A Tale of A Thousand Years Ago [17]

Reshi and I were walking through a tunnel and headed for the mouth of the cave. It was finally time for me to go, and that was also the reason why I'd been quiet for a while now. 

I've spared you a lot of details you probably won't be able to relate to, but during these five years, I've come to know a lot about Reshi. To explain it in short, he was a simple-minded person who wanted to avoid trouble, but he was of good heart. 

And I'd grown attached to this place too so leaving everything like this thrilled my emotions. 

Seeing that the silence stretched out for too long, I finally decided to say everything I'd been wanting to ever since we started walking. Thus I took a deep breath and made up my mind. 

"Reshi?" I said. 

"Hm?" He turned his face in my direction as he continued to walk alongside me. 

"I've never been able to say this to you, but…thank you."

"Heh, thanks? For what?"