12 Going back

"Very good, Alexandria. We will take care of you until you have enough strength and can decide what to do" says Elin.

"Why? I mean... thank you very much for saving me, I owe you my... my life, but why take care of me?"

Elin stares at me.

"Because we would never leave someone in that state, it would be very heartless. And also, we detected magic when you were falling, so you must be a Xenon, right?"

"Yes, I just discovered it a few days ago. By the way, what happened when I fell?"

"We were walking, looking for a good place to camp, but at that moment Dai told us that he detected magic in the sky, we didn't believe him, but when we looked up we saw a rock and under it was what looked like the figure of a person. When you were about to fall, Elin confirmed it was a person, so I put myself in the path of the rock and I caught you" Kuno tells me, very detailed.

"I see... I guess the speed was too much, so... I got quite a few hits. And did nothing happen to you? You received the rock all by yourself" I answer.

He shakes his head.

"Just a few scratches. I'm from the Tank class"

"Class? Tank?"

Everyone looks at me surprised.

"You really don't know?" asks Dai.

"How I told you... until a few days ago I was a normal girl who didn't believe in anything, only science" I tell them.

"Then there are many things to explain" Elin says to me.

"That will have to wait. I have to go back with my father, but I don't have any strength..." frustration returns to my face.

"We will take you there" says Elin.

"What?" Dai and Kuno exclaim at the same time.

"I said WE WILL TAKE HER THERE" reaffirms Elin.

'I think they didn't like the idea that much'

"In fact, Kuno can drive, so he can take us"

"But my..." Kuno is interrupted by Elin's demon gaze.

"Sure... no problem..."

'So Elin is the one who dictates here...'

"Perfect! Guys, get out of the room, I'll help Alexandria to change clothes" says Elin.

'Wait a moment, I forgot that this isn't my clothes...'

They both leave the room.

"Hey Elin... is this your pajama?"

"That is correct"

"Does that mean... you changed my clothes?" I start to blush a little.

"It was pretty destroyed, so I decided to do it. By the way, your underwear is very cute" she says with a smile.

I'm red as a tomato.

Elin approaches an armchair and grabs my clothes.

"But... they look fine" I say when I see the clothes, they are practically as they were when I put them on.

"Right? I'm very good-" she is interrupted by Dai from the hallway.

"Hey!"

"Fine... Dai is very good at sewing, there are only a few patches"

She approaches me.

She puts the clothes on the bed.

"I'll help you take off your clothes" she leans toward me.

"Hey!" I shout at her.

"What is it?"

"I don't want you to see me half naked!"

"But I already did..."

"But it's not the same if I'm awake!"

"Do you want to go back with your father or not?"

I swallow my honor and let me undress against my will.

"Nice underwear... hehe"

'How did I end up like this?'

After a few minutes, we finish.

"See? It wasn't that bad" she says smiling.

"Sure…"

"I almost forgot!" says Elin.

She goes to the corner of the room and grabs something.

It's my bow.

'I completely forgot!'

She approaches me and gives it to me.

"Sorry, but we didn't want to risk fixing it and ruining the beautiful engraving it has"

The bow is broken from the wood in 2 parts, but the string keeps the pieces together.

"Thank you very much, the simple fact of having it makes me happy, but... I can't carry it like this..."

"That's what I assumed, so take this" she goes to her closet and pulls out a bow case.

She gives it to me.

"You can keep it"

"... You all are doing so many things for me, and I'm just here, useless"

"Don't be so hard on yourself, none of this was your fault"

'I think she's right…'

I put the bow inside the case and hang it around me.

"Come on, put your arm around me"

I do that and helps me get up.

We move slowly.

We leave the room and I see stairs.

'We are on the second floor...'

The house isn't very big, but it seems enough for them.

"Are you family?" I ask Elin as we walk.

"Yes, we are brothers"

"Seriously? And your parents?"

"We don't have"

"Oh... I'm sorry…"

"Don't worry, we never had them, so it doesn't affect us"

It takes us a while to go down the stairs.

We leave the house and I see a lot of houses.

"Wow! It's like in the mangas... " I'm surprised to see so many houses together.

"Have you never came to the city?" Elin is surprised by my surprise.

"No, all my life I was only in a terrain, my father never let me leave it, just recently..."

We arrive at Kuno's car, which is parked next to the house.

Kuno opens the back door so we can enter.

Elin helps me sit down first, then sits next to me.

Kuno drives and Dai is next to him.

"The car is quite small ..." I'm a bit cramped.

"It was what we could afford... ungrateful" says Dai.

"Im sorry! It wasn't my intention!"

"Dai..." Elin doesn't seem happy.

"Haha! I was joking"

'What a weird joke...'

"Where are we going?" Kuno asks.

"We're going where we were going to camp, Alexandria will be able to guide us from there" answers Elin.

"Excuse me, but I told you that-"

"Sure, buckle up!" Kuno looks excited.

'... I've never got out of my house...'