Ascension of the Monster Queen

Chapter 44: Free

Wh Nessa returned to the inn, she wt up to her room to get her belongings, and wh she was finished, she wt to meet Patty in the lobby.

"Patty," She said, and Patty turned to face her.

"You are leaving already?" Patty asked and Nessa lowered her head th Patty smiled and patted her on the shoulder.

"You are a sweet kid, it's okay, we know you have things to take care of," Patty said, and Nessa smiled as she looked at her.

"I promise, I will visit here sometime in the future, bye," Nessa replied as she walked away.

"Bye, take care," Patty said as she walked away, and Nessa sighed and returned to the building, where she met K and saw he was waiting for her while clutching Skiro's ears.

"Nessa, you're here," K said, her head tilted in confusion.

"That's going to hurt, what's going on?" Skiro smiled nervously wh Nessa asked.

"He is a weirdo, don't worry about it," K responded, and Skiro scoffed, th K sighed and released his ear.

"Are you ready to go?" K asked and Nessa nodded, th he walked away and Nessa who held onto Akio and Skiro followed him.

"Will you be able to defd yourself, Nessa, if something happs?" Skiro inquired, and Akio looked at her as she looked at Skiro.

"Yeah, I will, I will not be hurt easily, not by those I dislike, after all, I have a dire wolf by my side," She responded, and their eyes shook as they arrived at the harbor, and she smiled as she looked at the ships.

"What?" They yelled, and she flinched as the people at the harbor stared at them and she smiled as they sighed.

"D- Did you just say a dire wolf?" Skiro asked.

"Are we hearing things wrong?" K inquired.

"No, you're both hearing correctly, I have a dire wolf by my side, there's nothing to worry about," She responded, and K nervously chuckled.

"That's impossible, no one has ever be able to have a proper relationship with those creatures," K said and Nessa shrugged as she looked at them with piercing eyes and Skiro's eyes narrowed.

"I don't believe she's joking or lying," Skiro stated.

"Too bad, I think the same, just be careful, we believe you ev if we don't know you for that long, you have a differt look in your eyes," K said and Nessa smiled.

"Thank you, it was nice to be with you guys ev if it was only for a short time," she replied. "I must tell you, I did promise Patty that I would return sometime in the future, and I hope I can keep that promise."

"We look forward to seeing you again. It was great to have you a, Nessa; you are very insightful, especially about the monsters; you were correct," K said.

"I agree, you are a nice kid, make sure to visit us, I will definitely miss you," Skiro said with a smile, and Nessa patted him on the head, causing his cheeks to flush, before K hit him on the shoulder and he growled at him and Nessa chuckled.

"You two are something else, but thanks again," Nessa replied, and they both smiled at her.

"You're welcome," They replied.

"So, which ship am I taking?" She inquired.

"I'll take you because I know the owner," Skrio responded as he walked away, and they followed him to a large brown ship that looked like a pirate ship but wasn't.

"Captain," Skiro said, and a middle-aged man with a brown beard smiled down at him from the ship.

"Skiro, come on up," Skrio tered the ship and began conversing with the captain, who looked at Nessa, sighed th smiled.

"Well, Miss Nessa, you've earned yourself a free trip; hop on, we're leaving now," The captain said as she stared at them, and they grinned as Nessa tered the ship while Skiro exited.

"Take care, Nessa," Skiro and K said as the ship began to move after a few more passgers boarded, and Nessa smiled at them before turning to face the other passgers.

"Nessa, be careful," Skiro warned as the ship took off, and they waved to each other before K sighed and they returned to work.

'These are nice people,' Neesa thought, smiling as she looked out at the ocean.

"Are you okay, Lady Neesa?" Akio asked quietly, her gaze fixed on him.

"Yeah, I am fine," She responded as he looked out at the same view she was looking at th closed his eyes as she passed her hand on his head.

"Miss Nessa," The captain said as he approached her, and she looked at him.

He smiled as she replied, "Hello."

"Skiro told me you're going to Mascra for business, whatever it is, you have to be careful there now, something hasn't be right lately," He said, her eyes narrowing.

"Not right? That's what you are feeling?" She asked and he looked at her.

"Mascra is an amazing place, it may appear peaceful at times, but rectly a lot of things have be changing, not only there, but in many other places, I don't know for sure, but caution is best kid, I ev heard a strange rumor rectly," He responded, and she sighed.

"I see, a rumor about monsters gathering?" She asked and he sighed.

"Yeah, that's the one, I'm not sure what's going on, I don't really care about the monsters gathering, but something is strange," He responded.

"You being worried is a natural thing, it can't be helped, you are right though, a lot of things are changing lately, I have se one or two, and there just might be some evil going a," She said and he glanced at her.

'People are not stupid, of course some will notice, but I remember what Kurson has be saying, he is right, I ev ssed an ominous feeling the other day, whatever is going on, I'm not going to let it get in my way, I'm going to make that dream shine, but what's really going on in this place?

Couldn't Kurson tell me more?' With her gaze fixed on the water, Nessa wondered, and the captain smiled at her.