So much for the first day. The sky outside the City Hall painted the earth with its glorious violet and red hues of twilight. Chiaki rushed downstairs to grab a free steed from the stable and mounted it. Hands gripped the rein, she asked a silent prayer in her heart that Gin would have a change of heart.
"I'll go with you," General Ao ran after her, his bow and quiver full of arrows bounced across his back.
"I thought you would prepare a backup with Lord Hua!" Chiaki yelled over her shoulder to beat the whooshing wind.
General Ao could hear her just fine. As the god of war in the Dome realm, his mount cantered in no time, effectively removing the distance between him and Chiaki.
"I heard a lot from the principal of the academy about him. A hotheaded youngster like that might need a strong man to coax him."
"Are you saying I'm too weak to handle him?" she huffed. Her knitted eyebrows added an overall cute look to her pouty face.
