The Step Of Palimpsest
#15

"Well why, he looks like Theomund .. huh? Is he his relative?"

Dominique left with her magic after apologizing to Cashel. Cashel himself did not know where the woman was going, he had not even asked the woman's name. The important thing is that he survived and things are under control. Until the horse's roar sounded closer. Sounding from his successive steps, there was more than one person who had come near him. None other than the Ginova family. After all, this forbidden lake was within their territory.

From behind the trees, Cashel saw five horses coming near him, including Kenes who was ridden by a familiar in his eyes. Feeling the situation was safely under control, he returned his sword into the sword sheath. From a distance came the sheen of the mane and the iris that shone like a gemstone when exposed to the sun or moon. None other than his own friend, Theomund Ginova. The future heir to the Ginova family, he was a great wizard, and often helped him in wars.

Once in front of Cashel, Theomund came down from Kenes' back. While Kenes rubbed his head with a sigh of relief at Cashel, Theomund could only smile seeing the real bond between the horse and the rider. However, his focus was instantly sidetracked on the piece of meat lying nearby.

No need to think long to draw conclusions. Cashel's uniform was soaked, the surrounding trees were chaotic, blood spots like being dragged, then a lump of scaly pieces of flesh that were still fresh. Had he come sooner, he could have done something.

"Check around the lake. If anything suspicious, report it to me immediately, then there is no need to take action. Let's observe the situation here first, okay?" theomund.

"Good!" The four horsemen split each two people to the left and right moving around the lake.

Theomund again gave his focus to Cashel who was still confused with Kenes' behavior. "You threw yourself into the lake?"

"Yes, I saved a drowning woman."

"Where is he? Is he safe?"

"Of course it survived, but, he directly left with teleportation magic."

"Witch, huh? What's it look like?"

"Hair looks just like you. Maybe your relatives, I don't know."

Theomund's suspicions immediately increased. "I have no relatives, Cashel. The Ginovas are very much guarding their bloodline."

"No, no. Her hair color is similar to yours, her magic is great! I swear knight!" cashel said as he placed a fist over his heart.

Theomund began to think, holding his chin to sort the events as they should. At first, he begins the simple question, "what are you doing here?"

"Take Kenes for a walk."

"Enter into my territory without my permission? You want to be commander even if it's a mistake."

"I'm sorry, Young Master Ginova," Cashel put up his stern temperament, he put his palms together as if he were praying, and he bowed his head to beg for forgiveness.

Theomund was grieving, but now he was asking a more serious question. "Do you know about the Eye of the Spirit?"

Cashel immediately returned to the position of the sturdy body of a knight, seeing the topic spoken by Theomund was something serious because it was closely related to them. "I know," he said.

"You haven't opened your Spirit's Eye yet?"

"I don't even know how to open it."

"Well, that's why the snake came out of the lake, Cashel. How to say it, yes. For so long the snake was used to being surrounded by magic, the presence of an unfamiliar figure would only anger him. You see, he thinks of you as an intruder, because he feels you have no direct connection to magic like the Spirit Eye. It looks like she thinks the drowning woman you saved is her ally, but mistook you for trying to kidnap her."

"Even animals can misunderstand? I'm sorry .. for making such a big mess." This time, Cashel regretted in earnest.

He was ready to draw his sword back to slash his own hand and drip blood to swear, just like that was the way the knight apologized as symbolism, only then did it make a real move. However, Theomund prevented it again. Actually, Cashel has helped him a lot.

"I'll accompany—"

"You're tired of living, aren't you? The snake will wrap around your body until you explode like fireworks. Then, I will forbid those who do not open the Eye of the Spirit to set foot in the lake water." Theomund's palm gave off a light, with that light beginning to surround his body, the wind then blowing around him.

"Be careful."

Theomund nodded. "When you see that woman again, let me know." Then, he disappeared in an instant.

Cashel looked at the chaotic surroundings. He could never stop himself from causing chaos, be it when training alone and training new children. Cashel was too persistent for battle, so he was always avoided by children who initially always admired him. Cashel snorted in annoyance, he stroked the horse saddle, then climbed onto Kenes' back. This horse was calmer than before, definitely due to the influence of Theomund.

"Let's go home."

...»»——⍟——««...

His tail was no longer injured or dripping blood. His wounds were covered by those who depended on him and he who depended on them. It is not impossible that the tail can grow again like a lizard or gecko. His already lost body parts could be regrown, nothing was impossible when he had that many allies, which made him able to survive through the extreme climate when his clumps were extinct.

Symbiosis of mutualism that benefits both sides without exception.

"Can I talk to you?"

She thought it was the woman who spoke to her, but it was a male voice. He twisted his body, his tongue hissing in annoyance which sounded like a crackling sound. He raised his head high to show who really had control between them. In fact, when his allies felt dislike for Theomund's whereabouts, he told them to hold him back first.

"Piscinoboa, I represent my friend apologizing for hurting you and harassing your precious break."

"The next time he comes here, I won't forgive him."

"Of course, I warned him."

"Well, you can speak my language. What do you want, Witch?"

"When you knew her earlier, but you must know who that woman was."

Piscinoboa chuckled, his snout approaching Theomund's face, knowing where this conversation was going. "What do you want to know?"

"Everything."

"Oh, you hierarchy-mad want to always be in control, Theomund Ginova. Not with the Spirit's Eyes closed. I'd like to talk to you because you have potential talent in you."

The snake as a symbol of wisdom, of course, will not carelessly act, speak, or make decisions. Theomund had to do everything he could to reveal this awkwardness that even his own father had leaked.

"There's a price you have to pay. The past, the present, the future, they are all too expensive to tell at one time ... Really, it's expensive."

"Who shall I give?"

Now Piscinoboa laughed out loud at how Theomund was at his lowest point to become a perfect heir.

"The moon which is the shadow of the sun. The full moon that would block the sun, making the hemisphere so pitch-black. I Want The Eclipse. Oh, Theomund, you're gonna be so busy taking care of your own ego, you know."

Piscinoboa is after the Ginova twins, both Dominique and Dorothy.