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The sky was clear again. It was relaxing to be way up on the ship, that it felt like I could touch the clouds. Looking down, I saw Hinahoho and Ja'far, along with Sinbad. Taking hold of a rope, I leapt off as far as I could, and swung down. The rush untied my hair, making it flow. I missed them by a few inches, but I kept swinging until it stopped.

"Sorry guys." I apologized while laughing.

"You could of gotten hurt (y/n)." Ja'far said and pouted.

"Relax Ja'far, (y/n) can take care of herself." Sinbad said, I nodded.

"(Y/n), Rurumu told me to give this to you." Hina told me, and went over to a crate, and picking up a package.

"For me?" I questioned, he nodded with a smile,

"It's from the three of us. Happy birthday (y/n)." Hina said, I blinked, the laughed.

"I honestly forgot my birthday, whenever we get back, I'll tell Rurumu thank you." I replied and sat down then began unwrapping the package,

"Oh wow. It's beautiful." I held up the outfit.

"I let Rurumu pick out everything, since you both talk the most." Hina said and rubbed the back of his head, I smiled at him,

"It really is beautiful. Thank you." I replied, he nodded,

"It's an outfit a bride wears the day before her wedding." Hina explained, I tensed up,

"W-wedding?" I questioned, he nodded,

"The day before, the bride to be gets pampered, since she will be starting a new life, her family and friends pamper her, to celebrate the new chapter of her life with someone." Hina explained, the fabric felt smooth against my skin.

"I'll keep this safe, until I do get married." I smiled to him, he smiled in return and ruffled my hair.

"Happy birthday, (y/n)." Ja'far said to me, and suddenly hugged me. I hugged back,

"Thank you Ja'far." I responded and pulled away,

he smiled a bit and went back to what he was doing. I got up, and looked at Sinbad. There was a strange expression on his face.

"You alright sinbad?" I asked concerned, he blinked and nodded.

"Yeah. I got you a gift too." he said, I smiled and swatted his arm,

"You didn't have to get me anything." and went to my room, below the ship, to put away the outfit.

~Sinbad~

Marriage? Who else would (y/n) want to marry? Well she is beautiful, can carry her own, has  fighting skills.

"What else?" I questioned, as I got the gift for her, that I hid behind a crate.

(Y/n) was going to be queen of her own county. If anyone was going to marry her, they would have to know she wouldn't give up her role to just sit around. I doubt she would just pick anyone. Why did it bother me though? She's her own person, she could get any man. 

"Anyone..." I mumbled, looking out to the ocean. 

Thinking about the future, she would go on to have her own life. There would be someone that would make her happy. Someone that would give her a family. That someone...wouldn't be me...It shouldn't bother me as much. I knew it would happen one day, but having someone say it, the reality hit. One day, she will be the queen of her own country. She would have a life of her own. But would we still have an adventure?

"Sinbad? You okay?" her voice brought me back to my senses.

When I turned to look at her, I froze. She wore heels that strapped around her ankle, the black skirt was snug on her legs, and stopped just above her knees, the gold sash shimmered when the sunlight was on it; she had straps go on both sides of her her neck, which attached to her top, her chest was well covered, but the top revealed pat of the left side of her stomach, as it was  cut at an angle. She hasn't showed much of her figure, as long as I have known her. The wind blew gently, causing her hair to move, it had grown much longer, she left it down with a head band on. 

"Um..." I began, she tilted her head a bit.

"Sin, you'll get bugs in your mouth." she giggled, which I haven't realized my mouth was open.

"Happy birthday, my queen." I told her, and lifted up the small box, I felt my face heat up.

"Thank you Sinbad." she said happily, and took the box from my hands. I heard her gasp,

"Sin, these are beautiful." I saw her smile.

She then took out the gift, which I had a pair of gold earrings, which looked like mine, but had purple jewels in them, made for her. As she tried to put them on, while holding the box, I took the box from her and gave her one of the earrings. After a couple of seconds, she had them on. Suddenly she wrapped her arms around me.

"Thank Sinbad, a gift from you means a lot to me, even though you didn't have to." she whispered, and kissed my cheek. 

Then just as quickly as she had hugged me, she was gone. 

