Chapter 4 Nante Village
Chapter 4
Nante Village
When Nya woke up the following day, she noticed someone wiping away her sweat. As her vision focused, she saw Kenji, the swordsman who saved both her and Theo.
She just looked up at him and said, “Umm.. Hi..”
After a brief pause, tears started to form around her eyes as she said, “Thanks so much for saving us, I thought we were goners...”
She continued to just look at him.
Kenji just smiled and said, “No worries little lady.”
Suddenly she remembered Theo, who was more hurt than her. She forcefully stood up on the bed and looked at Kenji worriedly. Kenji looked back with a concerned expression.
“Where is THEO and how is he doing??!!” she whimpered.
“You should stay down and rest. You must heal your body and mind first,” he said. “Anyways, he is in stable condition. He is just resting up thanks to the doctors in the village.”
Nya just looked at Kenji and relaxed a bit.
“I’ve always been sheltered since I was young so… I’ve never went outside of the forest or even to the outer rim of the forest.” She just put her hand to her face and she was sniffling because she remembered brownie who she couldn’t find after the invasion. He isn’t the type to fight back so maybe he might have been taken hostage she thought. As she tried to forget all those horrible memories.
Kenji just sat back and looked at the sun through the window “Life isn’t fair and you may fall down alot, but what matter more is getting up and continuing. He reached out his hand and trying to grab the sun. “My Goal is to reach the sun and grab the flames with my two bare hands! Sounds impossible but i will make it possible “ He just grinned and look at nya. Nya was confused at first but she started laughing “Thanks Kenji for trying comfort me but grabbing the flames of the sun sounds so silly” she was trying to hold her giggling but started laughing until she couldn’t laugh anymore. Kenji was a little confused about her laughter but he smiled .
Meanwhile in other room while Theo was sleeping the doctors did their best to heal him. They were surprised at his durability and thought he was a goner when he was brought in but he healed fast and now its all up to him to wake up . Nya was not suppose to be up but followed carefully behind by Kenji she skipping in the hall towards Theos room to see if he regained consciousness. Nya hissed at kenji for trying to take her back to her room because she wanted to see Theo. Kenji was surprised at her sassy attitude but shrugged it off. She burst open the door to see Theo still laying down on the bed and she walked towards the bed looking like she was about to cry. She was grabbed his paw and said
“I swear to you i will never let this happen to you again..” She gripped his paw harder with both hands. Until she heard Theo say something about his paw in pain. She hugged Theo who was still in pain because nya was pushing onto his wounds while hugging him. Theo just yelled out “Im fine nyaaa.. Just let go of me plz.” and nya let go of Theo who was trying to breath in the air that was cut off from nya hug. Kenji was just looking at the two of them hiding his jealousy a little and said “since yours guys are up let's go meet with the elders and the leader of this village. Since they did help you out” Theo stood up and said “alright” and nya said “Lets go”....................
Opening the healing house’s double doors, the fresh scent of the town pushed out the sickly atmosphere of building.
The Village in daylight was covered in roads and bridges made with a soft, yellow tinted stone. Many of the buildings were made with a gray brick, roof completed with a red layer of shingles. The landscape was quite uneven, and so the straight roads rolled up and down across the stretch of the town like waves.
Surrounding the stoney island was forest and plains that spanned all the way towards the horizon. Walking through the doors, Nya looked up at the sky and smiled, as the sun filled the air with warmth and brightness, a stark contrast to the day before. A gentle breeze pushed the puffy white clouds gradually across the sky.
Today is going to be a wonderful day, she thought, as she began skipping and humming under the sunlight.
Theo and Kenji followed behind her, as if the new pact leader had been appointed in silence. A bit of awkwardness came between them, since the two had met rather abruptly, and knew very little about each other. Nonetheless, they followed the cheery Demi-cat out the door without complaint, back out into the open world.
“Hey, not so fast Nya…” said Theo, still limping from the day before. “These hills are going to be a challenge while I’m still injured… ”
“Excuses, excuses, I’m going to be calling you Mr. Potato from now on,” replied Nya, back to her usual mischievous tone.
Kenji couldn’t help but grin at the situation, seeing how quickly Nya had changed moods since yesterday and this morning. This would be her usual self I suppose, he thought to himself,
The building which housed the Elders’ council hall was the second tallest building in the entire town, they were told yesterday by the doctor. Looking around, it wasn’t too difficult to spot the building, as it was a bit more elegant than the common one. It still fit well into its surroundings, however. A bell tower stood atop the building, ringing once every hour. As they approached the Elders’ council hall, they were greeted by the Eldest of the elder
Elder Ungai
“Welcome to our modest village where we live in peace with Mother Nature.”
He waved his hands in the circular motion in the air.
“I am very sorry for what has happened to you. We have been having problems with the bandits around this area. We have sent a formal request to the Guild Hall at the city of Fareice.
And it seems Kenji got the request and came to help. We are very grateful so here is a bonus reward for your bravery. We’ll also give Nya and Theo something as well for being a part in defeating the Bandits.
Kenji was given some iron armor and a sword with fire attributes. He grinned and thanked them. He was going to get the quest reward back at the hall anyway. So this was a bonus for him. He also handed Nya a staff that was shaped like a paw and Theo a magic book that had some spells which he could learn.
Before they left the hall, Nya loudly shouted,
“Thank you for healing me and Theo!”
She bowed as she hit her head on the floor. The elder snickered a little and said,
“No thank you for helping in this quest!”
Then Theo, Kenji and Nya headed out of the building.
When they reached the exit of the village, Kenji just sighed and said,
“I guess this is where we part.”
They both looked at him with lonesome eyes.
When suddenly Nya grabbed his left arm, causing him to almost fall down.
Nya looked at him with big round eyes and said,
“Can we come to your guild? I’ve wanted to become an adventurer ever since I was young!”
Nya looked up at Kenji with her ears twitching in excitement and her tail swaying.
Theo was just surprised at her decision since he thought she would of hated all the bloodshed and killing.
Theo glanced at Nya worryingly. Nya didn’t seem as troubled from her decision but Theo sensed a slight feeling of sadness in her voice.
Theo said, “Are you sure you want to become an adventurer? Its isn’t an easy life...”
Nya looked at Theo and said, “Well I think becoming an adventurer will help me in my search for my mother and those soldiers that took her away and Brownie…”
Her smile went into frown for a moment but she quickly recovered and said, “Let’s GO!!”
Kenji said, “I guess you guys can come,” as he smirked. “It’s a big town of Viture. It’s a very far place, a few days ride by carriage but walking might take even longer. Are you up for it?”
Nya raised her hand but saw Theo’s hands not raised. She grabbed his arm and pretended to wave it, so it looks like he is raising it too. Theo just yelled, “Hey!”
Kenji just smiled as said, “Let’s go then!”
They started walking out of the safety of the walls and into a new beginning.
