女神归来的夏天

~~~(Location: Outside Elenahiers Dungeon, Elven Kingdom)~~~

~~~(Time: 5:17 PM)~~~

We\'ve got camp all set up for the night, and tomorrow marks the start of our dungeon dive in Elenahiers Dungeon. Sally and I are alone in our tent, and she\'s half asleep. Her head is planted on my chest. "You scared about tomorrow?" Her tired voice makes me sleepy. It\'s that a strange thing, how someone else being tired can make you tired too.

My mind is ready for some real rest, and despite the dangers of tomorrow, I intend to sleep tonight. "I don\'t share Hailey\'s panic and fear for this dungeon... You know why she\'s so scared, right?" Sally isn\'t stupid, and I\'m betting she\'s already figured out why Sally is acting the way she is. Sally moves her head and shifts it so she can look up at me.

Her eyes are half-closed, and she has a small grin on her face. "She\'s worried about Jasmine and me... She\'s sweet for caring so much, but I have faith that we\'ll make it through this unscathed. You know why, right?" She turns my question into her own. I do know, and I feel a certain tingling butterfly feeling when she has so much faith in me.

I\'ll not let anything happen to Sally and Jasmine. I\'ll try to protect everyone, but they\'re my priority. "This is the first time I\'ve ever been in a dungeon that\'s so difficult. You got any advice for me..." Her voice is getting more tired the longer we keep talking. She\'s trying her best to stay awake. She took a nap while I carried her, and she\'s still this tired.

She\'s been stressed herself from this challenge coming up. "Stick close to me, and I\'ll watch your back. When a monster too strong for you to handle comes along, I\'ll handle it. This is a great chance to learn about fighting as a team." We haven\'t had many chances to fight as a team like this. We mesh well, but it\'s not the two of us anymore.

We\'re going to be traveling with Helda and the rest for a while, and I don\'t know how long that\'s going to be. "I\'ll take that to heart, then. You make me worry, though." My confused look causes her to roll her eyes as she smiles. "You never said who\'ll watch your back..." If everything goes smoothly, there won\'t need to be anyone that watches my back.

She sighs at my silence, and she crawls up my body until we\'re face to face. She looks into my eyes as her fingertips glide across my cheek. "The thought of you dying kills me, Cera... Even if you come back, watching that... I can\'t stand the thought..." Her eyes are starting to water up. She\'s been stressed about this way more than I thought.

My hand rests on her lower back, and I gently rub her back in an attempt to comfort her. "If you promise not to do anything reckless, I\'ll promise to..." She lets her tears fall freely at my words. Showing that I\'m taking her seriously is making her feel better. She leans closer, and our lips touch. Both of our eyes close, and we sink into the feeling.

~~~(POV: Ashburn)~~~

~~~(Location: Outside Elenahiers Dungeon)~~~

~~~(Time: 5:32 PM)~~~

Cera outing my feelings for Melimora like that pissed me off, but it wasn\'t as bad as I thought it\'d be. I was afraid she\'d recoil in disgust or say she didn\'t like me at all. Her not reacting those ways must mean I have a chance... She hasn\'t said anything since it happened... Does that mean she\'s been thinking about it...

Helda didn\'t give a reaction either, and I was worried about her reaction more than Melimora\'s. She\'s known to inflict great harm on those that hurt her friends, even if they\'re her friends too. "What are you thinking... It\'s driving me crazy..." I talk to the tent ceiling above me, and the solitude does get to me. Being so alone...

When you think you can share a life with someone... Loneliness really eats at you, and it makes things so much worse. I turn on my side, and my back pops as it does. I\'m not stressed about the dungeon, not like I\'m stressed about Melimora. I can\'t be distracted tomorrow, so this will be the last time I think about this until we\'re done with the dungeon.

~~~(POV: Leila)~~~

~~~(Location: Outside Elenahiers Dungeon, Elven Kingdom)~~~

~~~(Time: 5:40 PM)~~~

Freskra makes a fantastic pillow, and I can\'t sleep without him by my side. His hand gently flows through my blond hair, and his steady heart relaxes me... "What do you think about Cera, Sally, Jasmine, and Hailey... A strange group, huh... And that magical beast..." He\'s been thinking about them since we met them. We don\'t know much about them, only their names and why they\'re here.

