Elysium - A Journey 15 Dream?

Kiara would tell Arav what their companions were talking about. He had learnt to speak in bits and pieces but was nowhere enough.

"You should buy a translator. It must be very difficult for you to learn a different language", a man in a turban with a beard said to Arav.

"Like he's some aristocrat", another man in turban and similar attire said while hitting the man who spoke first.

"Translator?", Arav asked confused.

"Something like this."

He showed a small device like a ipod.

"You won't find this anywhere in Taiba. You should take it. It's only 500 An Copper Coins"

"Don't believe him. It must be fake or broken. Where the h.e.l.l a beggar like you get something worth millions", interjected the beard man.

Arav knew not to believe them. Giving away 500 copper coins was out of question. They didn't really had that much.

"It's not fake. It was broken but I fixed it. I'm telling the truth. An aristocrat threw it. See there's even some marking on it."

The device had a wolf head engraved on it.

"Looks like some royal insignia. But what's junk is a junk. It's not like you are some Engineer. Don't scam good people here. They are already doing such a favor by travelling with us. Otherwise we would already have been attacked by wild beasts more than once"

"What do you mean by that? You've been saying that we did you favor all the way", asked Kiara.

"Of course, I should show my gratefulness. It's already such great luck to have natives of Sanka travel with us. Those people don't really like to meddle with strangers. Oh, Right! You guys are not really from Sanka so you might not know about the legend"

"Legend?"

"I don't know if its true but many thousands years ago the first natives and the guardian of the forests had an agreement. The agreement was that the guardian would protect the natives inside the great forest and the natives would protect the forest in return. So far not a single animal has attacked us. So, Bakhi, don't scam them."

"I was not scamming", said Bakhi pouting.

Arav was inspecting the translator. If he was going to find a way for himself and others, he had to communicate himself. Putting Kiara in front every time was bit bothersome for him.

"How does it work?", Kiara asked seeing interest in Arav's face.

"It has 10 languages stored in it. It will work fine with them. If you need more. You would need to connect to Starlink"

"Starlink. What's that?"

"You don't know that? Well, it's something like a ….ummm…device up in the s.p.a.ce. It transfers data back and forth. Oh it also helps in communication. You can access it once you reach Caito city. Sometimes you can find coverage in higher areas", Bakhi tried hard to explain.

Kiara had a dumb expression. She thought, "so it's either internet or cellular network. Those things exist here"

"Ok. We will give you 10 coppers for it. And nothing more."

"That's too less."

"It's junk. And you are not really someone who can fix this. I'm not buying some junk if not this price"

"Fine. You can have it", Bakhi sighed and sold the translator.

Arav was looking at Kiara disbelievingly. Surely, women's bargaining power was terrifying.

A dark and gloomy room came into view....

A man in 40's could be seen holding an amber locket, the same amber locket which Arav had with him. He was sitting on an armchair facing a table. His arms were resting on the table while he held the locket. There was anger written all over his face.

"Your highness, it was Marquise Riverr who made it", a short middle aged man reported to the King. It was the same short man who was trying to stop the burly man from entering the study room, men who chased away the princess.  
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"Where is he now?"

"He is in Jeiti town of Taiba planet."

"And what's he doing there?"

"The rumored gateway to purgatory. He's been researching on that for a while."

"I should have nipped at the bud. Now, he has bitten my own family", said the king while clutching the locket tightly in his fists. A pedestal appeared on the top of the table, the king put the locket on the pedestal and the pedestal went inside with he locket.

"I'm going out for a while. Don't let anyone inside this room."

Some rustling sounds disturbed Arav's sleep as well as his dream. He was puzzled.

"Marquise, highness, what the h.e.l.l was I dreaming about"

The rustling sound increased followed by some thud sounds. Arav peeped out of his tent.

A tall and muscular man was dragging another man's body. He was armored and a huge machete was around his waist.

Bandits….