"We're almost there Sinbad!" Hinahoho exclaimed, and I watched her rush over to the front of the boat.

She had an excited look in her eye. It was what made her even prettier than any other woman I've met. 

~You~

When we docked, it wasn't as grand like reim. If it wasn't for Ja'far, I would of forgotten my bag, and my shawl. Sinbad and I walked ahead of Hina and Ja'far. 

"It's so peaceful." I commented as we walked up the steps.

When we paused, I heard Ja'far talking about how the Sasan kingdom is known for it's minerals, and was isolated. Which reminded me of the Imuchakk.

"It'll be fine. Vittel is our accountant and is reliable; Mahado's quiet, but is a hard worker, and is well liked. This is our first time to this country, so I should be here, as head of the company, right?" Sinbad explained, he did made valid points.

"Alright! Let's go." he then said, and began walking, which I followed,

"Always looking ahead Sin. You cause more trouble than ever, but if you didn't, how much fun would this adventure even be?" I said with a smile and nudged him.

"You just want to go on an adventure." Hina commented, Sinbad laughed and responded,

"It's an exciting feeling." and we continued our way up.

"That's the summit." Sinbad pointed out, it got a bit windy, so I wrapped my shawl more.

"Oh wow." I mumbled,

"We made it. To the Sasan kingdom: the land of purity." Sinbad stated. 

The long way to the actual kingdom was a trip. It was worth it when we got there either way. The town itself was amazing, but by some of the looks the locals gave us, I had to make sure Sinbad was kept in line.

"This is amazing." Sinbad remarked,

"We just have to be able to do business here." Ja'far said with a smile, but soon the locals were anything but welcoming.

"People from the outside world." "They're heretics, tainted by the outside." "Do not associate with them." "Such impurity, the women even dress as harlots." I heard them say, but I had to keep my comments to myself when I heard that last statement. We were here on a mission.

There was suddenly a sound  of metal hitting the ground.

"Outsiders are not prohibited to interact with our citizens unless they have permission. This way, please." one of the Sasan guards said to us, and we followed him to a building.

It was the office of trade, which I thought might be easy, but that hope was soon shattered.

"Rejected. Sasan does not conduct trade with the outside world. Please return to your country." the man said,

"I don't mean to be rude sir, but we know for a fact that metal and minerals are directly being imported from sasan to reim" Ja'far stated,

"That is not defined as trade. Those materials were supplied to honor Sasan's friendship to the Reim empire. The Reim empire has proven their understanding of strong faith. Also, Sasan's resources are blessings from god; We'll never let heretics such as you profit from it. If you understand, I am asking you to kindly leave." the man explained, and glared at us.

Before Ja'far could say anything against it, Sinbad stopped him, and said something instead,

"Before we leave, please tell us, how can we establish a friendship with Sasan, not a merchants, but as friends and comrades." which took the man off guard,

"I want to learn about everyones culture; to respect their many beliefs of all the countries around the world. How can I accomplish that in your country? Please, don't hesitate to tell me. But if not me, to her." Sinbad motioned to me, I raised an eyebrow in curiosity,

"The people of Sasan welcome one another as they would welcome you. But if you really wan to establish a friendly relationship, then you must visit the Sasan knights." the man then explained to us. 

We thanked him for his information and left. 

"Well this just got interesting." I mumbled, and soon realized there were people gathering.

"I'm going to look for a place we can stay while we're here." I stated, 

"You sure you'll be alright on your own?" Sinbad asked, he looked concerned, I don't blame him.

"Yeah, I got my whip. Ja'far, try to keep him out of trouble, Hina you help too." I said to them, they nodded and I left them to look for an inn.

I thought about what else the man said to us before we left. This place really didn't welcome outsiders, unless they had a friendship.

"Knight-king huh. Must be tough." I said to myself and continued to look around, but then by bag with my dungeon jewel grew a bit heavy suddenly.

The people ignored me, which kind of made it easy, yet difficult to find an inn. I came to a place a little ways, to what I think would be considered the outskirts. Once inside I was greeted by the owner.

"You seem far from home young lady." she said with a smile,

"Yeah, I'm here with my friends. May I rent two rooms for the time being?" I then asked, she nodded and told me how much they were.

