We went to the gunner's place with Aisha. We spent our time again inside a cart.
I left Els for around 10 days. Is he alright? Do they find out that he's supporter? I wish they don't.
"Sis, Raven, stay here! Don't leave—"
What is he trying to say?
"Elesis!"
I startled as I saw Raven in front of me. "You're spacing out! How far did you go?"
"I'm thinking about my brother," I murmured.
"Should we stop by? He must be lonely," Raven suggested. I nod in agreement.
"Where's your brother?" Aisha asked.
I explain Elsword's situation to her. Aisha's eyes widened. "He's your supporter?! Are you serious?!"
I nod slightly. "As long as nobody knows, he should be fine".
"He's fine!" Raven shouted happily.
I sigh. "We'll see"
4 days later, we arrived at Elder Village. We went to Elder Hospital. From the front door.
Aisha was about to turn the handle on the door, but we heard voices from inside.
"Els, you have to eat".
"No! Where's sis?!"
Raven pats my back. "Your brother misses you, Elesis! You left him for 2 weeks!"
Aisha opened the door. Amelia, a nurse, is trying to persuade him to eat while Els is looking out the broken window.
The window is broken?
"Hey," Aisha greeted them.
"Els, you have a visitor!" Amelia shouted.
Elsword turned around and looked at us. There's a bandage on his right cheek and his neck. He stares at Aisha.
"I'm Aisha. Elesis' friend!" Aisha smiled to Amelia.
"I'll leave your dinner here. You have to eat, okay?" Amelia said to Elsword before she left the room.
"Sis, stay here!" Elsword whimpered.
Why?
"Els, what happened?" I asked as I fly closer to him.
"...her".
"Els?"
"I killed her. I killed his mother," he murmured.
Mother? Did he kill a ghost?
"Calm down, Els," I looked at him. "Tell me what happened".
"The crooked woman wanted to kill me because his son wants me dead, so she choked me, but... but I didn't mean to kill her," he sobbed.
Okay. He was choked by a ghost—because he was choked by a 'crooked' woman. I can tell why his neck is bandaged. "Did you get cut by something?" I asked as I touch the bandage on his right cheek.
"An elf and the other two almost killed me".
Aisha startles. "I think I know who they are".
"That's why this window is broken," Elsword continued.
Don't tell me...
"Is it Rena?" Raven asked. "The other two are Chung and Rose?"
Els nods slightly. "They keep trying to kill me".
This is insane. "What the hell?! How did they know?!"
"Mei brought Rena that time, so I won't be alone. I can see Chung and Rose. They notice it and they suddenly wanted to kill me because I'm a supporter—"
"Where are they? Can we kill them now?" I asked Raven and Aisha. I don't care about the details, but the point is they're trying to kill him.
"Well, if we met in the middle of this village, we can kill them," Raven answered.
"Don't leave me alone!" Elsword cried. "Please...!"
He really breaks my heart just by saying something like that. Now I don't know what to say to him. I really have to go. "Els, I'm really sorry. I have to go".
"Why?! Why are you always leaving?!" he shouted. "I just want you to stay with me!"
What should I say to him? I can't say I prefer my job than him. I need money to pay the bills and things.
Raven starts to speak, "actually..."
Elsword and Aisha turned their head to him. "...we were looking for a nice place!"
What?
Elsword wiped his tears. "What kind of place?"
"Hamel, for example!" Raven smiled. "Since you still have to be here, we're looking everywhere to find a beautiful scenery, so we can tell it to you!"
Elsword looks at me. "Really?"
I nod. "Yeah. Really," I smiled.
What a complete lie.
"We're here to tell it to you!" he shouted happily. "Did you ever see a waterfall?"
Elsword shakes his head. "Tell me!"
Raven tells bullsh-t stories to Elsword. There's really a good thing of being happy in any situation.
Aisha sighs. "Sometimes you need a guy like him to ruin the atmosphere".
I giggle. "Yeah. You're right".
"There's a big hole in the middle of the town, but guess what, it's actually a waterfall!"
"A circle waterfall? Something like that exists?"
I have to thank him later for cheering my brother up.
"But, Elesis," Aisha looked at me, "you have to say it to him. We can't stay here forever".
"Wait..." I turned my face to Elsword. "Hey, Els, when did they attack you?"
"A day after you left," Elsword answered. He turned his face to Raven, hearing for more stories.
"That's 2 weeks ago!" I shouted. "I mean, 11 days ago!"
Aisha looks at me confusedly. "Um... yeah? Why?"
"I won't ask him for more details, but he survived for 2 weeks," I crossed my arms, thinking of something.
Aisha tilts her head. "Your point?"
We left him for 12 days. The next day after we leave, they were trying to kill Els because Amelia brought that-Rena-something here. That means for the past 10 days, they're still trying to kill him, but they failed. "That means they'll come here again, right? To try to kill him again".
"Probably," Aisha shrugged. "I don't think I understand what you're trying to say".
"He survived for 10 days," I spoke to her slowly. "Get it?"
"You mean, he alone can defense himself?" Aisha asked.
"Yes," I nodded. "Are supporters always this over-powered?"
"Sort of," Aisha smiled. "I'm surprised you two can defeat Eve without supporter".
"Her servants are slow," I sighed. I still remember how slow their attack—although I didn't manage to dodge them all. Just look at Raven. He can come all the way to defend for me.
Click!
Someone opened the door. Aisha and I took out our weapon immediately.
A green haired elf, a blonde boy, and a blonde woman.
"Hey! You guys!" Like always, Raven waves his hand and greets them with a smile.
"Finally," the blonde woman pointed her gun at us.
"Let the last battle begin"
For some reason I'm not sure this is going to be a fair battle XD
Thanks for reading!
Yeelimso
Elesis: You scared me, Moon! I thought he's dead!
Ra: Panic attack.
Raven: Yeah! Of course! 2 supporters! Why are they coming in the middle of my conversation?!
Aisha: Wait! I'm not a betrayer!
Rena: TThen why are you helping the other team?!
Rose: I think Elsword doesn't care if we destroyed this room.
Chung: Then let's fight already!
Elesis: And I think Raven doesn't care about everything.