The Villainess only wants to go home

Chapter 33 - Sacrifice

Me and Homura titled our head, curiously staring at the inn that stood tall in front of us. A little rusty and old with the signs squeaking as the wind blew at them.

"What's this place? A human gathering?" Homura asked in a mocked tone. "I thought you said you were going to sleep" I rose my eyebrow in question. "I was but this place is too loud for my fox ears" he scratched behind his ear with his non injured paw. "Please keep you fleas to yourself, thank you very much"

"You should be honoured to get fleas from a beautiful fox" he ridiculed me. My mouth twisted in annoyance, "well then I will be honoured to brush that beautiful fur of yours to get rid of the fleas" a mischief smile crossed my face. "Why do I have a feeling you have bad intention in your words"

'Because I do' I thought still managing a smile, but it twitched in annoyance.

"It's ok Homura your still beautiful" he told himself. A wide smile crossed my face when I heard him call himself Homura.

He was confused at my sudden mood change. "What are you smiling at?"

"Nothing" I started to walk. "Then why are smiling? It's giving me the shivers" ignoring his question I opened the door of the inn and walked in. The fear of being in crowd had slowly disappeared. Thank fully but that didn't mean I was fully recovered from it. Lowering my head to avoid their gruesome eyes, I strolled in slowly.

Some people stopped what they were doing and watched me walk in. Whispers was heard among them. I made my way to the receptionist, ignoring them.

The intense gazes felt like I walking in a pile of hot flaming magma.

Finally reaching the desk which felt like forever, I lifted my head and saw a guy with small round glasses. He was an old looking guy with messy curly white hair, looking at me intriguingly up and down then to look at Homura who was glaring back at him.

"He is an ugly looking Human" Homura said. "Just by looking at him, his making me feel ugly. Look away you pathetic ugly looking human before I poke those mud-coloured eyes of yours" he bared his teeth at him in disgust.

The man adjusted his glasses, leaning forward to get a better look at Homura. "Oh my, it's an angry little fox" his voice croaked. "Keep your filthy face away from mines, old hag" he bit down his jaw to warn the old guy to back off. The old man jolted back in fear of the fox's nasty tantrum.

Smacking the back of his head I apologised to the old man. "Sorry, he has terrible anger issues ever since he became a fox".

"ANGER ISSUES! WHO HAS ANGER ISSUES? AND-HMMM" I snapped his jaw shut with my hand.

"See" I smiled at the stunned old man.

"Do you have any spare rooms?" I asked changing the subject.

The old man jumped from his daze and started to flip through his book "Ahhh- yes we do" he replied.

"Room for one?" he asked. "Yes"

"Alright give me second" he turned around, behind him was looked like dozens of keys hanged on a chart. He rose his index finger and trailed through the keys looking for the one, then to land on one that said 12.

Lifting it up from the hook, he placed it on the table. "And who will be staying in this room?" he asked.

"Artemis Ray" I answered. "Arr-t-e-mmi-ss R-aa-y" he pronounced while scribbling it down on the giant looking book with over hundreds of pages.

"That would be 16 copper coins" he said eyeing down from his glasses. 'Shit I don't have copper coins with me except for gold'

"Um sir I don't have copper with me now, but can I hand it to you when I return" I asked.