"She has more story to tell."
-Arla, The Priestess
Chapter 19: The Unexpected Visitor
Lermlock, Shamina Temple
"Hmmm?" A old woman who was kneeling on the ground turned her head at the entrance of the temple when she heard the sound of footsteps.
The wind gently touches her cheeks, her blind eyes looking straight ahead, a sign of wrinkles decorated her cheeks, and her white hair loosely tied in a bun. Kinuha nya ang kanyang tungkod na gawa sa isang special na pine wood na nasa kanyang tabi. She struggled a bit before successfully managed to stand.
"Are you here....for the...sword?" The woman asked, as if she was struggling to utter a word with her hard breathing.
Calton eyed the blind woman before him. She is not clearly looking straight at him, she is looking through his left shoulder.
"Yes..." he trailed off, unsure what to say next.
"Ah...sorry, allow me to...introduced myself, young man...call me...arla." the woman let out a rough cough at the end of her sentence. Nanatili lang na tahimik si calton, not even introducing himself. Hindi nya basta basta ilalantad ang kanyang pagkatao, he don't know this woman, malay nya baka isa to sa mga taohan ng council or the prince, he won't take a chance. Tsaka hindi nya rin alam ang kanyang sasabihin, anything to not offend the woman and based on her kimono and the official symbol of the temple on her right hand, isa sya sa mga importanteng tao sa temple na to.
After a minute of awkward silence between the two, the blind woman smiles at him and said...
"I've been...waiting for you...king calton." Calton visibly tensed up when the woman mentioned his name. Hindi nya inaasahan na alam ng matanda ang kanyang pangalan and worst, she knows he was a king. Calton frowned at this, shadows covering his eyes. His ruby eyes flashed for a second. Kung hindi lang bulag ang matanda, she is surely kneeling on the ground in fear right now.
"Who are you working with?" He asked with a venom on his voice. Despite his tone towards her, the woman unexpectedly still remained smiling. Much to calton's annoyance.
"I'm...not a foe to begin with...I am friends with...King Ry." the woman shows him a medallion with a special craving on it, symbolizing the second king. Calton accepted her as not a spy, but he won't let his guard down around her just in case.
"Are you the priestess of this temple? Pwede mo ba ituro kung nasaan ang rumored sword?" Calton asked her as he begun to follows the woman nang magsimulang maglakad ito papasok ng temple. The woman nodded at his first question.
"I know..where it is...pero may kailangan...lang muna ako sabihin..." The woman entered a room to her left, calton followed shortly. Talagang kabisado na ng matanda ang buong temple despite being disabled person.
The woman sat on the zabuton, a traditional japanese cushion and motioned for the king to take a seat. Nagdadalawang isip si calton kung uupo ba sya or hindi because hindi sya sanay na umupo sa sahig, well not literary but you get the point.
"I want...to warn you...the woman you are with...has more story to tell." The woman said after calton finally took a seat opposite to her. Calton was confused at first until it clicked inside his head.
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