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Bird's Foot | Elsword x Aisha
by iReii | 06. 24. 2016

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"Arrrghhh! I can't' sleep!"

I yelled out in despair as I kicked the cozy blanket off of my body. The moment that I shared with Elsword earlier was haunting me to the point I wasn't able to drift off to sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, the sight of Elsword right in front of me was vividly illustrated and every time I opened my eyes, I could feel the heat that was lingering the entire day on areas Elsword touched.

Nonetheless, before I even realized to a halt, the sun was peeking its way through the fluffy clouds.

It's morning. I sighed as I sat down and placed my feet that was barely touching the ground. I sighed again due to stress from being unable to sleep, however, It didn't really stress me out.

I quickly consumed breakfast at the cafeteria of the residence hall and entered my workplace when one of the pharmacy students stopped me.

"Miss Aisha! Here's mail for you!"

The student stopped in front of me as he handed me a scroll sealed with a violet ribbon. I quickly acknowledged the student and as he walked away with pride, I opened the letter. The letter contained bunch of words which I skimmed through until I found the word 'Congratulations'.

[Congratulations, Miss Aisha! You've been elected by the Prince of Velder to become a teacher for the Velder pharmacists.]

I reread the entire passage over and over again, when sudden pride and excitement was over pouring my feelings. My only dream was to become a pharmacist inside the Velder Kingdom- but now I've been acknowledged by the ruler of Velder to become the mentor for pharmacists? It was like a dream come true.

As I was dreaming about how she's going to teach those students, the prideful smile was being created unintentionally across my face. As I wrapped the letter back to its found state, I heard a conversation of nearby student pharmacists.

"Did you know- the Prince of Velder ordered his guards to murder a herbalist up in the mountains?"

"What? For what reason?"

"I have no clue. But now I really know why he's called the Prince of War. He just kills everyone and next thing you know, he creates a war."

"Don't say that! Ugh, I don't want to ever face a war."

Prince of Velder killed a herbalist? I opened up the letter and and reread [Prince of Velder]. But he acknowledged me to become a teacher, that's not something a war-causing prince would do. I was undoubtedly confused. Prince of Velder is called Prince of War.. he killed a herbalist…

My heart started pounding as the memories I shared with my aunt flew across my mind.

'...Murder a herbalist up in the mountains?'

My aunt is a herbalist that resided in the mountains… Prince of Velder was the one who was behind her death?!

"I not so sure though, it's just a rumor. Oh! Good morning Miss Aisha!"

As I was grasping onto the letter tightly as revengeful feelings of hatred was growing inside my body, which was released into the air when one of my future students greeted me as she acknowledged my existence.

"Oh, good morning!"

I quickly brushed off the uneasy feelings away. 'It's just a rumor.' I thought to myself as I walked toward my new workplace.

After a month as being assigned as a teacher for Velder pharmacists, I quickly adapted to new schedule and the pressure of standing in front of large mass of people, to my was quite often to gain uncomfortable glares from many students due to becoming a teacher from a country girl, but the issue was vanished soon enough.

Even after one issue was solved, another issue has been pounding my brain the entire month and frequent headaches were becoming one of my daily schedule. Needlessly to say, the boy that kissed me a month ago has been out of my sight, completely. I don't know if he decided to be embarrassed or not, but Elsword is the one that created a new life for me, and seeing such a critical person in my life being gone terribly bothers me.

That is why today, I decided to give him a visit, since Elsword was the person stepping a footstep closer in order to maintain the friendship.

A lot of thoughts crossed my mind as I crossed my arms across the work table as I closed my eyes. The thoughts that entered my brain escaped through the nerves of my brain, causing me to mentally react to each situations differently. I decided to just picture various herbs and name them mentally as it will be beneficial to me as well as move the stress out of my view.

I felt myself drift off to sleep as I memorized the already familiar herbs I've known for my entire life.

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My vision was blurry as I struggled to keep my eyes open. Countlessly, I blinked my eyes to clear the vision but it was hopeless. The palm of my hands started to sweat from nervousness as well as the sensation of drop of sweat streaming down the back of my spine was clearly felt. Mumbly, yet desperate cries were crossing the area as blood was spurted in front of my eyes.

The night skies reminded me of the bloody hell night. The Velder War.

My heart was devastated as I cried for help, but nothing but gasped out of my mouth.

Lord Elsword!

At the sound of the beloved one's name, my head was suddenly turned towards the the sight of ruby colored hair knight. A glitter soldier stabbed Elsword in the heart as Elsword choked blood out of his throat. His scarlet colored eyes widen with sudden pain and shock. His clenched fist loosened as his sword fell to the ground- and so did his body. Elsword was lying down.. Lifelessly.

I gasped with sudden shock. Energy suddenly left my body as I slumped down to the floor. Tears started to roll down my cheeks as I raised my hand in hopes of catching the boy, but it was no use.

Elsword's half-opened crimson eyes were staring directly at me as tear rolled down his face. I was locked inside once again- the eyes that remind me of the bloody night of war.

"Ha….!"

I gasped for breath as I swiftly raised myself up from my work table. To my surprise, in front of me was Elsword.

"Good morning!"

He said, with the usual smile he gives me, but I couldn't offer to smile back. I was locked inside his bloody eyes of war.

A/N

Poor Elsword, so clueless and never got his 'Good morning' back from Aisha XD
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