Chapter 21 (1/2)
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at 8th of December 2018 01:52:07 PM
Chapter 21
After safely leaving the h the second great open space in the tunnelsThis ti fro at themAnd still, the Gazer came
“I didn’t look at it this timeI promise!”
Excuses were made, but when their eyes had met for a second, the Gazer looked very happy
Such s the way, but they safely reached Noir in the dwarf landsBy this ti somewhat affectionate towards the Gazer and prayed that the archer wouldn’t kill it
It was now in the evening
As they stepped out of the train, they could see the town and its s stretch out both inland and towards the seaThere wasn’t much open land near the shore, as shtly past these mountains that their destination lay
Maki quickly looked at her surroundingsWhere was that place the old ticket seller had told her about? Ah, there it wasAnd another thingThereThe carriage station
“Kaider, Nyran, thank you for helping usWell, goodbye”
Maki said to them hurriedly, Chiharu too bowed her head and the two of thee station
“Wait, waitWhere’re you going?”
“Where? To the town of Garonce”
“It will take an extra hour to get thereAnd there are not many inns”
“But, we already decidedIt’s hard to adjust once you change your schedule”
“But still…”
“There’s a carriage leaving for Garonce in 5 minutes”
Some passerby had overheard the away
“GoodYou buy the tickets, Norfe”
“Alright”
“Ah, hey!”
The two split upThe younger sister went to buy some deep fried fishThen she i back to her brother
“Oh, I guess I have no choice then”
“Are you going too?”
“We can’t just leave those two alone”
“But there are no Gazers or merpeople on land”
“I just feel like there’ll be soht”
Kaider looked up at the sky
“I don’t know if it’s just me, but it seems like there are a lot of bird people up thereCould it…”
“There’s no time”
“Ah, yeah”
They were just in ties with three rows of four-seatsThey were on the large sideThe floating stones ht was not a problem, but the mountain roads in the dwarf lands were not wideAnd so it was necessary to use carriages like these for transportationThe passengers were two children, Kaider and Nyran, and the oThe rest of the carriage was full of other baggage
“Huh? Kaider, Nyran”
The two children with bags looked at them with puzzled expressions
“Well, we decided that it won’t be too bad to go to the next town”
“OhSo we’ll sit together again”
The older brother seelad of their decisionThe sister sat next to them and cut open some bread with a knife in order to stuff them with the fried fishShe made two of these and cut one in half and the other into three pieces
“HereI orried because the fish was so big, but it see it to me?”
“Because there’s still quite soave the other passenger sohtly cold, the fresh fish was seasoned with vinegar and salt, which went very nicely with the breadAfter that, the siblings shared a bottle of fruit juice that they had bought at the station
The carriage had s on both sidesAs it was going up a ood view of the town of NoirWhen the sun started to set, lights began to slowly appear throughout the city
“Hey, Norfe, Chouze”
“Yes?”
Norfe answered without taking his eyes away fro to do in Garonce?”
“It’s only one stop for usWe are headed for Groeon townAnd it is close to the Shadow WorldIt is no place you ones so young”
“But, we think our mother’s cousin is there”
“Cousin?”
“An adventurer”
“But adventurers will h Gro there…”
“We have to goWe have to see it”
Norfe said as he looked on aheadThey decided that it was better to not ask any , Kaider and Nyran?”
“We are…”
“Gromble”
“Oh, uh, yeahWe are adventurers, after allWe were just thinking of going to Gromble”
“Oh, I seeHave you been there before?”
“Of course, we haveIt’s practically our hoot a little bored, you know, and were spending soeons”
A little bored? Only a child would fall for that excuseNyran thought
“Oh, and then frodomDid you ride an airshi+p?”
“We did indeedAirshi+ps only fly once a week, you know? It was actuallyone”
H for itAirshi+ps were expensiveToo expensive for any adventurer to rideIndeed, Kaider and Nyran had things they wanted to keep hidden as wellThey couldn’t talk too much, as their story wouldn’t survive any scrutiny
“Ah, we have now reached the highest point of the roadThe rest of the journey to Garonce will be downhill”
“Oh”
The children looked forlornly at the seaThe carriage slowly descended the h”
Suddenly, the children looked doard and held their faces
“What is it?”
Kaider asked with concern in his voice
“My right eye…” “My right eye…”
They said
“Right eye?” “Right eye?”
What did theyWe’re just playing”
“You should choose one, instead of laughing and acting in pain at the same time”
The children said ‘Does it ache? It does, doesn’t it?’ to each other as they giggled while looking down, there hands on their foreheadsThen they sees
“The miasma is thicker now”
“You can tell?”