【𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.
-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬】
For as long as one can remember, tales of the Adepti have been...
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// Y/N POV: //
Now by myself, I think. What I had said to Aether was true. I truly did believe that perhaps I had a chance to travel to other lands. But I also would not ignore the responsibility of being an Adeptus. A Yaksha no less.
So perhaps I should...talk to someone that understands more than anyone.
//Xiao POV://
I sat upon the railing of a balcony in the Wangshu Inn. I would normally only come here to rest after battles or for silence, but something else was circling my mind. Someone.
Hmph. I still can not fathom the fact that I have fallen for her...
Even after hundreds of years...why her...though I can admit that I had taken an interest in her. After all, she is the only one that has stayed with me so far.
"I knew you'd be here."
I knew that voice immediately. I turned my head to face the very one that had been occupying my mind for the past days. Watching her sit on the railing next to me.
"Why do you seek me?"
"Xiao...there has been something occupying my mind recently."
"And why would you speak this to me?"
"I suppose I just...trust you...as others put it."
"I-I see..."
"Hm. Wait...why are you turning...away?"
"N-Nothing...continue."
"Well...do you remember the traveler from the Osial...incident?"
"Yes, how could I forget. That...mortal."
"Well recently he has requested me to...travel with him."
"!!!"
I shot a glance at her immediately. Looking for her eyes. I felt a shock running through my body as I heard those words. Even the thought of another leaving me...
