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8.3 - footsteps

"We're here!" Lucy yelled.

The village is kinda small. It's surrounded by trees, a forest. I can really tell the place is indigenous by the teepees as their houses and there is no sign of civilization adapted. The strange thing here is that, the village is very quiet. The villagers were not in sight.

"Is this village still active?" I asked.

"Well, I think so," Natsu said as he stepped forward and looking around the village. "Mira approached me and said that the job was posted just an hour ago."

"Lemme check the houses," Happy flew around and looked through the windows. That's kinda perverted, I thought. "There are people inside, but I think they're sleeping."

"Hmm, let me try this," I said and stepped forward so that the whole village could hear what I'm going to yell. "We're here! We are the mages that will take the job!"

After few minutes, a woman with a bohemian look went out of a house and walked towards us.

"Are you really the mages?" the pitiful old woman asked.

"Oh, yes," I replied with a smile.

"We're here to take the job and defeat the thief of this village," Lucy added and Natsu brought out the request paper.

The old woman brought out a horn and blew it. The sound filled the whole village and the villagers went out of their houses. They were wearing traditional, bohemian clothes, wearing some headbands as hair decorations, and some of them have blue and red paint on their faces or arms, just like the old woman in front of us.

"Thank the heavens you came early," a man said as he walked to us. He may be the woman's husband.

"I'm Corlita," the old woman said with a smile.

"And I'm Thulio, her husband," the old man said, putting his arm around his wife's shoulder.

"I'm Crystal," I said as I bent my knees to reach their hands and shook them.

"I'm Lucy. And this boy right here is Natsu and the cat is Happy," Lucy introduced herself and the others.

"So, why are you guys hiding in your houses?" Natsu asked. Thulio approached us into some place and Corlita was the one who's answering our questions.

"We thought you were the thief," Corlita replied as we were walking. "We immediately posted the job request in your guild because we know you'll be able to help us. Also, by afternoon or so, the thief comes out and steals by those time of the day. But we'll never know when she's coming out next."

After Corlita said so, they welcomed us to the center of the village, the Emersona. Thulio said that this is the part of village where they usually welcome and serve guests. Thulio also showed us our own teepee where we'll sleep because the thief might not show immediately.

We sat on the dining table in the Emersona and we ate the meals that the villagers had prepared for us and we danced and sang. We played some of their traditional games. We had fun throughout the day.

By nighttime, Corlita and Thulio welcomed us in our home and we kind of did a little talk.

"So, speaking of the thief, is that person a man or a woman?" Natsu asked.

"Well, we can't really tell the exact gender of the thief, but I really think she's a woman," Thulio replied.

"I think so too," Corlita added as she sat down with us. "She has a mask that lefts us clueless about her face but she has long hair that is tied in a ponytail and she is wearing a black shirt with a fur jacket and pants."

"What is actually her aim in this village?" Lucy asked.

"She always goes her so that she can get food and sometimes things," Corlita replied.

"Um, sorry to interrupt, but do you have like a washroom here where you can bath?" I asked as I interrupted their talk. "I feel that I'm getting kinda stinky."

"Oh yes, my dear," Corlita smiled. She stood up and waked up someone on the floor. She said something to that kid and they went back to our area again.

"This is our daughter, Buena," Corlita introduced. "She'll guide you on where the wash area is."

I stood up and grabbed my pajamas (that I will change into later) and my sword and put it inside my sword case by my right hip. I stood beside Buena and we started to walk.

"So, how are you?" I told her.

"I'm very fine," Buena smiled. Buena has this fair skin and very beautiful eyes. She also has brown braided hair by the side, and she has the height of Wendy.

We went to the side of their house and there is wooden walls and a bamboo stick. I went inside it (as Buena instructed) and closed the wall. My head is only one appearing, by Buena's view, but I think my whole body can be seen if you are looking from above the trees.

"Open the cap of the bamboo," Buena ordered. I reached out for the tip of the tall bamboo stick and opened the cap of it. I placed the cap on the floor, and the water started flowing through my body.

"Ah, this feels so refreshing," I said as I rinsed my body.

"I know right?" Buena smiled while holding my clothes. "You know, by morning, you can feel the cold breeze of the air while you bath."

"Really? That sounds great!" I smiled back.

Buena and I talked about some things while I bathed. After that, Buena handed me a large cloth and I wiped my body for it to be dry. Buena also handed me my pajamas and I wore them. I went out the wash area and we walked back to their teepee.

Hush, hush...

I heard the bush near us shaking while me and Buena were walking.

Hush, hush....

The shaking became louder. I stopped for a while and listened for any sounds. There aren't any, so we continued to walk.

Stamp, stamp, stamp...

I heard fast footsteps going towards me from behind. I grabbed my sword and took it out as I turned back.

I am now blocking a sword attack from a masked woman.

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SORRY FOR THE BAD ONOMATOPOEIA OF THE FOOTSTEPS BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF ONE. BY THE WAY, THE NEXT CHAP WILL BE LIKE, ACTION SO PLEASE BARE WITH MY NARRATION. I'M NOT GOOD WITH IT. I'M NOT JOHN GREEN OR RICK  RIORDAN OR RAINBOW ROWELL.