Once I had finished packing what lI could for Medea I went back to my room where Medea was waiting for me. She looked like she was also packing a bag happily. I didn’t want to have to tell her that she couldn’t come with me but it is necessary. If I didn’t tell her that she couldn’t come then she might be ready to go tomorrow and then hate me for ditching her without any reason.

“Medea?” I said. She turned to look at me with a smile on her face.

“If you’re going then I’m going too. I can’t just leave you with whoever that woman was to steal away your innocence. I’m almost done packing my bag.” she said. Did she just say my innocence? Hopefully she doesn’t understand what that means. However, I have a feeling that she does.

“Well, she isn’t going to take away my innocence as you put it. You don’t have to worry about that. Though, I can’t let you come with me this time.” I said as I sat down on the bed and set the bag I had prepared beside me. She looked at me with a confused look.

“What do you mean?” she asked like a child who didn’t understand why they were being punished would.

“Because last time you came along you were kidnapped and nearly lost your innocence yourself. I can’t risk that again. So you will be staying here.” I said kindly but firmly.

“B-but, I can be more careful! I promise I’ll be safe.” she begged.

“I’m sorry. There are things that may happen while I’m away and I’d rather you not be there for it. Just trust me on this, okay?” I replied.

“Okay…” she said as her entire body shifted from her original happy style to that of a more depressed one. Reaching out to her I gave her a hug.

“Don’t worry about anything. Though promise me that if you hear any bad news about me then you need to take this bag and run. Go into hiding wherever you can and use what’s in here to pay for whatever you need.” I said caringly. She hugged me in return and looked up at me.

“I promise.” she stated firmly.

“Alright. Now, when was the last time you had a bath?” I asked.

“Since we left camelot.” she said with a questionable look.

“So the same as me huh? Well, we both stink. Let’s take a bath, alright?” I said. However, as soon as I said that, Elysif appeared out of the pendant and whacked me across the head.

“Where did you come from and why did you hit him, you cow?” Medea asked with an angry tone after she fell back due to me accidentally throwing her in reaction to being hit.

“First off, don’t call me a cow! Second, you aren’t bathing with him. You can bathe with me instead. He can bathe on his own if he wants. I swear, I leave him alone for a single day.” Elysif said before biting her lip in anger and dragging Medea down the hall by her wrist.

“Micheal, help me!” Medea called out as she was dragged from the room. I doubted that Elysif would do anything to her. They’ll be fine... I hope.

“Make sure to scrub behind your ears!” I called out to them as I rubbed my head where she hit me. It didn’t really hurt but the fact that she hit me hurt my ego.

Since they had left to go bathe I followed in suit and found one of the open baths. I could hear Medea yelling at Elysif from the one next me. However, it was nothing more than Medea trying to figure out who the hell Elysif was so I ignored it. Climbing into my own bath, it was freezing. The water wasn’t warm at all and it made it difficult for me to enjoy it. So I took what looked like a large block of soap and began washing myself. It was coarse and hurt but it didn’t matter. It was better than being dirty.

After a few minutes in the bath I heard the sound of Elysif shrieking, followed by the sound of her yelling about how cold the water was. It actually made me chuckle a bit. The next bit made me burst out laughing though as I heard Elysif yelling at Medea with an ear wrenchingly high pitch voice for splashing her. I think they heard me laughing though as the next I heard was Elysif yelling at me to stop laughing.

I didn’t hear much after that. Though, it wasn’t like I was trying to listen in on their conversation. I could still hear them but it was so muffled through the stone wall that it was unrecognisable. Since I didn’t want to stay here long I finished cleaning myself and went back to my room. A good twenty minutes later Elysif and Medea came back to the room. Both of them looked a bit more comfortable with each other so I should be grateful

“Well, I’m going back in. I don’t think there will be many problems.” Elysif said as she walked over to me.

“What do you mean by that?” I asked.

“We just talked for a bit and had a proper heart to heart discussion.” Elysif said with a sly smile before grabbing the pendant around my neck and disappearing inside of it.

“What did she mean by that?” I asked Medea. She suddenly turned bright red and turned away from me as if she was incredibly embarrassed about something.

“Medea, what did she say to you?” I asked with a worried, yet somewhat demanding voice.

“...”

“Medea?”

“It’s nothing!” Medea said before walking over to the bed, climbing onto it and covering herself with the blanket. Knowing that I probably wasn’t going to get a straight answer, I didn’t push any further and went to dinner.