The Adrift Oath

Chapter IX: Passing The Torch

As she looked around, Fae could notice the populace doing their day to day activities, the clanging of a blacksmith melted with the yells of prices that came from Fae's right, it seemed like it was the marketplace of the town while the left was more of metallurgy she assumed?

"Ow!" Fae heard behind her while feeling like a very light weight collided with her and even before she could turn around the child that bumped into her passed by her running

"Sorry miss!" He exclaimed loudly to her while it seemed like him and his friends were playing tag as they passed by Fae running

And as soon as the children mixed in with the crowd, that discomfort in Fae's chest turned into an asphyxiating lump that spread up her throat

"Yuna you're hurting me, please calm down..." Fae muttered under her breath while pressuring her chest with a hand as she went so far to grip her cloak tightly

With those words spoken it miraculously felt like a big chunk of that choking feeling vanished out of nowhere

Prompting Fae to cough a couple of times and let out a sigh, realizing that the connection she had with Yuna's soul wasn't just a one way, Fae became Yuna's sixth sense yet the latter could affect the former in ways that none knew until now

"Your face went back to normal" Ichiya remarked as she kept a sideglance on Fae to check on her wellbeing, receiving an appreciative nod from the latter

Both of the women walked through the slightly busy roads of the town, arriving at the wall that surrounded it where Fae could see three carriages next to a couple of guards and coachmen

"Alright, I'll go see if any of them can take us to the capital" Ichiya told Fae who gave yet another thankful nod for her help, she made a mental note to do so not just in gestures

And so Ichiya went on to discuss and possibly bargain the price with the coachman that she walked up to while Fae took in a deep breath and turned behind her to gaze at the road they walked up, gaze at the wooden buildings and the people that wore garments and clothing fitting of an eastern Asian country

"Do you feel better?" Fae whispered

"I don't know" Yuna answered her with a voice so soft it would be impossible that it would've belonged to such a renown soldier

"I used to think that emotions were so simple, that I should only pride myself in my fighting prowess" She added on with a sorrowful tone

"And now" She heard Yuna take a deep breath inside her mind

"I don't know what I'm feeling, it's..." Looking for words that she didn't possess yet, Yuna left a second of silence hanging in the air

"It's painful" She spoke, while Fae pursed her lips and looked down

"I should feel relieved, happy even" Yuna continued

"Yet I'm not, why?" She asked a question that Fae had no answers for, and that brought her deep hurt

"Ichiya's grandfather might bring you some solace" Fae spoke up

"He'll explain things better than anybody" The woman added to comfort her friend

"He may" Yuna answered as a long exasperated sigh accompanied those two words

"But I shouldn't be arrogant as no matter what happens at the end you still came this far just for me, you have my gratitude" Fae smiled

"Don't worry about me, you focus on yourself" And conveniently enough right after she finished her words Ichiya called out for her, and before she knew it they were already on their way to the capital aboard the carriage that Ichiya chose