At the end, everyone managed to clean the former slaves using magic and then gave them all tribal clothes they had lying around. Some people disliked them but they were clean and recently sewed by the crafters of the tribe, so they ended accepting them. If they wore the tribal clothes of the Amazon, they would also be more easily accepted within their society.
After everyone had a big dinner with tons of stew filled with potatoes, carrots, and meat, alongside herbal tea, the heroes saw them all go to sleep. The tents were made so they had multiple beds inside. Meanwhile, Celica didn't wanted to leave Shade and the others, so she ended sleeping in the same tent as Shade and Nepheline, in her own tiny bed near Shade's.
Of course, the heroes had yet to go to sleep even though it was nearing 3 AM, the group had gathered in their usual place, a small tent where they discussed everything by themselves over a large table while sitting around it. Faylen had just finished reprimanding Allan and Shade for being so reckless and doing way too many things without telling her, all while Nepheline was trying to calm her down for being overly grumpy.
"Come on, you don't have to be so grumpy, Nepheline! Don't lecture my husband at least." Said Nepheline while seemingly feeling quite angry.
"Hm? Nepheline you're also below my age, you're all children in front of me, I can lecture you all I want!" Faylen said while crossing her arms.
"Dear, you don't have to stress yourself so much, here, drink this tea and calm down. Think about the baby." Allan calmed down his wife, as Faylen sighed one last time while sitting and drinking some tea.
"Anyways, now that we are all together and little Faylen has calmed down, why don't you explain to us what just happened?" Asked Arafunn with a bit a carefree demeanor, although he seemed slightly worried as well.
Allan and Shade nodded at each other, as they began to explain everything in detail, from how they captured the thugs that tried to bomb the orphanage, to how they tracked down the hideout of their organization, beat the boss and everyone else inside, Soul Chained them, and rescued the slaves.
"I see, you did a rather exceptional job there, and everything stealthily as well." Said Arafunn. "Well done! Now that we know the entire story, I guess we should go hit the bed right now, goodnight you guys~" Arafunn, easily showing how little he cared about things sometimes due to his annoyingly carefree nature, walked away.
However, vines quickly grabbed his entire body and dragged him back to the tent, Faylen wasn't going to let him get away.
"You're not going anywhere." Sighed Faylen. "I dis attitude of you so much! Stay and talk with us as well, don't just go about on your own, now that you've joined us you better help!"
"Ugh, okay, okay! You don't have to get so angry! I-I was just joking, okay? It was a joke! Hahah! Don't take it so seriously, sheesh! You really take a lot from your father, don't you, little Faylen?" Sighed Arafunn while smiling and laughing nervously, attempting to calm down Faylen. She quickly wrapped him with her vines conjured through the [Entangling Vines] Nature-Attribute Spell and sat him down over the chair next to her.
"Anyways… What should we do now?" Asked Ninhursag. "I all up for some beating. I hate how these bastards enslave these poor people… I know they're demons and I once said I hated demons but… I can't help but feel regret by having said that… I want to show I've changed and help as well, even if compared to you I am not that much."
"Your help will be appreciated Ninhursag." Said Faylen with a gentle smile, completely changing her attitude compared to the one she had against Arafunn.
"Well, yeah, we'll have to go again later this week. Jack said there are other two organizations aside from the bastards we caught, they probably got as many slaves as well… Damn it, this makes me want to just go there and get this done with, but we can't make too much of a fuss, and without proper information, we'll only end up running in circles." Sighed Allan.
"You're right, and going out recklessly is a bad thing! Even as strong as we are… I never taught any of you to abuse your power and wreck everything. Even though a group of people in this city are exploiting, discriminating, and enslaving demi-humans, it doesn't mean that we have to simply wreck their entire city, destroy their houses and kill innocents, right? If you go in a rampage without caring for your surroundings, you might end up turning everything into a wasteland in mere minutes." Said Faylen.
"I-I know! I said I wasn't going to do anything!" Sighed Allan, he felt like a child being reprimanded by his mother.
Faylen was the one that taught all the heroes except Arafunn about how to use their powers, and to never abuse them to get what they wanted forcefully. They were also members of society, and had to get what they wanted fairly, or at least try to make it not look weird or out of place. The infiltration was done stealthily mostly thanks to Shade's magic and techniques, which all came in handy in terms of stealthily hiding away presences, chaining souls, and even deleting memories, but if Allan went alone, he would only have his flames with him and a few Keep reading on NovelHub - where stories come alive!
"Anyways, there are two other organizations, yeah. Now that we got Jack with us and also Soul Chained, he'll bring us information about things constantly. I gave him a Spell Jewel infused with [Telepathy] so he can speak to me whenever he finds some clues."