Are we Enemies? [Dubhlainn]

The girl wearing a crop black shirt and high-waisted white trousers that hugs her petite figure, finishing up with a pair of black trainers. The soft breeze whipped the girl's long colorful hair back and forth, as the girl strolled around the Clover town. She was back for a while, she had not even introduced herself at the guild officially, Tomorrow, maybe the girl thought. She wanted to enjoy her day today.

A small smile appeared on her face as she smelt a familiar scent, a freshly baked cookies. The girl hopped towards the tiny, empty bakery shop. "Excuse me, I would like to have a packet of chocolate cookies," the girl said with a sweet smile on her face. Nothing is better than a day with cookies and a warm drink, her mind reeling where to buy a nice warm drink.

"Thanks," the girl thanked politely as she paid for the cookies and nibbled on a sample cookie. With a last drooling look at the whole bakery, she left the place while thinking where a nice cup of coffee would be sell at.

After more wandering, the girl at last found a place by following an aroma of the coffee, it was not crowded because the sun had not even fully risen yet. She ordered for a cup of warm coffee and a sight of chessboard caught her eyes. She decided to play a game while waiting for her order. The girl toyed the queen's piece as she moved the others pieces as the way she want. The man laughed as he was winning but inwardly, the girl smirked.

"Little girl like you should not play things like this. What would you understand a game of chess?" the man mocked at the girl.

The girl showed no recognition that she heard him but instead whispered, "Checkmate" and moved her queen piece.

With a small smirk at the man, she left the seat without another word and took her coffee which was served as soon as she stood in front of it. Checkmate again The girl then left the place and found a huge oak tree across two streets, she elegantly sat on the thick branch as she sipped her drink and nibbled on her cookies.

The girl peacefully enjoyed her drink and cookies, while giving her eyes a nap, as she comfortably sat on the branch. However, her peace was broke when she heard a voice of a guy telling some kid to beware of something. Curiously, she opened her eyes and looked down only to find a guy with the purple hair was looking at her and their eyes met.

The girl got annoyed but her face showed no emotion that she was feeling annoyance. "Are you talking to me?" she asked while tilting her head. The girl then, realized that the falling thing was indeed, intended for her to hear. She then, camly told him "I'm not a kid, for your information," while flashing a sweet smile although inside she felt like pulling his long hair in her head and jerked it up for calling her a kid.

Although, the girl may look like a kid, she was already 17 and her mentality is already at the age of about 25. She observed the guy but there was not much to know about him apart from that he is not from around Clover. Moreover, she did not find any sigma on the revealed skin so she had no idea which guild he was from but she was sure he was a mage due to his aura.

The girl changed the subject and asked, "So, are you from around here?" Although she knew he is not from around here, it seemed like a good question to start to let him continue, right? The girl then, offered her cookies while still sitting on the tree, "Want some?" Her face expression still innocent and naïve.

The girl stared at him and was about to throw a small broken branch towards him as he seemed to be in a daze but then he snapped out of it by himself and replied towards her saying he did believe her. For a moment, she thought he was mocking her but then seemed sincere so she decided to leave it be and left the case again when he refused not to accept the cookies but she could not help but put a snide comment, "It's not poisoned, you know," and took a bite as if proving to him that it was not poison.

Then, the guy insisted again that the girl must get down in case she was hurt. The girl stared at him for quite a moment, is he looking for a fight or was he just concerned or more. Her mind seemed to think all the possibilities but decided to just leave it at the fact that he was just concern. The girl decided to get down since it seemed he might continue to insist she get down until she did and she did not want to spend her day arguing with an unknown guy about getting down.

The girl jumped down elegantly, without any more damage. "So, here I am," she said while looking up at him. Their height difference was just so different that she had to strain her head to see him so she took a few steps back, not wanting to have a strain on her neck.

The girl nodded her head at his apology for not accepting the cookies. The girl did not mind, in fact, she got more to eat, right? She realized this talk might take longer than a short reminder of her safety so the girl decided to find a place to sit as she did not want to keep on looking up at the man. She felt so small compared to his lanky height although she know she had always been a petite figure but she felt like she was looked down literally and figuratively.

