As Lea and Kia were on the trail Lea looked questionably at Kia. She didn't know what
to think of him. Kia seemed to have a very innocent looking personality but deep down she had a feeling there was more to Kia. The real reason she wanted him to come with her wasn't just to help her in case she gets attacked again, but because she wanted to know if the elders had the same feeling but she couldn't straight out tell him so for now she chose to keep him in the dark.
"So, Lea" Kia broke the silence.
"I wasn't thinking anything!" Lea responded in a panic. Kia stared at Lea with a
questioning look. "I mean what do you need Kia." Lea corrected herself.
"Why do elves and dark elves hate each other? I remember they fought a thousand year
war but during the demon lords rising they came together to push the demon lord's forces away from the enchanted woods. So why do they fight know?"
Lea looked back at the trail and with a steady soft voice she explained "We did bind
together during those times but shortly after we went back to hating each other the main reason for that is because it's in our nature. In case you didn't know elves use light magic and love the woods and using the earth spirit to keep the woods safe from invaders. As for dark elves they use dark magic and even though they may also care for the spirits they want to use the earth spirit as a weapon against others. Due to our different opinions we never went back to war but we do have multiple skirmishes here and there. In the end I am just waiting for this treaty of ours to falter and everything to go back into bloodshed."
"I see but can't they also get their own spirit to use and isn't it impossible for another
group to use a spirit that is contracted to a different group? Also there may also be some dark elves that don't think that just like how humans have their different opinions as well." Kia responded
"You do have a fair point Kia but we haven't met a dark elf that doesn't seek a spirits
power. Besides the dark elves do have their own spirit it's a fire spirit however they can't make another contract without a powerful enough mage or elder. If they were able to get our earth spirit however they may be able to get another contract through forceful measures. That's why elves and dark elves will never see eye to eye because all they want is power." Lea concluded.
Kia and Lea later came to a stop near a small creek inside a valley as Kia unhooked the
horses to allow them to drink and rest Lea chose to scout out the trail ahead. She couldn't help but have an odd feeling they were being watched and that something very bad was going to happen in that valley.
As she returned to Kia, he already had a fireplace built as well as three fishing rods in the water in hopes of catching food. "Are you sure there isn't more to you Kia because it seems like you have done a lot of traveling before." Lea stated.
"I did a lot of moving with my mentor he enjoyed accepting quests or missions from
people who would either have a minor demon problem or just an infestation of sorts. We could be finding a lost child all the way to slaying a nest of goblins." Kia casually explained. At that moment one of the fishing poles caught something. In a hurry Kia ran to the fishing pole and yanked it back. As he began to reel it in the line broke causing the fish to escape and having Kia fall backwards. "Well damn maybe the next one." Kia said getting back up.
Lea gave off a slight chuckle and said "You can have some of my nuts and berries I
found when I was scouting out the trail." as they both sat down Lea looked up from the berries that were in her hand and with a soft voice she asked "Kia who was your mentor and what about your parents? Did they know what you did with your mentor?"
Kia froze and with a blank expression he told Lea "I never knew my parents my mentor
found me when I was a child in one of the burning villages during the Great War."
"O… I see… I'm sorry I didn't mean to...."
"It's fine. We need to get some rest for know we can talk more about this in the future for
right now we need to be ready for anything that may happen later on I will keep first watch." At that moment Kia stood up and walked over to the wagon to grab the knife he had stowed away in the back. Lea nodded and went to her bed still in question of Kia and his background.
With the night sky lit by stars and the moon. Kia sat next to the fire with a blade in hand reading a book he had been carrying very close to him the whole trip. I wonder why she was sent to assist the burnt down tribe and not one of their warriors maybe I should ask her later. As Kia turned the page, he saw a glowing green light in the corner of his eye. He looked to see the light coming from Lea's pocket. Kia in pure curiosity walked over and carefully reached in to pull out the earth medallion. He then went back to the fire place to get more of a look at it and hopefully die down the light it was emitting. "I've heard a lot of stories on spirits and how they can only be contracted through enchanted items because not many people are able to handle the power it takes to command a pure spirit without a sort of relay. Well other than the hero who was able to command the six main elementals. I wonder if you could still speak to them even without being able to command a pure spirit."
"No, you can't" a very gentle silent voice said.
"Wait who's there show yourself. Where are you?" Kia said looking around grabbing his knife.
"I'm in your hand young man." Said the voice coming from the medallion. "The only people who can speak with spirits are those that have enough power and we reach out to."
"So, you're an earth spirit?"
"Yes, the name is Yumina the earth spirit but you can just call me Yumi if you wish to."
"Um okay well Yumi my name is Kia now that we are introduced why are you speaking to me."
"I have noticed a great power coming from you and wish to speak to you myself and just so happen heard about your thoughts on spirits and even the hero who commanded six high classed spirits."
"I was. Do you know anything about the power he possessed or anything?"
"I do because I was one of the spirits he was commanding at the time. In case you didn't know each spirit was able to change itself and the power it possesses into a weapon that is unique to the spirit but almost anyone who has a contract with the spirit can do this but only those who can command a spirit may use the spirit's full power. Contracts only allow a potion of the spirit's power. The hero was able to use all the spirit's powers together making him the strongest spirit wilder alive. His power was unparalleled to anyone else well so I thought until today that is."
"What do you mean by that?"
At that instant the light the medallion was emitting vanished. "Who are you talking to?" Lea asked from where she was resting. "Wait what are you doing with the medallion? Did you go into my pocket while I was asleep? I was right you are a pervert."
"No, wait it's not what it seems like you see…" At that moment Lea nailed Kia in the head with the shoe she threw knocking Kia down to the floor and unconscious.