78 Rage and Tears (1/2)

Finally catching back up with Alan and the others Alice ran up to them and picked Sora up and spun her in the air.

”I am back! ” Alice said, surprising Sora.

”Yayyy! ” Sora laughed as Alice spun her a few more times and set her down.

”So what did he want to talk about? ” Hara asked curiously.

”Nothing special, I guess he had heard about me being an envoy and wanted to speak with me a little. ” Alice replied as they walked.

”Well since we still have time to waste we had planned on going to upgrade our armor and weapons, would you like to come with us? ” Joey asked, pointing out one of the shops.

”Sure I haven't had the chance to go to one of those in a long time. ” Alice replied as they entered the blacksmiths shop.

”Would you mind looking after Sora while we talk with the blacksmith here? ” Alan asked, knowing Alice would probably agree giving him some free time to properly pick out some new items.

”Sure I can teach her a bit on how to use her elements. ” Alice replied, taking Sora's hand and leading her to a bench to sit on while they waited on them to finish their shopping.

”I wanna learn how to fly! ” Sora said excitedly.

”Haha, slow down hun you still have a long way to go before you can do something like that. First you need to be able to control the air around you and bend it to your will. ” Alice replied, enjoying the thought of teaching her little friend.

”How can I do that? ” Sora asked, tilting her head a little.

”Close your eyes and do what I tell you to do okay? ” Alice said, waiting for Sora to close her eyes and wait for instructions. ”Now that your eyes are closed and feel the breeze pass by you, I want you to try thinking of making the breeze go faster okay. ”

Keeping her eyes shut Sora did what Alice had told her and tried her hardest to force the air to go faster.

”Don't force it, relax and imagine someone is blowing the wind. ”

Relaxing more Sora managed to make the wind go a little faster around her picking up pace the more she relaxed and got use to the feeling.

”Good girl, now try to make the wind swirl around in the palm of your hand concentrate on keeping the wind where I touch. ” Alice said, picking Sora's hand up and lightly touching the palm of her hand.

Seeing Sora relaxed and trying her hardest to be able to do it Alice sat back and gave her a little boost by getting Sora started. Making the wind swirl slowly in Sora's hand and slowly pulling away her influence on the element, Alice was happy to see that Sora was managing to keep the wind going on her own.

”Keep doing this until you can open your eyes and keep the wind going, get familiar with this feeling if you start feeling weak you have to stop. ” Alice instructed, noticing Hara glancing over at them in between looking through various weapons.

After having purchased all their new equipment and repairing what they wanted, Alan, Hara, and Joey joined Alice and Sora.

”How long has she been asleep? ” Hara asked, sitting next to Sora.

”Not very long, she used up a lot of her mana practicing what I was showing her. ” Alice replied with a smile moving some of Sora's hair out of her face while she rested.

”THERE SHE IS!! ” A man yelled out pointing at Sora through the crowd of people in the street.

”What is going on? ” Alan asked, not knowing who the man was pointing at.

”Who knows, they are probably referring to me. ” Alice replied standing up and waiting for them to come up and confront her.

”MAKE WAY THE ROYAL GUARD IS COMING THROUGH! ” He yelled out again as he and roughly twenty men followed behind him.

”What do you want? ” Alicee asked, stepping forward.

”This is none of your concern just get out of my way. ” He said rudely as he pushed Alice to the side and stood in front of the sleeping Sora.