Chapter Three: Goodbye, O Brave One

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"Talking"

Thinking

"Demon Speech/Monster Language/Blood Hunter "Active" Mode"

"Foreign Language"

Harry sat near Morrigan's bed, watching as she slept soundly after the priests had looked her over and given her the necessary Prayers, to calm her and then to help her forget her ordeal. Or at least that was what they hoped, but he knew better, he watched as she tossed and turned in her sleep, mumbling about not wanting it, to stop and begging for someone, anyone to help.

Harry took a deep breath and, touching his hand to her temple, projected himself into her dream world. In it, goblins her had pinned, her clothing torn, and staff snapped, and they were about to start using her body, but in a flash he was beside her, a now clawed hand at the end of an horizontal arc, bloodied.

The goblin that had been about to penetrate the girl fell headless, while the others dissipated as the nightmare ended, and he sat beside the trembling girl, his unsullied hand caressing her head as he pulled her close, into a protective hug.

"Don't worry Morrigan, no goblin will dare come close to you as long as you have me close. I'll kill any that tries, this I vow, so mote it be." He felt the rush of magic as his oath was accepted, and the girl relaxed considerably, a contented sigh escaping her lips.

"Thank you…so much." She half whispered, half sobbed as her own arms circled him, holding on as if her very life depended on it, and Harry was glad one of the benefits of becoming Death's vassal was the knowledge of magic from his old world, even in this new one. Legilimency was indeed a gift if it helped him in situations like this, where otherwise Morrigan would have been too broken inside to continue being an adventurer, at least now if she stopped it would be her own choice, not a necessity.

"Ready to wake up?" His voice was soothing, and although she looked at him strangely, as though he had just said something strange, she seemed to trust him enough that the girl simply nodded at his words and smiled as they disappeared.

As his eyes opened again, Harry saw Morrigan sitting on the bed and looking at him with…loving eyes? Oooh boy he thought, fearing his girlfriend's reaction to that. He was no stranger to polygamy, given the magical world where he came from practiced it, hell Ron had Lavander and Parvati sharing him by the end of fourth year.

But he was not in his world, and he was not sure how people would perceive a polyamorous relationship. He turned his attention from the girl toward the door, where Ira stood, an unreadable expression on her face as she watched both of them for a moment before she turned her attention solely toward him.

"Can I speak with you for a moment?" Harry gulped as he nodded, getting up, and saying he would be right outside if she needed him, he left Morrigan alone momentarily.

No sooner had he passed the door, Ira smacked him upside the head, a frown on her face.

"What happened in there? Why is she looking at you like that?" The girl spoke in whispers but the tone was harsh and he almost flinched at it. He honestly didn't know what happened, all he'd done was help someone in need!

"Honest, I have no idea how that happened! She seemed to be having a nightmare, so I entered her dream to end it and vowed to keep her safe…she was dreaming about that, Ira, I couldn't let it happen. I just couldn't." His words seemed to deflate the Fighter, as she sighed resigned, before a chuckle escaped her lips.

"Only you, my Harry. Entering someone's dreams to keep them safe…you're so good it's infuriating. Are you sure you are part demon or whatever?" It was his turn to chuckle, a hand slowly making its way to her face, and seeing no reluctance or even anger in her eyes anymore he caressed her lovingly, as he would when they were alone, before kissing her.

"Well, to be completely honest I do these things without really thinking about it…Hermione would call it my"

He never got to finish as the girl smiled, her lips still so close to his own he felt the smile forming, and she interrupted him, completing the words with practiced ease.

"Saving People thing, yes I remember, you don't mention that in almost every conversation we ever have."

There was humor in her voice, and he smiled as well, giving her another passionate kiss before he pulled away from her hold and turned toward the entrance, eyes narrowing slightly.

"Goblin Slayer is here…" at her questioning look, he elaborated "I can sense the darkness in him, and I recognized it from when we met before…I won't pry for more and you shouldn't either, he'll tell us when and if he's so inclined."

Ira nodded but decided to voice her doubt soon after. "Why is his arrival so worrisome you have that frown on your face?"

Harry hadn't even noticed his face had set into a frown, but when Ira mentioned it he forced the expression away, smiling soon after. It didn't quite reach his eyes but he thought it wouldn't worry her as much. But the smile faded as he spoke, his tone grave.

"It's just…Servyan is not with him. Did they encounter something too strong for them? Sorry honey, I need to know."

He didn't give the girl a chance to reply as a moment later he was gone, walking toward the Guild Hall to meet with the Goblin Slayer, he had some questions he needed answered, especially concerning a recent addition to his list of friends.

