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Chapter 5: "Live a Little"

As Florina left, Caden tried to get her mind off of Bayle. She tried to have a good time, so she walked out of the castle and walked to the nearby town. She felt like buying something, but she didn't have a lot of money with her.

Caden walked to a vendor, and looked at the different kinds of potions they had. As she was there, she saw a boy, he had ragged clothes, and he looked like he didn't have any food in a while either. The tactician observed the kid for a while, and, as she expected, he stole an item off the shelf and tried to sneak away with it. The store clerk saw the boy, and yelled for him to come back. He told some other employee to go after the kid, and he went. Caden followed behind the employee to see what he was going to do after he catches him.

The kid ran through alleyways and down busy streets, eventually, the kid tripped and dropped what he stole. The employee was out of breath, but he caught up to him.

"Hey boy, give that back, you need to pay for it."

The kid stayed in the position he fell and looked at the young man.

"Come here, kid."

The kid looked scared, and the employee held out a hand.

"H-Hold on… I'll pay for the thing he stole," Caden interrupted.

The young man looked at Caden, "You want to pay for him? Alright, that's three thousand gold."

Caden took out her money satchel and took out the amount he needed. She gave it to the young man and he left. Caden walked up to the kid, picked up the thing he stole, and saw that it was an elixir. She picked that up, and then looked at the boy.

"Don't worry, I'm not stealing this from you… here," she said holding out the elixir for him to get.

The kid stood up, and took it out of her hands.

"Thank you," he mouthed.

Caden nodded her head and told the kid to go.

"Don't worry; they're not going to chase after you any more. It's already paid for. So go ahead, go on," Caden said gesturing for him to go. He listened to her and took a couple steps, but then he turned back and looked at Caden again. He was searching for something in his ragged pocket, then he had it clasped in his hand, and Caden reached out to get it. He dropped it in her hand, and saw that it was a leather necklace with a tiny ruby looking orb hanging from the string.

"This is… real beautiful. I can't take this from you."

The kid looked disappointed that Caden didn't want to take it, so she changed her mind and accepted the generous gift.

Caden smiled and knelt down, "Alright then, I'll keep it. And here's something from me."

She was searching through her satchel and gave him some gold, and a small thong bracelet with various small stones strung around the leather. She placed it in his palm and closed his hand.

"Go ahead, it's yours. You can do whatever you want with it."

The boy understood and ran off.

"You're always doing a good deed, I see," said someone from the busy street.

The tactician looked around and saw the cavalier in crimson. She turned in his direction and walked up to him.

"I can't help it. When I see that someone needs help, especially if it's a kid, I just have to do something"

"Well that's a good thing. There is always something happening in the world, and a small deed may eventually turn out to become a great one."

"Yeah, I already know that that's true. It has happened once or twice in my life. Would you… like to walk with me, Kent?"

"Sure, I would be glad to."

"You know, every time I see you, you're always working, or doing some kind of duty. I wouldn't expect you to be walking around like this."

Kent chuckled. "Well, Lady Lyndis forced me to have a day off today. She said that I should enjoy life a little more, something that Sain said to me once before."

"Well, that's a little true. There is more to life than just work, Kent. You're all work and no play," she teased.

"Even you're saying that to me? I would have expected you to be the same as me."

"Aww, well that's too bad, haha. Kent, we need to do something, something that will let you lighten up a little. If we can't do that, then all hope is lost."

"… How very reassuring."

"Yup!" she said as she jumped in front of Kent's path, "I'm going to help you some way, some how. Although I think Sain should help you with that since he's male. But I doubt that you would listen to him about 'living life' advice."

"You're… you're right about me not listening to Sain, but are you sure you want to do this?"

"Of course, you're too young to act old, silly! Live a little," she said enunciating the last sentence.

"And how to you suppose I should do that?"

"Do whatever you think is fun."

"I… don't know what-"

"Fine, fine… if you don't know what to do, let's do something that I would like to do. I know you can help me with this one."

