XIV

"That means it is serving it purpose then. I thought you were going to chose to travel as an old woman like I do half of the time," the seer told her.

"I always wanted to disguise myself as a man," she said truthfully. In the palace she was condemned for holding the sword and being cold because she was a girl. If she was a boy, she would have been allowed to act as she wishes. And that was just what she was doing at this moment.

"I wonder why. That concoction could turn you to just anyone you want to be. It will last for long so don't be bothered about getting caught," her teacher informed her. "Have you found a place to stay?" The seer asked.

"Not yet, I was looking for her," Aurora replied pointing at her maid who was still sleeping.

"Why did you bring her along?" The seer had to ask. The smallish frame of the maid will be a perfect target if bullying even with the disguise as a man.

"She was bent on coming with me. Her family also got killed the lycans. I am sure she also wants her vengeance. I could not persuade her otherwise," Aurora replied shaking her head helplessly.

She understood Helen well at this point because there was no obstacle that could prevent her from killing the Alpha King herself except he gets killed before she arrives.

"Where are you traveling to?" Aurora asked her teacher.

"I am going to travel around the world with as much identities as I can make with my concoction. I want to do something I want to do while I can," Darlene smiled sadly.

"You can at anytime."

Darlene only smiled and shook her head knowing that Aurora knew nothing about why she couldn't.

"Does my uncle know you left the forest?"

"No don't know. He gave me this time off so I guess he knows. I need to have a lot of fun before I go back to city."

"I know you don't want me to know but could you tell me what the deal you made with him is about?"

"I fell in love. That is the summary of it all," the seer said confirming Aurora's guess.

"Oh," Aurora ohhed as she glanced at her maid who was still sleeping sounding without any worry. She knew the love went very deep for her teacher to betray the man she admired for being the protector of people like her.

***

They were finally out of the large forest after four days. The forest was the best route to take. It was faster and more quiet. They could a avoid all the villages she never wanted to go through.

The two figures continued on their horse down a hilly rocky part and they got close to the border of their great kingdom.

The kingdom had a well known large market as the border between the two kingdoms on the east. The kingdom used that market as an exchange market and strengthen the relationship to prevent wars.

The people from both kingdoms come together to buy and sell things and it making it almost impossible for them to fight a war against each other because they will not want to destroy the market where a lot of the get their daily bread from.

According to the book of the chronicles of the kings of their kingdom, her great grandfather brought up that idea to do that because he did not want them to fight war against each other since he married a woman from the kingdom and she wanted peace as her wedding gift.

"Are we going through the city?" Helen had to ask.

"No. We will pass by it like we have done earlier in those places we passed," Aurora replied seriously. "If you want to go back, you can go back."

Helen glanced at the gate of the city and the other side. She was still frightened by the earlier experience.

The seer told her she did something offensive against some entities living in the forest but she had no idea what she did because she was only going after her master when something hard hit her neck and her vision went black.

She really thought if they could go through the city and avoid that especially since these people seemed very normal and not creepy at all.

"We will go through the city," Aurora finally gave Helen the answer she hoped for.

"Oh. It is best right?" Helen asked happily.

"Yes. It is best. Going through the city is a shorter route to take. The city is large and it will unnecessary to go around the city and it will fasten out journey."

"Yes. That is right," Helen agreed immediately with a a strong nod of her head.

"I think you should settle down in this city afterwards," Aurora said seriously. She did not want Helen to continue the journey with her. It occured to her when she saw how busy the city was with it visitors and people coming from both kingdoms, getting married and living the rest of their lives there.

"No, I will continue the journey from here with you," Helen replied strongly. "I want to go with you. Just count it as avenging for my family."

"You can travel on your own when the time comes but I won't lead you to your death, Helen," Aurora said without room for negotiation. She still remembered what her teacher said before they parted ways in the forest.

Her maid was going to be her biggest distraction. She might destroy her plan and the mission causing their lives to be endangered and making her die without performing her role in the end.

When they got to an inn in the city, it was already night time. The inn was close to the gate of the city and she was going to continue her journey at dawn and she needed quality rest. They got a room in the inn because other rooms were occupied.

Their horses got fed and she could eat soup. She really missed the taste of soup cooked by her maid but when she noticed her maid was sulking about what she said, she did not bother her to prepare the soup herself.

The room they were given had a large window. It was not very big but it had two beds placed on its wooden floor.

She enjoyed a warm bath after dinner and went to sleep on the not soft bed but it was way better than sleeping on the floor.