Chapter 32: The owl
After the hard night before, Mi-na and Yunsung woke up very relaxed.
They had breakfast and resumed their journey, talking about anything.
Yunsung felt better than ever and Mi-na was glad to have company.
However, after midday, while they were having lunch, Yunsung came down to earth for a moment.
- Hey, Mi-na...where are we going?
The girl had already decided where to go, but it was quite far from there, and she feared that if she told Yunsung about it he could go back and leave her.
- Doesn't matter, Yunsung. Trust me. – she said.
- But...
- Please.
Yunsung sighed.
- It's okay.
When Mi-na was younger, she had been in a temple in Nepal for a couple of years. There, warriors and fighters were father sent her there in order to fulfill her need for fighting, thus preventing her from becoming a fighter, which would have been frowned upon in Korea.
It didn't work, but Mi-na had improved her fighting skills a lot in that temple.
Mi-na had remembered that the master of the temple was known as Edge Master. He had probably something to do with Soul Edge.
They finished their lunch and started walking again.
...
Yunsung suspected that Mi-na was hiding something from him, but he didn't mind. He just wanted to stay with her and ensure she was fine. He would follow her wherever she went, as he had said to her.
However, when two people spend whole days together, arguing is inevitable.
One day, Mi-na saw a little white shape on the path. She approached it and discovered that it was an owl with an injured wing.
- Yunsung, look. It's an owl.
- So what? – replied the boy, still walking.
- It is hurt.
Yunsung turned towards her.
- What do you want us to do?
Mi-na, who seemed really worried, looked around.
- Can you go and look for a town while I take care of it?
- What? – asked an unbelieving Yunsung.
- We have to take it somewhere for its wing to be treated. – grumbled Mi-na.
- Mi-na, that sword you are looking for...I'm sure there are a lot of people after it. We can't waste our time on such a silly thing.
- Would you like to be abandoned on a path with a broken leg?
- Mi-na, that would be different.
- Why? Just because you are human and it isn't?
Yunsung snorted.
- Mi-na, that sword is probably causing a lot of deaths. People deaths and may be even animal deaths. Don't you think that is more important than an owl?
- If you care so much about that sword, then go on and look for it by yourself. – yelled Mi-na, while stroking the bird.
- If I even knew where to go… – replied him, raising his voice.
Mi-na looked at his eyes, defiantly.
- Ling-Sheng Su Temple, Nepal. That's where we're going.
- Nepal?
- Yes! Any problem? – she drew her attention back to the animal.
- No, Mi-na. You know it. – said Yunsung in a smoothest tone. – I told you I'm going with you anywhere. However, I'm not going to stop whenever we found an injured animal.
- If you're following me to Nepal, why won't you just look for a nearby town?
Yunsung sighed.
- Ok, you win. – Mi-na smiled when he said that. – But just for an hour. If after that time I haven't found anything, we go on, okay?
- Ok, it's fair.
- See you later. – said Yunsung angrily before leaving.
Mi-na didn't know why, but she couldn't stop looking at him as he walked away.