Chapter 22

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  Once Sin, Sora, Mystras, Ja'far, Drakon, Hina, and Masrur walked into Helio-Hapt, they were amazed by what they saw. Sadly, Masrur held Sora's wrist to keep her from running around. She even gave him the puppy dog but nothing worked.

"What is this?!" Sin asked astonished

"Amazing." Mystras said

  The mysterious country of Heliohapt. With a unique culture centered around the creation of megalithic structures, its capital city is full of historical ruins of gigantic proportions,built to great heights through the use of special construction techiques. The purpose behind such architecture is to astonish visitors and to invite them into a world of mystery... 

  Sparkles practically were rained down on them.

"It sure is big, huh...? I wonder how they built it." Ja'far said

"It's bigger than the two of us combined." Hina said referring to Drakon and him

  Sin noticed Mystras was covering his eyes with his hands, trembling. "What's wrong, Mystras?"

"T-trouble! Th-th-the women here... are even more exposed than they were in Artemyra..." Mystras started to point toward two women having a conversation. One had a cloth covering one breast while the other was exposed. The other had her breasts uncovered and chains were hooked to the nipples. (A/N: I would never say those words, so I'm a bit uncomfortable writing 'nipples'. I never thought there would come a day where I would write it...) "If they're all walking around with so much skin, where am I supposed to look?!" He was so shy saying this.

"No...it's not a problem!" Sin looked like he knew what this country was up to. "It must be part of the culture of this country. If that's the case, there's no reason to be secretive about it. we should be as bold as we want." As Sin said this, Sora only cocked her head to the side. She wasn't sure what he was up to.

"What do you mean?!"

"I mean that we should openly ogle whatever we want!"

"That's right! As expected of you, Sinbad!"

  As they were running towards the women and their children, Ja'far caught them with his rope darts, wrapping it around them. "Hey! Wait just a minute!"

"What do you think you're doing, Ja'far?!" Sin asked

"That's my line. That's exactly how you acted in Sasan, and especially in Artemyra! Did you forget all of the hardships that happened after?!" Before he could continue, Sora spoke up.

"What exactly did he do?"

"This idiot over here touched the queen, angering her, and we were stripped of our clothes and thrown into a chasm while Hinahoho was 'experimented' on! We had to live there for a few days..." Thus, Sora started to rethink everything she thought of Sin. She noticed that she was close to Sin and Mystras and stepped a few feet away.

"Sora..."

"Stay away from me Sin..." She gave him an emotionless face while covering of what little chest she had. Let's just say that what she heard ruined her image of Sin.

"Anyways... I don't want to get caught up in any more trouble!" Ja'far continued. This caused two men and a woman to run over to check on them. 

"What's all that racket?!" the young looking said

"See?! Here they come!"

'Isn't it because you were yelling, Ja'far...?' Mystras and sin thought

"Huh?"

"These people..." the woman said

"Aren't from our country?!" said the young looking one

'This is bad. We'll cause another uproar...' Ja'far thought, sweat dropping

"Welcome! Welcome, travelers, to the mysterious country of Heliohapt!" The young one, woman, and man put their hand over their chest. This caused Ja'far to be shocked. "It must have been hard crossing the desert. If you'd like, we'll escort you to an inn!" Sparkles were practically around them as they did a pose.

"H-huh?"

"...or if you'd prefer, we can give you a tour of our popular sightseeing spots?!"

"That'd be great!" Sin said as Mystras and him were untied

"I'm sorry. We can't possibly ask that of someone we only just met." Ja'far put his hand in front of him while shaking his head. "If there's a reason behind why you're offering to help us, I'd appreciate it if you'd tell us."

"Ah..." this caused young one to scratch the back of his head. "Sorry... we're not really used to this yet. I guess we haven't explained ourselves. Our country of Heliohapt is surrounded by desert, so it's been a long time since we've had any contact with the rest of the world. However, according to the new policy of our current king, we're going to actively seek out contact with other countries." Before he continued with his explanation, he noticed Sora was still rethinking everything she thought of Sin. "Little girl... are you okay?" He got no response. He started to wave his hand in front of her. Snapping out of her thoughts, she noticed what he was doing. Suddenly she ran towards the woman and stood behind her while holding onto her clothes. Sweat dropping, he tried to get next to her but Sora only ran towards Masrur. She wouldn't get next to Sin. Shaking his head, he continued. "Anyway... We of the younger generation will take the initiative to act as mediators between our country and others. So we've been given the task of reaching out to any travelers who visit our country. But we got over excited and veglected to explain properly. Sorry for startling you." While saying this, they bowed.

"Ja'far...if that's the case, it would be fine to accept their offer, wouldn't it?" Sin asked

"You're just going to fully trust them?" This caused the three newcomers to have hope. "Please take care of us." While Ja'far said this, young one shook his hands really fast. 

"We'll do our best to show you all that Heliohapt has to offer!" After shaking Ja'far's hands, he let go and cocked his head to the side. "By the way, is that little girl going to be okay. She seems frightened by me."

"She's going to be fine after a while." Ja'far said. 'They don't seem like bad people, so maybe it's okay...but...in contrast to their warm welcome, ever since we entered this country, I can't shake the strange feeling that we're being watched..." Masrur and Sora, after calming down, noticed it too. 'Did Masrur and Sora notice it, too?' As he thought that, Masrur, Sora, and him started talking telepathically. 'There's nothing we can do about it right now. For now, please just be careful and stay vigilant.'

'...yeah.' Masrur thought

'Of coarse!' Sora thought

'Although it'd be great if nothing happens...'

Somewhere else~~~~~~

  While at the royal palace, the royal consul, Narmes Titi, was talking, along with a bird man and a young looking woman, with the king, Armakan Amun-Ra.

"What did you say? A group of travelers just entered this country a few moments ago?" Narmes asked

It seems that the younger members of the current king's faction are showing them around. What should we do?" bird man said

  Gripping onto his staff, the king spoke. "Now's not a good time...There's no telling what the guys from the former king's faction might do...Narmes...don't cause trouble."

"Please excuse us for being rude in front of your Majesty!" bird man said

"Please rest assured, your Majesty...We vassals are here to serve you and your ideals." Narmes said while him and the other two vassals put their hand across their chest. "Everthing is dictated by our Lord's will."

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