Chapter 260: 026 – The Girls Decision
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It was early in the morning in Willcolly, Ana prepared breakfast along-side her daughters just like every other day but tension filled the house.
At one point during the night it seemed that her husband would rush over to the inn to chase Lirian out of the village, but after her desperate cries and a lot of begging from her part, he finally relented.
She wondered if her husband would start to resent her for thinking him not man enough to face Lirian, but in the face of a cultivator, she'd rather have a resentful husband over a dead one.
The sounds of her pleas had awoken everyone in the house, including her daughters, but they didn't tell their daughters anything, as it is they were struggling to process what had happened, it would be a savage blow to the minds of their daughters if they heard about what had happened to their aunt.
Ana was also a bit worried about another thing, ever since her daughters returned from their little outing with Lirian the day before, the two of them seemed unable to talk about anything else.
Due to the tension in the house the two girls moved around the kitchen preparing breakfast without making a sound, they might have been young but they were no fools, their aunt and uncle were currently rest in one of the rooms of their home.
And from their mothers pleas to their father during the night, they were able to tell that something was very wrong and it was something to do with the handsome gentleman that stole their hearts the day before.
They wisely chose to keep their mouths shut, they feared that they'd start to speak about Lirian if they spoke, and that seemed like a bad topic to bring up at the current time.
Before long a pleasant breakfast was prepared, everyone gathered at the table to enjoy the meal together, but just as the two girls sat down their father asked them to leave the room.
The two girls naturally obliged, when they left the room the girls father shut the door behind them but the two of them remained standing there and pressed their ears against the door to listen in on the conversation.
It was a small room so naturally the sound travelled with ease into the girl's ears.
"Why did you do it?" the girl's heard their uncle say to their aunt Layla, "If you shouted everyone would have heard and we'd have been able to come to help you," he said with clenched fists and looked at his wife with a look of betrayal.
Jack had a lot of time to consider things over the night, because he couldn't get a wink of sleep, and only question remained in his mind, 'Why didn't she scream for help.'
A cold fury washed over Layla, she had half a heart to drop her act and curse her husband for being a hypocrite, he was getting mad at her when he had his way with all three of the barmaids on multiple occasions.
But she calmed her fury, she had to maintain her act.
"H-H-H-He gagged my mouth the second I-I-I entered his room," she stammered out, "Then he pressed me down and ripped of all my clothes,"
"H-h-h-h-he told me to move on my own, and if I tried to resist, he said that he'd come to our room in the night and tie up Jack and make him watch as he…," she trailed of and sobbed.
Jacks eye's contorted with rage, if he heard anymore he feared that he'd charge at Lirian in a blind rage, the consequences be damned.
"I just can't understand why a person would do such a thing," the mayor said clicking his tongue in disgust as his wife hugged onto her sister tightly, with tears pouring down her face.
"He claimed that it was because I ruined the fun he planned to have with your daughters, when he brought them to the inn," Layla sobbed with even more vigour as she planted the final nail in the coffin.
Just as she finished speaking a loud thud was heard at the door, the mayor rushed to open it and found his two daughters sitting there, his elder daughter Ella had a look of shock on her face, and the younger one Elsie seemed to be on the verge of passing out.
"What do you two think you're doing?" the mayor scolded his daughters.
Ella gulped as cold sweat trickled down her face, she couldn't believe what she had heard, there was no way she could believe it to be true, "It can't be true," she uttered in horror and fled while pulling her little sister along with her.
The mayor sighed as he watched his two little girls that had obviously developed a big crush on Lirian, flee into the gardens in the back yard.
He walked back into the room and as he did jack immediately started to speak, "I say we gather everyone in the village and surround him, even if he is a cultivator, there are almost 2000 of us and one of him," he said in a fit of anger.
"No we can't do that," the mayor said with lingering fear, "He is a spell caster, who knows what tricks he has up his sleeve, even if we do kill him how many people will die in the process," the mayor said shaking his head.
