I Scored Myself A Mate

Immediately the next day Alex set off to the fairy village together with Naila. Both of them were intrigued, the fairy not knowing as much as he did but she followed him, curious as to why the elf had seemed to want to find the merchant so badly. At first they went to all of the trading roads surrounding the village. One by one most of them were actually empty. It had been a bad season for them. The elf Kingdom, which was on the main road for merchants, had fallen on a tough winter again making it hard for them to pass. So trade has been slow lately, or more like for the last three years. 

"Excuse me, do you know where we can find a merchant? He was here yesterday. He sold old things, like antiques and books." Naila asked an old fairy man as he walked down the road. Farming tools on his back as he took each of his steps slowly. The man, his skin tanned by the harsh sun looked up, his straw hat hiding a part of his eyes. 

"Someone passed by. He was on a horse, he had many bags on it. The poor animal seemed exhausted." he told them and Naila nodded. 

"Do you know where he went?" she asked him.  The man took a few seconds to think, his eyes traveling at the crossroads as if he tried to place him in the image of his mind. 

"He asked me for an inn. He wanted for his horse to rest so I told him to head to the village." he informed them and Naila smiled at him. She grabbed her back and rummaged through it, taking out a small glass bottle filled with a green liquid. The fairy handed it to the man as a thank you for the help. 

"It's a toner. Drink a drop of this once a day and you will feel ten years younger." she told him and the old man laughed, throwing the bottle in his old pocket. 

"Thank you young lady." he thanked her and as Alex moved away with Naila the elf smiled. 

"What?" she asked him. 

"You're a good person." Alex commented and she started laughing. She had a very cheerful laughter, one that little kids liked. That was the reason why whenever a little fairy was sick their mothers would always bring them to Naila. Kids seemed to love her, even though she was a scary doctor with shots and bitter medicine. 

"He helped us so I helped him" she explained to the elf. "So let's go and see a few inns. The first inn you meet in the village is the broken goblet. I am sure he wouldn't have pushed his horse more to find something else." she said and Alex nodded, following her. 

The weather was warm, both of them dressed in light clothing and they felt the rays of the sun touch their skin. It was soothing, this little walk in the countryside, the green color of the fields and the sound of the birds tweeting. From time to time a farmer would pass by, greet the known doctor by grabbing their hats and walk off after they received a warm smile from her. It was peaceful, that was what Alex liked about this place, about Naila's cottage. He could simply exist without being scared. He didn't really know why he felt that way, why he had that kind of fear inside of him but he was sure it was something that had to do from his past. That was one of the reasons why he decided not to search about it. He felt anxious and trapped every time he thought of where he came from. It scared him. But as that book came in his hands he knew he couldn't let it go. He had to search, the name Allias was a constant echo in his mind by now. 

While they walked in a comforting silence time passed by fast and the village appeared before they even realized it. Of course it was a lot livelier. Kids were running around, and the shop owners shouted about the new fresh and delicious products. Everything seemed to be so alive, like a constant heartbeat. 

Naila spotted with her kind eyes the broken goblet. A tall wooden building with many windows. Four of five in each floor and a door which was always open. At the ground floor there was a tavern, filled to the brim with people even though it was still fairly early for lunch. The two pretty waitresses moved cheerfully around the tables, their trays filled with glasses of ale. 

"Hello" Naila said politely to the innkeeper and the man with the rosy cheeks smiled. 

"Well hello Naila. What brings you here? You have the little elf here with ya too" 

"Hello" Kai said with a cute smile.

"We are here because we are looking for a man, a merchant. He must have come here yesterday. He also has a horse." she said. The innkeeper scratched his mustache, thinking when his eyes widened. 

"Oh, yes yes. Two more people met with him today. He is over there, sitting by the window." he told Naila and both of them looked back, towards the place he was pointing. Indeed, the merchant that Naila had bought her book from was over there, sitting by the window with a half eaten plate of breakfast. The fairy smiled happily, thanking the man and grabbed Alex. 

"Let's go ask." she said and Alex's heart began to beat loudly.

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Hello! The reunion is finally here. Hope you liked this chapter. If you did please give this chapter a nice comment! Also since we are at the end please purchase the chapters if you can. That would help me a lot and motivate me to give the best stories!

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I can't wait for when Theseus sees Allias. My heart is already shaking!