Once paying for the first night, I headed out to find the three idiots, hopefully Sinbad didn't cause trouble. I was proven wrong when later on in the day, I found them running. After scolding Sinbad, we headed back to the inn. We ordered our meal and began to talk.

"You were really given the cold shoulder by those knights." Hina commented, while pouring himself some wine,

"I underestimated how inflexible those knights really are. They didn't even give me the time of day." Sinbad said and took a bite of his food,

"Of course not. You can't have a direct conversation with the knight king. I'm actually surprised they haven't kicked us out yet. You have to be more careful," Ja'far  was about to continue, but Sinbad cut him off, I shook my head at him and took a drink,

"Yeah! Next time I'm going to make him talk to me." Sinbad stated, I just poured more wine into hina's and my cups.

"Great idea. But how are you going to do that? By forcing them? I'll be glad to help." Hina replied,

"Idiots." I mumbled and ate my food.

"No. A friendly discussion will be fine. After all, we haven't done anything wrong." Sinbad retorted,

"Were you even listening to me? I'm telling you to stop provoking the knights. And stop encouraging him Hinahoho." Ja'far asked,

"I'm just going to see what he does, so then I can scold him then beat him until he realizes what he's done." I said to Ja'far, who sighed, 

"It doesn't matter anyways, since foreigners are prohibited from going out at night." Hina explained to us.

Good thing I changed into something warmer for the time being, since it got colder at night.

"Look around, there is barely anyone here." Hina pointed out, I glanced around, 

"They did an excellent job at isolating all the foreigners like us, from having any contact with its citizens. We can't interact with the citizens or the knights. There's road blocks everywhere." Ja'far said to us, it really was a grim reality when he said it like that,

"Don't be so pessimistic. If we're patient, we can work it out." Sinbad said to him,

"You think so?" Ja'far sad with a smile,

"Trust us Ja'far, we just have to do everything we can." I said with a smile,

"And besides, even if they dress a little too conservative, the women of Sasan are quite beautiful in spite of their modesty." Sinbad then said, which I glared at him.

Why did him talking about other women bother me? It hasn't made me this upset, since he always does it,

"Hina, need I remind you, Rurumu and I talk about EVERYTHING that goes on, while we're on this adventure." I pointed out, I saw him tense up.

Suddenly there was someone tapping on the table, and asking to sit with us. He seemed really enthusiastic, until the owner grabbed him and started to yell at him, until she said something about him being the knight-kings son.

"Well that might help." I said to Sinbad, ,

"Of course. He is the son of our current knight-king Darius. His name is Mystras." she said, and soon her and Mystras were bickering,

"Since when were we ever interesting?" I whispered to Ja'far who shrugged.

"Don't be so tense my lady. All he wants is to listen to a few stories. It's also a wonderful opportunity for us to speak to a knight. If you don't mind, could you let it pass just this once?" Sinbad asked her, I gripped the table.

Why did it bother me?!

Soon enough, we were gathered around one side of the table, while the others offered him food, Sinbad asked for more.

"He can really put it away." was my comment on how Mystras ate all the food, when he finally explained why, it was obvious.

They were really down with their beliefs. But with Mystras, he had it harder. I could only try to imagine how rough it is for him, since he's the son of the knight-king. He was like someone who had been starving for days, and finally got a good meal.

"I'm Sinbad. Head of the Sindria trading company, and a dungeon capturer; An adventurer." Sinbad introduced himself,

"Dungeon capturer?" Mystras was confused, and Sinbad took out the biography I helped him write.

"This is the book I wrote about it. To celebrate our new friendship, I shall entertain you with my stories." Sinbad said,

"Thankfully you won't be needing my help this time." I said, Mystras look at me, I smiled at him,

"I'm (y/n), Sinbad's sister." and suddenly Mystras went red, and shrank back.

I blinked in confusion, until Sinbad's sword unleashed lightning, he began to talk,

"Taking on countless sea voyages, there's a man who ventures to new lands with valor and courage. He captures mysterious dungeons an was the first to acquire the djinns power. I will now unveil, the adventures of Sinbad!" he exclaimed, I shook my head, but watched him.

