Twisted: The Revelation

Chapter 5: Love Lessons

Zhion's POV

Good to know she's fine now. Anyway, we were returning back to the cottage, since we both got exhausted from the hunt. I went to my room to get a towel and wipe off my sweat.

When I went our of my room to just get some snacks from the fridge, I was suddenly met by Marcus' weird smile.

"Wh-what are you doing."

"I'VE HEARD YOU CALLED MY NAME!" he said, striking in a weird pose.

"Uh no, I wasn't calling you—"

"THEN, I WILL BE GIVING YOU... LOVE LESSONS FROM THE ONE AND ONLY EXPERT!"

"Oh please you're a terrible adviser, just so you know, and aren't you the one having trouble with Lyca—"

"LESSON 1! WE SHALL BEGIN WITH... FLIRTING!"

"Ugh jeez you don't need to shout!"

"Pffft says the guy shouting now."

I just rolled my eyes, this guy is the last person I want to get pissed at.

"Plus no thank you, I don't want silly love lesso— OW!"

He just whacked me with his stick, which hurt. Darn him.

"You will, whether you like it or not. Anyway, let us begin!"

With hours and hours passing by, I NEVER listened even in one word. Why would I be interested in this stuff anyway?

"Ugh, why do I even have to learn these stuff? What's the point, these aren't things useful for my hunt with Riley—"

"Riley, Riley, Riley, blah blah blah. See? SEE YOUR PROBLEM?!"

I mumbled, "More like you're the one with brain issues..."

"YOU TALK ABOUT HER TOO MUCH!"

I felt my face heat up, just as red as her cape and protested, "N-NO I DON'T!"

He suddenly eyed me, "Then why are you red."

I just rolled my eyes, but my face was still red as her cape.

"Whatever. I'm just gonna go and ask Riley so we can hunt down some goons."

I walked down Riley's room and knocked, asking if she wants to join me.

"Yeah yeah I'll be there in a sec!"

My mood quickly brightened up when she said yes.

She emerged from her room, wearing her dress that she uses whenever we go out hunting together. This time though, she has her hair tied up in a ponytail.

"Ready? Come on!"

She walked out the door and into the forest, with me following behind. No denying, she looks beautiful.

"Three on the left, four on the right."

She summoned her bow and took down the three on the left.

As always, her strenghth is improving remarkably as each day passes.

I took out my massive dual blades and took on the four on the right, and luckily, I got 'em.

For the past few weeks, Riley and I've always done this every afternoon. A short get-away from all our stresses lately.

She seems to enjoy it, though. She always says yes when I ask her out for goon hunting, which is a nice thing.

She suddenly shouted, "We done for the day?"

"Yeah, let's go back." I said, slicing the last goon I saw.

We walked back side by side, just listening to the calmness of the forest as usual.

I suddenly got curious and asked, "I was wondering, why do you always say yes when I ask you out for goon hunting? I mean you sometines decline the invitation of the others, but I don't know, you never declined mine, even once."

Wow, this is the first time I didn't call her a moron. Yeah, we do those stuff, I call her moron, she calls me bastard.

"I don't know, I just feel more confident and comfortable when I hunt with you." she shrugged and looked away.

I looked down and didn't notice a small smile formed by my lips.

Soon, we reached the cottage again. I decided to wash up, since I was really exhausted, and I was so sweaty from running.

Suddenly, there waa a soft knock on the door, but I was still washing up, so I just shrugged it off, someone's bound to get it anyway.

Riley's POV

Who could that be? I dried my face with my towel and went to answer the door. I immediately curtsied when I found out it was Princess Lavender herself, escorted by Prince Thomas.

"Your Majesties! What brings you here?"

"Riley, I need your help. During the past war you stopped, my sister has gone missing."

Sister? I've never knew her.

"Huh? I thought you were the only child."

"That is what everyone thought; everyone never knew her, and have never heard of her. My parents and I are the only ones to remember her. Apparently, she has gone missing during the war, and I need you to go on this secret quest. You at least need to ask out one of your comrades to accompany you out in this mission."

I nodded and asked, "Where will we plot our course off to?"

She cleared her throat, "There is this one event here in the entire region, which is known as "The Day Forgotten." it is a day wherein it happens every century— the first happening of this, happened a long time ago, a powerful sorceress Helena had done this powerful spell in order to save humanity from a great evil. Only, the bad side is that, this even happens every century, and we are now entering the 6th era, which means this is the 6th time this event is happening. It is an event, wherein, everyone forgets who they once were, and they will begin a new adventure of their lives as strangers, as people who never knew others. For example, you, Riley, will need to forget everything that has happened to you, from birth, up to your very last moments before this event."

If it did say everything will be forgotten, how come she knows all of this?

"How come... you know all of this?"

"The sorceress wrote all of this herself and kept the records of the event in a book, which is located in our family's private and confidential library."

How? To forget everything? Forget my family? Friends? Zhion? I can't do that!

"What is the point of the mission, if I can't even remember it?"

"You will remember it when the time comes, Riley. Just believe."

She suddenly curtsied and left, which left me in confusion here. Wait, invite someone on this so-called forget mission? I have a million questions on my mind right now.

If I have to invite someone to accompany me, I might as well ask and talk to Zhion about it.

I knocked on his door and he answered. He only had a towel wrapped around his waist, revealing his toned body.

"What?"

I didn't mind my blush and continued, "I have a favor to ask."