The Goddess Made A Mistake Again

Chapter 368: Chapter 368 – Meeting Up With Calvin

I got out of the camp with Calvin in tow. We walked a bit further together before stopping abruptly and turning to each other… very slowly.

“So…” I say, not knowing how to end the sentence.

“Yes…” Calvin had a strange look on him too. “Well… I’m going to my camp… to prepare the guys… for breakfast.”

“And I’ll join you afterwards when it’s time to leave.”

Calvin clapped his hands in euphoria, “Perfect! That’s a great plan. We’ll meet after we’re all done and then we’ll go kill the bandits.”

“Yeah, a simple and good plan.” I nod.

Calvin nodded along as time passed by very slowly.

“We should probably leave.” I tell him.

“Yes, we should.” Calvin finally stopped nodding and we both went separate ways before turning around and going opposite as we took the wrong direction.

“How do I find your tent?” I ask the guy.

“It’s easy. It’ll be the loudest one.” Calvin said and I nodded and went to mine.

Mine was a simple, medium size tent, nothing luxurious like the captains nor bland like the soldiers. It’s right in the middle where mosquito bites were somewhat acceptable.

But as I was about to enter, I hear a commotion, “Mister Gold Ball!”

‘What!?’ I turn around awkwardly and realized the mistake.

It was the group I temporarily hired to transport Lucian for me. Now they’ve arrived with the package in tow.

“Hey! Stop it you guys!” Lucian asked and tried to get out of their clutches.

“I’m sorry, captain Lucian but we have a duty to fulfill!” One of them said, confusing Lucian.

“What? What duty?”

“The duty to safely transfer you. You were drunk before and couldn’t move so you probably don’t remember how much you were stumbling.” Another said.

“And you’ve done that so… Let. Me. Go.” Lucian wrestled his arms out.

He could have won against these three any day. But somehow, right now, they weren’t letting him budge one bit, as if strengthened by some great conviction.

“I’m sorry, guard captain. But we can’t let you go until we’ve delivered you to him.” The last guy cut off Lucian’s voice, “It’s extremely important!”

Just like that, Lucian couldn’t do anything except being dragged out to me and finally getting freed.

“Alright now that’s it! I’m here now, you can all go.” Lucian looked at his muscles where there were red hand-prints now.

“Just one last thing, captain.” The first guy said and I throw the gold ball.

All three of them tried to catch as it inevitably led them to hit each other’s head. Then they all fell down but not before finally catching the gold bar and tightly clutching it to one’s chest.

All of them looked at each other with vicious hatred, yet they were the best of friends who wouldn’t think twice before sacrificing one’s life for another.

Lucian’s eyes went wide, “You guys were paid to get me here… is that why you didn’t let me go?” He felt a bit betrayed at these guys.

“In their defense,” I speak up, “You were quite fussing about and moaning. They earned the gold ball with their hard work.”

“Yes, Lucian. Hard work, just as he said.” The guy with the gold ball said before they all got up and quickly ran before Lucian could reprimand him.

“Wait! I’m not done with you guys.” He was about to go after them, but I placed a hand over his shoulder.

“Wait now. We have our own work to do.” My words reminded him of the bigger picture as his eyes widened again.

“Oh yes, The plan! I need to go and listen to Lord Seman’s attack pla-” I stopped his advance again.

“You’re not going there.”

“Why not?”

“Because you’re not high ranking.”

“Nonsense, I am Captain of the-”

“House guards.” I interrupt him with an eye roll, “I know that, but this place is not the castle.”

“It’s a battlefield and on a battlefield, you are a fucking soldier unless you’re rank says otherwise.”

He was about to say other stuff, but I stop him again, “I know, I know, you are somewhat important. But right now, you’re nothing more than just my babysitter, alright.”

Realization dawned on him as Lucian murmured, “Oh… right, I forgot.”

“Besides, the meeting is already over and we have our orders.”

Lucian gathered his wits and look up at me, “What is it?”

“It’s to follow Captain Calvin.”

“And then?”

“And then what? That’s it.”

Lucian frowned, “That’s it?”

“That’s it!” I turn around and give him a side smirk, “Otherwise you can always go and talk to Lord Seman about how dissatisfie-”

“I’m fine!” Lucian said and looked around, “When are we leaving?”

“After breakfast.”

“Where’s that?”

“Who knows man?”

“…”

…

After wasting precious time finding the mess hall and eating our fill, Lucian and I got our final preparation ready before setting out. We then sought for Captain Calvin’s camp and as he had said, it was quite easy to find.

We just followed the loud sound.

Captain Calvin’s camp was filled with jolly soldiers who drank and sang songs quite loudly. It almost felt like they weren’t going to war but an Acapella competition.

Among the loud groups, the loudest one was none other than Calvin, who was singing a nasty tavern song about boobs and vagina’s.

“Are you seriously going to take that?” Calvin pointed at the black brick sword hung on my back when he saw me.

“Yeah”

“Does it actually kill?”

“Not only, but even works as a shield. But most of all, I like bashing things and cutting them to half with this baby.” I pat my sword.

“Hah! That surprisingly makes sense, makes me want to get one too. Definitely not one that big.” Calvin and I had a small conversation before he got to the main part.

“We both know what Lord Seman wants from us.” Calvin spoke, “And I’ll let you tag along with me as long as you keep your safety in mind. Who knows, if the opportunity approaches I might even let you have some bandits, you look like a guy likes fighting.”

I only smile at that as he stood at the podium.

“Listen here, you shitheads!” He called out to the soldiers who immediately stood in attention.

“Right now, we’re about to go on a very important mission, probably the 180th one that I’ve been to and survived. Now if you all act just like I say, I reckon you’ll survive long enough to impregnate some women.” A lot of smiles at that.

“We’ll go into the enemy lines and each day it will become deeper. So before that happens, the first battle will have to be fast and clear-cut.”

“I don’t care if you go sigmat blazing or singing at your enemy, in the end, your enemy must die, otherwise make sure that you do, understand!”

“YES SIR!”

“And your second priority is to protect this guy, here.” Calvin pointed to me as all the soldiers raised their brows in confusion.

At first, they thought Henry was some kind of heavy weapon that would spew chaos on the battlefield. But hearing that from Calvin, they looked at each other, muddled with curiosity.

“I know…” Calvin sighed, “What I said… forget about that for now and get ready because we’re leaving in 10 minutes.”

“And those that aren’t ready in those FUCKING TEN MINUTES, they’re going to regret not siding with the bandits!”

“SIR YER SIR!”