Sitting under the shade of an overhead tent, Liliyana sipped on shaved ice, flavored with a cherry syrup. Held at the end of a small stick, she wanted to gobble it all up before the heat lted it completely.
"You don't have to slurp so much, you know?" Suggested Adith, although he didn't exactly mind either way.
Her legs swinging back and forth on the stool, Liliyana was far too engrossed in enjoying the sweet treat to put any mind to anyone else. And despite being consud in her own little joys, her eyes didn't stop wandering from here and there.
The bazaar, a festive place brimming with people and commodities of all kinds. From groceries to tools, or items of convenience, but most importantly, so of the most delectable treats in town. But what does a devil desire but a stick of ice with syrup?
'At least nobody has recognized us so far.' Looking around at the passing citizens, Adith felt a prick in his heart. Losing the title of the hero had made him the laughingstock of the town, and the rumors were so rampant that he'd already heard a dozen people talking about it as they wandered through the bazaar.
"What are we doing next?" Playfully pushing her shoulder against Adith, Liliyana got his attention back on her. "I'm already in love with this place, what are we doing next?"
Smiling wide with all her teeth visible, the fae genuinely seed to be enjoying her ti, even if the most exciting thing they'd done was sitting on a stool and sipping ice. Giving it so thought, Adith wondered where to go next, and the next place that ca into his mind for so reason was the church, more especially the playing ground behind it.
However, before that, there was another spot he wanted Liliyana to visit.
"Alright, let's go then," wearing a gentle smile, Adith felt like a tour guide to Liliyana. Although showing her around, soone who'd been trapped for most of her life, gave him a joy that eased the pain in his heart. Not to ntion, the presence of a charming fae, did help him keep his calm.
Her presence was growing on him like a stranger turned friend in the span of a short ti. Yet the goddess' wishes for the duo were far from where they stood.
Shaking those thoughts out of his head, Adith led Liliyana to a collection of fare rides. They weren't quite as colossal or exciting as what he'd heard they were like in the outside world, but even a two-storied Ferris wheel was more than enough to make Liliyana smile. Even if that smile quickly turned crooked when they got on and the wheel started spinning.
"W-we're so h-high…" She stamred, her hands gripping Adith tight.
Having rescued her from when her body was transford into twice the height of the Ferris wheel, Adith couldn't help but chuckle for a mont. But then slowly placing his hand on her head, he tried to comfort her with pats.
"I helped you before, right? So don't worry I won't let you fall," still keeping her eyes closed for a few more spins, Liliyana finally opened them up and looked up at Adith.
Being so close to him, to such a delicate face–almost angelic, her cheeks were flushed red, but she tried not to let the embarrassnt get to her head. Instead, keeping her hands gripped tight, she turned to the scenery. Every ti their cart reached the very top, she could see a flood of houses and streets rging into one direction that led to the outer gates of the city.
Blanketed under the golden glow of the setting sun, the hustle and bustle, and the kaleidoscopic symtry of the city, it captured her in that mont in ti.
"It's all so pretty…" She muttered.
Following her gaze, Adith couldn't help but agree.
"But they say there's more beauty out there," tales of Atlaria's beauty soothed every baby in their cradle, and though Adith didn't rember his parents, the stories they told stayed with him.
"Really? There's more pretty things out there?" Liliyana questioned right as their ride ca to an end.
Turning to face her, the ex-hero answered with just a few words.
"I hope so, but I doubt there's any place better than ho," getting off the ride with smiles plastered over their faces, the duo's next destination was the church where Adith and his friends were raised.
Upon arriving there they ran into both l and Erika although not affected by the sa mask as them, both of the girls couldn't see Adith and Liliyana's true appearance. Instead, they simply saw a young man and a woman coming to church right as it was ti for them to leave.
For Adith, it was for the best that he wasn't recognized as he didn't want to look l in the eyes just yet after what had happened.
Slipping sneakily through the church, the duo arrived at the backend where a lone ball rolled around the ground instead of being played by the orphan children.
'Seems like we were too late to see them?' With the skies painted dark, it was no wonder that the children were taken back to their rooms. Even so, that didn't an Adith and Liliyana couldn't spend ti kicking the ball around.
Playing lone in the church's yard, the two simply enjoyed each other's company for the night. For Liliyana who was easily amused, the re act of passing the ball around, stealing it from each other's foot or just running from one another, was more than enough to keep her giggling all the ti.
The escape from his usual routine seed to help Adith as well, and the dire state of mind that he was in just days ago, was finally at a point of complete cure.
And soon enough as it was ti to head back, Liliyana finally learned sothing that she'd been wrong about Adith this whole ti.
"Aghh…I sll so bad, we should head to the communal bath," Adith suggested.
"Sure thing~ Ahaha, I'll help you clean your back!" Liliyana's reply left him confused for a bit, but as he ca to realize what was wrong, Adith couldn't help but ask.
"You know I'm a guy, right?" Now being the one who's shocked, Liliyana's body froze up on the spot, and only after a few seconds of awkward silence did her lips open up.
"HEH?!" Needless to say, she was a little more than surprised.
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