The Beast and the Sword Book 2: The Changes

Page 41: The Little People PT3

Molly managed to get herself down safely just as she could hear the rain start to pitter patter above. To any regular person it would just be regular rain, though to people her size she had managed to get to shelter just in the nick of time as it had been equivalent to that of a hurricane.

    "Phew--" She said as she sighed with relief, "---Just made it. That climb was a bit longer then I thought." She soon had a worrisome look on her face, "I just hope Prism will be okay, she looked a little uneasy from the lightning just now. Does she have a phobia of them?"

    SQUEAK, SQUEAK--Went a familiar animal. She turned to see it had been a familiar gray mouse with sapphire blue eyes.

    "Cheese!" Molly exclaimed with relief. She ran to the mouse giving her a scratch on the head as she looked happy to see her, "Sorry for the wait girl, I got held up by a bean."

    "Yo!" A familiar voice soon said, "What the heck took ya, you were supposed to be here, one hour ago."

    Molly gave the young man a look, "Well, like I was telling Cheese here, I got caught by a bean! I managed to get away when he stepped away though!"

    "Hmm?" The guy said as he cleaned out his ear, "I could've sworn I heard someone up there with you. Was it another borrower?"

    "As a matter of fact no Horn Guy---" Molly replied though she still had her smile, "--It was another bean! She noticed I was knocked out in the jar I was stuck in and bandaged me up!"

    The guy--Dubbed Horn Guy as Molly had called him looked intrigued, "... Another Bean?"

    "Yeah--" She replied, "--And get this! She's a halfling! She's a human and an elf!" She soon flinched not realizing the Horn Guys reaction, "Crap, I wasn't supposed to say it! You can't tell anyone about that! Especially Pa." It was then she noticed the look in his eyes, "... Hey. You okay Horn Guy?"

    "The halfling--" He soon said, "--You didn't happen to get a name off her?"

    "Yeah--" She said, "--She told me her name's Prism."

    The Horn Guy nearly stumbled at the sound of her name as Cheese was quick to stand him up. "Hey, are you feeling alright?" She asked.

    "Yeah--Sorry." He replied, regaining his composure, "Let's just get back home."

    "Uh--Sure." Molly said.

    With that Molly hopped on Cheese as the Horn Guy took the lead. Though with his back turned to her, she couldn't see his smile as he chuckled softly.

    "---So--You really managed to survive after all this time..." He said softly as he looked relieved, "...Didn't you--Pixie?"

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(Fourth Opening Theme: That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime OP2-Meguru Mono Performed by Takuma Terashima)

-Magic Headquarters-

    Asta and Prism had been enjoying themselves in the baths that had been provided in the Headquarters as Asta himself couldn't believe at the fact there had been a bath in the first place. The bath had been in-ground and fairly large which could fit a large group of people. There had been marble floors and several fountains that poured in fresh water into the bath. 

    He just supposed it was normal, and yet it had been beautiful to look at.

    He couldn't help but sigh with content as he had been sinking into the warm water.

    "This is great..." He said, "... It's not like the Black Bulls Base but it feels so good."

    Asta soon turned to Prism who had been next to him, though she had a towel wrapped around her body and one around her head. Most of the spirits seemed to have sat around her or on shoulder, while some crawled up next to Asta, including a familiar bunny with bug wings.