Lina opened her eyes slowly and took a brief look around her. She realised she was in the tent and groaned slightly, also realising that the whole deal of them being suspected of murder was real and not just some bad dream. She sat up slowly and stretched out, letting out a small yawn and then took the poetry book from the bag. She crawled out of the tent and joined Gourry by the fire, none the wiser of the attack that happened earlier.
Gourry took some snacks out from the bag that they managed to gather from the hotel room before they left and handed a chocolate bar over to Lina whilst keeping the crisps to himself. He munched away and looked at Lina reading through the book carefully, whilst eating her chocolate bar slowly.
"So is there anything interesting in there Lina?"
"I don't know. I think so. It's tough to tell whether it's just some person's thoughts or really a clue on anything. The thing is that as I read it, I find myself feeling like I know what the person is writing about."
"What do you mean?"
"Well this one seems to talk about the rising of some terrible demon only to be destroyed by a white haired warrior who could wield a dark blade."
Gourry blinked a little at what she said.
"Anything else?"
"Umm, this one talks about the mystery of two monsters that used to go round and devour everything in their path leaving nothing in their wake."
"I would pretty much devour everything in my path at the moment." Gourry replied, patting his belly which rumbled in reaction.
"They just sound familiar but I've not finished yet."
"Well just do your best, ok?"
Gourry then placed a few more branches on the fire to heat it up and then found his head slumping forward. He'd not slept for awhile and now it was catching up with him. He figured that maybe he could close his eyes for a few moments. Just rest his eyes and it would be ok. If the wolves came back, he would know and Lina would tell him too.
"Gourry! Gourry! Wake up!" Lina shouted as she shook Gourry violently.
Gourry blinked his eyes open and then suddenly stood up with his sword ready.
"What is it?" He said sharply, quickly taking a view of the area and expecting to see the wolves.
"I know where to go! I know where we have to go so I can learn magic. It's all in here!"
Gourry smiled and patted the top of Lina's head and realised he must have dropped off for a couple of hours.
"So where do we have to go then."
"Seyruun."
Gourry's eyes widened suddenly in reaction and shook his head firmly.
"No way! We'll get caught the second we go in. That's a massive city and there'll be police swarming the place. We won't have a chance."
"We have to try Gourry. There's nothing else we can do. We have no clues on whoever framed us, and I don't think we will find any until I start learning magic. Something tells me that stone is linked to magic. I don't know how but it's just an instinct."
Gourry sighed a little and then finally nodded his head.
"Ok then. But we have to be careful. First of all we have to get there."
"That's easy." Lina smiled in reaction.
A few hours later they had returned to the road and walked back the way they came, back into the small town where they had gathered the camping equipment from.
"A bus station? But we don't have any money to get one ticket, never mind two." Gourry said a little disappointed.
"Who said we were gonna pay for it? Anyway, it's better than your idea of hitchhiking. Who knows who could pick us up and they could just end up driving us to some police station."
Gourry didn't look too happy at first but he decided to go along with it anyway realising there wasn't much else they could do. They headed straight to the bus station and found when the next bus was going to depart for Seyruun. Luckily they only had to wait for fifteen minutes. They then stayed back and watched as the people boarded the bus, and then when the driver went to the bathroom, they quickly went on and stayed near the back and out of view.
The bus then set off for the trip to Seyruun, which would take about a day. Gourry took the opportunity to catch up on some much needed sleep whilst Lina had taken a few guides to Seyruun and read through them, trying to figure out where the best place to look would be.
Seyruun was probably one of the largest cities in the world. It consisted of the old city which was treated as a tourist attraction and was based at the middle of the city. Then as time passed the city slowly grew outwards and so newer parts of the city were on the outskirts of the city. Lina figured that they would have to get to the centre where there used to be a library.
She hoped that the books she needed would be in the libraries. Of course the centre of the city was well looked after and basically all the items there were antiques and pretty much priceless. That meant getting to them would be difficult but they would have to find a way.
Gourry's sleep was filled with dreams. All those dreams seemed to be similar to that one dream that started off this whole mess. They seemed to all be about the travels that he had with Lina, and they felt so real. He felt that they weren't dreams at all and that he was actually living them out.
He noted the amount of times they fought with bandits and he knew it was something Lina loved doing. He realised that it was also their source of income at that time. He also noticed Lina's use of spells. There were so many different ones and he wondered how she was even supposed to be able to remember them all. He noted in some parts he had one sword, and in other parts he had a different one. One was the one with the glittering lavender blade that seemed to be able to slash through anything. The other he hadn't seen much of, and appeared to just be a normal blade but he knew it reminded him of something.
He woke up with a startle and noticed Lina was tugging on the sleeve of his shirt. He rubbed his eyes and stretched his arms out and noticed the bus wasn't moving.
"What's up Lina?"
"We've stopped for a break; it might be an idea to get some food."
"I don't have any money left, though."
"It's ok; I've got a bit left. My treat. But you owe me!"
They got off the bus and entered the restaurant and ordered as cheaply as possible despite being so hungry. They knew they had to make the money last and so they had to make do. As they ate, Lina began to describe the situation to Gourry, and told him about where she thought the best place to find magic would be, but explained that of course it wouldn't be easy.
"Hey, you know I have an auntie who lives not far from Old Seyruun."
Lina blinked at the blonde man. Then slowly the anger boiled up inside her and she let loose.
"You idiot! I can't believe you've just thought of that now. Why didn't you tell me about this before?"
Gourry just shrugged.
"You never asked me." Was his simple response as he continued eating his meal.
"I didn't think I had to ask you considering I told you we were going to Seyruun! You know what? It doesn't matter. Do you think your aunt would let us stay there for awhile and keep us hidden? It would be better than living on the streets."
"I think she would be fine with that. I've not seen her for awhile either and so I don't think she would mind me dropping in."
"Excellent, now c'mon, they're getting back on the bus."
Gourry nodded and quickly finished his meal and went back on the bus with Lina. This time as the bus continued on through the night, the both of them slept. Using each other as rests they leaned against each other as they slept.