We found them outside overtaking the back yard.
Ilianna and Ciren were sparing lightly with wooden daggers while Zephyr was further away looking at a specific spot in front of him about 30 ft away from us.
" Are you ready? " - asked Cintia.
" Yeah go on.." - said Zephyr.
We stood near them but didn't bother and stayed silent.
Cintia concentrated and her eyes light up white.
" Okay, I can see it.." - said Zephyr waiving his hand.
She relaxed a little but her eyes didn't change. " Okay! I'm doing it! "
She shouted and walked backwards step by step, after about a dozen.
" Stop!.. It disappeared.." - said Zephyr.
She released her power and took a deep breath.
" About 45 ft, not bad! "
He walked back towards us slowly and Cintia took a seat.
" That was my limit. " - she said looking towards us fully aware we were watching the whole time. " I increased it since coming here. "
" That's incredible Cintia, you can safely use your power from a good distance away, how many does it effect? " - asked Demelza.
" It's up to me, I can make you see anything from a few feet without much stamina loss but once the distance go beyond 20 ft it's harder to maintain the illusion, it drains me. The more people, the faster. " - she said.
Zephyr came closer and asked.
" So tell it, which arrow head won? "
We retold what happened over at the smithy, while Carlos took over the supervision of the kids training.
" We overheard Alexander's big speech to the troops so tell me exactly when, where and how. " - I asked.
" In 6 days, preparations are done and we make our way towards Hori which is about a day or two on horseback, yes ladies ..ride " - he said it again when we shot some looks.
" In order to make this as fast as possible we all ride, no wagons. "
We shared some excited looks, ad that to the to do list, riding lessons.
" Anyway, depending how long that will take we either come home or go towards Misao..we'll see. " - he finished.
" I'll say let's go and pick horses! " - Eleanor was very enthusiastic.
"" Let's ""
Before we could leave a sweaty little girl approached us.
" Dad said, I can pick my horse now. " - she said nonchalantly.
" It's called a Pony, princess.." - Zephyr picked her up.
" Yes..I'm getting one as well...what? " - Ciren asked her brother while patted her clothes.
" If Anna gets one .."
I stepped closer to my family.
" Did you checked if we even have ponies? " - I asked him.
" Nope .. but it's not my problem, I'm not the one who promised her this months ago. " - he shrugged handing me our daughter.
Ughh .. I forgot about that one. She was promised by me but lately, I'm thinking she played me like a fiddle.
" Fine we check and if we don't have any it'll have to wait until we're back. " - I said giving him a quick kiss and followed the girls who already left.
Along the way we run into Veila who looked out of breath.
" Hey...guys..I'm looking for Zephyr? " - she asked stopping in front us.
" He is home, we just left him. Why? Something wrong? " - I asked.
She shook her head quickly. " No problem, just want to ask if I can come along with my sisters. "
As she said that we saw Mia and Aim coming from afar.
" You want to make some coin on the villages? " - asked Demelza.
" Absolutely... I read people's future here too many times. " - she said without an ounce of shame. " Arriving with other blessed headed by Leader Zephyr will already be enough to attract clients, rich ones. "
I bet people from Hori will pay good coin but..
" What about your sisters? They want to perform as well? " - I asked.
" Nope, they want to join the hunt. " - she answered sounding a little sceptical.
They just catched up to us. " Hey ladies, we looking..
" He is at home. Good luck. " - I cut Mia off.
We left them and walked until we ended up the newly built stables.
Having more than a hundred more horses now, they needed space so they were quickly built and maintained.
" So many horses.." - Eleanor stepped up timidly. " Is there anyone in charge of them? "
That was a good question. I saw some guys standing near put Anna down, gone and asked them.
" Lylly, it's me.. " - it was Thomas Hender, a guy who asked for my hand when we were 18 years old.
" Hey Thomas..I didn't recognize you. How you been? " - I asked.
He looked different from the skinny little guy I remembered, he grown a few inch and his hair grown out.
" I'm very well thank you. Leader Zephyr asked me and my family to look after these horses. My aunt thinks it's a prophecy from the Monroe girl coming true. " - he said with a shy smile.
I remembered hearing something like that.
" I see, well we came to pick a horse..how much they cost anyway?"
I didn't brought coin with me but could send Eli home for some.
" That will be a day when Leader Zephyr has to pay for his own horses. " - he gave an incredulous look.
" What do you mean? Aren't these horses..
" Are the property of Emet village and with it Leader Zephyr's. " - he said with unshakeable resolve.
I saw some signs of fanaticism in his eyes but ignored it.
" I..Alright then. Can you bring some ponies for my little ones Zephyr wants them to have one.. " - I said.
He and some others went away and I rejoined the girls one was already patting her chosen one.
Demelza was feeding a large brown mare giggled as she took the apple from her hand.
" I going with her..we like each other already. " - she said patting her side.
I took a look myself and saw Zephyr's black mare standing in her own little round pen enjoying some people washing her.
That looked one pampered horse but fitted him perfectly. I needed one equally radiant.
Spotted a few horses in a separate large round pen with a few colourful ones no one payed attention.
Thomas and some man brought back a few small ponies delighted the girls as Eli joined me watching them.
" Thomas said they called mustang's and they're are wild horses..hard to break in, dangerous even. " - she explained.
" I see .. let's go get one for ourselves.." - I said after a few seconds of silence.
" Had a feeling you say that. "