Royal Road
Chapter 60: Working
Chapter 60: Working
Chapter 60: Working
“You’re going to help us, right?” The Commander asked, her tone filled with doubt.
It had taken a bit for the female Granilith to finally let go of her. But she eventually did, and Roka stood up.
‘Yep.’ The Paru thought to himself. He responded with a thumbs up.
“Alright…” Roka cleared her throat. “In that case, we’ll split. Rea, go make sure that everything is in order so that we can take off in an hour.”
“You got it.” Rea answered before turning around and walking towards the spaceship.
“Jay, you’re with me. We’ll get the rest of our cases inside, check the weapons, and load all of them. Against Wizzos, normal weapons and bullets are enough to fight back.”
“Alright, I guess.”
“Bak…” Roka cleared her throat again. “You’re with him.”
“Ha?”“We need to get out drills and machines inside. You know how all of them work, don’t you? Guide him so that he doesn’t break something.”
“I…” Bak turned towards the Paru, his eyes filled with both fearful doubt and…
The Paru scratched its head.
‘Why am I the one stuck with the alien? Seriously?’
Bak sighed.
“Okay.”
All parties started working, except the female Granilith.
She smiled every time someone other than the Paru looked at her.
She smiled at the Paru too, but it was a different smile.
As Roka stopped for a moment and stared at the female Granilith, the latter threw her hair back haughtily.
She was the Alpha’s first woman. Of course, she wouldn’t be asked to work.
The Commander frowned slightly out of confusion before quickly shrugging it off.
“Amazing…” Bak whispered. “We’ll be done in fifteen minutes at the rate we’re going.”
‘Sure but… I’m mostly the one working though.’
The Paru shrugged and bent his body to pick up a heavy piece of machinery.
“Be careful. That one is…” Before Bak could finish his sentence, the piece of machinery already lay on the Paru’s shoulder. “Wow. That one takes five of us to lift normally, you know? And that’s including Roka and Liz, who are the strongest here.”
The Paru nodded.
The long piece of machinery lay on his shoulder. He used his hands to balance it.
“You know… I was pretty doubtful about you. About having you with us…”
‘I don’t really care about a guy’s opinion though…’ The Paru let out a sigh.
“But you’re helping so much, and you even went to fight that thing…” Bak slowly approached the Paru, before tapping his back. “I’m glad you’re with us! Seriously!”
The Paru stopped for a moment, and directed his gaze towards Bak.
‘Cool…’ He thought to himself, before responding with a thumbs-up-
“Hey!”
Taking his hand off was enough for the piece of machinery to start tilting backwards. Thankfully, the Paru was quick enough to take hold of it again.
“Be careful with that!” Bak shouted, before clearing his throat. “Um… Please?”
The Paru nodded.
…
After about thirty minutes, each party had completed their assigned tasks.
‘Took less time than I thought it would.’ Roka thought to herself.
Seeing Bak and the Paru work so quickly might have motivated them to do the same.
“Alright!” Roka shouted, directing everyone’s attention to herself. “Our guys are waiting for us. Let’s go find them!”
“Yes!” The group shouted in unison.
‘Now comes the moment of truth…’ The Paru thought to himself.
The crewmates walked and entered the spaceship. But as the Paru had expected…
“The two of you are going on foot.” Roka said without turning around to face them.
‘Seriously? Why?’
“Seriously? Why?” Bak protested, as if reading the Paru’s mind.
‘Oh, I like this guy, turns out!’
“We might work together, but it takes a lot to stand on this ship.” Roka answered as she walked into the spaceship.
Bak sighed.
“See you later.” He waved.
The defeated Paru walked away from the spaceship.
‘I thought that would be enough…’
He quickly got over it, as the female Granilith wrapped her arms around his and walked, clinging to his side, her eyes sparkling.
‘I’m glad I have you.’
Once the Paru and the female Granilith were at the edge of the forest, a great boom resonated. The spaceship took flight.
The female Granilith held the Paru closer and tighter.
The latter pulled his arm away, before stepping to stand behind her.
He covered the female Granilith’s ears.
The deafening sound of the spaceship being started up made him wince. It didn’t get any quieter.
The female Granilith pulled back, laying the back of her head against the Paru’s body.
As the spaceship took to the air, the Paru’s gaze was stuck on the female Granilith’s face.
“Waaa!” Her eyes were incredibly wide as she watched the spaceship fly.
A moment later, it was gone. Quickly disappearing as it flew away, above and across the forest.
The female Granilith’s excited gaze turned towards her mate.
“You really are too beautiful.” The Paru whispered, temporarily deafened by the spaceship’s.
His arms moved her arms to her waist. She kissed him, with her back against him.
…
It didn’t take long to join the Worka, as the forest had been cleaned up.
The Granilith and Wizzo Species were extremely territorial, so they rarely stepped outside of their territory.
Additionally, the scent of blood lingered at the edges of the territories, making it obvious that a stronger pack had taken that territory as their own.
‘So… What happens now?’ The Paru asked himself as he rejoined the Worka, alongside the female Granilith.
“Took you long enough.” Raya crossed her arms. “Why didn’t you come with them? Wait… What is that?”
‘Right… The others haven’t seen her yet.’
“Don’t tell me you can communicate with us and with them somehow? Interesting…”
‘Not… Exactly…’
The Paru scanned the area.
Bak and Kris waved. Rea had remained inside the ship. Liz looked at him for a moment, before looking away. Jay rolled his eyes once his gaze lay on the Paru.
Only the Commander didn’t look in his direction.
Not even once.