Chapter 64: Beast Land
It has been about two hours since Xavier and Lyra went on the trip. Although they ran into trouble at the check post, the issue was easily resolved when they scanned Xavier and he turned out to be a student of the Astraeus academy.
Seriously, the perks of the academy were too much.
"Xavier, I am hungry."
"I know you are hungry. You have said it five times already. But we can’t stop there. There is nothing around us except desert. And it’s too hot. We should get to the beast land as soon as possible."
"Will there be food?" she asked curiously.
"Unless we don’t become their food, I think someone might just offer us some food because you are with me." He looked at her from the side mirror. "Did you not come with Bull to hide the fragment?"
"No." She shook her head. "Bull came alone on this planet. We followed him and then we got caught. But I am happy most of them managed to escape. Otherwise, they would have killed everyone in the prison."
’I told Lyra about the traitor in the crew, but just like Bull, she couldn’t name anyone. There were no new members in their crew whom they could doubt. Nor was there any animosity between the crew members. They were like a family. It takes courage to trust someone to that level, and yet... one of them became a traitor.’
After a while, Xavier asked, "Hey Lyra. I know this might sound stupid, but have you met other beast species?"
"I have." Lyra increased her voice since it was getting difficult for Xavier to hear. "For some reason, whenever someone from a beast species saw me, they came to greet me and gave me gifts. I always wondered why, so one day I asked Bull. He told me that Lykaios are a noble species and other beast species treat us like gods because their god also belonged to the Lykaios species."
"So you are like a princess, huh?" Xavier chuckled.