บท 7: Chapter 7

Irvine's point of view

We're standing outside the house where I found my own comfort. Away from the chaos of my own country but I guess it's time to face reality. After one last look, I faced Elis and Ivy behind me.

"No one should know about your identities yet so I'll unsummon you."

Living elements would attract too many people so it's best if they would return to their respective homes. All living elements have their own dimensions based on the type of elements. That's where they went when a master unsummon them.

"Okay, we'll wait for you to call us," Elis said. They vanished in front of me. I hid Fluff on my small backpack. I still brought a bag to avoid suspicions. I have infinite storage space but nobody should know about that too.

I walked through the small town, a part of the Lan province which I've been hiding for a year. The crowd again looked at me for the nth time. I guess they have made countless rumors about me but I didn't care. As I am about to leave this place, someone blocked my way.

"Irvene Xu! Leaving huh? I have yet to get my revenge on you so I won't let you leave here easily." She said with a smirk on her face. I remembered this girl.

She's the one who purposely hit herself on me last time and again, she suddenly pushed my shoulders. Some of my hair blocked my face because of that so I fixed my short hair before dealing with this childish girl. Luckily, a guard riding a horse passed our way.

"Mister!" I called out. He looked into our direction and led his horse towards us. "What's the problem?"

"This girl has been blocking my way and I'm in a hurry. It's the second time she's done that. I think she needed counseling about behaving properly." I would show you how I deal with a person like you without using magic. After a minute, she has been stopped by a guard for the second time while I walked away.

"Irvene Xu, I'll definitely look for you!" she shouted.

I almost laughed at her. Irvene Xu is not my name. I'm Irvene Aly Elvina from Soul'e country. After an hour of walking, I reached the boundary of Lan province and the Caceres country. It's the 4th country of the Northern Continent.

"I finally reached Caceres country." I needed to do something here before going back to my own country. Although, I also need to hurry before a certain man would appear before me. The road leads to a big sign of the country's name. Caceres' Knights guard the boundary and was keeping their eyes to the people entering their country. I entered Caceres and made my way to the country's gateway.

Simply entering a country wasn't that easy. One should have a passport for a particular country to legally enter someone's territory. I gave them my passport for Caceres' entry.

I walked through the exit of the gateway and saw the busy crowd. Building stores at every entrance of the country would surely sell a lot. I strolled down and looked at the stores and entered a particular store which I've been looking for. The place is painted in white and the potions and wands are neatly arranged. I bet there's no dusty corner found in this store. That guy was no doubt a neat freak.

"It's been a while, Irvene." A smile formed on his lips.

"Yeah and I suppose you know why I'm here."

"Of course, you need some help though I expected you would come here earlier."

I almost rolled my eyes on him. "I also expected that you'll boast your skills so I gave my best on improving. That way I'll eventually won't come here asking for your help and sorry to disappoint you, I only came for the potion I asked for." Unfortunately, this man named Wade Mcknight is more skilled in making potions than me and our normal conversation is always like that.

"Really? I'll see if you can surpass my skills." He said and laughed a little.

"Hmp."

Wade finally gave the potion and hid it on my bag. The door opened that caught my attention. I turned sideways and saw a woman and she greeted Wade, calling him Sir Wade.

"Irvene, she is Alexis, my assistant," Wade said.

Alexis greeted me and I greeted her in return.

"It's not like you to hire an assistant," I said Sometimes I thought I already knew him yet it's still hard to know what's going on in his mind.

I bid goodbye and left his store and looked for a place to sit. I reached a park and sat on a bench. Fluff should be hungry and I should get him out of my bag. He ate his food and after that, I hid him again.

"Sorry, Fluff. I needed to hide you but it would not take long." My heart aches for Fluff but it wasn't the right time to reveal him in front of the people's eyes.

I didn't waste a time and find for a horse carriage. It would be easier to reach the other exit of this country and that way, I would reach the shortest way possible to the 2nd country which is closer to our country. I didn't need to pass the 3rd country for that.

A horse carriage stopped by and I took the chance to ride on it. I paid him quite a fortune. Riding a horse carriage in this country is indeed expensive. Thankfully, it's a closed one so I didn't hesitate to free Fluff from my bag. He's sleeping the entire time while we're riding this carriage. After an hour, we reached the destination and of course, I hid him again.

We still have a long, long way to go before we would reach the 2nd country so another ride in a horse carriage is needed. I need to find one that is likely to give a ride outside their boundary. After walking near the exit, someone offered to have a ride outside their country.

I immediately accepted and got inside the carriage. I couldn't believe that I'm going home after a long time.