After hours of walking and walking, he came to a clearing in the middle of that pine forest and as he advanced, something caught his attention when he heard giggles like young girls having fun, he hurried to circumvent the tall trunks of the pines, and when he looked at 5 cheerful girls who laughed and played like little girls he shouted at them:
-Hey!
And these, surprised, turned to see him for a moment and without further ado, vanished into thin air, except for one of them who stood staring at him, who stood staring at him, as if analyzing him, a charming young woman with brown skin, with an equally charming black hair, long and very straight; Yurik smiled at her with a complete smile and making a gesture, greeted her, more than anything impressed by the simple beauty of that brown angel, who seemed to have emerged from the air, and as the air vanished, when he saw that heavenly apparition fade he struck his chest, because he felt that his heart He had turned upside down, although it seemed to him that with 2 blows he had accommodated it, he still had a painful sensation, seriously hopeful of seeing her again, he continued walking in the direction in which he seemed to have seen those 5 young girls vanish, he found yellow little fruits and willing to rest, He lay down under the shade of the pines of that lonely forest, still thinking about the apparition that had captivated him.
When he got up he went to a path in the pasture where it seemed that someone used it daily to walk, and continued trying to hear, while walking, the voices of those girls he had found in that clearing in the middle of the pine forests of Eoz, the Sun fell approaching the west while he walked confidently and carefree, until a silhouette in the shadows made him stop and fix his eyes.
-Hello!
He said aloud hoping that someone would answer him.
"Is anyone there?"
And suddenly he located her in front of him, half hidden between the trunk of a pine tree and a branch, pushing her away with his hands as she approached, he smiled completely when he discovered that it was precisely the girl he was looking for who approached and spoke to him, a beautiful little woman with a brown complexion, with straight black hair, long to the hip and large zarcos eyes.
-And you... Who are you?
The girl asked.
"My name is Yurik and I think I'm lost; Could you show me the way somewhere and tell me your name?
–answered this one trying to establish a topic of conversation.
-Ha ha ha! The girl laughed funny, telling him. "You are so lost that you do not even have a definite course! As if you were a vagabond or a thief of the roads, my name is Raíza Vin de Mirídia, and I am the one who asks the questions when someone enters my reign without having been invited.
-Caray!
Yurik said, gesturing his usual with his usual half smile. "So I'm before the royalty of this reign!" Then give me the privilege, your beautiful excellence, and place myself at your feet, as your humblest admirer.
And pulling the sword out of its sheath, he bowed by resting one knee on the ground, the girl seeing the sword exclaimed in amazement.
-The Sword of Destiny, I can't believe that but it is! So that is why you have come this far; Kill Onel, kill our guardian! Go tell me! Did he kill him or is he just badly wounded?
-Calm my Queen, your little lion lives, I got here because I managed to decipher his riddle.
He says, trying to reassure her.
"You chose intelligence! Raíza interrupts him when he speaks. "Now I am more astonished, although perhaps he gave him an easy riddle, so it is better that he had defeated him like this, if he had chosen strength, he would have torn him to pieces with just one wave of his sword.
"Well, you will see my lovely majesty."
The riddle was neither so easy, nor so difficult, although it did not take me three minutes to solve it and I was about to be wrong a couple of times, the answer was very logical and I also know that I have always been very good at riddles, and with respect to the powers of the sword, I do not know how powerful it can become, Although I almost cut off my head before I got it, it didn't help me at all when a hunting dragon wanted to eat me, I had to defeat it with my own hands, while the sword remained motionless skewered on the floor.
He tells her proudly as he showed her clenched fist.
-If you defeat a gray dragon with your own hands, solve the riddle of the guardian of the entrance, and bring with you the sword of destiny, you must be a very wise and powerful warrior, tells a legend of my people that many years ago, the powerful Odin fought a great battle by challenging fate to obtain it, and this one almost cut off his head, shortly before his Valkyries managed to rescue him, without being able to avoid the destruction and death of more than half of them, the sword has no weak point and is indestructible.
-Yes, it has a weak point, that is the riddle that I had to decipher to obtain it and more than invincible it seems useless, I already told you that it did not help me at all when the dragon attacked me, but if you admire this sword so much then I put it at your feet next to its bearer, who from now on declares himself slave and subject of your beauty.
-You will not be silly and stand up, besides I am not Queen, I am just Princess and I have two sisters who will be Queens before me. The girl says, amused.
-Well, if you are not yet Queen just tell me what country you want me to conquer for you, choose the most powerful in your world so that the battle is worth it, and you know how much I want you to be my queen, to become your slave.
He says solemnly.
-Ha ha ha; What a funny wandering knight! I find you nice and I like to talk to you, know how to make me laugh and even if at first impression you scared me.
-Now I know that you are not dangerous for me, I was also very pleased that you did not kill Onél, I love that cat very much, and he has a lot of time getting rid of our enemies, I sincerely thank you that you have not hurt him, believe me that I would not have forgiven you, neither I, nor anyone in Mirídia.
-Oh, if I hadn't solved the guardian's riddle, it would have given you the same pleasure that my soul left my body by the magic of the riddle, and saw how your cute kitten devoured it, thank you my beloved queen, I swear I did not expect less from her majesty. –he says, standing up.
"Don't be sarcastic that this is Onel's work, his purpose in life and that's what he was created for.
-Well, I see a very bad purpose in your kitten, since it does not leave you more than 2 soups and the 2 were off fuck you, and I had to choose one.
-Ha ha ha! I really do not know what is fuck you, but if you tell you it sounds funny, and I do not know how he could solve the riddle and I see that you are not as intelligent as you seem, he mentions 2 options, but in reality there are 3, and the other is the easiest and with which more beings have been saved, Only fools are dead.
-Ah, yes! And; Could you tell me what the third option was? — He asked inquisitively.
- Of course fool! —Raíza exclaimed, smiling in amusement.
-The third option is:... But first you will have to tell me the answer of the riddle that Onel put you, I would like to know what it was.
"Sure, my Queen! The answer to the riddle was: A map!
"What, are you telling me that you solved the map riddle?" Then yes you are smart! You look like it, that's why Onél gave you that one of the most difficult.
Now then. –says the girl, returning to the subject. -Now I will tell you the third option, the third option was that you did not take any, remember that he told him that the only way to pass was to defeat him, and that there were only two ways to defeat him, the first, the second, and the third was that you did not choose any option, he would simply have returned where you came, without trying to pass and Onél would not have pursued you.
Raising an eyebrow and making a gesture of bewilderment Yurik said to her. :
-You are right, I concentrated so much on what he told me that I did not pay attention to what he did not tell me, but anyway, even if I had known it was not going to come back, I never do, I would have to pass alive or dead, now tell me my beautiful queen; Where am I and where could I go?