Playing around with the dagger help me focus on myself, on my thoughts, on the current problem.
Can it be called a problem?
Maybe a subject. Yeah, the current subject.
"I mean, that doesn't looks like a good idea"
When I voice my thoughts, everyone, except malfoy of course, doesn't really have much to oppose me with.
If nothing.
A quick look forward reveal malfoy, just walking toward the new enemies. Three this time. Two small, goblin like wooden body, I don't like those guys.
Especially the last one.
Big, heavy, slow. And around seven meter tall, probably more. He would probably be at hulk chest neck height.
And I could litterally stand on hulk leg comfortably.
Still don't realize how we killed him.
A small laugh, barely a snort comes out of me. The reason we fought hulk is probably the reason why he's going alone like a dumbass right now. Whatever this reason is.
My mind wonder about the misunderstanding I let out fester, this weird misunderstanding I still don't understand fully.
"I mean, I agree, but he seem fine...and" annie speak out, probably misunderstanding what my snort mean.
Jenna follow just after her "I-I y-" I doze off at her explanation, pretty much bullshit.
Twirling the dagger in my hand, I look at the scene in front of me, knowing very well what's happening.
They don't want a fight to pop up.
They think if they try to stop him or whatever it will make some kind of fight, they want to avoid it. I get it. I wanna do the same.
Everyone like to avoid fight.
Especially my hungry coils. The easier solution is usually the immoral one.
My eyes trail on balrow shield again.
Even with those coils. Something rare happen, I can't help but keep thinking of alternatives.
Can't help to wonder if that would help me attack or protect from those woodmen strikes. It look like they hit hard.
Too hard.
Way too hard.
They probably didn't see it, maybe because they don't train with malfoy as much. They never train with him.
Or they are relativising.
But...
This is not normal, not at all.
I can say it with certitude, I took malfoy by surprise, hurt him without meaning it. We don't know each other that much, I know. But, I've trained with him during those weeks. Every, single, day.
Even when we were injured, just going extra soft.
We litterally passed hours sparring, nothing to do.
I easily passed a hundred of hours straight up sparring and messing with him.
So yeah, I'd say I can know when malfoy get hurt or not. And this fucking sound wasn't normal.
Looking ahead, malfoy keep going, walking forward even faster than the wooden things. They are really fucking pathetic looking.
A glance around reveal balrow just looking some steps in front of me, just looking.
Jenna at my left, looking, a bit worried, all while talking with annie who's at my left.
"I don't know, a side mission isn't worth it? I mean, it's not really..." She doesn't finish her words.
Not getting the words she want apparently, but annie continue.
"Yeaaaah but like, he was just being over the top. He'sssssss fine, don't worry." A small snort "just look at them!"
Jenna take on a grimace and look at them "I mean...true, but like, they are three now?"
Annie nod a bit, but one of the small one just take this exact moment to fall like a dumbass.
Again.
She chuckle a bit before lifting up her arm and pushing both of her hands toward the sight "I mean!? Just look!?"
Maybe I'm overthinking it.
Or maybe I'm not and this hunger is influencing me.
It wouldn't be the first time it did.
Maybe I just don't know malfoy enough.
Maybe I'm just thinking too much because of the inspect thingies those last few days.
Malfoy get into combat, two of them now, he keep circling around, stop being dum-! What is that dumbass doing?
I lift my dagger, annie dagger, she lended it without much complain or ever questions. The tip point at malfoy and the two guys "do you see what I see?"
Annie scratch her head a bit before saying "yeaaaah...maybe he's overdoing it now, like maybe just tell him to chill out?"
Urgh, I was gonna talk about how I almost broke the side mission by rushing like a crazy fucker, but apparently I didn't.
I mean? Is he for real or what? Does he fuel his fucking cockyness by flexing on weaklings?
"Yeah, I'll just tell him I guess" my fingers come up to rub my forehead. And no, I'm not doing only that because jenna's looking at me with those puppydog eyes.
"Think he can hear you scream?"
"Maybe? He heard me before?"
Annie hum a bit before crossing her arms "he's like...very far now."
...He is very far
Guess it can't hurt to try? Taking the biggest breath in I possibly can't, I scream till my throat hurt a bit.
"MALFOY, STOP FUCKING PLAYING!"
Jenna turn her head around after hearing me.
Annie do the same but also wince and put both of her hands on her ears.
Only one that doesn't react is balrow.
Fucking stoic as hell this guy, I swear, that's why he's a badass grandpa.
"Think he heard you?" The voice come from my left.
Again, worryhart.
"Uhhh" looking at him spreading his arms wide like he's inviting hits answer her question pretty well.
Annie look at jenna, all seriousness in her gaze.
"I'm sure he did."
Was that sarcasm?
Jenna turn back to look at her "oh..."
Damn that's sad.
WAIT WHY IS SHE LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT AGAIN!? DAAAAAAMN, Why it's always my job, you're the grown womaaaaan.
Don't look at me like that.
....urghhh fuck off alright.
Giving her the biggest sigh my dad always used to make, I just take some steps forward, passing between the two.
"Alright gonna go tell him"
I can't look at her but jenna tone tell me she have stars in her eyes "really?"
Barely even hiding my roll of eyes, I keep up ignoring annie tap on my shoulder "yes I will"
Annie voice come a second later after her second tap "go aaaaat it champ"
Champ? Since when I'm the champ?
Pushing forward and ignoring those useless thoughts, I pass before balrow and he stop me.
Huh, it makes me remember the it's dangerous to go alone vibe of when he gave me the cane.
Pushing his shield forward toward me, he speak up "here" simple.
Useful.
His gaze go on my dagger. Right, I took it from annie for that. Just more useful for this fuckers, guess he figured it out.
"Thanks, doubt I'll need it though"
He nod at me as I pick up the shield, barely even going through the motion of attaching it on my left arm.
Don't really need it.
My coils keep speaking, sweetly. I really don't need it, just gonna tell him to chill out and be serious.
I won't fight. It's a waste of reward, those wooden guys are weak. They must be.
I was a bit too worried after he got hit but really?
He's been dancing around them for so long already, he probably can take them if he stop joking around.
Don't need to help him.
Really I don't.
My feet trail off in the sand, almost lazy really.
Just gonna tell him to stop being a dumbass.
And that's all.
I promise.
Won't do anything else.
Looking at him from afar, I see him twirl on himself before pushing one of the kiddo weapon back, it make one of it's wooden leg stumble back. One almost fell again.
He turn his back completly to the big one.
The big one approach.
Is he for real!? Again!?
The big one sword come up like it's underwater, it's body, the torso bend back. Like those animated wind thingies in front of some stores. Like it's torso can't support this position. And then he snap back, it's ugly, he almost fall, but it reach right toward malfoy head, gravity aiding it.
Then malfoy turn back. As if he was expecting it, he push he sword up, twirling it on the side in a blocking manner he definetly learned in a club or whatever.
And he just perfectly align his sword against the ennemy.
Well fuck I was worried again.
He's always doing this shit, he's gonna hear from me, shit is dangerous, it's not a fucking spar.
I swear tha-!
Malfoy arm fly.
Thrown away by something in a different weight class.
His grip falter.
The sword fly, so far it almost reach me, digging a groove in the sand.
Malfoy stumble and fall down, body ragdolling on the ground.