... Doubts...

Laila felt so angry. How could Dylan do such a thing to her after confessing his feelings?

Aaron wondered about what was going on between the both of them. As far as he knows, Dylan was desperate to gain Laila's affection.

- Dylan, what's wrong? Did Laila do something?

Dylan lay on the floor and closed his eyes:

- It's nothing, let's sleep...

Despite closing his eyes, he didn't sleep a wink. He was thinking about Laila.

" What did I do? Why I am afraid to confront her? I only have to ask her. But what if she lies again? What if there is something else I don't know about? I thought that she confessed the whole truth. Was it another lie?..."

Laila went back to the other room and acted as if nothing did happen.

- Sarra, are you feeling any better?

Sarra was laying on the ground like a dead person.

- I'm extremely exhausted, I can't even move a finger. I need to regain my energy back.

- I still can't believe what did happen to us.

- Yeah, it was like a very bad dream. By the way...How did you know that the emerald was the right choice?

And before Laila could answer the door knocked and Mei entered the room. Sarra stood up while looking cautious.

- What do you want?

Mei sat down beside them.

- Can I spend the night with you?

Sarra was confused. If Mei hates her, she wouldn't make such a request.

" Is she planning to do something while we are sleeping? "

Mei noticed that Sarra was suspicious of her:

- I hate you...

- I know that.

- No you don't...I hate you because you made me realize that all my beliefs about witches were wrong.

- Is this some kind of confession?

- I just wanted to thank you for saving my life. Now that I think about it, you could get rid of me when you knew that I'm a witch hunter. Back then, I didn't have my sword. You could use your magic and kill me if you wanted, but you decided to only hide it from me and act normal. I...I'm sorry for attacking you furiously without even thinking. I don't know why grandpa said such horrible things about you, but I believe now that he was wrong.

Sarra was quite surprised after hearing those words coming from Mei. She felt happy that she finally could convince her otherwise.

- I'm glad that you finally understood. To be honest, I lost hope after seeing how much you were determined to kill me.

Mei felt ashamed after recalling what she did to them. She bowed to Sarra:

- I'm sorry, I hope you accept my apology.

Sarra held her hand and made her sit straight:

- I'm sorry too for your brother's loss, It must be so hard for you. I hope the culprit will get what he deserves.

At that moment Mei started crying. She suppressed her feeling and has never cried since her brother's death.

- What is happening to me? I...I shouldn't cry.

Sarra and Laila hugged her:

- It's okay, You can cry as much as you want.

Mei cried like a little girl until she fell asleep. Sarra and Laila joined her and slept deeply until the morning.

The group gathered again at the breakfast table. The girls looked refreshed while the boys looked tired.

- How was your night, Aaron? You seem tired.

- Dylan kept rolling over all night. He didn't let me sleep a wink.

Dylan looked at Laila but she ignored him this time.

" She must be angry, I have to talk to her. "

Instead, she talked to Mei:

- So, Mei. You will stop hunting witches, right?

- No...

Everyone stopped eating and looked at her while being confused.

- Don't worry, I will only hunt bad witches. I won't attack until I make sure of that.

- But, you lost your sword.

- My grandfather left a lot of weapons behind. I will carry his legacy as I promised but in a different way.

Sarra patted Mei's head while smiling:

- You are very stubborn. I wish you good luck.

- Thank you.

After finishing breakfast, they said goodbye to Mei and her grandmother, then they headed toward the airport.

- Now, where are we going?

- According to Tarou's maps, we must go to Mexico...WAIT A MINUTE!

Suddenly Dylan stopped while looking at his notebook

- What's wrong Dylan?

- When that dragon appeared, it gave us only the clue... There was no map! How could Tarou know about the next destination?

- This is weird! Did we miss something in that place?

- I'm not sure, a lot of things happened while we were there.

- What should we do now? Should we summon that dragon again?

- No, we wasted enough time. Since we have the map and the clue, we must keep going...

They decided to continue their journey to Mexico without searching for the ancient map...