THE IMMORTAL'S FRIEND

Chapter 14: Waterfall

The next day, I woke up with a lot of wild berries on a coconut shell beside me.

Galen must have picked them while I'm still sleeping. I smiled before I sat up and started eating the berries. Its sweet and sour taste is the reason why I fell in love with it.

I roamed my eyes on the surroundings and wondered why I can't see Galen anywhere. Where did he go this early morning? I continued eating the berries while waiting for him to come back, but even after finishing eating all of them, he still hasn't come back.

I got a little worried. Where is he right now?

"Goodmorning, Iris…"

I turned to where I heard the familiar voice and instantly smiled when I saw Galen.

He's also smiling at me while holding the 'A.G.E' book in his right hand.

"Where did you go?" I asked as I walked towards him.

"I just tried summoning other celestials like what you did last night. But it's still not working… Maybe you're right that we can only summon one celestial a day." he answered.

"We should wait until later in the evening to try it again. At least we already know what to do and we now have the Aries key, right?"

He smiled when he remembered it.

"Why are you holding that book by the way?"

"I'm thinking of using it to transform into one of the keys. Using the same thing to summon a different celestial might be the other reason why we can't summon another celestial last night."

"But why that book? We can just look for another thing to transform, you don't need to sacrifice that book. You told me that's important..." I said.

He looked at the book he's holding before he heaved a deep sigh.

"Yeah, you're right. I just got really excited to summon the 12 celestial keys so I thought of using this book without thinking of it thoroughly. I just really wanted to see Shira and become human again," he explained.

I smiled.

"You will, soon…"

Once we finish collecting the keys, the time will return and I will be able to be with Flare again.

Just the idea of seeing Flare again makes my heart beat in excitement, I do feel very excited about it, but…

"Iris, do you want to take a walk together while we wait for the evening to come?" I heard Galen ask.

I look at him again and nod my head. I can't see any reason to decline that. We have been walking together for the past 3 weeks—It actually became our habit to walk and explore this forest together, so I immediately agreed with his idea.

"Sure,"

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We must have been walking for 30 minutes or so. We didn't speak and just walked. After we got tired from walking, we take a rest at the tree and stayed there for an hour. We do talk when we think of a sudden topic, but we will be silent again once we're already done.

We became silent not because we are awkward. It's just that we are so comfortable with each other's presence so even when not speaking, it felt normal.

I guess it's because what really matters to us right now is knowing that we are not alone.

Hours have passed and I didn't realize that I fell asleep again. When I opened my eyes, I was already leaning on Galen's shoulder.

I sat up straight—getting his attention. I immediately thanked him for letting me sleep on his shoulder and apologized because my head might be so heavy to carry.