Chapter 34:

The Silent Hero

The Creature Hunter: Soul Of The Wind


After that, they left there and went to a jewelry store. Then they shortly arrived at the store and they started talking to the owner,

Caitrin quickly explained the situation to the owner and asked if she knew something about that. 

The shop owner woman thought for a moment and said,

"You wanted to sell this necklace?"

"Yes, I have to sell this. Someone in the Faye Kingdom told me there was going to be an auction here. And he said that if I came here with a necklace like this, that I could have sold it easily since it is very valuable."

"I mean it is a very rare piece but-"

When she was looking at it, she then stopped and said,

"Exactly! There is going to be an auction of Mr. Natsuki Shigeru very soon! I'm sorry I forgot about that one!"

Caitrin looked at her confused and said,

"Natsuki Shigeru?"

"Yes. I'm talking about the young master who took over the throne a year ago." 

She then added,

"He's been running a lot of good management for almost a year and he's been helping us a lot. If you're going to sell it at his auction, your chances may be pretty good, since more than one rich person goes there."

Caitrin then asked excitedly,

"That is actually perfect for us! Can you tell me where that is Mrs?"

The woman smiled, pointed the castle from the window, and said,

"It is an auction that is held near the castle. Mr. Natsuki will be there today and the auction will be held tomorrow or the day after. So it would be good for you to leave now. And I'm sorry for giving you the wrong information earlier."

Caitrin smiled too and said,

"It is no problem, Thank you again."

After their conversation, they got out of there and made their way to the castle slowly.

Caitrin said to herself while walking,

"I'm so close to achieving my goal! I almost did it! If I wait a little longer, I'll be able to go back! And I can pay Tatsumi back too! Just a little longer. I can do it."

Although Caitrin was happy with the information she received, Orano had something that he was worried about. And because he didn't trust the people here, when he heard the name "Natsuki", he had a bad feeling inside him.

He then said to himself,

*I have never heard that name before. And if he took over the throne a year ago, that means he's just getting recognized. But it would be better if I'd keep my eye on him.*

And as they walked through the crowd, they saw two very young kids crying.

One of them was a little girl and she was crying while sitting next to a young boy. She had pink long hair and green eyes. She wore purple buckles on both sides of her hair and she also wore a black soldier's uniform with collars on it.

Caitrin looked at her and said to herself,

*This uniform looks very different. I wonder if this is the Sniper Unit that Tatsumi was talking about.*

The other young boy, on the other hand, was lying on the floor and looking at the ground. Unlike the girl, he wore the clothes that a normal peasant person wore. He had light brown short hair and brown eyes. 

He also had a pretty desperate look on his face and hopeless eyes that made them feel worse when they looked at him.

At first, Orano and Caitrin didn't understand what had happened. But they saw that the boy's iron leg was dislocated by somebody.

After that, they couldn't hold themselves and they quickly approached the kids.

Caitrin crouched and asked the crying girl with a sad expression on her face,

"What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

While crying non-stop, the girl said,

"They took my brother's leg! My brother can't walk without his iron leg, but they took it anyway. I asked them why they did that. But they just said it was because he was a peasant. And they told him not to come here again. No matter how hard we resisted or begged, they wouldn't listen to us!"

Then she looked at Caitrin and said,

"I don't understand. What have we done wrong?"

Then they finally saw them. There were two drunk Earls, waving the leg in the air as they walked down the road and laughed about it.

While Caitrin was still looking at them, Orano held his sword and started walking towards them.

And when Caitrin understood what he was about to do, she nervously ran towards him and held his shoulder,

"Hey! Hey! Tatsumi Calm down! I understand exactly how you feel, but If we do something like that, they'll come after us and we'll be in trouble! The best thing we can do is let them go. So let's keep quiet for now, okay?"

He stopped for a moment and said,

"Maybe it's not my responsibility to protect them. Maybe I don't deserve to do it. But what happens if we just stand here and watch this happen? Are we going to be proud of ourselves because we've wasted our chance to help a person? If we set the wrong example for other people in a situation like this, next time there will be no one to help a person who is in such a difficult situation."

Orano, then turned his head slightly to Caitrin and looked into her eyes. His eyes bore with anger and hatred. The flames of revenge in him were splattered all the way to the expression on his face.

He said,

"If I choose to watch such an innocent person get hurt, then I may not be able to find the reason to look at myself in the mirror."

Then he looked at the guys again and said,

"At that time, I shut up so as not to trouble Mr. Roam and Yuma. And I don't want to get you into trouble too. I will protect you. But what I have to do now, is different."

When he said those words, Caitrin remembered once more.

Every single detail of the day that her people left her. Every type of pain she felt that day. Everything she wanted to say.

She knew the pain of not being able to say anything. And knew she had to let him go. So she slowly pulled her hand from his shoulder.

She then looked deep into his eyes and said,

"Go, I trust you."

"And that is all I need." Orano replied as he walked away.

As she looked behind his back. She thought to herself,

*Maybe I did something wrong. Maybe I should never have let him go. But something inside me is telling me to trust him. And that voice is louder than the doubts that I have. And he is right. The kids are in need of help and we must help them.*

Then she turned to the children and added,

*They are just like my friends when I was little. I wish I could help them too.*

Orano was now walking quickly towards the two men. But this time, his goal was more than protecting.

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