"We only have half a week of food supply, we need to get more or else we will be having a serious problem, and...how did we lost all the food?." Celvic proclaimed in disbelief.

Ellia's ears couldn't believe it, how did they lost three weeks worth of food supply? They have been only eating in the night as they thought they could stretch it to the whole month and they have only been here for seven days, it couldn't possibly have ran out.

"Have you been eating the food supply?" He asked, his tone was a little bit demanding. Though, you cant blame him, you would be at least skeptical on how your whole month worth of food supply could simply vanish into thin air when the only possibility of it disappearing is that it must have been eaten, and then you have here a fellow prisoner from an opposing faction in which you don't have any idea if you could trust her or not.

"What? No I didn't! Like you said, we need to stretch out the food supply to last the entire month! Why would I risk starvation in this situation?" She answered with a question, and she was right though, you can't really risk, starvation in this situation when the situation is, is that you are trapped in here for a whole month.

He didn't believe her. "Then who has been eating the food?! Surely it could have been you as your the only one who could possibly have eaten it!" He snapped.

How dare he would point fingers at her! Dare he call her a liar when the possibility could be that he was the one eating all the food while she slept! Of course she has the more reason to accuse him as he was twice as big than her! Surely it could've been him!

"What if it was you who was eating the food?! Surely it could've been you as you are bigger than me! You need to eat more than me! Surely it was you!" she retorted.

He shook his head in disbelief and ignored her accusation, panicking and pointing fingers at someone is not the best answer right now in this would be fatal situation. He ignored the elf who was now sitting in a chair, glaring daggers at him as he was now walking around the room thinking about who the culprit be. Now surely its not between him and Ellia but probably something else.

He starts thinking on the possibilities, starting on his culprit number one, which is Ellia. Surely it could possibly be her, as she is the only one in this room other than him and he hasn't trust her completely yet. She might have been eating the food while he was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night. It's possible but lacks common sense as in this situation, they need each other to stay alive, she did said that she can't possibly be the one who ate the food as they are both trapped in the same room and they need to stretch the food supply to last for a whole month. And judging how she act, she is one of those people who thinks before they act, so in that case she would be out of his suspicion.

Ellia was also thinking the same thing, thinking on who could possibly ate all the food. Now to her, it all points back to Celvic, he is big, he is hot headed, and he is the only one who is in the room with her with no other possibilities as he is the only culprit she could think of now. He really could be the one who ate it as first he is far bigger than her, and being bigger means needing to eat more food, but at this rate, they have been eating the same amount of food. So it could be possible that it might have been him, but just how he thinks, it also lacks common sense. Like her, he is a person who thinks on the possibilities on what might could happen if he do something, so, he would be out of the question for her. But now, if he is not the one who ate them, who would it be?

Marmon rises from his slumber in the corner and approaches Ellia with heartfelt affection, making her smile as he rubbed his head at her legs in which Ellia pats his head with her hand. Atleast there is someone who will always cheer her up. She lifted Marmon up in her arms and sat in a chair, grooming and petting him with Marmon responding with whimpers of affection at her touch.

Celvic was still thinking about the subject on who ate their food, still uneasy about the sudden disappearance of the food supply. He turned his head at Ellia's direction to see her petting her pet fel puppy, but he paid back attention to his ordeal and sat on the side of the bed in the middle of the room.

But a realization came to him, what about the the fel dog? Of course! It must have been him! Ever since the third day Marmon haven't been sent back to the Twisting Nether by her and at some occasion he have been caught by Ellia as he tried to reach for the food! The Fel dog might have eaten their food in their sleep, it is possible and logical also. At first, he is a hound, in which case he needs to eat constantly, and their food was on the twisting nether, now because Ellia haven't sent him back there for the past three days, surely he must have stared to get hungry and might have eaten the food while they both slept.

'Yes, surely it must be him.' Celvic noted. 'If he is the one who are the food, I will make sure that his dead, And I don't care on what Ellia will think.' he said.

He stood up and approaches Marmon with glaring eyes as he was happily playing with Ellia. And without warning, he grabbed Marmon by the head by one arm, to Ellia's surprise.

"Wait! What are you doing?!"

He pinned down Marmon, his arm held his head on the ground, pinning him as he tried to pry open his large mouth. He looks at Ellia to respond at her question.

"I'm going to look if this demon ate the food supply, and if he did, i will make sure that he won't do it again." He replied angrily at Ellia.