My thoughts about them are skeptical right now... I know they\'re strong... Especially Cera and Hailey, but I don\'t think they\'re bad people. Helda and Melimora wouldn\'t waste their time with them if they were like this. "They wouldn\'t be here if Helda and Meilmora didn\'t trust them, and that means we should trust them too." Helda and Melimora have great judgment.

It makes me wonder why Cera did to convince Helda to do this. It\'s obvious that Cera is the one that\'s changed Helda\'s mind about helping strangers... At least in this scenario... "Then I\'ll not worry about them. Hopefully, nothing comes back to bite us from doing this. We\'re really trying to take on the royal family." That\'s what I\'m worried about...

~~~(POV: Jasmine)~~~

~~~(Location: Outside Elenahiers Dungeon, Elven Kingdom)~~~

~~~(Time: 5:45 PM)~~~

She\'s getting worse as time goes on, and now that we\'re in our tent, she looks like the undead by how deprived of sleep and rest she is. She staring at the ceiling of the tent with hollow eyes. She\'s worried about Sally and me... That\'s the only explanation I can think of on how to describe what she\'s going through right now.

My hand finds hers, and she looks over to me, and it\'s hard seeing her like this. "We\'ll be fine in there, Hailey... You and Cera will be there, along with everyone else... We\'re not as weak as you think..." She hardly reacts, but I can see a flash in her eyes. "You need to sleep, and if you don\'t, I\'ll tell Cera not to let you in the dungeon tomorrow." She darts her body up and stares at me.

Her gaze is intense, and she\'s trying to find the right words to rebuttal my threat, but she can\'t. She\'s either too tired, or she can\'t think of one since she knows that she\'s not handling this well. She lays back down on the blankets closes her eyes. "You better not be faking either cause that\'ll seal it." She doesn\'t react, and her chest is slowly rising and falling.

She\'s already asleep, and my worries are taken care of. She\'ll have to be 100% tomorrow, and going to sleep this early is sure to make sure she gets plenty of sleep. I lay down beside her, and I look at the ceiling above. The warmth of the tent is nice enough to make me drowsy too. My eyes start to close, and not long, I find myself asleep.

~~~(POV: Saliandra Orvello)~~~

~~~(Location: Outside Elenahiers Dungeon, Elven Kingdom)~~~

~~~(Time: 6:03 PM)~~~

Cera and I embrace one another as the sleep catches up. Sharing a kiss and feeling each other up has got me hot and bothered, but we\'re too tired to do anything more. He\'s mentally exhausted, and I\'ll admit that I\'m the same way right now. His presence helps me let go of any thoughts of worry and stress. He\'s my rock...

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A/N: Below this line, I\'ll be keeping Cera\'s player information. That way, I won\'t have to place it into the story above anymore. It takes about 180 words up.

[Slayer (Zern) Lvl.193]

[Exp: 3/100%]

[Title: The Son of Arch-Angel Michael (Hidden)]

[Stats] [Strength - 7095][Endurance - 7045][Dexterity - 7215][Speed - 8240][Focus - 19,660]

[Mana aura control: 6/100%]

[Health: 76,560,000,000/76,560,000,000] [Mana: 216,600,000,000/216,600,000,000]

[Stat Points: 30] [Armor rating: 500]

[Inventory] [Dice of Wayland (Divine)] [Hardened Tree sap Armor (Very Rare)] [The Witness (Legendary Sword)] [Fenrir\'s Whistle (Divine)] [Sally\'s Dresses 5x] [Camping gear] [Food Rations 4x] [Dried meat 4x] [Fishing poles 2x] [Fish 8x] [Festival Garbs 2x]

[Passive Perks]

[Inheritor of the Sword] [Son of Heaven] [Slayer of Evil] [Holy Willow Trees Savior] [Finder of Legends] [The Divine who has Legend] [Destined for Greatness] [Dungeon Diver] [An Overachiever]

[Active Skills]

[Heavens light Lvl.59 325/5900] [Protected by Heaven Lvl.59 225/5900] [Slash Lvl..77 4600/130000] [Parry Lvl.53 80/5300] [Double Strike N/A] [Kingslayer N/A] [Raging Machine N/A] [Winged Glory] [Angelic Flight] [Divine Pressure Exertion] [Divinity Pulse] [Controled Fun]