“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
Before she’s leaving the town, Sierra actually decided to come to see Mayor Charles. However, to her surprise, the old man was already sitting down in Uncle Ten’s inn, sipping a glass of beer.Nobody came here because all the townsfolks still in their mourning period. Uncle Ten saw her came down from the stair and asked, “Lady Sierra, do you want to drink a beer?”“Sure,” she answered casually and then smoothly sat down in the same table as Mayor Charles. While the owner was busy, Sierra opened her mouth first, “So, Mayor Charles, what brings you here?”Mayor Charles laughed lowly and spoke, “Excuse me for being straightforward, but Lady Sierra, I’m a man who marched in countless battles, you- who are you?”The silver hair lady sneered and rolled her eyes lazily, “I thought you’re being straightforward? What’s with the lame question, Charles.”Sierra thought t
Sierra had been staying in this town for 9 days. Since she didn’t have two naughty kids to care about, most of the time she only spent it alone. This town was bigger than North Alania, thus travellers were more common. Although some people still glanced at her curiously, as usual she ignored them entirely.That man, who offered her a ride before, turned out to be a husband of a dressmaker. Her name was May. They were still young, but had to marriage early since she pregnant first. Yet up until today, Sierra didn’t see any kids around their small house. And she didn’t have any curiosity about the matter.May often searched for her, saying that she didn’t have many friends around the same age with her. Duh, if only Sierra could say, she’s way older than her. Still, May wasn’t the type of person who pry much into people’s life. One thing Sierra dislike about her was that she… forced her to wear her handmade clothes all the
“Excuse me, what are you talking about?”Sierra abruptly jumped off from the carriage as she didn’t quite hear the whole conversation. The words that went through her ears were mayor, North Alania, and killed.The woman cleared her throat first before sharing the news excitedly. “In North Alania! The mayor was killed by a young boy! They said that ugh- what was it, stabbed on the heart!”“Who is the killer’s name?” Sierra didn’t realize that her voice already trembling with uneasiness. The woman tried to think and she replied embarrassingly, “I don’t remember it. They said that he’s an orphan. Anyway, he’s going to be executed-““Miss! What are you doing?!”Sierra, in a speed of light, had quickly untied on a horse and jumped unto it. Before she went away, she threw a small bag of coins to the owner, “I’m buying your horse.”Igno
With her quick reflex, Sierra grabbed Leon’s shirt and pulled him to hide behind her back. Then, in the following seconds, a wall of fire was made to block the soldiers. “AHH!! Hot!! So hot!!”“Follow me now!”Sierra then forcefully dragged the boy to hide again between the dark alley; ignoring some familiar faces who were dead already. After she made sure that they’re safe, she spoke annoyedly, “Great, now they know someone’s fighting back.” Of course, Sierra grumbled only in a little voice as she felt nervous for the other stupid boy. It’s been a long time since her stomached ached so bad. Now that Leon’s here, she only needed to find Gray.“Sierra!” Leon abruptly hugged her strongly. Taking a deep breath, she wondered why so many people hugged her tonight. However, for this boy, Sierra tapped her back softly, as if she wanted to calm the other.“Where’s Gray?&rdqu
“PUT OUT THAT DAMN FIRE, YOU USELESS FOOLS!!”“Yes, Prince!”Some soldiers who had Water Blessings, summoned their powers, but like before, nothing could pass the wall of fire. “What the hell?” The Prince furrowed his eyebrows unhappily. Behind the curtain of flame, Sierra managed to walk in seamlessly and tap Gray’s shoulder.“Stupid, kid,” she whispered as she knelt down to make an eye contact. Gray’s eyes went bigger as he couldn’t believe his sight, “Am I in heaven now?” He spoke hoarsely.“No, you don’t.” With a quick move, Gray was freed from all the binds at the execution platform. When they ready to move, Sierra suddenly stopped herself and stared at her fire. Looked like someone was able to put down her power in a terrifying rate. It had been a long time since this happened to her. With a calm move, she stood in front of the kid and prepared her bow.
When the three of them managed to go out of the town’s gate, Gray took a quick glance behind. His home was already gone. Fire was raging, dead people with their eyes opened wide…How could things turn into this?!“Gray! We don’t have time!” Sierra snapped impatiently, which was a pretty rare situation. They ran towards the woods, tried to blend in with the surroundings. At some point, the bad soldiers were coming out from the town with horses. They wanted to hunt the three survivors.Sierra annoyedly looked behind as an arrow whoosh passed her shoulder. “That damn bastards!”“Gray!” She looked at the boy with hazel eyes. “Use your power to block it or we’re going to have holes in our back!”“Wha- I can’t!” He answered panickily, but at the same time, relief as an arrow flied passed his body. “Yes, you can, Gray!” Leon also roared behind him, panti
“Where’s Gray?”Leon finally sat down in the small room that Sierra rented. It felt like the heavy luggage that he carried was gone. Sierra stared at him intently, as if she wanted to scan the younger boy. His face was dirty, and he was thinner than the last time she saw him.“I don’t know. You’re the second one to arrive after me.”Hearing that, Leon furrowed his eyebrows, “He’s going to be fine, right?”Sierra didn’t answer and shrugged her shoulders, “We still have two days left. If he doesn’t arrive, I’ll go out to search for him.”Leon nodded his head and started to play with his fingers. “Leon, what’s wrong?”It was silence for a long time until he hoarsely spoke, “I- I don’t know what happen to my family.”“That night, it happened too fast. I couldn’t sneak pass the soldiers. I was too afraid