Chp 86 : Splitting Up

"People who are part of royal families are evil! Lazies who spend their day in luxurious palaces, unlike us knights!" Lucas said in a mocking, teasing, tone after recounting the trio mercenaries youth "Now your saying you want spend you days here?"

"Wow thanks for being such a jerk, but don't you think it's time for some change?" Karter said seriousness in his voice and determination in his eyes that stared into Lucas's "You're still the same Mr sad and serious from back then"

"..." Lucas couldn't argue back, even though back then when he wasn't able to remember what happened to his mother, he still felt like something was missing

"So what are you going to do now?"

"Mmm... I'm thinking of departing first thing tomorrow morning" Karter said scratching his head "I was planning to go back home anyways, to help"

Khawlok was not really a place meant to sustain life, it's harsh climate was unfitting for agriculture, alongside the numerous polar bears that inhabited the country, only the strong were able to survive. It having the highest infant mortality rate, and the lowest life expectancy out of the 5 countries

Not only that, recently there have been rumors, unconfirmed sightings of demon disciples which further increased the dangers lurking in the snowy mountain country

"I see, even thought it is just a rumor... it must be tough" Lucas empathetically said to Karter, whose arm was still draped across his shoulder

"No, not a rumor" He stated confidently "I can sense it with my nose" he removed his arm from Lucas's shoulder to point both of his fingers onto his nose

"... then you best get leaving then if your nose says so!" the brown laughed 

It was only a fairy tale, an unknown myth to most, that Khawloks had an excellent sense of smell. Nowadays people know that when Khawloks say this they usually just mean that what they are saying is 100% true, and that they swear on their life that you should trust them

"How about you? What are you going to do after your 3 years" Karter said, roughly patting the back of his friend trying to get him to stop laughing

"Huh what do you mean? When we're both done aren't we going to do what we've always done? Us three stick together" He said with confusion, even with his memories back, and even though he chose Elena over Yael, Lucas still latched onto the past

"Are you sure that's what you want?"

"Of course it is, what else would me and you do without each other?"

"Saying that after you chose some random woman over your friend" Karter mumbled underneath his breath, even though he was now caught up with the situation between Lucas and Yael's past, he still resented and blamed Lucas for his best friend's death. Now Lucas wants to go back to the way things were before?

"You should think about what you like, and what you like to do... and I'll go do my own thing"

"What are you saying?"

Even though Lucas did what he did, Karter still had fond memories with him and wanted Lucas to get better

"Unlike me and Yael, you never really had a childhood y'know? Or a choice, you just think you like adventuring around the world because it's the only thing we did back then"

Karter's pace slowed down as they came to a stop at the garden's entrance

"Lets go our separate ways for now... this might be weird for me to say but since I'm younger than you, I'll wait for you to grow up I guess? No I mean like- sort yourself out, your kind of a mess" he sighed as he pointed towards his room in another part of the palace "I'm going to start packing, once your done with your thing, maybe come and visit me at Khawlok when you sort things out"