"We-we'll just wait until Mr Cassy returns, he should be back by tomorrow at the latest," the mayor said resolutely, he knew that this was no different from giving Mr Cassy more influence in the village, but he had no other choice.
"Until then we just have to act like everything is normal," the mayor said firmly.
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Ella and Elsie ran into the backyard and hugged each-other tightly while in the shade of a tree it was the only way they knew how to comfort each-other, little tears filled the corners of their eyes as they shook their heads in disbelief.
"I don't believe what aunt said," Elsie sobbed as she buried her head in her older sisters bosom and Ella nodded she to had a hard time accepting it.
She remembered that Lirian turned them down, he didn't seem to have any intentions other than teasing them a little, even when they boldly stated their desires Lirian had basically told them that it was stupid for them to say such things, and he even tried to scare them from trying to hard to get a nobles attention, else it end in disaster.
And lastly were the words they felt to be the sincerest of all, when Lirian said that he wouldn't do anything to them because he was in mourning over his dead lover.
"I want to go and see him," Elsie said to her sister, "I want to know if it's true," she said looking up into her older sisters eyes.
Ella nodded her head but a sudden look of hesitation flashed through her eyes, "But what if he does the same thing to us," she asked with a slightly fearful voice, but hidden beneath that was a look of yearning as if she wanted something like that to happen.
"I-I don't mind if he does," Elsie said while looking her sister in the eye, there was a devote look in her eyes as if she was happy if such a thing were to happen.
Ella smiled and climbed to her feet while pulling her little sister up, "Lets go," she said and made her way to the rear gate of the gardens, it was rarely ever used, and the inn was just a short distance away, so unless Lirian did something to them it was likely that no one would even notice that they left.
"If he didn't do anything to aunt, then we have to convince mom and dad that aunt is lying," Elsie said softly as they pushed the gate open.
Ella however shook her head, "It will be no use, mom will believe aunt no matter what happens, and I'm sure they are trying to come up with a plan to kill sir Lirian," Ella said the cold truth to her sister.
"We have to convince sir Lirian to leave, father will most likely wait for Mr Cassy to return before doing anything," Ella said as she quickly thought of a plan.
"But what if aunt wasn't lying?" Elsie asked in a fearful tone.
"T-then sir Lirian will do to us, what he did to aunt, but if he does that we won't tell him anything," Ella said resolutely.
Elsie held onto her dependable older sisters hand as they ran to the inn, the two girls were used to sneaking around the village because their father wouldn't let them go out, they spent a lot of time learning all the routes that would allow them to go around unseen.
They obviously couldn't go everywhere in the village without being noticed, but their aunts inn was just a short distance away, and they snuck in plenty of times to taste a little ale when no one was looking.
In no time at all the girls snuck in through a window that always stayed open and climbed the stairs making their way to Lirian's room.
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It was early in the morning in Willcolly, Ana prepared breakfast along-side her daughters just like every other day but tension filled the house.
At one point during the night it seemed that her husband would rush over to the inn to chase Lirian out of the village, but after her desperate cries and a lot of begging from her part, he finally relented.
She wondered if her husband would start to resent her for thinking him not man enough to face Lirian, but in the face of a cultivator, she'd rather have a resentful husband over a dead one.
The sounds of her pleas had awoken everyone in the house, including her daughters, but they didn't tell their daughters anything, as it is they were struggling to process what had happened, it would be a savage blow to the minds of their daughters if they heard about what had happened to their aunt.
Ana was also a bit worried about another thing, ever since her daughters returned from their little outing with Lirian the day before, the two of them seemed unable to talk about anything else.
Due to the tension in the house the two girls moved around the kitchen preparing breakfast without making a sound, they might have been young but they were no fools, their aunt and uncle were currently rest in one of the rooms of their home.
And from their mothers pleas to their father during the night, they were able to tell that something was very wrong and it was something to do with the handsome gentleman that stole their hearts the day before.
They wisely chose to keep their mouths shut, they feared that they'd start to speak about Lirian if they spoke, and that seemed like a bad topic to bring up at the current time.
