True Love

Both of Kyra and Uncle Vigor gulps a bit.

"Err..it only cost twenty silver coins." Vigor said honestly. One gold coin equal to two hundred silver coins. If a person has a gold coin, he is assumed as one of the rich people.

Hayden rummages his bag, after some times, he shakes his head. "Sorry, I don't have a silver coin. Just take this and keep the change." Hayden shoves the gold coin into Vigor's palm.

"Erm, but.."

"It's okay uncle, thanks for the dress. You really help us a lot." Kyra patted on Vigor's back and turn him around to ride his horse back.

After they bid farewell, the three of them change their attire. Kyra wears a blue long dress with a turban cover her hair. While Yuina chooses to wear fully cover black chiffon dress and wear a turban and niqab covering all her hair and her half of her face leaving only her beautiful deep green eyes.

Hayden also wears a white ghutra with a black agal. He didn't change his attire and use a black cloth to covering his sword before he slips his sword at the back of the backpack.

"Ready?" Hayden asks both of the girls. He was awestruck by the beauty of Yuina wearing those dress. But immediately he brushes off of his thought and focuses back on their mission.

Yuina and Kyra nod their head. The trio then went to the city. Emerald City. It is like a heaven on the earth, where you can see a lot of beautiful trees planted at the top of the buildings, street and had many open gardens in the center of the city. Not only that, fruits and any kinds of food chains that can't be seen at any other city also sell at the street by the local. The water in this city is tasting sweet, but not sticky. Very refreshing and the sky was so blue and it's not too hot like other provinces.

They had a market all along the way selling many kinds of food and any other things. First of all, they need to find a place where they can stay and find good food to eat before they go on searching for the right person.

Hayden picks a hotel near the main road of the city. Emerald city is lead by General Abi. He was one of the toughest General in the Zirconia Kingdom besides him. Abi is well trained and had a big size body than the average man. Almost at the same height as Hayden.

His General gear is a bit weird compared to his own traditional citizen wear. However, looking at this province, Hayden knows Abi did his job well. He runs this city to be at the same level as the Diamond city.

"Princess, you gonna stay with Kyra in one room, I'll be in the next room. Is it okay with you?" Hayden turns to look at both of the women behind him. They are now at the hotel foyer.

"Hm..but I use to sleep with you in my room." Yuina a bit hesitate. Not because she doesn't want to stay with Kyra, but Hayden never leave her side. Since that day, she becomes afraid to separate with Hayden.

Kyra gasp a bit. "You sleep with him?" She asks in disbelieve voice.

"No..not like that." Yuina immediately denying it.

"Really?" Kyra did not buy it as she folds her arm around her chest and glance at Hayden who still composed.

"What? I just guarding her while she's sleeping. Nothing more than that."

"Huh? Such a waste.." She sighs before she continues again. "Okay, Yuina. Give your man his time alone. We both stay in one room. Come on, let's go to the room." She tugs her finger on Yuina's sleeve and went to the second floor.

Hayden took the backpack and follow them. After he gives both of them the keys, he reminds them to be ready to find something to eat one hour later. After that, he also went to his room. He needs to wash his body and relax for a bit. They had been walking and sleeping on the hard ground for more than three days now.

For right now, they might be staying in this city for a few more days until they find the right person.

…

With their disguise, no one notices them especially Yuina. Her hair is well hidden under the turban she wore. Both of them having their late lunch at one of the fine restaurants.

After that, they went loitering around the town near the market area. Like before, this town is always full of people. Most of them are youngsters and rarely see the old folks. This makes Yuina feel a bit curious. But she thought that maybe the old folks more likely to stay at home and not in the mood for a walk, perhaps?

She brushes off of the thought and went to one of the stalls. Looking at the many of selection accessories made from gem and stones. Really sparkling and draw her attention.

Kyra also joining her to look at the woman's accessories on the table. Hayden's wound still not fully recover yet. Because of a bit tiredness, he gives his small sack of gold coin to Yuina.

"Use this if you want to buy anything. I'll stay at the bench there, okay?" He pointing his eyes to the bench across the stall and behind it, it has a beautiful fountain at the center open yard and had a lot of carriages and people crossing the road behind it.

