Shadow parasite

"Gorn?! Why are you here?!"

Compared to her mother and sister, Lora was a little lacking. Normal clothes, no make-up or other jewelry, hair not arranged in any way. That, however, didn't make her ugly. Her natural beauty and attractive body shape were still there.

"I..."

Gorn was not expecting such a strong negative reaction. Just by looking at her face, one could tell she was very angry.

"You should have told me that you are coming!"

Gorn did not know how to react. This kind of situation was a first for him.

"Should I leave and come back another time?"

Lora was incredibly angry: "Yes, you should!"

Gorn was trying to maintain a certain dignified attitude and behavior, but that was not easy. It's been only a very small amount of time for a lot of big changes he was not used to yet. The situation was very unpleasant. After everything that happened he thought that their relationship was somewhat special, clearly not expecting such a reaction.

'Coming uninvited was a bad idea after all...'

The situation became extremely weird in just a matter of seconds. His intentions were good, but the execution failed gloriously. Gorn felt embarrassed, like wanting to hide under a rock. Not feeling capable of staying longer, Gorn took out six medium-quality monster cores and put them on the table.

"This is a little thanks for helping me out recently. Sorry for the unexpected visit!"

Without being able to stay a single second, Gorn blinked out. He had no idea how the situation would develop but was in no mood to continue being there. Furthermore, at this point, he couldn't care less about exposing his skill.

"Unexpected visits only to enemies. Noted!"

With a few more blinks he was already far away. His family was now fairly safe, and the same thing could be said about him.

"I can act more freely from now on. No need to hide my abilities too much or the effects might be opposite from what I want."

Gorn sat comfortably on a random rooftop while digesting everything that happened recently.

'Cutting those arms was so easy...'

After pondering for a while Gorn got to the conclusion that there were quite a few things he could have done better.

'Not acting based on your emotions is very hard. I wanted to kill them directly.'

At this moment, his phone rang. It was a message from Lora.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean what I said. Please come back!"

The situation was at the least weird.

"It's a little awkward to do that, don't you think?"

There were many options, but Gorn decided to reply truthfully, after all, she deserved that much.

"I know that, that's why I'm sorry. I can't believe I acted in such a manner..."

"Can you tell me the reason you were so angry?" asked Gorn, wanting to know if it was the same thing as what he thought.

The answer came shortly: "I didn't want you to see me in such an ugly state in front of my family."

'Is that everything to it?'

Gorn thought that might be part of the motive, but he also suspected other things. To make things worse, everyone else was dressed very extravagantly. Everyone except him.

"Did you take a look at my leather armor? It's very durable, but it's by no means very good-looking."

He understood that such things were more important to women, but still.

"I know..."

After having some time away from everyone, Gorn's emotions returned to normal.

"Let me think for a bit."

'What to do now?'

Gorn glossed over everything that Lora did until now. At first, her behavior was not that great. What followed was a decent time when she acted in a very pleasant and helpful way, and then this.

'Looks like I can't figure her out yet.'

After putting everything into balance, Gorn concluded that this mistake wasn't enough for him to just walk away.

'I'll take it like some kind of emotional training. This should be interesting.'

"I don't want your monster cores. If you want to thank me for helping you, then forget what I said and come back here."

Gorn read her message and replied: "I'll come in one hour. I'll use my ability so no one will even notice that I left."

"Thank you!!"

Gorn could not see any of her body language, but he could guess.

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After one hour, he appeared yet again inside Lora's house. This time, he wasn't wearing his normal leather armor but a very nice black suit. There were certainly better clothes in the higher part of the city, unfortunately, he did not have enough monster cores for that. Gorn wasn't ugly, and a little care for fashion and appearance made for quite a positive change. This time, everyone was present, and Lora looked different.

She wore a body-con mini sweater dress, while a few strands of her hair were braided, and secured with sparkling black-colored accessories. Lora looked marvelous. Coming in front of him she kissed Gorn: "You look great!"

Her eyes contained some remorse for her previous actions. Gorn nodded while both of them sat at the table again. Everyone acted like nothing happened. It was a little weird, but at this point, Gorn got used to it.

"How was your trip outside the city?" asked Lora while drinking some tea.

Gorn started to tell them some of his experiences and thoughts about the wilderness. The Red family listened with great attention.

"My little daughter managed to get herself such a capable man. I'm proud of you darling!" said Amelia while looking with affection at Lora.

Her behavior was a little strange.

"What do you think of my older daughter Emma?"

Gorn looked at her for a moment. Since noticing him she didn't say a single word.

"There is a saying from where I come from. Beautiful parents, beautiful children. More than that I don't know, this is after all the first time I've seen her.

Andrew's face twitched slightly, for some reason he started to become a little uncomfortable. Lora had the same reaction. Soon enough, Gorn found the reason.

"How about you take Emma as your woman as well?"

The tea remained stuck in his throat. Coughing, Gorn unintentionally looked towards Emma. She was staring at him straight in the eyes with an expectant look in her gaze.

'Don't tell me she agrees with her mother??'

"I can't abuse my power to force myself onto her, even though she is such a beautiful young lady. It's against my principles," answered Gorn, hitting the matter right into its core.

"I'm willing to become your woman!" said Emma all of a sudden.

Gorn remained speechless for a moment. Looking at Lora, and her father he saw two complicated gazes.

"Darling, these kinds of things can't be decided in such a short time." He was trying his best to alleviate the situation.

"What do you even know? Just shut up, and let me talk about this matter."

Amelia's facial expression switched between smiling to angry and back in a very scary fast manner. At this moment, Gorn understood Lora and her strong reaction when she first saw him here.

'From the looks of things, I suspect it wasn't just the clothes...'

"I will think carefully about this."

"See? This gentleman thinks more like me than you."

Gorn took the initiative and led the conversation in such a way that would allow everyone to feel good. Or at least he tried his best. After several more minutes, it was time for a change.

"I forgot such an important thing..."

Looking towards Lora, he continued: "I'm in a rush to do some things and I need your help. Can you come with me for a few days?"

Gorn extended his hand towards Lora while smiling. She immediately understood his meaning. Quickly grabbing his hand she responded, afraid that he might change his mind.

"Yes!"

Gorn looked towards Lora's family and said with gratitude: "Thank you very much for the warm welcome. Unfortunately, there is something urgent I need to take care and I must go."

These words were spoken rapidly, not leaving any space for a reply. In the next moment, both of them disappeared.