Rigurd: "Um, can you move that over there?"
"Like this?" Kevin excavated the entire area and rebuilt an entire wall in seconds as extra, "…Sorry if I overstepped alittle but that should help with the rest of the excavation."
Rigurd: "No, no, that's perfect. Than-thank you Mr Kevin."
"Kevin. Just call me Kevin Rigurd. We have basically the same rank under our respective lords." Rigurd bowed before Kevin and they both walked through the streets.
Rigurd had noticed that as they were walking, Kevin was sneaking glances towards the streets with a very sad look. The look made Rigurd feel very ashamed, "I'm sorry you had to see our village in such a state."
"I do feel sad to see it but you don't have to say sorry, you weren't the cause of this afterall." Despite Kevin's words, Rigurd noticed that what was in his eyes wasn't just sadness but also disappointment.
"Is there something else wrong? You look like someone poured cold water over your head." Rigurd was curious about the situation in his head.
" No, it's just that… Milord has spoken so highly of this place. That this place was so beautiful and had such great potential. I was very excited to see this place… I'm sad that this is my first impression of the place." Kevin spoke solemnly.
" You know, I've never gotten an affirmative introduction from you. Who are you exactly to Lord Simon?" Rigurd asked.
"Oh, I guess I forgot to give that introduction." Kevin turned towards Rigurd and bowed, "I am Simon's sword and right hand. The Hand of providence and Angel of salvation, Kevin." Kevin gave his introduction dutifully.
Rigurd was quite impressed by the way he conducted himself and in awe of the position he held. The right hand of the god of chaos himself.
Rigurd: " I didn't expect lord Simon would bring someone so renowned and trustworthy with him here."
" Why is that?" Kevin was genuinely confused
Rigurd: " Well I've never expected a god to develop a close bond with anyone beneath him. Is my assumption off?"
Kevin: " Way off. Simon's reputation is that of a god but he's also the most humane I've ever met. Not to mention that the one thing that Simon values more than anything else is his connection to others… and yet he struggles to keep them intact."
Rigurd was so surprised, he would have never expected that a surbordinate would have such a high degree of respect for his master and yet also speak so clearly about his flaws. This was not the way a surbordinate would speak about their master but rather how someone would speak about their friend.
Rigurd: " Thank you Kevin for helping me understand. Thank you for also helping with the repairs but I think we can take it from here."
Kevin: " Then I'll take my leave."
Rigurd looked at the silhouette of the man that had just been helping him with deep admiration, despite being relieved of helping, he could still be seen helping others around him, " I wish I could be as dependable as he is one day."
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Kevin was walking down the delapedated streets and healing people while walking, although it wasn't his speciality, he does still have an abundance of medical knowledge due to his training with Simon.
He stopped at a a certain building and went inside to find Shuna still healing the injured. The sheer scale of injured civilians meant that the healing process would take a couple hours at best. Although the they were patched up, it was better to make sure that their wounds were closed.
" Oh, you're Mr Kevin… Sorry but I don't have time to keep you company." Shuna took note of his existence but went back to hastily heal the injured.
'I'm sorry but I'll make it up later, it's rude to dismiss someone under our god but right now, this takes priority.' Shuna began healing the goblin Infront of her despite her fatigue.
She had almost fell down when Hakurou came out of nowhere and caught her, "Princess you should rest, your magicules are running low."
"No, I can still con- What?" When she turned around, she found Kevin healing the recipients coming for their treatment. In the time it took Shuna to heal one, Kevin had healed fifty eight citizens.
But Kevin was clearly not happy with his speed, 'If this were Milord or Lady Nyx, then all the citizens would have been healed in an instant. I need to get better at healing magic.'
Despite the disappointment he had in himself, he got done exceptionally quick and healed the entire injured population of the Jura-Tempest federation. A process that would've taken a day or two had been completed in under an hour.
"Um, Thank you Mr Kevin." Shuna bowed to Kevin and now felt bad that she didn't give him the proper hospitality.
" No need to say thank you, it's important that everyone is healed up. And you can just call me Kevin." Kevin corrected in a monotone voice.
Both Shuna and Hakurou both bowed and Hakurou spoke, " In any case, a thank you is mandatory and the least we could say."
Kevin went forward with what he wanted to say, "Can I ask something alittle surprising? Do you two hate Simon?" Now both of them grew surprised and hesitated, "It's ok, I won't get mad if you answer honestly."
"Well I-I wouldn't want to speak-"
"He's awful! Terrible, how could he just let it happen!" A suddenly arriving voice shouted into the backround when hearing the query.
"GOBTA! THAT'S ENOUGH!" Hakurou, recognising the voice shouted at his student. Hakurou turned back to Kevin, "I apologize for my students impudent behaviour. He didn't mean it."
Hearing the commotion, Benimaru had rushed in from out of nowhere and found Gobta yelling at Kevin, But when Benimaru was about to rush in to intervene, Kevin lifted his hand and exerted an authoritive pressure on Benimaru, signaling to not intervene.
" That man knew that Gobzo would just die and he- and he- he just let it happen!" Gobzo looked at the man who is serving the god who let his friend die but his anger turned to fright when he saw the man slowly walk towards him.
He closed his eyes and put his head down and in his anger, he grit his teeth.
But then, he felt a hand on his head and a chilling but simpathetic voice, " Don't worry, I understand."