Magi: A Tale of a New Beginning

Scroll 21: A New Start

"I'm simply a traveler, King Sinbad. What is it that made you interested in me?" He stood up and grabbed my chin. We were now face-to-face and I could feel Lucien tense beside me. Even Furcas' necklace vibrated wildly.

"You're no ordinary traveler. You could contain a huge amount of power and knows a lot about Alma Torran. Who are you really? I know for a fact that you could be a threat to my country and I also heard that you're affiliated with a lot of countries especially Kou. Are you related to Al Thamen?" I swatted his hands away and stood up.

"For Solomon's sake, Al Thamen!? I despise them the most, Sinbad. Don't lump me with those fanatics. Yes, I am affiliated with many country but I didn't choose to because it was part of my destiny. Plus, they even thought that I was affiliated to Sindria. Let me tell you this, I will never be a threat to any country unless I am provoked and I have a mission to fulfill. You better watch your path, First Class Singularity. I hope you think before you rush towards things. What you see is not what it will always be. Well then, I bid you goodnight. Please tell Setta that we had to finish something at home and needed to tend to it fast. Good bye." I left him hanging. Lucien was behind me and I could still feel how tense he was.

"I'm sorry for that show of attitude, Lucien. He was one of the person I don't want to be near."

"I am the one who's supposed to be sorry, Azami-sama. He touched you roughly and that was something unforgivable. Accusing you of such things." I smiled at his words before we entered the room.

I changed from my dress and to my regular ones which were white top and pants with golden lining. I took out my metal vessels and stared at them. Lucien grabbed his compass and he was deep in thought. I was sure that Ipos was communicating with him. I looked at the window before reading the stars. They were shining but it formed a curved path for the rukhs.

"There will be a great turn of events in the future. I wonder what it will be? I wish I could talk with Ugo. I want to ask him if this mission is still what it is. It frightens me a little."

Minutes later, there was a knock on our door and I saw Ja'far with Setta behind him. The white haired general seemed to be a little gloomy so I asked him what was wrong.

"I'm sorry for the way Sin treated you, Lady Azami. I already told him that it was wrong and I guessed he learned his lesson." He said. I smiled at him before patting his head. Well, trying to give him a pat. He was much taller than me.

"It's okay. No need to get flustered about it and I'm glad that you escorted Setta here. Would you like to come in for some tea? I also have to set these two to bed." He hesitated at first but nodded nonetheless after Setta forced him.

I went to the made shift kitchen to the left and boiled some water before taking out some dried leaves from my travels. They were the best tea I could find. I also made some cocoa for the two. Once I was back to our room, I placed the tray and poured tea on our cups. Setta grabbed his cocoa after changing while Lucien sat on the bed drinking his cocoa.

"This is so good, Lady Azami." Ja'far exclaimed. I thanked him before asking why Sinbad was so interested with me. It seemed like he heard of me from Kou and Reim's letter. I nodded and changed the topic to his work and Sindria. It was fun to talk about his passion until time ran out.

"Thank you for the tea, Lady Azami. I hope you'll visit the palace tomorrow as well."

"I'll try. Good night." He bowed and left. I turned to the two who were talking. I told them, to go to bed to which they did.

The next day, I took Lucien to Masrur who helped him train. I stayed for a while along with Setta until I was sure that he's comfortable with him. We told him that we'll be at the palace where I'll send Setta next to Yamraiha. He told me that we wanted a place to start practicing the magic in the book I gave him yesterday. We found her and she gladly took Setta under her wings.