Mystras was into the stories. It was well into the night, when he realized it had gotten so late.

"Good night everyone. A-and good n-night to you, l-lady (y-y/n)." Mystras said to me, and held out his hand nervously, 

"Good night Mystras." I replied with a smile and put my hand in his, he gasped and quickly kissed my hand before running out the door.

~Sinbad~

 "I think he'll fit in our group just fine." (y/n) stated as she took off her earrings and began to brush out her hair.

"You think?" I asked, she nodded, then put the brush down and went to the bathroom.

"They have such fancy tubs. I never seen one this size. I think we could all fit." I heard her comment with a laugh, before closing the door, but not fully shutting it. 

Soon I heard the water running, and steam blew from the crevice. Her voice traveled out to the room, the soft humming mixed with light splashes. I got up and went to where the earrings were. I held one up, and just imagined her wearing them throughout her life. She'd be a great queen, and a great mother one day. I set the earring down and sighed a bit,

"Sinbad, can you come in here." I heard her say. 

Before going to her, I hesitated. Did I really hear her?

"What for (y/n)? You usually get mad when I'm in there with you." I replied,

"Well you usually are in here, when you're not wanted." she remarked, that was all I needed and opened the door once by it.

The steam blew in my face, and then it was as if a gift was sent from god. (Y/n)'s hair touched the floor, bubbles were covering her whole figure, but the candles glowed around her, as if they tried to match her beauty. She moved a bit away front the wall of the tub, and pulled her hair into the water, and began to wash it. 

"Uh..." I started, she looked at me, then pointed to a shelf.

"Can you give me one of those bottles, please?" she asked, I nodded and went to it, and grabbed a pink one.

Once it was in my hand, I went over to her and put it in her hand when she lifted it from the water. When she opened the top, she smiled and poured some in the water. A faint scent of flowers filled the room, it was nice. She started to hum again, I couldn't leave because I had to, I didn't want to. Only on a few incidents that I walked in when she didn't have clothes on. 

"Sinbad?" she asked and looked at me, which I couldn't help but look back at her,

"I love you." she said with a smile, I froze and just looked at her.

She lifted up her arms up, and I went over to her, then kneeled by the tub.

"I do too." I replied, she had a blush on her face, and leaned in, I leaned in also, but then it started to get suffocating from the steam...

I gasped and sat up. (Y/n) was next to me looking concerned.

"You alright sin?" she asked and picked up a cup,

"What happened?" I questioned and took the cup,

"You passed from the sudden exposure to the steam. I had to hurry up to get you." she explained,

"It was just a dream..." I mumbled to myself, 

"What was that?" she asked, I shook my head and drank the water, which was refreshing.

The night continued to be relaxing. After she was sure I had recovered, she fell asleep. Once I blew out the candles, the moon light was all that was there. There was just the moment of us alone, this peaceful moment. I lied beside her, and she moved a bit closer. These moments were just for us.  I looked at her and smiled, she looked peaceful. It was nice to have her by my side....

~You~

When the morning came, it was rather uneventful, surprisingly. After we had our breakfast, Mystras came to us, and begged to take him when we left, but Ja'far said other wise. Suddenly Sinbad and I could sense someone else, and he told them to come out.  A child that looked like Mystras came forward.

"Spartos, why are you here?" Mystras asked the child, he may of been his brother,

"Brother, I look up to you, please stay here in Sasan. There is only one person who can take over as knight-king, and that's you." he said to Mystras, 

"You should become knight-king. Didn't you hear me say I refuse to stay here in the isolated lonely world." Mystras said, he was really struggling with what he wanted, and what he knew what he should do,

"Alright, I'll take you with me. But you can't just leave this way. You have to be responsible for your own decisions." Sinbad explained to Mystras,

"I understand that. Once a person is baptized as a Sasan knight, they make a promise to serve Sasan until the day they die. There is another way to leave the Sasan knights, without dying." Mystras said to us, his brother wasn't too happy about it.

The rest of the day, was just of us thinking of how to persuade the knight-king, since we needed his permission to do trade. There was bickering, but it was normal.

"I'm going to go to bed early." I said with a smile then yawning. 