Yuina bobbed her head. "Okay. Go and rest." She said. Fully understand his circumstance. She had a thought to finish up her 'window shopping' a bit early, so that Hayden could rest in his room.

Once Hayden went to the bench, she diverts her eyes back to the selection in front of her. She eyeing one of the black leather necklaces. It's quite long and the pendant has a unique gem carve with a black metal which she doesn't know what is it. The gem is in green color. She likes it. The combination color compliments each other.

She touches the necklace and the lady of that stall look at her with interest in her eyes.

"That's a good choice, young lady. It is suitable for the one you love. A man, perhaps?" She said with a smile on her face.

Yuina's finger flinches a bit. The thought of 'the one who she loved' reemerged in her mind as Prince Hans. The one who also kill her father. Her eyes start to glint a faint of sorrow where Kyra caught her off guard.

"Love could be defined in many ways. Not only a man, right? Madame?" Kyra tries to give a hint to the lady before.

"Yes, that's true. You can also give to the one who'd you care the most. It's a symbol of love and care. Like your friends said. Love could define in many ways." She adds to correct back her word before.

She smiles and touches the gem with careful. She was attracted to it. She wants to give it to someone she cares the most. The only one who stays with her in her darkest day. After all, the color of this necklace suits him the most.

"How much it cost?" She asks without looking at the lady.

"Two gold coin." The lady said. And that makes Kyra gasp.

"That's..a lot." She said with a low voice. Even though she knew precisely in the small sack which Hayden give to Yuina is more than a hundred coins, but for a commoner like her, standing in front of the street stall like this, this is the unreasonable price!

With selling this necklace alone will make her rich for at least until she becomes old, if she manages the money accordingly.

Yuina diverts her eyes to one of her hand. She wore another bangle on her wrist. The one that her maid made her to wear it and she forgot to take it off that night.

Slowly, she takes off the bangle and shows it to the lady. "Can I trade this for the necklace?"

Again, Kyra gasps and she immediately shot Yuina with a glare and holding her hand.

"What are you doing?" Kyra said with above the whisper tone to her.

"I just wanna buy that necklace." Yuina also said with a low voice.

"But...He gives you the coins. Why not use it?" Kyra sighs. Even though she really wants to buy it, she can use the coins, isn't she?

"That's Hay..his money. I can't use it if I want to buy something for him." Yuina said, snapped some sense to Kyra's brain.

Kyra blinks her eyes a few times before she stammering a bit. "Him? You..you wanna..give him that..that necklace?"

Yuina nods her head. "Yeah."

At some point inside her heart, Kyra feels overjoyed for Hayden. But at the same point also, she feels sorry for him. Yuina is too dense to notice her own feelings toward him.

"Well.." Kyra releases her hand from holding Yuina's arm before she turns to the lady.

The lady then took the bangle from Yuina and examine it. "This will be enough to trade in with the necklace, young lady."

Yuina smile. The lady then shoves the bangle inside her apron pocket before she took out a small ampule of a tube which is a bit weird to Yuina's eyes and Kyra too.

"This is an extra item for your purchase. This potion is known to revive a nearly dead person to alive. But it only happens if it's true love. A cliche isn't it?" The lady chuckles and that makes Yuina and Kyra to chuckles too. Even though both of them did not know what it means.

"Use it to the one who you feel fit as your true love." She slips the potion inside the back of the gem on the necklace she was about to buy.

The small ampule slowly absorbed inside the gems. That makes Kyra and Yuina's mouth widen. Just how did she do it? How the small ampule went inside the gem without cracking the gem even a little bit?

On top of that, the gem looks like normal like before. There's no one can see there is ampule inside the gem.

The lady slowly touches both of Kyra and Yuina's hand before she passes the necklace to Yuina. She manages to take away their memory on how she put the ampule inside the necklace.

"Thank you for your purchase, young lady." She said with a smile a little wink to both of them.

Like just wake up from a dream, both of them smile back to her and nod their head.

"Thank you," Yuina said happily looking at the necklace.