Star-Crossed Snipers (An Elsword FanFic)

6 - Ciel

"Oi! Don't tell me ya lost 'em!" Hagus cried in dismay after we told our story.

"To be fair, there wasn't much else they could do." The shopkeeper Ann said as she stirred some soup on the stove of the apartment above her house. We were all gathered around the coffee table with Hagus, waiting for Ann's soup to be ready.

"Oi, I know, but still, it's frustratin' that we got so close." Hagus said.

"Enough whining, we have to figure out what our next step is." I said. "First things first, we're going to need an airship of our own. It doesn't need to be much, but we'll need SOMEthing."

"Oi! My friend Hoffman in the next village over knows another woman in the NEXT village over who knows where an airship is!" Hagus chimed in. We all just blinked at him.

"What?" Elsword asked. "Speak English man." Hagus sighed.

"Oi, let me try again." He took a deep breath. "I know a fella named Hoffman, who knows a woman named Stella, who knows where t'get an airship. There, how's that?"

"Ooooooh." We all said, nodding slowly.

"How far is it?" Aisha asked. Hagus thought for a moment.

"Oi, I'd say about 3 hours walk." He said. Lu's eyes widened.

"Not more walking! My elegant feet weren't made for this!" She out a hand to her forehead in distress. Aisha out an arm around her and Lu leaned into her.

"You poor thing, I'll have to teach you to teleport sometime!" She offered. Lu looked to her face and perked up.

"Oh that would be splendid! I swear, you would make a better servant than Ciel." She gave me a look of annoyed disappointment.

"Alright, then it's settled." Rena said, trying to prevent an argument from breaking out. "We'll leave for-....wait, where is this woman again?" She looked at Hoffman. He thought for a bit.

"Oi, I think Hoffman said she lived in Bethma."

"So we don't need to go to Hoffman after all. Good, the less pit-stops we make, the better." I said. Ann came over with her pot.

"Well get something in your stomachs before bed, you must be starved after all that fighting!" She said with a cheery smile. We all cheered and ate to our hearts content late into the night.

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-Rena-

I hope the others didn't notice me sneak out.

It's not that I don't like soup, that's not it at all.

It's just......

Ciel.......

Finally, another elf. It's been so long since I've been with my own people. Despite the stereotype, not all elves are beautiful either, we're just like humans when it comes to looks: some have it, and some don't.

But Ciel....

Sure, he's not beautiful but...he IS very cute. Plus the way he takes charge when no one else knows what to do makes him a great leader. He's always very patient with Lu and the others, and the way he protected me in the sewers like tha-

"Is something wrong Rena? Why're you up here by yourself?"

I gasped and put a hand to my cover my mouth.

No....

It was HIM.

I turned around shyly and leaned my head down, trying to hide my red face from the light of the full moon.