The Inevitable Destiny

Lanterns

"you know?, in my kingdom, taking someone to look at the lanterns, is like declaring, that you like them, ,"

Ellen said, looking straight at the flaming red lanterns.

Ellen, and Zeir were still at the festival, and they decided to stay for a while longer, seeing the beautiful lanterns on the night of the festival.

"Liking?, What does it feel like to like someone?,"

Zeir asked, looking curiously at Ellen.

"Hmm, liking someone means, you've always wanted to see it, longing for it when it's far away, you want to protect it, and keeping it, those feelings, you can say like it, so who do you like?,"

Obviously Ellen, she was curious what kind of person Zeir liked.

"Nothing,"

Cueknya, with a flat face.

"Cih, no exclamation, when I was curious, what kind of person does a grim-faced Prince like you,"

Ellen's ejek, while looking cynically at Zeir.

"But you know clearly, in this world, nobody likes me, everybody hates me,"

Zeir said, lightly, as if not caring about it.

"I can't deny it, but if you smile like this a lot, maybe someone will like you."

He then, placed both forefinger, at the corner of Zeir's lips, then pulled it, making Zeir look like he was smiling.

Ellen smiled sweetly, making her eyelids curl like a crescent moon, while Zeir kept looking at her, as this was Zeir's first time, seeing someone smile so sincerely at him.

Where they stand more and more crowded, people passing by, busy to enjoy the beautiful night of the Festival, fireworks also enliven the atmosphere.

After realizing what he was doing, Ellen pulled back her hand.

"I want to go somewhere before we go home, we better go now,"

Zeir's face turned flat again.

"Well, where are we going?,"

Ellen asked, staring in any direction, reluctant to look directly at Zeir.

"To the top of the hill, I want to see the view from there."

Ellen agreed, although she was surprised by Zeir's desire, who suddenly wanted to see the scenery.

They both came out of the market, walked far enough, until they arrived at a quiet street, Zeir stopped his steps.

"Why did it suddenly stop, the hill is ahead right?,"

Ellen asked, pointing at a hill, not far from the road they were on.

Zeir suddenly transformed into a wolf, making Ellen startled, and immediately turned to her left and right, making sure no one saw them.

"Hey if you're found out how, don't you hide your special form?,"

Ellen said, still with her watchful attitude.

"Quick up, it will be tiring if you climb a hill, with a human form,"

Said Zeir, with his wolf form.

Feathers as white as snow, and the color of light blue eyes, coupled with her size, which was much larger than a wolf in general, Ellen had to admit that Zeir's wolf form, was, it was the most charming, and the most enchanting, he had ever seen.

"Ah well, then excuse me,"

Ellen rode the body of Wolf Zeir, slowly, this was her first time riding a Wolf-like vehicle, she usually only rode horses.

After Ellen got on her back, Zeir jumped up, and ran quickly up the hill, leaving Ellen to hold on tight, while closing her eyes in fear.

It did not take long, they both finally reached the top of the hill, Ellen opened her eyes again, then descended slowly from Zeir's body.

"Well crazy, can't you slow down a little bit,"

Ellen did often ride at high speed, but Zeir's speed was far above that.

"I want to puke on it,"

Ellen complained, while stroking her chest.

"That's how you've been complaining,"

Sinis Zeir, then back to his human form.

"I'm an ordinary human if you forget, not accustomed to your speed, Wolf Man,"

Ellen said, defending yourself.

While Ellen was busy stroking her chest, while adjusting her breathing, Zeir went to step closer to a tree, which was there.

Without Ellen realizing it, she secretly opened the bark of the tree, which had been modified, there was a secret message, after reading it, Zeir rushed to close it again.

"This is the view you're referring to?, I don't see anything from up here,"

Said Ellen, who now stands on the edge of the hill.

"That's because it's covered in fog,"

It was true, what Zeir had said, should be from the top of this hill, they could see his glitter, the view of the kingdom of the werewolf clan.

"We'll just go down,"

Take Zeir, with ease, even though Ellen has been hard-earned to resist her nausea in order to come up the hill.

"You are, why despair so quickly,"

Cynical Ellen, looking irritatedly at Zeir.

"Then you want to how?,"

Zeir asked, with his tone of voice that always sounded calm.

"Of course do something, I'll show you what a beautiful scene really looks like,

Ellen said, taking out a sword tied to her waist.

Ellen slashed through the cloud fog, which blocked their view, her sword flying in all directions, over the hill, driving away the mist, with the wind blowing.

"How is it, it's amazing, isn't it?,"

Ellen asked, confidently, then she pulled back her sword, and kept it as a belt.

Slowly glittering scenery, lantern lights in the corner of the kingdom began to be seen.

"But it's not finished yet,"

Still in high confidence, she took out a paper in the sleeve of her dress, then threw the paper into the air, as soon as many fireflies appeared, the light illuminated their surroundings.

"How did you do it?,"

Zeir asked, staring in surprise at Ellen, he did not know that an ordinary human clan, turned out to be able to do such things.

"It was called a talisman, which gave rise to an illusion, according to what we said,

About how I could do it, of course I learned it, and it's a secret,"

Clearly Ellen, stared straight at the scene before her.

About how Ellen could do all sorts of magic, the answer was because she had studied with a god in the human clan world, Ellen did not know what reason, the god taught her so many things.

"You can do so much, with your abilities, why can your clan lose the war?,"

That sensitive question Zeir launched easily.

"What do you think, one person like me, can beat how many werewolves?,"

Ellen stared exasperatedly at Zeir.

"Of course, maybe it's enough to beat half the army,"

Zeir's reply, made Ellen hold back a laugh.

"Pffftt, I'm talented, but your judgment is too high, after all I have a promise, to use my sword only as a protector,"

Although he laughed though, his eyes still glazed over, when explaining the reason, not going down to the battlefield.

Ellen had a shackle in her heart, she regretted not being able to go down to the battlefield, should be with the ability she had, she could help the troops enough, her father forbade Ellen to go to the battlefield, as for the promise, he had already promised his teacher to use the sword only as a protector.

"Have not discussed it again, the night is getting late, the better we go home now,"

Pinta Ellen, the look of a confident face earlier, went nowhere.

"All right,"

Said Zeir, taking off his robe, then putting it on Ellen's body.

"Thank you,"

While tightening the robe on his body.

Zeir turned back into a white wolf, then Ellen climbed slowly onto his back.

"Your magic technique, can you teach me?,"

This time, Zeir took Ellen more slowly.

"Surely can,"

Ellen replied, she will only teach Zeir how to make amulets.

The night had shown at 12 o'clock right, the wind was blowing increasingly louder, making Ellen feel sleepy, he leaned his body on Zeir's back, then before long he fell asleep.

When he arrived under the hill, Zeir again changed into a human being, with Ellen in his arms, who was asleep.

He set his foot back to the palace and escorted Ellen to her room, where he placed Ellen on the bed, carefully.

Then intending to return to his room, not yet had time to step, his clothes were instead held tightly by Ellen, with her eyes still closed.

"No, mother, don't leave me,"

Ellen muttered in her sleep.

Zeir did not understand, what made Ellen so restless in her sleep, he tried to remove Ellen's hand from her shirt, but instead made Ellen tighten her grip.

He finally gave up, and went to lie next to Ellen, Zeir who could not feel emotions, of course, completely ignored, what would happen when the next day Ellen woke up from sleep, and saw.