The Boundless Library - Warriors of the Five

CHAPTER 6

The tour of the beautiful town had been completed. The lush greenery, the distinctively dainty plants, the blue skies with cotton-like clouds, the cutest animals and people with the most tender smiles created the perfect peaceful environment. Life for the people was simple, but it was filled with happiness and serenity.

At the end of the tour, they were taken to the guesthouse they would be staying in. A small wooden house with two bedrooms and a common space located atop a grassy highland in the valley the town was built. The floor of the common space between the two rooms was decorated by a blue thatch carpet with a motif of squares placed inside diagonal squares. Atop the carpet, there was a small couch and a wooden table in front of it. There was no kitchen in this house. This would lead to a dilemma later on. Stomach aches and a constant feeling to vomit, or a hole in your wallet?

Kyeli threw her body on the couch. Gunther walked around and examined the house. There's not much to examine really... It was just an average house with less than average necessities. The rooms were also bland. Double beds in wooden frames with plain white sheets. The only item of decoration, or what could be considered a decoration, was the thatch carpet in the common room.

"So..." Cylix said, breaking the silence. "Let's talk rooms. How are we going to divide five people among four rooms?"

"Four," Xavier corrected. "Rosalina's staying in her room at the mansion. Her huge and complicated family lives here, remember?"

"Right," said Cylix. "So four people in two rooms. Three men and one woman..."

"Two men, one woman and a boy," said Kyeli, sitting up from her laying position and cockily looking at Cylix.

His serious expression was replaced with a playful and irritating expression. He smirked.

"Do you seriously want to start now?" he asked.

"You can never, ever beat me," she claimed confidently. "You use the same insult every single time. Boring and unoriginal. I'm always creative. I always have something new to throw at you. That's why I win."

And so, the two best friends began their... Uhm... What name shall I give it? Yes! They began their insult war. A day would not be complete if these two had not partaken in their insult war. A serious, smart and rational person gets turned into a child in a second with a single insult from only this one person. He's serious all the time except when he has to indulge in the insult war with his best friend. In each and every war he'd use the same insult. It goes something along the lines of "This is probably because you wear the same clothes every day." It's rather insensitive when you think of the reason why she wears the same clothes every day...

Whilst Kyeli and Cylix might find this entertaining, the rest of the group finds this rather annoying, due to multiple factors. Missions have taken longer than they were anticipated to take because of these two. You cannot imagine how long these two can spend insulting each other. Do you perhaps want to guess? If you guessed under an hour then I am sorry to inform you, but you are incorrect.

"Not with this rubbish again," Xavier sighed while rubbing his face. "Important decisions always get halted because of this crap... And you can't even drag them out of it, it's like they're in a trance. I have no idea what's so amusing in being rude."

The mute boy smiled and sighed. His friend was being bitter again. Sure, it was justifiable to be annoyed but not at this level... I mean, choosing rooms is not that urgent of a task. No one would die if it didn't happen.

"Kyeli can take that room there," Xavier pointed. "Cylix and you take the other room."

"What about you?" Gunther asked in sign language. "Where will you sleep?"

"I do not sleep," he said irritably. "You, of all people, should know why."

"Please stop doing this..." Gunther said. "It's not healthy to avoid sleep. You've been having this stupid dream for so many years of your life... You should be used to it. Sleeping every two or three days is not good for you. You need your strength."

"It's not a stupid dream," he said, his anger building up and becoming more visible on his face. "It's my reality... My unfortunate reality... If I need to sleep then I'll use the couch. I don't feel the need to continue this conversation."

He stormed out of the small wooden house. The other two were far too busy insulting each other to notice him leave.

The sky now displayed multiple colours; blue, pink and yellow. The clouds glowed red and orange. The day was nearing its end. The sun was setting.