Chapter 17 Vol.1

Chapter 17:Lie

Calliope Mori sits on the very same rock in the training grounds looking at me with still eyes.

"So what do you need from me today?" [Calli]

I'm hesitant, we have a good relationship with each other now and she has been the reason I could come this far. I don't want to ruin it for the both of us but I need to clear my doubts in order for me to move on.

"Why did you lie about my origins?" [Edge]

"I didn't lie, you faced a dragon" [Calli]

"Explain how you found me." [Edge]

"You were battered and unconscious." [Calli]

"Where was I found and why were you there?" [Edge]

"That's enough of this." [Calli]

Calli spoke in her normal tone, she wasn't angry or imposing.

"What do you really want to know"[Calli]

I really need to know how Calli manages to see through me every time.

"The map..., why did you lie about here being North!"[Edge]

Calli's eyes widened, she looked at the ground and seemingly bewildered by my statement.

"What the fuck do you mean that we're not at North?" [Calli]

Calli seems enraged by my statement but I think that it could be just another act because I had proof in my hands.

"I know that according to the map we are actually in the East."[Edge]

I have never seen the cool composed Calli being ever so confused.

"What map? No way they changed the cardinal directions without me knowing it!" [Calli]

"It's the map Pekora gave me."[Edge]

"Show it to me."[Calli]

I handed over the map to Calli, her eyeballs zipped through every detail on the map in an instant and she then shut it. she folded the map back and returned it to me. She placed her hands covering her face and I could hear muffled voices. Calli retracted her hands, crossed them together into a fist, and covered her mouth with it.

"I'm sorry."[Calli]

I was surprised by Calli's honesty and that she is admitting her mistake.

"I know it's hard for you to trust someone, especially me. I really tried my best to give my all and we both know that there are moments that we share where we trusted each other fully." [Calli]

"I know that I can be unreliable, like how I wrongly estimated the time we climb the mountain as in my usual pace and also that time where you got hurt when I was severing Hatotaurus."[Calli]

"I am afraid that those things that happened would break our trust because I seem to be failing you from time to time and even endangered your safety during your Ki practice."[Calli]

I never thought the real Calli would think of it this way, I was expecting a confession for her lies but now, she is opening up her insecurities.

"Putting your origin aside, to think that this faulty map would be the cause of our distrust I could only blame myself for not being good enough. "[Calli]

"Wait! the map's wrong? No way I was assured that it's correct!"[Edge]

Calli looks at me with sad eyes. She pointed at the cardinal directions on the map.

"This map is probably the best you could find in the continent as if it was captured from the space. However, the cardinal directions are wrong here."[Calli]

On the map East is on the top, North is on the right, south is on the bottom and west is on the left.

"The correct way is NESW starting with North at the top. The map is not wrong, the directions are. "[Calli]

I felt embarrassed by the conviction that I had earlier. I can tell that Calli was extremely disappointed with me and she felt my suspicion towards her trust was undeserved over a map. However, there's one thing I must know.

"Had you ever lied to me?"[Edge]

Calli stood up gently from her place and started moving away

"Never, It's just a truth that you've yet come to understand." [Calli]

She turns around to face me and returned to her usual demeanor.

"Now, listen It's easy to remember the 4 cardinal directions in the correct order. Just follow me and say it 'Never Eat Sea Weed'. "

It was too sudden and out of the blue so I followed her instructions as she seems to be weird at the moment.

"Never Eat Sea Weed..?"[Edge]

"Good, after all of this is over, I shall bring you all over the world to see everything and anything that this world could offer, so train yourself well and I will keep my word ok?"[Calli]

I can see she is trying to make up for her blunder, maybe she feels really guilty about me making such an elementary mistake.

"Sure Calli." [Edge]

"Alright we should go to bed now, do you want me to sleep beside you tonight?"[Calli]

"...Sure."[Edge]

"Okay then be sure to wash yourself up and I'll tell you about the story behind that snow elf."

"Really!?"[Edge]

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