4 : Four-Leaf Clover

As I saw him enter the bar, I went on to think of how to approach him. To be honest, I don't really get why he just went here inside this bar and drink without talking to another being.

Should I make him intimidated or Should I just seduce him? I walk towards him like I would take his order.

"Excuse me, Can you bring me some ale and a steak?" The man with a cloak who looks like a middle age man said to me. This is it. I need to talk to him now.

"Uhmm actually I don't work here" I lied.

"Oh" Then he just look away and didn't talk to me. The nerve of this guy!

It made me feel guilty but I need a much longer conversation than this! I sat down the opposite side of his table and he was actually surprised. If I can't get this the right way, then we are doing this the hard way mister!

"Excuse me. I was wondering if you were a regular customer here" I whispered to him. He was looking at me. To be precisely, my eyes. It's like he is gazing into my soul. I feel vulnerable while he's looking at me. It's not right, he should be the one intimidated, not me.

"Yes, I was looking all over for you" He suddenly said. Wait, he was looking for me? Do I know him?

"You knew me? Where?" I suddenly asked. I'm still shocked.

"You're not from here, aren't you?" How did he know that? Is he some kind of a mind reader or a magi-

Wait a minute! Is he the magician the others were talking about?

"Why yes, I'm not" I agreed to him since its the truth.

"No, I mean even in this time. You aren't from here"

"Woah, wait. How exactly did you know that?"

I'm suprised. How does he know that when he's from here?

"I can see things from the future. I cannot predict them unlike my sister but I can see things and even people. It was an unusual sensation when I first felt it but I guess that's what happens when you got your charm for the very first time"

"Charm?"

"Yes, I am a charmer. We charm things like magic do for magical things. My sister is a Magician while I, a Charmer. Charmers have 2 powers unlike Magicians who focuses on only 1 power but it makes them much more powerful than those who had 2 or more powers."

"If you can see things, can you help us?" I kindly asked.

"There are more of you here?"

"Actually, just the 2 of us right now. Maybe I'll try finding others but If we are the only ones here, then the only right thing to do is find a way back home"

"Ah I see. If you wanted to find your way back home, I'll help you" He suggested.

"Really?"

"Yes, But you need to do these challenges that I'm going to give you" Challenges? For what?

"Why do we need to do that?" I can't help but to asked. I was curious as to why we need to do something like that in order to go back home.

"Because you will get the things you need where I am leading you" So we still need a lot of things to get, in order for us to go home. I thought this would be a lot easier like what happened when we got here. Like all it need was some brownout too. But then again, they don't even have electricity here. Just candles and sun as the light.

"Wait. You are going with us?"

"No. You will just need my guidance. But I know who will want to join you in your quest"

"Who is it?" I think its his sister and him?

"My Sister. And the Knight of the 4 Kingdoms" Hold up. Why do we need that knight for our quest? We have Art here to help us. So I asked him since I was so curious as to why need the knight.

"I get why your sister is coming but why do we need to have the Knight?"

"Because he will be useful and provide you all protection" So like a bodyguard to us huh.

"Ah, but isn't he doing a duty to the Kingdom? Will that hinder him from going with us?"

"No, he needed a much more refreshing view than still being inside the kingdom" He smiled after saying that. Is he plotting something or just nice to that person? I want to know more juicy insights!

"In this quest, where do we start and what do we need to find?" I proceeded to ask the needed details for our mission. I need to grab something to eat and something for our first aid. I'll prepare it for our journey!

"You need to find the four leaf clover for your first mission."

....

I got home earlier than Art since I finished what I have to do. Then after an hour, he got home too.

I can't wait to tell him all about the mission!

"Hey" I need to welcome him and all I could tell him was hey? Really Maivy, you should come up a better way to welcome someone.

"Oh hi" then he started to went towards me and he hugged me like we didn't see each other a while ago.

"Missed me?" I snarked so he doesn't feel awkward.

"Not quiet. I just wanted to hug someone after a bad day at work" Then he sits on the couch.

"Aww. So sweet. But seriously, what happened?"

"I was on the verge of finishing the dishes then they started again to pile up after another. I started to think it was a never ending pile of dishes that I have to wash off"

"It does end. After work hours atleast"

"Yeah right it does. So what have you unfold?" He seems curious about what we talk about and I am happy to tell him about the things we have talk about. Since it will start the quest we need in order to go back home.

