Chapter 28 - A little chat, a little understanding
Yaci enters the tent.
"Sorry for earlier. I shouldn’t have left like that, leaving you alone."
"It’s okay. Yara was there with me. She took me to meet the council of elders."
"Oh, those hags. What did they say?"
"Nothing of matter, actually. Just welcomed me and told me I was to stay in your tent until they decide what to do with me. It looks like there will be a more official meeting later on."
"Yeah... the Tree of the Enchanted Ones had several ripe fruits. There will be a celebration this night or the next."
That was not the first time I heard that name. Oya also called the tree that name.
"What exactly are those fruits, and why is the tree called that?"
Yaci’s grin at that moment told me everything I needed to know about my next hours. It was the "I’m glad you asked" kind of grin that precedes a passionate storytelling.
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Long time ago, when the dragons still roamed free and there was no Goddess ruling the world, the ancestors of the beastkin formed a covenant.