Dancing in the Legendary Sea - Chapter 8 Part 2

Lokira couldn’t say anything. Her face became dark without her knowledge. Did Roxias interpret it as evidence of her fear of terrible events? He smiled to appease her.

“You won’t be able to understand if you hear it. It’s okay. You don’t need to know this. You’re safe staying here.”

“Yes, Rox. You’re right. I’m a girl and I have horns….”

“That’s why I came here to tell you that I’ll be away for a few days.”

“Yes, I see.”

“I’ll bring you a present. You have to listen carefully to the high priest. Don’t do anything wrong.”

Roxias grasped Lokira’s hand strongly. Was it just her intuition that Roxias’s tone seemed to focus on ‘the wrong thing?’ She had no choice but to quietly nod her head. Roxias glanced at her for a while, and then smiled brightly as if he had given her a pass.

“Good. I will be back. The boat will leave at noon.”

“Yes. Have a safe trip, Rox. Please tell me about it later.”

Then Roxias kissed her cheek tenderly. It was a kiss that was allowed because they were family. ‘It’s my younger brother, and there will be many girls who fall in love with him.’

Her estimable twin. He was too sacrosanct for cursed Lokira. The temple of Apollon didn’t prohibit contact with the opposite sex, so there would be many romantic opponents. It would be okay to feign ignorance of the sister’s confinement, and she was also grateful that the intentional care remained unchanged.

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After Roxias left, Lokira was handed over to the watchman and entered her room. After the side door was locked, the watchman left. Lokira, who was left alone, had nothing else to do, so she only fiddled with the shells. The story she heard earlier came and went in her mind.

‘That man didn’t tell me that he was royalty.’

Did he think it was burdensome to reveal his identity? Lokira herself was just a strange woman the man also met by accident. She helped a person out of curiosity while living a confined life, and she had horns. The man tried to take away the Princess’s purity …? It was a completely different story from what he told her. She vaguely understood what it was like to take away a person’s chastity. She learned that it involves a man hugging a woman, kissing her, and touching her at will. However, Orion was certainly not such a man. He had taken off her horn’s wrapper at will, but that was the result of misunderstanding. He clearly apologized for the matter. Since then, he had never approached her recklessly. The Chios Princess did not die like the man thought. Unsurprisingly, he wasn’t even a killer.

‘I guess both sides have great misunderstandings. It would be nice if the Rox could mediate well.’

If the man was really royalty, this would be an international dispute. Neither side would back down since it involved the prestige of the country. If the intention is viewed incorrectly, it will lead to war. Even the bonds of the Greek Alliance will be shattered. Division shall lead to foreign invasions. The Amazons in the north, the Hittites in the east, the Egyptians in the south. There were many other forces that threatened the Aegean Sea.

In this case, Sanctuary Delos borrowed the authority of the Gods to seek justice. As Orion once said, the power of Delos today was enshrined in Roxias as the incarnation of Apollo. Thanks to this, his right to speak and arbitrate was quite strong. Lokira hoped the power of her brother would exert a good influence this time. And, if possible, she hoped that he could resolve the misunderstandings held by both sides. Lokira secretly prayed while making the shells dance in the air. Then suddenly, there was a knock on the side door.

“Huh?”

She looked back in surprise. She thought she misheard, but she ddn’t Two, three more taps were heard outside, and the lock shook. Lokira wondered what was going on. Her backyard was a small space perched on the edge of a cliff. There was only a way out through the small room, but there was no way up unnless it was a bird. But there was definitely something out there. She became nervous. She was unable to call someone for help as the door facing the passage was locked. She knew how to open the window, but she hesitated because it was the only way out.

At that time, Orion suddenly appeared through the skylight.

His large body blocked out all the narrow cracks in the iron grid. Lokira reflexively lifted the cushion and covered her mouth. Although surprised, she did not scream. The man, who was looking inside carefully, said nothing for a moment. Soon after he finished surveying the room, he opened his mouth.

“Is this your palace?”

Lokira hesitantly approached the window, holding back the hiccups. She lowered her voice to a whisper,

“How… how, did you get here? No, how did you know I was here?”

“How did i come up here? Well, It’s not difficult to climb the cliff.”

“You climbed up here…..?”

“Don’t look like that.This mountain isn’t very high. I went out to the coast to check the currents, and then I saw you. You seemed to have fallen off the edge of the cliff.”

Obviously, earlier Lokira went out the backyard but she couldn’t see the coast because of the slope of the cliff and the colony of trees, while Orion seemed to look up and saw her.

“I wondered why the precious Shinsu was standing in a dangerous place, so I came up at once.”

Orion said it as if he was annoyed.

“By the way, why do you put iron bars at the window? It’s a little odd for a decoration that shows off the prestige of the temple.”

He fiddled with the grid on the window frame for a moment. Eventually, he spread his hands wide and grabbed the grid. With a little strength, the lattice was pulled out of the way and fell off. Lokira was shocked. The window, which had been so tightly fastened, broke off in no time. Her voice rose by itself.

“You can’t take it off!”

“It can be put bck on, in the least you can see the view better now.”

Orion threw the iron lattice onto the floor as if it were bothering him. Lokira stepped back unintentionally. She wanted to cover this room with the blanket on her bed. It was embarrassing that this man could look at her place thoroughly. On the other hand, Orion frowned more and more seriously about what he was thinking. Then, he spoke out:

“It’s worse than the Minotaur.”

“What?”

“Yes. So this is what it means to be the Shinsu. The priests are devoted to your every word and command?”

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