"You sir are asking the right questions. He expected me to come to him. He told me he is a charmer, he has a sister who is a magician, and we are to embark a quest with the sister and a knight. Tomorrow we are to meet him in a designated place far from the bar"

He looked amazed at me. Maybe he thought I couldn't do it but I did and I uncover a lot.

"Why do we need the two?" That's the first question that comes to your mind? Like why do they have magic here or why do he look like that? Well, perhaps it might have been due to a week but he looks like he have adjusted to this weird timeline we are in.

"It seems they will provide useful for our journey" Well it seems that we need a lot to pack too.

"Okay"

"That's all you have to say?"

"Yes, and I wanted to rest. Let's go to where he wants to meet us tomorrow. We should say our thanks and get our salaries there for our journey. We couldn't have done it without them" Then he sleep without changing clothes. It looks like he was really tired.

We went to the bar to say our thanks and get our salaries. It was a breath of fresh air after we went out and buy things we need for this quest at the local shop.

We proceed to go the place we are to meet with the Magician and The Knight. Then when I saw Charmer, I immediately run towards them.

"Ahhhhhh"

I almost got caught in a tree branch if it weren't for the Knight. He got me in time before I fall. Talk about good timing and fast movements.

"Ahem" Art just did that sound.

"I'm sorry" I said.

"Are you alright my lady?" He kindly asked me and help me stand.

"Why yes of course. I am just clumsy at times" I told him. So gentleman of him. Such a knight would be really wonderful for us to have! But I shouldn't be too trusting right? What if he have other agendas?

"Can we proceed with the meeting?" Art intruded.

We seated near the tree branches and then Castian started the formalities.

"I am Castian. And I am a charmer. Now that you know what I do and my name, I would like to hear each and everyone of you to tell me all about yourself. Even in just what you do and your name so that you may know each other and be civil"

The Charmer Castian said. I completely forgot to ask his name last night! We just talk about other things and I completely forgot the single most important thing to ask - his name!

"I am Nymeira. The Magician of Time" After she said that, I realize she's the sister of Castian. She is petite and has white locks as a snow. Her eyes shine like the gold sun and her skin is as pale as silk. I don't usually see curly girls with white hair here. She's the first in fact. Her looks and attitude are intimidating but I like her and she has this warmth that I just can't explain radiating within her energy. Maybe its her powers!

"I'm Martell. The Knight of the 4 Kingdoms. I'm gonna tell you the story of why I am the knight of 4 kingdoms but not right now as I can see that we need to let Castian tell us this quest after us telling our names and jobs"

Art then proceeded to present himself.

"I am Arthur Bradford. A waiter here and a Doctor in our own time" I didn't really know that he was a doctor. But at least I got to know now. I don't ask people things out of respect for their privacy. Except for that one time with Castian. It was planned.

"Oh so you are a doctor. You can heal people?" Martell seemed amused.

"Some sickness at the least" He answered.

"Okay, so you are the healer of this group to say the least" Castian said.

They all looked at me. I think they wanted to know what I do for a living since I don't talk much about myself.

"Hi Everyone! I'm Maivy Eaton"

"And?" Castian asked.

"A dishwasher here and a Baker, Writer, Martial Artist, Basketball Player and a Businesswoman"

"That's like filling up a resume. What good credentials you have and a lot of hobbies I pressume" Art suddenly told me which made quite an embarrassement to my face.

"Yes I suppose so. Shall we start with the meeting?"

He then proceeded to tell us the entirety of our first mission.

"As you know, you are here at the Alliban, which is the Capital of Amiatole. You are at the Center of the Four Kingdoms in Amiatole where Empress Raiel is the Head of them all. You need to find the Four Leaf Clover in the forest near the South Kingdom. You musn't Cross the South Kingdom before you have permision from their King for that will end your life as they have the most spears and a lot of traps in the whole Country of Amiatole." Castian explained to us.

"But how do we find it?" Martell asked.

"You need to use your skills and learn how to build up a team. And by that I bid you farewell since I have a class to teach" In which Castian replied to us a simple answer to have this mission a success.

"Thanks for nothing, brother" Nymeira uttered. She looks like mocking her brother like I do to my siblings. I miss them so much. I want to go home.

"Anything for my sister. You should make haste as you need to go to the forest before night. So that you may set up camp" A big pegasus come out of nowhere and it landed here so that Castian can ride. Then off he go wherever he might be needed to.

"Shall we start walking now?" Arthur suggested.

"We are not walking. We are taking a ride" Martell the Knight responded to him.

"With what?" I asked.

"With that" And by that, he mean something which is greater than walking can do in this timeline.

A carriage.