Chapter 15:

The Mysteries Of The Past : Part One

The Creature Hunter: Soul Of The Wind


"Hey, wake up! We are here!"

Caitrin who was sleeping with her body twisted slowly opened her eyes to the sound of Orano and the crowded people passing by.

She slowly opened her eyes and said,

"What happened?" 

"We've come to the last stop of our ride, so let's go."

She quickly stood up and said,

"Are you serious?"

And quickly got out of the carriage. Then she stretched her body and took the beautiful air of the city deeply into her lungs and said,

"Finally! My bones were starting to hurt."

"We will not be traveling with something anyways. We will walk from here." Orano said.

He then turned to the driver and said,

"Mr. Noah, thank you so much for getting us here."

Noah smiled and replied,

"No problem at all. I will be leaving from here, so take care."

"Understood."

Then when they finished talking with each other, the carriage left there and drove away.

Caitrin slowly looked around and saw something truly different to her.

After days of travel, they had finally arrived, and there was it.

The true beauty of Faye, "Lavinia."

The city of Lavinia was known for its huge and famous Château "Flora", located in the center. Although this castle hosts home to Faye's Knights, it is also famous for its award ceremonies and events. 

And directly opposite the castle was the stone bridge, "Ezekiel", which stood parallel to the castle. As well as being right in front of the castle This bridge was a bridge that provided access for people to travel and had shops along the road. Almost everyone used it.

The opposite to the bridge was the sea view, and at the bottom of the bridge was the "Perula" pier. On the other hand, People who do not use the bridge usually use the stairs near the bridge that goes down to the pier.

And at last, there was an open area cafe near the castle that showed the castle and the sea view just fine.

While Orano and Caitrin were walking, Caitrin excitedly looked around and got amazed by the view,

So she said,

"So this is Faye!" 

She then ran towards the edge of the bridge, stopped and took a deep breath of the air once more, and said,

"It is much more beautiful than I have ever imagined!"

Caitrin had never felt so amazed and magical in her life before. The view of the city was something truly beautiful.

But while looking at the sea view, something came to her mind. 

It was something beautiful, but something was still bothering her.  Her expression changed into a sad one, so she said,

"So this is the city that my people left us for."

Orano looked at her. He felt her pain, but didn't say anything.

Then Caitrin turned to him and said,

"I am alright. It's just something that I try to deal with."

She then changed her expression to a much more relaxed one and said,

"Let's just meet with your friend. Do you know where he is?"

But she didn't hear any reply back.

She looked at Orano and saw that he was looking at something.

And when she started looking in the direction where he was looking, she saw a red-haired person slowly waving and smiling at them. 

"He may be closer than we thought." Orano replied.

And after seeing each other, Orano slowly walked towards the person.

Caitrin then said with a surprised expression, while she realized what was going on,

"Wait is this your friend?"

Without answering her, Orano approached the man and said,

"So you finally got here."

"What do you mean? I was here all along! I was just waiting for you two!" Yuma replied with a smile.

Caitrin looked at Orano confused and said,

"Hey! Aren't you going to make an explanation?"

"Oh. I'm sorry."

He then turned to Yuma and said,

"This is Caitrin Nakahara. The person that I told you that I was traveling with."

"Nice to meet you, I am Yuma Daisuke. Since he probably told me a few things about me, you probably know who I am."

Caitrin said with a shy tone,

"Nice to meet you too."

Then she said,

"Actually I don't know anything about you two. Since I started to travel with Tatsumi, he didn't tell me nearly anything about what are you guys trying to do."

"I guess we owe her an explanation after all." Yuma said as he sighed with still having a smile on his face.

Then Orano and Yuma looked at each other and Orano said,

"It didn't last that long as usual."

And stretched his hand towards him. 

Then Yuma shook his hand and said,

"Yeah, as usual."

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It was four and a half years ago.

I opened my eyes after being unconscious for hours.

