Terran Camp

"Oh right...

So hmmm... I wanted to tell you something!"

(Now I really have to copy and paste, because I remove/change things for her.)

"You know when I said I defeated the Baron Crow? Well... That's actually more complicated than that... I didn't defeat him in battle, because that was impossible...

Let me start by the beginning:

I already told you of my adventure with the Hydra, but that was before I went to live in Anuryl with my brothers.

When I received a letter from them to go live with them, I immediately accepted. They were so young when I left and I wanted to see what they became. Thankfully, our brotherly bonds instantly came back.

The first night when I came to Anuryl, one of my brother became some kind of spirit. I don't know where the others were, but I was the only one who saw that. I followed the spirit of my brother into some kind of portal and we ended up in a labyrinth inside another world. There, I defeated the Eye King amd received the stone of the future.

This is where it all began... When the Baron Crow put a target on my back. He wanted the 3 time stones and I had one. Anyone who possessed the three stones could control time.

Of course, I wouldn't have let anyone have the 3 stones, not even me. I ended up finding the holder of the stone of the past: Ellie...

I'm not sure if I loved her or not, but she was important to me... That's for sure.

Then one day I was left alone, simply for 10 minutes and it was enough for me to be knocked out and brought to the Crow Baron.

I knew what would happen: he would kill me and take the stone. Honestly, I didn't care about dying, until I realised that my brothers would go berserk and try to avenge me by attacking this man which was obviously too powerful for them to defeat.

It was clear to me: if I died, they died...

So I did something I still regret... I started working for him, because I realised that if someone is to defeat him, we have to defeat him in his own games of manipulations. I was going to be a Trojan Horse.

I can go into more details about my plan and how it worked out in the end, but that's not what's important to me...

What's important is how Ellie looked at me when she found out I worked for the Crow Baron... How she stopped trusting me...

My brothers understood what I was doing, but she didn't...

And then I realised... Is there any place for love when you're an adventurer?

And then I met you and... I think there is...

Would you like it if we go on a picnic just the two of us when all of this is over?"

Malik is attentive to her reactions when he's telling his story.

(YASS!!!)

"Great...

Heh... Heh..."

*cough*

"Well, I guess I just have to wait for the answer to my letter before we move on..."

Malik seems unsure what to do with his skin, but he seems happy too.

(Oh... I just translated a french expression assuming it worked in english... Basically it means he really don't know what he wants to do.)

Malik smiles back.

"So... Anything we have to pass the time?"

(What's the expression in French? It probably makes more sense in that language.)

"We can practice magic and potion making. That's what I usually do when I'm not busy."

Ooh! It makes much more sense looking at these other expressions that use peau. I get it now.

"I'm only a beginner, so I'm not that great. I can make exploding potions though. I'm trying to learn how to make regenerative potions too."

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Nobody seems to understand what you're saying.