The Abysmal Territory

[27]

“Hey, are you alright?” Teiko asked the girl that’s approaching them.

“She seems exhausted,” Saki added.

The girl falls down where she was walking. Teiko immediately runs so she can catch her before she hits the ground.

“Hey, can you hear me?” Teiko asked.

“Food,” the girl replied.

“Food?” Teiko responded.

“Stupid, Teiko-nii. She’s asking for food! She’s obviously starving,” Saki exclaimed.

“Okay, sorry. I’ll get food,” Teiko said.

Teiko carefully laid the girl down and quickly grabbed his bag to get some bread on it. He handed the bread to the girl.

She seems too weak in her current state. I can't imagine what happened to her along the way. I hope that she will be okay. It's hard to see a woman in her age to be alone in this vast forest. Teiko thought.

“Here, though, bread is the only thing that I can give you for now,” Teiko said.

The girl quickly grabbed the bread and ate it without any hesitation.

“Seems that she doesn’t care what food you gave her,” Saki said.

“She looks like a pet wagging its tail after giving it food as a reward.

The two observed how the girl was eating. The girl fell asleep after eating the bread.

“Okay? What should I do now? She’s full of wounds and her clothes are torn up in many places,” Teiko said.

Saki gets close to Teiko with a furious face. She said, “Hey, even if you gave her food doesn’t mean you can do something naughty to her. Just try it and I’ll use my Cosmic Supernova on you.”

Teiko backed off in an instant. He said, “I’m not thinking of anything, I’m just concerned about her current state.”

“Current state, meaning her body that is almost naked due to her torn clothes?” Saki exclaimed.

Teiko turned around. He said, “You know me, I wouldn’t do such a thing. Anyway, if you don’t want me to look, carry her with you magic in the tent that I set up.”

Saki realized that she’s in the wrong side. She said, “Sorry, Teiko-nii. I cross the line at teasing you. I’ll carry her in the tent, make sure you also rest.”

The day passes by and the sun is already rising.

“Hey, both of you. Wake up already,” Saki shouted.

Teiko woke up to Saki's shout but was still half asleep. He said, “I’m hungry, what time is it?''

“Of course, you would. You already skipped two meals already, you didn’t have lunch or dinner,” Saki said.

“Oh, breadman. Ahm, good morning! Teehee,” the girl said as she also woke up.

The girl got up and her chest area was exposed in front of Teiko. Teiko woke up completely as he saw what’s in front of him. He immediately turned around in surprise.

“Hey, Teiko-nii. Do you have any explaining to do?” Saki said with a grin on her face.

“Oh, sorry about that. It’s my fault, don’t get angry at him,” the girl said while trying to fix her clothes.

“Ohh, fine. I’m just scolding Teiko-nii,” Saki replied.

“Thank you for guarding us in our sleep, little fairy girl,” the girl said.

“Hey, did you hear what she called me?” Saki talked to Teiko.

“Haha. Good for you, she called me breadman,” Teiko replied.

‘Wait! You can hear and see me?!” Saki exclaimed.

“Yup? Ohh, I remember, you’re a pixie not a little fairy. Is that correct? Sorry about what I said earlier,” the girl replied.

“Yes, she’s a pixie. By the way, what’s your name? I’m Teiko, Teiko Akitsko. Nice meeting you,” Teiko said.

“You can look in this direction now. I’m about eating your food and sleeping in your tent afterwards. Thank you for taking care of me,” the girl said.

Teiko turned around and looked at the girl.

“Wait, did the two of you just ignore that I’m surprised that she could see me?!” Saki exclaimed.

“You got two people able to see you, isn't that pretty normal?” Teiko asked.

The girl laughed while hiding her mouth with her hand.

“Oh, okay fine. I’m just so excited that someone could see me aside from this stupid brother. Anyway, I’m Saki just call me as is. Nice meeting you,” Saki said.

“You’re still caling me stupid, huh?” Teiko said.

“And she’s calling you brother, that’s the questionable part in what she said,” the girl said.

“I just wanted to call him brother but we’re not even a drop blood related thingy. Since I call him my brother, I’ll also call you sister since you can also see me. What’s your name sis?” Saki said.

“Nice to meet the both of you, I’m Akeiko Dae,” the girl said.

“Oh? She has a three letter surname,” Saki said.

“What’s about that surname?” Teiko asked.

“Most of the people with three letter surnames are a legendary family, they are powerful and most likely royalty,” Saki replied.

“That means, she’s powerful?” Teiko asked.

“That maybe the case, I tried to access her power and the origin of her just like what I did the first time I met you. Her surname should explain a lot about her large amount of power and mana. On her origin, I didn’t find anything since her power is oppressing my skill,” Saki said.

“So she’s dangerous?” Teiko asked.

“I don’t think so, she’s not hostile and I can feel that. I feel that she’s not aware that she is powerful so we don’t have to worry about her being dangerous,” Saki replied.