In the two weeks that passed since Elise unintentionally became the Hero of Veritasia City, having led the zombie dragon down the perfect path toward the city that would allow the Princess Genevieve to use the palace’s enormous holy laser beam of zombie slaying, the ranger had done everything she could to avoid people. This included all the members of her guild; even Astredian - though she knew it would hurt him.
She’d went first to Jorgen, who had set up a new inn in the town of Appleton - but she quickly got sick of his endless attempts to cheer her up, though he had done as she asked and turned away all the visitors who came for her. She didn’t want to talk, or cry, or cut her shaggy hair. She barely ate, slept, or got out of her bed.
Just when she was starting to think she ought to
