“What should we do?” Leon asked his friend. They were on alert, weapons in their hands, as they finally realized they had lost one of their companions.
Gray didn’t answer Leon as he gripped his sword tighter, “Sierra? Come on. We’re sorry for forgetting to use our power. Now that we’re fine, you should come out and join us.”
There was no reply from the darkness, only the sounds of their pounding hearts. After that, Leon exhaled his breath, “Should we go back? I’m worried about her,”
However, the hazel eye boy calmly answered, “We should continue, Leon. I just remember Sierra’s words about testing us. Maybe this is it.”
He didn’t wrong, Leon thought. Sierra did say she wanted to test them, it’s just that it was kind of cruel of her to leave them alone in the forest, without saying anything.
“It’s Sierra, what can we say,” Gray laughed a little
He glared to the girl and spoke chilly, “Lily, you say? Which city do you live right now?”Gray was shocked as he heard the cold voice; Leon was not the type of person to speak like this, especially to ladies. However, he knew this action was needed. They couldn’t be too naïve in front of a stranger. It was a great thing that Leon knocked some senses for him.The pale girl’s eyes shot around nervously, but she managed to squeeze out an answer, “A- Alania,” she whispered pitifully, “I live there with my poor brother!”Gray actually didn’t have any worries about this girl. Wasn’t she only a poor, unlucky person that got kidnapped? Shouldn’t they help her out as quick as possible?On the other hand, Leon’s face went dark as he heard the answer. With a loud hiss, Leon unsheathed his own sword and aimed it to the girl boldly.“Leon! What are you doing?!”&ldq
Sierra ran with not much effort as she followed the creature who was kept falling down from the air. It was apparent that its power had gone low; almost none actually, only from protecting its body before. With a finger, Sierra sent a ball of fire that blew like a bomb.“Gah!”The creature who introduced itself as Lily, crashed to the dirt. Not even spending one second, Sierra summoned a tall wall of flame that encircled both of them. “Let’s see if you can still fly,” she sneered, “I always hate running, you know.”“It’s hot!!! It’s hot!!”Lily squirmed around, but looking at the raging fire, she crawled back to Sierra. “Please! I’ll return the power to them!! Get me out of here!! It’s hot!!”The silver hair woman snorted and answered, “You think you can fool me? What’s taken by the dead can’t be returned to the living!”Lily let
The three of them walked in the forest again. No, to be exact, it was Sierra who led them out. This time they headed to the south, but they didn’t talk too much because the woman was surprisingly fast with her steps.“Are we really leaving those women behind?” Gray protested as he matched the other’s pace.“Yes, there’s nothing we can do. The Mayor will take care of it early in the morning,”Still unsatisfied with it, he asked eagerly once again.“So, when will you tell us the story? How did you kill Lily?”In his side, Leon also stared at her with so much interest in his eyes. The woman slowed her pace and massaged her neck, “Aren’t you guys tired?”“Not at all!” They both answered quickly. Hearing the eager voices, Sierra smirked dangerously, “Ah… I see; it’s good to be young, huh?”Sensing that unusual response, the boys low
“How come she’s the reason?! Rather, she is our saviour!!”A man’s voice roared through the crowd mightily. Sierra swallowed down the rage that she had a second ago and massaged her temple. Because of the chaos, most of the people didn’t realize that the Mayor had come back to the town. Behind him, a line of soldiers followed along.“If she didn’t kill the ghost, then I bet your daughter will be next!” Mayor Charles pointed carelessly, yet the townsfolks did get his message. Then, he walked limply, with the help of his cane, to stand beside Sierra. Before he spoke, he gently tapped Sierra’s shoulder. The meaning was clear, he would take care of the rest.“I won’t take any slander toward Lady Sierra anymore,” he spoke; this time, his voice went back to the raspy old man’s. “With my own eyes, I saw the occurrence. The ghost appearance was a beautiful woman, claimed to have
“What do you mean?” Gray’s eyes went bigger as he totally confused. “Did she hurt you? When? Why didn’t you tell me?” Leon didn’t answer. A part of him was relief that he could finally let it out, but the other part of him felt guilty because he just spilled his mother’s secret. “Leon!” “What’s with the screaming, Gray?” Both Leon and Gray turned their heads quickly at the source of voice. From her reaction, it looked like Sierra didn’t heard their conversation at all. Leon, with his critical response, answered right away, “It’s nothing, Sierra,” he even added a cheerful laugh, “I just teased him for fun.” The woman narrowed her eyes in a judging manner. “I thought you guys are going to roll on the ground again.” Receiving the signal from his friend, of course, Gray followed along with an awkward smile. “He told me that he’s never going back to his home. Sierra, what should we do?” “Well, I’m going to take him home by myself. G
“Yes,” Sierra replied expressionlessly. From her pocket, she pulled a white envelope and passed it to Leon’s mother. Leon couldn’t hide his curiosity, but he didn’t dare to ask anything. Truthfully, Sierra also didn’t know the content.The lady slowly opened the seal and pulled out the letter inside. With a strange expression, she read the letter carefully. Then, her lips curved up as she finally reached the end. “I always hate this old man, you know.”It was a brave thing to say in front of a stranger. “Mother!” Leon raised his voice as to remind his own mother. Nevertheless, the lady spoke as she got up, “Thank you for taking my son home. Now, I think our discussion is finished.”Leon tilted his head in confusion. What’s with this sudden change of his mother? Minutes ago, she was dying to pry Sierra’s personal life. Sierra also had the same confusion as he was. She wasn’t
“It is,” Sierra replied shortly. The historian seemed quite impressed with the woman and he questioned her, “If you said that this is a rare ability, how Lady Sierra knows about this?”Gray could see that Sierra’s lips twitched a little. “I read it on a book,”“I see,” the man wrote a couple of sentences quickly and added, “Then, may I know where to get this book? I have to do read it by myself to write a clear and precise information.”The boys talked almost in the same way after they heard him. “Woah! Gray, that’s so cool!”“I know right! We’re going to be written in the history!”“Quiet, will you?” Sierra annoyedly glared at them. Really, these kids showed no politeness at all, she thought. “S- sorry. Please, go on.”“Anyway, from what I remember, you can obtain it in a village called Silentcoast.”
Of course, it didn’t happen. Sierra rejected his request right away, saying that she didn’t want to babysit a kid on her ‘long, dangerous’ journey.“Then!! Tell me where are you going? Maybe- huhu, maybe, I can come to see you with Leon!” He started to cry uglily five minutes ago as he clung unto Sierra’s robe; Leon too, as he tried to hold back his tears from falling.She wanted to laugh so bad, but then with so much effort, she spoke gently, “You can’t. I’m always on the move. I can’t guarantee that we can see each other-““Why can’t you stay?” Leon sniffed his nose.She blinked a couple of time before answering, “It’s just how I live my life.” And she didn’t lie. In her long life, she always moved from a place to another. This was her first time after so long to spend months in one town.Since the beginning of the wailing ghost incid