Chapter: The city of love

Chapter 2: The City of Love
They really did. After a few minutes, a small pink stain appeared on the horizon. At first Teiga, Kenji and Yuna thought they were wrong, because that pink thing over there couldn't possibly be the city! This city had no walls, as if the demons were no threat to it. They wanted to see that as soon as possible and when one of their cows stopped again, they tied all four cows to a tree and walked the last few meters. Sky was supposed to pick them up later. As the troop got closer, a young man ran up to them immediately, wearing the same pink clothes as the city was painted. “Welcome my friends, welcome to our beautiful city of Amorica, the perfect place for young couples in love! A lot of people come here to get married or to spend their honeymoon here! Follow me, follow me! "
“Um, why were we here again? “, Teiga Sky asked and looked around for a way to escape.“This is the last city in which we can rest. The town in the north next to be attacked by the demons, Talleca, is eight days' walk away, and it will take twice as long on the cows. We have to buy some provisions here before we go on such a long journey. Especially because of Yuna. "" But why here of all places? I mean, take a look at the city, everything is painted pink, someone is constantly throwing flowers down at us from their balcony and there, there is some kissing couple on every corner! I hate stuff like that! “Kenji, Teiga and Sky agreed on that. Only Yuna seemed to enjoy everything here. She tried to catch all the flowers that sailed down on her and watched the kissing couples jealously. Teiga felt sick at the sight. “Hey, hey, wait a minute! I have to go to this shop! “Yuna stopped and pointed to a small shop with some clothes in the shop windows.She explained that there was no way she could be out and about in the same clothes for several weeks. So her three companions gave in and followed her into the store.
"Oh, look at the green one here, it looks beautiful, doesn't it? “After Yuna had chosen six items of clothing that Kenji now had to drag behind her, she began to choose different clothes for Teiga. Yuna thought Teiga looked very good in short skirts and dresses and kept sending her to the changing room. Teiga didn't protest, but was on the verge of simply running out of the store as she was getting embarrassed. When Teiga was supposed to put on a pink dress, she was already on the way to the door, but Yuna really wanted to see what the dress looked like on her. "Help me! ", Teiga called to Kenji and Sky. "Why should we? I think you always looked good in the clothes that Yuna chose for you, ”Sky replied with a smile.Teiga returned his smile. "Well, if you mean ... Yuna, don't you think Sky needs some new clothes too?" “Yuna, who was about to put a pink bow in Teiga's hair to match her dress, was enthusiastic about the idea. Immediately she took Sky's hand and pulled him through the shop. Teiga sighed and sat down next to her brother on the floor. “Do we even have enough money for all these things? “, She asked and looked worriedly at seven shopping bags that were standing at Kenji. “There must be something left from our last mission, right? "Teiga shook his head sadly:" I have spent everything. You still remember the feast we had after the mission? It all went up for that. “Kenji was yelling at her the whole time that you couldn't trust her and that the money would have lasted longer than two hours with him, while Teiga went into the changing room and put on her old clothes again.Then they went to Yuna to explain to her that (unfortunately) they could not take the things she had chosen with them. "WHAT?! Have you been traveling the whole time without money? How stupid are you guys anyway ?! “Teiga said it was really not easy to get along with ten thousand gold pieces for a long time. Yuna yelled at her that her family didn't even have ten thousand gold pieces a year. The seller came up to them and asked what was going on. When the four explained to him that they had no money for all of these things, he had to laugh. “You're new here, aren't you? Everything is free in Amorica! “At the same moment Yuna began to smile again and took Kenji with her to choose something for him. Teiga and Sky sneaked out of the store because they were afraid that Yuna would choose more clothes for them. “Oh man, it can really get on your nerves! “, Sky groaned when they were back outside.“Yes, there are some people who go shopping for hours. They then call that `` shopping ''. Really annoying. I never understood what this was supposed to be for. “They talked for a while about Yuna's addiction to shopping until they finally came to a bridge and Sky was approached by a young woman:“ Would you like a rose for your friend? "He replied with a smile:" She is not my girlfriend yet. I'm still working on it. “When the woman had passed, Teiga gave him an angry look. “You don't have them all anymore! I'm still working on it! I'm sorry, but I'm a loner. Run after the flower girl, maybe she doesn't have a boyfriend yet. I hope so, I want to see her turn you off. “Sky hung her head sadly. "Pity. We would definitely have become a lovely couple. “Without answering, Teiga pushed him into the water.
