We follow the knight

Luna enjoyed her free evening like most normal humans would enjoy it. She sat in front of a small tea restaurant with a wild berry tea and some honey cookies. Sometimes she enjoyed the simple pleasures the mortals created. And looking at the young orc woman that had to serve the guests wearing a maid uniform was a nice bonus.

Orcs were rare in human society. This one was either a ****, a refugee or adopted after a raid. Luna was so deep in her tries lift the orcs skirt with just her thoughts a little, that she barely recognized the man that appeared next to her table.

“Paul,” Luna said joyful and smiled, “how are you? How is your adventurers’ group?”

“They are fine,” Paul replies smiling, “we just came back from a quest, when I suddenly ran into your cute playthings. They seem to not need you to have fun anymore. Do you know they are dating or does this happen behind your back.”

“Spare me you cocky smile,” Luna replies, “I am fully aware of everything. Nothing escapes my sharp eyes. By the way, you are still a knight, right. Shouldn’t you bow before speaking to a noble lady.”

“Yeah, speaking about things I should do, I probably should stop making fun about the fact that you are smaller than me now,” Paul replies cheeky and quickly grabs Lunas magic book, “but it is just too much fun.”

“Hey, give it back!” Luna demands angry and tries to reach for her book, but Paul holds it over his head out of her reach, “you idiot, give it back! I need it. That’s really childish, even for your low standards. Now give it back!”

“Make me!” Paul teases her and laughs, “come on, jump for it! Stretch yourself!”

“Insulting a noble woman is a crime,” Luna hisses and struggles to get closer to her book, “I could have you arrested and whipped for this.”

“Tempting offer,” Paul replies grinning, “promise to do it yourself and I give it back.”

“Pervert,” Luna replies and stops reaching for the book with a smug smile, “well, you asked for it.”

Quickly Luna raises her right knee and smashes it between Paul’s legs. Since he is wearing metal leg protectors but no groin protector he immediately bends over with a painful grunt. Luna quickly snatches the book out of his hand while he gets up again.

“Bitch,” Paul mumbles hurt and sits down on the table.

“That’s your own fault, jerk,” Luna replies with crossed arms but sits down too, “did you just came to annoy me or was there a special reason.”

“I wanted to check if you are still able to tell me the difference between one and two,” Paul replies and crosses his arms too, “you know, last time I checked, the one was the smaller number. You understand my confusion when I suddenly saw you with two champions from earth instead of just one like we agreed to.”

“Hey, don’t blame me!” Luna replies a little uncomfortable and looks at the table, “look, I am sorry I took your girl under my wing, but you haven’t done anything to get closer to her. She entered the academy all alone. I wanted to give her back to you, once you decided to finally show up, but then you suddenly settled for this Fiona. While I waited for you to end your side adventure, I grew to really like you champion.”

“Are we … are we talking about the same thing actually?” Paul asks suddenly confused, “Fiona is my champion. It was you who pulled Clare and this other guy into this world, or am I mistaken?”

“What are you talking?” Luna asks equally confused, “I choose Oliver, or now Omboran, to be my champion. I wanted a guy. You were the one who went for a girl. A girl from a peasant family. Your underdog.”

“Yes, but this was Fiona,” Paul replies, “I choose her to be my champion. I thought you just did the same with Clare.”

“No, I did not,” Luna replies and even seems to be a little nervous now, “but … if she isn’t your champion and not mine either, who pulled her into this world? She is a human from earth, I checked that.”

“Pay for your tea!” Paul says and sounds shocked, “we need to find out immediately.”