The sword of dreams (III)

"So Sofia did you talk to Jas or Sky perhaps?"

She leaned back, pretending to be relaxed, nodded and said "Yes Skyler called me and explained everything."

I nodded understandingly and asked "Do you believe them?"

"Yes..." She said with confusion in her eyes.

I nodded again and leaned back on the couch and crossed my legs, right on my left.

"Then that's that I don't need to know more about this matter." I say calmly.

She jumped in confusion and said "But it matters to me. Explain it nicely to me. Convince me that what I hear is wrong. That you truly want to live." 

"Soph think with your head, please, I care about you all but I can't change the fact that in the past that was indeed the plan that I was going to follow. Now it depends on you if you want to believe me or not that I switched up that plan to the current one for you guys."

She was momentarily silent, opening and closing her mouth several times before she said "I do believe you. But you have to prove to me that you want to live through this war." 

My face turned crooked as I remembered the war and my plan with the noble's. I avoided her gaze a little and nodded, showing no signs of hesitations.

My attention went to the sword lying on the couch beside me. My hands went to it and I grabbed the hilt with my right hand and the shield with the left. 

I pulled the sword out with the sound of metal running against each other. Very slick and soothing. 

The sword itself looked very ordinary with a silver blade and golden hilt, even the shield was silver and golden in contrast to the sword. It was perfectly weighted and within the height that works perfectly with my body type.

"I hope you liked it. Since your old sword was broken I was going to make a new one but just then your request came so I put my heart and soul into this."

"Hmm, it's good." I reply, still concentrating on the sword.

"Just good?" She asked, lacking her usual rowdiness .

"It's good to be good." I said and she seemed pleased by it since she asked no further.

I examined the sword again and then stood up. I swung the sword a couple of times. It was really perfect.

'Time for the real test.'

I inserted my mana into the sword but shaped it in the form of an aura. It covered the sword in blue and white brilliance and sharpened the sword even more. I took more swings with it.

'Phuuu it handles aura very well now lets see how well it handles my ice powers.'

This time I changed the flow of the mana and inserted my ice powers. My hair shifted its color to white and my light ocean eyes diluted to the crystal blue color. The swords ate up my power and slowly lost their color. The blade turned translucent with a faded blue in it. The golden hilt on the sword turned white. It gave out an extraordinary sense of power and definitely. 

'This is the sword used by the god of hope in the war against demons. It shifts itself based on the user. It was broken and the person who first made it died so no one knows how to make it.'

I turned to look at the young lady who was looking at me with big shimmery eyes.

'Although it is known as the liquid silver moonstone sword, in truth it's actual name is the killer of evil under the sun.'

I stopped supplying mana to the sword and it returned back to normal. I shielded it and then looked at Soph. 

'This sword is mentioned many times in the holy books but with no description, the information about it was lost. But the maker of it was none other than soph's great great grandfather. So there's no doubt that she was able to do it.'

"Excellent Soph. Thank you for your hard work." 

Suddenly the door busted open and I saw two very familiar faces on the door way. 

"Leia and Skyler?" Sofia looked as confused as I was.

But my confusion increased when I saw that Sky was holding Leia by the collar and lifting her half in the air. And the petit women could do nothing but dangle. Well if she wanted she could go free but I guess she wants to do something here. 

"Don't worry, I'm not here to get you or anything." Sky says as she realized Leia who landed on her feets perfectly. She walked over to Soph and said to her "You are coming with me to your territory. I have something to discuss with the chief." 

"Oh-ok" She said in uttar bafflement. 

Sky nodded and grabbed Leia and Sofia by the shoulder and the next second they vanished. 

"..." I was left standing with the sword in my hand and confusion on my face.

After a minute or two Barman entered the room. 

"Sir are you alright?" 

I snapped back to my senses and replied with a nod. I turned towards Barman and said "Let's go back to Lin's Inn."

"As you wish my lord."

I placed the sword on the sword belt that was in the shop and walked out the shop. Without any question he followed me and we walked towards the carriage and got on. Barman slid the little panel to talk to the driver and said "To the Sunmantle Inn." 

The couchman just nodded and started galloping the horse. Barman closed the panel and turned back to me. He worked his hands and quickly made some tea for me. I held the tea cup and took in the fresh scent of lavender and herbs.

I took a sip and it felt good, calming me intensely. I sigh and look out the window, sipping the tea and enjoying the silence. 

***

I entered the room I was in before and sat at the exact place and removed the book that Leia sent to me. The Honor Of Sins.

The book had a red cover with no title and when opened there seemed to be no end of the pages it contained. The first page contain only one sentence:

- My lord, this is my investigation for the past three years. Hope it helps and you achieve what you came for. From Leia