A perfect morning (Finale)

As we are walking to our destination in the early morning I can't help loving this warm spring day. Ciri has not let go of my hand, at all, this entire time, but it doesn't make me nervous. I am more calm when I am with her. The more I look at her the more beautiful she gets. I am the luckiest bastard alive today. I hear her take a deep breath.

"Cera, I want to know where you got all those scars." She cuts straight to the points. I guess some are pretty gnarly. I am thinking of a suitable answer as I hear her grow impatient.

"Well I'm waiting...." Still has the impatient attitude from Kaer Morhen. I admit I love that about her. I should just slow the conversation down and take control.

"Which one do you want to know about? I have plenty of stories." Asking one at a time will slow this down. She is not amused at my attempt of a joke. She thinks for a second and I wait patiently.

"The one by your heart..." Ahh, that story is a painful one. Hopefully she won't be overprotective of me like Yen. Man my jokes suck.

"I was 13, and I was tracking a bad man for my boss at the time. He was an expert with traps, which was bad for me. I tripped one and this is the result." I tapped my covered chest. I remember that day. I nearly bled to death because of that. Was healed by a nice women.

"How did you survive Cera. I know a fatal wound when I see it." I don't know what I am supposed to say to that. Some of the things I lived through was because of dumb luck.

"I was healed by a druid. After my wound healed I talked to the locals and they taught me how to identify and disarm the improvised traps. So I finally caught him and got closer to my reward." I wonder just how much she is going to ask me.

"What were you trying to get for 11 years?" Didn't think I would have to answer this question so early. I should just tell her the truth.

"I wanted information on how to defeat the wild hunt forever. I have it now." Might as well keep is vague.

"That's why you left for 11 years!!! You could have stayed with us..." No I wouldn't have turned into the fighter and man I am. I need to be this way to defeat the wild hunt. Gaunter made me the perfect warrior.

"I never thought that it would hurt everyone so much. I didn't know I would be gone for 11 years. If I did I would have made a different decision." Hopefully my words mean something to her. She is pretty upset about my reason.

She grips my hand even harder and slows down so we stop. She turns me towards her and has the same confident and determined look she had at Kaer Morhen. "I'll forgive you if you never leave me again. If you even try I'll break your legs so you can't." I believe her too. I never thought I would have someone who loves me this much.

"I promise I'll never leave you again Ciri." An easy promise to keep. I am not going anywhere.

We start walking again and we are almost to the bank of the river. We begin to hear yelling and rush over. Drowners are already attacking another carriage. We draw our swords as we are close enough to the first few. These are a lot of drowners, I have never seen so many dead half eaten body's. Surprised it hasn't attracted any griffins with the stink coming off here.

I start slaying some with my steel sword and Ciri is already teleporting. She has a certain beauty that shows when she is killing monsters. Maybe its just my personal preference. Taking an inspiration from her I start doing teleports to.

Slicing necks and stabbing chests left and right. It goes much faster than normal with the two of us. 12 drowners later and we take care of the nest too. We go and check on the merchants.

"Are you alright? You can come out now!" Ciri is the first to speak. They are a small family and have a daughter around our age. She keeps making eyes at me.

"We thank you for saving us. Is there anything you want from us?" We have already been paid for the job.

"No, we have already been hired and paid to clear out this area. You just happened to be here when we arrived." That should be a satisfactory answer. The young lady had other idea's though.

"Are you sure there isn't anything that you desire?" She made an emphasis on her body. Much to the amusement of her parents knowing it won't work. The one I am worried about is Ciri, she doesn't look to happy at that.

"No, he's fine thank you." She does not sound thankful. It's cute that she is jealous easy like this.

"My, does your sister always speak for you?" Now that made Ciri mad. I am worried that something might happen now.

"I am not his sister, and if your smart you will take the hint." That's kind of scary. The face on the girl admits defeat. I am sorta turned on by Ciri's jealousy.

"If you just follow the path you will reach crows perch in about an hour." That should defuse the situation. With them gone, and us checking to make sure they are all dead, I have a foreboding feeling as I work. I look and see Ciri isn't happy anymore.

"You could have said something you know." I expected that to come up soon. What she says is true, however I didn't really get an opportunity too thanks too you being so fast to answer. I could mess with her a little.

"You seemed jealous back there Ciri. Do I have to worry about my health when I am around other woman." Lets see how she handles this.

"I was not jealous!!! I just think the girl should have some public decency is all!!! Do I need to worry about you and other woman!!!!" Went off like a bomb. I love it, one simple question and I can throw her off like this. I should appease her now that I have had my fun.

"I would do the same if a man approached you like that Ciri. Nice to know that I am cared about so much." I say in a teasing voice. I wouldn't like it if a man I didn't know did that to her. Might even get violent if I think about it.

"Oh." What a big blush Ciri. I wonder what would happen if something worse than what just happened occurs. I would never cheat on her, but some people don't understand no the first time.

"C'mon, if we hurry we can get back before two. Still have the whole day to ourselves." I know she is looking forward to it as much as me.