"A Merchant uses this road and he brings items from the city for us in exchange for food items, that's where the villagers get most of their items, I usually don't buy anything apart from clothes" Amy spoke.
"I know I'm prying but what are you going to Xethen Empire to confirm, they won't even let you pass their gates if they discovered you are from Avalon"
"They won't be aware I passed their gates" Ray replied.
"Really and how would you...wait that's a deer, a large one, I didn't bring any hunting weapon" Amy whispered as she slowly bent down.
"Can you hunt"
"I'm not perfect but at least I can hunt, you don't happen to have any weapon with you right?" Amy asked.
"Do you want me to catch the deer?" Ray asked.
"Can you, yes please" Amy spoke almost immediately.
"Then close your eyes and turn around"
"What!! but why? I want to see how you hunt, maybe I can learn a few things from you, you are a knight right?"
"I don't think you want my help, ohh and the deer is getting away"
"Okay, I'll close and eyes and look away, please catch it" Amy whispered as she turned around immediately and closed her eyes.
After some seconds she opened and eyes and peeked to see what Ray was doing and her jaws dropped, Ray was already done and he was dragging the deer back to her.
"Huh!! wait...what happened...y-you caught the deer without a weapon, how did you do that?" Amy asked.
"Do you want the deer or not?"
"I want the deer, wait are you a mage, that must be it, when you mentioned bullmar academy I just assumed you were a knight, so you are a mage"
"I'm getting a little annoyed, I was repaying you for letting me stay at your home, stop asking me questions," Ray said as he gave her the deer and turned around.
"Woah, this is heavy...uhmmm... Ray, I can't lift..."
>THUD!!<
Ray turned around and Amy was on the ground with the deer on top of her, he sighed before lifting the deer from her body.
"Are you going back?" she asked as Ray walked away.
"Yes" it's getting dark and I'm kinda tired.
"Okay, I'll be back once I check on my crops" Amy shouted.
'I'm not sure he heard me, but how did he catch the deer without a weapon, maybe he trapped it with a spell, maybe he can train me' Amy mumbled as she walked forward till she got to her farm.
'I should water the crops a little, I don't think it's going to rain today'
...
"All done, it's already dark, I should rush back...I hope Ray hasn't left in anger, I shouldn't have asked too many questions" Amy muttered to herself as she walked back.
>GROWL!!<
Amy heard a growl and turned around immediately, she looked around before increasing her steps forward, she was sure she heard growling sounds but it stopped as soon as she turn around.
Amy increased her steps and in a few minutes she could see the village in front of her, she sigh in relief and wanted to continue forward but she heard the growling sounds again and this time it was much closer.
Before she could take another step forward two wolves were in front of her, their eyes shone brightly and Amy stood there shaking in fear.
She had no weapons to fight with and she was weak in magic, she was a mage but she was afraid of telling anyone because she wasn't good enough, with her flames she could only light her path, she wouldn't damage or drive the wolves away.
Both of the wolves growl as they came closer, she kept moving backward till her back finally got a tree, tears were already dripping down her eyes as she called to her parents to save her.
>SQUELCH!!<
Amy flinched as she heard a sound and looked upward, a figure was there and one of the wolves was already dead, immediately the second wolf responded and dashed towards the figure but Amy took this as a chance to escape and immediately stood up.
She ran as far as her legs could take her even though she couldn't see clearly and was unaware of where she was going till she hit something and lost balance.
Before she could fall someone held her hands and raised her, Amy couldn't even look up before pleading.
"Please don't kill me, wolves are after me, please don't kill me"
ραndαsnοvεl.cοm "Why would I kill you?" Ray asked and she recognized his voice.
"Ray..." she shouted and immediately hugged him, she quickly moved to his back in case the wolves were still after her.
"What are you doing?" Ray asked her.
"Wolves, they are wolves in the forest, wait...were you the figure I just saw, were you the one that killed the wolves?" Amy asked.
"I didn't come across any wolves, let's head back before more wolves..."
"If you didn't come across them, that means they are still in the forest, then someone else is in the forest" Amy muttered as she looked around.
"Let's go back, they are no wolves" Ray spoke.
"How do you know, we should be careful, it's already dark so we won't be able to see clearly but the wolves have..." Amy felt her consciousness drifting away till she fell into Ray's hands.
"Why is she so afraid" Ray mumbled as he carried her, he couldn't stand her so he knocked her out and carried her back home.
Ray laid her on the bed and sat on the chair, he closed his eyes hoping to sleep for a while but a knock interrupted him.
"Hi who are you, is Amy inside?" a man asked.
"Yes, she's sleeping, what do you want?" Ray asked.
"Sleeping, I want to see her"
"I just told you she's sleeping, what more do you need, she's be awake tomorrow" Ray spoke as he shut the door.
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