I was able to feel my body and was able to open my eyes properly, But when I opened them, I realized that I was all wet and a person was breathing heavily next to me.

I slowly got up with the power that was left in my body and looked around. Then I saw a very muscular man sitting beside me and realized that there was a huge lake right behind me. 

He was all wet too and there was a bag on the ground that was full of logs.

I thought to myself at that moment,

"Did he... Saved me...?"

And when he realized that I was awake, he looked at me, still breathing heavily, and said,

"Are you alright kid?"

I looked at my hand to see if this was a dream or not and said,

"Yes. I am... Alright.

He had long dark red hair and a dark red beard. He was wearing long leather pants and his top was naked.

He then slowly took his shirt on the ground, wore it, and said,

"Do you remember anything about why you were in the "Rawara" lake, Kid?"

Rawara Lake? What did he mean by that? Why was I in a giant lake? And most importantly, where was I?

I stuttered and said slowly,

"I am sorry... But can you tell me where we are?"

"We're near the cities of Ether and Belimore. And this is "Rawara", the most famous lake among the kingdoms." He said while looking at me.

He then took the bag that was filled with logs from the ground and said,

"If that you don't know all this, that means you're not from around here then."

I was getting more and more confused. Where exactly was "Ether" or "Belimore"? I didn't understand anything. I was just nervous about what to do.

Then I said with a scared tone,

"I don't understand. Where exactly is this place?"

"It is pretty obvious that you are lost, Kid. And you look like you need is a place to stay until we have an answer."

He then turned around, started walking, and said,

"Come, follow me."

I didn't know who he was, but I had no choice to find an answer to where I was. So I followed him. 

He didn't turn around or talk for a moment when I followed him. He was just silently walking while carrying the big logs behind his back. And after we walked through the forest nearby, we finally reached a wooden house that was located in the forest.

The house had a place to store logs beside it and there was a small wooden storage. But the thing that didn't catch my attention wasn't the houses.

While we were walking towards the house, I saw a middle-aged woman. 

She was wearing a kitchen apron and was smiling and waving towards the man. She looked like a normal lady, but she had a wooden leg. And there was a kid that seemed he was the same age as me. He had wavy short red hair and was wearing a white shirt. I was able to see him, but he was behind the woman and was holding a book in his arms.

And after approaching the house close enough, the man suddenly stopped, put the logs on top of the other logs, and entered the house.

He then called out to me and said,

"Come kid."

I entered the house while passing by the woman and the kid with a shy expression.

Everyone sat down, and the kid went to his room as we entered the house and the man started talking again,

He asked me a question,

"What is your name Kid?"

"Orano. Orano Tatsumi." I replied slowly.

Then the woman asked while looking at me,

"I have never heard someone with the name "Tatsumi". Did he lost his way?"

"I don't know. I found him near Ether. He was just floating in the lake."

He then said,

"But the interesting thing was, there was a vortex on the lake."

He continued to explain,

"When I was coming back here, I used the path that was near the lake and saw a vortex. It appeared out of nowhere right in the middle of the lake and after seconds, Orano appeared unconscious."

"Did I came out of a vortex?" I asked with a surprised tone.

"Can be. But whether such a spell will exist is still a mystery."

The woman asked another question,

"Can't we ask it to the witches in the town?"

"I've never heard a witch talk about a spell like this since we started living in Idrisud. Also, the wizards or the witches who could cast such a great spell died many years ago. If we asked them if they did it or not, they would just simply call it an "utter nonsense"."

The woman sighed, smiled, and looked at me,

"At least you found him at the right time and brought him here. And since he has nowhere to go, maybe he can stay here. And maybe he would be good friends with Yuma."

"It will be like that for now. But we shouldn't stop searching." The man replied.

He then looked at me and said,

"You will stay here from now on. But we will be searching for answers every single day, and until we do that, you will move according to my rules. Do you understand?"

He had a scary aura around him, but his tone was more disciplined than scary.

I bowed down my head and said,

"I understand."