As the guy introduced himself as a knight of the Royal Castle, the girl got confused, is there some kind of royal family? She might be intelligent but there are facts that are beyond her reach. Moreover, it had not been long since she arrived Fiore, and get to know these guilds and such. She knew no history of whatsoever apart from what she was told and read. The girl showed no confusion on her face but she was trying to think if she had read somewhere about the royal family. The girl inwardly shrugged as she had no idea of it. Maybe, she will ask later to someone.

”Nice to meet you Dubhlainn Du Lac. Konachan Yura, but just call Kona,” the girl introduced shortly. She had no idea why she mentioned nothing about her guild or her magic, maybe instincts? Nevertheless, she kept noticing that he avoided the questions that actually lead to where he origins but the girl decided to let it go since she was in a good mood due to the breezy weather.

”Mannered knight. Quite a rare specie,” the girl commented on his introductions of the welfare of others. The girl did not insist asking his guild because honestly, she did not care as long as he was not going to harm her.

”So Mr.Knight, what brought you here?” the girl asked and a soft giggle escaped at the name she called. She remembered his name, maybe she just wanted to tease him, get a reaction out of him? Afterall, he did not show much emotions, similar to the girl.

The girl then, stared past him, at the cafe', then looked back at him, as if hinting that she wanted to go there. The girl could no longer stand talking, she could not read his face due to the difference, she prefer to talk on the same eye level. She just wished Dubhlainn get a hint because if he didn't, she's leaving to get a drink for herself only.

A small smile flashed across her face when the man noticed the café' and stepped aside to let her go first. It was gentleman of him to let her go first but she did not spoke out. As they walked, the girl listened about him talking about the royal castle, the former just nodded her head, letting him know she was listening to him and she appreciated him explaining.

They went inside the quiet café, and the girl chose the seat at the corner, the window seat. The girl complemented the town, "The town is picturesque and you got to admit, the accommodations in this town is better than the others, or the towns I had been. I think this town is best so far." It was the longest speech she had so far for today.

Her interests piqued as he talked about his curiosity for the guild, the Blue Pegasus. "Mhnmm. I wonder too," the girl spoke about. It was true, she was indeed, curious of her guild mates and her guild master since she had not met any of them yet. She decided to tour around her guild later in the next day.

As the waiter came, "A cup of chocolate smoothie," she ordered first. The girl has a sweet tooth.

The girl listened to the man's curiosity about the Blue Pegasus, about the mages from the guild are mostly dark from the northeast and he wondered if the town is even safe to rest. He then, talked about his retirement. Retirement? How old is he to retire and relax at home? The girl thought wide-eyed but her cold façade was still unfazed. The man asked if the girl is from Blue Pegasus. The girl tilted her head as if she was thinking really hard, "Well, I suppose?" the girl replied but it was more like a question than an answer. It was not that the girl did not want to tell the man. It was because the girl, herself was confused. She did not know what is revolving around her head these days because she had been postponing of joining the guild. She had not officially join the guild, she was going to. So, the girl decided, the suppose so was inded, right since she was not really from Blue Pegasus YET.

The girl wanted to laugh at the man's concern for her. "If you are a dark mage, would you attack me?" the girl asked innocently with her golden-red eyes staring straight at the man's eyes. "A little girl like me?" the girl kind of half-mocked as she remembered the man calling her "little girl". Looks can be deceiving, the girl thought as she thought of what people usually thought of her and how wrong they were. She wondered if the man in front of him was what he was telling her. A man with manners that does nothing but concern others.

The girl decided to elaborate since she felt the obligation to because the man indeed, seemed concern for the girl and his natural manners, she guessed. "I usually stay up when I am in isolated place. People rarely looked up." The girl continued to answer his question of Clover town's security, "I'm sorry but I would not know. I'm a mere nobody," she shrugged as she read his face.

"You could always go see the town council and suggest," the girl said brightly. Then, she noticed the man told about him a lot but she did not know but feel as if she had not gotten any closer to knowing him. She wonder why she felt that.

