Chapter 6 A sudden visit in Samari

Rico saw King Seres from Eris’ memory, they were having a meeting with his evil soldiers and red-eyed sorcerers.

“Are you saying that the forest near Aldon was burned with the bright light?!” asked Maru the second strongest red-eyed sorcerer and also Seres’ right hand.

“Yes sir. The town people saw it some said that heavy rains poured down as it happened intentionally to kill the fire,” one of the soldier said.

“What do you think about it your highness?” Maru asked to Seres who was just calm in his seat.

“I killed the royalties of Aldon. Only Luize can control the rain so how are you sure about what the town people had said?” Seres asked with his husky voice.

The soldier trembled in fear as the others stared on him.

“But your highness, they claimed that the bright light was so powerful as it covers the entire forest! They said it was powerful than yours!” he said as King Seres suddenly widened his eyes.

“Maru”

“Yes your highness?” Maru look back with his sharp eyes.

“Execute that soldier,” Seres commanded with his evil smile.

“Yes sir.”

“No! Please spare me my king!” the soldier beg for his life while Maru grab his hair as he create red fire on his hand and without hesitation he burned the soldier’s head as it cries in pain. The other soldiers trembled as well.

“That’s what you get when you underestimate the king’s power!” Maru shouted as they all keep their heads bowed down in fear.

“Well then, let’s begin our search for whoever did that light and fire in the forest. I know it has something to do with that damn sorcerer,” Seres said as his eyes flames in red.

Eris’ memories cut off as Rico tried to seek for more information but it was gone. He quickly opened his eyes and free Eris for a while.

“I need to find a new place for us, I don’t want Niffa to be in trouble. I don’t want Seres to find out that she’s the holder of the green flame,” he said. He felt a droplet on his cheek the rain started pouring again as he remembered Niffa who was still in the cliff. He snap his finger and in just a second he was in the river, he saw Niffa sitting in the huge stone near the cliff while playing with the fish.

“Niffa!”

“Rico?” She quickly look behind her.

“Look! I can control the rain!” she said with a wide smile while raising her hands.

“I know! I need to tell you something. Damn this girl is not listening she keeps on playing with the fish.” He quickly raised his two fingers as he controlled the water and grab Niffa’s waist. The water put her down on the ground beside Rico who seems to be in his serious-face mode.

“What’s with that face?” she ask.

“I need you to listen carefully. We have to move far away from this place.” His eyes were full of range with his concerned face.

“What? You mean now? But why?” Niffa said with such confusion on her face.

“Seres knows about me. He knows I’m here,” he said.

“That evil brat! Then we just have to fight him!” Niffa clench her fist as she heated.

“No Niffa! You don’t know how strong King Seres was. Right now we have to be patient in killing him we need to hide first.” He grab both of Niffa’s shoulders as she stared on his angry eyes.

“I want to kill him with my own hands.”

“Niffa not now! You have to trust me on this. I already have my plan on how to kill him and I hope it will work.”

“How?”

“I don’t have time to discuss that right now, let’s go we have to move.” He let go of Niffa and they teleport back in the house as they pack some of the important things. Rico pulled a huge old box under the table.

“Rico what was that? Is it a treasure?” Niffa kneeled down beside Rico as she look at the dusty box.

“Nope,” he said as he slowly opened it. Niffa was surprise to see a bunch of swords from the kingdom of Aldon and she saw a piece of green clothe with a logo on it same with Aldon’s logo. She wanted to have a sword as she intend to touch it.

“Nope! You can’t have one of this,” he said as he quickly close the box.

“No way! It’s not fair!” she said as she crossed her arms and pouted as she look away.

“This will be reserve for later,” he said as he carried them outside.

“Wait, you told me that Prado can carry the entire house right? Why don’t we just use him to carry the house so that we will not carry this whole stuffs?” Niffa approach him wiping the tool box.

“Nice idea Niffa, but I was planning to leave the house burned down and leave some corpses behind, pretending it was just a town people’s house. Don’t worry it was not a real corpse I can create a fake one.” He beam smile.

“I see, now I know why I can rely on you,” Niffa said as she smiled leaning her elbow on Rico’s shoulder.

“Okay then, step back and I will start to burn the house now.” Rico opened his right palm towards the house as it produce a violet fire. Niffa watch the house burned down slowly as some of the debris turned into ashes. Then Rico quickly snap his finger in concentration as two corpses suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

“Where did those bodies came from?” Niffa asked as her eyes were wide opened looking at the corpses.

“My imagination. Remember I’m a sorcerer it’s my special ability,” he said as he quickly tossed the bodies in the fire.

“Let’s go,” he said as he grab the tool box as they walked away.

“But Rico, how about the forest? Are we going to abandoned it?” she ask while looking back.

“I Rico the violet-eyed sorcerer and the protector of the forest will never abandoned the life of the living creatures in the woods. I prepare everything and I already assigned some of my men to protect the forest.”

“Your men? You mean soldiers? Since when did you have soldiers?” She was confused.

“Remember your first training where you use your father’s strength?” he asked.

