Checking the sphere

Heading back to camp on the wyvern and thinking about what I experienced and who I met on my first journey as a stufon and chosen by the goddess Ges.

Many encounters would not have happened if I were alone; there were more casualties among the girls when I carried out tasks for the mercenary guild.

It is possible that Auel would have died without having met Ru'El, who left the city to save her, and as a result, now they will live together in the capital of the departed race.

I had no fears about a possible attack by robbers on the city; it was under the supervision of part of the memories of avel and the race that would enter into battle if the capital was threatened with attack. I didn't tell the girl and the light elf otherwise they would have stopped being afraid and wanting to become stronger.

I was only worried that the huntress Lualia did not return to the city after seeing me off. Glancing down at the trees, I hoped that everything would be okay with the girl, turning my gaze to the sky and feeling the wind and closing my eyes, I enjoyed the calm that would not last long.

Feeling the wyvern's muscles begin to tense and opening my eyes, I saw a familiar camp and a lonely figure standing in whom I recognized Keirin.

Having landed, I got off the wyvern and ordered her to guard the camp, turning my gaze to the standing light elf, seeing that I was alone, the anxiety began to go away from her face.

- I'm back, let's go to the tent, I'll tell you everything. - Turning to her, I began to feel tired over the past time.

Following Keirin, I listened into the camp trying to hear the remaining girls who were apparently already asleep.

Sighing, I understood that tomorrow would be the beginning of a difficult journey back; if we got here in a few days and there were fewer of us, now there were much more of us and there were girls who had not yet come to their senses.

Walking into the tent, I felt the pleasant smell of food and in response to my fears there was a sound in my stomach. Starting to laugh and walking into the tent and sitting on a chair, I could see the girl's surprised face.

- Yes, I'm hungry and tired, so I'll eat first. - Turning to the girl, I took out the food and waited in silence until it was ready.

Eating food and feeling how my stomach begins to rejoice at receiving food, having finished eating and feeling how drowsiness began to fall on me more and more, shaking my head trying to drive it away.

- So they were accepted in the city? - Keirin said with interest, looking at how I was trying to fight drowsiness.

Sighing, I told her what happened in the city but did not talk about the young man whose tongue I cut out.

- Now Ru'El will do the work of a guard there and Auel will tell him about a possible attack, right? - Keirin asked thoughtfully, sitting down next to her. - Was there something else?

Smiling, I told her how they asked to accept both of them as their servants and that I refused.

- You did the right thing, there is no reason for them to interfere in something that could cost them their lives. - Keirin agreed with me with a sigh. - When do we go back to the city?

Shifting my gaze from the girl to the tent, I saw how the light of the fire seeped through the tent and night came.

After checking the wyvern that was flying over the camp and making sure that there were no monsters or anyone else nearby, I began to relax.

- Tomorrow morning, the wyvern won't carry everyone away, which means we'll have to walk. - Answering the girl's question, I ran my eyes around the tent, trying not to fall asleep. - Are the girls as ready as possible?

The light elf tried to find what I was looking for in the tent, but when she heard my question, she arched her eyebrow in surprise.

- Yes, they are ready, as I see you are tired, let me help you get to the next tent. - Keirin turned to me, rising from her chair and extending her hand and winking. She just got free today.

Smiling at her words, taking her hand and rising from the chair, we went to another tent, my eyes already having difficulty keeping open.

Once on the street and having walked the rest of the way to the tent and going into it, I did not have the strength to look around to see who lived in it, Auel or Ru'El, having reached the bed covered with skins, I let go of Keirin's hand.

- Thank you for helping me get here, I didn't think I was so tired. - Yawning, I said to the girl, climbing under the skins. - Wake me up if I sleep longer.

With every word I said, feeling that I was falling asleep more and more, I couldn't hear what Keirin answered, I fell asleep.

Feeling through a dream how someone was touching me and immediately waking up and reaching for the sword and feeling the emptiness and remembering where I was and turning my gaze to the one who woke me up.

