Ascension of the Monster Queen

Chapter 165: Safe and sound

Nessa knew Riley didn't ask whether she was leaving or not for no reason and she also knew despite Riki joking about it being dangerous for a young girl to travel alone, she knew that was true as well but this time like she promised Akio, she planned on taking Isamu with her.

"Why did you ask if I was leaving soon or not, Riley?" Nessa inquired, and the young lady sighed before lowering her head.

"Would you like to go home?" Nessa inquired.

"I'm not sure I can," She replied, and Nessa sighed, now knowing that the girl missed home despite feeling at ease with them, and she was even more concerned about Kurson than she had been before.

"Are you sure you don't know of a way for me to contact Kurson?" Nessa asked and Riley exhaled deeply.

"No, I don't know of any way you can contact him, he has been like this forever, this is the way he does things and now I am not liking it that much," She responded and Nessa sighed.

'Just how much of an idiot is he? You don't just do this,' Nessa thought before looking at the girl and a frown appeared on Riley's face.

"Look, I know you can't tell me where he lives, but if you want to I can take you home, I don't mind since I will be leaving soon anyways," Nessa said and Riley looked at her then smiled.

"Thank you, lady Nessa, that's good to know, you've done a lot for me, I can see why everyone loves you so much," Riley replied.

"Loves me?" She mumbled as she lowered her head and Liya glanced at her then smiled.

"She is right, lady Nessa, we all love you more than you know," Liya added and Nessa looked at them as they nodded then she smiled at them.

"Thank you guys," She said and they smiled.

"You are welcome," They replied, and she stretched off when she heard a bell, at which point both she and Riley turned around, and Nessa's eyes narrowed as she looked around.

"Did you hear that as well Riley?" Nessa asked.

"I am pretty sure we all heard a little bell just now, right guys?" Dalia asked.

"Yes," They responded and Nessa sighed.

"I have heard that many times before, too many times," Nessa said and Riley smiled.

"So have I," Riley replied and Nessa's eyes narrowed as she got up and within a minute Kurson appeared before them with a smile.

"Hey, Nessa," He said and she sighed and Riley smiled as she rushed towards him and hugged him tightly, then he patted her on the back and she smiled.

"You are back," Riley said and he smirked.

"Yeah, I am back and I am totally fine," He replied, then patted her on the head and Riley sighed in relief before turning to Nessa and Kurson approached her and she looked at him.

"You sure know how to make an entrance, welcome back," She said and he scoffed.

"Are you disappointed to see me?" He inquired, and she scoffed.

"I am glad to see you, believe me, I am, but you and I need to talk, I am not joking, but I am glad you are okay, turns out we had to deal with similar monsters," She responded and he smiled at her.

"I know you have more questions about me than anyone else, and I will answer them; just don't stop trusting me..." He said and Nessa smiled at him.

"All right, Kurson, I won't stop trusting you, but I suggest you start giving me reasons to," She replied, and he sighed before looking around, his eyes widening as he saw how much the town had grown.

"Woah," He said and she smiled then patted him on the shoulder.

"Relax, I will have the other run you through what's been going on lately, for now, I will call it a night," Nessa replied as her eyes glowed green and she was about to walk away and Riley grabbed onto her hand and she sighed then looked at the girl who turned to look at Kurson and he sighed.

"Kurson, I want an explanation as well, we care for you, if you keep doing this it's not going to end well," Riley said and Kurson gnashed his teeth while lowering his head.

"I- I can't..." He mumbled and Nessa smiled.

"It's fine, Kurson, I understand you can't talk about certain things, but I will appreciate it if you don't do what you did to Riley again, she was worried sick about you, that's more than enough reason to do things differently next time, people care about you, you can't have them worrying like that, you still owe her an apology, get to it, are you listening to me?" Nessa asked, and he looked at her then she sighed and patted him on the shoulder.

"I heard you and I'm sorry, to both of you, I know I'm being unfair, but what I am involved in will get us all killed if I tell you much more, and for that very reason, I can't and I won't as yet, Nessa," He responded, and she smiled.

"Kurson, you are not evil, that's why I trust you, whatever it is that you are involved in, if you can't handle it alone then it's better to have people around you who will help you with it, I understand your concern, it's one I have every day, you need to share if you cannot do it alone, don't rip yourself up about it so much, no matter how dangerous it may be," She said as she walked away.

Kurson looked at Nessa and his eyes narrowed as they began trembling and he clenched his fists. He knew he wanted to tell her the truth, but he couldn't because he knew she was working so hard to build a great nation, and he knew that if he got them more involved, it might cause more trouble than one could possibly imagine.

Furthermore, he didn't want to be the one to cause anyone else's dreams to shatter when he knew how hard they were trying to build and make it come true.