Fate Breakers

Dams

Seira leaves Riel alone in her room and goes to see Sil downstairs.

"Hey, Seira. What's up?" Sil asked from behind his desk.

Seira who walked slowly down the stairs began to approach Sil and sat on the bench provided in front of the bartender's table.

"Do you have another room? I'm sick of being with that Bawdy." Complain Seira.

"Me-mesp?!" Sil's eyes were perfectly rounded followed by his cheeks that began to turn red.

"Yeah, she squeezed my chest with her magic." Answer Seira.

"Ma.mmm..." Sil's face was getting red.

"So do you have another room?" Seira.

"Ah, I'm so sorry. But it's the only room left. That's the best room we've got here." Answer Sil.

"Yes that's it." Seira looked disappointed.

Seira returned to her room and looked at Riel who was looking at the window quietly.

"You're back." Riel said without turning her eyes away.

Seira just remained silent and immediately lay down on her bed. He was still upset with Riel for doing something inappropriate to him.

"Sorry." Said Riel still in the same position, only her face now turned towards Seira who was lying against the wall.

Silent. No one talks to one. Riel closed the window of her room and walked back to her bed.

"Why closed?" Seira said, finally speaking.

"Eh? Shall I open it again?" Replied Riel who was about to lay down on her bed.

"No. No need to." Answer Seira briefly.

"Hmm okay." Riel finally threw her tired body onto the bed.

Seira rose from her position, she sat facing Riel who was lying down staring at the ceiling of the room. Seira felt a strange thing in her. His body temperature rose slowly, his heart was beating even faster. He was very eager to approach Riel. But, he was still annoyed by what Riel had done.

A few minutes to withstand the turmoil on his body, Seira finally woke up from his bed and stepped foot towards a man in all black clothes in front of him. His steps were so careful as if he did not want to be heard by Riel even though he knew Riel would be able to see him from that position.

"Hmm?" Riel turned towards Seira who was approaching her.

Riel got up from her position and gave her space in her bed so Seira could sit there.

"Sorry, Seira." Riel said as Seira sat before her.

Seira just shook her head which meant 'It's okay. I have forgiven you.'

Riel fell silent again and just looked at Seira calmly. He doesn't know what's going on down there. Is it possible that Sil scolded her? Or is he remembering something that makes him sad? Riel had absolutely no idea what had happened to Seira.

"Riel." Said Seira while lowering her face.

"Yes?" Riel answered briefly.

"Don't look at me like that, you idiot!" Said Seira while pointing at the wall that was behind Riel.

"You want me to face there?" Ask Riel.

Seira just nodded slowly as she agreed to Riel's question.

Riel immediately turned her body back to Seira. He increasingly did not understand the Elf Girl behind him. But, because he still felt guilty he could only obey what the girl asked so that her mistakes could be forgiven.

Now Seira looked at Riel's back which she had seen several times without the slightest thread. He kept looking at her until his hands reflexively touched the back of the man in front of him.

"Eh? Seira?" Riel asked who felt Seira's touch on her back.

"Will you tell me about Aira?" Seira asked who was still stroking Riel's back.

"Could only. What the hell is going on with you, Seira?" Riel began to feel a strange feeling as a result of Seira's caress on her back.

"I just want to hear it." Seira replied while sticking her forehead on Riel's back. He can smell Riel's body scent which actually does not smell at all. Although Riel was never seen bathing by Seira, she always washed her clothes and body when she found a river on the way.

"Eh?! All right I'll tell you about it." Riel replied trying to ignore what Seira was doing.

"He's my little friend. Our house is very close so every day we play together. That girl, she always told me that everything we experience in our lives is destined. I don't believe in what destiny is. That's why when I found out that he wasn't coming back, I immediately decided to follow him to Datraoch." Said Riel while holding back the strange feeling that was attacking her at this moment.

"Why? Why did it get that far? Don't you have any friends besides him?" Seira asked who was now starting to creep towards Riel's shoulders.

"It's not. It's just that I-I promised her to marry him when we grow up." Riel.

"So, you love her so much?" Seira asked a little gloomily.

"Yes." Yeah." Riel replied while holding a strange feeling in her body.

"Have you done 'that' with him?" Seira.

"A-what do you mean~" asked Riel who was starting to lose her control.

"You want to do it with me?" Seira spins Riel's body.

Their eyes looked at each other. Seira slightly pushed Riel against the wall and sat on Riel's lap. His hand continued to hold onto Riel's shoulder while Riel only fell silent in confusion with Seira's current behavior.

"Bu-not that I want to do 'that' with you. Just-just, I guess I also have to do a little something like that so I can forgive you." Seira.

His face was getting closer to Riel's face. Riel who had never seen Seira that close, plus an expression she had never seen before could only be speechless and the beautiful face of the Elf was getting closer.

BRUCK!

There was a sound coming from outside the door of their room. Seira who was sitting on Riel's thigh jumped down from the bed and walked closer to the source of the sound.

"Sil?!" Seira saw the innkeeper woman sitting down while stroking her head in front of the room door.

"Eh... Seira hehe." Sil turned his face away trying to take his eyes off Seira.

"Anu... I wanted to tell you that there was another room that was empty. The person who booked the room just left so I wanted to offer it to you. But..." Sil tried to hide his face that looked extremely passionate.

"no need. Thank you, Sil." Seira replied without waiting for Sil to finish his sentence.

"I thought so." Sil replied with a suspicious smile.

"Eh.. anu..it's not what you think..." Seira tried to give an excuse.

"Please enjoy your time. Sorry to interrupt. Excuse me." Sil ran down to the first floor and immediately returned to his desk.

