" Well, I was just on the ground, who's to say that the door isn't going to do the same? We all walked past the same spot, but it was only me who activated it, therefore, it should be you, shouldn't it?"
" Well who's to say it was something special about you in the first place? What if you just stepped on some kind of sensor for the magic to activate?"
Charlotte and Cynthia were arguing currently about who should open the door. As much fun as it could be to hear them argue about it, I'm more interested in what the hell is going on with this house in front of me. I quickly move past them.
" Matthew!"
" Wait!"
Despite both of them calling for me, I quickly moved passed them and went to open the door.
" Lord Drake!"
Just as I was about to touch the old, weather-beaten-looking door.
" Hm? Was that you?"
I turned around to see the guard approaching me.
" Yes, please, Lord Drake, allow me to open the door."
" Absolutely not. I understand that you're all probably a lot more capable than I am when it comes to battle or handling pain or whatever, but I'm the only man of the group and I'd like to do it. I doubt anything too bad will happen."
My response to her made her stop in her tracks.
" Hey! That's not a good idea! You're the only here who can use healing magic, Matthew."
" Yeah! What Cynthia said! You shouldn't be risking yourself like this!"
Both Cynthia and Charlotte had stopped arguing and began to team up against me now. What is this weird reversal they've just made? Either way, I'm going to open this door... I guess I should offer up a concession to appease them... Maybe they'll even get along with it? But first, I'd like to know something before I push forward.
" Say, Ms. Guard. Could you tell me your name?"
" Hm?"
The guard looked at me confused... No, scratch that, all 3 of them looked at me with confusion. Even though it took a moment, eventually the guard answered my question.
" Uhm... Carra, Lord Drake."
" Okay. Now for the 3 of you. Tell you what, let me open this door and if anything else pops up that might look dangerous, I'll allow the Carra to do it. Let's all just relax and remember that at the end of the day, it's probably nothing. I'm willing to bet the reason we couldn't see the cabin originally was because whoever cast the spell to do it, couldn't outfit this cabin with magic."
/ Click! Creak!/
" Lord Drake!"
" Matthew!"
All 3 of them called out to me in unison, but I had already touched the door and opened it. So far, I was fine. I turned back to them with my hands in the air to show that I was fine. Even though I was hoping they would all move past it...
/ Grip! Grip!/
I blinked and then I felt 2 hands placed on my shoulder and saw that Cynthia and Charlotte had both grabbed ahold of me... What was this speed? I mean, they didn't move anywhere close as fast as this when we were all hunting.
" Matthew... Do you realize how reckless you just were?"
" How would we explain this to Big Sis and Anna if you were to get injured somehow? Let alone the citizenry of Paradise?"
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The Demon King's Paladin Part 2. All Out War.
FantasyJohn Ericsson has created a life for himself in the new world that he was dragged into by Warrick, the Demon King of Diablos. Now, after marrying the loves of his life and making a place for himself in this new world, the worst thing that could come...
