Chapter 334 - Six months (1/2)
The group of six had started their journey to head back to Avrion, and although they could have ridden on the back of Noir for a quick journey, it would draw too much attention. Perhaps some guilds would have started hunting it.
There was also the fact that the Redwings were now in enemy territory. However, the Queen herself wasn't against the Redwings in any personal way. That didn't mean others felt the same way. It was more likely that they would try to capture the Redwings to get on the Empire's good side regardless if the Queen had given an order or not.
Right now, the six of them were at the back of a carriage. Using the money that Jack and Martha had earnt, they hired a man to take them there. It was a costly ride since Avrion was considered a long way, and there were even fewer people willing to go there now.
At first, nearly every person had refused, but eventually, they had found a man greedy enough to do it for the hefty sum of a gold coin.
”You're getting ripped off, you know?” Bliss said.
”Do we have a choice?” Ray said. ”We're lucky someone is even willing to take us there.”
The six of them were starting to get to know each other as they shared stories. After all each of them had spent six months inside Roland. Ray stayed at the academy while the other three outside. The biggest shock to all of them had been Van and Bliss's introduction.
The first one was Van, he introduced himself to them as the Prince of the Alure kingdom. The others knew of this detail due to the Queen's request, but were surprised at how Ray had managed to get him to come over to the Redwings.
”I think its best if you no longer introduce yourself like that,” Martha said. ”I know it's painful to forget and leave your city, thank you for journeying with us.”
”Don't worry, I was the one who wanted to join the Redwings. Besides, Ray saved my life more than once, and I'm used to hiding my identity by now, so don't worry.”
But what really shocked everyone is when Bliss introduced herself, and even Ray was surprised. She had told everyone she was the Divine being, at first Martha, Jack and even Lenny started to laugh, but when they saw that Ray and Van weren't laughing, their laughter quickly turned into faces of shock.
”You can't be serious?” Martha said. ”We saw the Divine being it was nothing but a crystal.”
”You can confirm it yourself when we get back to Avrion. Those crystals are no longer active as she has returned to her human form.” When Ray was explaining everything, he was speaking in a tone that seemed like he was annoyed by the whole thing.
The others couldn't quite understand why that was.
”It would be easier if I showed you all.” Bliss then waved her wand, and at the same time, each person had an image appear in their head. It was segments of Bliss's past, and even times when she was a crystal. She even managed to show them memories that only they would have seen related to the Divine being.
After seeing these images, the group was more reassured that she was telling the truth. ”I thought something was up,” Lenny said. ”I wondered how you could tell what everyone was at first glance.”
”Well, I was at the field when the Shadow Guard attacked, so I got to witness all three of your skills on first hand. Not so much Wolf boy but he just smells different to the rest of you.” Bliss replied.
”Smell different?” Jack said as he started to sniff his arm. Jack thought he had a keen nose yet he couldn't tell he smelt different from the others. Unless they were talking about the slightly sour smell coming off from his body, but that was just because he regularly worked out in the morning to train himself.