Chapter 3
The New Friend
Len's p.o.v
It's been 14 years since my sister was taken away, and my mom's dead. Lucky me, now I have no family. I look at my necklace with the bass clef on it, my mom had said this before, a song that should've had lower note and higher notes, without one of them, the song isn't complete. I know what she meant, and that was what I want to do, to save my sister, Rin.
First of all, I need information. I need to know where my sister is, and how to get to her, and then I might need some help, a companion or something. But those people don't just fall down from the sky.
BAM!
…
Wait…someone just fell down from the sky.
I stare at the blue haired adult in front of me, wearing a blue scarf that suits him a lot. He stood up and patted his robe, which meant one thing: he was a mage.
Then suddenly he looked behind me and yelled, "Crap!"
I turned back and saw soldiers running towards our direction. One of them yelling, "Get him!" and pointing towards the blue haired mage. Then the mage smiled and the next thing he did surprised me more, he ran and he pulled me along, too.
"Hey! What the-"
"If you want to save your sister, then follow me, I need your help," he said. At the moment he mentioned my sister, I didn't shout anymore. I followed him until we reached an alley and hid there.
"Search for him! It's an order from the priest herself! Get moving!" another soldier shouted.
"The priest herself?" I asked the mage.
"Let's just say I went in to see my friend and accidentally got caught and well, this wasn't expected. The name's Kaito," he reached out his hand to shake.
"Len," I said, and then I shook his hand. "What do you mean by you need my help and what does this have to do with my sister?" I quickly get to the point, and then it occurred to me, "how did you know about Rin?"
"So, your sister's name is Rin. Well, I got this information from the friend I had just mentioned who works in the castle." Kaito said.
"And would you please explain why you need my help?" I asked.
"Just now my friend, Gakupo, a scholar serving at the head priest's court, he started arguing with the head priest, Luka. Everyone knows that you should not mess with her but he didn't care. He said that they should just send some warrior to kill the dragon so that no more girls are sent to death. He did this because he was once a friend of the former dragon diva. He didn't like all these deaths and he decided he didn't want to work with Luka anymore. But Luka sent him to a cell and I want to save him." Kaito said, filled with a little sadness. "And Gakupo knows a lot about the dragon and the divas, he could help you."
Now this finally got my attention. I got pulled to this place and then this mage started telling me about his friend, then we're about to go on a rescue mission. Your typical chance of meeting. But, if I could just get Kaito and this Gakupo to help me, maybe I might have a higher chance of saving Rin. I looked at the necklace hanging on my neck.
"How do we go in?" I asked.
Sneaking into a castle filled with soldiers is not really high on my list of fun. Especially when you are dragging a very heavy long sword and trying to not fall down from the castle roof which is at least fifteen meters from the ground.
"Here's the plan, you delay Luka, and I'll go get Gakupo." Kaito said.
"How about I just sit here and wait for you while you go and do both of that." I said. I know nothing about swords and I especially do not want to get myself killed. But Kaito ignored me and kept on talking. With his fingers, he made out an imaginary map.
"Okay, Gakupo's cell is here and this is where Luka is. I'll go from here" he pointed at the imaginary map and then moved to another place "and you'll be here. Once I get Gakupo, then we'll get the hell out of here."
"Sure, you'll get your friend out while I get sliced to pieces." I said.
"Your sword skills aren't that bad, right?"
"You wanna bet with me?"
"Nah, I don't want to lose any money." Kaito got up and head towards the opposite direction. "Good luck, see you later."
Luck, yup, I'm going to need a lot of that.
I climb down the wall and was trying very hard to hang myself from the windows. I saw a woman with a head priest black robe and bright pink hair. Pink? I don't remember anyone selling pink hair dyes at the market. Oh, who cares, I thought, that robe, she must be Luka.
I slowly opened the windows, it wasn't locked. Probably because they thought no one would have the guts to break into the castle. Man, their defenses are weak.
Without a sound, I push myself into the castle and saw myself standing at the biggest room that could have make my house look like a closet. The ceilings were beautifully made and the marble pillars must have cost a fortune.
I walked to a pillar wide enough to hide myself. I stood there and saw Luka. She was beautiful, but there was something, something that made me very uncomfortable. That smile on her face was so cold and cruel; her eyes looked like it could pierce through me.
She walked towards a door in front of her. I crept behind her and quietly lifted my sword; slowly the sword was just a few centimeters from her neck.
Then my sword was knocked away from my hand.
Luka turned back and looked at me, her smile as cold as ever. Beside me there was a woman, around her late twenties, short brown hair with her furious eyes. Her red armor shined, so did her sword.
I know deeply that I'm dead.
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