Before long a pleasant breakfast was prepared, everyone gathered at the table to enjoy the meal together, but just as the two girls sat down their father asked them to leave the room.
The two girls naturally obliged, when they left the room the girls father shut the door behind them but the two of them remained standing there and pressed their ears against the door to listen in on the conversation.
It was a small room so naturally the sound travelled with ease into the girl's ears.
"Why did you do it?" the girl's heard their uncle say to their aunt Layla, "If you shouted everyone would have heard and we'd have been able to come to help you," he said with clenched fists and looked at his wife with a look of betrayal.
Jack had a lot of time to consider things over the night, because he couldn't get a wink of sleep, and only question remained in his mind, 'Why didn't she scream for help.'
A cold fury washed over Layla, she had half a heart to drop her act and curse her husband for being a hypocrite, he was getting mad at her when he had his way with all three of the barmaids on multiple occasions.
But she calmed her fury, she had to maintain her act.
"H-H-H-He gagged my mouth the second I-I-I entered his room," she stammered out, "Then he pressed me down and ripped of all my clothes,"
"H-h-h-h-he told me to move on my own, and if I tried to resist, he said that he'd come to our room in the night and tie up Jack and make him watch as he…," she trailed of and sobbed.
Jacks eye's contorted with rage, if he heard anymore he feared that he'd charge at Lirian in a blind rage, the consequences be damned.
"I just can't understand why a person would do such a thing," the mayor said clicking his tongue in disgust as his wife hugged onto her sister tightly, with tears pouring down her face.
"He claimed that it was because I ruined the fun he planned to have with your daughters, when he brought them to the inn," Layla sobbed with even more vigour as she planted the final nail in the coffin.
Just as she finished speaking a loud thud was heard at the door, the mayor rushed to open it and found his two daughters sitting there, his elder daughter Ella had a look of shock on her face, and the younger one Elsie seemed to be on the verge of passing out.
"What do you two think you're doing?" the mayor scolded his daughters.
Ella gulped as cold sweat trickled down her face, she couldn't believe what she had heard, there was no way she could believe it to be true, "It can't be true," she uttered in horror and fled while pulling her little sister along with her.
The mayor sighed as he watched his two little girls that had obviously developed a big crush on Lirian, flee into the gardens in the back yard.
He walked back into the room and as he did jack immediately started to speak, "I say we gather everyone in the village and surround him, even if he is a cultivator, there are almost 2000 of us and one of him," he said in a fit of anger.
"No we can't do that," the mayor said with lingering fear, "He is a spell caster, who knows what tricks he has up his sleeve, even if we do kill him how many people will die in the process," the mayor said shaking his head.
"We-we'll just wait until Mr Cassy returns, he should be back by tomorrow at the latest," the mayor said resolutely, he knew that this was no different from giving Mr Cassy more influence in the village, but he had no other choice.
"Until then we just have to act like everything is normal," the mayor said firmly.
---
Ella and Elsie ran into the backyard and hugged each-other tightly while in the shade of a tree it was the only way they knew how to comfort each-other, little tears filled the corners of their eyes as they shook their heads in disbelief.
"I don't believe what aunt said," Elsie sobbed as she buried her head in her older sisters bosom and Ella nodded she to had a hard time accepting it.
She remembered that Lirian turned them down, he didn't seem to have any intentions other than teasing them a little, even when they boldly stated their desires Lirian had basically told them that it was stupid for them to say such things, and he even tried to scare them from trying to hard to get a nobles attention, else it end in disaster.
And lastly were the words they felt to be the sincerest of all, when Lirian said that he wouldn't do anything to them because he was in mourning over his dead lover.
"I want to go and see him," Elsie said to her sister, "I want to know if it's true," she said looking up into her older sisters eyes.
Ella nodded her head but a sudden look of hesitation flashed through her eyes, "But what if he does the same thing to us," she asked with a slightly fearful voice, but hidden beneath that was a look of yearning as if she wanted something like that to happen.
