For a second still holding her arms not wanting to let go. Though it was his fault, to begin with. Akatosh didn't know how women feel but stay he still waiting for the right time.

Akatosh's hands twist groping her arms locking it more. "You know we can do this all day."

"Let me go!" Chifya exclaimed. "I said let--" She continues after no response.

"I'm sorry." Akatosh interrupts.

The tension between Akatosh and her slowly diminish after his words of apologies.

"Women." Akatosh shrug.

"Fine, I got it," Chifya says, not a rough reply but somewhat a calm one.

The rectangular tables had three chairs from the longer side and one on the shorter side. So gently Akatosh pulls her arms. She didn't give a resistance rather she goes with the flow sitting right beside Akatosh.

"Could… could you let go." Chifya blush.

Akatosh's mind was now in a dilemma, to tease her or just let go of her. "Gahh… I'd rather not, best to leave this as it is." Akatosh thought, slowly releasing his hand.

"Sorry, I just got carried away. Forgive me for speaking that thing from the first place."

"I got it; you don't have to repeat the same word thrice," Chifya says looking away opposite from his face.

"Any news about the tree," Akatosh says moving to another topic.

"Destroyed by the fire you created."

"I see."

The atmosphere was dead silent again. Without a thing to do Akatosh scavenge again his bag. He was shocked that the weightless sword that he thought was lost lingers in his bag.

"Did Sheila stuff this sword." Akatosh reckons knowing she already knows his secret.

Hidden from Chifyas eyes quickly Akatosh let it suck by the bag. Nothing to do he choose to bring out the book to study it once more. To may have something that he can understand.

Ignore the magic stuff he goes to where the potion and healing stuff. Still, the words written didn't get through to his head, but for some reason, he finds a familiar page, a potion that contains venoms and poison. It was the potion that Akatosh looted from the past two goblins.

By carefully studying. It was the potion that Akatosh used from the two large wolves.

"What is this?" Akatosh says, turning the next page showing the formula and ingredients on how to craft the potion.

Ingredients:

-Lady's Mantle

-Comfrey

-Slime Glands

-Corrupted Spider's egg

It had an 8 ingredients list, but the 4 ingredients were somehow complicated to understand. Then curiosity again filled his mind thinking about this book and the place where Akatosh had found the book.

"Where evil lurks in a dark place, so too does fortune await." Akatosh smiles for a second, thinking to once again explore that area even if it cost his life.

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Chifya somehow was unusual to what Akatosh's reading. He notices Chifya was staring her eyes towards the book but Akatosh didn't let it bother him. The more Akatosh turns the page, the more she became interested in what he's reading.

"Hey--"Akatosh calls to Chifya.

She frowns upon what he calls her. "You know… I have a name." She scorns.

"This woman… she's a serious one."

"Alright, I call your name next time. But let me ask you, do you know this language?" Akatosh sigh.

"Fine!" Chifya says. "Let me see that." She continues grabbing the book.

"I see, this writing is somewhat familiar," Chifya said.

And for a moment Akatosh notices Chifya snaps some ideas.

"To think this had something with the stonewall at my village. Maybe the elders know something from these writings." Chifya says to herself smiling.

Looking at her face griming. Akatosh got the feeling that Chifya had something stored for him.

"I will decipher this book, but only if you're going to accept my request," Chifya says crossing her legs.

"Really?" Akatosh says, thinking for a moment before he can accept her request or decline her offer.

"You know… I too had a request."

Her eyebrow raised. "You're taking this too far."

"Well, I'm sometimes good at negotiating," Akatosh said studying the book.

"I'm going to decipher this book for you and then I'm going to help you with something!?" Chifya said in a somewhat angry voice.

"Well then, if you can slightly crack this, I would lay down my other request how's that. Deal?" Akatosh says he doesn't like to be ordered by someone regardless of their gender or status.

Pointing a random word from the book, Akatosh then said to her. "If you can translate this, then I can help you with your request."

"Don't take me for a fool?" Akatosh thought.

"I should better see the food," Chifya says going towards the kitchen where Reith's been cooking.

"This woman. The heck I should travel there once I'm done with these."

After filling our belly, Akatosh asks Sheila where Sei and Riya are.

Without being asked Chifya blurt. "They accompanied Uncle Rick to our village there at Northor".

"I see, so what did I miss," Akatosh said to her.

"Want to hear the whole story?" Chifya says.

"Keep it simple." Akatosh reply.

Chifya sigh. "When you left us all alone, we decided that Sei and Riya would take Uncle Rick to the temple of Azarus same as where we rush you. Luckily, a high priest was present at that time, so he was able to purify the thing that possessed him. And you should thank Sheila for savoring your life."

"I see," Akatosh said after listening to Chifya's story. "So how far is this village of yours?"

"About a week if you're walking. But if you're riding a horse, chances would be four days."

"What about teleportation?"

"Well? When it comes to teleportation." Chifya says.

"Markings." Sheila interrupts.

"What do you mean?" Akatosh said to Sheila.

"It's like this when you mark a certain place you can always go back to that place you last put a mark on. But it won't work to a place where you didn't put a mark. For example, I'd mark Ravalind and there is also my mark at the kingdom of Keshoval I can easily teleport myself there. But If I want to go to Starhim except however I didn't put any of my marks there. I need to first travel to that place or let someone who had his marking let them teleport me. Also putting a mark is easy, but also easy to remove."

"How so?" Akatosh asks.

"People with magic abilities can easily erase your markings. They easily track your markings by just sensing it with their magical abilities. It's like 'fight fire using fire' but high powerful spell caster can hide their markings or even cast a barrier. You just need a powerful one to erase his/her markings."

"I see? I'm starting to know this world a bit." Akatosh thought.

"So only Sei and Riya were the only ones who accompanied Rick."

Shaking her head Sheila then said. "We ask some help from the guild members, luckily one group had some free time to spare."

While listening to Sheila's explanation, unknowingly Chifya pours some liquid on Akatosh's drinks. And without hesitation Akatosh grabs his drinks and quickly gulps the water.

It was already past midday, and Akatosh wants to resupply his equipment and items to continue his journey. So, when he stood walking towards the exit, Sheila was somehow sad seeing Akatosh leaving.

"Are you leaving already?" Sheila asks.

"Yeah," Akatosh said to her. "Sheila There's something I want to give you--" Before Akatosh can say another word, his vision suddenly turns to black. Shutting all his senses, he falls flat on the ground.

"Hahahahah… serves you right. Did you think I didn't come prepared?" Chifya says, laughing.

"What did you do?!" Sheila was confused.

"Relax, I only give him a dose of my potion. He won't be up for a while."

"But why did you do that?" Sheila asks.

"He was eager to leave and he didn't answer my request. I can see how worried you are when he was about to leave weren't you?" Chifya smile.

Sheila was silent, she was really in blue when Akatosh was about to leave. And Chifya sure did something…