"Really..?", Valeta turned towards Nolak with disbelief."Yeah why not?", Nolak shrugged. "But i was told that i do not possess that z-zol..? energy?". "Zok. It's called Zok, but you can still learn the royal magic if you want". Valecta's face brightens up as she finally hears what she had been desperately wanting to hear. "S-so that means i do not require Zok to perform the royal magic?", Valecta questioned, the contentment quite frankly visible on her face. "Royal children are blessed with Zok through their blood. Zok is too inferior to a Royal's blood and thus if we welcome Zok it will fuse with our blood and our blood turns black causing our body to inhale...black magic."
Black magic was the most powerful form of magic which people rarely possessed. The dragons hated the black magic as it withdrew their energy and caused the land's energy to turn rotten. It was forbidden when during the existence of the fifth flame. "Black magic?!", Valecta let out a short yell. "Be quiet, even the Abigails are against this kind of magic".
"They are? i though they hated the Drakosi's?"
"They do but this kind of forbidden magic is the only one that can compete with their now overly powered by artificial sources foxes"
"They have their own mythical animal?"
"Every family does but the animals had refused to step up for the families they belong to due to the presence of the dragons"
"The dragons sound rather very intimidating"
He chuckled and spoke in a voice, sounding like a restrain over his emotions,"They were.."
Both sat in their places for a while before Valecta decided to break the silence "When.. are we going to start this training..?". Nolak chuckled, amused by Valecta's determination and curiosity.
"Let's start tomorrow." ,Nolak answered. "Where are we to train?", Valecta questioned. "Hmmm ,how about the waterfall you love so much?". "I thought you said the royal blooded people weren't allowed". "I doubt i'll have to come anywhere close to the waterfall". Valecta was confused as the man had left her hanging between his words.
The sunset passed and the night soon became dark and darker. Valecta, Brit and the now enlarged Zezu slept on the straw mat which was so generously offered by the two strangers. Valecta slept on the right with Brit to her left and zezu beside him. She couldn't sleep as she thought about Nolak's words spoken the day before. "Me? royal blood? no chance..", she thought to herself as her eyes rested on the ceiling above her. Wide eyed she thought to herself with the never ending thinking train.
A voice in her head calls out to her. She springs up from the straw mat, wide eyed and startled as her breath turns heavy.She clenches her chest as the oxygen that had left her body for a second returns. She notices the strong, cool breeze outside the window and decides to leave the cabin to get some fresh air. Stepping out bare footed, the grass beneath her tickled her feet as she slowly approached the edge of the cliff trying to get a glimpse of the scenery on the lower ground.
The strong breeze made her hair fly all over the place and away from her face , she smiled feeling pleasant and at peace at the silence and serenity surrounded her. She closed her eyes, stepping towards the cliff and made her breath steady, attempting to meditate. A warm air surrounded her, a strange and unfamiliar feeling which made feel like she had been drugged . Drunk on the serenity and the silence that had been missing from her life for as long as she remembered.
She slowly lifted her lids and noticed the source of the warmth. Blue and warm light emitted the small insects that swirled around Valecta. Dragon kisses , they're called. They get attracted to the dragon god's powers. Pets possessed by the powerful dragon god , Gefruqh. It was godly sight. No one had witnessed the kisses since the disappearance of the sixth flame. A sword slid on her shoulder, the sharp side of the blade facing Val's neck.
"Who are you?", Prince Ardin with a deep voice, soft spoke.