"I-I don't mind if he does," Elsie said while looking her sister in the eye, there was a devote look in her eyes as if she was happy if such a thing were to happen.
Ella smiled and climbed to her feet while pulling her little sister up, "Lets go," she said and made her way to the rear gate of the gardens, it was rarely ever used, and the inn was just a short distance away, so unless Lirian did something to them it was likely that no one would even notice that they left.
"If he didn't do anything to aunt, then we have to convince mom and dad that aunt is lying," Elsie said softly as they pushed the gate open.
Ella however shook her head, "It will be no use, mom will believe aunt no matter what happens, and I'm sure they are trying to come up with a plan to kill sir Lirian," Ella said the cold truth to her sister.
"We have to convince sir Lirian to leave, father will most likely wait for Mr Cassy to return before doing anything," Ella said as she quickly thought of a plan.
"But what if aunt wasn't lying?" Elsie asked in a fearful tone.
"T-then sir Lirian will do to us, what he did to aunt, but if he does that we won't tell him anything," Ella said resolutely.
Elsie held onto her dependable older sisters hand as they ran to the inn, the two girls were used to sneaking around the village because their father wouldn't let them go out, they spent a lot of time learning all the routes that would allow them to go around unseen.
They obviously couldn't go everywhere in the village without being noticed, but their aunts inn was just a short distance away, and they snuck in plenty of times to taste a little ale when no one was looking.
In no time at all the girls snuck in through a window that always stayed open and climbed the stairs making their way to Lirian's room.
It was early in the morning in Willcolly, Ana prepared breakfast along-side her daughters just like every other day but tension filled the house.At one point during the night it seemed that her husband would rush over to the inn to chase Lirian out of the village, but after her desperate cries and a lot of begging from her part, he finally relented.She wondered if her husband would start to resent her for thinking him not man enough to face Lirian, but in the face of a cultivator, she'd rather have a resentful husband over a dead one.The sounds of her pleas had awoken everyone in the house, including her daughters, but they didn't tell their daughters anything, as it is they were struggling to process what had happened, it would be a savage blow to the minds of their daughters if they heard about what had happened to their aunt.Ana was also a bit worried about another thing, ever since her daughters returned from their little outing with Lirian the day before, the two of them seemed unable to talk about anything else.Due to the tension in the house the two girls moved around the kitchen preparing breakfast without making a sound, they might have been young but they were no fools, their aunt and uncle were currently rest in one of the rooms of their home.And from their mothers pleas to their father during the night, they were able to tell that something was very wrong and it was something to do with the handsome gentleman that stole their hearts the day before.They wisely chose to keep their mouths shut, they feared that they'd start to speak about Lirian if they spoke, and that seemed like a bad topic to bring up at the current time.Before long a pleasant breakfast was prepared, everyone gathered at the table to enjoy the meal together, but just as the two girls sat down their father asked them to leave the room.The two girls naturally obliged, when they left the room the girls father shut the door behind them but the two of them remained standing there and pressed their ears against the door to listen in on the conversation.It was a small room so naturally the sound travelled with ease into the girl's ears."Why did you do it?" the girl's heard their uncle say to their aunt Layla, "If you shouted everyone would have heard and we'd have been able to come to help you," he said with clenched fists and looked at his wife with a look of betrayal.Jack had a lot of time to consider things over the night, because he couldn't get a wink of sleep, and only question remained in his mind, 'Why didn't she scream for help.'A cold fury washed over Layla, she had half a heart to drop her act and curse her husband for being a hypocrite, he was getting mad at her when he had his way with all three of the barmaids on multiple occasions.But she calmed her fury, she had to maintain her act."H-H-H-He gagged my mouth the second I-I-I entered his room," she stammered out, "Then he pressed me down and ripped of all my clothes,""H-h-h-h-he told me to move on my own, and if I tried to resist, he said that he'd come to our room in the night and tie up Jack and make him watch as he," she trailed of and sobbed.Jacks eye's contorted with rage, if he heard anymore he feared that he'd