nice woman back to her home wasn't that bad. Her foot wasn't that hard to fix either. I kinda feel bad for her. To think that little skeletal problem of hers was hereditary. Poor lady was probably dealing with that ever since she was little. No wonder she was so happy when I fixed it. Anyway, Raizyx's smell is getting stronger. I should be close now." She comes up to a quaint little 2-story workshop made of birch wood and granite bricks. "His scent and our bond are at its strongest here. He's close. I can also smell that goddess here too. I hope she's not giving him too much trouble" The wooden stairs creak as she stands on them.

"This architecture looks undisturbed. It doesn't look like she destroyed anything. Maybe she's not going to give him trouble after all." Raven ponders. When she enters the building, she sees a somewhat empty waiting area, Say for one person. That person was an older-looking man that was lounging on a wooden recliner chair. He appears to be asleep.

"Maybe If I wake him up, he'll give me some information. Hey. excuse me. Can you tell me what happened here?" She gently stirred the man till he responded.

"Wha huh? Hey. uh who are you?" He asks obviously displeased that he was awoken. But this displeasure is short-lived when he finds out that the person that woke him was a beautiful woman.

"Oh well hello there. Can I help you miss." He says in a flirtatious tone.

"Oh so he thinks he's smooth huh? Well as long as he gives me answers. I can have him play lover boy for a bit." Raven thinks before saying. "Yes you can actually. Did you see a black hooded person come through here?"

"No I haven't seen anything like that. It was just that one blonde lady. She was nice-ish. And that red haired chick. She wasn't nice. Far from it. Shoo I promise you if I had my way with her, she would definitely treat people better. That's for sure."

"Is that so? Well I thank you for your time. And trust me the Red-haired one is definitely going to get what's coming to her." Raven reassured the older man before walking away. The man saw this and panicked.

"Wait, miss! Where are you going? Don't go down there! That woman! She has a strange magi- Aacccch!" The man tries to get up to stop her but falls to the ground in great pain. Raven sees this and quickly moves back to check on him.

"Are you okay!? What's the matter!?" She asks in a concerned tone. "My back! Dag nabit I was suppose to get a potion for it today but then that wretched woman went and Messed up everything!"

"Oh ok um-." Just as the two were talking a bunch of yelling and screaming could be heard coming from a staircase at the back of the room behind the counter.

"Kireina!!!"

They looked at each other after hearing that shriek. Raven was the first to speak. "Well that's not good. That wouldn't have anything to do with a wretched woman would it?"

"Eh probably. She did go down there after throwing me into a wall." He replied.

"Ok well thank you again for the information. Oh and here's a little reward for your troubles." Raven gives her thanks then puts her hand on his back to pulse energy into it.

"There you go. all better now. Don't you go bending over backwards for all of these women okay? Your wife probably wouldn't Appreciate it." She chimed as she stood up and jogged to the stairway entrance. But not before blowing a kiss and winking at the man She just helped.

"Hehe wife. What wife? You're talking to an eternal bachelor baby!" He said with a renewed gusto. Raven saw this and couldn't help but smile and shake her head, continuing into the stairwell. The guy then gets up obviously liking his new mobility and checks himself out.