Wyvern Emotions

I could hear her steps moving further and further from the tent, leaving me alone. Sighing and remembering the last words that we exchanged with Lualia, smiling at the situation in which I found myself, I could only wait for Keirin to return with the girl and that light elf.

After a while, steps were heard towards the tent, as I understood, Keirin led them, confirming my thoughts, the tent opened and two girls were the first to enter. Auel, who saw me, smiled, the last one to enter was a light elf who looked at me warily.

I could see the fear in his gaze, which he tried to hide by holding out his hand, inviting them to sit down.

Auel and the light elf looked at Keirin, asking permission with their eyes; she just smiled and nodded, walking towards the bed, seeing Auel behind her.

Having walked and sat down on the bed, the girls turned their gaze to the light elf who was still standing near the entrance to the tent, feeling multiple glances at him, Ru'El carefully walked and sat down on the chair opposite me.

- Keirin told me about your situation because of which you cannot return to Migen with us. - I turned to the girl and the light elf.

The girl looked in surprise at Keirin, who only smiled slightly, while Ru'El narrowed his eyes and looked at me carefully, waiting for me to continue.

- On my journey through the forest, I visited the capital of one of the races that left at the end of the five races. - Continuing to speak, I saw how the light elf's gaze changed to one of surprise. - You, as the inhabitants of the lands nearby, know what race I'm talking about.

The girl nodded immediately, apparently she knew the history of her lands well, but the light elf looked from me to Auel, who only shook her head at the misunderstanding in Ru'El's gaze.

- In this abandoned capital live those who sought salvation from the power of the baron of your lands. - Continuing to explain, Ru'El's face began to change into a gloomy one, and the girl covered her face with her hands. - They are not robbers if you think about it.

The girl made a strange sound in surprise, attracting the attention of everyone sitting in the tent, realizing that everyone was looking at her, she began to get nervous.

- I heard in conversations between robbers that there are people in the forest who do not make a living from robbery. - Auel said quietly. - And before Trey and Keirin saved us, they were discussing some kind of alliance between gangs to attack these forest inhabitants.

The robbers wanted to attack the inhabitants of the capital of avel? A grin appeared on my face, remembering the galuis who had been waiting for possible aggressors for a long time.

Shomufi did not talk about how they fought, but I doubted that the avels allowed a weak race and warriors to live.

- I left before I arrived here, maybe the bandits changed their minds. - I answered without mentioning that attacks usually take a long time to prepare

From the thoughtful look of the light elf I could see that he guessed what I was keeping silent about.

- And are they ready to receive us? - A question was heard from Ru'El who looked thoughtfully at Auel.

Sighing and looking at Keirin, I didn't want to give them false hope that they would be accepted, shaking my head at the light elf's question.

- I don't know, when I left their city I didn't know about you and your case. - Answering the light elf's question, I saw changes in Auel's face.

The light elf nodded understandingly at my words, turning his gaze to the girl and seeing her downcast expression, Ru'El sighed.

- How many days is the journey to the city where they live? - Ru'El asked, turning to me; in his gaze it was clear that he had decided something for himself.

Looking at him incomprehensibly and raising my hand up, I did not plan to lead them on foot to the avel capital. Following my hand, the girl looked blankly from my hand to Keirin and then to me.

- We will fly there and not walk. - Answering the question in the gaze of Auel and the light elf, I said.

A heavy sigh was heard from Keirin, who began to explain something in Aueli's ear. Listening to the light elf, the girl's eyes widened, doubt and surprise were visible in them at what Keirin was telling her.

- Do you think she won't kill us? - Ru'El asked with apprehension in his voice.

I understood his fears; he had not yet recovered from his first meeting with the wyvern, and the girl had not even seen her yet.

- She won't attack until I tell her to. - I answered Ru'El's question in a confident voice, who became even more nervous after my words.

Looking from the light elf to the girl, I wanted to get an answer from them whether they were ready to go or whether they already had a plan.

The light elf turned again to the girl who only nodded at his silent gaze. Turning back to me, he nodded in agreement to my proposal to go to the capital of the avels.

- How long do you need to get ready? - I asked them.

Turning my gaze to Keirin, who only grinned at the fact that I was leaving the camp again, I could only smile at her.

- It won't be long, and you and your sister Keirin will discuss everything. You weren't there for that long. - Auel said in a quick voice, rising from the bed and leading the incomprehensible light elf out of the tent.

I wondered why Auel called Keirin sister. From her look, I understood that she did not want to discuss this.

Left alone, she and I discussed our future plans; there were still girls in the camp who could not walk on their own and to take them to the city they needed stretchers, which they had already made.

While I was away. It remained to come up with a reason why we stayed for such a long time in the forest for the academy and for those who might be interested in our long absence.

- We can say that due to the condition of the girls, we did not want to expose them to unnecessary risk and it took a month for them to come to their senses. - Keirin suggested in a thoughtful voice, looking towards the exit from the tent.

Thinking over Keirin's proposal, I agreed that with this reason we would get rid of many questions, but there were still the girls themselves who could say that this was not so.

- What if they tell the truth? - I asked, worried that the girls might not agree to deceive with the reason for our delay in the forest.

Keirin just shook her head and looked at me, there was confidence in her gaze.

