Chapter 29 - The New Sword Owner 2 GREED & PATIENCE

GREED

Katelyn and I sneaked into a large tent where The Family Sword must be. Everyone had their eyes locked on the cooking event, so we could sneak in very easily. Inside the tent were two curtains, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵. I peaked carefully through the curtains and my eyes gleamed in satisfaction. 𝘐𝘵... 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦... 𝘔𝘺... 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥. I wanted to point my hand to it, but I caught it with my other hand, 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵. There were two knights in there, so I had to be careful.

I made a sign with my head to tell Katelyn that the sword laid in the other room and put on the sunglasses she gave me earlier. I could see a stain from Katelyn's finger. It annoyed me, but I tried to ignore it.

Katelyn nodded back. She pointed one arm before her and focused good. I light orb started to form above her hand. I looked at it until Katelyn nodded.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯! I felt the air magic swimming trough my blood. I watched it coming out of my hand and wrapped Katelyn's light orb with air. I had it well and carefully packed. To tight would make it explode already and to loose will steal my grip, that will lead to the same result. It was perfectly surrounded with my air and I took over it very carefully. I could feel the weight on the light orb drop at the moment it left Katelyn's hand. It was working, I could move the light orb freely. I made it fly between the curtains and at the moment "huh?" sounded, I stopped the air magic that made a good "flash!"

Two voices were screaming, "arghh!!" and "my eyes!"

I followed up with, "now!"

Katelyn and I ran into the tent and I ran towards the sword. I was at the moment on touching it when Katelyn screamed, "look out!"

A fireball flew towards my chest. I quickly responded by trying to control the fire ball, however... 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨! My eyes wend wide when the fireball connected with my naked chest, 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭! And soon I started too scream, "aaaargh!!" My sunglasses flew off my head, cause off the impact and so did my body falling on the ground.

I knew the man firing that magic, it was Darius. The knight that killed that poor women and stole Martins bonus. "You! I knew you were no good at the moment I saw you!" he yelled.

"Nooo!" Katelyn screamed, while Darius was charging a new shot. I saw her trying to make light magic, but it did not cast.

The second fireball flew towards me. This time I casted water magic to block the fireball and countered it with a fireball of my own.

Darius tried to control my fireball as well, but... "This power!" My fireball ignited his suit. "kggggh!" was the sound coming out of him.

In the mean time the two guards who were blinded started to see again. "But it has fire resistance!" the knight in the red suit called, while the knight in the blue suit casted water magic on Darius "Goddam super sun."

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵! I stood up as fast as I could and grabbed the sword laying on the pillow.

Darius shot another fireball at me that I blocked with water magic. I made a gust of wind and made the knights flew backwards. They all fell on the ground when I screamed, "run!"

Katelyn and I started to run as fast as we could.

PATIENCE

"I want my present!" the angry prince shouted to an air knight.

I quickly observed the room. Chairs laid on the ground, some guards must have sat they flew off. A few wet spots could be found on the floor, it could have been water magic. The pillow was in a fine shape, but the sword was missing. And finally a pair of sunglasses were laying on the floor. I walked to the sunglasses and picked it up. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬. A fingerprint was found on the sunglasses. I captured it which caught prince Lucas's attention.

"Who is that elf?" His face looked full with disgust. His blond hair must have been from his mother, Grandons hair was pure red. The kid was eighteen, but had the size from a twelve year old. He was angry, because someone had stolen his present. 𝘞𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩... 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.

"He is Azrael, the best one of the best detectives around here," the air knight introduces me to the prince. He head green short hair and looked like a calm and quiet person. It seemed that he had a lot of patience with the prince and I respected that.

"It's an honor to..."

"Yea yea, whatever. You are a detective right?" the small boy interrupted my greetings.

I replied to his answer with patience, "yes my lord."

"Well don't just stay there! Find my present!" The prince had no respect at all, but with a father like Grandon he will learn it someday. The future of Vloricus rests in this boy's hand.

The air knight sighed hopelessly and I replied with, "yes my lord. I will get to it immediately."

I walked out of the tent and compared the fingerprint on the sunglasses with the one on the letter. It did not connect at all. I looked at my watch. It was still quarter two. 𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧.

GREED

I ran into the crowd with my sword in my backpack. Katelyn ran close behind me. I saw Darius and the other two knights coming out of the tent. Darius looked furious, but he had not seen us yet. We ran and ran.

After a while Katelyn said, "follow me!" and she boosted forward to ran before me. She tried to grab my hand midway, but I dodged her hand. Katelyn accepted it and pulled her hand back. I did not know if it bordered her or not, but I did not worry about it.

