"Who are you?"
"Me?" Nolan blinked. "A human named Nolan. You princess?"
"I am-wait" She straightened up. "I don't remember summoning you nor are you one of the villagers. Who are you and where are you from?"
She snatched her broken short sword off the ground and pointed it at Nolan.
"Woah woah woah." Nolan raises both hands. "Settle down princess I can here to save you not hurt you."
"How are you here? I never summon you and you aren't one of the natives. So answer me where are you from and why are you here?"
"Princess, I'm going to need you to calm down."
"I am calm! Just answer the question."
'Calm sure…'
"Well since you ask I have no idea princess. One second I'm in my apartment studying for a test and then a beam of light hits me and then I'm in some weird ass white void floating around. Then all of a sudden I'm falling from the sky, getting a mouth full of dirt."
"Then I smell some smoke and I start thinking holy shit other people so I run on over then I spot the whole village is caught in flames. I'm like no way is everyone going to die before I meet them so I ran in to save people then I found an old man, save him. Then I ran to the town center and found you about to be slaughtered so I saved you. You happy?" He gestured broadly at the carnage around them. "Is that what you wanted from me?"
She stared at him, eyeing him.
"God I don't even want a reward from you anymore." He mutters to himself ignoring the fact that he still would very much want a reward from her.
"You're like me." She said quietly.
"What do you mean I'm like you!? I ain't a bipolar bitch."
"No, I fell from the sky too."
Nolan stared at her. "You also fell from the sky."
She nods slowly.
"Shit you are like me…" Nolan runs his hand through his hair.
"It would appear so."
"What of your knight is he like us as well?"
At the word of her knight the princess' eyes widened as if she forgot something important.
"Sir Jeffrey! Is sir Jeffrey alright?"
"I mean he was alive when I left, so I don't know if he was able to hold off the hobgoblin himself or not." Nolan shrugs his shoulders.
"You left him to fight that thing alone, what kind of animal are you?" THe princess looks appalled.
"What you think I was going to do. Just look at me, I ain't some kind of warrior." The princess looks him up and down noting his civilian looking clothes and the smeared blood on him painting him as a victim rather than a warrior.
"Though I am down to go help him since he seems like a swell guy though now that the adrenaline is wearing off I'm not so sure my legs work."
Standing up straight Nolan's legs were visibly shaking clearly his body was running on pure adrenaline as he clearly was scared straight.
"Could you uh-" He held out his hand.
The princess shook her head and grabbed him by the wrist. "Stupid humans and your dumb biology make up."
'A princess is touching me.' Too caught up in the fact a princess is touching him he totally missed the fact that she basically just announced she's not human.
Tears of joy welled up in his eyes as he was carted off being dragged forward by a princess who can't believe her luck that the only other person in the same situation as her is such an idiot.
Off back in the town center it was plain to see what happened. From the dead bodies that littered the ground to the smoke from the burning buildings making a haze in the air. Carnage was all around them.
But from the carnage one thing was clear to spot. Lying flat on its back with a sword protruding from its chest the hobgoblin was dead.
And propped against a pile of rubble beside the dead body laid Jeffrey. His eyes were distant as if the gaze of the man wasn't really there. Especially since from his left shoulder there was nothing.
"Jeffrey!" The princess let go of Nolan's wrist and ran, dropping to her knees in front of him. She cupped his face with both her hands. "Jeffrey, are you alright?"
"My lady." A faint smile crossed his face. "It is good to see you well."
"Your arm, Jeffrey." Her voice cracked. "Where is your arm? We can reattach it, we just need to find Melissa she can put it back just-"
"Stop." His voice was quiet but. "My Lady. Even if you were to reattach it, it would never be the same. My career as a warrior is finished."
"There has to be something we can do."
"There is my lady. Focus on helping those that need it. I will live as I wasn't called the protector of Himlena for nothing" Jeffrey coughs slightly blood staining his armor. "Go my lady I will live and the young man behind I'm sure he will be of help."
The princess turns to Keal, tears welled up in her eyes, a silent question dawning on her face.
Nolan looked at her for a moment before he nodded, agreeing to help.
'If it gets me that reward I'm in.'
Taking a deep breath the princes turned towards Jeffrey. "Okay Jeffrey I'll do it but promise me you'll live."
"I promise, my lady."
She stood up wiping her eyes with the back of her hand but when she looked at Nolan her expression had shifted. No longer sad and upset, a look of a fierce leader was all that was left.
"Human boy, you're with me." She didn't wait for him as she was already on the move. "We have business to finish."
"Yes Ma'ma Princess lady!" Nolan salutes as he follows behind his short sword in hand.
'She got a little terrifying there…I think I'm in love.'
Like a helpless fool Nolan boot in boot follows behind the princess.