A/N Sorry for being a wee bit late. also this story is mainly from the perspective of Kratos.

It was an early and chilly morning, it has been five days since he rescued the child from those mercenaries but it seems that the Child's affliction has grown vastly worse, He was currently in the woodlands carrying this 'Raphtalia' which was covered in his old spartan sash and he was steadily marching over to a healers clinic after asking an elderman of a small village for the whereabouts of one.

He was about five hundred paces away from the clinic when he suddenly felt something very wrong, the air had gotten too cold and there was an odd smell of rot that roamed around the woods, for the safety of the girl he laid her down by a lonesome dead tree to keep her partly safe and in preparation he drew his shield and he awaited for whatever being would attack him.

SLASH

He was suddenly struck by his right side and was even kicked from the stomach and was forced to the cold rocky ground by what looks to be a tree-like creature with the skulls and horns of deers it very roughly appeared to be a humanoid, he managed to get on his knees before this creature tried to kick him again, but he managed to hold the legs of the creature before pushing it away to fully stand up, he dodged three more hooks of this woodlands beast and even managed to block a jab from this creature with his shield before it shrieked at Kratos who responded with an uppercut and leaped at the creature with his shield which slammed into the face of this being, he even managed to kick it a few feets away into a lake. He wanted to finish off the creature before it morphed into a flock of dark red-eyed ravens which retreated from him.

He breathed heavily and deeply, and concentrated on regenerating his health before a flurry of questions flashed through his mind, Why had this creature attacked him? Why did it turn into a flock of bird? Magic perhaps? it was of no matter to him, It wasn't his concern, His only concern was of the Girls health. After fully mending his battle-wounds, He walked over to the girl who had soundly slept through all of this, and picked her up. and he marched to the clinic...

After nearing two hundred paces, he crossed the paths between a lightly-armored spearman lined with gold motifs all over with a red cape all accompanied with a crimson-haired girl and various others, Wait... he recognized that spearman's face, He was the youth who was summoned alongside him, Why was he here? No matter, he simply walked away before being touched by the shoulder and after turning around he saw the Spearman's wanting to say a question, But he questioned first "Out with it."

The spearman thought for a moment said "Kratos, right? we're two of the Legendary Heroes of this wo-,"

"-Get on with it." before he was also swiftly reprimanded by a young girl with sickly green-hair with a cloak who did not seem to harbor any weapons.

"Do not interrupt Lord Motoyasu, Brute!" A grunt quickly scared off the girl which was followed by a chuckle from the Spear Hero.

"It's alright Iyle, He's 'cool'" then turning to the Shield Hero "Sorry for my friends' actions, I'm Motoyasu Kitamura, by the way." Then extended his free hand to shake Kratos' hand which was responded in 'kind' by Kratos simply walking away from Motoyasu's party.

It had been a few minutes since his encounter with the Spear Hero Motoyasu, but he was finally nearing the clinic after all the interruptions to his journey. Looking around Kratos saw a wide array of flowers and herbs surrounding the apothecary, He trekked into the door of the healers abode, and opened the door which lightly jingled, the place smelt of various herbs, it was...pleasant. He saw the healer which was a Middle-aged woman nearing elderhood, The healer absentmindedly spoke "It'll be 40 pieces o' copper for an appointment." The 'Guardian' of the girl reached into his waist and grabbed a pouch of coins before throwing it at the counter. She counted the money finding it to be exact the exact amount before inquisitioning "Why are you here?"

Kratos responded "This girl...she is ill, Heal her.". she inquistioned further of the girls illness "Any symptoms or any signs of an illness?" After a moment of thinking, Kratos spoke. "She has a constant cough...that is all i know." she sighed, while he grunted,

After a while of examining the temperature of the girl, she wrote it all down on a piece of a thin tablet before giving the recipe to the man. the man read at the recipe finding it to be illegible and asking "What is it?" The healer chuckled. "Ah right, sometimes i forget that not all are literate," A grunt. "It's eight flowers of Echinacea and Lavender, And two Goodberries, My alchemy skills are free but the ingredients aren't free, if you want my services then you'd have to pluck the ingredients, I think most o' the ingredients are in the forest, just east o' here, but the Good berries are in a cave north of here about a hundred steps." The man simply grunted before leaving with the girl.

It was about twenty minutes but he found the flowers lying around the forest, and he was now at the entrance of the cave to the goodberries, but... there was the familiar smell of rot and the feeling of winter cold. Was this the beast's home? he laid the girl on the fresh green grass to keep her safe.

He carefully sneaked into the cave as to not be ambushed and after walking thirty paces, Kratos saw two of the same creatures he fought back on the path, one appeared to be injured while the other was unwounded, The wounded creature appeared to be the very same one that he fought on the forest path, the two creatures appeared to be conversating. He breathed deeply before swiftly rushing to deliver a jab to the second creatures, and turning around to kick the first creature on it's ribcage and then uppercutting it, he struck the second creature with his shield, then jamming his shield on the neck of the beast before slamming on the rim of the shield to decapitate the accursed creature and after doing so, he then stood up and slowly approached the first beast to finish it off before the creature oddly spoke to him "DAMN...YOU...GODS"

Kratos stopped dead in his tracks and looked into the eyes of the creature contemplating on what the Beast said before telling the creature "Leave." and the creature suddenly turned into a flock of ravens and left.

He looked around the cold cave and examined thoroughly before finding only two giant Goodberries and plucked it from the ground, He left the cave and after carrying the sleeping girl and after walking back to the clinic, He re-entered the apothecary to the Healer "You did not tell me there were creatures in the cave."

The hag simply laughed and retorted "You never asked." he sighed and gave the ingredients to the healer and after waiting thirty minute he saw her gave the girl the concoction, and she told the Spartan "Wait a day, then after her recovery you can leave." Kratos then sat down and watched the girl before letting out a single tear and waited...

-end-

Reviews:

Guest (December 11, 2022): I think that Kratos is simply too tired and wants to be left alone to just think about having sex with other women. Also NO KRATOS x RAPHTALIA in this story.

kerrowe: Yup he is more likely to fly off the handle, but he is trying to stop his 'Curse' from happening, also thank you for the suggestion about using the weapon restriction mechanic as a potential weapon itself. Also thanks for the line break advice!

TrueVirtuoso: Kratos will not kill people unless they harm him, also he doesn't have his powers from Greece.