It was a nice weather, clear sky and sun hidden beneath the clouds.
“The weather has been like this ever since we arrived Star town, I wonder why the sun doesn't shine as much— But it's a relief, I don't sweat as much these days even when I practice my Sabre.” Violet said to Piggy who walked slowly behind her deliberately, so he can get the time to look at some beautiful women.
Noticing Piggy's absentmindedness, Violet decided to part ways with him. He was such a bore anyway.
She turned to the other street and entered the first shop. It was a tailoring shop. Violet was impressed, the dresses were of the perfect quality. Somehow, it reminded Violet of home.In Thestryn, the women always wore the best silky and cotton dresses with high quality boots made of horse and wolf skin. “Little girl, would you like a dress?” A voice said, snapping Violet out of her daydream.“Uh—” She turned to the shopkepper and said, “Do you not have trews?”The shopkepper blinked, “What?”“Trews. Daks? Leggings? Trousers? Slacks?”The shopkepper smiled, “You must not be from here?”Violet cleared her throat, “How do you know that?”“Your accent is quite.. different. No Star clan indigenes sound like you, and.. your hair colour pretty much stand out, no one here has had purple hair for decades.”Violet shrugged.Noticing Violet's disinterest in any further conversation, the shopkepper went around the shop to pick a few items and when he was done, he went back to Violet was still standing.“These.. are purple and white tunics, they suit your tanned skin. I also got you nice leggings made from the best leather in Star clan.”Violet's slender fingertips glided through the fabrics and she smiled after stroking them a multiple times, “I'll take them then.” She clarified, reaching to her baggy trousers right pocket.“Violet,” a soothing voice said, bringing her to a halt. She had never heard the voice before and, Piggy definitely didn't sound like that—
She was right.“In the desert, I found a Violet. And she's outstanding, not only in beauty.. but in poise.”
“Excuse me,” Violet spared the good-looking man a glance, he looked older than her, “Do I know you?”
At a glance she already understood who the man was, he had a book in his right hand, and a pen in the other. Judging from his appearance and expensive perfume bag by his waist he seemed like a scholar from a rich family.The man smiled, showing his teeth and subtly winked with his brown sparking eyes, “Forgive me, just now I was rude.”
Violet looked away from the handsome man, forcefully. Piggy was right. The most unique thing about the Star Clan people was their eyes. It had a shine to it that Violet couldn't understand. How could eyes be so pretty..As Violet was about to pay the shopkepper, the scholar interrupted.“I'll pay for whatever the beauty buys.”
Violet turned back to face the scholar who still had a smile on. “Are you messing with me?”“I was rude to you, I'd like to ask for your forgiveness by paying for your things.”A chuckle escaped Violet's lips, “If you insist.” she kept her money back in her pocket before smiling at the waiter, “Get me ten more expensive dresses and five baggy trousers.”The waiter glanced at the scholar and nodded, before taking off.“How old are you, little Beau?” The scholar asked, approaching Violet, step by step. Each step he took made him look dignified and well cultured.“I cannot tell.” “Why?”“I don't like you and I don't want to have a conversation with you.”“You must be joking, I even paid for your goods, how can you not like me and not want a conversation with me?”“I didn't ask you to pay for my goods, you did it at your own convinience. Now if you'll excuse me.” Violet went to take the bags containing her goods from the shopkepper before leaving.The scholar smiled and watched her leave the shop, “I like her.”‘Oh his eyes are just brown, no big deal. There's so many people in the world with brown eyes, even my mom has brown eyes so don't get carried away.’ Violet told herself as she walked down the street filled with so many people.She unconsciously thought of Piggy but then, she remembered how dirty Piggy was. He was probably staring at some beautiful women. Angrily, she went back to the inn.
In her room, she bathed and wore a new pair of purple leggings and a white tunic. It was just the right size and it fitted with her body shape. Violet was impressed, “Was I too harsh on that scholar man?”
