Morning sun greet the world as the night ends. Last night snow was heavy for the whole night and just stop an hour before sunrise. The villager start to removing the snow with the snow broom as the four sitting in a tavern having breakfast.
Equ was eating the beef that she ordered as she look to everyone that was eating silently and in their own world. She turn her gaze to Black Blade and ask.
"How are you feeling, Black Blade. Better?" She smiles casually as she look at him chewing the food before replies.
"Yeah.. I feel like just recharged my energy. How about you? I heard that you're the one carriying me all the way here. Is that true?" He replied as Codex turn and glare sharply to the two as they spoken to each other.
"True. I am. You're not that heavy even your body seems bigger than my brother." She chuckles as she look at Ekiu who was just eating and enjoying his food and raised his eyebrow to what she said.
Black Blade thank her again as the two keep talking. Ekiu realised the sharp glance of her to the two as she was slowly eating and drinking her water. He choose to talk to her.
"You... alright, Codex? You seems worked up."
"It's... nothing. I'm just couldn't sleep last night." She replied as she turn her gaze to him.
"It may sounds a bit... unsituational if I'm asking but... Do you and Black Blade... Have any relationship?"
She who was eating choked as she hear that question. All of them look at her as she grab her water and drink it.
"No! Actually... yes. We're siblings."
"Siblings?" Ekiu's eyebrow knitted as he heard that.
"yes. Not true siblings though. she's my step sister." Black Blade clarify that as Ekiu nodded.
"Um, Yes. I got adopted at the very young age. My family's gone and I was the one left in an empty wagon in Grassfield Lothal." Codex explains as she look at Ekiu for a moment before turn to her food and continue eating to avoid further conversation about that.
Equ continue eating and she look at Black Blade and Codex before asking something. Ekiu who just finish his meal going to washroom.
"So, What is your next plan?"
"Hmm... We still need to go into a mine in Groovelock to obtain some special crystal for Sunaris kingdom." Codex explains as she wipe her mouth with a hankerchief.
"Well... All our glass bottle already broken and my brother sent a letter to the recepient that we couldn't sent the item he asked and we cancel the business. So, We currently have nothing to do right now." She explains.
"And?" Black Blade raised his eyebrow.
"We would like to join you two in your mission. How as that sounds?" Ekui who just return from washroom sit down and smiles.
Black Blade and Codex looking at each others while thinking. They were silent. Literally reading each other expression to that offer.
Codex can sense that Black Blade didn't really mind about that while Black Blade could read there is a hint of disagreement in her face. Her forehead wrinkles and that's enough to tell. They then turn to the twins again.
"Sure. The more the merrier." Black Blade smile welcomingly.
"Yeah... I have no objections to that. Black Blade kinda lonely without her daughter anyway." she teases as she glance to him.
Black blade facepalming himself and shaking his head a few times. The twins slightly shocked to that and many thoughts running in their head.
"I told you, It just an impression..."He sigh as Codex chuckling to the twin reaction to that.
"You mean... Emerald.. right?" Ekiu ask.
"Yeah. She meant her. I kinda take her like my own daughter so... they teases me a lot just because that one time I slip tongue." He explains and finish his meal.
Not long after, they all walk out the tavern and planning to go on their way to the mine that actually not quite far. It's around half hour of horse riding.... Even if they have a horse.
"yeah... we all loses our horses." Equ sigh and look at her brother.
"Well... I can summon them here. Just tell me their name." Ekiu said as he looks at everyone.
Codex and Black Blade tell their horse name and Ekiu start chanting some unintelligable spell. He said the horses name at the end.
"Terv, Bolla, Bladge ][, Revishy... I hereby summon you to enter the realm of closing and reappear to the hearts of the calls" A magic circle appear and the horses appear inside the magic circle.
"Wow... There is also a magic like that? I'm intrigued." Codex exclaim as she covers her mouth in awe.
"He surely not a normal magician we can see everyday. He kinda remind me the Twin Sign, Dominator." Black Blade commented.
They rode their own horses and start going to the mine. They occasionally talking but mostly about mundane thing and the snow for last night. Nothing noteworthy for sure.
They all arrived to the mine later on and everything regarding the crystal working smoothly. Codex handed the letter from the princess to the miner and he got it immediately. He give them two sack of the crystal and they left the mine. They rest for a moment before starting their way to Sunaris.
Meanwhile, in the forest of Illusion, where they all stuck in earlier chapter. Madam Silence were navigating the forest. She still wearing the white mourning dress but she has a cloak around her and her eyes glow white. She breathe softly as she pacing very calmly.
A few illusionary watcher charged to her and she just simply take a deep breath and sway her hand to the watchers as they disperse into dust. They couldn't even get close to her. Many more watcher come and trying to attack her but as usual, she just simply move her hand like pointing to them and they all disperse and reduced into atoms.
She then gracefully sway both her hands around and the tree turns into dust as well. only leaving the tree that was an actual tree and not the illusion. Far ahead, there stands the
Illusioner from the past.
"Silence... Why you again face me? You think me lost twice to you? Think twice." He said as he disappear and reappear behind her.
"You will return there and I mean it." She said as she gracefully turn and block the attack with her arm and push him away.
"Me stronger, Me better than you!"
he cast a spell where a giant skeletal figure immerge from the ground. He commands the giant skeletal who known as Honeyama to attack silence. The giant swing it gigantic arm to her.
She take another deep breath and raised her hand up. There is something like mirror surface appear on top of her hand and Honeyama's hand just simply entered the surface and disperse into dust.
"You will return there, No matter how many times I need to bring you. I will always be." She take a deep breath again and in the blink of eyes, she's already behind him.
"Impossible" He said as Madam Silence softly sway her hands in front of him.
Her hands didn't even touching him but...
"Goodbye. I... Weap for the departed." She release her breath.
The Illusioner start to get a multiple cuts. It's already disfigured at this point. It's body already turn to dust from the attack. He head fall on his own dust.
"You! I ReTUrn aGAiN..." A tear falls on the illusioner's head as Madam Silence's mourning clothes turn black.
"rest in peace. The departed." A gravestone fall from the sky as the wind blew very strongly.
It falls directly on his head as it turn into his tomb. They sky turn normal and her dress turn white again and all the tears immediately dries.
The Ilusionary dimention cracks and she return to the real forest. She starts to walk back to the bar.
to be continued...