Hero of Harmony (Continued)

Chapter 261: Disrespecting Alexander

After having cleansed Vanye's curse from the stone, effectively freeing her and placing her life solely back into her hands, we walked through the forest since, believe it or not, an entire mercenary group was still chasing us.

"So, what are we going to do now?" Asked Vanimo curiously as he glanced between Vanye, Alexander, and Lazuli, the latter blankly glancing at him.

"Get my sword." Stated Vanye lightly with a hardened gaze as she stared into the distance, her words prompting Alexander to snap his fingers.

"Ah, that's what was missing about you; I thought something was off. Anyway, your sword is back at your home, underneath all the burnt rubble." Remarked Alexander as he glanced at Vanye, only for him to awkwardly look away while trailing his words off.

"Oh yeah, our house. I forgot about that." Muttered Vanimo softly with a saddened expression, only for him to shake his head as he suddenly hugged Vanye.

"Well, so long as we've got each other, we can always build another house." Added Vanimo with a faint smile as he glanced at Vanye, who sighed deeply before nodding in agreement.

Glancing at Vanimo in jealousy, I shook my head and cleared my throat, opting to change the topic since I didn't want it to return to me.

"What do you plan to do afterward?" Asked Alexander curiously as he glanced at Vanye, who shot him a glare before looking away.

"I'll kill Boss." "Boss?" Said Vanye and Alexander, respectively, as the latter gazed at the former in slight confusion.

"Haa, really, Vanye? Why must you always resort to violence? You know I don't like it when you kill people." Said Vanimo with a deep frown as he firmly stared at Vanye, who snorted in response.

"Boss is the name of the man who had tortured you." Said Vanye, lightly with venom as she clenched her fist, causing it to be engulfed with reddish-black miasma, destroying a tree with a single punch.

"O-Oh, that's Boss; I-I see." Muttered Vanimo with an expression of understanding, only to cough awkwardly while silently averting his gaze.

I would've loved to laugh at Vanimo, but, seeing as this wasn't something to laugh about, I had to forcefully suppress it; maybe in a decade or so, we could laugh at it, but not when it happened only like a day ago.

"If we're trying to get your sword, I can just teleport us there; it will save us a lot of time. Unless, of course, you just want to–" Said Alexander lightly as he glanced at Vanye, who promptly cut him off while tightly grabbing his shoulder.

"Take me there now." Stated Vanye sternly as she glared at Alexander, tightly grabbing his shoulder with her golden prosthetic, causing him to hesitantly nod.

"O-kay. Vanimo, grab my hand." Said Alexander as he outstretched his hand to Vanimo while Lazuli leaned into his embrace, squishing her chest against his body.

"Oh, teleporting? I've never done that; my body won't be split in half or something, right?" Asked Vanimo in excitement as he grabbed Alexanders' hand, only to skeptically glance at him.

"Um, I don't know; maybe if I messed it up. But that won't happen; I know my limits when it comes to teleporting." Replied Alexander lightly as he rubbed his head while glancing at Vanimo before shrugging his shoulders and closing his eyes.

Taking a few seconds to visualize the cabin, which was now a pile of rubble and ash, I swiftly used [Mass Teleport] once I was ready, and when I opened my eyes, we appeared about twenty feet in the sky above the burnt and destroyed cabin.

"Sometimes this can happen, though." Added Alexander lightly as he glanced at Vanimo, who tightly clung to his arm.

Grabbing Vanimo with one arm and Lazuli with another, I practically slammed onto the ground, though they were both fine as I had absorbed most of the impact; not like Lazuli would've gotten hurt at first, I was merely behaving like a gentleman.