"Uh… sure… what is it?"

"Teach me how to ride a horse."

"You don't know how?"

"Of course I don't. I've been traveling by foot for the last several years. I've always wanted to learn how to ride a horse, but then I thought that if I asked a person when we were on that journey, I would delay them from going on with their duties. Even you might think that teaching is fun then, right?"

"Well… yes, I do think teaching recruits is what you call fun."

"Haha, that's nice. How sad… Well, Kent, please teach me how to ride a horse. He's a real good guy at heart, he's just… how can I say this…? He's just, kind of boring at times."

They went back to the castle, and Caden picked from one of the free horses in the stable. Kent helped her with the basics of riding, and helped her get the saddle on the back of the horse. Caden didn't have a very good time at first since she was falling off and the horse kept on moving, but as the hours went by, she started getting better and better and the horse listened to her and eventually let Caden ride on its back for a while.

"Good boy," Kent complimented the horse.

Caden got off and walked to the front of the horse, "Wow, riding a horse is real tiring, 'specially on your first time." (1)

"Yes, but later on, you get used to it."

Caden tried walking back to her room; she barely made it. She lied down on the bed and smiled because of her accomplishment for today. She heard a knock on her door minutes later and told that person to come in; it was Lyn and Florina.

"Hello, Lady Lyn. Hello, Florina," Caden greeted as she was trying to sit up.

"Hello, Caden. Florina told me about… that."

"Oh," Caden replied in a lower tone. "Damn, I almost forgot about him. It's not her fault, though. She didn't know I was trying to get that out of my head. Well, that's over and… no offense, but… I don't want to talk about it, or tell any other story today."

"I see… well, we want to talk to you about other things… you know… I feel like I could tell you anything."

"Um… what's… your point, Lady Lyndis?"

"Who do you like, Caden?"

"Matthew … Um… I don't know… I don't have somebody I like. What about you Lady Lyn? I I'm only asking because this question might go to why you started this conversation in the first place. Hopefully you two won't find out who I like for the time being."

"I guess it does… and I was wondering if you could help Florina with her problem too. Well… I think it's simple who I like."

Caden chuckled, "Rath, is it? Haha, I kind of figured by the way you liked talking to him and spending time with him, like that time during the celebration on Valor."

Lyn slightly blushed, "Was it that obvious?"

"Of course it was. Anyways, what about Florina?"

"Uh… uhm…" Florina stuttered.

Caden had that thought look on her face, trying to see who she liked, "Oh yes… there was that one time when we were fighting… your Pegasus dragged Lord Hector to you… could it be…? You like Lord Hector, don't you, Florina?"

Florina blushed and tried to looked away. Caden and Lyn laughed.

"That's what I want you to help Florina with."

"Hm? About Florina liking Lord Hector?"

"Yes, I know that later on, you're going to visit Ostia. I would like you to take Florina with you when you go so she could meet Lord Hector again."

"Uh… sure… I can do that. But… how'd this whole conversation come about in the first place?"

"Well, when Florina first told me how you met Bayle, she asked me later who I liked and how I first met him, and I asked her the same question."

"…Huh… interesting… Haha, even though you're noble, women are still women inside."

"What do you mean by that?" Florina asked.

"When I was with my friends in Etruia, we would do the same thing, talked about whom we liked and all. But every time it got to me, they would always laugh at me because of the person I liked. It looks like it's still the same with the noble people and their servants."

"Of course, I used to live on Sacae, but I didn't talk about what we just talked about much often. This is a little new to me, to express my feelings like this."

"It's good to have new experiences. That way, you can learn more," Caden smiled, and lied down on her bed again, "I hope you don't mind me doing this. I'm sore right now since Kent taught me how to ride a horse."

"Riding a horse? You didn't know how?"

