Curse of the Hero - Percy Jackson

XV

XV

Percy opened the door, twisting the knob and opening it, the wooden door creaking from the contact. Percy shoved the key softly into his pocket, looking around trying to check if Edeline was there. His suspicions were correct, Edeline was at her bed, looking at the ceiling with a bored look on her face. She turned towards me, hearing the door opening, looking at Percy with a raised eyebrow.

"I thought you wouldn't even show up." She said chuckling a little. She sighed, standing up from her bed and stretching a little. Percy turned towards her, not really know what else to do, this was Percy's second day as an official Teutonic Knight, Percy was pretty new to all of this crusading stuff. Percy didn't really know what to do other than train until he was ready to do the real crusader stuff.

"Let's go, we wouldn't want to miss the dinner feast do we." Edeline said, walking past him, opening the door, leaving Percy alone in the room. Percy sighed, walking out of the room and closing it behind him, locking it and turning towards Edeline who was waiting for Percy.

"So Percival, shall we get going?" Edeline asked, giving a small smile. Percy nodded, giving her a thumbs up. Edeline lead the way, going down the spiral staircases, going to the lobby and out the door, all the while Percy was beside her, patiently waiting for what was to come. Percy walked behind Edeline, opening the doors from the Teutonic Order and stepping out of the building, seeing the night sky overhead.

Percy instantly turned towards the setup on the very middle of the training grounds, a central reserved spot, five rows of benches stretching from one end to the other. Multiple crusaders were there, enjoying themselves, eating a variety of food and overall having a good time. Along the area of the benches were a bunch streamers and lights, making the area more alive, the feeling of life along the area.

"So, want to go and eat?" Edeline said, beckoning Percy forward. Percy followed, seeing her sit down on one of the five benches, a small banner on the side of the bench, indicating it was the bench for the Teutonic Order. Percy sat down beside Edeline, giving her a small smile. Edeline have Percy a thumbs up, food magically appearing in the table, Percy having an amazed look on his face, magic was extremely common in the crusade, even if it was just the small things, it was cool for Percy.

Percy instantly dug into his food, eating everything he could, he was extremely hungry, it felt like he hadn't eaten in a hundred years, it was pretty confusing. Edeline chuckled, looking at Percy with a small smile, Percy though kept digging at his food, eating a variety of food, ranging from bread, to chicken.

"You have a pretty big appetite." Edeline said chuckling, Percy's cheeks flushed a little red in embarrassment. Percy gulped, drinking some water to better digest the food. Percy turned towards Edeline who was giving Percy small grins, occasionally eating some pieces of bread.

"So, how did you learn how to use a sword?" Edeline asked, turning towards Percy with a raised eyebrow. Percy shrugged, not really knowing how to reply to that. Before he was extremely uncomfortable with the mention of his sword training, now he was semi getting over it, he still couldn't forget the scarring scenarios that Camelot gave him, he had some good memories there, but also some bad ones. Extremely terrifying, scarring memories, memories that sometimes make Percy want to curl up into a ball.

"Yeah, I'm not going to pry anymore unless you're ready, for now, enjoy the meal." Edeline said, giving a small smile. Percy nodded, giving her a small thumbs up and a smile. His pale skin illuminating in the moonlight, the sounds of cheers and laughter echoing through the night. The Teutonic Knights just straight up laughing and having a good time, the Sepulcri were more or less the same, the Lazarists were pretty skittish, giving a little laughs here and there. The Hospitallers were discussing about ways to better perfect their craft, but the Templar's, there seemed to only be none in the table, Percy wasn't that surprised though.