After that, they both went quiet. Khalid was wondering how and why would some one of a prominent Legacy family is here. After all, it is very uncommon for upper class to worry about lower class, so why would a Legacy family appear here? Khalid didn't know, but he did now know that her grandparents were definitely an excuse.
Whilst he is thinking these, Elena says- 'Are you familiar with this place? I need to reach the corpse of the Fallen Giant, the first one seen by humanity, the monstrosity known as Devourer.'
'Hm~' replies Khalid. 'Ill give it some thought, ill tell you in the morning, deal?'
'Sure.'
And after that they both face away from each other towards the walls of rock and deep-slate.
Khalid is of course still on edge, he ensured that Elena went to sleep first and then sat up straight.
Something felt odd, the room looked a lot less darker than it should, as if its very early in the morning. And he felt his finger hurt.
He turned to his inked finger and the ink around it seemed to be moving, trying to penetrate his sink, become part of him.
I'm way too tired.
Khalid managed to convince himself that he is just tired and sat back down.
He has more important matters to think about.
Elena has asked for his help to reach the dead body of the monster that killed his whole family. Of course he knew where it is.
No, that is wrong, everyone knew where it is, but Khalid knew everything about that location. He lived there for a month, around the monsters body, looking for evidence of his sisters death.
He never found any. As if she never existed.
If I am going to help her, I should ask for something back at the very least. An eeringly slow grin appeared on his pale and tired face. It seems he is excited enough for tomorrow, much so that now he is having trouble sleeping.
_ _ _
As the big ball of fire broke the down horizon with it's beautiful Yellow rays of joy, Khalid opened his sleepy dark eyelids and sot his back up straight. A slow yawn followed by a heart felt stretch, Khalid finally allowed himself to slowly stand up, so to not awaken the girl next to him, who also unsurprisingly has red hair and is breath takingly beautiful.
A short sigh and a facepalm later, Khalid left the smallest dagger for Elena to protect herself with it.
He also carved a message that said 'wait here, I am getting food, I will be back soon.' In case she does wake up.
Making his way into the nearby forest, he starts to pay attention to his surroundings, wierdly enough, everything seems… Colorful, too colorful. Every sound is close, too close. Every blade if grass is individualy felt in his skin.
Since when have I been so sensitive?
I feel as if I could feel colours, haha.
Although this wasn't a joke. He truly felt as if he could decipher colours based on touch sense.
This is crazy but I will try it anyway.
And with that, he took off his shirt and wrapped it tightly around his eyes.
Although everything was dark and eery, Khalid did not make one mistake moving. It truly was as if he had been blind for enough years so that he could traverse the hard terrain of GPA 32 easily, which is impressive by itself.
Eventually Khalid stopped his tomfoolery and wore his shirt again and continued to hunt.
He caught 2 small hares which he took back and skinned himself. By the time he got back though, Elena was up and had made the fire.
'Morning.' spits out Khalid
'Morning' says Elena. 'I see you got me a share as well, right?'
'Yes, and i don't want compensation.'
'Huh? How did you know what I was going to say?' said Elena stunned
'I learned a thing or two from your sister, Scarlet.'
'You knew my sister?'
'Didn't I tell you last night? You really must have been tired.' – Although impressive, Khalid did in fact not learn anything from Scarlet, it was but a lucky guess, based on what his inference of her personality.
'Anyway, after we eat, I will answer your request, the one of accompanying you to the Fallen Giant's corpse.'
'Alright.'
With that, Khalid ignites the flame and they cook the prey he caught. In its entirety, the whole process took no longer than 15 minutes, yet these were the highest intensity of tension he had ever experienced.
Elina was not scared of her being unable to traverse the grounds to the giant, however her current circumstances seemed to rush her, so she really would need extra help from experienced sources.
Before they finish their food completely Khalid says, 'I will help you on one condition, that you guide me to get at least a decent grasp on hand to hand combat.'
Elena considers this option as thoroughly as one can in a few seconds and says 'Sure, but are you certain that you will have enough time to learn them.'
'Its fine they don't need to be in too much detail, see I believe in "Fuck around and Find out", so I will just perfect them on my own and use them in real experiences, well, that's the most efficient way in my opinion.'
'I mean… it is, but its very common to find it very hard, most do give up before making their own fighting style, although, I guess it does not hurt to try. Alright I agree to these terms.'
Khalid slowly raises his hand and looks straight at Elena's eyes and asks 'Shake on it?'
'Shake on it.' Elena replies and takes his hand.