Saviour from the Curse ✾ Cyno x Female Reader

chapter 7

★･｡✧'､❢CHAPTER SEVEN
『 ❝Eavesdropping❞ 』

‿︵‿︵ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ・❉・ ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ‿︵‿︵

"so, aaru village isn't that far, is it?"

i was following cyno as he seemed to know where he was going.

i have been to aaru village before, but i don't recall any directions.

"not far. just over there." he pointed to a statue of the seven, and behind it i saw some houses.

"oh by the way, about my-,"

???

in my peripheral vision, i saw something move.

cyno turned to face me.

"your what?"

after observing the area for a few seconds, my eyes met cyno's.

"nothing."

i walked beside him and whispered, "i think someone's watching us."

he said nothing, but nodded.

"i felt it too. just ignore it for now, i'll handle it." he reassured.

‿︵‿︵ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ・❉・ ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ‿︵‿︵

within a few minutes, we reached the distant statue of the seven.

i've seen a few statues in sumeru, yet this one seemed to be burning hot.

the material was probably boiling because of the sun.

though i tried to distract myself, i still felt the nerve-racking sense of someones' eyes watching my every move.

i saw on a pile of sand a small bug moving around.

i gasped, "a scarab!! i always wanted to own one of those!"

running over, i crouched down next to it.

cyno walked up and looked at too.

but suddenly, his eyes widened and he looked to the sky.

"hm? what's wrong?"

"alhaitham..."

"pardon?"

a shadow of a figure started to expand above me, and i also looked up to see someone with a sword, about to aim for me.

"move out!" cyno commanded, and i did as he asked as he summoned his spear, blocking the attack for me.

"cyno?" the guy muttered, it was the grey-haired male again.

"alhaitham..."

"hm, we meet again."

"why must you always try to attack me?"

"why must you always interfere with my plans, general mahamatra?"

"you're the one interfering with my plans..."

i quickly scanned the area and found a rock to hide behind. i was still able to tune in on their conversation.

"right. where did that girl go?"

"what do you need her for?" cyno inquired, eyeing alhaitham.

alhaitham chuckled, "none of your business. let me do what i need to do."

"she ran away. why? maybe because you tried striking her."

"you don't understand what i was trying to do."

"what were you actually trying to do? slice her into bits?"

"calm down cyno. i need to talk to her."

"i won't let you after what just happened. where are you headed?"

"nowhere. i just want to look for that girl."

i decided to stay put. after all, it sounded like cyno was against the idea.

"scram, alhaitham. she's obviously not going to converse with you after that."

"... fine. i'll be on my way. but i will talk to her sometime."

i peeked my head from the rock and saw alhaitham walking away, cyno observing his every move

he looked back at the rock. "you can come out now. he's gone."

"who was that?"

cyno sighed, "alhaitham. i'm afraid i don't know what he wanted to talk to you about."

"hm. he's a strange one. i've seen him before, i think."

just when i was about to move, cyno stopped me.

"halt." he stated, pointing to my left arm. "you're bleeding. i suppose you didn't move in time."

"oh, oops. haha. sorry."

"no worries. i'll get candace to treat your wound at aaru village."

"candace?"

"yes. she's a very well-known person in aaru village. the protector of the village."

i took cyno's hand, "let's go then! i don't want to bleed out and die."

cyno removed his hand from mine. "hold on. put your hand to the wound. and don't run."

"oh, okay."

putting a hand to my cut, we started to approach aaru village.

if i was being completely honest, cyno honestly reminded me of oshin.

the personality isn't always the same, yet i still feel comfortable travelling with someone.

company is what i needed these past days.

i'd love to have cyno accompany me throughout my journey to find oshin and hopefully break the curse.

‿︵‿︵ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ・❉・ ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ‿︵‿︵

soon enough, cyno led me inside a house which seemed to be candace's house.

"ah, hello hello! who do we have here?"