The Seventh Knight

s because of the numerous people that had gathered here today. Men, women, the e

of them sold food, some of them trinkets, accessories, and clothes, and some so

to the adoring crowds. There was a blade dancer, performing using two swords clad in flames. H

nearby stall to buy two sticks of caram

eft me wanting more. And before I realized, I had already finished it. Me

you'd be into s

e first time I've eaten a

afternoon, and yet it felt like I'd known her for a long time. But should I really let

face was inches away from mine. "

g," I a

omething was on my mind. "You had that look agai

and said, "It's fine.

ike I managed to

e standing beneath a large maple tree. Some of its leaves were

take me here?

the scenery before us

their peak, they blew up into beautiful rays of light. Some of them even

olors in the sky reflected in her eyes, making them all the more captivating. The strand

iful,"

bantered, "I noticed that

and scratched the back of

f pause, I s

nswer. "I have a confe

aid that, so I decided

eep sadness from your eyes, and I wanted to know what caused them. I've nev

nyone who would look at me this way. All these years I had sp

towards the horizon once more. "Sigurd, look there." She pointed at the town. "That's what you

hero! You have no idea what the

led by my sudden

reach, but at what cost? I had to do something unfit for a human. It was someth

had held me in her embrace. The scent of her hair and her perfum

o hard to talk about; but I'm here to lis

id in what I can only describe as the most si