decided on a piece of meadow at the edge of the forest. Although Sky's information was a large city nearby, but when he said that "nearby" meant about twenty miles, Teiga simply dropped and pretended to be asleep. Since they could no longer persuade her to get up again, they had no choice but to stay here. However, Yuna couldn't sleep. She didn't trust her rescuers and didn't know what to think of them.They all seemed nice, especially Kenji, who had carried them this far, but they all had demonic blood in their veins. She didn't know what to make of them. They would surely kill her and then show their heads to the other demons and laugh at how stupid she had been. No, Yuna didn't want to let it get that far.
And so she didn't sleep all night. She always winced when one of her companions moved or Teiga talked in her sleep. When Kenji also started snoring, she just couldn't take it anymore. She got up to take a walk in the woods. Over time the forest grew thicker and even with the moonlight she could no longer see the path that led through the forest. Yuna went on for a few more minutes, but soon she had to admit that she was lost. She sat on the forest floor because her father had always told her that if you get lost, it is better to stop at one point and wade until someone finds you rather than keep walking without orientation.But who should find them here? Teiga and the others might help her, but all three were so soundly asleep that Yuna wasn't even sure whether they would wake up at all. Suddenly she heard steps deeper in the forest. It couldn't be their rescuers, there were too many for that, a group of at least six people. She wanted to hide quickly, but it was already too late, seven people had already surrounded her, evidently robbers. The leader immediately drew his sword and gave a toothless grin. Yuna wanted to scream, but one of the thieves quickly put his hand to her mouth. So all she could do was watch the leader raise his sword to slit her open. She closed her eyes so as not to have to see the sword go down.
For a moment she thought she felt the sword cut her into pieces, but then she heard a clang, like metal striking metal.
“It's really not nice to just run away like that.You know it's dangerous! "Said a familiar voice. When Yuna opened her eyes, she saw Teiga standing in front of her, who was just thrusting her sword into the stomach of one of the bandits. After Teiga killed another, the others fled deeper into the forest. She hadn't even gotten a scratch herself. "How did you find me? I ran so far away from you ... "Teiga started to laugh:" Pah, ran away so far? Do you see the red one over there? This is Kenji's hair! You ran in circles the whole time! “Embarrassed, Yuna looked at the floor while Teiga got up again and went to Kenji and Sky. "Hey, how long do you want to sit there ?! We want to go on! The sun won't rise for two hours, but we should hurry if we want to help the people in the north. I'm sorry, for now you have to come with us until we find a place where you can stay."Yuna seemed to be thinking about something and then suddenly asked," Teiga, will you show me how to fight? “Teiga kept walking as if she hadn't heard her request. When Teiga sat down with the others again, Yuna yelled again: “Please, you have to show me how to fight! If something like this happens again, I have to be prepared! “Finally Teiga turned to her. “It won't be necessary, one of us will always be around to protect you. Your father can teach you that when we get you back home. “Yuna said nothing more and the four of them made their way into the city, told by Sky. After an hour Teiga couldn't stand the silence any longer. “Why don't we actually have horses? In all the stories I know, the heroes always ride into battle on white horses. We'd definitely make a better impression with a couple of horses, don't you think?"Sky found this conversation useless, but answered anyway:" Over there are cows in a pasture. You can ride a cow. They are also much easier to care for. While you always have to look for a stable and hay for a horse, you can leave your cow outside and it will even eat the grass from the roadside while running. If she ever moves ... ”Teiga thought about it for a moment and five minutes later they had grabbed four cows and rode on. Kenji thought they were somehow faster on foot, but if Teiga was happy, so was he. She sat smiling broadly on her fat, brown and white cow, which she had named Berta, and was talking to Yuna, who slowly trotted along beside her on her black cow. In between they had to take breaks again and again because one of the cows just stopped and waited ten minutes before trotting on, but Teiga continued to smile anyway. "Where is this town supposed to be that you told me about, Sky?“, Kenji asked suddenly. “Not far from here, only a kilometer or two. The residents do not take part in the war, but the demons still steer clear of the city. I honestly don't want to go there either. You will soon see why. "