Bab 172: Loose ties

Just outside a pair of crimson eyes awaited me. 

"What are you doing? And why are you dressed like that?" I flared.

Lianne was in her usual armor. She looked just like when I first met her. "Oh! Isn't it obvious? I'm coming with you!"

"Who is this lovely lady?" Dick said stuff but we ignored him.

I guess he never met Lianne.

"Really? Unfortunately, it wasn't all that obvious. Anyway, as I told you before I don't want anything to do with the elves. So begone!" Towards the end, my accent shifted and I got a little embarrassed. 

What the hell did I just say?

Lianne started giggling. The embarrassment intensified. "Anyway, it'd be better for you if an elf led you out of the forest. I'd only trouble you for a few days."

"I have no objection if that lovely lady joins us," Dick declared.

I sighed. According to the old man, it could take up to a month to travel around Alfeim if one didn't have an elf with them.