Thinking about stopping and telling them that the elders would not be able to accept them, but the girl continued to walk forward without stopping.
Shaking her head and continuing to follow Lualia, the girl did not try to hide her emotions on her face, and many residents of the city with whom she knew tried to talk to her, but she did not pay attention.
Turning their gaze to me, I saw how they frowned, I hoped that they would not do anything stupid.
Returning to the road along which the guard led us, we went up to the open gate, the buildings had changed, they looked different not only because of the height of the buildings but also the stone from which they were made.
Mostly they were one-story and with a fenced exit at the top, just like in another city. I had doubts that the city residents used them; small trees grew next to the houses, which changed the appearance of the houses, giving them a better image.
Some houses had small fences that protected them from the street; there were few residents now, as I thought many were still working and only then would return home.
Approaching one of the one-story houses, the girl stopped and started looking for something under her clothes. She heard the clink of metal and Lualia went to the door.
Like few of the houses nearby, it was surrounded by a small fence, we heard the sound of doors opening and we went inside, there was a small tree growing next to the house, I doubted that it was planted by a girl, which means the tree was planted before the exodus of the five and races and she found Avel.
My she companion, not paying attention to the tree, approached the door and again the sound of the door opening was heard.
Following her, I was not afraid of an attack, the girl was still scared, once in the house it was noticeable that it was not big.
On one side there was a table with chairs and on the other side there was a place where the girl kept her weapon, leaning her spear against the wall and taking off her shoes, the girl walked to the closed door.
Opening it and trying not to meet my eyes, she asked me to come get her, I heard her voice break into a quiet voice.
Following the girl into the room, we found ourselves in a small room where there were two beds and a carpet on the floor.
My companion walked to the other bed and sat down, turning her head in my direction, she pointed to the next bed, inviting me to sit down.
- Why did you do something to Elder Yogli? - The girl said in a quiet, confused voice; her gaze was fixed on the floor.
I expected such a question from her, she was afraid of me and what I could do to her; what she learned about me in the forest was only a small part of my strength, as she understood.
- If I had not done anything, he might have decided to do something stupid and even more residents of the city would have suffered understand Lualia. He remained alive, if he behaved like that in the rest of the world he would have been killed. - I answered in a calm voice, feeling the smell of someone who was not my companion, I began to try to determine where the smell was coming from.
The girl tried to find a way to prevent the elder from getting hurt, but from her look it was clear that her knowledge of the world was not that good.
Looking around the room, I saw a closet in the corner that stood slightly ajar; it was made of a strange material; I was sure that it was not wood.
- This is the house where I and my friend Kio live, she is now hunting, until she returns you will sleep on my bed and I will sleep on hers. I really don't know what we will do when she returns from hunting. - Lualia said, watching my gaze as I cast it around the room.
Now I understood whose smell was still in the room, I just needed to get behind the barrier and return to Keirin, I had the hope that I would have time to leave before her friends Lualia returned.
Having asked her where the barrier was, a sigh was heard and then Lualia began to explain that they could not get in from either side of the barrier, but the most convenient one was near the third gate.
They led into the depths of the city and as she thought, what I was looking for was just there. I saw that she had questions in her gaze, but she did not dare to ask them, fearing that I would behave the same way as with the elder.
- If you're not too tired,she let's go show me this gate, the sooner I get behind the barrier, the sooner I'll leave the city. - I turned to her in a calm voice, rising from the bed.
The girl was thinking about how best to do it; she knew nothing about behavior in the world except fragmentary memories from the time when she still lived with her parents in the village.
During the hunt, the half-elf did not express aggression towards her, but his strange behavior with the elders showed a different side of him.
Were there other inhabitants of the world like him? The girl did not know and was afraid of the reaction of the city residents when they found out what happened to one of the elders.
Rising from the bed, Lualia thought about how to behave with the half-elf now that he was causing fear or anxiety.
Having left the house in silence, the girl wandered through her thoughts, but I looked around and found that the inhabitants of the city had brought new life to the city of Avel.
Sometimes I caught myself thinking that I was not in a city of a bygone race, but in a human city in which there were not many inhabitants.
Only the strange carriages and drawings differed from the ordinary cities where I had been, people walked in different directions and looked at me with great interest from their behavior, I understood that the girl was not lying, that wanderers rarely entered their city.
The children pointed their fingers at me and laughed, and when they saw my burned part of the face they fell silent and ran away.
Due to the fact that the city was located on a hill, the wind sometimes caused inconvenience to both me and the residents, but the smell it carried was incomparable to the air that was in the Cray Empire or the academy.