charge at Lirian in a blind rage, the consequences be damned."I just can't understand why a person would do such a thing," the mayor said clicking his tongue in disgust as his wife hugged onto her sister tightly, with tears pouring down her face."He claimed that it was because I ruined the fun he planned to have with your daughters, when he brought them to the inn," Layla sobbed with even more vigour as she planted the final nail in the coffin.Just as she finished speaking a loud thud was heard at the door, the mayor rushed to open it and found his two daughters sitting there, his elder daughter Ella had a look of shock on her face, and the younger one Elsie seemed to be on the verge of passing out."What do you two think you're doing?" the mayor scolded his daughters.Ella gulped as cold sweat trickled down her face, she couldn't believe what she had heard, there was no way she could believe it to be true, "It can't be true," she uttered in horror and fled while pulling her little sister along with her.The mayor sighed as he watched his two little girls that had obviously developed a big crush on Lirian, flee into the gardens in the back yard.He walked back into the room and as he did jack immediately started to speak, "I say we gather everyone in the village and surround him, even if he is a cultivator, there are almost 2000 of us and one of him," he said in a fit of anger."No we can't do that," the mayor said with lingering fear, "He is a spell caster, who knows what tricks he has up his sleeve, even if we do kill him how many people will die in the process," the mayor said shaking his head."We-we'll just wait until Mr Cassy returns, he should be back by tomorrow at the latest," the mayor said resolutely, he knew that this was no different from giving Mr Cassy more influence in the village, but he had no other choice."Until then we just have to act like everything is normal," the mayor said firmly.---Ella and Elsie ran into the backyard and hugged each-other tightly while in the shade of a tree it was the only way they knew how to comfort each-other, little tears filled the corners of their eyes as they shook their heads in disbelief."I don't believe what aunt said," Elsie sobbed as she buried her head in her older sisters bosom and Ella nodded she to had a hard time accepting it.She remembered that Lirian turned them down, he didn't seem to have any intentions other than teasing them a little, even when they boldly stated their desires Lirian had basically told them that it was stupid for them to say such things, and he even tried to scare them from trying to hard to get a nobles attention, else it end in disaster.And lastly were the words they felt to be the sincerest of all, when Lirian said that he wouldn't do anything to them because he was in mourning over his dead lover."I want to go and see him," Elsie said to her sister, "I want to know if it's true," she said looking up into her older sisters eyes.Ella nodded her head but a sudden look of hesitation flashed through her eyes, "But what if he does the same thing to us," she asked with a slightly fearful voice, but hidden beneath that was a look of yearning as if she wanted something like that to happen."I-I don't mind if he does," Elsie said while looking her sister in the eye, there was a devote look in her eyes as if she was happy if such a thing were to happen.Ella smiled and climbed to her feet while pulling her little sister up, "Lets go," she said and made her way to the rear gate of the gardens, it was rarely ever used, and the inn was just a short distance away, so unless Lirian did something to them it was likely that no one would even notice that they left."If he didn't do anything to aunt, then we have to convince mom and dad that aunt is lying," Elsie said softly as they pushed the gate open.Ella however shook her head, "It will be no use, mom will believe aunt no matter what happens, and I'm sure they are trying to come up with a plan to kill sir Lirian," Ella said the cold truth to her sister."We have to convince sir Lirian to leave, father will most likely wait for Mr Cassy to return before doing anything," Ella said as she quickly thought of a plan."But what if aunt wasn't lying?" Elsie asked in a fearful tone."T-then sir Lirian will do to us, what he did to aunt, but if he does that we won't tell him anything," Ella said resolutely.Elsie held onto her dependable older sisters hand as they ran to the inn, the two girls were used to sneaking around the village because their father wouldn't let them go out, they spent a lot of time learning all the routes that would allow them to go around unseen.They obviously couldn't go everywhere in the village without being noticed, but their aunts inn was just a short distance away, and they snuck in plenty of times to taste a little ale when no one was looking.In no time at all the girls snuck in through a window that always stayed open and climbed the stairs making their way to Lirian's room.
