Book 7-Whatever happened to the Goblin Slayer?
Goblin Slayer was stunned speechless as he looked at his sister, at his beloved sibling that he lost all those years ago.
"What was that? Whose talking?"
Goblin Slayer asked as he heard the strange voice that seemed to come from nowhere.
"There, sister, what's going on? Is this….is this the realm of the Chaos God of Sorcery, or of the Laughing God of the Elven people?" Said the Goblin Slayer as he looked around for the origin of the voice that was describing his actions.
"No little brother it's not that. I'll tell you what it is in a minute, but for now won't you give me a hug?" His sister asked and immediately Goblin Slayer ran forward and hugged his sister with all his might.
"I've missed you so much nee-san. Every night when I close my eyes I see you in my dreams, and I pray that the dream ends before….before it becomes a nightmare again." Goblin Slayer wept into his sister's shoulder.
"I've missed you two you little trouble maker. Let me look at you!" His sister said as she broke the hug and appraised Goblin Slayer in his armour.
"Tall, broad shouldered, good back stance. Can't call you a little trouble maker anymore." His sister said before she removed his helmet and looked at his face.
"Ara ara. You're just as handsome as Papa was, if not a bit pale. I bet you broke many hearts of your female companions." His sister said teasingly.
"I never harmed any of my companions, let alone strike at their heart." Goblin Slayer said in confusion.
"Guess it's allright to call you big block head instead of little trouble maker then." His sister said with a pout and struck him with her index finger on his forehead. Before she stopped glaring at him and giggled in amusement, much to Goblin Slayer's confusion.
"Nee-san. I have so many questions. What is this place? Is it heaven if not then something else? Is, is it finally over?" Goblin Slayer asked in confusion. If this place wasn't heaven, then to Goblin Slayer it sure felt like it.
"And what's with that strange voice? Why is he narrating what we're doing?" Goblin Slayer asked as he heard the voice say once more what was happening.
"He's not narrating what we're doing. He's doing something else." His sister replied with an indulgent smile on her face.
"What?" Asked the Goblin Slayer.
"He's telling a story." Said the Goblin Slayer's sister.
"A story? What kind of story?" Asked the Goblin Slayer.
Just then the chime of a bell was heard and Goblin Slayer saw that a coo-coo clock on the wall struck
"Oh dearest me! We can't diddle daddle here, we have to hurry! Oh goodness gracious me, we're late, we're late!" Said the Goblin Slayer's sister said as she then rushed out of the door and into the open field, Goblin Slayer hot on her heels.
"Sister, what's going on?" Said the Goblin Slayer as he continued to run after his sister as she made her way through field and gullies, brooks and creeks, forests and bushwork. All the while he kept hearing the strange voice that was describing every action Goblin Slayer was doing.
As they did so they ran past two pairs of girls one younger and one older. The elder one was seemed to have been waking the younger one from a dream.
"Come now, it's time for tea." Said the Elder sister while removing leaves from the face of the younger sister .as Goblin Slayer passed them in his pursuit of his own sister who kept looking at a pocked watch several times.
"We're late. We're late!" Said the Goblin Slayer's sister as her brother dogged her in her footsteps but the faster he seemed to be going towards her, the more she seemed to be getting farther away from him.
"What the?" Said the Goblin Slayer as he stopped running towards his sister.
"Running towards her makes her become further away, then." Said the Goblin Slayer and then started walking backwards and then he actually was getting closer to his sister.
Running madly in reverse did the Goblin Slayer until he finally caught up with his sister who was in front of him.
"We're latte little brother. Come on now, we must hurry!" His sister said before she stopped before…before a hole in the ground!
At first Goblin Slayer was ready to unsheathe his shotgun and sword, but then he saw that the hole was a different shape than the ones used by goblins, this one was a different burrow. A familiar one.
The hole was narrow, so narrow that it was impossible for Goblin Slayer to enter
"Come on now brother, we're late as it is." His sister said and then…then her feat started disappearing, after that her legs, body, arms, then hands, until only her head remained visible and then that disappeared as well.
"Nee-san, where are you?" Goblin Slayer asked in despair.
"Down here silly. Come on, we're expected!" He heard his sister say from inside the burrow.
Goblin Slayer quickly jumped into that hole without hesitation. He had lost his sister once, he was not losing her a second time, not even if it that hole lead to hell itself.
The hole was narrow, so narrow that it was impossible for Goblin Slayer to enter. But just how in this place the more you try to walk towards something the further away it was, and the more you walk away the closer things in the distance become. This hole was so narrow that Goblin Slayer could enter it without a problem.
At first the hole was level and straight for a few yards, then it dipped so sudden that if not for his reflexes, Goblin Slayer would have fallen down the steep pit.
"That was close." Said the Goblin Slayer as he peered into the dark abyss. Even his eyesight which was now used to dark caves could not pear that deep.
He lit a torch and used it to light up the inside of the hole.
Goblin Slayer could see shelves filled with what looked to be marmalade and books. Goblin Slayer let the torch fall into the hole and saw that it fell in a strange floaty like manner. Almost like a leaf falling from down from a tree on a breezeless summer day.
As the torch fell he saw that on the walls of the pit where shelves.
One had an empty jar labeled ORANGE MARMALADE.
Another had books on it.
"No goblins. That is good." Said the Goblin Slayer.
Goblin Slayer decided to not risk jumping, since he didn't know if whatever magic was making this possible would last until the drop ended.
So he used the shelves to descend down the pit and the torch was floating to the grown so slowly that he was able to keep up with it as he descended the pit.
As he did so he did not ponder if the hole was deep enough that he'd fall until he reached the other side of the world where people walked upside down.
Or ponder mathematics while he descended through the darkness, but he did keep his senses alert and peered through the pitch black, he saw no footprints, claw marks, bloodstains or totems.
Still no clues or any trace of their scent present.
So he was now fully certain that there were no goblins inside the hole.
"This is a good thing." Said the Goblin Slayer as he continued his journey to his sister and not even bordering to ponder all this strangeness around him.
Instead all he focused on was traversing the deep, dark hole as quickly as possible till he reached his sister again.
Thus down the rabbit hole did Goblin Slayer go!
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