Chapter 73: Stories by the campfire
Kilik and Xianghua buried Edge Master where he had died, and along with him, a chapter in their lives.
Each spadeful was like a stab for them, particularly for Kilik, but they knew they had to do it. They owed it to the master.
Xianghua proposed to clean the trident and bury it along with its owner, and Kilik accepted.
When the master was already resting in peace, it was starting to get dark. Kilik and Xianghua decided to gather some firewood to build a campfire and stay that night there.
They spent a lot of time on it, now that Edge Master couldn't help them, and when they finished, it took them longer to light the fire.
The campfire was ready at dead of night.
The two youngsters sat around it, hand in hand, and they started talking.
- Are you okay? – asked the girl.
- I'm with you. – he answered. – That's the best I can be now.
Xianghua smiled and kissed his cheek.
- You know what? I was thinking…we've been together for weeks, and we don't know very much about each other. – said Xianghua. – For example, how did you get to Ling-Sheng Su Temple?
Kilik's face turned serious and he answered:
- It happened when my parents died.
Xianghua immediately felt sorry, apologized and tried to change topic.
However, Kilik didn't mind talking about it.
- Don't worry. I was 5 years old. I can barely remember them.
- What happened to them? – Xianghua dared to ask.
- I don't remember, but Edge Master told me about it. They were hiking in the mountain where the temple is. They were attacked by wild animals. Fortunately, Edge Master arrived before they attacked me.
- He saved your life…
- Yes. But I couldn't save his. – grumbled Kilik, throwing a little branch to the fire.
Xianghua didn't know what to say.
- Well, I could once. Anyway, now he's dead and I wonder if I did the right thing when I first saved his life.
- What? Why do you say that?
- Because in order to save his life…I killed the most important person in the world for me. – he said with tearful eyes.
- What happened?
Kilik didn't answer.
- Kilik, you can tell me. – she said caressing one of his shoulders. – If you want to.
- It was Soul Edge… It possessed every pupil in the temple…but for me.
- Why didn't it possess you?
- Regarding the master, because I was stronger than them. – he laughed ironically. – Lucky, huh?
- Well, I also lost my mother when I was a child. She was ill, I was 7, and she died. You already know how my father died.
- Don't you…don't you always wonder why…?
- Why bad things always happen to those around me and not to me? – she guessed. – Continuously.
Kilik sighed in sadness. However, he smiled when he realized that Xianghua felt the same way than him.
- Anyway…I feel peace now. – she suddenly said, happily.
- Really? Why?
- Because you are like me…and, for the moment, you're the only one around me. – she replied smiling. – And I really wouldn't mind if everything goes on like that for a long time.
Kilik looked at her eyes, surprised to hear that.
- I'm sure that... – afirmó Xianghua. - ...when we destroy that sword, everything will be in order, and we will live happy together.
Kilik smiled again.
- I hope you're right.
Then he kissed her. She was the only important thing left to him.
The girl kissed him back and they were talking and showing love to each other until they fell asleep.