Adventures with Von

[5]

TOGETHER, WE WALK
(Part I)

Von and Eli stopped by in a small village to stay for the night, but while they were roaming around to look for an inn they've noticed how beautiful, clean and organized the place was.

After an hour of searching, they finally found a place to stay at. Von paid the owner of the house for letting them stay, "We'll only staying for the night"

The lady smiled then guided them to their room.

When Von and Eli was finally alone at the room, Eli transformed from being a horse into a human form.

"This place looks nice, Von" Eli complimented. Von nods in agreement.

"But it looks like it's prone to danger" Von commented when she noticed something.

Both of them stopped talking when they heard someone knock on their door. They turned their head towards the door when someone opened it after knocking three times. The person behind the door was an old woman with a food on her hands.

Eli immediately helped the old woman.

"What's this for?" Eli politely asked.

"It's for the both of you" The old woman answered.

"Thank you" Von said.

The old woman watched how Eli puts down the food on a small table. A minute have passed but the old woman just stand there.

Both Eli and Von stared at each other then looked back at the old woman. It was a 3 minutes awkward moment, when finally the old woman spoke.

"The both of you are what they call 'adventurer', right?" The old woman asked.

Von and Eli got startled, but Von managed to composed herself. She nodded as answer. "Yes, ma'am. Why do you ask?"

"I've met an adventurer before and he have so many interesting stories to tell. It felt like I was able to travel with him when he describes the places he have already been through. So, uhhh... May I ask if you could also entertain me with your stories?" The old woman shyly asked.

The two looked at each other as if asking each other's permission. With their conversation using their eyes, both of them agreed. They smiled at the old woman and invited her to sit down.

"Of course, we have a lot if stories that you might actually like" Eli enthusiastically said.

The old woman attentively listened to the stories that Eli was telling. Von was just silently watching and was also listening. She let Eli hold the mic since she's not a good storyteller like Eli.

The old woman was too immersed to the story, that is why she almost jump in surprise when someone knocked at the door.

"Elder, there's a news that someone found a man in the forest" the person who knocked hurriedly informed the old woman. It looks like something was bothering her.

The old woman frowned, "A man?" she asked while thinking in a deep thought.

A moment later she suddenly stood up. "Go gather some men who'd be able to accompany as later. That man might be already the one we've been waiting for a long time"

The old woman turned to face Von and Eli. "Thank you for sparing some time to entertain me. We'll just take care of something. You could wander around the village or you could rest"

Both of them were confused at what's going on, but they knew better to not ask.

"It's not our business, Eli. Let's just look around" Von said when she noticed how Eli's eyes was screaming in curiosity.