The Art of Sword

Chapter 92: Whose Memory (Part 3)

The apothecary dragged the man out the door without closing it. Then the two make a run through the not-so-crowded street, to where the festival ceremony is. Until they made it to the ceremony's ground, which was packed with people and no way to squeeze through.

Apothecary: Well, looks like the journey ends here.

Man:...*crouch down*

Apothecary: Stop! I'm not gonna sit on your back like last time. Also, this is for you to see, not me. Maybe you should be sitting on my back.

Man:...*ignore her and look in other direction*

Apothecary: What, you think I can't carry you? You and I are nearly the same in height and body proportions. I may not be as strong as you but you are not that much heavier than me.

The man suddenly grabbed the apothecary, which surprised her.

"What are you up to this time?"

Then he quickly jumps from roof to roof with the apothecary in his arm until they reach the perfect view of the ceremony.

Apothecary: Ok, that was not something I could do... but isn't this kind of dangerous?

Man:...

Apothecary: What? Attacking you was my own doing, this, this is your doing.

The man sighed then grabbed a hold of the apothecary's hand and the two of them leaned over the top of the roof, watching the ceremony.

On the ground floor, there is an assembly of the guard and a big man with a face full of beard in the middle, all have their hand on the hilt.

Apothecary: The person in the middle, that's my father.

The Man's vision starts showing him a thick aura that immediately flies straight to the apothecary's father and wraps itself around him.

*sigh*

Then the ceremony starts, the sound of the drums vibrates the surrounding silent atmosphere. Then all of the guards that were presented for the ceremony, drew their swords and each summoned a water serpent from thin air.

Then it was the sword master's turn, he drew his sword and summoned a giant water dragon from thin air. The dragon and the serpent movement, are being controlled by the way the guards and the master swing their swords.

The dragon flew around the whole village while being chased by the serpents. The chase created multiple strong wind blasts across the whole village and lasted for a few minutes until all of the serpents caught up and constricted the dragon, killing it in the process.

As the water dragon fell from the sky, all of the guards sheathed their blades, except for the master. When the dragon with many serpents constricted to it hit the floor, water splashed everywhere, but was stopped.

All the water waves formed after the fall, flowed back to the center to morph into a giant serpent, that immediately launched up into the sky and disappeared.

When the master sheathed his sword, the sound of the drums slowly stopped, and a light rain fell from the sky. When it's ended, everyone starts leaving.

Apothecary: that's the ceremony *cough*cough*. what do you think?

Throughout the ceremony, the man didn't pay that much attention to the apothecary, but he did feel her squeezing on his hand and hearing her muffled coughing.

When he turned to face her, she was covering her mouth with her outfit while hiding her other hand.

Man:...?