Emlyn and Kira traveled more leisurely after they left the town. Their destination, Lakeshire, was not too far away and they wanted to enjoy the scenery too. For Emlyn, it was a much-needed distraction.
She had been thinking about Harlow a lot and it made her so sad. So, as they travel through cities and villages, seeing beautiful farms, rivers, hills, valleys, and lakes on their journey, she could forget about her suffering temporarily.
When they entered towns and stayed in a big inn, she would make ti to use Edgar's picture and ask the innkeeper or fellow travelers if they had seen him. She got lucky again when they entered a small kingdom called Elrend and spent the night in the capital, a city called Foust.
A group of knights for hire told her they saw Edgar and his n one month ago in Sumria. This made Emlyn feel relieved. She was glad to know that Edgar was still alive and seed to be doing okay.
She also felt moved because Edgar was still working hard to do what she asked of him. Emlyn really hoped she got to et Edgar and thanked him in person for his help.
It sucked to think that once Edgar returned to Draec, he would tell Mars that Emlyn was not actually dead. Maybe Mars would be an and chase Emlyn all the way to Atlantea? That could happen if he was dumb enough to be influenced by Ellena.
'Stop it, Emlyn. You're not doing yourself any favor by thinking about it,' Emlyn chided herself.
"Thank you for your information. I am glad to know my friend is okay. I hope to et him in Sumria," said Emlyn to the group of knights after they answered her questions.
"Where do you co from if I may ask?" The group leader suddenly asked Emlyn.
At this mont, Emlyn no longer wore her 'birthmark' and just disguised herself as a young man from a noble family. It was easier to get responses and good treatnt from the people she t on the road if they thought she was a nobleman.
"I ca from Draec," Emlyn replied. "It's across the ocean from here."
"Ah... so you crossed the ocean to get here?"
"Yes, I did. Why? Is there anything I can help you with?" Emlyn asked back. She was grateful for their help earlier by sharing the information that they t Edgar in Sumria, and now she wanted to repay them if they needed information about her continent.
"Well, we are going to Winterre and wondering how far is it from here," said the leader.
"Winterre?" Emlyn looked at them attentively. "Why do you want to go to Winterre?"
"We are looking for soone," the knights' leader replied. "There is a big bounty offered if we can find a woman that our king is looking for."
"Your king?"
"Not the king of Elrend, but our supre ruler, king of Sumria," said the leader with a chuckle. The king of Elrend was a sixty-year-old man. He had no business looking for a young woman.
"Ah... King of Sumria?" Emlyn just realized that the city they were staying in now was already part of Sumria.
After leaving Glasswell, they had traveled through 2 other kingdoms that were not yet colonized by Sumria. So, it looked like she had gone far enough and now she had entered the biggest kingdom in Atlantea's territory.
"What bounty?"
Suddenly, Kira's cheerful voice could be heard from behind Emlyn. The woman had just finished washing her face and changed her outfit in her room and ca down to the tavern to eat lunch with Emlyn.
She heard the knights were talking about a bounty for a woman and quickly ca closer to ask for more details. As a pirate, she loved the idea of getting a lot of money from doing a quest. Her father had countless ships and his n operated in the seven seas. If they wanted, they could find anyone.
The knights looked up to see who was asking the question. When they saw a stunning young woman stood behind Emlyn with a smirk on her face, they gasped.
"Hey... beautiful! Do you want to marry ? I will give you a good life after I accomplish my quest and find the woman the king is assigned us to search," said one knight with a broad smile.
"I have a good life, thank you very much," said Kira flatly. Her smile turned into a crooked smile as she looked at the man from head to toe. "But I am interested in the bounty. Tell about it."
Emlyn's heart skipped a beat when she heard Kira's question. She didn't know if Kira would want to hunt her as well if she knew Emlyn was wanted by three different people.
Gosh.. pirates were evil people. Emlyn should know that just because she could convince Kira to be her travel companion, it didn't an the pirate princess was suddenly turned into a good person.
Emlyn decided to be more careful. She must not let Kira know she was the sa woman that these knights were looking for.
"Nah, I cannot tell you..." the knight chuckled. "It's not like you can go find the woman and bring her to the king and get the reward. It's a man's job."
"Is it though?" Kira narrowed her eyes. "Why is it a man's job? I don't understand the logic."
Then, she slowly rolled up her sleeves to show the round snake tattoo on her arm. The five knights who were sitting at their table with wine cups in their hands suddenly gasped, and two people even dropped their cups to the floor out of shock.
"Y-you....?!" The leader's eyes bulged when he saw the snake tattoo and he looked up to Kira with a look of disbelief. Emlyn could guess that they knew who Kira was.
"Ah.. so, you've heard of ?" Kira smiled sweetly and crossed her arms on her chest, showing her tattoo even more clearly. She looked pleased to know that her group's reputation had spread far and wide.
"Are you related to... The Grim Serpent?"
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