I thought I was dead, but instead, it was as if I was several meters below the surface. I started to swim upwards, but the water suddenly thickened and turned into a mixture of mud, vomit and blood. I felt like I was running out of breath. I had to get above the surface. After a while, it changed again, this time I was trying to dig myself out of the dead bodies that were covering me. I pushed one of the bodies aside and suddenly light began to shine through the cracks between the bodies. I was almost at the surface. My lungs were burning. My body gradually began to weaken from the lack of oxygen. There was one last body left, but I didn't even move it anymore. I gave up, I would die peacefully in the room in a pile of corpses. The body above me was suddenly pushed aside and the girl I had helped looked into my eyes. Her azure eyes seemed to control the whole world.
Suddenly, I appeared in the darkness again. It was just a dream, but I had the image vividly in my memory. I opened my eyes. I focused. Those azure eyes were watching me. I was on a bed in a smaller house. I silently looked her over to see if she was hurt, she was wearing a clean white shirt. Suddenly, a memory popped into my head.
"You pervert!" The girl scolded me and as a bonus, she slapped me. A numbing pain shot through my face. I didn't understand how she read that. I laughed, while a pain shot through my stomach.
"You should know how to defend yourself." I scolded her back. Her cheeks turned slightly pink.
"Says the one who needed a woman to help him get up." She paused. "I should have left you there to rot." Her words were sharp as daggers.
"You couldn't do that, because I saved you." An older lady entered the room.
"Have you argued yet?" she asked. We both fell silent. "That's good, because patients should be quiet, otherwise your wounds could reopen. We were obviously in a smaller office. The azure eyes rested on me again. She still wanted to argue, annoyed that I had the last word. The lady placed two cups of tea on the table.
"This will relieve your pain." She left the room and closed the door behind her.
"Why did you get involved in the ambush?" I asked.
"What's your business?" She cut him off.
"I wonder why you got into a fight you couldn't win." It made no sense. There was just silence. "Then at least tell me your name." She didn't want to say a word. "Please.?" She hesitated.
"My name is Lasin, you?" I chuckled.
"Finally, a sensible conversation with you, Lasin." She smiled at those words. "I'm Daen." She took her cup of tea and took a loud sip. I frowned at her, the corners of her mouth slightly turned up. I sat up, almost hissing in pain. I won't give her that kind of pleasure. I tried to stand up. I hissed in pain. She looked at me and laughed slightly. I smiled murderously at her. Div didn't burst out laughing. I couldn't stand up yet.
"Will you hand it to me, please?" I asked desperately.
"Does a little boy need help from a little girl again?" I felt like strangling her. She moved the table a little closer. "You won't be like a baby, you can take a few steps, it will only benefit you." I stood on the ground and leaned against the wall. I got closer step by step. I was about a step away when she suddenly pushed the table back to its original place. "You can see that you're good at it." She seemed to be really enjoying my suffering. I looked her in the eyes.
"You're kidding me, right?" She smiled devilishly.
"That's called motivation, so that you're not completely incompetent." My legs almost gave out. I might make it to the table, but I doubt I'll make it back. I made it to the table, then I realized that without leaning against the wall, I would collapse to the floor. Lasin took another loud sip, then put down her tea.
"What am I going to do, I thought you'd give up." She lifted the teacup to my mouth. I tried to lean in and take a sip, but Lasin playfully pulled the mug away.
"What do you want from me?" I said angrily. She leaned the mug closer again. "I'll strangle you in your sleep." I said. She laughed loudly.
"A boy who can't stand up twice strangles a little girl?" She paused. "How realistic." She laughed.
"Yes, a boy strangles a little girl who can't do anything but be nasty." I repeated. She paused for a moment. Obviously a hit on the head. I leaned over to the teacup and took a sip. The pain began to subside almost immediately. "How did we even get here?" I changed the subject.
"After you fell unconscious, the caravan owner came back and took us to a nearby village." She said rather coldly. I slowly walked back to the bed. Lasin took a few steps towards me and handed me my tea.
"Well, you can see that you're good at it." I remarked. She frowned at me.
"That's the last time, next time I'll pour it on your face." The corners of her mouth turned up.
"What if I could control water magic and I could throw it back in your face, huh?" I raised an eyebrow curiously.
"You're not a Zurien, so I'd take that risk." Zurien are a sea race that usually take partial form with various sea creatures.
"Have you ever met a really powerful mage?" I asked. Lasin is apparently a half-breed, so while her ancestors may have wielded magic, she probably didn't. Only exceptionally did half-breeds wield magic. "Once I was near a stone house in the city and suddenly the house exploded and nothing was left of it, only a person climbed out of the shadows of the fire." She paused. "Luckily I ran away, but it scared me to death, and you?" I preferred not to ask any further, it didn't seem right.
"I was a child during the Luskar-Detruisian War, so I don't remember much, but I was nearby once and secretly watched a battle on the border." I took a breath. "Originally, the place was a thin forest, but all those powerful spells created a blood-soaked plain with all sorts of craters." She raised her eyebrows curiously.
"Weren't you afraid of wars when you were little?" I laughed at the thought.
"I guess not, I was more interested, even though my parents drove me away from it." There was a sudden nervousness in Lasin's attitude. She quickly returned to her bed, lay down, and turned her back to me. Something was bothering her, but I didn't care. I lay down and stared at the ceiling for a few hours, thinking, then I finally managed to fall asleep. The lady let us sleep at her place for the night.