Grey Spatium 4

I peered down at the steep edge of the mountain while Caera was already preparing herself to make the climb down.

Walking up to Caera, I pulled her back to her feet and wrapped my arm around her waist.

“Um, e-excuse me?” Caera stammered, while Regis wolf-whistling in my head.

Walking closer to the edge of the cliff with Caera in tow, I turned to our guide. “Swiftsure. We’ll meet you down there.”

I watched the white aetheric bird tilt its long neck in confusion just before I stepped off the edge of the cliff, taking Caera with me.

The Alacryan Noble let out a squeal of surprise that soon turned into a terrified scream as we plummeted toward the stone shelf eighty feet below.

‘Uhh, Arthur? Being the cockroach that you are, I’m sure you’ll survive, but I don’t think Lady Horns can…’

I ignited God Step just as we were about to crash and slipped into the aetheric path that would lead us straight down into the ground just several feet below us.

My feet hit the ground with almost no noise, the momentum that we had built during the fall completely gone.

‘Oh…’ Regis muttered, completely dumbfounded. ‘Or you could do that, I guess.’

Caera still had her head buried in my chest, her nails digging into my skin even as I let her go.

“You can let go now,” I said as her horns dug deeper into me.

Caera flinched before she peeked down and realized we were no longer in the air. Just to make sure, she stomped her foot on the hard ground before pushing herself away from me.

“H-how did we—what just—you!” Caera glared at me, her breath coming in quick, angry huffs before she punched me in the gut with the strength that could’ve actually broken some bones had it not been me. “Next time you feel the urge to throw yourself off a mountain, feel free to take the bird!”

I rubbed my stomach, wincing in pain. “Got it…”