I flew up so high that now even the once tall trees looked small to me.
"There's the mansion."
My eyes glazed over every small detail I could see over the horizon before finding the small white dote which zooming in, showed me the mansion.
Finally, glad to find my way, I seem to forget a simple fact.
I was starting to descent.
"Well… fuck me." I look down seeing how far I was from the ground. Then as I started to fall, I also saw that my landing was going dangerously close to the huge rock, which I jumped from.
As I started to fall, my vision over the ground zoomed in and time seemed to slow down. Within the limited help, I utilized with my eyes, the Sigmat ring on my hand gave a slow pink glow.
I took a deep breath, closed my mouth and waited. I waited before I was only a few meters away from the ground and then I opened my mouth and blew hard.
My mouth which was supposed to be filled with air, instead blew out water. The water came out in strong velocity with the pressure I applied and hit the ground.
As the water was still connected to my mouth, as I was still spraying, physics worked wondrous for me and the water changed my trajectory to the tree next to me. But I miscalculated too, as the waters pressure was quite strong and I hit the tree hard.
The tall tree stood strong and I too stopped as the hit slammed me to the ground. My vision returned to normal speed and the Sigmat ring's glow went away as well.
"Phew!" I sighed in relief at the dangerous moment that passed.
The new landing was hurtful, sure. But it was not even close to what I would have gotten. If I had hit the stone, I was sure that my back would have long broke because of how sturdy the rock was.
"With the direction to my home achieved, I think it's finally time I say goodbye to you, Cail the water blob." I say to the floating ball of death. "But before that… I have just the use for you." I smile creepily as I look at Cail and the cave.
"Did you find him?" Anna asked Raven, her face etched with worry.
"No, we looked a lot for him but couldn't find him." Raven said. Check latest chapters at N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
Hearing that, Anna's face paled instantly. It's been more than 10 hours since Henry had went out. He didn't say anything to anyone before going and the last thing known about him was from two wolfman, who only delivered him a small child that Henry had told to bring.
"You couldn't find him even while using your scent?" Anna asked as Raven shook his head.
"No, I couldn't. After he started using the new Sigmat ring, Sir found a way to clean off all smell from his body. It's so effective that even if he stood next to me, I wouldn't be completely sure if its him or not."
The words didn't calm the storm going through Anna's mind as she thought hard about where Henry could be.
Alice saw the despairing look appearing on Anna and asked instead, "What about that kid, the one that was last seen with him? He may know where the master could be."
Anna stood in attention, "Yes! Why don't you try searching for his scent? Maybe if you find him then there's a chance Henry could be with him."
Raven sighed, "We tried that too. But after following his scent for a while, he too disappeared without a trace."
"Where did you last follow him?" Alice asked.
"It was deep in the forest to the south."
"Hmm…" It seemed as if Alice had some thoughts as she took a moment, "Why don't you try searching that place again… maybe the master could be around there?"
"Also, find out where the kids home is. We could look for the child there."
Raven gave a nod to Alice's suggestion, "Yes, I'll do that right away-"
All three of them quickly turned towards the direction of the noise.
"The master's been found!"
Raven furrowed his brows, "Let's check that out." Both Anna and Alice nodded, as they went with him. Going towards the noise, relief quickly washed over all of their faces.
At the edge of forest, where the main gate was, they saw Henry being escorted by some of the wolfmen. His cloth seemed soaked in his sweat and his face twisted in relief, finally finding his solace.
Before Alice and Raven could say anything, a figure darted towards Henry and immediately hugged him tightly.
I smile seeing Anna hugging me. It was tight, almost too tight but it showed how much she worried for me. Patting her head, I say, "It's okay, I'm here now."
She sniffed over my wet clothes, "I… I…"
"I thought you might have gotten picked up by the forest monkeys." Anna said while crying.
"Don't worry, nothing happe-… wait, What? Forest monkeys?" I asked her as she nodded.
"Yeah, don't you know that deep in forests , big groups of monkeys live. They say that such monkeys look for healthy people alone and lost in the forest. They hunt them at night and eat them. I… I thought they might have gotten you."
Now that I think about it… sometimes I saw a few monkeys passing by while I was deep in there. Who knows what would have happened if I actually hadn't come back quick enough?
Today was the day, I head out to the capital for the competition.
A few luggage's was being transferred to my special carriage. I stood next to it, fully prepared in a respectful look. Anna was overlooking everything and checking if all was correct.
"Everything's fine, Anna. You checked the carriage for the fourth time, stop it."
"I know." Anna nodded, "But what if you get hungry while on the road."
"You already prepared a lot of food for that and before you say anything else, I already have Jacob with me." I point to Jacob who had an annoyed look as he didn't want to go with me.
"I know… I just don't get why you are not taking me when you are taking her." Anna pointed to a very happy Alice, who gave a playful wave at her.