Resting

Liao: "Then. Promised me to not tell this to the other."

Grel: "Sure." While the other is already asleep because Liao just leaves them and watches her reading the whole time.

I woke up Fasmel and Arhi and we thanked Liao Lin for the information she gave. Fasmel and Arhi's eyes were still barely open and confused if they missed something.

Liao: "Don't forget to bring Dai Ca and the girl later." She is watching us from the second floor. We walked out toward the circle gate.

Grel: "Alright." I waved to her. She still looks serious after reading the book for a long time.

Fasmel: "Eh? Eh? Did she say something before?" Her eyes are still barely open. Seems she is still confused.

The sun was almost falling and we entered the noon time.

We decided to go back to our restroom after getting some food from here and the time is entering the night this time. After a moment we finally arrived at the restroom.

We don't see anyone inside.

Arhi: "Where are Dai and Kiwi?"

Grel: "Hmmm... Probably they just went out and found some food as well."

Grel: "We just leave them both quite long."

Then Fasmel sat down on some of the beds.

Fasmel: "*Sigh. Then can you tell me what she said to you while we sleep?"

While Fasmel was talking, Arhi also walked toward the bed and she sat on the same bed with Fasmel right beside her.

Grel: "There's nothing much..." I walk on the other bed and sit on it. Since I'm also tired.

Grel: "I never expect the crystal can do anything else besides granting the user e power."

Arhi: "So what did she tell you."

I'm thinking for a second since she told me a lot. I still don't even know what's the meaning she said to me. She said I will understand it quickly once I found it.

Grel: "Hmmm... Let's just say we should go get the crystal first from the mountain we tried to climb before."

Arhi: "Hmmm... Alright."

Fasmel decided to lie down on the bed.

Fasmel: "*Sigh... This journey is not something I expected."

Arhi: "I'm still confused about how you graduated after I know you don't know what the Romawi number is."

Fasmel flinched.

Fasmel: "Th-That's none of your business!"

She grabbed one of the pillows and hugged it really thickly.

Fasmel: "I'm just not that type of person."

She looks in the other direction and none of us can see her eyes.

Arhi paused because she said a word like that. It seems she is concerned about her life with her father.

Arhi: "Sorry. I don't mean to."

I smiled looking at how close they were.

Grel: "It was a lot to say but at least we know how to enter an unknown place where anyone doesn't know in the mountain."

Arhi: "Is it about the crystal?"

Grel: "Yes. The reason people don't know or don't find any of the crystals up there is that there's a hidden sealed door in it."

Grel: "The one who sealed the place was someone with high insight and he can see the future by accident."

Grel: "Liao said he was alive even before the war began. And he can see any future life he wanted when he touches the object."

Grel: "The description is not long enough to descript the man. But he sees this world's future will be in a huge fight because of this crystal."

Grel: "So to break the seal. First, we will use Kiwi nose to help us where the exact location of the crystal is hidden."

Grel: "Liao Lin said it was a bonus for us. She can help us a lot in the future."

Grel: "Then when Kiwi found it. We need to burn the seal. And we should see the door after that one."

Arhi: "Then how to know where the door is?"

Grel: "Ummm... I honestly don't know."

Arhi: "Heeh? Did we really do this?"

Grel: "Liao Lin said, I would understand it quickly later."

The flashback where Liao said something to me.

Liao: "I can sense it from you. You could do it. I don't want to give you that cheat information."

Liao: "It's also part of your test. Improving is not also by using physical or power you had. But using your brain is also your power."

Liao: "Or do you wish I said that and be a cheater like the old man?" She mentions Fasmel's father.

Scenes back to where we talk.

Arhi: "I see... She really hates that man for some reason."

Grel: "Yea... I guess..." I can feel her hatred by remembering how Fasmel's father refused to give me the sword. *I squished my arm remembering that.

Arhi looking at me and my arm.

Then someone opened up the door of our restroom. It was Kiwi and Dai Ca.

Kiwi: "I'm back!" She runs toward Fasmel laying down on the bed while she hugs the pillow with her.

Dai knowing us is already here. She bowed to me and then closed the door.

Kiwi checks Fasmel hiding her face with her pillow. She moves the pillow a little bit. It turns out Fasmel is already sleeping.

Kiwi: "Is she dead?"

Dai: "Don't say that word you know..."

She came toward Kiwi.

Dai: "Here. If she breathes, she is still alive."

Kiwi just looked excited looking at her breath. Is she still not understanding about how a living being alive or is she just a kid...

Then we decided to take a rest since it was already night and we continued to go there the next morning. Since Fasmel is already asleep, Dai Ca and Kiwi sleep beside her. Kiwi was in the middle and Dai Ca hugging her. While Arhi and I sleep in the other bed. Arhi faces the other side avoiding eye contact with me. They were all already asleep while I was looking at the top.

I was still thinking about what Liao Lin said to me.

Grel: "Hmmm... What did she mean by improving my mind?"

My eyes are getting heavier.

Grel: "Did she mean I should read the book more?"

Then unwittingly, I'm already falling asleep.

Then someone called my name.

???: " Grel..." The sound is familiar

Arhi: "Grel... You awake?" My eyes are slowly opening up. Arhi was calling beside me with a low voice so the other girl did not wake up from it. It turns out she was already standing upright on the other side of the bed near the balcony door divider.

Grel: "Hmmm?"

Arhi: "Shhh. Just come out for a second."

She walked toward the door and then slid it slowly. It makes a little sound but is not noisy. And she walks to the balcony.

Why is Arhi waking me up? I look at the other girls. They are still sleeping. And I'm still hard to open up my eyes and it is still night time. It seems I already slept for a moment then she just woke me up.

Then I walked to the balcony and slid the door slowly and closed it.

Arhi already leaned their body and hand toward the balcony fence and looked at the cliff. I walk toward her.

Grel: "What's the matter..."

Arhi looked at me for a moment, then she went back looking at the cliff. I just leaned on the balcony fence beside her. The wind was breathing and it hit our faces.

Arhi: "I was... Not feeling good for some reason."

Not feeling good?

Grel: "You mean you get sick?"

Arhi: "No..."

Arhi: "I feel something bad is waiting for us."

Something bad?

Grel: "Something bad? You mean you sense a demon here?"

Arhi: "I'm not sure..."

Arhi: "I just feel something bad..." I see her hand tremble. It's hard to see it but I can see it tremble. So, she was scared about what was going to happen.

I understand how Arhi is feeling. We might encounter high demons.

I grabbed her hand and it surprised her.

Grel: "Calm down. I was the one who asked both of you to help me with this."

Grel: "I promise to protect you."

She looked at me for a moment. Her hand seems to calm down after it.

Arhi: "You promised right."

Grel: "Of course..."

She moved her hand I grabbed it.

Arhi: "I was scared that I was not strong enough. The barrier about how powerful people are between the old person and the young person was unbearably high."

Arhi: "I was scared that my own power is not strong enough to deal with one of the older demons I will be facing later."

I see... So that's what she is concerned about.

Grel: "You should trust yourself more Arhi."

She looked at me again.

Grel: "Even though there's no hope to change our destination. Even though we were born in the middle of a high barrier."

Grel: "Don't stop your hope. And that's what I do right now."

I smiled at her.

Arhi eyes sparkle after hearing my words.

Arhi: "I see..." She smiled.

Arhi: "A hope..."