The Adventures of Rose Hood

Chapter 30: A Slothful Day

I flew for a straight hour and saw my home base, the capital.

When I landed at the gate, Dallel came to greet me.

"Hello Rose."

I shifted.

"Hello Dallel. Your brother is annoying."

"I thought he was dead."

"He should be. He already has been, but I've had to put that man six-feet-under three times now."

"I'm... not even going to ask."

"Thanks."

_

"So, you have some charges."

Mammon held up a paper labeled with the insignia of the guild.

"Read them."

"Destroying the economy of a nation, insubordination, and killing a guildmaster."

"Hold it, that's false."

"Thank goodness, wel-"

"I didn't kill him. I just shattered his mind. Besides how was I supposed to know his mind was so weak."

"Ah... and for the others?"

"Those are true. Except that the economy was slavery, and the insubordination was karate chopping him after he ordered his men to strip me."

"Ah... that makes sense and aligns with what the submaster of the other place reported."

"So, am I still a B."

"Nope, A. You were found innocent of most charges already, so your promotion already went through."

"Nice."

"But try not to **** off a whole nation next time."

"I will."

Then I felt a presence of pure rage behind me. I shivered.

"Pardon, what did this other guild master tell his men to do?"

"Um................"

Dallel looked like he was about to commit murder. Mammon clearly thought the same thing.

"D-Dallel, no killing the head guildmaster of Stalaris."

"Don't worry. I'll just do a little surgery."

"No... don't do that either."

"Surgery helps though, I thought you were angry."

The whole guild looks at me.

"YOU ARE TOO INNOCENT!!!"

What?

_

"So, the demons now follow you?"

"Yes, they disguised it as thanks for me killing Callel, FOR THE THIRD TIME, but they told me through telepathy that they recognized me."

I was talking to Dallel and Royce, they were the only two in the nation that knew my identity as a shard of the evil god.

"So, what happened to that other shard you mentioned?"

"We merged."

Royce spat out his water and started coughing.

"What?"

"She embodied sloth and was tired of all the work."

"Okay."

"Hey, Rose."

Mammon called.

"Yes?"

"Can you come and help me?"