Winter focused on his hands for a while.
" No need to shake a man who's life am after, after all my mercy is only temporal" She said withholding her hands.
" I see no need to dwell on the past, after all you killed my people as well, let's close this chapter, we don't need to seek each other's life when peace has already been achieved ". Renoe said raising a brow.
All Morbius could do was keep a smirk and watch their exchange.
Winter gave a frown. What Renoe had said was true so, she didn't argue further. " I believe you were heading somewhere before you came across us. Hurry now and don't be late " Winter put her hood on leaving Morbius and Renoe behind. She knew where Morbius study was and she would get there by herself. She didn't want to be close to Renoe.
" Renoe you seem to have been in a haste any problem? ". Morbius asked as Renoe's expression was not too friendly
" A hundred of our sheeps were slain while pasturing at the out skirt of the village, Manish but, shepherds and a few hundred of sheeps were spared. My guessing..." Renoe nodded his head sideways.
Morbius understood. " Garistona ". He completed it. " Go now I am sure you have important things to do". They both nodded and went separate ways.
Winter looked at the little bottles which contained different colors of powder on the shelves of the study. In each section of the shelves there were tags of different demons as well as spirits, most that could be found in Oreb only a few were new to her. She walked around. There were over a hundred shelves. The place was huge, She got to the part of the room where there was a huge empty space. She stepped into the space and stood transfixed to the spot. She took a deep breath. YOU HAVE NOT GRAZED THE SURFACE OF YOUR POWER. Mania's voice rang in her ears.
Winter closed her eyes not sure of what to do. She just pictured herself standing right there holding a Doli, that was the name Oreb given the ice flower. She smiled, she loved playing with them ever since she was little. She felt a surge of energy flowing within her. It felt peaceful. Winter's breath was steady while she kept reminiscing her best moment as a child. When she released the energy she then opened her eyes and saw an ice sculpture of herself as a child, only that this sculpture moved. How could it move when it was hard?, rocks don't move do they?, and never had she brought forth ice without liquid. it could have been through blood or water but never without liquid. Her little self seemed not to be aware of her presence and was focused with picking the ice flowers from the Ice. The ice was everywhere on the floor and flowers were also there only it was made of ice and was not real. The girl picked the flowers forming them into a bouquet. She seemed happy.
How could she forget?. She picked the flowers so she could decorate the cave. It was her birthday and she felt the urge to do it. It was the day Mother had gifted her Poa. This was cut short when a voice interrupted her.
" I must congrats you on this, you have done well " Morbius smiled at her and everything withered away.
Winter could not help but smile back. For some reason she had begun to feel warm around Morbius. He was friendly right from the start. It was their third time interacting but he took it familiar, even when he caught her teaching those men a lesson earlier. And obviously Mania trusted him enough to leave her in his care so maybe all those had attracted her. " I've never done that before " She said with a smile.
" It's a good enough start ". He still held his smile till he got to her.
Suddenly storm of fire was sent towards Winter from Morbius catching her off guard. She managed to block the attack with a Strong blistering wind although falling to the ground while at it. She began to recover from it, her blood boiling to the core. She still was on the ground when she looked up to see Morbius not wearing the smile anymore. There was no expression of remorse and aggression.
" First lesson...". He stretched out his hands to help her. She accepted the help realizing it was part of the training and got to her feet. " Never let your guard down ". He said without an apology.
" That was undoubtedly rude". she smirked devilishly swearing in her heart to pay him back.
" Your instincts for danger should be on a high alert". Morbius removed his red cloak and placed it on the floor kicking it far away. He was ready to teach and not play around the way she expected it.
Winter heaved a sigh and pulled of her thick and heavy cloak as well, exposing her nice figure In a white dress that flowed to the ground. Morbius quickly scanned her figure swallowing hard, he couldn't help it. He immediately came back to his senses.
" Shall we begin the first lesson?" he asked.
Winter took in a light breath and nodded " we shall "