Beyond this World - Dragon warrior (Book 1/?)

Chapter 19 (Part 2)

There were many things that interested Keir now. Ironville is fairly small from what he remembers from his wandering, it must be well overpopulated now that there is rumour of a dragon protecting the coast. It was certainly worth checking out. Keir wanted to ask more but the cart came to a stop.

A figure in white climbed on. "Oh!" He sounded surprised to see Keir. He took off his hood letting his snowy hair flow down his back. "I didn't expect to find you here, but it sort makes sense..."

The elf sat down paying his respects to the lady. He saw the figure sleeping opposite of him with a young boy sheltered by his cape. "Is this Aaron? When did he get a kid?" Farenon asked seeing that Aaron was still rather young to have and developed child.

"The running theory is that Tundra wanted to take care of the kid. Aaron's keeping that up until she comes back." Keir turned towards them. He formed a serious expression while looking at the boy. "Come to think of it, what would he call you?"

"Me?" Farenon asked in a confused tone. "I have no relations to either young Aaron or your sister."

"You are a sworn brother to me." Keir placed his fist over his heart and lifted his head high then he came to an understanding. "Does that mean he'd call you 'uncle' too?"

"You are out of your mind!" Farenon ridiculed him. "So where is Tundra?"

Keir became nervous from that question. "Somewhere safe, I hope. We ran into some people that wanted to harm the boy so she kept them busy until we could get the boy somewhere safe."

"Do you have a place in mind? I doubt there are that many places that can be considered safe nowadays."Farenon pointed out and Keir was aware of that.

"I was thinking of a place that will do fine. We drop Aaron and Conlead at the Tereis clan hall and the two of us go check out Ironville." Keir suggested and there was a sudden silence, aside from the moving cart and rain that is.

"Tereis clan? Are you aware what you speak of? The Tereis clan perished ages ago." The lady butt into the conversation. Although Farenon didn't say anything he agreed with the lady.

"Tundra is a blood heir to Tereis clan's legacy, it will be no issue."

"Is anyone in your family normal?" Farenon asked and Keir shrugged indifferently. Farenon sighed. "Then what of Ironville, what kind of business would we have over there?"

Keir explained how this cart is going there anyway; they could offer protection for the price of a free ride. Farenon still found the trip to be meaningless ant that was when Keir brought up the supposed dragon. "Oh, that can't be good... So why are we...?"

"Tereis clan is being reformed, we can talk about that when we get there; just trust me on this one." Keir grew tired of explaining, and these were sensitive topics to talk about openly.

Conlead opened his eyes and across him sat Farenon instead of Keir. He was startled but the elf had a calming aura to his appearance. Keir chuckled to himself.

Conlead noticed that he had been sleeping on Aaron and felt slightly embarrassed. He moved away awkwardly. Keir asked if Conlead would like to meet Sikkim.

The boy looked at him with a questioning gaze. He assumed he meant the pale white person in front of him. Farenon smiled, the boy clearly misunderstood, so he introduced himself which lead to the boy's deepening confusion.

Keir waved him to come closer and he saw the bright blue bird happily pecking away at the seeds. Conlead cautiously approached since the look in the toddler's eyes was fearful. But Conlead was only slightly interested in the child; his main focus was on the bird