‘Don’t give me that look. Meeting her won’t be dangerous. If she’s just been revived, then she won’t be able to hurt me yet. But I definitely want you to escort me everywhere else. We might not be the only reaper and servant to pay her a visit.’
“You think so? Do you, uh... do you think I’m ready to fight another servant?”
Garovel fell quiet a moment. ‘We won’t engage anyone like that unless we absolutely have to. But all the same, you’d better start meditating.’
“Right...”
‘Oh, but before you do, lay out the classified ads for me.’
“What for?”
‘I’ll see about finding you transport. Sescoria is a good four hundred kilometers away. You can’t just run there.’
“So I’ll take a train.”
‘Yeah... Problem with that is, we might have to leave Sescoria in a hurry. If we’re getting chased, you won’t exactly have time to stand around waiting for a train to arrive.’
“O-okay, but... I don’t even have a driver’s license...”
‘I’ll give you a day to practice.’
“Oh, gee, a whole day?”
‘Twenty-four hours of nonstop practice should be more than enough to get the basics down.’
“Uh, but it’s still illegal...”
The reaper shrugged. ‘Eh.’
He sighed. “This is gonna end with me impaled on a fencepost or something, isn’t it...?”
‘Probably.’
“Ugh...” Hector rubbed his face. “This whole thing feels like a terrible idea...”
‘I know it does. But a hell of a lot of lives could be in danger. And if they aren’t, then so much the better. It could still be an opportunity to make a valuable ally.’
“Yeah... I guess you’re right...”
‘We only have a few days before her public appearance. Let’s not waste them.’
He nodded.
A dark serial novel. Set in a modern fantasy world called Eleg. Mature language. Updates every night at midnight PST by ~400 words.