"Damn! What I've done. Stupid seira! You're so stupid!" Seira complained in his heart.

It had been two minutes Seira was standing at the door. Even though Sil had returned to his desk from earlier. His eyes were not ready to return to look at Riel who was behind him at this moment. He could not imagine what Riel would think of him now.

"Sheira." A familiar voice called out to him from inside the room.

"So you've forgiven me now?" Riel asked while tidying up her clothes.

"Please let's break even." Seira replied and walked back to her bed.

"I don't understand what you did to me. But..." Riel wanted to say that she liked the thing she had just felt. But he undoes his intentions when he sees Seira looking at him waiting for him to finish his sentence.

"But thank God you've forgiven me." Riel.

"Well, no more thinking. You better think about when we're gonna go check the water." Answer Seira.

"What if we leave now? Anyway, it's still noon. It would be better if this matter was quickly resolved, wouldn't it?" Riel took her bow which she placed on the edge of the small closet beside her bed.

"Then I go first." Seira opened a large window located in the middle of the wall and immediately left with the form of his golden eagle.

"What did he really want to do?" Riel muttered as she walked out of her room.

 

Seira finally found the hill meant by Sil. He could also see the source of the springs on the hill, only he saw a strange mound that covered the flow of water.

"Zmadh." Seira recited a spell that made her vision go further.

"Corpse?!" The mound that blocked the flow of water was apparently the corpse of a resident who went missing a few weeks ago. Seira wanted to immediately approach the spring but he saw Riel who was running towards the foot of the hill. He abandoned his intentions and rushed over to Riel.

"Have you found her, Seira?" Riel asked as Seira was already perched on her shoulder.

"That was really the work of the Harpies. What keeps the spring from flowing to the village are the corpses of the villagers laid piling up to create a dam that blocks the flow of water to the village." Seira explained what she saw from up there.

"Stop!" Said one of the gatekeepers when Riel and Seira had reached the foot of the hill they were heading to.

"No one goes in there." Continue the Guard.

"I'm an adventurer. I've even obtained permission from the Village Chief." Answer Riel.

"He's right. I've allowed it." Said a man in his 50s with his gray hair.

The two guards before Riel quickly bowed their bodies. Paying respect to the Village Chief.

"Hows it? Are you ready?" Asked the Village Chief while patting Riel on the shoulder.

"100%" Riel smiled confidently.

"Open the gate." Tell the old man.

Without commenting again the two guards opened the gate behind them.

"Deliver the future of this village to you, Black-shawed Adventurer." The village chief smiled expectantly.

"I won't let you down." Riel bent her body as a sign of respect, then rushed up the hill before her.

 

It takes about 10 minutes to get to the spring. However, the stench of the human carcasses collected there can be smelled by Riel and Seira from a distance.

"I told you to take a shower." Said Seira who had returned to her Elf form.

"If I was that way, why did you enjoy licking my neck at the inn earlier?" Riel replied while covering her nose.

"W-can you stop talking about that?" Seira turned her face away.

"Revelation!" Riel pushed Seira quite tight. Until the girl fell down next to him.

Seira had not had time to scold Riel, a Harpy they fought yesterday dived sharply to where Seira was standing earlier.

"They really welcome us." Said Riel while preparing her arrow bow.

"Thank you." Seira was back standing next to Riel.

"I first. Sphejtsi!"

Riel darted from one tree to another and jumped towards the Harpy that was hovering in the air.

His hand managed to grasp the creature's legs and he quickly swung his hand down. It made the Harpy lie on the ground.

Riel took the arrow from her back arrow holster and started aiming at the monster lying below. Still hovering in the air, Riel fired a shot that shot right into the heart of the Harpy.

1 down. There are 3 Harpies waiting for Riel and Seira up there. They rushed towards the top of the hill and found a dam made from a pile of corpses that had started to rot.

"It's totally unacceptable!" Riel's anger began to burn when she saw the pile of bodies in front of her.

"The vuurbal!"

Seira throws a fireball at Harpy who tries to attack Riel. However, the creature managed to dodge so Seira's attack hit a tree and almost toppled it.

"Actie!" Riel cast a spell that she had just learned at the inn.

Seira reflexively covered her chest with both of her hands. Remembering what Riel had done when she first cast the spell.

This time, the magic worked well. A Harpy that successfully dodged Seira's attack fell to the ground. His body could not be moved as if there was a gigantic hand grasping it so tightly.

"Don't make me dizzy just to take aim at you guys who keep flying around here and there, you Chicken Village!" Riel pulled the Harpy with her magic.

SLASSH!

Riel's dagger successfully slashed the neck of the Half Bird Woman. The remaining two Harpies looked furious as they watched their friend's death before their eyes.

The two Harpies spread their wings. Black smoke billowed from the flickering of the Harpy's second wing. Riel who wanted to immediately kill the two creatures ran into the black smoke in front of her.

"RIEL, RETREAT! THE SMOKE IS POISONOUS!"

 "Eh?!" Be late. Riel stopped in the middle of the poisonous smoke.

"Shakullina!" Seira cast a spell and made a small whirlwind that circled Riel. The smoke spread everywhere and then disappeared. Leaving Riel who was already lying limp on the ground.

"Riel!" Seira runs towards Riel.

The Harpies in front of them prepared to launch their next attack.

"RIEL!!!" Seira let out a magic field that encircled her and Riel so that she managed to fend off the attacks from the two Harpies simultaneously.

"Sherimi." Seira begins to treat Riel with her healing magic.

"Please... Riel..." Tears started to flow down Seira's cheeks. He remembered someone in his past.

"I-I want to eat the meat of the bu-bird." Riel stammered.

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