The Soul Labyrinth

(THE SHIP HAS SAILED)

Aisen, still holding on to her wrist, looked at Jonathan. “He’s quite the sleepy one huh?” He brought up.

(INDEED!!)

Hinata stood by the portal.

Matthew, still unsure of his actions, turned to the other Knights. “So…? What are we waiting for…?” He pretended to be excited but really, he is broken. Chris walked through the portal, following him was Matthew.
“Go ahead” Cronos offered to Hinata.

Aisen laughed a little.
“I don’t actually know, he usually takes five-minute naps but this has been twenty minutes or so…” he turned back to Adara.
“You’re not mad at me?”

Tolkalee pushed open the door to the room the others were in and leaned on the door frame. He looked around the room then limped in and closed the door softly behind him. His anger was calmed for the moment, and his adrenaline had worn off. He was exhausted.

"Why, thank you." Hinata stepped through.

Aisen glanced over at Tolkalee.
“Oh, you’re back. Where did you go, by the way?” He asked while still holding onto Adara’s hand. “Sure, furious” he laughed slightly but mostly blushed.

Cronos stepped through the portal soon after and Chris closed it.
“So now we go back to the others?” Chris asked.

(Aisen will just be a flirt now lol)

Aisen turned to her.
“Does that include my heart? ‘Cause it sure is booming up right now” he asked while smiling.

Tolkalee reached into his satchel and pulled out the artifact. Then he tossed it to Aisen. Without saying a word.

Aisen saw that and caught it. He read the text on it which reads Eclipse. “Heh…nice one” he sent Tolkalee a thumbs up.

"I'd say that's a good start."

(Just kidding, he’s still a shy boi)

Aisen just realized what came out of his mouth. He buried his face into his knees, hiding his red face.

Jonathan, the kid in the room, woke up and yawned.

“Shut up…” he muttered, not raising his face to look at her.

Chris nodded. “Then, let’s go” he closed the system of the Soul Garden and walked outside, now heading back to the Royal Building.

Hinata, as was normal for her by now, took up the rear.

Cronos turned to Hinata.
“You know, not a lot of people would work with Knights…most of them would just try to kill us or run away in a whole. People like you are quite rare here…” he claimed, wanting to break the awkward silence.

Jonathan yawned again.
“Best nap I had in months I think…” he stated and looked at Aisen. “What’s wrong with teacher?”

Tolkalee smiled slightly, amused by the twos playfulness with each other. Then sadness flashed through him. He ignored it and walked to a darker corner of the room. There he sat down and began meditating.

“Teacher, what did you do this time?” Jonathan stood up and walked to Aisen.
“Nothing that a kid must know, Jon…” Aisen muttered.