Jero had been watching her for a minute, that's how he knew that she was hiding the strain she was feeling. Did she not know that she should take care of her body? When he first met her; a human who hid many secrets behind the burn scar on her face. He was just so curious that he ended up saving them. Though he only spent a few days traveling with them, he noticed his gaze following her so many times that he began to notice every little thing about her. Going so far to tease her for having no chest, when in actual fact she really wasn't that small but he couldn't help finding her reactions cute.
A girl like her, how come he became so interested so quickly? "Kila!" He snaps back to reality as he noticed Doctor An grab Kila by the arm and a huge monster frog bursting from the sand. "Oooh, right on time. I was starting to get bored." Ara says clapping her hands excitedly. "Watch out for that from, it's not normal!" Jero yells as he immediately charges up his mana and realeases it into a sharp wooden sword wrapped with a green vine. The frog jumps into the air about three feet then it came back down, Doctor An wraps his arms about Kila's waist and jumps out of the way. "Kila, are you going to be alright?" Ara ask as she runs over.
Kila sat up feeling a bit off, it seems everyone noticed the strain she put on her body except her, "thank you, sorry for being a burden today." She says. She hadn't gotten any sleep last night due to nightmares of her past, even though the memories were not hers it was still keeping her up at night. Princess Ara and Doctor An helps her to her feet as the monster frog's tongue came flying out towards the three. King Jero made himself teleport over slicing the frog's tongue in half, it ribbits loudly before shaking it's head. "Jero it's going to jump again!" Princess Ara warns as the frog calms down and takes another leap into the air.
"Way to go, you pissed it off even more." Doctor An says sarcastically, The frog came back down it's huge body about to land on King Jero's head, but it was a terrible strategy as King Jero held up his sword just in time for it to easily run through the frog's body. "Well that was fun." Princess Ara says as he began to cut the frog into small pieces, "looks like we got enough for awhile." He says. Kila slumps over but Doctor An catches her, she had passed out due to exhaustion, King Jero sheaths his sword and took Kila into his arms, "you carry the food." He says walking away with Kila in princess hold. Doctor An lifts the satchel full of food, "he acts all cold sometimes, but I guess he likes her after all." Doctor An mutters.
Princess Ara watches her brother curiously, how strange to see him actually put so much attention in a girl. He didn't seem to mind that Kila had that burn scar on her face, but it's not that she was ugly or anything. Even Ara can tell there was a beauty under that scar, if her brother was interested in Kila it's because she was unlike any girl they ever met. She was a bit strange, unlike a woman at most times, but then there are times she is like a woman at other times. She's quite the mystery, learning that she was actually the daughter of a great general, but wondering why a girl like that was all the way out here getting chased by assassins.
"Hey look, what's that building up ahead?" Doctor An asks pointing ap ahead where sure enough a building shimmered in the background, "it looks like a temple." King Jero says. Princess Ara shades her eyes and squints to see better, "you're right it is a temple." She says as they draw closer. "I'm a little uneasy, a temple out here in the middle of the desert, did Kila say something like this was on her map?" Doctor An asks. "There's a map, where is it?" Princess Ara asks. "She has it in that spatial pouch on her waist." Doctor An points to the purple pouch hanging from her waist.
King Jero retrieves it and pulls out the map, Windy jumps out at the same time, looks like she's grown a bit. "Well I guess letting you get some air is okay I guess, and looking at this map there definitely is supposed to be a temple here." King Jero says rerolling the map. They stood before it, "but it's giving of this do not enter vibe." Doctor An says. Princess Ara smiles, "you're doing it again." She says. "I'm just being cautious, what's wrong with that? Don't you think it's odd how in all this desert where there are no other buildings there's a temple just sitting here." He says. "Your wild imagination never ceases to amaze me." King Jero says but he knew that Doctor An had a point.
Even his mana was reacting to something that was powerful inside, "well we can't just stand here, so should we go in?" Princess Ara asks. The three look at each other, but before they could think of the next step, there was a sound coming from the temple and the doors flew open, "I feel a powerful presence inside." He says. Suddenly the sand began to swirl around them, Kila, who was still sleep in his arms was suddenly taken by the gust of sand, "hey, Kila!" He yells he was too slow as she dissappeared inside and the doors to the temple slams closed. "What the hell was that?" Docotr An shouts as he runs towards the doors and tries to open them, "hey, open these doors!" He bangs on the doors as Ara was using her mana to throw magic at it.
King Jero was in shock, she was just in his arms, so why?