Chapter 153: Picnic
Ezme was humming as she prepared the boxes for Atlas’s early dinner. It was already summer, but the weather was pleasant, with the sun’s rays gentle enough for a picnic. She sighed and mumbled with a pout, "It would be nice if I could mark him so we can have a couple bond. Then I could communicate through the bond and ask him where he is right now."
Grabbing her things, Ezme transformed into her mist form and traveled directly to Atlas’s office. As she expected, he wasn’t there. His men informed her that he had gone to Mount Sorel to meet with the Sorel Guild’s masters.
Ezme sighed again as she waited for Atlas’s return. "This won’t do. Maybe I should bind a raven with me so I can have it on him, but I’m not sure if he will like it," she mumbled.
After a moment’s thought, Ezme transformed again and went to a nearby forest to find a raven she could bind. She found one and called for it to perch on her arm.
"From now on, I’ll call you Summer, since I bound you in this summer," Ezme said as she completed the spell, binding the female raven to her.
[Thank you, Master. I’ll be at your service!] the raven responded gleefully.
Ezme returned to Ebodia’s palace walls with Summer, and her heart nearly jumped out of her chest when she saw Atlas inspecting the baskets and boxes she had brought into his office.
He chuckled and teased, "I didn’t know you got startled so easily." Then he frowned, noticing the raven perched on her shoulder.
"This is Summer," Ezme introduced with an awkward smile. "I bonded it with me, and I’m planning to bond it with you as well."