Memoirs of the Popular Monster

4: Where To Go, What To Do?

When I got back to the road, Pixie was nowhere to be found. That heifer! She ran away...

~She probably went to find a nice patch of grass. If you look around she's bound to be nearby. She's not one to just run away.~

"If you say so..."

~So, that was Lord Pluto of the Reed Clan... He's pretty... uptight.~

"That's a nice way of putting it."

~He's your brother, right?~

"Yeah... He was always a bit extra but I don't think I've ever seen him like that. He was downright crazy."

~How is your shoulder, by the way? What exactly was that thing?~

I looked at my shoulder to see what the damage was. There was a cut with dried blood but nothing too pressing.

"It's just a scratch, nothing bad. And you just witnessed something I had long forgotten about. Dagron is Pluto's sword but what it turned into was by the help of the ring on his hand, Jionter. It belonged to Pluto's mother. She wasn't a Winged Elf but her family were in possession of magical items. Jionter takes any weapon and turns it into that war scythe you saw. The spell engraved into it, Charmcut, is just as it was said, to cut any evil charm placed on someone and release them. The reason it didn't affect me has to do with the fact that you willingly gave yourself to me."

~Then... if it releases someone from an evil thing, why didn't he use it on you when you first turned into a werewolf? Wouldn't that have saved you?~

I smiled a little. "It's... complicated."

~You also keep saying 'his' mother. Are you not siblings?~

"Yes and no. My father married three times. My mother was his choice and he loved her very much but she was killed by an assassin. My mother, Wiosna, was a skilled assassin in our clan and grew up with my father. They fell in love naturally but my mother's skill caused a lot of pain for other people. An assassin killed her when we were out shopping at the marketplace and I ended up being lost for some months. A woman found me and took me back to my father. That woman was Pluto's mother. She wasn't a Winged Elf but her family was known for their vast possession of magical items. It was a bit of a miracle that Pluto was even able to harness magic since it was rare for his mother's family. She was good enough at least... My sister's mother though... she was... interesting..."

I didn't want to think about her or her mother right now. Not after everything that just happened... I realized what just happened too!

"Ah! I can't believe I said that to him! I must seem in such poor taste!" I yelled, throwing my hands on my head. "I said his parents were bad examples and that he walked all over them! I should blame Pluto. He's the grumpy pumpkin around here... Speaking of which, where is that "loyal" horse of yours?"

I spent the remainder of the night trying to find that dumb horse.

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The next morning, I woke up from sleeping on the hard ground and being soaked in dew. I sneezed and looked around, realizing that I hadn't eaten anything since I left the Everyc Clan and that dumb horse never came back. I sighed and stood up, ready to head to town and get something to eat. I stopped. I don't have any money.

~If you can find Pixie, my bags that you took had money in them.~ Glint piped up for the morning.

"Well, if I knew where your silly pony went, I'd have money."

~She may have gone into town.~

"Now you're just guessing. No matter. I'll figure something out. Besides, I don't know where I'm going or what I'm doing. I'm free from obligations and prison."