Chapter 14: Stability [1]

Kaze, Jerome, and the princess are now making their way from the forest back to the imperial palace. They have a lot to report on, and no one expected any of this to happen. The princess is still too shaken up to speak in full sentences, though. She only responds in single words or short breaths of desperation. Whatever happened over there must have gotten to her. For the time being, Kaze was more preoccupied with the rifle she was using in that encounter. Jerome took the weapon from her and gave it to Kaze since Kaze explained earlier that he is fairly knowledgeable about how they work.

"I didn't think guns existed in this world." Kaze broke the ice, wanting to lift the tense air between the three, and at the same time get information.

"They exist in your world?" Jerome brought back the question to him.