Chapter 116 - 116. You See, You See... Overshot In Realm Of Mind (1/2)

”Alright Rodney, according to Missus Macleod here, it seems agreeable to take all of you in as junior members. Since there are twenty of you here, where do you all sleep in the night?” I asked out of curiosity since I don't think they would be spending at the Tavern for the night and I wondered if they carried any camping gear to spend the night just like NoOne in the Northern Forest.

”We sleep around the sidewalks, the town square and if we get chased away by the patrol guards we would move aimlessly until we were heavy with sleep and rested anywhere we could.”

”We are used to doing that and answering to your bubble thoughts, we do not have any camping equipment with us,” Rodney replied with a resigned look on his face and the thoughts of the past few sleepless nights crossed his mind again.

”Ingles and Jane, would you mind sharing the bed with 2 of these girls each in your room?” I asked and they were more than delighted to do so. ”That's settled then, the 4 girls may sleep in the room upstairs while all the boys would settle themselves on the main hall below. I will get some bedding, blankets and pillows for you tonight.”

”Mister Macleod, there are actually six girls here and they are masked to hide their identities. They have a dark history and they joined us because they need to hide from the authorities. It's not that they were guilty of something but there were wronged and accused of something they never did.” Rodney explained and the two girls exposed their faces by removing their masks and taking out the hood.

”Please forgive us for masking our identities, Mister Macleod. We were working in a household as a housemaid when one day a friend of our boss decided to do something fun with us, and we didn't even laugh at that time. So one morning, we both ended up sticking a butterknife each through his loaf of bread at breakfast and we ran off from the house.”

”The girls are speaking the truth, pity the innocent loaf of bread. I'm sure it wasn't being sent to the infirmary immediately afterwards right? Tsk...Tsk...Tsk...such a tragic end for that loaf of bread. Don't worry about the loaves of bread here, I doubt they would take revenge against the brutality.” Patricia assured me and the two newly exposed girls.

”Alright... Is there any more hidden girls in the group that we should be aware of?” I asked Rodney and he responded that there aren't anymore. ”OK, Kayla... These brutal bread killers will be sharing your bed with you tonight ok? Do you have snacks that resemble like a bread? If you do then you better hide it well... I won't want them to have a case anymore with the loaves of bread.”

”Don't worry Daddy, I've got no such snacks inside my storage bag except for some gum, lollies and lots of candies... Yyeeaayyy....”

”Oi... Oi... I don't want you to be a toothless Ranger-Assassin-Wizard ok? Remember to...”

”Hit hard, hit fast and kill swiftly and silently...” Kayla cut my sentence short as I was wagging my finger at her.

”Not that Kayla... Remember to brush your teeth before going off to bed...” I informed her in a resigned state and realised that she may have used all her allowance to pile up on all her goodies and snacks instead.

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”So... Tomorrow all the twenty of them would swear allegiance on our Castle Keating-Macleod and would be a full-fledged junior member. I thought of getting out children to Level up to 5 before taking in new adventurers and definitely, those live in ones.”

”But frankly, am I doing the right thing in a wrong manner or a wrong thing in the right manner?” I asked Patricia as I shrugged my shoulders, spread my hands and looked exasperatedly while she patted my chest and said, ”You neither do the right thing nor the wrong thing, the most important thing is you follow your heart.”

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”Hii Hii Hii... Come let me show you the rooms” Kayla and Jane raced stairs and were followed by the 4 girls whom I had not named them in this chapter yet, while the other two girls followed behind Ingles and Adam slowly. They were elated that they were accepted by the Keating-Macleod by chance and were thankful towards their lucky stars.

Prius and Rebecca volunteered to let the 4 rooms upstairs to be shared by the other 14 boys as it would be unnecessary to purchase more bedding to put up with the accommodation.

At last 3 boys shared one room each while the other remaining two boys shared with Adam. He was delighted to have room buddies staying together with him and shared whatever belongings he had with them.

”We now have twenty adventurers under our wing and I think it would be enough for this moment. We have no other accommodations if we were to meet similar cases in the future. May God guide me in making the right choices for the moment. These junior members would likely be the backbone for many adventurers to join in months to come.”

I finally said and arranged the right words to say and Patricia, Prius and Rebecca all claimed that the path that I had arranged was all preplanned by God Himself. ”We arrange which paths we would be going, but God himself would determine where it would lead,” Prius said as he places a gentle hand on my shoulder.

”Yeah... I guess so, my dear brother in law. God and his little Angels are sure looking after us right now under this Castle Keating-Macleod.”

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”Dear... I would be spending some time meditating tonight... I would away for some hours. You may check on me downstairs in my study... I would begin after supper.” I said and Patricia nodded as she knew I was speaking the truth. I wonder if she knew I was bullshitting when I mentioned about the wisps that duplicated all the clothes from the Atelier, Blake's weapons and Bruce's trinkets.