The story of the First Avatar, Raava, and Vaatu was indeed shocking.
The vast, chaotic negative energy surrounding Vaatu's prison was terrifying as well.
But ending the war was not sothing that could be done overnight.
For now, it was better to deal with the matters directly in front of him.
"Little East, Little South, Little West, Little North, I ca here today because I need to ask you for a favor."
Kahn spoke with rare solemnity.
After spending so much ti together, they could already be considered good friends.
It was precisely because of that bond that Kahn felt confident enough to ask them for help.
If he wanted to travel safely and secretly to the Eastern Air Temple, relying on East, South, West, and North was the only option he had at the mont.
As ntioned before, although the Avatar had sealed the passage connecting the two worlds, humans and spirits had not completely lost contact.
On the human side, aside from the Avatar, there were still spiritbenders capable of crossing between the two realms.
On the spirit side, any sufficiently powerful spirit could travel between the worlds through its own power, such as the Mother of Faces and Koh the Face Stealer.
East, South, West, and North usually looked like four adorable little birds.
Individually, their power did not seem especially great.
But in truth, they were formidable spirits, and they also possessed the ability to cross into the human world.
They were symbiotic spirits, sowhat similar to Raava and Vaatu.
Most of the ti, they preferred to move separately, and only when they rged into one would they reveal their strongest form.
Kahn explained the problem he had encountered and made his request, hoping for their help.
But after listening to him, their attention seed to drift elsewhere.
"So we're going to the human world?"
"It's been a long ti since we went there."
"I wonder what the human world is like now."
"Other humans are very unfriendly."
"But if Kahn is there, won't he take us to play?"
The four little spirits began discussing among themselves, and before long, their topic had sohow shifted to what was fun in the human world.
Kahn watched them with amusent, then imdiately seized the opportunity.
"If you're willing, I can take you to play in the human world."
"The human world has changed a great deal compared to before."
"And the capital where I live can be called the most prosperous place in the human world."
"It has the liveliest markets, plenty of delicious food and entertaining things, and strange treasures from every corner of the world."
The four little spirits were imdiately tempted, though they still hesitated a little.
"But other humans…"
Kahn struck while the fla was hot, thumping his chest as he promised,
"Don't worry."
"As long as I'm with you, no human would dare disrespect you."
"I'm a spiritbender, after all!"
"It really has been a long ti since I saw the human world."
"I'm also curious how human cakes taste compared to spirit cakes."
"With Kahn there, there shouldn't be any problem."
"Then let's go!"
And just like that, the matter was happily decided.
They would help Kahn, and in return, he would take them to have fun in the human world.
"These little birds are spirits?"
"Are you serious?"
Azula eyed the little birds suspiciously while extending her index finger to tease West, who was perched on Kahn's left shoulder.
West dodged her.
"Of course I'm serious."
"Be polite, Azula."
"They can understand you."
Seeing that Azula still wanted to keep teasing them, Kahn quickly stopped her and spoke seriously.
"Tch."
"Fine."
"I an, they are quite pretty."
Seeing his reaction, Azula casually withdrew her finger and shrugged.
Kahn explained to the wary East, South, West, and North,
"Don't worry."
"Her na is Azula."
"She's my friend, and she ans you no harm."
"Azula, these are Little East, Little South, Little West, and Little North."
"You can get acquainted first."
Although Azula did not think there was any real difference between the birds, she still cooperated with Kahn's request.
"Fine."
"So… hello?"
"Do you need a handshake?"
East, South, West, and North chirped a few tis, still perched on Kahn without moving.
"Looks like you don't."
Azula withdrew her hand.
Although the initial exchange was not exactly smooth, Azula did realize that the little birds seed able to understand human speech.
It was only a pity that she could not understand bird language.
Because of that, she beca slightly more serious.
Then she crossed her arms and studied them.
"Are you sure they can help?"
"You don't need to doubt that."
Kahn was not worried on that point, and he smiled.
"But before they help, I need to take them out to play first."
"Do you want to co along?"
"Play?"
"Play what?"
"Walk around, eat sothing, watch the crowds, and talk."
"Co to think of it, we rarely do that, don't we?"
As he spoke, Kahn thought back carefully.
It seed it was not rely rare.
They had never done it at all.
Azula had always looked down on such ordinary ways of passing ti.
She preferred excitent.
However, faced with Kahn's invitation, Azula suddenly froze.
The two of us walking around and eating together… wouldn't that be…?!
"Since you're so sincerely inviting … cough."
"I an, well, playing like that once in a while isn't bad."
"Of course, no problem."
Azula's sentence twisted several tis, making Kahn look at her strangely.
In the end, however, he asked nothing.
It was Azula.
He was used to it.
"Then let's go."
Although it was only an ordinary stroll, the Fire Nation capital's market was filled with dazzling goods from every nation, making even casual browsing far from boring.
The only issue was that Azula seed rather awkward throughout the entire process.
That awkwardness felt like a clumsy attempt to act obedient, only to fail miserably.
Normally, Azula's acting was not like this.
This was simply terrible.
Besides, was there any need to practice acting while shopping?
When Kahn voiced that doubt to Azula, he saw her expression change instantly.
With a dark look, she kicked him several tis, hard enough to make him suck in a breath from the pain and leave him completely bewildered.
What was she losing her temper over now?
Still, he understood that he had probably said sothing wrong this ti.
Although he had no idea what exactly he had said wrong, he took the initiative to admit his
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