I decided to follow Katelyn and she brought us to a hospital. I never been in a hospital before, but I figured it out because of the red cross above it. Maybe she brought us here, because of my burn wound. It hurt like hell though.

Katelyn led me inside and suddenly I tripped over nothing. "Are you okay?" Katelyn asked worried.

The moment I got up she tried to wrap her arm around me to help me walking, but I dodged her hand. "I'm fine." 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺?

"Over here." Katelyn said pointing at a nearby door. She tried to open the door when another voice blocked her action.

"Katelyn? You're... back?" The girl was dressed in a white dress which confirmed that she works here. The name plate on her chest said, "Manaia." Manaia continued, "You decided to give your daddy a goodbye hug?" 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴? She had blue hair with a ponytail. Taller than me but shorter than Katelyn. Her shaping's were straighter than Katelyn's. Manaia made a bit of a jealous look. The sharp look from her blue eyes were able to cut right trough Katelyn's soft skin.

"Go back to work," Katelyn said with an annoyed look.

"This is my work. You need to give your name and stay in the waiting room like everybody else." Manaia ordered us to make an appointment even though the room she mentioned was completely empty.

Katelyn gave Manaia a murderous look when she stamped to the desk. Me and Manaia followed her.

"Who's name should I give?" Manaia asked.

Katelyn gave her name with a sign, "Katelyn Stiller."

"Yeah yeah boring. I know your name already. Tell me handsome, what is your name?" Manaia looked at me teasingly. It made me really uncomfortable.

Katelyn tensed her finger muscles out of anger and grabbed Manaia's collar with her other hand. "Reuben is my boyfriend!" she hissed.

However Manaia did not know how to stop and said carelessly, "I need his last name as well."

Katelyn still holding Manaia's collar used her tensed hand to scratch a wound in Manaia's cheeks with her sharp nails. Katelyn let loose of Manaia's collar which was colored red from the wound's blood.

What happened next was... "...!" 𝘐 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵. Just for a few seconds my entire body lost control and I felt on the floor.

"Reuben...!" Katelyn tried to help me back up, but I wiggled her arms off.

"I said I'm fine!" That made a shock on Katelyn's face.

"What is happening over here?!" I heavy voice sounded at the door we tried to enter before. There stood a large man with a large, blue beard, but not a single hair on the top of his head. He was big in muscles and fat, big enough to just leap me to the ground. His glasses were crooked on his nose. "Dr. Moisturizer," was written on his name card. He took a better look and said, "Katelyn...? Reuben...?" He looked even closer, "why is Manaia's cheek bleeding?"

PATIENCE

𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥... 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦... 𝘕𝘰! 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘵!" 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦.

That was my plan. With my thin body, I squeezed trough the crowd with easy. I dodged everything thanks to my dexterity. The moment I got out of the crowd all I had to do was run. I used the whole length of my tall legs and gave as much speed as I could. This way, I made large and fast steps. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦!

All I focused on was my breathing and my speed, until I arrived at the entrance. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵. And that is what I did, waiting while paying attention to every person that walks in and out of this village.

With my mind focused on a golden sword I looked at every person who walked in and out, however... there was not a single person to see. "Well, I guess all I have to do is wait." I picked a piece of elven bread out of my pouch and enjoyed it.

GREED

"I'm sorry I can't heal this." After Katelyn explained everything to the doctor, he let me in his office. Unfortunately the fire wound was not treatable for him.

"Why not doctor? You are the best!" Katelyn said dumfounded.

Doctor Moisturizer sighed, "I'm not the best... You told me Darius did this right?"

I nodded. "Darius is very strong."

"Not only that... the super sun is active," the doctor said.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘯... 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.

"Every summer the super sun also called the summer sun activates all over Polyhymnia. Every fire magic that the sun touches is massively buffed. You are in luck that you were in a tent that blocked a lot of sunlight. Otherwise you might've been dead."

I read something about the seasons and there element. The super sun in summer, which strengthens fire is now active. Than there are the strong wind, the cold moon and the energic ground. Every season strengthens one of the primary magic types.

"So... what now?" Katelyn asked.

"Now we leave." I replied.

"Are you crazy?! You can't leave like this!"

"The whole village is searching for us. We have to..."

"Bor... ehm... doctor, tell him he can't move!" Katelyn panicked.

"Normally I would recommend to stay in bed, but..." the doctor did not finish his sentence, because he did not have to. Everyone knew what the answer was.

Katelyn looked down and remained silent. Of course she knew we had no choice, but to leave.

