Chapter 151 - 151 She is definitely from another world

151 She is definitely from another world

“How much longer you’re going to stay aloof while riding your horse? It’s dangerous.”

Anne, flustered by Justice’s words, nodded at him and concentrated on the road. They have no time to spare, the landslide just makes them lose more precious time than they already were. This time it was Henry and Justice who lead the way, while Vale and Anne stay close behind them.

Vale couldn’t ignore how Anne reacted back then, she was thinking about something, and he wanted to know what happened to her, he gave a big speech to Anne about becoming friends, although what was inside his mind was something more than just a friend. He chuckles and shakes his head, thinking about how foolish he was right now, clamoring over a girl while they were trying to investigate the new variant source.

Justice turns his attention to Anne. “Are you alright?” Asked the crown prince to the healer.

“Yes, I am fine. Just keep going. We don’t know what hurdles that could delay our journey again!” She gave a weak smile and not said a single word afterward.

Justice let out a sigh and continued on riding the horse. They are almost two hours into the journey, and from the looks of it, they will arrive at the cliff four hours before sunset. He just hopes the journey doesn’t have any more obstacles.

Henry took glanced at Justice, “Just let her be. Right now, we need to reach the cliff as soon as possible.”

Henry was annoyed. Knowing Vale already gave her back, the elderwood bangled. He never expected her to agree to Vale’s request. He remembered the day that Anne gave them back the items and said she wasn’t meant to wear any of the items.

They arrived at the cliff in less than three hours. After the exhausting journey, all four of them need to take a break. Vale put his fire orb and Anne immediately sat closer to the source of heat. She feels strangely cold and a bit nauseous.

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“Anne, are you alright?” Vale asked her. He knew that there was something wrong with her. “Your face…”

Anne shakes her head and forces a smile toward the primary captain. “I’m alright, Vale, don’t worry about it, probably because of the lack of sleep.”

“You brought your tonic, right?” Said Justice, although he didn’t look into her directly.

“Yes, I’ll drink it in a minute. Just let me breathe a bit.” Anne rolled her eyes at the crown prince.

Henry, on the other hand, was chuckling when he saw their interaction. “Wow, look at the two of you! Just reminiscing your old feelings, aren’t we?!”

The other three immediately stared at the knight captain, while Vale and Justice ignored him. Anne sighed and gave Henry her opinion. “Stop the sarcasm, Henry! It doesn’t suit your image.”

“Image? Like I cared about your view on me right now.” Said Henry with a scoff, while his icy blue eyes looked at Anne.

Anne shakes her head in disbelief, she looks at Henry once again, “Look, Henry, I don’t know what has come to you, just… be civil, alright, we came here to investigate the moskeeto’s nest and what happened to the first patient….” She then added, “You don’t have to talk to me if you don’t want to.”

For a moment, Henry just sat on the fire and has no more words to conjure. He stands up and walks to the cliff.

“What are you doing?” Justice intercepted him before he was gone from their view.

“I’ll search for a good route for our hike. Just stay there, eat something and take some rest,” Henry told his friend and goes away.

Anne handed them a piece of bread, and she muttered some words to the other two, “He told us to rest, but he actually needs the rest more than us.”

Vale and Justice share a look, there were already aware of Henry’s lack of sleep. Never occurred in their mind about Anne, who realized something was wrong with Henry. Two years ago, after she left the four of them, Henry probably felt the heartache the most. He gradually lost his smile and suddenly went missing with a small note that informed Justice, Vale, and Xavier about his sudden adventure with his grandfather.

Vale cast a spell that put the fire on the fire orb dissipate, and after eating a light meal with some drink, they walk to the cliff and saw Henry already on higher ground, looking at them.

“What took you so long?” Gruntled Henry, he pointed to one colorful branch where the three of them noticed small steps. “Go from there. It was not very steep, perfect for our fragile miss healer.”

Walking down the steps, Anne couldn’t even react to Henry’s remark. Justice climbed first and extended his hand to Anne.

“There’s no need to. I have my own way to go up.” Said Anne, while giving Justice a grin.

Vale has a frown on his face. “How do you going to go up without climbing?”

“By using my familiar, of course,” Anne answered Vale’s questions while calling for Chikara. “Did you hear that, my boy? Time to show them what we are capable of doing.”

‘As you wish, master.’

Chikara materialized in front of them, with his demon cat body. Even though the fluffy fur stayed with him, the color of the fur was changing into a grey color with a purple color tail, like his master’s hair. Anne climbed on Chikara, while Justice and Vale looked in awe at her.

‘Ready, master?’ Asked Chikara.

“Not yet.” Said, Anne. She turned her attention to Justice and Vale. “Both of you, go ahead. I will join after the three of you reached the cave.”

“You… Really going to ride with your familiar?” Vale was asking her with disbelief in his eyes.

“Yes, and I urged the two of you to climb before Henry loses his mind.” Said Anne with her eyebrows raised as a warning.

Needless to say, Anne arrived safely at the opening of the cave, with the three of them looking at her with various expressions, of disbelief, curiosity, and astonishment.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Anne was wondering why all of them seems surprised about her act.

“Because you were riding your familiar, Anne.” Justice looks at her with astonishment on his expression, “There are no people in this kingdom who could ride their familiar before, even the four of us.”

“What? Really? I thought it was normal to ride your familiar.”

“Yeah, like Justice will suddenly mount Kirara,” Said Henry, while a slight chuckle came from his mouth. His expression, however, suddenly changed to a serious tone. “No, people in this world couldn’t ride their familiar. So, if you don’t want the others wondering about your peculiarity, I suggested that you be careful from now on.”

“Noted.” Anne said while her eyes focused on Henry, kind of challenging the brooding knight captain, “Happy?!”

“Ecstatic…” Mumbled Henry, his head looking around the cave, “It’s too dark here. How about we put some light?” He put out the light orb from his pocket.

Anne’s eyes grew bigger, and she screamed at Henry, “No, Henry, put the light off!”

It was too late. The moment Henry lighted the cave, a huge nest of moskeetos were in front of them, with the bugs buzzing around them.