Ascension of the Monster Queen

Chapter 153: Green glow

After some time, Dalia approached Nessa with the pot, while Liya and the others gathered ingredients and a few other items and began assembling everything in the town center.

"Lady Nessa, shall we begin cooking?" Aion asked as she approached her and she smiled then patted him on the shoulder.

"Sure, you can start, in the meantime, I'll go freshen up and for now, the Orcs are our guest, everyone, they are not bad, they were just being controlled by a bad person and today they lost ones that were close to them, please don't blame them," Nessa said as she stood up and was about to bow her head, but Dalia placed her fingers under her chin, preventing her from bowing her head, and Nessa glanced at her.

"Dalia," She said.

"Don't bow your head, it doesn't suit you in the least, they are your people, they will listen to you," Riki said as he approached them, and she sighed before turning to face her people, who were smiling before bowing their heads.

"Don't worry, lady Nessa; we won't treat them any differently, am I right, guys?" Zeitaz inquired.

"Yeah!" They exclaimed and Nessa smiled.

"Thank you," She said.

"You are welcome and good work, you protected all of us today," Tehitos replied as he approached her and she sighed.

"We all did, now, I will be right back, I need to freshen up," Nessa said as she rushed off and they chuckled.

"She is going to get stronger, isn't she?" Riki asked and Yanka chuckled as Riki and the others looked back at him.

"Is she?" Liya asked.

"Of course she will, she will probably get stronger than all of us, she had a strong yet strange look in her eyes today," He responded and they smiled.

"Yeah, I'm sure once the food is ready for dinner, we'll talk about our future and where we stand, is that okay with you?" Nessa inquired, turning to face the chief and chiefess, who smiled and nodded.

"That is fine with us, lady Nessa; take your time." The chiefess responded by lifting the water from the bow that Nessa was about to grab and placing it inside the pot, and Nessa chuckled.

"Thank you, that sure is one useful talent," She said, and the chiefess sighed.

"You are welcome; please take it easy for a few days, lady Nessa," She replied as Nessa stirred the ingredients in the pot.

"I will, don't worry, I know my limits," She said and the chiefess's eyes narrowed.

"We believe you," The chief said and Nessa chuckled as she turned and saw Zilrud and his nephew talking.

"Lady Nessa," Zilrud said as he approached her with the nephew and she looked at him.

"What's the matter?" She asked.

"Can we have a few minutes of your time, we would like to discuss something with you, it's important in a way?" He asked and she nodded.

"Hello, lady Nessa," The nephew said as he bowed his head and Nessa tip toed and patted him on the shoulder.

"Raise your head," She replied and he looked at her.

"Is something wrong?" She asked.

"Uh... We have something to tell you about myself and my father, I believe you should know about it since you helped saved us all," The young Orc responded and she smiled.

"You know there is no need to be so hesitant when talking to me, anyone can come and talk to me and I won't have a problem with it, I am not intimidating like other leaders, I know some of them can be quite scary, take a breath, relax, and tell me what's bothering you, I will listen no matter what it may be, that I can assure you, go on," She said, and he smiled before looking at Zilrud, who nodded before patting him on the shoulder.