Chapter 24:

The Legendary Equipments: Ilaria And Elzamor

The Creature Hunter: Soul Of The Wind


Orano and Caitrin separated their ways once again to make their way to buy other types of equipment. And while on the way, Caitrin kept thinking about how many days has left since she was going to separate her way with Orano. 

And although It only had been almost two weeks, it just kept bothering her.

While she was thinking about it, Orano called out to her,

"Hey, Caitrin. Can you hear me?"

She came out of her thoughts and replied,

"Oh! Oh yeah, I can hear you."

She then bowed down her head and said,

"I was just thinking about something."

"Okay, then follow me, We have finally arrived."

They had finally arrived at an equipment shop in the northeast of the city and it was side by side with other shops. 

It was a small shop with a large entrance, it had a corner for sharpening swords and forging iron and had equipment on the walls. And because its floor was located one floor down, there were stairs at the corners. It was a small and cozy shop for everybody who visited.

And when they entered the shop, Orano approached the shop owner and started talking,

"We are here to buy armor and a sword. Can you show us what is the best thing you have?"

"Right away si-"

But when he was about to say something, he stopped and looked at Caitrin with shock.

He then stuttered with excitement and said,

"Mrs, Is that the armor of "Ilaria"?"

At first, she got confused and said with a nervous voice tone,

"Uhmm, Ye-Yea, it is. But why did you ask?"

Then the shop owner looked at her and said,

"I will be back right away. Please wait for me Mrs!"

Then he rushed to the back of the shop and came back with a sword after a short while. He brought a long steel sword and put it on the table.

"This is "Elzamor", the other part that completes the armor." He said as he showed them the sword.

Then he added,

"The reason these two pieces are priceless is that they were inspired by the sword and armor of a female general who defeated countless enemies many years ago. Her name was "Hera" and she was an undefeatable person. And even though she defeated hundreds of her enemies, she brought peace to many people back in her time."

As he left it on the table, Caitrin took the sword and examined it with amazement,

*So this is the replica sword of a general. It looks so beautiful and dangerous at the same time.* She said to herself while still looking at it with admiration.

Then Orano said,

"We will buy these ones, old man. Thank you again."

Caitrin then nervously took out her necklace and quickly approached the shop owner,

"Uhm! I'm sorry before we buy that, I want to ask you something!"

While they looked at her surprised, Caitrin put the necklace on the table and said,

"I've heard that Faye's economy and population were more advanced than the other kingdoms. So I thought I could sell it here. Do you know anywhere I can sell this Mr?"

The man slowly took the necklace and examined it,

"Hmmm. A very interesting piece." he said as he looked at it carefully.

Then he added,

"Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with these types of things, but since I've been following auctions lately, I can say that this is almost priceless."

Then he put the necklace on the table, sighed, and said,

"But I regret to say that this is not cheap enough to sell here. Even if you put it up for sale, I don't think anyone can buy it. But if you can go to Emperal, you can find a suitable seller there. And I think you can only sell such a valuable piece there at the price you want."

Caitrin then remembered the thing she saw and said to herself,

*It is like the vision that I saw! Could that mean It was showing the place that I wanted to go from the beginning?*

"Now that we know where to go, and we've got what we need, we can go. Come on Caitrin, Let's go." Orano said as he slowly walked out of the shop.

Caitrin then said with a tired expression,

"Can't we just stop walking for a second?"

But they eventually left there and started walking again. 

And after they left the shop and walked down the street, thinking about what they could do next, Caitrin asked,

"Where are we going next this time?"

"We have to go to Nethilor. After finding the rift there, we would move again." Orano replied.

"What are we going to do about the rift that I saw?"

"We will check that out if we have to go to Emperal."

Caitrin then sighed and said with a tired voice once more,

"We are going to walk anyways."

And just then while they were talking, Caitrin saw a young girl. Playing violin in front of some kids.

She had long black hair and had beautiful green eyes and she was so elegant at playing the violin, that her violin's voice came out so soft, but it carried many heavy feelings inside.

Caitrin said with a smile as she looked at her,

"Her song is very beautiful and she is too. I wonder how long she's been playing the violin."

Orano looked at the girl too. And like Caitrin said, Orano saw her elegance. 

She was trying too hard to make her music heard and felt everywhere. And she was very successful at that. She was such in a symphony that everyone passed by was enjoying the music that she played.

And then when she finished her music, she leaned slowly and saluted the audience.

The little kids were smiling and applauding for her,

"You were great big sis!"

"Please once more big sis!"

"Can you play once more, Pleease!"

She smiled and replied,

"Now, now, you have the stuff to do, right? Your parents would be worried if you didn't return home. I will be here tomorrow too, so you three can come to see me again, Ok?"

All of the kids said loudly at the same time,

"Alright!"

And left there.

But as soon as they left there and the woman was about to rest, an angry woman approached her and shouted at her,

"You are once again playing your violin in front of my shop! Didn't I said you to go somewhere else!"

She looked annoyed by her behavior and she said,

"I'm only here to make people's day better, Miss Everly. And I have no intention of hurting people, but these people here need to be happy now and then."

But the woman shouted again,

"Nobody cares about you making people "happy" you are just interfering with our business!"

Her expression turned into a very angry one and she replied,

"What do you think will happen if we believe in such nonsense and forget about something important, such as being happy. Maybe it's not even right for me to tell you this in an angry manner and maybe I'm spreading negativity to you for no reason. 

But now you have to be the one to understand. Being happy doesn't just take a few seconds. A person's needing to be happy is a process of his life moving forward. And a person who can be happy for just even a second, can lead to many beautiful things in the future because of that happiness. 

If we continue to ignore such things, we will slowly forget the purpose of why we are humans. Every person will live like us and grow up like us. Even you deserve something like this, Miss Everly, but you don't even realize its value."

But Miss Everly shouted once more,

"Enough of your nonsense! Leave here right now, Or I will call the authorities!"

And she quickly returned to her shop.

And after everyone looked at her while gossiping about her, Orano started approaching her.

She looked confused and scared at first, But when Orano got close enough, he slowly put two pouches full of gold and said,

"I liked the show. I will be back to see more."

He then made his way and started to walk away there.

But when he was about to get away, the woman shouted,

"Mr! Mr!"

And when he turned around, She said,

"Mr, why are you giving me this much money? You don't have to give me these just you saw me like that. It's just everyday stuff I have to deal with. Please take this back."

And tried to hand him the golds back.

"I will not take the golds back, you can keep them." Orano said as he pushed her hand back.

She then insisted and said,

"But why are you giving me these? What if all I do is an act? What if I lied about what I said? What if I'm a crook?"

As she looked at him, Orano replied while not turning around,

"Maybe you're a thief and you're stealing my money. But here's what you don't understand. 

I'm only going to lose my money here, but I can't lose the chance of making someone happy, and if even a little bit of what you're saying is true, then those little things can make a lot of people happy. And it can turn out as a very great thing. That's why I'm giving you this money, right here, right now."

The young girl smiled, took a deep breath, and said,

"Thank you, Mister. I will never forget what you have done for me."

And while they walked away from there, Caitrin smiled and said,

"You did the right thing, you know?"

"At least she now knows what to do." Orano replied. 

And they kept walking.

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