A small smile flashed on the girl's face at the words of the man believing her. "But you don't really know me," the girl said as she laid her face on the table, hungry. Just then, the waiter served the ordered drinks. The girl jumped a little in excitement when she saw the drink, she could not contain herself sometimes when the food is in front of her. "Thanks," and abruptly waved her hand at the waitress behind the one serving in front of her. All she saw was cupcakes, the waitress saw her action and came towards her, the girl took two cupcakes, and nodded her head to gesture them leave.

The girl thrust a cupcake towards Dubhlainn's face, looking towards him with her wide innocent eyes, as if urging the man to take the cupcake. If he did, the girl would then act like nothing was wrong and nibbled on her cupcake as she sipped her smoothie.

She nodded at the man's words but then inserted, "Well, you make it sound a big deal," the girl said as she shrugged. She did not think much when she said she was a mere someone, maybe there was still a clinging past she thought she had gotten rid of. Her past was quite horrendous and the girl had survived many obstacles despite her fragile, petite looking self.

The girl shook her head at his question about the reason for her to join the guild, "Well, if I am to join the guild………," the girl stretched as if she was thinking hard and continued, "Cause I like the sigma and the color blue?," the girl said with a serious face. Although she was laughing inside, it had been long since she felt this kind of way and when his stone face actually cracked, the girl could not help but stood up and unconsciously, poked his face. It was the girl's gesture that it suited him better. She sat back down as if she did nothing of such sort and continued sipping her smoothie.

The girl eyed him curiously as he was looking at the cupcake like some kind of an alien, "You've seen before right?" she asked while pointing at the cupcake that he was still examining. The girl could not understand how the man never eaten such delicious thing. Despite her cold façade, the girl found the man okay to talk to, it made her think of Esco, the celestial spirit of the black key she had obtained a few days ago.

The girl stop-tracked her eating as the man asked her about the parents. Parents? The girl nonchalantly told him, after all he asked right? "My aunt murdered my mother. Father? I don't have one. Well, technically, I have one since I am here but I have never seen him." People might think the girl was trying to act tough or others might think she had no heart.

The truth was that the girl has one of the purest heart with loving soul but after, all the extreme obstacles and betrayals, the girl had a high concrete wall built around her heart and it was very rare for her to let her guard down. The girl actually answered every personal questions whenever she was asked, she never lied nor hid the truth but people never could guess what she actually was thinking or get to know. As the girl always did, always use your weakness to your advantage. It was a lesson well-learnt through much damages. Her heart breaking past always made people think her that she was so fragile but she never corrected since you never knew when they would stabbed you from your behind. The girl, indeed had trust issues and trauma but she did not keep it hidden. It seemed like she exposed her soul but all one can see is a mask. It was one of the twisted mind of the girl.

One might wonder why was she not evil? Sometimes, the girl wonder herself too. The girl snapped back to the reality and asked, "How about you Dub? What's your story?" the girl asked in return.

The girl shook her head, "Nah, it's alrighty. After all, it's in the past," she assured Dubhlainn. As the girl listened to his story, it seemed like they had something common again, not really knowing their parents. "It seems like our past have some kind of common but past is past. It does not define the future," the girl said with a glint of seriousness but it disappeared as she continued to nibble on her favorite cupcake.

Just then, a tiny blue creature flew into the place. Luckily, the place was not crowded or else her pet would be causing chaos. "C'mon Dee," the girl whistled lowly as her pet seemed so engrossed in the cupcake, like owner, the girl mused with a smile. The creature flew and sat on the girl's shoulder. It's head cocking at the cupcake, a musical small laugh escaped from the girl as she fed her pet a new cupcake. Despite knowing Dee is hygienic, she still prefer to keep food separated. The tiny dragon took the cupcake from the girl's hand and ate on it silently, as gentlemanly he can.

The girl turned her attention towards the man and introduced her pet, "This is Dee, my best friend. I found him when I was young and had been together since," she told him. "Ain't he a cutie?" the girl asked as she watched her little dragon giving her, its signature look whenever it want something. "This is the last," the girl warned as she gave the last one on the plate to the little dragon. She placed the dragon on the panel of the window since it was getting heavier each day and her shoulder could only bear for some period.