Doctor Moisturizer walked towards me, "I left your horse at the stable near the entrance, she is a black horse with a letter attached to her saddle. Her name is Talia, take good care of her will you?"

"I will!" 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘩... 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦.

"Here you'll need this if you want to walk," the doctor handed me a walking stick. It looked like fine quality, it had a simple handgrip, but it could get me somewhere.

PATIENCE

After a long time, my patience was still there. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵.

The super sun got replaced by the moon when I finally saw two figures coming towards me. The were very slow and one moved weird. The moment they got closer I saw a young boy with a walking stick walking next to a young girl. The boy was small and blond, the girl was taller with pink hair. Both of them carried a large backpack. The girls lips moved and the boy looked annoyed. With a sigh he gave his backpack to the girl. He walked a little better than with that large backpack on.

Eventually they were in the range I could hear them. The boy looked a bit to the ground and the girl noticed me. She tapped the girl on the shoulder and said, "someone is there."

They tried to walk around me, but I stopped them.

"What is your problem?" the boy said. He opened his eyes widely for a unknown reason. 𝘐𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥? He still looked at the ground.

"Sorry sir, we are in a hurry. My friend got hurt," the girl said.

"I am sorry, I just need to check your backs," I said with an easy smile.

"We will not let our backs get checked by a stranger!" the boy was a bit moody. Maybe, because he was wounded or maybe it was just his personality.

"I am sorry sir we got to hurry, he has trouble walking and he needs a doctor," the girl looked worried, she was not acting, but I had to check their backs.

"There is a hospital in Lori Village, why going out?"

"Mister we do not have time for you," the boy was done talking and walked further, but I stopped them once again.

"My apologies," I showed them my badge.

"A knight?" the girl said.

"A detective," I corrected her.

"I am sorry detective, the doctor told us to move as quickly as possible. You know... my boyfriend got hurt really badly and the doctor of this village won't be able to heal him. We are heading to Glena.

Glena was one of the richer parts of Vloricus. They have a very popular fire school. However it will take them 2 or 3 weeks to get there.

"What happened to him?" I asked.

"We were watching the cooking competition when one of the cooks hit my friend by accident. He is lucky that the cook was weak user, but the super sun made it disastrous," the girl explained.

"Let me look," I bended towards the bow and made a little light on my finger. "That does not look so good."

"See? Can we go now kind sir," the girl really wanted to go, but that was not what I planned to do.

"Please stand still." I moved me hand towards the wound and looked at the boys eyes. He seemed scared and uncomfortable. "I will help you." Light shone out of my hands to the wound. And the boy was suddenly able to stand normally. The wound was still the same whatsoever.

"U can use light magic..." the girl looked amazed at my hand.

"This will get you to Glena easier. Make sure to rest every night."

The boy would not make any eye contact with me. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥?

"Please let me search your backs now." 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦!

GREED

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥! 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨! 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵... 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵!! I felt a droplet of sweat flowing over my cheek.

My eyes moved a bit towards Katelyn and she seemed a little nervous as well, but she did not know. She did not know what kind of man stood before us. Super sun or no super sun, this man would win.

"M-mister..." I shook. I never felt this nervous before. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱!

I looked at floor the whole time, but I could feel his eyes looking down at me. He was silent. He waited for my sentence to finish. He waited for us to show our backs and turn us in.

𝘚𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘯'𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥. 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥. 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦? 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘯? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. "I-I b-b-be-eg you... l..." 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘰, I would have said, but Katelyn cut me of.

"Mister detective," the voice was so sharp. It cut my sentence with ease. "I need to help my friend, so can you look at me," with one arm she pulled me close to her and covered my eyes with her hand from the same right arm. After that there was nothing. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨?!

"I give you a point for being clever... But your light magic is nothing compared to mine," the detective spoke.

For some reason this was the first time I felt comfortable by being held by someone else, however it did not took long. Katelyn felt on the ground at the exact place my eyes were pointed to. Her eyes were not pink anymore. They were white. That beautiful eye color was gone. However I never dared to make I contact with the girl, her eyes amazed me when she looked at the sun. They were worth a thousand of dragon stones. A thousands of rings. A thousands of golden swords. She did not move a single bit. She just laid there on the floor.

"It is okay," the detective said, "she is not dead. Will you hand me your back now." His voice did not sound friendly, but serious. It was not his sentence that was a threat, but his voice.

All I could do was stair at Katelyn. I was waiting for her to save me. I was waiting and...

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PATIENCE?

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GREED?

