- These idiot farmers will make us rich ... hehehe - Furiolo said, holding up the bag of coins.
- The truth is that scaring delinquent farmers is not what amuses me the most. They haven't ordered us to kill anyone for a long time. Bufff… - Lollipop snorted.
Those were their nicknames since they began to work as "intermediaries" for the wealthy nobles. They had been doing it for so long, they never used their real names anymore.
- Well, look on the bright side; With these little jobs we don't get our clothes dirty. I don't want to have to spend my salary again on new shirts. - Furiolo replied with a hideous grin on his face.
"Anyway," she said, ignoring him, "let's go to the gothic inn to see if he has something good to eat." -
- Do we really have to go there? In Andorhal there are more inns than that. You know how bad I get from what they say about her. -
- Bah, don't be a shit. What are you afraid of, a little magic? - she scoffed.
- You know it's not just magic. That woman tries to bring her husband back to life with necromancy and dark arts ... - said Furiolo in a mysterious tone.
Lollipop stopped short and stared at him seriously.
- Let's see ... You know that her husband died 3 years ago. If he's still buried, it's because the dark arts don't work very well for him. Anyway, if I did manage to lift it, what else would it be a pile of bones? - He sentenced and continued walking.
Furiolo thought about that for a moment and then followed her closely, observing her hips sway as she walked. He had met many women on his travels, but he always ended up going back to bed with her. He wanted her madly; her thighs, her breasts, her marked waist… They had always been lovers, but they would never have a serious relationship. She thought that would hinder her work. Suddenly Lollipop stopped, causing him to bump into her.
- But what are you doing? - She said looking over her shoulder - We have already arrived.
Marie's Inn, or La Gothica, as the people of Andorhal called it, was small and somewhat gloomy, but there was always good food and drink, and fresh bread. Andorhal was the largest grain dealer in the kingdom.
The goth was a once conceited and very feminine woman, but now she had been carried away by age and black magic and although she tried to hide it during the day, she felt tired, haggard and always disappointed for not getting her desire to bring back to her deceased husband.
- Long time without seeing you! - He said effusively when they entered the inn - Sit down, I'll give you something to eat.
- What's wrong with this one today? How happy he looks ... - Lollipop muttered when he saw her enter the kitchen.
- Maybe she has already managed to resuscitate her husband ... - Furiolo whispered in a small voice.
- Shhh ... He's coming back - Lollipop said when he saw her leave again.
The goth brought them two large bowls of steaming soup with floating chunks of meat and two good slices of warm bread. Then he walked over to the bar and poured them two glasses of wine.
- Take advantage guys, will you stay to sleep right? -
- Yes Marie, as always. Thanks. - Lollipop replied. The goth woman returned to the kitchen and they gave a good account of the food, which just by smelling it had already whetted their appetite.
- Buuufff… I'm full! - She said when she finished.
- You've only taken a bite of bread, don't you want more? - He asked, looking with a face of absolute happiness, after having repeated soup twice.
- Nerd. Everything for you.- Lollipop replied with an overflowing stomach.
They spent the night there, rediscovering their bodies until they were exhausted. Waking up the next morning, Lollipop saw that Furiolo was not in bed. After a moment she heard him vomiting in the bathroom.
- Furiolo, are you okay? - He said approaching the door.
- Not much, I think I had too much dinner last night ... arrggghhh ... - He interrupted vomiting again.
- Oh my God, you are wrong, yes… - At that moment Furiolo left the bathroom and went to lie down on the bed.
- You're turning a little yellow. You should still look for a healer. - She said something scared.
- No ... calm ... it will be a nuisance. I'll just lie down for a while to see if it goes away. - He answered while covering himself with the blanket.
Not wanting to leave him alone, Lollipop took advantage of the morning to shower and cut his hair a little with one of his daggers. At noon, Furiolo had not woken up, although he still had a very strange color, so he decided to go down to eat something and go find a healer.
- Good morning girl, do you want to eat? I have freshly baked bread. Where is your handsome partner? Don't tell me he's still asleep ... - The goth told him when she saw him go down the stairs.
- The truth is that he is not very well. Apparently he ate too much last night - Lollipop replied. - I'll eat what you've made and go find a healer.
- Mmm ... A healer ... yes ... - The innkeeper said thoughtfully - I'll get you a good plate of lamb and a crusty piece of bread. Sit where you want, dear. - and came out as a soul that the devil takes to the kitchen. Lollipop settled at a table near the fireplace. The goth woman rushed in with a plate of braised lamb with potatoes and a huge slice of bread.
- Oh my God Marie, I think you have passed! - He said with wide eyes.
- Do not worry. You eat that you are very thin. The warm bread will do you very well. - He said with a strange look when he returned from the bar with a glass of wine - Eat, eat ... -
"This woman is missing a nut," Lollipop muttered to herself. And he started eating stew. When she was carrying half a plate, she began to feel dizzy.
- It will be the wine - He said to himself.
But suddenly he retched. The first ones he could bear, but immediately he felt that he needed to go to the bathroom. He got up quickly, but had no more time and filled the floor and the nearby table with thick green vomit.
"My dear, I think you have embarrassment too," said the goth suddenly, who had appeared there without making the slightest noise and was looking at her with a face of strange serenity. - Do not worry. Go back to bed and rest, I'll go get the healer.
- Graci ... - Lollipop tried to say, but I can't finish the sentence due to a new series of retching.
He decided that it was best to listen to him and climb into bed. When he entered the room, it gave him just enough time to get to the bathroom to be able to vomit, but this time it was blood that came out of his mouth and stained his lips. Scared, she ran clean in the sink, but it didn't do her much good as she threw up once more. It was getting more and more uncontrollable. He was really starting to get dizzy. What was happening to him? She reached for water to clean the sink and then she realized that something was moving.
- What the hell…? - He left the water and looked closer. - Worms? Puaaaj - She said and ran out of the bathroom disgusted and dizzy.
She was still nauseous and now she was scared too. I did not understand anything. Would the food be bad? Then he heard voices outside the inn. He barely went to the window. There was a crowd near the entrance to the city. There were royal guards and Prince Arthas himself.
- What are you saying? That the grain has already been sent to the farms? By the light, we are lost. - Said one of them.
The grain? His mind was not working well, his vision was blurring. What was wrong with the point? Then he remembered the bread and Marie's insistence that they eat.
- He has poisoned us. Marie has poisoned us ... - But her voice trailed off, she was running out of strength. She dropped onto the bed sitting down. - Furiolo… - I hadn't thought about him since I had come down to eat. She spun around as fast as her strength allowed her and froze. Furiolo's body was there, but it was rotting. Scattered chunks of the body were falling down, pus and the same maggots she'd vomited out in their place.
Lollipop wanted to scream, but her voice wouldn't come out, she was starting to lose her sight and her ears were ringing. The hand on which he had leaned to turn on the bed gave way to his weight and he fell sideways on the bed with his head close to the chest of Furiolo who was still breathing very slowly. It was not dead.
- Necromancy ... - He thought.
And then he passed out.
* * *
Nearby The Gothic woman approached one of the graves in the cemetery.
- The time has come, my love. - He spoke to the grave - I have served the cult of the damned well. All the grain has been sent to the cities. Kel'Thuzad will grant me the opportunity of a new life. An eternal life to find a way to bring you back. The poison is already running through my veins - he said when the nausea began to arrive. He lay down next to the tombstone and whispered, "We'll be together soon."
And there she lay. Waiting for the long-awaited death.