Author Note : Thanks to everyone who's following/favoriting/reviewing this story, I never expected it to be so well received. Well here's the second chapter, it's a little short but the next chapter will definitely be a long one. Enjoy and please review! (UPDATED)
"Why does he have to live at the bottom of this stupid canyon. " Shirin says with a sigh. But she couldn't stay mad at Yunan for too long and a small smile appears on her face. "Might as well take the risk if he's giving me the chance" she says and jumps down.
She continues falling for a while, the darkness slowly closing in on her the further she goes. The feeling of weightlessness disconcerting but also freeing, and the only thing she could do was live in the moment.
After what seems like an eternity, the bottom comes close and she sees the glow of Yunan's cabin, the comforting warmth a faint reminder of her past. Suddenly, she bounces in mid air, cushioned by Yunan's magic to keep her from falling to her death.
"I would have liked a warning" Yunan chides with a small smile as he stands next the slowly descending Shirin.
"Come on, you already knew I was coming. And indulge me sometimes, even if I'm only your second favorite King Vessel" Shirin replies, brushing off her clothing as she lands softly.
"Don't say that" Yunan says sadly, the truth a little too much for him.
"And you shouldn't lie to me either, so now we're even" Shirin retorts. "But never mind that, you should know exactly why I'm here".
Yunan sighs and then replies " Of course. You're special too, and I trust you'll use the new one properly. And you need it too, to counterweight Judar's touch on you"
"So you'll do it! " Shirin exclaims, her hands clasped together out of relief that Yunan agreed to help her.
"Of course, shall we?" Yunan says with a wave of his staff and they float up to fly to the nearest dungeon.
As they fly along, Yunan strikes up some small talk with Shirin. "How were the past seven years? I apologize for not helping".
"No hard feelings, you had your job, I had mine. The years went by the way they happened, nothing more or nothing less. " Shirin says
"Where were you" Yunan asks as he gazes at the horizon, trying to judge where the dungeon was and how much longer they had.
"I'm not even sure, it was some obscure and small country. I was kept in the same place for most of the time. Then the country got caught in war between two countries and everyone got sold as slaves. I managed to get sold to Kou about a year ago. Before entering the palace, I was at some random nobles house. I screwed up while I was there and ruined one of their parties so they re-sold me and I ended up at the palace" Shirin says as she spins around in the air, enjoying the feeling of being up in the sky.
"Seems like you went through a lot " Yunan says as he gazes at Shiring, trying to perceive what really happened and how deep the scars were.
"Isn't it always like this" Shirin says as she gazes off in the distance, lost in her own mind. Then as an afterthought, she adds " Why do you always choose the half depraved as your King Vessels? Do you think that the broken ones are the worthy ones, because to me, it seems like either way, we're all the same" .
Yunan smiles wistfully, taking in the hardships that seemed to burden Shirin. "But don't you think that the half depraved are also the ones who seem trust themselves the most and hold the most hope" he says as they land softly in front of a towering building in the middle of a grassy plain.
"Maybe? " Shirin says with a awe as she stares at the dungeon, the darkness chased away as quickly as it appeared . Even after entering dungeons so many times, the sight of them still amazed her. To think that these buildings connected to Alma Torran and contained the power to make the kings of this world was a concept she was still unable to wrap her mind around
"Are you ready to enter?" Yunan asks. "As always, I'm not going to go in, this is your battle".
"Of course, I will be heading in then. Please wait for me" Shirin says as she walks towards the entrance to the dungeon. "Thank you" she whispers right before she steps through the arch to another world.