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NO

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LUST

I hoped to be on a horse. Holding Katelyn's belly and trying to reach for her breasts, but that girl laid under me. Not like she laid in my bed, but more like... dead. Her eye color changed, but not like mine do when Levi takes over. Maybe changed was the wrong word. It was more like her eye color disappeared. Not even that was true. Her pupils were nowhere to find either. Het whole eyes were just white, with just a few small veins to be seen.

I felt something in my stomach. It did not felt bad, but it was not pleasant either. It was big though. I realized I could smell something as well. I could even taste it a little and when I looked up I could see it. It was a large white cloud with a person in the middle. It was not human. It was an elf and this power came from him. He was the owner of the white cloud. The elf looked dumfounded at me. He probably just witnessed my hair color to change.

"René velna?" I asked, "is there a problem" in Elvish while putting a bright fake smile on my face.

He shook his head, "who are you?"

"Mind your manners. Did your mother never learn you to introduce yourself first."

"Your hair..." he looked at my hair with surprise.

"What about it? It is the same color as... hers. What happened to her anyway?"

"I-I need to check your back."

"Do you even have a mother? I won't give it to you man."

"My... mother... My mother is..." he kept staring at my hair.

"Never mind, what is that white cloud flying around you? And why does my girlfriends eyes share the same color as the cloud?" My legs felt like running away. My eyes felt like crying. My mouth felt like screaming. But my mind felt like saving Katelyn and getting out of this village.

"Cloud...?"

"You know what? Never mind that either. I will forgive you for this. Only if you let us go. Deal? You really don't want to meet my full potential," I bluffed. This man was stronger by far, I felt it. But I reached two hands towards me and showed a sphere of fire and air above my right hand and water and earth above my left.

"I... I..."

"'I am sorry,' are the words you are seeking."

"I... am sorry," he said with his eyes still locked at the same position.

"Alright. Better be careful next time." I walked towards Katelyn and tried to pick her up. She was taller than me, but I could tilt her with a little effort. I carried her on my back. I tried to reach a hand to grab on backpack and grabbed the other one with my mouth. My back and jaw hurt, but I walked around the elf trough the entrance.

"Wait I have to..." the elf turned around and tried to say something, but I dropped the back I held with my mouth and cut him off.

"Right! How could I forget. Can you tell me how I fix my girlfriend?" 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.

"..." the elf now looking at me again had nothing to say.

"Don't worry about it. I will find a doctor," I tried to pick up the back with my other hand and I carried it along with the other back and Katelyn. I tried to move my legs as fast as possible. I felt the energy leaving me very slowly until I was far enough. We made it out of Lori Village.

Finally out of side I hurried with Katelyn on my back. My fake smile disappeared immediately and my legs were moving shakingly. I was hyper ventilating. I was having a panic attack. With a lot of stress I hurried to the stable. "Please don't follow us, please don't follow us."

I arrived at the stable without a clue, for which horse I was looking for. I tried to put Katelyn's whole body on my right arm, but was not able to hold her. Katelyn felt on the grass. "Shit!" I screamed with a shaky voice. I made a little light by making a small flame on my index finger. "Come on, come on!" 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘧? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘯? 𝘐𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘧? 𝘕𝘰! 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘸?! These thoughts flew trough my mind, which made it harder to focus on finding... 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯...? 𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦! I stood before a pegasus and stood still for only a second when he kicked me in my nuts. "A....AAAAARRGH!!" I screamed with saliva flying out of my mouth and felt on the ground. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?! Luckily I was able to turn of the fire before it hit something. I stood up with a lot of pain when my shoulder touched something. It was a piece of paper attached to a saddle. I lit back the small flame and read, 'TO KATELYN AND REUBEN.' This is our horse. I found our horse. I grabbed its rein and led it out of the stable.

I ran towards Katelyn who was still lying in the grass and tried to lift her on the horse. It was hard to made her sit straight. I turned my back towards her so she could lend against it while I searched my backpack for some clothing. I picked a pajama which looked like it was the largest. I tried to push Katelyn more up and while holding her I attached both backpacks to the saddle. On in each side of the horse. The horse was big and hard to get on, but I got on it eventually while still holding Katelyn. I sat on the horse and used the pajama to tie Katelyn to my torso. I did not know how to ride a horse but I gave him just a little sign with my foot and the horse started to walk nice and easy.

Tears were flowing over my cheeks when I said, "we are going to be aright Katelyn. Don't die on me." Her face with the white eyes was burned in my mind, as was the elf with the large cloud.

I had no clue where I was going, but I was away from Lori Village. I had the sword. I had Katelyn. I had a horse. And I was safe for now.

Watching the sun coming up with my tired eyes I felt on the floor with Katelyn attached to me. I saw the horse stopping and my eyes closed slowly.

TO BE CONTINUED...