93 Ice Kingdom (1/2)

Right before she was about to return back to the counter I called out to her

”Um, were you the ones who invented these chocolate cakes and vanilla sweet?” I asked

”Hm? Ah, unfortunately not, we just followed the formula handed to the public, you'll find plenty of cake shops and bakeries who sell the same things in the city, although I did wish we were the only ones” She said as she sighed

”Formula handed to the public? Who created the formula?”

”I'm not sure, but I was told it was the king. Ah, and the formula wasn't handed in this kingdom, it just spread around the continent” She replied

”I-I see, thank you”

She bowed and returned to the the counter, shortly after a worker brought in 3 plates containing a spoon and our 3 mini cakes

Without wasting wasting any time, Ariel grabbed on to the spoon and cut off a piece of the vanilla cake with the strawberry on top

”It's soft...” She said with a surprised expression

Me and Serena watched as she ate it

”Mnnn, it's so good!” Said Ariel with a reddened cheeks

She then continued to eat, with a happy expression

”Aren't you gonna try?” I asked serena

”Y-Yeah”

Serena also cut a piece off the chocolate and vanilla cake and ate it

She then took another piece and another

”Is it good?” I asked

”W-Well, it's not bad...”

Why is she suddenly so quiet?

I took a piece off the chocolate cake and tried it

”Yep... This is definitely chocolate” I muttered

How nostalgic...

It didn't take long for us to finish

”That was really good” Said Serena once she was finished

”Oh, you dropped your guard” I said straight after

”Eh?! Ah...”

Seeing Serena's reaction the three of us started to laugh

”We should get goi-”

Eh...? What's going on? That presence...

Without saying anything I suddenly dashed outside of the store

”Eh? John! Wait!”

She's close... That Woman!

I ran outside and cast deprehendre, making sure I had traces of her magic locked on.

I looked around and found her, jumping from rooftop to rooftop

”Where's she going?” I muttered as I used velox to propel myself off the ground and on to the rooftop

After that, I followed her

Jumping from rooftop to rooftop, with the support of velox, I slowly got closer and closer until I eventually caught up

”Hey!!!” I shouted

She was on top of the house in front of me

She stopped turned around and looked at me

Now that I got a better look at her face, I was sure of it. That was the girl that saved me that day.

We just stared at each other without saying anything

Since I hadn't said anything, she turned around and was about to move on when I called her

She turned to me and muttered a few words, before all of a sudden, she vanished

I cast deprehendre to see if I could spot her, but it didn't work, not even deprehendre could find her.

***

As the sun began to set, I found myself standing in front of an inn near an ally

”Is she in here...?”

I walked inside and was surprised by how tidy it was

Table were set around, and there were a few people eating

”I finally found you...” I muttered as I sat by on her table

She was eating her meal and payed no attention to me

Truth be told, after I failed to find her, I walked around the city, constantly using Dephendre, I also met up with serena and Ariel and gave them money to pay for a carriage trip to Eleanor's house

They were mad that I was ditching them, but I had no choice

I wanted to talk with her alone after all.

Without saying anything, I simply watched as I waited for her to finish her meal

When she was finally done she finished her drink before looking at me

”You're the one who saved me aren't you?” I asked

In reply to my question, She nodded

”Why?” I asked

Why did she save us?

”What's your name?” she asked

”J-John” I replied

”I didn't save you, I was only going after my targets.” She said before getting up

She walked over to the exit, but once again, was stopped by me as I stood in front of her and blocked her path

”Move.”

Suddenly, I could feel an immense amount of bloodlust and danger coming from her. However, I didn't move, I still had one more thing I had to ask her

”Please make me your student!” I said as I bowed