“Oh, those whom I just fought before. So you still have them,” she said as they kept on walking.

“Of course as long as my mind is still working, I can produce what I imagined.” He beamed towards her.

“Wait I just realized something, you mean all this time the cookies and the milk comes from your imagination?” Her eyes were wide open.

“Yeah sort of.”

“No way!” she said as she covered her mouth in disgust.

“Don’t worry I imagined it well-cooked and fresh. If you are hungry just tell me if you need some,” he said as he stopped and stares at her for a while still in a beaming smile.

“Ugh no thanks! I already know where it came from I thought you baked them?” she said as her eyebrows furrowed looking dismayed.

“Relax, it’s cleaner than the fresh ones you keeps on buying.” Rico pat her head and leaved her looking so shocked.

“Did he just pat me?” Niffa thought.

“Come on,” Rico shouted towards her.

“Well, can you give me a whole cake then?” Rico just chuckled, Niffa looked at his pretty face as she felt the burn on her cheek once again. She just ignored it as she chuckled with him.

They came across the river, then down the slopes, and saw another forest as they entered it and rest behind the trees for a while.

“Why do we have to walk this far. We can always use your colossus or just snap your fingers like before.” Niffa said as she pants and wipe her sweat.

“I can only use teleportation when I know the place were going. Besides you have to remind yourself that you should’ve rely on your powers that much. You also have to be strong in your own way without using them.” Rico lay down the grassy ground.

“Fine, that’s a lesson from you that I will remember for life. But right now I need water I’m so tired and thirsty,” she said as looks around, she cannot see any signs of bodies of water.

“Wait let me help you with that,” Rico said as he snaps his fingers and a glass of water was on his hand.

“Here, take it.” He handed it to her but she insisted.

“No, I don’t know if it’s clean or not.”

“You really don’t trust me aren’t you? Of course this is clean I always thought about cleanliness when it comes to creating foods.”

“Fine, I can’t resist it though I’m really thirsty,” she said as she grab and drink it. They decided to rest a little more as they both are laying down the grass looking at the bright sky.

“By the way Niffa, you succeed in creating the rain so you are called the rain keeper,” Rico said as he looked at her lying beside him.

“Rain keeper?” She asked.

“Yeah, it’s your mother’s term from her power.”

“Okay, what about it?” She look at him as he tried to explain.

“There are more weather you need to find in order to complete Queen Luize’s full power.”

Niffa widened her eyes upon hearing it as he look at Rico pointing the sky.

“See the sun? It doesn’t actually shine as bright like before.”

“Sun keeper?” She asked upon realizing it.

“You guess right Niffa. The day you were born Queen Luize lost her powers that the sun only shines in a glimmer way until now.” They look at the sun. Rico was right, it wasn’t so shiny.

“So you knew me since the day I was born?” Niffa ask as her eyes concentrates on him.

“Of course I’m a friend of your mother.” Rico responded with a smile on his face, she saw a paint of red on his cheek as she feel his cheek.

“What are you doing?” Rico asked in surprised. Niffa was shocked from her actions as she quickly removed her hand as she look away feeling awkward.

“How can the sun retrieve its light then?” she asked trying to get back from their topic a while ago.

“You are the chosen one to do it.” Rico was still looking at her but she just look at the sky.

“How can I do it?”

“Well I guess you need more meditation to find it.” Rico turned to look at the sky as well.

“So we meditate to find something we need right?”

“Yeah”

“Like the way you do? So tell me why you meditate sometimes?” She cannot help but to look back at him, but his eyes were close this time.

“To find my past,” he responded still eyes closed.

“Of course you do, but did it help?” she ask as she trace her eyes on his side viewed face.

“In some ways yes but the last time you dream about Samari 10 years ago, it actually helps me remember some of my past.”

“Maybe you have connections in Samari,” she said. Rico opened his eyes in surprise from what she said as their eyes locked.

“I don’t know. Maybe I’m.”

Suddenly they heard a sound of horses coming from afar.

“How did they find out were in this direction?” Niffa asked as they quickly stands up.

“I’m sure the sorcerers know about it,” Rico said as he quickly grab Niffa’s hand.

“I don’t have a choice but to be in this place.” Rico snapped his fingers and to their surprise they were inside an abandoned area. The place was burned and wrecked while ashes thickened on the floor.

“Rico? I’m sure this is a castle,” she said as she walk further and look around.

“I know. How many years is this being abandoned?” Rico kneeled down and touch the ash. He can fell by his sorcerer’s gut that it was more than 20 years ago.

“Look! I saw a logo of this castle,” Niffa said as they quickly run towards the huge dusty blue banner beside the burned chairs of the royalties. Rico wipe the dust from the banner as he saw a rose, bow and arrow design on it.

“Wait, I know that logo I’ve seen that before from my mother’s book I think it was Samari? Yes I’m right we are here in Samari. But how did you know about the kingdom of Samari?” Niffa ask.

“I saw it in my dream,” Rico said as he touch the banner.

“In your dream? That means I’m right your past have to do here in Samari.”