Dawn- An Age Of Darkness

"You almost scared me back there." I picked up the bunny.

That's odd. Why isn't it struggling? 

The bunny was actually rather cute and cuddly. Not as much as Biteria, but definitely cute: and it was half the size of my little devil. It wasn't as restless like Biteria either. When it was in my hands Biteria glared at me. I smirked at Biteria and patted my newfound love. 

If only Biteria was this calm!

"We are lucky to have met him here," Lianne said. 

"What are you talking about?" I picked up the bunny and it didn't make even a little fuss. 

It was the second cutest thing ever. 

"Brown rabbits are considered sacred in this country. They say these bunnies bring good fortune." I had no complaints about that. "Oh, and they bite."

I was looking at Lianne when she talked and didn't pay all that attention to the bunny in my hand. The moment I heard her saying something about biting, I instinctively dropped the bunny. It flipped and rolled down, landing on its feet.

Won't you make a fine gymnast!

I actually hadn't planned on dropping it as it never showed me any hostility. Actually, it never ever tried to bite me.

It looked at me with sharp eyes for a second and then ran away. Maybe I shouldn't have dropped it like that. 

I felt really bad.

No! My cute bunny! My love!

Now that it was gone I turned to Biteria but she jumped over to Lianne and stayed with her. She didn't even give me a second glance. 

Since when did bunnies get jealous?

I sighed and drooped in frustration. Dick fell into laughter again.

But since nothing happened we could rest easy, but not too easy. After all, we were still in the wilderness. 

Who knew what could have happened.

It wasn't late but I went to bed anyway. Lianne kept the first watch. I don't know who picked up afterward. They never woke me. Maybe they knew I was too tired? 

***

I actually slept pretty well and for once I didn't have a nightmare.

It was pretty early and Lianne dragged me to morning practice. She was ruthless when it came to practice. 

Things didn't go too well.

We didn't have any meat for breakfast either. Protein deficiency wasn't too far away. 

I was tired as hell and now sleep-deprived.

Not to mention my mouth was still puffed up and I couldn't feel anything other than pain.

Breakfast was not fun.

***

Now that most of my things were in the ring, I only had to carry one bag and one sword with me. I still carried my knife with me and paid extra attention to the ring on my hand. After all, I didn't want it to get stolen. I also kept eye on Jori. He showed a good deal of interest in the ring and Boriosa's cane. I had to stay alert. Besides, he saw a lot of priceless things. But he never asked me questions.

He couldn't be that considerate now, could he? (Yeah right.) 

I had my doubts.

A lot of doubts.

The monsters were rather weak and goblins no longer posed any threat. At least that's what I wanted to say but they weren't pushovers. No matter where we went, goblins really were the most terrible of monsters. They'd ambush, snipe, and commence pincer attacks the moment they'd get the chance. Those little or big critters were the worst. Luckily we had an overpowered protagonist on our hands. 

But even so, I couldn't help but learn from their attacks. Those things posed a great threat when they were in teams. They had specific roles and from what I understood they were pretty intelligent.  Meaning, we could never let our guard down. 

And I certainly wasn't going to. 

"We should be arriving shortly if my calculations are correct." Lianne was up front. 

"Why would a city move of all things?" I was still skeptical. I could believe magic, angels, gods, and I couldn't believe that a city could move? Maybe I was really going mad. 

"The capital city is blessed by the wind. The whole country has more wind than the rest of the continent. Of course, this is why many speculate that the god of wind once lived here. But now it's just a myth."

God of wind huh?

I had no idea what Lianne was saying so I just kept quiet.

***

After an exhausting day, we reached the outskirts of the city in the evening. It was getting a little redundant but honestly, the city took my breath away. The city was literally on air. There were gusts of wind coming from beneath the city and the city itself was about ten to twenty meters above ground level. There was a bridge over a hill and that was the entrance. But I could see people gliding above the city. The gale was so strong that gliding with only wings wasn't a dream anymore. There were also flying animals up there.

"Those wings… Can we buy them here or-"

"Yes. I didn't think you could tell from here though. You must really have good eyesight." Lianne praised me. Eyesight was the only thing I was proud of myself: it pumped me up.

But the city itself was moving, albeit at a snail's pace. But it definitely was moving. 

"But since when could pigs fly?" There were literal pigs up on the air. There were some other animals too. And flying off their own merit too: some glided while some just had an extra set of wings.

I guess there were all sorts of creatures in this world. But even so, even after all this, I still found some of these things really fascinating.

Dick looked up and used his hands as binoculars. "You're right! They are flying!" He squinted his eyes pretty hard. "But how did you get so good with sight?" Dick pondered with excitement. "I can barely make out dots!"

I smirked and walked on. 

Needless to say, I was more than just proud of my eyesight.