Dawn- An age of Darkness

"Shove it, grandpa! I don\'t want to hear that from you!"

Huh? Who\'s who?

"I don\'t actually get this…." Brenda said, raising her hand.

She was quiet and sad but finally spoke up.

"He\'s my grandfather… Well, at least I call him that," Dileans said.

Suppose I\'ll pretend not to be too surprised…

Dileans looked like an adult who barely turned 30 but I was still confused at him calling the old man grandpa. Clearly old man Bonkarin didn\'t really look much older than fifty.

I pretended not to be too surprised. But I was still kind of jealous. "I see. I didn\'t know…"

"Anyway, see you tomorrow." Dileans gave me a chuckle and went for the door. Looks like he wasn\'t going to pay for his drinks. And no one stopped him either.

Dileans had left and now there were only five of us. Jowy, meanwhile was quietly enjoying his drink.

"Suppose I\'ll start heading home now too. It\'s not like anyone\'s waiting for me at home but at least I\'ve got one. "

Old man Bonkarin left right away as well. He had a grin on his face. It was probably aimed at the old man to spite him. I pretended not to see that. The old man on the other hand glared hysterically and just brushed it off like it was no big deal.

Poor guy.

I didn\'t know which one I pitied more.

But there were still five of us remaining. It\'s because all this time I hadn\'t counted my dearly beloved Biteria. She was hiding between Brenda\'s hair as usual. But this time she wasn\'t really peeking at us, rather she might have been asleep. There were soft purrs coming out from time to time. It was cute.

"That reminds me, my sword will be done before tomorrow afternoon. Think we can leave tomorrow?" I said.

The old man gave me the gist. "We\'d have to procure some horses and we\'ll have to surely spend three nights out."

Given the fact that the world was shitty at night, it wasn\'t much of a choice that we needed to spend the night out in the wild. But the mere fact that goblins roamed around in these lands, scared me.

Jowy was still quiet, so the old man turned to him. "Hey boy, don\'t be shy now!" With a wondrous laugh, the old man gave a slap on Jowy\'s back. Yeah, he was definitely drunker than I thought.

Jowy looked at the old man with sharp eyes and said, "I\'m much older than you geezer!" Just how many drinks did that guy have, to say something like this?

Wow!

"Huh? What did ya say, boy?"

The old man snapped and the two of them started yelling. I looked around to see whether we were gathering attention or not. But it turned out that the place was so lively that nobody paid us any attention. It was probably for the best.

"That\'s enough you two. Both of you are old!" I said.

They stopped, stared at each other then glared at me. Oh boy… They screamed in unison. "Shut it, little brat!"

What the hell?

Suddenly my expression disappeared. What was going on? Were they fighting over something as silly as age? Was that even relevant? But what\'s worse, now they ganged up on me.

"Give it a rest Daarc. These guys are too drunk to be reasoned with, hicc*," Brenda said. She had a blissful look on her face and her eyes darted around.

"You\'re one to talk!"

All of you morons are drunk! I\'m done; even that room covered in smell is better than arguing with these drunks.

"I\'m done, so I\'ll be leaving. I\'m out of money so please pay the bills old man, as you are older than me." I emphasized on his age and smiled.

But then again I never actually ate anything apart from some biscuits on the table, anyway.

"That\'s right! I\'m older than … Wait, what…?"

"Good night."

Before he could figure anything out, I made my way back to my room.

When the hell am I going to get back to my world?

It really was the only question that I wanted to be answered right now.

I removed my armor and again jumped on the bed. It was so fluffy that I felt like sinking in, but to my regret, I fell asleep before experiencing the ultimate fluffiness of the bed.

Purr! Purr! My sleep broke when a familiar soft creature purred on top of me. it was morning but the sensation was elite.

"Biteria!"

I was amazed. It was my dream to sleep with bunnies and now it had been realized. I always liked bunnies but for some reason, but I liked Biteria more.

I just had to cuddle her. I couldn\'t hold myself back, so I went close to her and shoved my face in her fur. As luck would have it, she woke up and bit my nose. My nose ended up with a tattoo of bite marks. It hurt, but it was worth it.

"AWW!!"

I screamed a little and eventually, she let go.

Damn bunny! I still love you though…

I got dressed while Biteria sat on the bed staring at me. What the hell was wrong with this bunny? Did she have no sense of privacy? Well, she was a bunny, so it was normal that she wouldn\'t know that.

I picked her up with my cold gloves and she did not like it. She jumped straight to my head and stayed there.

Well, at least she isn\'t biting me.

I looked like a moron but I didn\'t mind. My love for bunnies was much greater than my shame- or so I hoped.

Once outside, the previous hypothesis proved wrong as everyone around me exploded in laughter. The group was at a corner and the inn wasn\'t as crowded as last night. I was glad that the crowd was a little thinner than last night, if it wasn\'t who knows what I\'d have done. I wanted to crawl to a hole and stay there out of the embarrassment.

"Well looky here!"

The old man was the first to comment. When I sat down, Biteria jumped to Brenda\'s shoulder and stayed there. Couldn\'t she have stayed on my shoulder instead of my head? Was it intentional?

"I was searching for you, little lady!" Brenda said.