The Goddess Made A Mistake Again

Helena wondered about what Margaret was talking about.

'Nothing good for those around him… why does that sound more concerning than I think?'

Helena thought a bit more about it before a conclusion came to her mind.

"Are you… perhaps talking about Lucian?"

Margaret who was writing with focus, stopped once more as she said, "…Somewhat, but particularly not him."

Helena felt confusion come to her again. She wasn't blind to the sparks between Lucian and Margaret… to be more accurate, it was always the sparks flowing through Lucian, her friend on the other hand didn't seem to focus on it.

It wasn't that Margaret didn't' know about Lucian's feeling's, more so she did and explicitly ignored them.

Margaret was a hard working women who only valued results, how you gained them didn't matter to her. So matters about love, which went in the risky and non-profitable department was all out of range for her Tomboyish friend.

Helena sighed, 'Even my own thoughts are slowly calculating about many things… Spending time with Margaret has changed me.'

'Truth be told, Margaret could let herself be free for a moment and think about Lucian too… that guy has been following her since who knows when?'

'I feel so bad for the guy, if only someone also looked at me that wa-'

"Helena"

"Yes, Margaret." Helena looked up to see her friend giving her one of those 'Extremely Serious' looks.

"Don't ever speak about Lucian in front of Henry… in fact, don't ever speak about him like that again." Margaret looked down yet her voice still had a flowing sharpness, "The walls have ears."

Helena's eyes widened at what her friend was implicating.

'Is what she's saying true? Can it really be? It's coming from her so there's no denying it!'

'I need to be careful and not talk about him as she said.'

With that, both Maid/Assistant and Replacement's replacement went back to work while ignoring what happened just a moment ago.

…

"It's been a pleasure working with you, Calvin." I say and show my hand.

"Hah, come here!" Calvin instead pulled my hand and took me in a hug. "That's how you do it, lad. Not that handshake bullshit! We went through blood and steel; the least you can do is give me a real hug."

I smile, "Well, since you've asked…"

With that, Calvin who was hugging me with a smile just a moment ago, paled as he felt his body being crushed by me… with love.

"Al- Alright! That's it… Yo- You can let me go now… hey, that's enough…"

What seemed like a plea from Calvin, I finally let go and he almost fell down but got up and acted as if nothing happened.

"It was great to have you with us, Tax."

Morning came and with that, time for departure. But I couldn't leave without saying goodbye to Calvin and some useful officers.

So when I told him about it, he was skeptical and didn't believe it until he read the letter from Seman. Calvin was sad about seeing me go, but he was a soldier first and accepted the order like a champ.

"Why don't we have a small party once before you start leaving?" He said and the other officers also nodded with him. But I shook my head.

"As much as I would like to, I'd be best if I stayed active. Many parts of the forest are still under enemy territory."

Calvin's happy face turned serious, "Yeah, forget what I'd said. Make sure to stay cautious through your journey and if you see some bandits, do give those bastards a huge punch for me."

"Will do, Cap'n."

"Cap'n, Hah!" Calvin smiled, "I like that word, short and funny too!"

"So do we start calling you Cap'n as well?" An officer said coming to us, laughing.

Calvin turned to him with a dark look, "Did I gave you the order to?"

"N- No…"

"Then you're going to keep calling me as you've done, Lieutenant." With that the guy walked back, sulking.

I only smiled at that and ask him, "So when will you guys move next?"

"Commander's orders came right along yours." Calvin shook an opened scroll. "We'll be moving in at noon."

"Good, make sure to not slack off since I'm not here."

"Hah! Don't you know how popular I am?"

"Yeah… that's what worries me."

Calvin gave an eye roll before signaling a group of soldiers to come forward, "Those five will be your company."

"What? I can't take them from you."

"Of course, you can. They are only five people; they won't even be needed for our next fight. I personally will be charging the lead so it'll be over quickly."

"Oh!" I look at the soldiers and see them give me a desperate look, 'They really don't want to join this suicidal bastard.'

"Well, if that's so, I'll take them." I say and hear a small whisper of cheers behind me.

"Okay, Good luck on your journey and show them hell on the other side as well, My Lord Tax!" Calvin said and gave me another salute which I joyfully return once more.

Then I turn around and look at my company.

Lucian who had no choice but to stick with me, the Messenger who is actually the guide and the company of five soldiers, sticking with me so that they may not die by Calvin's outrageous schemes.

"Such a great party… definitely nothing bad will happen huh." I say and we all start our journey.

…

The Goodbye was a bit too loud with every soldier saluting and shooting off my name loudly.

I'm sure that if somebody set a trap for me ahead, this was probably the signal to say 'Big Bastard Incoming!'.

Even as we were quite a bit away from Calvin's camp, the noise from the after party could be heard around us.

Yet not even Lucian felt tickled by their noise. It seems I'm the only one that felt annoyed, maybe I like silence and tranquility… reminds of my beautiful Fang Bang.

I wonder how she is right now.

It's half way into the second trimester, so she should be adjusted to her morning sickness and the mood swings along with it.

Though I didn't see any kind of mood swing or much vomiting. She wouldn't be shy or cautious around me to deliberately hide it either. Maybe she's just more immune to those side effects than most woman are.

And her belly should be big enough by now for everyone to know that she's 100% pregnant and that it isn't a temporary bloated session. Still, she hasn't given any official announcement nor gave any public views lately.

I should visit her when I get back to the capital.

I am quite a worrier, aren't I? Well, this is my first baby and her mother's a vampire…

Her mother's a pregnant vampire on mood swings… I hope that doesn't make her stupidly hungry enough to eat off any person she finds, that would definitely be a huge problem.

As we were walking on a clean road, suddenly our navigator suddenly turned and took the forest.

"Wait! Why aren't we going from there?"

"Sir, the path from this road leads straight to a bandit base. So, we'll be cutting through this jungle, it'll be safer for us."

I thought and almost nodded before a thought came, "Why don't we take a look first?"