Her inn door opened, revealing Poison. “Don't you have any courtesy? I could've been naked.”Poison entered the room and slammed the door shut, “I came here to tell you to leave.”He looked Violet in the eyes and held her hands tightly, “Get out of Star Clan, get out of here to your hometown or anywhere. I don't care! Just leave!”Violet shrugged Poison hand off, “What are you saying?”“This mission is a death sentence. Even I, might not make it! Do you know.. we will be able to get to the Chief of Star Clan residence because the leader of Star Clan will allow it. And then we will be caught and killed.”“I don't care! All I know is I need to buy time for someone important to me.”“You might not make it.”“You neither. But we have to try.”“I don't have a reason to live on, so it's okay if I die but you.. Are still very young. There's so much for you to do.” Poison said hesitatedly.Violet was a bit surprised. Someone like Poison had a good reputation and enough riches.. how could he not have a reason to live on?
“Poison..”“Tell me you're going to leave this place.” Poison stared into Violet's eyes as though begging her to say yes.After a few moments of a looking at each other, Violet said, “I'm sorry.”Without another word, Poison left the room. Slamming the door behind him harshly to show just how angry he was.
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“Did you send the message to my aunt?” Violet asked Piggy who shook his head, “No, we're being closely watched by Mistress Azarael spies, Poison spies and the Star Clan guards; because we're foreigners. But don't worry, I'm sure your aunt must've gotten the message.”“What?”“When we passed by Nigam City I sent a message to my mother, if she has the letter I'm sure your aunt would be aware of the situation.”Violet sighed, “Why didn't you tell me you sent a letter?”
“I'm sorry, I couldn't risk being suspected.” Piggy said and Violet exhaled deeply.“Its fine. The most important thing is she received the letter. That means we'll receive help very soon.”Swords clashed in the forest, making metal sounds echo through the wild trees, scaring the forest birds into the air.Blood poured onto the ground and soon enough, a few of the armed men dropped onto the ground, lifeless.Sensing the situation, the armed men fought back more furiously untill most of of the Invaders dropped onto the ground, dead.Even after a familiar person cried his last, the invaders could do nothing but put on a strong face and fight back untill there was none of the armed men standing on their feet.“They're all dead.” Phillip said, looking at his fellow killers who were now dead.“We haven't even reached the Star rock yet, there's only four of us remaining.” Piggy said, closing his eyes and clenching his fists.Violet walked towards Lady Musa, the beloved Saintess of Lagsu district's carriage. Inside, she was shaking while holding her sword close to her chest.&
Halfway into the Star town, the chief executive of Lagsu district called for his right hand man, “Balle.”Balle who was originally walking next to his Lord's carriage turned to face his Lord through the carriage window, “Yes my Lord”“Go check on the saintess's carriage and tell her people to hurry up, we should both enter Star rock together, it'll only be appropriate.”After a nod, Balle disappeared into thin air.“Let's stop here for a moment.” Balle yelled, loud enough for his guards to hear.“But my Lord, the road is busy. We'll only cause hold up for the people if we suddenly stop here.” A guard said.The chief of Lagsu district shrugged, “We went through so much to reach star clan, I'm sure it doesn't matter if we take a break for a little while.”“Yes, my Lord.” A few of the guards said and stopped the carriage,
“You need to be absolutely careful and work on your accent. Thankfully, the Star Clan people don't know much about the Lagsu people otherwise you would've been found out.” Poison said after closing the door to the huge hall assigned for the Saintess of Lagsu.“And be more cautious, there's magic everywhere in Star Clan. Even the leader of Star Clan has the ability to see through spells like the one you have on.” Poison said while staring down at his feet.“There's no chance for us here. What more? It's just me. I can't take down the Chief of Star clan.. I don't even know where he lives for goodness sake.”Violet sighed, “Don't do anything, Poison. I—I'll tell you everything in seven days, just give me seven days and I'll tell you all you need to know.”Poison scoffed, “Listen, this is not the time to make jokes.”“I am not kidding with you. We're in a life
