Chapter 35: Swear In My Name

“Promise me you won’t die,” Shia remarked. “You can’t die unless I allow it.”

Langrion couldn’t help but laugh out loud. He was not sure if it was her childish way of putting it upfront or the contents of what she had just said, but either way, it was so funny that Langrion could not help but laugh.

Shia pushed him away from her shoulder, forcing him to look down at her. “What’s so funny? You don’t believe I could do it?”

“Do what?”

“Break away from my destiny. Break your curse.”

He smiled. “I do. I believe you.”

She snorted, but she started to burrow her own head in his available shoulder. “Yeah, right...”

Now fully relaxed, Shia was finally able to tell Langrion about the rather eventful day when she had met the king, Edelfina, and someone who looked like Langrey in the woods.

“It must have been surprising to see all of them in one table last night,” Langrion remarked.

“Indeed...” After a while, Shia began to