Scar :- "Hot! Hot..... It's so uncomfortable. If I could, I'd beat that sun unconscious for the entirety of July, every year"
Feng Xin:- "Can you stop whining, I might just strangle you to death if you open your mouth for even once, after this.... Whose brilliant idea do you think it was ,to travel during a major heat wave? Idiot!"
Scar:- "How would I know about some heat wave or whatever that you're talking about? Do I look like a scholar to you?"
Feng Xin:- " You don't need to be a scholar for that, it's July and the forecaster of our empire was screaming at the top of his voice a few days back to let everyone know about the upcoming heatwave while you were busy roaming around aimlessly in the town fair. One just needs to be a little attentive to know these sort of things but I guess you have a pea sized brain to begin with in the first place "
Scar:- " Stop! So much lecture.... So what? .... So what if I have a pea sized brain? Did I tell you to come with me in the first place?"
Feng Xin:- "Just keep your mouth shut if you don't want to die here before even reaching the destination and where are we going? Do you even have any sense of direction, you said this town in the same direction as that of the Paradise empire yet you had to just take that detour while saying it's some shortcut ..... What shortcut is this, we've been walking for hours now yet I see no sign of proper roads that are available in plenty on the way towards the Paradise empire so where? Where are we now? We are clearly lost ! You idiot!! "
Scar:- "How would I know we would lose our way, I just followed my instincts and the description of the shortcut that the travellers had discussed at the tea stall back at our empire"
Feng Xin:- " Instincts? Hahahaha..... Instincts?? You and your instincts are both useless. I knew from the very beginning that I shouldn't have trusted you with the directions, anyways for now let's just find a place to rest , we will continue our journey after the sun goes down for if we continue like this then it will only delay us further in reaching our destination."
Scar didn't argue with this suggestion and nodded, he actually wanted to rest since long but feeling a bit aggravated due to him going in the wrong direction,he had been busy in proving that he indeed was going in the right direction which was not at all the case after all, so just due to his stubbornness, he kept going but now his legs were slowly giving up due to the extreme heat as well as exhaustion. After walking for a few more minutes they found an abandoned house and decided it to be their resting spot but as soon as they had settled down to finally relax a bit, they heard the sound of footsteps, someone was moving inside the house. It seemed as if the carrier of the footsteps wanted to move further inside the house so as to avoid the two new entrants.
Feng Xin got up at this and decided to find the source of the sound, Scar followed after him. The further inside they went the further the sound of the footsteps got. At a distance they could see two figures trying to escape through a window that was situated at the back of the house. Feng Xin moved at an incredible speed too and at the very moment that one of the figures was about to jump out, he caught the one by his collar but as soon as he saw the others face he threw the other being aside seeming as if he was burnt in the process of doing so.
Scar on the other hand had gripped the hand of the second figure quite firmly and was not letting go of it but the one whose hand had been held seemed very unimpressed at this gesture and forced her hand out of the death grip after much effort. She made her way towards her brother who was now lying on the ground after being thrown by Feng Xin.
Feng Xin walked up to Scar in order to tell him that they'll be leaving this place but Scar on the other hand argued, "Why do we have to leave? It's not like they own this place or something or why would they be moving around so sneakily? I think they are just travellers like us so let's just all of us stay here till the sun goes down. It's not like we know each other or anything, so what's the most that could happen?"
Feng Xin:- "We do know them. They are the famous twins from our empire,the offspring of that betrayer "
It took a while for Scar to understand what was going on and when he did ,he very stupidly said "So what? It's too hot outside so we can't leave now. Let's just sit separately and there won't be a problem." With that said he turned to ask the twins "And where are you two heading?"
Mu qing and Ser both hesitated before replying "The haunted town near Paradise empire" and with that everyone fell silent.