My One and Only (Yaoi)

Chapter 6: Inside the City

'Wow! It's even more fantastic close-up!'

The sight is what Emil had seen way up from the hill. But looking at this distance, the already magnificent view became more detailed. He could see the solidly built tall wall, giving off a heroic feeling to those around. There were two guards, each aligned with the two high-rise towers, looking over the area. The sign above the gate had beautifully carved words, which Emil guessed must be the name of this city.

At the bridgehead, a person was inspecting the carts of goods and people, and if approved by him, they could go inside without a fuss. It must have been to ward off outsiders with evil intentions.

Emil watched with amazement and the person unconsciously rooted himself, not in mind with reality. Seeing this, Kai had to pull the still gaping man to get into the line, in which the shorter man smiled meekly at this before shifting his gaze in front.

Carts and wagons filled with things were now being inspected. The person guiding it moves closer to the inspector and shows him what seems like a scroll. A nod given without inspecting and they were good to go. But for those who don't have it, instead of a scroll, a piece of small, round item was shown. And they require an inspection process.

'There goes another problem. What should I do? I don't have anything- wait... Will the mayor's gold ring be sufficient enough?'

The young man was still pondering when it was finally their turn. Kai quickly passed the inspection. He then moved aside and waited for Emil's turn to finish. Taking out the aureate ring that he stored in the bag Reeve had given him earlier, the black-headed man slowly extends his arms to show it.

Emil looked up to see the man's reaction, and as he expected, the inspector had a shocked look on his face, his eyes widened. Before he could defend himself, the other man had already bowed his head, as if showing respect to him. A hand placed on his chest and the man said decorously, with a slight tremble, "T-the great sir can go in right away! Forgive this one for wasting the lord's time!"

This situation had grabbed others attention. Before it got any worse, Kai, who was beside him all this time, had to drag the confused Emil. Attracting any further will only bring harm, and not to mention the small, defenceless person who is vulnerable to such dangers.

When Kai determined that they were at a reasonable distance, he put both his hands on Emil's shoulders, in which awoke the other from his dazed state. The burly man exclaimed, "What was that about!?"

The young man shook his head, indicating that he didn't know it too. He extended his hands which held the gold ring. "I-I just shows the ring given by the mayor and that happens! I didn't know it would create such an exaggerated reaction..."

Releasing his hands, Kai ran down his fingers through his brown locks. "Haa... The old man should say something 'outrageous' about the ring beforehand... I don't know anything about the mayor's family, but I guess he must have an outstanding background for the inspector to react like that." He then looked at Emil and said thoughtfully, "It's better if you don't show it randomly like that. I'm afraid that someone will come to look for you, even worse if they have bad intentions."