ROYALTY: The Lord of the Glorious Water Element
TWO: ANDORA CITY

"RONI!!" Evelyn and Elan panic knowing Roni collapsed for no apparent reason. The two teenagers rushed to Roni, who was lying on the riverbank. Elan quickly put her clothes back on, no matter her shorts were still wet.

"How did he pass out?" elan asked as he reached the riverbank. Then rubbed his wet face.

"Because she was shocked, I saw her eyes bulging," Evelyn replied as she recalled the seconds before Roni fainted. Roni's eyes had glared before finally falling on the grass.

"Surprised because what? Because he can control water? It could have been just a coincidence," said Elan thinking realistically. Although he lived in the territory of the magic kingdom but Elan did not believe that a commoner child like Roni had such power. Magic power is only possessed by the Aric King Shadowcaster and the royal family.

Even the nobles have no magic power. They only have martial skills and play weapons. The noble families here do not include royal members, but people who have a high amount of wealth and a lower level with the amount of wealth of King Aric Shadowcaster.

"Forgot that, let's go get help" Elan said. "Help me lift Roni's body up."

Without answering, Evelyn deftly helped Elan lift Roni's body to higher ground, carrying Roni with difficulty to the side of the road that is usually passed by traders by riding cows and carts to transport merchandise. Elan will ask for help to bring Roni home.

"We wait until there are traders passing by, we will ask for their help" Elan said, looking left and right.

Evelyn gave a big smile when she saw a merchant riding on a cart and a cow pulling the cart. The merchant happened to be heading down the road that Evelyn and Elan were standing on, just under the shady mango tree.

"Hey look!" Evelyn pointed at the merchant happily.

Elan smiled with relief. "Yes, we'll ask for help."

As the merchant with the cow was about to approach, Evelyn waved her hand so that the merchant would realize her whereabouts. Evelyn's hand-welding caught the merchant's attention, then the merchant beat the cow and walked faster to the place where Evelyn, Elan, and Roni were still unconscious.

"Do you need help from young people?" asked the merchant kindly as he got down from his pedal which contained vegetables and fruits.

"Yes sir, we need your help. Can you take us home? Our friend passed out here" Elan said in formal and polite language. Elan approached Roni's body then crouched down beside him.

"How did this young man first faint? You guys playing too tired?" asked the middle-aged man while checking Roni's heartbeat and checking Roni's pulse. The man was relieved, Roni just fainted.

"We were just swimming in the river, sir, we don't know how our friend fainted" explained Elan, pointing to the river below a low cliff.

The merchant did not ask much. He immediately had to save the unconscious teenage boy. "All right, we'll lift your friend to my sword. I'll take you home."

Then the man lifted Roni's body aided by Elan and carried Roni's body to the top of the pedati, among a pile of fruits and vegetables. The man slightly brushed aside the fruits and vegetables to give Evelyn and Elan a seat.

"You can sit here." The merchant pointed at an empty spot for the two youngsters beside him.

"Thank you, sir" said Evelyn and Elan.

"Yes. We'll get your friend to his house as soon as the sun goes down" the man explained as he climbed onto the pedati. There is a special place for him to sit so that he is comfortable when instructing the cow that is pulling the pedati.

"If we may know, whose name is Mister?" evelyn asked when the cow had started walking.

"You don't need to know my real name, just call me Mr. Sam" explained the man named Sam. He just mentioned his little nickname.

"You two, what's his name?" Sam asked back while continuing to focus forward, watching the streets were quite muddy.

"I'm Evelyn. And this is Elan, sir. Our fainted friend is Roni, sir. And we've been best friends since childhood."

"Your friendship is amazing" praised Sam with a big smile. His face was quite handsome in the afternoon sun that was orange.

"Thank you, sir" Evelyn replied.

Mr. Sam, Evelyn and Elan continued to chat during the trip to the outskirts of Eldoria. Every now and then the three of them joked to eliminate the saturation. Sam also told him that he would go to the city of Andora to trade. Andorra is a city with a more advanced civilization than the City of Eldoria. If in Eldoria City still use horses, cows, and elephants for vehicles, then in Andora City already use a car. Then the royal system in Andora is also better than in Eldoria. Queen Andorra has always been wise and fair to all her subjects. Life there was much better than life in Eldoria which was harsh and unfair to the commoners.

"Wow, I want to go to Andora." Evelyn was amazed when she got an explanation of Andora City from Mr. Sam.

"It's not that easy going to Andora. You must obtain prior permission from Queen Andora. There the security is very tight, not just anyone can enter the Andora region," explained Mr. Sam.

"Then how did you get into Andora?" asked the curious Elan.

"Because I only trade and there is no intention of wanting to damage in the Andora region. Queen Andora allows foreigners to enter her territory if for positive purposes" Sam explained. Then he looked back, glancing at the two faces of the teenage boy sitting on his pedal. Then Mr. Sam spoke again, "You can come there, as long as you come with a positive purpose."

"Yes, sir, thank you for telling us" replied Elan, smiling.

There was no conversation between the three of them. Mr. Sam is focused on instructing the cow. Evelyn and Elan were pensive, imagining how happy life in Andora was to prosper and be assured. They both want to have a happy and fair life.

Time has changed evening, now the sun has sunk at the west end, a little visible light orange thick and replaced the dim moonlight.

"Alright get here, your friend seems to have grown up," said Mr. Sam while stopping the pace of his cows on the border of the common people's territory and the middle people's territory. Mr. Sam will continue his journey to the Andoran kingdom.

"Thank you sir for the ride" Evelyn said, then got off the pedati. Elan invites Roni to come down. Roni's condition is still like a daze because when he woke up he found himself in the pedati.

"How am I supposed to be here?" roni asked while looking around. He then looked at Elan's face to ask for an answer.

"Oh, I'll tell you later. We better get down. The master will continue his journey," explained Elan while holding Roni's hand. Then they both got off the pedicure.

"You guys are down. All right, I'll go back on my way" Sam told the three teenagers standing next to his sword.

"Yes, Sir. Thank you for the ride" replied Elan and Evelyn simultaneously. Roni still does not understand what is really happening. Why did he suddenly wake up on the pedestal? That's the question that still plagues his brain.

At the sight of her body, Roni was very panicked, knowing she was not wearing clothes, only wearing a cloth that covered her lower body.

"Hey, where are my clothes?"

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