Ellia flinched, she can't believe it, he is going to kill Marmon!

She tried to use her necklace so that she can open a portal back in to the Twisting Nether, clutching the necklace in her chest, making it glow as a portal starts to form, but to her shock, Celvic grab hold of the Necklace and pried it from her and toss it aside, making him raise a question at her.

"So it is him isn't he?!" he demanded.

She freeze on right where she stands. Now she has to tell him the truth that she has been feeding Marmon, but though she has been feeding him, it was from her portion of the supply, unless Marmon liked the food and craved for more, so he might have ate it all in their sleep.

She freeze at that truth, how could she have been so stupid?!

"Wait!...wait." she purred softly.

"What?! Its him isn't he?" he accused.

"Yes, it's him, I have been feeding him! But it was from my portion of the supply, It was enough for both me and Marmon! But i didn't know that he will eat it all in our sleep! I didn't know til now!" She answered.

He couldn't believe his ears. He had taken risk on letting that fel demon dog live as he entrusted her to watch and control the demon, but now, because of her, they are now in this situation, with the only solution is to go outside and hopefully try to gather some food stealthily which is close to impossible. Because of his wrong judgement, they are led in this situation, and it was like a punch in the gut, a mistake on trusting the Elf.

The searing anger he felt right now at her was so overwhelming, he didn't even know where he got the will power to listen to her and not just outright kill the fel demon dog that was pinned down under his hand and hurt the Elf.

"You have been feeding him?!" he snapped, he still could not believe his ears.

She tried to help Marmon but she was stopped by the barrier of between him and the demon, so all she could do now is just talk her way out of the situation.

"Yes! I have been feeding him! But I did-" she cuts off by his sudden interruption.

"Do you have any Idea what kind of risk I took to let this demon live?!"

"Yes, I know, but hear me tha-"

"Do you have any Idea what kind of risk I took to entrust you on controlling this demon?!" he was so angry that he just lost it. "I trusted you that you will watch and control this demon! But look at where we are now?! Where you not thinking?!"

"Please don't hurt Marmon!" she pleaded as she tried to reach for her pet, but Celvic moves away.

"Your going to defend this demon after it just have possibly sealed our fate?! What is wrong with you?!" he pondered angrily as he unsheathe his sword, making Ellia yelp in surprise.

"Please! Don't kill him!"

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill this demon?" he questioned as his sword points at the head of the demon dog, his tone is what he warned her about days ago on not making him angry and she finally have the reason why she shouldn't.

She doesn't know how to answer that, not when he has all the reasons for him to be angry at her and kill Marmon. She just hoped that he could just understand, that at least he could trust her again on the safe regard.

She just really hoped as she takes a deep breath. "Because I trust you that you wouldn't do it Celvic." she answered softly.

Trust, that was the first thing she broke, his face forming a scowl. "Wrong answer." he answered coldly.

She just flinched at his response, anything that formed between them be it understanding, or even knowing each other just crumbled at those words. She knows that its irrational to cry for a pet in this dire situation, but she is a soft hearted person, she one of those who value the little things, she just couldn't help but tear up that her pet friend Marmon would face the inevitable.

She slowly turns around with her soft sobs as she tried to cover her elf ears on what was to come.

"I thought I could trust you Celvic,I thought humans could be trusted again, but I was wrong,." she said softly through her sobs, cowering, as her hands covered her ears.

Though the right action is to kill this demon, but what would be the cost? The cost of losing her trust. He knows that she needs to trust him, and he needs to trust her in order to survive in this situation. But if he plunge his sword at the demon who was beneath him, he knew that the trust would fade and can't be retrieved, and surely he has no plans on doing that, without their trust for each other, they knew they both can't survive. And he made a right decision.

He stood up and picks up the necklace with Marmon still in his hand and wraps the necklace around the fel dog's neck and released him, as the dog hurried over to Ellia.

She look back at him with surprise, his tone and anger still never leaving, but at least he calmed.

"Call it a gift, as you won't have one next time." he stated, as he walks away and sat in a chair with a hand on his face, pondering.

Ellia looks at Marmon who was whimpering at her and looks back at Celvic who was being quiet, who was still in disbelief on her actions. To be honest, she can't blame him on hating her, he trusted her that she would control and watch Marmon, he trusted her that she could do it and yet here they are right now, shouting and blaming each other for this.