Once in the room, I changed and sat on the window sill. Wrapping my shawl around me, I looked out into the city. 

"Good night lady (y/n)." I heard, and looked down, Mystras was below and waved,

"Good night Mystras, be safe going home." I replied, he nodded and went to where the horses were held.

~Mystras~

(Y/n), she was the first woman I met, that wasn't from Sasan. She was quite beautiful. And by what Hinahoho said to me, no one was courting her. 

"(Y/n), truly an angel." I said to myself and smiled as I rode home.

She was older, but that didn't matter. Her personality was what drew me to her, she was her own person, and knew the outside world. 

"She wouldn't want to be with someone like me." I sighed dejectedly, but I knew there was some hope.

~You~

When we walked out of the inn, Sinbad and I felt a familiar presence. I looked around and gasped,

"Yunan." I whispered, as Sinbad asked why he was there,

"Sinbad, you aged." he said, but didn't say anything to me, I laughed,

"I did not! I only grew taller! I am a handsome young man now." he exclaimed,

"You sure about that?" Yunan retorted, I laughed, and soon Yunan looked at me,

"And you (y/n), you got more beautiful." he said with a smile.

I felt my face warm up, and looked to the side.

"I age like everyone else does." I said to him,

"Hey sin, who is that?" Ja'far asked, and Sinbad answered,

"He's the traveler that led (y/n) and I to Baals dungeon two years ago, and helped us get home again. But we don't really know who he is." to which Ja'far was surprised,

"Well that's a bummer. I've only been watching you both the entire time. You obtained a second djinn, didn't you?" Yunan  then said,

So it was Yunan at Valefors dungeon...

"How do you know that? You really are a strange one. So what brings you here?" Sinbad replied,

"I'm sure you have a pretty good idea about why I'm here. Dungeons have been appearing around the world as of recent." Yunan explained, that wasn't good at all,

"Yeah, ever since I captured Baal, there's been sightings everywhere." Sinbad responded,

"Yes, and now royalty, as well as citizens in every town, are challenging dungeons, and trying to obtain the djinns power." Yunana began,

"This is going to be serious later on." I thought

"There are capturers in the reim empire, the kou empire, and  a new power that has three nations behind it; the small countries of Artemyra and Heliohapt, even your homeland, Parthevia; And finally here, in Sanan. You're not the only one who has the power of djinn anymore." Yunan continued,

What really wasn't all that surprising, that the Knight-king had a djinn, since Yunan pointed it out to us. But with Sinbad, it really didn't matter if they were a dungeon capturer. I was proven right, when he answered Yunan.

"You both are adventurous and entertaining as ever. I'll be waiting eagerly to see what happens next, when capturer's come face to face." Yunan said, and hit his stick on the ground, then disappeared.

What will happened next, I wasn't too keen on finding out, but it had to be done.

"Let's go." Sinbad told us, we nodded and followed him.

We had made it just in time, before anything damaging could happen. Good thing Ja'far got more details.

"Mystras is in a more serious situation. By what I got from the gatekeeper, the one who is defeated loses his head." he explained to us,

"Mystras." I gasped and looked on from behind the crowd of knights.

How could a father behead his own son, because of tradition....

"It's not a fair fight, if he uses his djinns power." I mumbled to myself, and felt a hand on my shoulder.

I looked and saw Sinbad giving me a reassuring look, it helped, sort of. But I was proven right, when the feeling of the power appeared, that only a djinn can manage. But that power was pushed towards Mystras, who hit a pillar, that was it. He got up, and tried to hit him once more, but that made him hit another pillar, even worse than the first time.


"Is that all you got?" his father said to him,but I could tell Mystras couldn't get up yet.

It was as if he had given up, and accepted his fate.

"As a final tribute to you, knight Mystras. Your fight was praise worthy." his father said, and lifted his sword.

Sinbad walked forward to where the fight had taken place. Naturally I followed, but was ready to fend off whoever tried to hurt him.

"Stop! Hold it right there!" Sinbad shouted,

The knights, and Mystras's father looked at us. We were stopping something brutal from happening; not everyone deserved death. We had come so far, now it was just the moments we had to face; even if those moments weren't the best.

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