When they had gone a little further and explained to all sorts of people they wanted to go on a romantic boat trip and the like that they were not together, they decided to go back to Kenji and Yuna.However, they were still not done with their shopping, but they were able to persuade Yuna to take a break for today. So they started looking for an inn where they could stay the night.
Although they were given directions to the twenty inns in this place at every corner, the troops had to search late into the night, mainly due to Teiga`s `` shortcuts '' and their poor sense of direction. Fortunately, they found one well after sunset. But there were new problems. “What do you mean, there are only double beds ?! "Teiga yelled angrily. “I'm sorry,” the landlord explained again and again, “that's how it is. You are in Amorica, the city of love. Please behave like that too! But I still have two single rooms for emergencies. "As a precaution, Sky counted again before he said:" There are four of us. “So they rolled the dice to see who was allowed to get the single rooms.In the end, Kenji and Yuna won the single room, while Teiga and Sky were to share a room with a double bed. “No, you can forget that. I don't even sleep in the same room with him, let alone in the same bed! “Sky kept smiling sideways at her and Kenji and Yuna tried to get her to take the double room. “It's only for one night! You can also punch him if he gets ... too close to you. “Teiga suggested that he was knocked out beforehand. to hit, but she couldn't. So she reluctantly went to her room with Sky while Yuna and Kenji talked for a while. “I always thought demons and half-demons had magical powers, but I've never seen you use them. Why not? “, Asked Yuna. “Of course we have magical powers, but it costs us a lot of energy to use them, regardless of whether they are half-fledged or full-fledged demons. So we only do this in an emergency.“Yuna was obviously really interested in the subject. “What kind of powers do you have? "
“Well, Kenji is a lightning demon, it's probably inherited with him. But I don't know how far his powers are, I would have to see how he uses them. Teiga and I are, however, children of Lenya and she belongs to one of the most powerful demon families there is. With us it depends on the character. I have power over fire and Teiga has the same power as her mother. “Yuna waited for him to continue, but Kenji took his time. “Both have power over the dead, albeit somewhat differently. Lenya can really conjure up skeletons just like you humans imagine. Teiga summons the souls of the dead and transforms their power into an all-destructive attack. What they do with it no more grass grows.

The next morning Yuna came out of her room in a good mood and went to wake the others, but they were already downstairs having their breakfast.Teiga and Sky were in a very bad mood. They couldn't agree on who should sleep in bed and who should sleep on the floor, so they both ended up sleeping on the floor.
"Teiga, you are not even wearing the dress that I have chosen for you! "Teiga replied so quietly that you could hardly understand her:" Do you seriously think I'll change before that one? “Yuna realized immediately that it wasn't such a good idea to let the two of them spend the night in one room. While Sky and Teiga gave each other angry looks over the table they were sitting at, Kenji got up on the grounds that they had left the cows outside for too long and went to get them. Teiga and Sky began to curse each other and Yuna tried to calm them down again. Suddenly all three went very quiet. Yuna could also feel that something was here that didn't belong here. “Didn't you say the demons would steer clear of this city?“Teiga could clearly feel several demons around here, all moving towards her. Apparently they weren't aiming (for what ?!) at the inhabitants of this city, but at Teiga. "I thought so too. Shall we fight? Then let's go outside, there's not enough space here. “Teiga said she did not want to fight as some residents might be injured. Better to sneak out and get out of town as soon as possible. “I can do it alone. You're running out of town with Yuna as fast as you can! “Sky said there were too many opponents even for Teiga and wanted to help her, but she sent him and Yuna away. “Hey, look, it's over there! One of the demons yelled when Teiga came out. Although Teiga could perceive the demons, they did not feel them, even when she was standing directly in front of them. That was because she was partly human.It was much more difficult for demons to perceive people because they