Spoiler: RR version

A Piece of Her Past I

Jaino and Criselia have appeared back inside the forest, where they had camped before. “Where are you going?” Jaino has asked.

“Jeez, just follow me.” She smiles back. “I haven't bathe from many years ago. I'm afraid, you love women who are stink?” Seeing Jaino—whose eyes circle and mouth open yet can't pronounce, wow? He is astonished— she receives the answer. “Rude! Worst person ever! Gentle dog!” She continues to walk.

Tackled by the insult— “… as if I could notice!”

“Of course you can't! Smell yourself.”

As he does, he's flustered from embarrassment, thinking, Damn f*ck, what's with this woman. And here I've thought, she would tell her past. Not that he cares; however, without thinking, he's following Criselia. He's glancing to everywhere, yet his body has suppressed by her presence, it seems it isn't the time to escape.

“Do you have any opinions about a good place to visit?” Criselia has asked.

“For what kind of interest?”

“Money, clothes, materials, and informant.”

“Jelfyr Kingdom is the sole choice then.”

“Hmmp... Wow...” a reaction of Criselia that has startled Jaino as finally, they are standing outside the exit of the forest.

And what Jaino believes is they're heading northwards from where they'd camped.

The rustling grassland...

…the breeze of fresh air...

…and the glistering scenery from the lake is tempting them to bathe.

They head near, and Criselia examines gazing at the lake. “The water is safe, and good for the skin.” Only she finds Jaino, stretching his arms and body.

“I wonder who'll go first,” Jaino has stated.

“Of course we should rest before we bathe. It won't do good for the blood circulation.

“Come, sit above this rock.”

His eyes circle. “No, it's hot.”

The lady is amused. “Fine, sit on the grass, then concentrate in thinking nothing.”

“For what purpose?” — curious.

“I'm sharing you three spirits.”

The worried person gazes at Criselia's smile while he slowly settles to sit. The lady places her palm to his head, and her eyes' gaze affixes at that hand of her.

The man feels the cold flowing down to his head, and his skin hairs are chilling. Along with worries, he can't do anything rather than staring at the lady's lips, neck, breasts, and down to her belly.

Finally, she removes her hand. The satisfied smile of her attracts Jaino for wanting another kiss. “I thought, you won't stop forever,” Jaino has stated.

“Stay still, don't talk if possible. The souls' particles are slowly merging to your soul.”

“Hey, is this safe?”

The lady smiles mischievously. “Don't panic if I say, not.” Shocking Jaino, the woman bursts on laughing. “Ha, ha, ha, I'm just kidding. You're easy to tease.” She continues to laugh, whereas Jaino is flustered with his mind exaggeratedly cursing Criselia. A little bit pity lightens her mind after she has glanced at the helpless person. She minimizes laughing until she gets serious on recollecting something. She smiles. “I can't remember exactly the date, maybe around three thousand four hundred years, the legend of my race disappeared. My clan, my home, the town had banished without a trace. I thought, I had gained my freedom.”

Understanding that this is a piece of her past, Jaino thinks, Freedom? She told me she's an assassin. It means, someone can apprehended her?

The lady gasps. She lays at the grass. “Can I pillow near your groin?”

“Shut up! Stop teasing me already and start telling your story.”

The lady chuckles. “Tch, this person is shy in returning a favor.” Seeing Jaino, whose face is very mad; she laughs. “Fine, I'll continue.

“When I came back after the assassination of the Frezar King—”

“Wait. What is Frezar King?”

“They're just some giant creatures, having skin covered by big scales like rock. They've stood like human and talked using mind wave. Anyway their brain is huge.

“The purpose of the assassination was to restrain them from ravaging many nation. However, this backlashed in the later four hundred years after the Frezar King's death.

“After half year of rampaging, those creatures had silenced once against.

“Who knows, maybe they'd become bored.”

“You were a kind that time, huh?”

The lady sits. Twiddling her finger to a grass' leaf, she asks, “Am I not that kind right now?”

Jaino's face reacts opposingly. You're just a murderer.

“But, as I came back, I couldn't find my hometown rather than a huge hollowed hole. And tears started to flow out from my eyes. I was crying, I didn't realize.”

He feels sorry for her. “My condolence...”

“You didn't need to.” While staring at the clouds, her face shows thanking for a received blessing. “Because, I finally received my freedom that time.”

I take back my words. I guess, I will just listen.

“I swirled and swirled with arms wide opened, as I could feel the freedom that I'm not someone's pawn. But, a crow landed at my arm, with a rolled paper tied near its talon. I felt mad, and my momentary peace... disappear...

“The message I'd received was, that the dimensional transportation casting the city back to my world has successful.”

“So you mean? There's another world out there?”

“Who knows... I was born to this world, not in this place, but, you will learn it later.

“As I said, my history isn't easy to shorten by words.

“I didn't care about those anyway. What made me angry, was, I received the final task, and if I can fulfilled it, I can do everything freely whatever I want.”

“You can just abandon it right?”

“Jaino, as I told you before, my action is bound with promise and agreement since I value my pride.” — silent — “Anyway, I headed into a kingdom, I've forgotten the name. I was welcomed, and invited to dine. And I'd realized, I'd become a pawn in my new owner with task to eliminate the opposition on their political dynasty and reigning. I proposed to only kill the leader, but one time, due to another refilling of new opposition leader, I murdered a whole family.”

“You're ... Heartless.”

“It can't be help ... But at least I've proven my loyalty within my works, and words, and my pride.

“Anyway, the souls' particles have merged on your souls. You can move now.”

“Criselia...” As he raises. “Can I trust you that you will only support me?”

She ogles at Jaino very near, and whispers face to face, “Jaino, I already have my freedom, but our agreement is my priority.” She smiles, that makes the man's heart in awkward. She raises. “Come, let's bath together.”

“No—!”

She grabs his hand and draws him, whereas Jaino resists. “Don't be shy, let's bathe together!”

“I'm not onto ancient ladies!”

“Why are you always so rude! My body had stopped aging when I reached my seventeen! Let's bathe!”

“As if I could believe you!”

The past becomes some memories

Nostalgic from where we recall

Places, diaries, and bondings

.