Threaten Her Into Silence

Not wanting to take advantage of a seemingly innocent maid or simply let her go, Akira decided he would try and cause the made to fear him instead. Akira focused on the maid before releasing her from his power. The blue light faded from the maid's eyes. She blinked a few times before looking straight at Feya, once again with fear on her face.

Akira quickly moved to the door to prevent the maid from leaving. Noticing this, the maid dropped to her knees and began to beg.

"Please, Please don't hurt me" She said as she began to cry.

Akira bent down so he was face to face with her and put on his angriest looking face.

"You even think about telling anyone about what you saw here, I'll send a lot worse than a pixie to deal with you. Got it?" Akira said, already feeling terrible about his choice.

"Yes...Yes, I swear I won't tell anyone, just please don't hurt me"

Akira stood up turned around and opened the door, moving out of the way to allow the maid to leave. The maid got to her feet. She then dried her eyes as she began sprinting out of the room.

"Holy crap" Akira exclaimed.

Feya suddenly dove at Akira, attempting to hug him but her arms were so tiny that she just pressed herself flat against his chest.

"Thank you" Feya said, sounding like she was also crying. "I know that was an awful thing you had to do for me".

Akira stood there for a moment, letting Feya cry into his shirt. He felt terrible having to threaten someone but at this moment in time, there was no one more important to him than Feya.

For the next ten minutes or so, Akira and Feya both discussed what to do next. Their grand adventure had practically, only just started, but both of them had no idea what they should do next.

"Oh, wait" Feya said, quickly jumping up from the bed. "Ginny"

"What about her?" Akira asked.

"She said she was leaving today, maybe before we start anything, we should try and meet her at the gate, you know, say goodbye".

"We?"

"Well...I know I know I wasn't really apart of everything you guys did but...well I think it would be nice is all".

Akira did kind of agree. Ginny was the only other person he actually knew in this world. It would be nice to see her off, especially since she was going to be heading into danger soon. Both Akira and Feya agreed on heading to the main gate and to try and catch Ginny before she left.

The two made their way out of the inn. Feya now safely stashed away in Akira's backpack, along with some of the food they had bought. Akira had actually forgotten how large the town was and it took them around twenty minutes before they actually made it to the main gate where they entered the day before. It seemed as though Akira wasn't the only person wanting to wish good luck to somebody. It looked like a few hundred people had turned up. Most of them were cheering and waving, others were crying and hugging loved ones. Akira very quickly managed to spot Ginny with her gleaming blonde hair and shiny armour. He quickly made his way over to her.

"Akira? What are you doing here?" Ginny asked as Akira approached her.

"I...uhmm...I just wanted to come and see you before you left. I wasn't sure if we would meet again and just wanted to come and wish you luck".

"That's very sweet Akira, I appreciate it" Ginny said with a genuine smile. "I wish I could stick around to appreciate it some more but we were just about ready to open the gates".

Akira hung his head a little but quickly brought it back up as a familiar voice spoke to him.

"Ah Akira, good to see you again"

It was Heath, the king's son. He was atop an extremely large horse which was clad in just as extravagant armour as the rider himself.

"Oh, I didn't know you were riding out with the party" Akira said, thinking it was a little dangerous for the prince himself to go on a raiding party.

"Of course, not to boast about myself too much but the leader of a war party should be renowned in battle and leadership. The soldiers here today look up to me and I in turn keep them spirits high". The entire time Heath was talking he was puffing his chest out to make it look even larger than it already was.

"Well, I wish you all luck on your quest" Akira said, now looking back at Ginny.

"Why don't you join us?" Heath asked. "I see you have a blade, do you know how to use it?"

"Uhh..." Akira wasn't sure how to respond.

"He only recently acquired that blade as a reward for helping me" Ginny butted in. "He is yet to be trained in swordplay"

"Well, let me make you an offer Akira" Heath said as he climbed down from his horse. "Come with us, aid us in anyway you can and in your free time, I myself will train you to use your blade. I guess you would become my squire of sorts"

Akira was slightly taken aback. As nice as Heath seemed, according to Ginny he very rarely stayed that way to most people. But for some reason, he had been nothing but nice to Akira.

"I'm not sure, I would probably end up being a burden" Akira responded.

"Nonsense" Heath boomed. "If you come with us you will be in mine and Ginny's care and we will train you as best we can. We will not throw you into battle if we don't think you're ready and there are other ways to be useful rather than fighting"

Akira really wished he could consult Feya on this, since it was also her life that could be at risk. Although, as Akira looked around at the army in front of him, there were at least a couple hundred fighters here. He would probably feel safer with them, even knowing they were going into battle. Akira had a big decision to make. Should he go with Heath and Ginny? Or should he stay in town and find a quest of his own?

!WARNING!

This next choice will split the story in two. Each path will lead to entirely different stories, each with it's own characters, events and choices.