For the next hour he was walking around, thinking. And it bothered Ellia in someway, to see him all quiet and angry. She tried to make a connection to him on asking if she could train or play chess with him, but he brush her off on replying "not right now.", never acknowledging her. And it disturbed her.

She was hoping though that he could turn back to his former self again, that he would finally slake his anger, as she isn't really comfortable with him being this angry, but she never really have been comfortable with him around at all, but at least it was assuring that he was getting along in the beginning before this happened, but now he isn't. She also sent Marmon back to the Twisting Nether to really ensure that what happened today wont happen anymore.

She was feeling shameful, to know that someone who wouldn't really give their trust to just anyone give their trust to you, and the fact that he trusted her, someone from an opposing faction, to make sure that she would be careful on the demon and be responsible, but she didn't, she was being careless, and to him, its like spitting on his face, an insult to him.

She noticed that he was rearranging the chest pieces, maybe this could be her opportunity to talk to him again.

"Do you need help?" she asked, approaching him.

He looks at her for a brief moment before focusing back at the arrangement. "No." he answered indifferently, trying to discourage her.

"No, I can, help, really." she pushed.

"Don't, just don't." he said softly, somewhat of a surprise for her.

"Okay." she responded.

And he finished rearranging the chess board and asked her to sit down and play.

"I'm still going for the Black pieces and with a rook and queen disadvantage." he said. "Go first."

She wondered, her eyes hovering at him as he was calmly playing."I know, that you are angry at me because of what I did, bu-" she said, but was interrupted as she moves a pawn.

"I'm not angry." he responded.

"What? why are you then so quiet to me? surely because of what I did." she raised her doubts.

"Yes, Like you said, But I was thinking on a solution to that." he answered, sighing, before continuing. "This could be our last game on playing chess." he said, making Ellia flinch a bit.

"What? Your going outsi-"

"The food wont be enough for both of us, so in the end we will end up starving ourselves if we don't do anything about it." he interrupted as he moved her knight to take her bishop, in return she moved her queen to take her knight, he was losing in the game.

"Yes I know, but we shouldn't act so-"

"Our current food supply will be enough for you to last for an entire month for you alone if you will stretch it thinner, I have planned on trying to get some food to sustain us both in the entire month, and If i don't comeback, you don't have to worry about anything, it will last long enough till the demons and nagas leave the place and for you to make your get away from here." he explained , as her queen was aligned with his king, earning her a check, and in response he moves his knight to protect his king but it was taken by a bishop.

She froze, he will try to go outside and get some food enough for both of them? It would be suicide!

Her hands starts shaking at the thought of it, for her it was absolute shame. Because of her, they are in this situation. Though she would surely be safe because he was going to be the one taking the absolute risk, but the shame and guilt she would endure because of her mistake. He was cleaning up her mess, and the price could be his life. How many times did she almost got them killed because of her stupidty? Twice, the first one was the one she was channeling her Light Magic, in which he jumped in to stop her for it, saving them from getting detected by the demons. Second is now in this situation, in where he trusted her to control Marmon, and in result, Marmon ate most of their food, and again he will be the one cleaning her mistakes from her stupidity.

She moves her queen to surround his king, a checkmate. She was quiet, she couldn't say anything to him.

He looks up at the result of the game with a deep sigh. "Checkmate." he muttered as he stood up.

He shouldn't be the one making this kind of drastic actions, he shouldn't be the one cleaning up for their mistakes. But now he is doing it. He have been thinking that she should have fend for herself and go outside and find some, but he knew better, he knew that she can't do it because she haven't experience dire situations before, coupled with her not knowing the first thing about stealth and agility in response.

He starts to prepare and discarded his armor, he needs to be absolutely stealthy and it means that he should be fast, agile, and quiet, and the armor would with hinder that.

Shameless, she just stood there watching as he prepares to clean up her mistakes in which it could cost his life. She looks at him with wide eyes, feeling the concern to her core. To think that he would be the one doing this is just the reason why she could just trust him.

"Wait!" she called just as he was about to go outside. "Let me do it! It was my fault." she suggested.

He shook his head. "I can do this. Trust me."

She doesn't know if she can trust him, but it was her fault isn't it? She should be the one doing this. But just like he said, she needs to trust him and that would be the exact thing she would do.

She nodded. "Okay." she spoke softly. "I will trust you."

