Chapter 8

Jade leaned over to look out the window and watched the sights that rolled by. Flowers filled all the fields they passed, beautiful reds, blues, yellows, and bright greens took over his vision.

Almost as green as my eyes, he thought.

He wanted to go lay out in the field of flowers and relax for a couple hours. They were really pretty and he wanted one, he had never seen flowers like them before.

Ryuu purred next to him.

Jade turned over and patted the dragons head.

Ryuu was acting like a spoiled cat after eating so much chicken and had been lying on the rest of the carriages seat that hadn't been taken up by Jade.

Jade laughed at him as he scratched under Ryuu’s chin.

“If you start meowing im going to change your name to Kitty understand?”

Ryuu cocked his head at him.

The carriage bumped lightly and Jade looked out the window again as they were heading over a hill. A giant gate came into view about 2 miles away from where they were and Jade grinned at Ryuu.

“It's about time for our great getaway right Ryuu?”

Ryuu’s tail flicked up and he appeared to be excited by Jade’s words.

Jade measured the window with his hands and then Ryuus torso, figuring he could easily fit through.

He nodded to himself and got up with Ryuu.

Jade carefully slide out of the side of the window and held onto it so while he waited for Ryuu to climb out. He dropped onto Ryuu as the dragon exited the carriage, they tumbled down into the field on the side of the hill.

A few soldiers clopped by on their horses behind the carriage but because it was almost a straight drop into the field from the hill they hadn't been seen yet.

Jade laid in the flowers silently and Ryuu completely disappeared from sight, his tail stretched out and touched his master.

Jades form vanished.

He carefully climbed into Ryuu’s saddle, still invisible and silently waited for the all the guards to pass over the hill and to the city.

Ryuu slowly flapped his wings and the flowers around them swayed from the wind he created.

They rose up into the air and Ryuu lazily glided over the gate as the carriage they had once been in was stopped to be inspected.

Jade smiled as he looked around curiously at the capital.

It was larger than he could have possibly imagined. Several buildings had light up screens showing random characters and flashing with what he assumed were ads. But other parts of the city had older styles of architecture, channels of water with people in boats flowed everywhere.

Some people had older styles of clothing and others had bright shirts and clothes that reminded him of the human realm.

Jade wondered if he should change his clothes before walking around. He had his camo sweater in his bag but maybe buying clothes made from the same material as the other people in the Kingdom was a good idea.

He did have some money on his card he had yet to exchange to the Humans Realm currency.

They slowly fluttered down into an alley and Jade switched into his camo sweater.

He pulled the hood over his head and Ryuu’s form vanished again, but Jade could sense him as he walked out of hiding.

Jade walked along the sidewalk until he came upon a clothing store. He went inside and looked around for awhile. He picked out a black hoodie and a weird black bandana with a white smile on it. The hoodie was a bit different compared to what he was used to, it did not have a drawstring to make the hood tighter but other than that it was normal.

He went and paid nervously, given that he had no idea if his card would even work in another country but as the card swiper said approved his fears vanished. He took his bag and went to a different alley to quickly change.

The man at the register said his mask could change his voice, which he thought would be useful in case he ran into any of those guards from earlier.

He quickly tested it out and found that it indeed made him sounded different. His voice was slightly lower, he figured it would be cool to show off his guildies later.

He walked around awhile with his hoodie up, his mask on, as well as his glasses which with everything, basically hid his face.

“Ryuu hide me as well, I will pour my magic in you to make it stronger.” Jade had assumed that the King or whoever was trying to find him was somehow able to sense him. Which meant he was being spied on so he decided if he let Ryuu borrow his magic he could probably hide from whatever they were using.

Ryuu’s tail wrapped around Jades torso and they vanished from sight.

Jade pulled out his phone and texted his guild leader, trying to get directions to the building where the tournament was going to be held.

After figuring where to go he went to the stadium.

He stood outside gaping at it and was glad no one could see his mouth since it had basically dropped to the street in awe.

Several people were lined up outside trying to get in and Jade looked at his phone, following the directions his guild leader had sent. He went around towards the side and found a gray door being guarded by a man.

Jade looked down at Ryuu.

“Can you let me be visible but hide my presence so the King cant find me Ryuu?”

Ryuu let out a soft purr and he could feel Ryuu’s magic ripple around him, changing to show Jade. His tail continued to be curled around his waist to hide him from any prying eyes.

The guard jumped since Jade had just magically appeared a few feet in front of him. Jade pulled out his phone and showed him his pass. With his voice lowered by his mask he spoke to the guard.

“Here's my pass im here to join my guild… Guild of Elites?” Jade muttered out in his lower tone.

“Ah….yes…” The man said after looking at his pass and then opened the door for him.

“Go down the hallway and it's your third right, the door should have your guilds insignia.”

The guard closed the door and Jade could hear it lock behind him.

He took a deep breath and he could feel Ryuu’s body vibrate from purring as he noticed his master nervousness.

“Its ok Ryuu…. It's just a social meetup thingy……”

Jade walked down the hallway with his invisible dragon by his side until he made it to the door with his guild’s insignia. It was black and white with a lion on it.

Jade reached out his hand and opened the door, stepping inside.

AUTHOR NOTE: Patreon supporter wanted an update so I thought why not?

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