It was a calm day. The trees danced slowly to the wind's soft rock and the waters calmly moved forth and back in response to earth's restitution.Just when Violet took a step towards the lake filled with newly bloomed lotus flowers, she heard a soft melody played by the lute.The melody was slow at first then it fastened, to a more urgent pitch. Two steps closer to the lake, Violet felt like she was in a dream so she crouched in front of the lake and smiled with her fingers playing with the waters in the lake.The melody continued at a more aggressive pace, filling Violet's head with even more absurd thoughts such as unicorns, pretty dances, cookies, sweets. She didn't even realize when she gazed at her reflection and fell into the lake.Then her body started sinking into the lake without her knowledge. She was really far away from her body.. one could tell by the distant smile on her face.Suddenly the music from the lute stopped playing
By daybreak, Violet didn't find any trance of Poison and when she asked the maids, they said that Poison left before she woke. Violet was a bit relieved. Now she could carry out her plan accordingly.She stood in front of the building where she saw the brown eyed and waited patiently.After a few minutes, she saw someone coming out from the building. But it wasn't the brown eyed. It was the boy she saw naked in the pool— The boy with gray eyes and he seemed to be walking to her direction. Violet sighed and turned away. Which of them owned the building? The brown eyed or the gray eyed. “Hello miss?” A silky voice murmured behind her. She sighed and turned around to face the gray eyed. “Hi.” “I was informed that a female specie called Saintess Musa is here outside my yard, do you happen to be her?” “Rude! How dare you refer to a woman with such dignity as a female specie?” “Aren't you a female specie?” Upon not receiving a response, the gray eyed boy bowed. “Please forgive me,
When Violet woke up she felt refreshed and energised unlike the previous day. She also noticed that she no longer felt conflicting energies in her veins. It was such a relief. She spotted a letter on the table across her bed and internally appreciated Lance's kindness. He helped her. But she couldn't determine what his motive was. As a goddess, she could easily figure it out but in her memories, she didn't understand how she was able to do such powerful things. She felt worn out. She didn't even know who she was. She was about to break down when her thought shifted back to the letter. She stood from the bed and grabbed the letter, reading the contents out loud. Saintess, There's fresh fruits in the kitchen. Please refrain from eating heavy meals untill I say so. Don't even think of leaving the house. See you tonight. Lance. Violet scoffed. Who was he trying to boss around? She was a goddess and a princess even though she wasn't entirely sure. All she had to do was try to reme
The door opened revealing Lance. His eyes widened when he saw Violet seated on a wooden table in a different costume. White loose tunic and purple leggings with silver chains around her ankles. A staff was embedded in her right hand and a whip around her waist. She really looked like the god that was spoken of, Xenia.He shook his head. That couldn't be.The saintess consciousness was intact when he left the previous night.“Saintess..” he said, closing the door. “I'm not the saintess.” Violet hairs rose as she stood on her feet, grinning at the gorgeous soul in front of her.“You,” she whispered, taking a step towards him, “Are mine.”“Bullshit.” Lance moved his hairs to make magic but Violet appeared next to him and pinned him against the wall, staring at the dread in his stormy blue eyes. She grinned at how much he was panicking and stared down at his inviting lips.She did not hesitate.She captured his entire lips in hers and filled his heart with obsession, intoxication, pain,
“What are you going to do in Keitan anyway? You didn't tell me.”“Actually.. I'm going to see my old friend of mine.”Violet sighed.The memory she gave Lance was happy and kind. If she tainted it by being too arrogant and unkind, he could see through her illusion. So for now, she had to play the role of his lover all too well.“Which old friend is that?”“I did her a favour before and she asked me to come over so she can return the favour.”Lance smiled, “Alright. I'll escort you there—”“—There's no need for that, Lance.” She interupted, running her fingers through his chest. “I'll be back in no time.”Lance nodded hesitantly, “How long before you come back?”“Seven days.”“SEVEN DAYS?! Do you want me to die?”“Stop exaggerating Lance, seven days isn't a lot. I'm just going to catch up with my friend and have a little fun, you can also have some fun while you're here.”“I still don't get why I can't join you.”Violet sighed, resisting the urge to yell at him to stop being clingy.“L