- This will not be a problem, Auel and I talked to them and the girls agree to explain why it took us a month to return back. - Keirin responded to my concern.

Smiling at the fact that Keirin had provided everything about the history for the academy and the mercenary guild who would ask questions.

I was more worried about the appearance of Professor Ni'Lim in the city whether she would believe our story.

Footsteps were heard with the familiar sound of metal, glancing at Keirin, who had a grin on her face.

The sounds became louder until they died down in front of the tent, rising from the chair and leaving the tent I heard a light elf coming out behind me.

Once outside, looking around, I saw Auel and the light elf standing nearby, there was no one besides them.

Having exchanged glances with them, I could see that they were worried, starting to walk, I noticed that Keirin and Auel fell behind us, looking at the girls, they only nodded their heads forward.

Realizing that they wanted to talk about something of their own, I checked where the wyvern was, making sure that she was nearby and ordering her to go down.

Approaching the place, we began to listen to the sounds of wings that were approaching the face of Ru'El and Keirin, I could see that they were nervous because of the wyvern that was gradually approaching us.

Auel looked with interest at the figure, which was getting closer every moment. Approaching us and landing, raising a strong wind, her black eyes showed interest in those standing behind me, looking from one to the other and opening her mouth showing her teeth.

Narrowing her eyes and ordering her to calm down, the wyvern folded her wings and, tucking her front paws, settled down on the ground.

Looking back, I saw the frightened look of Auel and the wary look of Ru'El, who was clutching a sword with his hand and trying to cover the girls standing behind him.

- Don't worry, she won't attack. - I turned to Ru'El and the girls who looked from me to the wyvern. - Auel will go first because she is lighter than you Ru'El, it is better for her to be closer to the neck, otherwise the air can blow her off the wyvern.

It was clear that the light elf did not want to let Auel go first, but my words that she could be blown away by the wind kept him from refusing.

The girl walked around Ru'El with slow steps and began to approach the wyvern, I could see that she was afraid but tried not to show it, she climbed onto the wyvern.

- Hold on to the wyvern's scales near its neck, otherwise you may fall in the air. - I turned to the girl, remembering how I almost fell a couple of times on my way here. - Now you go to Ru'El and press your legs closer to her body.

The light elf, having tied the shield and thrown it over his shoulder, began to slowly approach the wyvern; it was clear that he was afraid of her behavior; finding himself next to the wyvern and making sure that she was not showing interest in him, Ru'El climbed up, hugging the girl sitting in front of him with his arms.

During this entire time, the wyvern did not pay attention to the fact that Ru'El and Auel had climbed onto it.

Turning her gaze to the side where the wyvern was looking, her gaze was directed at Keirin, who tried not to pay attention to the wyvern's behavior.

- Keirin, please come to me. - I asked the girl who looked at me in surprise. - I want to check something in the behavior of the wyvern.

The girl arched an eyebrow but remained silent and began to slowly approach me, I did not take my eyes off the wyvern, which continued to stare at Keirin.

Once next to me, the wyvern raised its muzzle to the light elf standing next to me, I saw that Keirin was nervous but did not react in any way to the wyvern's behavior.

Moving her muzzle next to the girl, you could see how her nose expanded and decreased; did she remember the girl's smell?

Having lost interest in Keirin, the wyvern turned her gaze to the camp, no longer paying attention to the girl who looked at me and the wyvern incomprehensibly.

- What was she doing Trey? - Keirin asked, trying to make her voice calm.

I myself was interested, examining the wyvern and penetrating into her emotions in which Keirin was a member of the nest for her; it was difficult for me to understand the other emotions of the wyvern; after making sure that she did not want to harm the light elf, I became calmer.

- She considers you a member of the nest, but I don't know what that means to her. - I answered thoughtfully while continuing to look at the wyvern. - But we have to go, I will try to return as quickly as possible.

It was clear how poorly concealed surprise flashed across Keirin's face and eyes, turning her gaze to the girl and the light elf sitting on the wyvern, whose eyes showed interest.

Having asked Keirin to move away so that the wings would not touch her, I climbed onto the wyvern and ordered her to go to the capital of the avels. 

I didn't know what a member of a nest means to a wyvern, is it possible that Keirin was a family member for her?

While in the air, I heard the girl screaming and how she clung to the scales of the wyvern, pressing her whole body against her neck; her hair fluttered in different directions due to the wind. I couldn't see the light elf's face, but I think he was glad that he was wearing a helmet.

During our flight, I looked around the forest with interest in search of possible other camps where the robbers lived; perhaps because we were flying quickly, I did not have time to notice them, or they lived in another part of the forest.

Several times the light elf almost fell from the wyvern, but as I warned them, he squeezed the scales with his feet, allowing him to stay on the wyvern.

The sun's rays continued to warm the earth and those who walked on it when we approached the city.

I didn't want to walk out of the forest and hide the fact that I was in the power of a wyvern. Now I didn't have Lualia with me to help me get past the gate and questions.

Ordering the wyvern to come down next to the gate, I could see how figures began to run along the walls, noticing the appearance of the wyvern, I couldn't hear it, but most likely a cry arose and the residents froze and, as I could see, they were looking at the sky.