The Dryad 57 Wardrobe Malfunctions

Seeing that the commotion had died down, I would be able to answer Gray about not wearing a cloak. This next part would be more 'incriminating' than the rest of our conversation. Without the background noise, I lowered my voice a little which caused the others to lean in as I spoke. Emily, seated next to me, ended up with her head on my shoulder to allow the others to get closer. "I am a plant and am more than capable of making my own food. But I need sunlight to do that. I get no sunlight with this thing on," I said, pulling at my cloak. As I did so the collar lifted up a little. I glanced down instinctively. But I was in for a bit of a shock. When I ran out of power pa.s.sing the gate, I naturally reverted to my original form. Right now if one was to look under my cloak, they would not see my birch bark clothing but a naked and slightly green lady. My skin started to flush realizing that I had been riding around naked all day. What if someone had seen me like that? I could just imagine all the strange stories that would be spreading around town.

My skin's green hue continued to deepen as my thoughts circled around all the things that might have happened. My mind was so caught up that my body froze, not knowing what to do. Emily, noticing that something was wrong, turned to me and ask, "What's wrong Laurrrr…?" Her words got stuck in her throat as she apparently noticed my dilemma.

I could feel the heat start to radiate from her cheeks as she wrapped her arm around my back and gently pushed down the arm that was still holding up my cloak. Emily's actions did nothing to alleviate the flush of green on my face and might have made it worse, if that was possible. Luckily, everyone else either pretended to be ignorant or was willing to stay that way since they did not ask any questions.

"Are you feeling alright? You don't look so good." I looked up and saw a lady standing there. "I can help you find a doctor. I know most of the doctors in town." Then in an undertone she added. "Not that it has done me any good." This caused me to look at her more closely. It took a moment but I soon was able to recognize that this was the same lady that just stormed out of the herb shop.

There was no point in saying I was fine. A human should never look this color. Maybe if they were very sick, they might be able to come close. "Thank you for your concern. But I and my students are herbalists," I said while pointing at Emily and Leafia. "They can make medicine for me?"

"You should head back to your shop to make it quickly. I have not seen someone look as ill as you in a long time." I cast an eye at Leafia who let out a snort. I am not sure she knew why I was embarra.s.sed but she knew it was not the green of sickness. At my side, Emily started to shudder after Leafia's snort. I am not sure I would want to take any medicine they would give me in their current state.

Needing to keep to find a way to end this conversation politely before the two completely lost it, I said, "We are traveling--"

"--Let me take over since you are not feeling well," Gray said. He probably figured that it would look odd to have the sick one do all the talking. "We are traveling from the far side of the Franklin Dukedom. As part of her work. Unfortunately due to the distance we had not heard of the festival until it was too late to turn back. We have not been able to find a place to stay so we will have to be heading outside the city to find a place to camp. We will make some medicine once we have set up camp. Her illness is nothing so serious. It is just that the different food here has not seemed to agree with her."

"We can't have that. There is no way I could in good conscious let a sick lady sleep out on the street. She is liable to feel ill after every meal if you are not careful." She paused for a moment to think, "You must stay at my house. I could not think that even the fancy inns have rooms left at this point."

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"I would much rather stay with my companions," I said, trying again to gently end our conversation. "Anyways, I am already starting to feel better." I could tell that the green was already starting to fade from my face. However, it surged a little as I stood up to talk to her. I had not regrown clothing yet and moving caused me to notice the difference in how the cloak rubbed on my body. How is it possible that I did not notice this all afternoon?

"I cannot believe you when just standing up makes you turn that green. I have room enough for your whole party if they don't mind doubling up." I looked at the others to see their thoughts on the matter. Other than Emily who was biting her lip with twitching cheeks and Leafia who seemed to be in a similar state, I did not see anything that looked like dissent.

"It seems like we will be obliged to impose on your hospitality," I said with a small bow. I did not dare to make it too deep right now. "Is there anything we can do to return the favor to you?"

She smiled a little as I asked, "I will be asking to use some of your skills in medicine once you are better, but first let's get you back to my place. Once you are feeling better, we can discuss more."

This was not an unreasonable request so I felt no reason to object. "Then we will accept your offer." Then turning to Gray I asked, "Can you get the horses ready?" They were tied up at a stand not far from where we were sitting, but we had removed some of the luggage to help them get a better rest.

Gray silently got up to get the horses. Emily, who still seemed in a rather excited mood from suppressing her laughter earlier, skipped after him to help.