26. Arriving at Wogas City

As the surrounding area went silence, Lauren slowly walked out of the carriage, "Abraham, Sarah? Are you two okay?" She asked looking towards her husband then her daughter.

Abraham gave her a nod, "I'm fine dear, but Sarah... this was her first human kill..." He looked towards their daughter worriedly.

Zion walked over to Sarah, who was still sitting on the ground with tears in her eyes and blood all over her.

Zion placed his paws in her lap then licked her cheek, '"Sarah, it's okay. This is normal. Humans are very different from beasts..."' He tried to calm her down.

Sarah snifled softly before looking at Zion, "I... I did the right thing right? H-He would have hurt Mummy... If he got past me..."

Zion whined softly and gently nuzzled her face, not caring about the blood that's now in his fur, '"Yes. Yes you did very good. You protected your mother."' He spoke gently to sooth her.

She grabbed Zion and hugged him then looked up hearing Lauren come over. She knelt down and smiled sadly, "Oh darling... It was way too early for you to deal with something like this. I'm sorry..."

She gently held Sarah's shoulders and Sarah just leaned into her grip sniffling again.

Abraham walked over and also knelt down and hugged his daughter and wife.

They all just there quietly for a moment, just having a small family hug before Zion mentally cleared his throat in the minds of all three of them, '"I believe we should probably wash up and leave now. We've already lost time here."'

The trio stood up and after Lauren used a light purification spell that basically cleaned the blood off of them all, they got back in the carriage and got back to their travels.

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Zion was curled up in Sarah's lap, sleeping peacefully when he felt her poking him. He yawned and raised his head, looking up at her, '"Mhm? What is it?"'

"We reached the city. Look!" Sarah giggled and opened the carriages curtain. Zion looked outside and his eyes widened seeing the huge wall of Wogas City.

The wall itself was 60 foot high and was solid stone. The gate they approached was heavy reinforced wood with some sort of metal bars at the very top, ready to be dropped down at any time.

A small group of guards stood watch at the gate, checking the people entering and exiting the city.

After waiting 2 hours, they reached the check and the guard stopped them, "ID and reason for being here?" He spoke with a bored tone.

Abraham wasn't bothered and held out a small silver flat plate sort of thing, "We are here to enroll our daughter in the Academy."

The guard used some sort of crystal as he touched the plate to it. He raised an eyebrow at it and looked up at Abraham.

While they did that, Zion looked at the crystal, 'Analysis.'

[[Item: Data Crystal

Rank: B

Ability: Mana Scan - Can scan the mana fluctuations in a ID plate to show its recorded information.

Description: A special crystal that can read ID plates and show the information recorded on them.

Weakness: Can be overwhelmed by strong mana which can influence the information read-out.]]

'That's pretty nice. Makes things easier.' Zion thought as the guard passed the card back and let them through.

They moved through the streets, drawing a little attention but since the Academy was opening up for new students, they weren't exactly the first carriage to come through so many weren't bothered for long.

They came to what was basically carriage parking, and got out of it. Sarah looked around excitedly, "Mummy, let's go try some food!" She bounced on the balls of her feet excitedly.

"Sarah, don't you think you should buy new clothes for school?" Lauren asked as she noticed Sarah's clothes had become worn out due to the training.

Sarah looked at her clothes, "Huh. Good point Mummy. Let's go get clothes! Ooh can I get some armour to fight?" She asked, excited for a whole new reason.

Abraham and Zion looked at eachother then laughed to themselves, both thinking at the same times, 'Women.' As they trotted along behind the pair.