Chapter 66 - Eclair

""Phoenix stone?!""

All of them looked at Jin, looking for explanation.

"Do you know that stone, Jin?" Ur asked him as she pointed at the stone at yellow bird's wing.

"If not wrong, that's really the half of Phoenix stone." Jin said as he looked at the stone.

"Just tell us what it is." Ur said as she nudge him to explain.

"Phoenix stone is an ancient magic item that holds a phoenix sealed within it. According to legend, when the two halves of the stone are reunited, the sealed phoenix will be revived and bestow immortality to the bearer." Jin explained to them.

"Immortality?! Isn't that too absurb!" Ur said to him.

"I've heard of that magic item four hundred years ago... " Mercphobia said. "But other than that I don't know anything about it."

Jin looked at Ur and said, "Actually, the legend are false. The immortality is actually obtained by drinking the tears of the phoenix as it is being sealed away."

"So immortality is true?" Ur said.

"Yeah." Jin nodded at her. He then turned his head and looked at the stone.

Jellal stretched out his hand to grab the stone but the yellow bird immediately back away from him.

"Don't touch it... It's important to Eclair." the yellow bird said.

"Eclair? Is that the owner of that phoenix stone?" Jellal asked while looking at the yellow bird.

"It must be the priestess of that stone." Jin said. "The tribe who protected the phoenix stone was destroyed four hundred years ago. According to the legend the priestess survive and fled away with the other stone with her."

"How did you know that?" Ur asked as she looked at him.

"Well, I read all sorts of books while you were all away." Jin shrugged his shoulder.

Suddenly all of them heard a girl's voice.

"Who are you people?"

All of them turned their heads and saw a slender young woman of average height with brown color eyes. She has a long brown hair which extends down to her back and is tied up at the back while is framed by several bangs.

The young woman was wearing a traditional sari with a primarily scarlet color scheme while framed around the side with a yellow, white and orange pattern like design. She was wearing a white choli underneath. She was also wearing a gold bangles around the wrist of both of her arms.

"Whoa! What a beautiful young woman." Jin muttered as he looked at Eclair.

Ur who was beside him heard his words. She bumbed his shoulder with her elbow and said, "Oi! Can you stop saying that while I'm still here?"

"Whatever." Jin shrugged his shoulder.

The yellow bird run towards Eclair while shouting her name.

"Eclair! Eclair! Eclair!"

Eclair looked at the yellow bird and saw the part of it's head was rip. White foam was coming out of it's head.

She looked at them and asked coldly, "What did you do to birdie?"

"Nothing much. In fact you should thank us after all we save that yellow bird from the pack of wolves." Jin said as he stood up while patting his clothes.

The yellow bird looled at Eclair and said, "Eclair I've found the stone that you were looking." the yellow bird presented the phoenix stone to Eclair.

"You know that yellow bird bravely fought the pack of wolves for that stone." Jin suddenly said.

Eclair was stunned she looked at the phoenix stone that was presented by yellow bird. She immediately crouched down and hugged the yellow bird.

"Thank you! You don't how important this to me!" She said as tears drop from her eyes.

"I must've been born to be your friend." the yellow bird said.

"Whoa! I'm watching the love drama in person!" Jin exclaimed.

"Jin, can you stop commenting like that." Ur said from the side.

Then...

Eclair looked at Jellal who was standing in front of her.

Jellal stretched out his palm and asked, "Can you let me take a look at phoenix stone?"

"Oi! Jellal you're ruining the touching scene." Jin said.

"Can you be more tactless?" Ur said.

"That's right! That's right!" Caramile nodded her head.

Jellal turned his head to them. He was dumbfounded by the action of his comrades. He looked at Mercphobia who didn't say anything. He asked, "Do you want to say something too?"

"No." Mercphobia shook his head.

"We should teach some manners to Jellal." Jin whispered to Ur.

"Yeah. After all he's been in that tower for a long time." Ur replied to him.

Eclair just looked at the group with a dumbfounded expression. She didn't know what to say right now.