"That again. Yes, I didn't know how to ride a horse, but now, I kind of do. I'm sorry; the only thing I've been feeling since I came to Caelin was me being sore and thinking of Bayle. I don't know how I can handle it. I know I've been walking for years, but training is the worst of it all! I respect you all even more for training and fighting for a long time."

Lyn and Florina laughed.

"It gets easier as time passes, don't worry. Sooner or later, you'll get used to riding a horse. Also, if you keep on training, you might be that future swordfighter with your original technique."

"… You… Sain told you then, didn't he? I guess if I give you information about myself to one person, everyone else has to know too, right? Well, it looks that way."

"I'm sorry, but we don't know that much about you, that's all."

"And I don't really know that much about you all, either. Huh… what's there to say? I'm not used to telling people about myself, as do other people… most of the time. I like to keep my feelings to myself if you ask me. So please, don't keep on asking about me and about my personality. I think it's a waste of time. I'm not that interesting."

Lyn opened her mouth to say something, but she decided not to.

Caden closed her eyes and rolled to her side, "I already said that I would help Florina with her problem, and if that's all that you need to tell me, I would like to take a nap, if that's alright with you."

Lyn and Florina looked at each other, "A change in attitude? Sure, we can leave now. Thank you, Caden."

Caden lifted her arm, waving it as a sign for "you're welcome". Lyn and Florina left and closed her door. She said that she was going to take a nap, but that was a half lie, half truth. Of course she was tired, but not tired enough to take a nap. She just did that yesterday. Instead, she was thinking.

"Now let's see… Florina likes Lord Hector, and I think Lord Hector feels the same. Um… Lord Eliwood likes Ninian, well, that's a little obvious since he asked her to stay with him. Lady Lyn likes Rath, and who knows what Rath feels… or thinks. Well, those are all the lords, who else is there? Wil and Rebecca, Sain and Fiora… well, I don't know if that last one is going to last long… hm… there's too many to name. And then there's me… Matthew… but, Matthew loves Leila, even though he didn't say it directly to us, I already know what he means. But she died; I wonder how long it would take him to get over her death? I've… got to get to Ostia as fast as I can… well, not really as fast as I can; I just want to get over there. Alright, it's settled, after a few more days, I'll go to Ostia."

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Somewhere in Elibe…

Dugan grabbed the robe that he had set on his bed. He tied it up around his neck and straightened it afterwards. Robbin did the same thing with her robe, but hers was shorter than her brothers'. He took the fenrir dark magic tome from the shelf, one of the only things his father left behind. He opened the book and read the contents. There was even a little note inside the book for him, "My son Dugan, use this magic tome only for emergency use. This is a rare tome to come by, and it is real powerful. I hope that you will use it wisely." The same went for Robbin's present left by her father, instead of hers being dark magic, like her father and brother, she went with the path of the anima magic. Her father left her a Fimbulvetr, with almost the same note attached to it.

"Robbin, this may take a while until we reach Lycia. Are you sure you want to come? I already have myfriends going with me."

"I'm your older sister, and the one with the dream that got this whole thing started. It's only right for me to go with you. Besides, I want to take care of my little brother."

"Feh… alright, then. Although I know that I can take care of myself."

"You won't get far without my vision of this person's face. I know you need me, you just don't want to admit it."

"… Fine, let's go. Are you sure that this person lives in Lycia?"

"I… think I am. I think the first name that he gave me started with an E... H... C? There were a lot of faces that I saw, and I know that what I saw was some part of Lycia… I think. Either way, it's still a lead. I think it will jog my memory if we see someone familiar."

"Right, alright then. It's time to avenge our father, the great magic user, Nergal."

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End of Chapter 5: "Live a little"

Now you know who the sibling's father is, what will happen next? And what will happen when Florina and Caden go to Ostia? Find out in the next chapter.

Author's note:

1) Haha, well, I've never been on a horse, so I can't really say if you get sore or not. But I think that you do get sore around your quads since you kinda have to keep yourself up on the horse, right? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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