Chapter 62. Not too Sweet Candies

“Here you go,” Xion suddenly handed Sierra two pieces of small candies. He just came back from a long travel, but his first thought was to find the woman and gave her this little gifts.

“What is this?” She raised her eyebrows, clearly amused by this behaviour. “A candy from South City,” The handsome man shrugged as he watched the soldiers that were marching passed them.

They had spent almost a month in Iris, helping the mayor to find more allies. After Xion came back to the city, it was Keith and Gray’s turn to depart to a small island east of Iris. Sierra was reluctant to let the kid go without her, but instead, Gray insisted to travel with Keith. He said that he needed to train with him.

“They’re going to be fine,” Xion blurted out before he thought about it. “I mean, Keith can be annoying, but he is really responsible, especially knowing that you’ll burn him alive if something happened to Gray.”

She snorted, unconsciously peeling off the paper that held the candy and stuffed it int