He laughed joyously as he slaughtered them, his trusty axe breaking skin and bone, crushing the beasts to the oblivion they justly deserved. The people he'd saved; a group composed conveniently enough of only females; stood to the back terrified of him, but still shaken from almost being violated by numerous monsters.

"H-He's….he's a monster!" One of them, an elf archer from the looks of her, whispered, but he still heard her. That didn't bother him the least…he was a monster, he'd become one long ago, when his family died. The kind paladin front was just that, a front. This….this freedom, this rush whenever he crushed the life out of one of those fiends, this was the real him, at least in his own mind.

His goddess disagreed, and given she knew him better than he knew himself at times, he didn't argue her points. The last of the little beasts fell lifeless, and just as the frenzy he placed himself in ended, and he took a few deep breaths to recompose, before turning to the group he saved, strapping his armor back on, a serious expression on his face.

"You came so ill prepared to face goblins, you were easily drawn into this obvious trap. These girls are beyond helping at this point…" He nudged the one lying at his feet with one foot and the girl gave no response, she just stared at nothing, not even speaking.

"B-but they're alive!" The cleric shouted, and he sighed deeply at that.

"Are they, truly?" He said looking down at the girl once again, and a flash of pain crossed his visage, his mother and sister's faces replacing the young girl's. The message was clear, were them, he would have done anything to save them.

"…I see." He said simply, more to his patron deity than to the gathered women, but his eyes stayed fixed on them, and with a sigh he knelt beside the girl, clenching his hand in a fist he began a prayer.

"O, Goddess of War, lend your servant the power to restore this lost soul. Restore her mind, so that she may forget this ordeal, restore her body, so that it may once more walk…" he continued, despite hearing her laughter in his ears; she was never one for these rites, she preferred him to simply do things, after asking her permission of course, but he insisted, because it had been the way his mentor, the Paladin he idolized, did it.

As he finished his prayer, his hand glowed with her power and he offered thanks to Sif; not for granting his wish, he knew she would, as she was the one who reminded him he needed to help these girls, but for letting him have these small theatrics; before he placed his now open palm over the girl's face, letting the divine light flow from him and into her, and her glazed, lost visage became clearer; not completely, as the damage done was extensive even for Sif's divine powers to heal in one session.

"…Ugh…." The sound was low and no more than a grunt, but it caused the female group to sigh in relief, before offering him bright, grateful smiles as he turned his gaze away, unsure of how to respond to such things. Instead he proceeded to repeat the prayer on all the still living former captives, something that exhausted even him, seasoned as he was.

He sat down as he finished healing the last one and breathed deeply.

"There…that should be all of them…ugh…I forgot how much it…takes from me to do this…" He said, taking deep breaths mid-sentence to help him focus. He could hear some concern coming from his Goddess but instead he focused on the girls and on recovering. He needed to rest, his mana felt completely spent from these healings he'd performed.

"So…you guys good to go now…yes?" He said, wanting them to leave for the nearest city as soon as possible, as he was unsure if there were reinforcements on their way. These goblins also had superior equipment than what he'd seen before, so at this point he was unsure as to how they would react to losing this stronghold. And if more came now, with him depleted as he was, the girls were easy pickings.

"We can't just leave you…" One girl, the elf maybe, started, but he laughed at the words, not allowing her to finish.

"Yes you can….we don't know if there will be more coming, and I'm too tired to fight properly…you want the girls I just saved to go through it all again? Do you want to go through everything they did?" That shut her, and after a moment to think, they all agreed it was on their best interest to leave the Paladin on the fort and go to the nearest city to find help for the girls. So each one took one of the rescued women and away they went, dragging the sluggish former captives with them.

"Aaaand they're gone." He said, taking another deep breath and getting up from his position. His stance was a little off, as he swayed on his feet from exhaustion but still he stood, walking from where he was and to the back of the fort, taking his armor off once more.

"I could smell you from miles away, foul horde!" He put up a strong front, axe in hand and a grin slowly forming on his face. Is this it? Is this where I die, my Goddess? Did you order me to heal them, to weaken myself, for one last fight?

There was no answer to his questions, and the Paladin sighed tiredly, eyes closing for a moment before they once more opened, and he roared to the skies before charging. At least he would see his family again…would they be proud?

AN: Yo Yo Yo! What's that, my OC is going to die!?

Why yes, I do believe he will lol I planned on killing him off a little later on but apparently my muse had other plans for this, so I'm...along for the ride =P Yes his death was planned, like I said already, just not this soon, maybe I could use this to further develop Harry and GS...hmm...anyway, I don't think I'll get any complaints on this decision given the reviews I got...anyway speaking of reviews...

Time to answer 'em!

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