As I thought, Keirin woke me up; she had a surprised expression on her face, looking from me to the place where my hand was reaching.

She was sitting on the bed, I could smell her pleasant smell, how has her smell not changed in such a long time?

- Good morning, it was very difficult to wake you up; you did not respond to words. - Keirin said getting out of bed and sitting down on a chair. - I had to try something unusual...

Something unusual? It was difficult for me to understand what she was talking about, but looking at the slight smile on her face, apparently she had done something, but why didn't I feel anything other than danger?

- And what did you try? Can you tell me? - I turned to her with fear in my voice. - Because of these unusual actions, you managed to wake me up with a sense of danger.

The girl began to laugh; her melodious laughter began to spread throughout the tent where we were. Unusual emotions were visible in her eyes that I had never seen in her before.

- Touch, Tray, are our bodies very sensitive to touch or haven't you noticed? - Keirin asked in a teasing voice. - Just like our heightened hearing.

Thinking about her words, before I didn't pay much attention to the fact that at some moments my body reacted more strongly to the touch of the wind or the blows of the same wyvern.

And after the battle with the wyvern, the part of my body became even more sensitive where the consequences of its fire were visible.

Remembering my body before the change into a half-elf, I noticed a noticeable difference; raising an eyebrow, I wondered where she was touching, but realizing that she was waiting for it, and with a chuckle, getting up from the bed and passing by the light elf, I looked out into the street where the day had already begun.

- Are the girls ready to leave the camp? - I asked, wanting to change the topic of conversation.

There was a sigh behind me, and I didn't need to look back to see that Keirin didn't appreciate my reluctance to talk about touching.

- Yes we are, but I'm afraid of monsters and animals. - Keirin answered, her steps were heard and, standing next to me, she looked outside. - You and I together cannot protect everyone who comes with us.

Frowning and pondering solutions to the problem of possible attacks, the wyvern will not be able to immediately descend from the air and save a possible victim.

The darkness will cause harm to both the victim and the attacking monster or animal, so all that remains is to call upon the martyrs?

When I wanted to call on the tormentors, the words of a professor from the academy appeared in my head about how a sphere can break. In all the time since I became a half-elf, I had no desire to test her.

Now I suddenly have a danger because the wyvern was outside all the time, can my sphere crack? Imagining such a possibility, I shuddered all over from such a possibility.

- Gather everyone and check that everything is in place. - Turning to the light elf, I returned inside the tent. - I need to check something, I'll be ready soon.

Keirin's uncomprehending look at me and the gloomy expression on her face said that she wanted to find out what bothered me so much.

- You see, from the moment I became chosen by the goddess Ges, I did not check my sphere. - As I spoke, I realized how stupid my words could sound to Keirin. - I was scared, what if she made a mistake and my race would change sooner? But I need to know how full the sphere is.

I could see how the face of the light elf began to change, the girl raised her hand and then lowered it and, nodding, left the tent, leaving me alone.

Walking towards the bed and sitting down on it, I closed my eyes and feeling the fear rising in me, I headed to the back where the sphere should have been.

The anxiety grew more and more when I saw her, examining her and trying to remember what she looked like the last time I saw her.

Memories began to appear in my head, but I immediately noticed a difference in the form of strange spikes that ran throughout the sphere.

I was worried about the appearance of strange spikes on the sphere, and I didn't know whether they were dangerous.

Shifting my gaze from them to what was inside the sphere, I saw how the power inside it was half filled, coldness began to rise up my back and fear began to rise in me with renewed vigor.

Were the words of the goddess Ges a deception about the time of my race change, or did something accelerate the emergence of the forces of chaos within the sphere?

Opening my eyes, I felt my hands shaking and my throat tightening from fear that my life might soon change again.

Taking a deep breath and getting out of bed, I headed towards the exit of the tent. I could hear the girls walking louder and louder on the street and discussing something with each other.