I had a feeling that I received even more energy from him, I didn't notice how a smile appeared on my face, walking along one of the streets, I saw a small park and through the foliage I could see a tower familiar to me, I stopped and called out to the girl, I wanted to see if there was the same tower here as in the city I was in before or there were other drawings here.
- Do you mind if we walk up to this tower, I want to see something. - I turned to the girl who stopped and with incomprehension looked from my hand to the place where I was pointing.
It was visible how a well-maintained road stretched towards the tower and residents walked along it, apparently already taking a break from work.
The girl shrugged and we changed our path to the tower, unlike the city where I was, here the road was visible and the foliage did not cover the path.
The trees pulled towards each other, creating an unusual passage where a tower could be seen in the distance, many who walked towards the exit towards the street from where we were walking looked at us in surprise.
The girl didn't look around, most likely she had been here and nothing surprised her like me. The closer we got to the tower, the more I saw the difference from the city where I was.
I already saw that the tower was higher than the one I had seen earlier, leaving the road to the tower my thoughts were confirmed that this place was different.
If in another city there was only a tower and a monument, here there were both monuments and carefully placed inscriptions next to the foliage.
Deciding to look at the monument first, I headed towards it; I already saw differences from what I had seen before.
If in that city there was one warrior, then here he stood with someone else, looking closely, I realized that Avel was standing with his family, he was dressed in different clothes, as the facial expressions that were captured were different.
Here he was a parent with his family, next to them stood his wife or concubine and next to them a child. They were all dressed in clothes that were more suitable for a ball or a meeting with other nobles.
Looking at the Avel girls, I noticed that they were different from the Avel man, the adult Avel woman was smaller in height as well as the presence of feathers on her face, the wings that were folded behind her back looked thinner; her gaze was lowered to the child.
Was there such a difference from the gender difference among the Avels? I was wondering, looking at the child, I could not determine his gender; he was dressed in festive clothes.
The presence of feathers was greater than in adults, which most likely meant that their feathers fell out.
Looking at his back, I did not see the wings that were visible on his parents. Lualia stood nearby and watched as I examined the monument from the front to the back.
After looking at the monument and turning my gaze to the tower, I immediately noticed changes in the drawings.
If in that city there was only the beginning of the history of the Avel race, then here their development was depicted as they began to create their kingdom or empire, as the heads of the tribes swore allegiance to the Avel who stood in front of them.
I didn't understand some of the drawings where the Avels fought against the Avels, did they have wars among themselves?
Was this story a continuation of the one I saw earlier or did each tower speak about some part of the history of the Avels?
I was interested to know, but unfortunately for me no one could give me complete information.
- Are you so into this Rikua race? - I heard the voice of Lualia who stood at a distance, tearing me out of my observations and thoughts.
Smiling at her, I just shook my head, probably my old habits took over me when I disappeared in the library of the castle studying the history of where I was born.
- In the world, the exodus of the five races is a rather painful topic for conversation, and even less books describe the period of world history before the exodus of the five races. I'm interested in what kind of race they were, how they lived and what they were striving for. - I said in an enthusiastic voice while continuing to examine the monument.
A sigh was heard from the girl; for her it was nothing more than a monument to someone she did not know and could not recognize.
She was glad that she did not have time to tell the half-elf about other places where monuments to other Avels stood.
She was surprised by the behavior of the half-elf and how it changed depending on what he was doing if she were asked whether the half-elf who mutilated the elder and studied the monuments was the same half-elf?
She replied that she was not sure of the answer, too rapid changes in behavior began to seem to her that there were two personalities living in him, one thirsty for knowledge and the second who dominated everyone who threatened her.
- I was in another city and there was the same Avel, but alone, but he was radically different from this one. Here he is presented as a parent and husband along with his family, and there he looked like a warrior ready to fight. The tower is also different: that tower was the beginning of history until a certain time, but here there is a more detailed history of the Avel race. - I said with enthusiasm while continuing to examine the tower and monument.
I had a suspicion that the monument and the tower were somehow connected, but I didn't understand how, looking at the inscriptions and approaching them, to my regret, I didn't understand what was written on them, that I had become chosen by the goddess Hes did not give me knowledge of all the languages of the world .
At the bottom of each inscription there were some drawings, but to my regret, I did not understand what these or those drawings said. The girl gradually began to calm down and, glancing at her, I noticed that she was getting bored.
Having examined all the inscriptions and drawings, I had a suspicion that each drawing was either a warning to the holidaymakers here, and the drawing was a possible punishment for a crime.
It began to get dark and the magic lamps installed along the road gradually began to light up, realizing that I had looked at everything that was possible and turned to the girl who did not even try to show interest.