He nodded back at her, unlocking the door and slowly opens it to begin finding some food supply for them both and he then walks outside, he looks back one more time to see a very scared yet concerned Ellia. The odds were stacked against him, a chance of one to ten ratio in the outcome that he would survive, and a ten to one ratio that he would fail and die. He then closed the door and starts walking slowly, stealth is your friend in this situation and surely it would be you guidance, and if he didn't have the stealth, then, you know what happens to the outcome.

He remembers what last words he said to his uncle Dagren before he went on a mission on trying to save the remaining villagers of Lordaeron.

"Remember Celvic." Dagren spoke, it was a flashback back when he was in Theramore. "I might not comeback home for dinner in Winters Veil, as this would be a very dangerous task. But I want you to take care of your cousin alright? Your the eldest here, they would look up to you and be an example. Don't be afraid."

"Don't be afraid." he muttered under his breath as starts to venture further. Yes, he shouldn't be afraid, he can do this. For a minutes he ventured further and further till he was almost outside from the harem rooms section. Most of the demons and nagas were on the first floor, so it was a little bit safer, if safe is the right word. When he was finally outside, he can see why, the demons and nagas can't hear them as the temple was very big, almost to the size of a village, and because most of them were on the first floor, and with them not venturing close in the harem rooms, they could talk and shout freely.

He hid behind a wall when he was outside, using the darker contrast of the temple coupled with the darkness as stealth, he was lucky. He slowly and carefully peeks, surveying the surroundings, there were few demons and nagas patrolling around, there were rooms everywhere, probably he could make up to ten rooms. When he saw an oppurtunity to move, he made use of it and creeps in the corner, avoiding the nagas and demons, as surprisingly they weren't paying attention to their surroundings at all.

The demons and Nagas would abandon the castle in about a month due to lack of leadership, and with no power, there was no good reason that they should stay in here.

He slowly creeps in the first room and hopes that it was the storage room for food, but to his disappointment, it was a storage room for chemicals and bottles.

"Damn it!" he cursed quietly.

Just as he was about to go outside, he saw a naga was dangerously close to him, and by impulse he hid himself inside with a deep sigh of relief. He waited for about ten minutes before he peeks outside, only to see that some demons and nagas were close, but not as close as last time. He takes a glass bottle with him and throws the glass bottle on the other side, creating a distraction. He made use of his opportunity and quietly jolted towards the other room.

Oh, what a relief when he saw the room was the right room, filled with food supply. But not when he heard a growl and to look back and see a felhound ready to pounce him and kill him.

...

She was sitting in the corner, her arms clutching around her forelegs. He shouldn't have to be outside if she was just being careful, he shouldn't have to be outside, risking his life to clean up her mess if she would just have listen. And mostly, why was he the one cleaning up her mess? She was the one who got them both in this situation, she should be the one outside, not him.

But who is she to arrogantly state that? Surely that she wont survive if she goes outside because she was weak, just like he said. Her mind was far from reality as she was thinking about the current status quot, but a whisper caught her attention.

"You should be happy Ellia, he will die, the human will die and you will survive this." a female voice whispered, the tone was eerie and dark.

Her eyes widened and by impulse she stood up. "Who's there?! Show yourself!" she shouted.

No answer...it must have been her mind playing games, it must have been the guilt and anxiety kicking in and starts to play in her mind. But the whisper was so real...the voice was so real, she could swore that the whisper was real, it was just far too real for her not to believe it. But after a minute she shrugs off the thought and thought about the current situation. Even though he was human, she would just hoped that he would alright and comeback inside in the room, and besides he was the one doing her a favor and sure not he saved her life. She sat back again in the corner and clenched tightly around herself, hoping that he would be alright.

...

He was pinned down to his back by the felhound, though despite only a fourth to his size, it was very aggressive and very strong as it repeatedly tried to bite him ferociously with its behemoth of a mouth, but his hands kept it at bay. He was lucky that he closed the door right before the fel hound pounced him so that the noise would be toned down and especially so that he wont be seen. He was starting to get leverage as he was able to use his legs to roll on top, and by this, he was able to lift the fel hound and throw the demon off, stunning it long enough for him to unsheathe his dagger.

The Fel hound pounced again, and again strong enough to force him on his back, but Celvic anticipated this and grabbed its neck and plunged the dagger to its throat, but to his surprise the fel hound didn't die but it only growled in pain and continue its attacks. Celvic repeatedly plunged the dagger, till a pool of green demon blood was on the floor and on his silken shirt, the eyes of the fel hound was lifeless and the growls were finally put to a stop.

