Welco to Acacia Village. I read. I turned to my companion, Hers and gave him a questioning look. Any thoughts why the village is nad after a tree?
He shrugged and said; No idea. They were the ones who nad the village. We tend to not intervene with them and look after them from afar.
-Right.
The two of us, dressed in incognito, headed inside the village. I couldnt help but marvel at the scene before . The village was a breath of fresh air. Sure, there were people crowding the road, but the place was not as big, nor as crowded, as Azte City.
Definitely a breath of fresh air.
What do you think Nyxtriel? Hers asked his mouth in a proud smile.
Right. They have settled in calling Nyxtriel again instead of Luna. They said it would be safe to use the na as long as I was with one of the foreign gods. Since they were close to and Elthesia, it would not be suspicious if they invoke my na, and would not draw the celestials attention.
To be honest, it was quite refreshing. I missed being called by my original na despite living as Luna Hysi for the last eight years. Of course, the na Luna also had a place in my heart since most of my current friends knew by that na.
Later on, I decided to pick a na that mixed up my two nas once I was ready to leave Avalon Isles.
Anyway
Wow. Your kids are quite sothing. I comnted and darted my eyes around. We were in the part of the village that seems to be the marketplace.
I couldnt help but check out the stalls since it had an abundance of fresh produce!
Most of them are battle oriented you know, so seeing sothing like this is really sothing. Hers replied after buying an apple from a stall. But of course, none of them were really told of the origins of their ancestors so theyre more accustod to the ways of Afasia, especially in the ways of survival. Not to ntion local residents of this world has mixed with them over the years.
They were never told?
I was curious and quite sad at the fact that the people in the island were technically descendants of those that sought refuge from their dying world, yet they were not inford of it. Of course, Athena once discussed the pros and cons of letting their current descendants know of their dead world.
It will be a disaster. she once told .
Hers and I continued our tour without much worry. I was wondering why no one seed to bat an eye at us despite being not from there, so I asked Hers about it.
Theyre used to it. he replied with a shrug. This island is used to having visitors every now and then, being a sizeable island, you know? It sits northeast of the Central Continent and were in the path of any ships that travel on the Northern, Central and Eastern Continents. They get lots of visitors. Well used to.
Used to?
Stuff happened, like pirates and conquerors and stuff. At the mont, the entire island is under the rule of soone who claims to be a descendant of the Afasian gods. I raised an eyebrow at such claims.
Thats impossible. Afasian gods dont procreate with the residents of the human realm. Its below them. I retorted. At most they bless soone, or they temporarily live mortal lives due to a trial, or soone from the human realm beco so powerful they could live as one of the celestials. But half-bloods like you guys do? Thats unheard of. And even if one does try, the child is guaranteed to not survive since it is whats stated in the Ancient Laws.
At the ntion of the Ancient Laws, an image suddenly popped up inside my head. The image of a familiar looking fox in the lap of a huge woman with multicolored hair and kaleidoscopic eyes popped up in my mind. I got dizzy for a second and clutched my head at the sudden pulsing pain.
Nyxtriel? I heard Hers call out worriedly. Are you alright?
I shook my head. The image beca fuzzy and then vanished, becoming unreachable all of a sudden.
-What was that about?
Im fine. I answered after regaining my bearing. Just a mory. Im talking about the Celestials in a bad light and even ntioned the Ancient Laws so it probably brought back so mories.
Probably?
I got mories worth thousands of years Hers. You should know yourself its not easy to rember really old mories.
-I think that image is an old mory of mine. Oh well.
So about this supposedly descendant of a celestial?
Right Hers looked at suspiciously but I just shrugged and we continued walking. Well, hes bad news. He has the bandits and most of the pirates in the island under his wing. Those who are not steer clear of them. Regular citizens of this island are afraid of him and his n, so theyre quite careful. Other than the monthly raids they do in villages, theyre doing okay, I guess.
I gasped at such a news. No matter how I looked at it, it was a very bad situation!
And youre not doing anything? These are your people! I exclaid. I suddenly blushed seeing everyones eyes on .
Hers dragged to an empty alley so we could continue with our conversation.
You know we cannot directly interfere with mortal affairs. he hissed. We may have lost our world, our universe, but that ntality, that idealism, is in our heads and habits. And its also one of the conditions we agreed upon when we chose to live in this world.
I sighed and tapped his shoulder, calming him down.
Sorry. I was just- Okay. Never mind then. I guess they have to do sothing themselves to get out of this situation. Thats what it ans to be a citizen of the human realm.
He seed to have relaxed which I was glad.
Yeah. It would be nice if so hero shows up, defeats that guy, kick him and his gang out and save the island, right?
Sohow, Hers was giving that knowing look. As if trying to say I should try and save the island or sothing.
-Is he trying to say I should fight the guy? Hes not serious, is he?
All of a sudden, I heard screams and thunderous laughs. I peeked from the alley Hers and I were in and was shocked to see n in horses with swords and bows.
Hers?
Oh yeah, today is the date of the monthly raid.
I was ready to lash out at the mischievous god of travels and thieves, but then I stopped and thought the lives of people are more important than beating up an immortal man.
Surprise!
I could only stare at him with a shake of my head. I peeked at the ongoing raid again and couldnt help but gasp when one of the raiders struck a man with a sword.
I thought your people are warriors! I hissed at Hers who was only looking at apologetically.
They are! Its in their blood! But they havent really been warriors for a long ti so they only have reflexes now rather than experience.
I could only shake my head and got ready to charge. But before I could even exit the alley, Hers held back.
What are you doing? he asked.
Trying to help. Now let go of .
No! Are you kidding?! Thar guy who claims hes the descendant of one of your gods? Hes not kidding about his powers! If you go against him now, hell make you eat dust!
So we just let these people suffer? Theyre your people, if you suddenly forgot.
Thats not what I ant!
He grabbed my waist and pulled closer to him. We were suddenly engulfed in light that I had to close my eyes because of the brightness. When I opened my eyes again, I was back in Avalon Isles, in front of my cabin.
HERS!
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