Chapter 65 - Encounter

It's been a week since they arrived in Ishgar. They gathered information about the whereabouts of Grimiore Hearts but they still couldn't find them no matter what they do.

"It's really hard to find that Grimiore Hearts." Jin complained.

"Yeah. It's like they will only appear if they want to show themselves." Ur nodded at him.

Jin knew about the airship of Grimiore Hearts. That dark guild was flying across the entire Ishgar and it's hard to come across them.

"I should come up with a plan... " Jin muttered as rub his chin. He thought about going to Tenrou Island since that was the place they appear in anime.

"We should find an inn now. I want to take a bath." Ur said.

"Yeah me too." Caramile nodded at Ur's words.

"I can always use my magic to create a water." Mercphobia said.

"No, I don't want that. It feels different when you do that." Ur shook her head.

"First of all where can you find an inn here in this desolate place?" Jin said to them as he looked around the place.

They were walking across the dessert place with nothing to see except the vast sand or dry up lands.

After walking for an hour they were still in the dessert. The only that changed was they saw a house once in a while. They also come across a wolves pack but got immediately intimidated when Mercphobia release a slight of his aura.

"According to the map here we would find a town if we walk straight." Jellal said while looking at the map in his hands.

"Okay." Jin nodded at him.

They continue to walked forward while looking at their surroundings. If they saw someone they were gonna ask that person all sorts of questions. They would gather information.

In the distance they saw a strnage animal fighting a pack of wolves. The animal has a large head with a small tuft on top, a small beak with round eyes, as well as small wings, feet and tail. The animal is yellow in color wearing a turquoise shirt.

"Oh? That yellow birdy is using an axe to fight the pack of wolves." Jin said as he watched the yellow birdie.

Then they saw a wolf pounced on the yellow bird and rip part of it's head. They we're surprised by what they saw. Flesh and blood didn't come out of the rip part of the yellow bird's head but a white foam. A foam that used to make stuff toys or pillows.

"Eh...?!" Ur was surprised when she saw it. She stopped on her tracks.

"A puppet... " Jellal muttered when he saw it. He looked at the yellow bird with interest in his eyes.

Mercphobia just looked at the yellow bird and wonder where he seen this kind of magic. He lives long time and saw many things. It's not easy for him to be surprised anymore.

Jellal turned his head and looked at Jin. He said, "Jin, I will go. I want to take a closer looked at that yellow bird."

"Okay, do what you want. You don't have to ask me for something like this." Jin said to him.

Jellal dashed forward and release his magic power to intimidate the pack of wolves.

The wolves immediately run away when they felt the magic power coming out of Jellal. They run away with their tail behind their back.

Jin and the rest walked and just arrived behind Jellal.

The yellow bird looked at them warily with axe. The yellow bird opened it's beak and said, "Who are you people?"

"Hmmm... It can talk." Jellal muttered as he bent his body to take a closer looked at the yellow bird.

"Eh... Did I hear it wrong?" Ur said.

"Me too... I'm wondering if I'm hearing something from this bird." Caramile said.

"No, you two aren't wrong. This birdy really know how to talk." Jin said to them.

"Well, that's not something strange even we dragons don't dare to declare that we know everything about this world. There's many thing in this world that we can't explain." Mercphobia said as he looked at the yellow bird.

Jellal finally opened his mouth after observing the yellow bird for a while. "I'm Jellal, do you who creating you? No, I want to know who created you?"

The yellow bird took a step back at Jellal's words.

Jin shook his head when he saw this. He stepped forward and bent down. He said, "I'm Jin, can you tell me what's your name?"

The yellow bird continue to step backwards. He once again opened his beak and said, "I-I don't have a name."

The yellow bird was completely overwhelmed by these people surrounding him. He bent down and pick up a stone.

When Jin saw the stone he was stunned.

"Phoenix stone...!" Jin exclaimed while looking at the stone at yellow bird's wing. He finally remember who this yellow bird is and what sort of person he was going to met.