It took him a full minute to calm his mind after what just happened, he shook his head and snaps back to reality and picks up a sack that was lying on the corner. He was looking at the food supply, everything was there, there was water in the glass bottles, there was meat preserved by arcane magic, there was bread and also preserved fruits, all kinds of food they could surely need, but he needs to have light carriage, he can't have them all without getting detected.

So he just picks up what he thought was the most important variety, he picks up a dozen fruits, and a half a sack of bread, and especially, the bottles of water, it would surely last more than a month so that they won't have to thin out their supply and get hungry in their sleep.

He tested the weight of the entire carriage and sure enough that he can carry them without difficulty.

"Alright. I can do this." he assured himself.

Just about he opened the door and slowly creaks in, he saw a fel hound ran through to his surprise and quickly closes it. He opened one more time to take a peek, to see his only way out was filled with Nagas and Demons.

"How did they step in here?" he wondered, thinking. And the answer came to him after a minute. Of course, the glass battle that he had thrown, it attracted the demons and nagas.

"Damn it! Why didn't i thought about it?!" he shouted in his mind.

Alright, alright, this is nothing to worry about, all he needs to do is just, wait them out to disperse and then he can stealth his way out of this. That was clearly what he intends to for the next few hours.

...

"Why isn't he back yet?" she asked herself, of course she was starting to get worried, he haven't returned yet, and already it has been four hours, the night is coming in, not that it would concern her, but the time he spent outside was starting to get to her.

What if he had died outside?! What if she is now all alone here!

The thought of it scared her, no, not scared, but horrified her. She clenched more tightly around herself, she has been sitting in this corner for about as long as he was outside, facing the door, so eager to open the door for him when he comes back.

"He won't comeback Ellia, he is dead, I saw him die outside, torn apart by the dogs." the voice whispered again, the tone still the same, dark and eerie.

She didn't listen, it was just all in her mind, the whispers aren't real.

"I am real Ellia, don't deny it, he is dead." the voice again whispered.

This time, Ellia responded, not caring if it was a figment of her imagination or not.

"He is not dead." she retorted.

"Yes he is."the voice insisted.

"No he's not."

"Yes he is."

"No he's not!" this time she responded angrily.

"Yes he i-"

"Shut up!" She shouted, then...silence came, the whisper didn't respond. "He's not dead, I can trust him."

Yes, she surely can.

...

He was panting and sweating heavily. He has been thinking on how he can get back, and still, the odds were still stacked against him. With him lifting a sack, it would be very difficult, more difficult than before.

Surely they should have dispersed by now. He opens the door slowly and takes a peek, but to his shock, they were still there, though the nagas are no longer there, but most of the demons, fel hounds mostly was still here, sleeping quietly. Their growls were heavy, and there was even a giant Fel stalker in the corner. And this just dawned on him, this could be his chance, and he won't get another chance like this ever again if wont venture outside, so he took the risk.

He opens the door and goes outside, the cool breeze of air hitting his sweating skin, suggesting that the night has came. He closed the door slowly and starts to walk quietly, quietly as ever.

This was just absolutely terrifying, the fel hounds were just sleeping, snoring with a growl. He stopped himself when he almost stepped a fel hound, narrowly stopping himself just as he was about to take a step.

The sound of a growl, with a body standing up just made his skin pale to white. He quickly yet quietly laid beside a fel hound, hiding himself. He looks at where the fel demon dog stood up, looking at it as it walks away. He waited for about five minutes for him to make sure the coast was clear. He stood up and slowly creeping away, and finally gets out from the demons sleeping area.

It still wasn't a victory for him, but it did greatly increase his chances of survival. He still was quietly walking, despite being finally away from the demons, but he won't take the chances to jolt towards the room, he might wake them up. So he was just being quiet while walking, finally entering the section of the harem room, and the relief was just overwhelming for him, to see he did it successfully that he was just about a minute away back to the sweet sanctuary of safety in the room. But his short victory was interrupted by a sleeping fel hound in front of the door of the Harem mothers room.

"Damn." he muttered, but he was calm, he can surely kill it. He picks up the dagger from its sheathe, putting down the carriage and approaches the demon.

...

She heard the growls outside. And it shook her. She covered her pointy ears, trying to muffle the terrible sounds outside.

She didn't even realize that the door suddenly opens, to see Celvic entering with a sack of food supplies.

She looks up to see him, She couldn't believe it, he made it.


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