Chapter twelve: Restoration

If you kill someone you are responsible for his death.

So if you save someone are you responsible for his life?

-common known paradox

„Hey D ye'r back early..."

„Oi and... who is this..."

„Tha's... princess of Seyruun?"

„What? Amelia?..."

„She is wounded, I will explain later. Now Val try to find some bandages, Xel heat some water and bring me purest alcohol that we have."

„Oui... you want to drink now?"

„No it is disinfection."

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„So wha' happened?"

„I tell you later, now get out of here."

„What? Why."

„I need to take care of her wounds so you two get out of room. I do not want any peeping Tom here."

„Neither one of us is Tom..."

„Ye and why ye should treat her? Ye don't even know her. We do."

„Because I am not as perverted as you two."

„We'r not!"

„Oui, maybe Val but moi am perfect gentleman..."

„Ye sly dog!"

„I said... GET OUT."

„W...w...what?"

„Damn, he mastered it."

„Mommy help..."

„Maybe we should go out..."

„Definitely."

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Down in pub was only few guys from caravan and Val and Xellos even didn't tried to drink with customers, just awaited D's return.

„Maybe he kidnapped her..."

„D? Tha's impossible... and ye said tha' Seyruune is gone anyway 'coz of tha' revolution."

„Well that's right, but what's she doing here..."

„So here he comes..."

„Monsieur D will she be alright?"

„And you care about it?... It looks better now... I hope so."

„Do you know her?"

„What? No... no of course I just was there when they tried to kill her."

„Wha' who?"

„Exiles from Seyruune. They tried to solve their problems with stones and violence."

„They thought that it was her fault?"

„Probably."

„And was?"

„No... I mean... I do not know but I do not think so. They just needed target to blame."

„But how she got there?"

„I do not know."

„And why ye took her here?"
„Do you think they would not try it again? I cannot left her behind, that would be same as killing her."

„So... you really have your soft side monsieur Starseeker."

„..."

„Sorry I know this isn't time for jokes... you improved your death glare too, don't you?"

„Take care of pub I am going up."

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„Ye know he said tha' we can't enter tha' room witha' him knowin'"

„Look we can enter this room because it's..."

„It's his room."

„Come on Val, it's been four days. Aren't you curious how's she doing?"

„But he said tha' she's better."

„Two days ago. He wasn't down until then."

„Why he cares so much anyway?"

„Oui... maybe he fallen for our sleeping beauty."

„D? Tha's ridiculous."

„Let's just peek inside, oui?"

„Well... fine."

„Ma first..."

„What do ye see?"

„He's sitting next to bed... and he's asleep. Our time had come!"

„But... wha' if he wake up?"

„We'll say... that we was afraid if he is okay. Something like that so he don't hurt us."

„Okay... just be silent."

They moved to bed and was whispering now for oblivious reason.

„She look better."

„Ye almost as if she's awake."

„I...am...awake... what... Valgaav? Xellos? Wha..."

„Shhhhhh!..."

„Boss's sleepin'"

„...who?"

„He, don't be scared. He's good demon, that is monsieur D. Starseeker. He found you."

„...I know... I met him... before at market... what's... going on... what are you two..."

„Doing here? This is our grandeous pub."

„Ye we'r livin' here at western continent for four years."

„Oui... we three, but we traveled a lot..."

„If ye could call tha' travelin'"

„But recently we decided..."

„D came up with this idea..."

„Oui, so we opened pub here..."

„...mazoku pub?"

„Moi am not mazoku anymore."

„He was kicked outta his work for helpin' ye savin' da world. Tha's shame for mazoku ye know."

„Your fault!..."

„Shhhh... do ye wanna to awake him?... And I'm justta ancient dragon, I was reborned."

„As booze sucking machine..."

„Shut up!"

„Shhhh..."

„But I was... little unlucky so I ended here as well..."

„Little unlucky... He was drinking until Filia kicked him out of the house."

„...It was... okay ye can put it tha' way..."

„And he?"

„D? I don't know, when moi met him he was working in some lab in northern mountains. Moi was trying to find way how to turn myself back into mazoku and he said me that it is bulls... Moi mean not worth of searching and so and blew that lab up."

„...where... you got that... weird accent?"

„Long story... you don't want to know."

„...and you Valgaav?"

„I'm just Val, no Gaav anymore. I met 'em later when I was lyin' on street accidentally..."

„He was kicked out of pub after he drank ten bottles of their finest whiskey and at the end haven't any money."

„Errr... yes... And Xel recognized me and D helped me so I stayed with 'em."

„...and why you... are so afraid... that he might wake up?"

„Errr... he forbade us enter his room..."

„Cuz he thought tha' we'll peek on ye while he was threatin' yer wounds. Ye got beaten pretty badly ye know..."

„He...what?"

„Which we didn't of course... he is kind of paranoiac."

„I am not."

„Aaaargh! He's awake!"

„We...was just passing by... accidentally..."

„Ye we was afraid if ye'r fine..."

„Oui that too..."

„I am so... who is down in pub?"

„Errr...we told 'em to wait for a while..."

„You what? Now they are probably gone with our money and few bottles."

„Don't be paranoiac again, no one got balls to steal from us."

„Oui it's safe..."

„Go down and do not let pub open without care ever again."

„Ay ay sir!"

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„...sorry I just... needed to stop bleeding so..."

„It's fine... they... have respect for... you."

„No, I just can be really scary."

„But... they changed... a lot."

„Yes... I mean really?"

„... maybe.. you have good... influence... on them."

„Me? I do not think so..."

„...why..."

„Because I am..."

„No... why you... saved me..."

„Ah that... Who said that demons can not save damsel in distress. But how you got there?"

„On ship... I didn't swam... across the Sea..."

„I mean why? What happened? I do not rescue princesses every day."

„...that's... long story... revolution... they killed daddy... and tried to... kill me too... but I escaped... with exiles... here... but at the end it... didn't helped much."

„You are safe here."

„...for now... I have no place... to return to... "

„I mean... you can stay here... for while. If you want to, this is asylum after all."

„Asylum?"

„It's called Freak Asylum."

„But..."

„I just... if you want to we could really use waitress so after you recover..."

„Yes!... ouch..."

„Take it easy..."

„Thanks Mr. D"

„Do you remember what I said?"

„...ah...sorry... sir. D"

„I am no sir so just D will be fine. And now you should rest and I need to go down check on them."

„...you really are... good demon."

„I am definitely... not."

Notes: Happy end? No it's just beginning. And if you have some ideas for story, found mistakes, liked story or anything else please review.

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