19 The Destined One (2/2)
Don nodded and began to walk towards Amaryll's hut carrying the half-elf.
After a few steps, Don came in front of Amaryll and Arwen's hut,
It was a makeshift hut crudely made by some woods and branches and covered in long big leaves. The hut was six feet tall and two people could share the floor comfortably, there were no beds or anything just an animal fur spread to sleep and a cloth bundle as a pillow as in front of the hut was a small fire pit to warm-up.
Don entered the hut and knelt before the makeshift bed and gently dropped her on the bed but the half elf's arms were tightly wrapped around his neck.
Seeing this Amaryll walk towards them and removed half elf's hands around him as Don finally put down the half-elf on the bed.
Don gazed at the half-elf for a moment and gently stood up and walked outside while Amaryll, Arwen, Knight followed him behind.
”Don is he dead?” Amaryll couldn't help but ask with the nervous voice Don who was watching the late morning sky, his brown hair was blowing in the wind
Don neglected her gaze and continued to look at the sky
”Yes he's dead”
This was just mere words but it lifted the huge burden in Amaryll's heart as her face revealed a relieved look and breathed a heavy sigh but Arwen was not relieved not much as Amaryll.
Arwen knew the true purpose of Don's visit to Minister Bryan, it was not simply to kill him but to know more about the mysterious mage.
For a few breaths time nobody spoke, the five of them just remained there in silence just when Don pulled out some folded papers from his pant pocket and reached his hand towards Uncle Dior gesturing him to take the papers.
With a confused look on his face, Uncle Dior stepped forward to take the papers from his hand, the papers looked aged and made of finer material as he opened the papers to see a map of outer lands and a red X' mark on the map.
”It's a map...map of outer lands and wait….” Uncle Dior frowned and stared at the map confusedly.
At the moment everyone was looking at confused Uncle Dior including Don,
”It's the map of outer lands alright but this X points to the middle of nowhere”
”Let me take a look” Amaryll stepped towards Uncle Dior and peeked at the map over his shoulder.
”Hmm there should be nothing there except trees and more trees” Amaryll exclaimed.
”Arwen do you have any ideas on what is on there?”
Amaryll grabbed the map from Uncle Dior and handed it over to her brother as Arwen took the map and stared at it for a while and studied the map and ran his fingers through the surface of the map.
Seconds later Arwen eyes lit up in realization as his hands started to shake a bit he slowly looked at the people who were watching him with surprise and urged to know his answer.
”It's the castle it must be the castle,” Arwen said and his body was trembling
”What castle? Arwen what are you talking about?” Amaryll urged him.
Don and Knight looked at each other and turned their gaze to Arwen
”It...It's the lost castle of Dragon King” Arwen was still trembling as he said
”No, it's not possible I thought the castle was destroyed along with Dragon King” Uncle Dior's voice had a tinge of fear while speaking to Arwen.
”No, it's not destroyed my grandfather told me the Dragon king teleported the castle and hid it with magic before he died” before Arwen could finish Amaryll asked
”Then how do you know it's the castle of Dragon king?”
”Because grandfather told me before the Dragon King died that he made a map and sent it away with his trusted bodyguard...” Arwen recalled his memories for a minute and continued
”Grandfather told me that the Dragon king ordered the guard to hid the map safely so that only someone with the world-changing Destiny could find the castle”
”This couldn't be the map the guard hid right? I mean how could you possibly tell what that map looked like?” Amaryll couldn't believe Arwen.
”Because this is not an X its the symbol of Dragon king” Arwen pointed at the X on the map to Amaryll and Uncle Dior,
”Look closely and touch the X you'll see it's not X but two dragons crossing each other”
Amaryll quickly grabbed the map from Arwen's hands and stared at it closely and rubbed her fingers on the X and shouted in surprise,
”Yes Yes Yes you were right Arwen it is two dragons is it really pointing towards the Dragon King's castle?”
Uncle Dior watched the excited Amaryll for a moment and turned towards Don,
”Don where did you get this map?”
”It was in the hidden safe of Bryan” as he said the excited look on Amaryll's face vanished
”Why did he have this map? Is he found the castle” Amaryll held tightly the aged map and stared at Don
”No he didn't, if he did why was he not in the castle”
”Don's right, if what Arwen said is true only the one with the destiny could find the castle right? Then how could our dead minister be the destined one”
Knight spoke in confidence and certainty.
”What Knight said makes sense it's not someone like Bryan can find the Dragon king's castle” Arwen agreed with Knight.
”We have to find this castle” Don stepped forward and removed his magic mask and revealed his real face as he said.