A Butterfly That Can'T Fly
Race Stone 2

Today may be one of the most annoying days for Iron and Alurra, they do not know what happened. When they wake up from sleep, they are tied up and treated as intruders.

The person who was called as the chief of the tribe had very thin gray hair and his wrinkled skin showed that his age was not young, either, around him many people were staring at Alurra and Iron vigilantly.

"How did you find our village? Why did you infiltrate here?"

That question was the most absurd question for Alurra, obviously they were asleep earlier and had no intention of infiltrating, where there was an intruder who infiltrated in an unconscious state.

The bond from the rope that bound Alurra was very strong, making her body sick. Iron, aware that Alurra was in pain, quickly took action, burning the rope that bound his hand and removing the rope that bound Alurra.

This action made the people even more vigilant, they knew that Iron was clearly from the Elves Country, but Alurra who had black eyes and hair was the one they were most wary of, because black hair and eyes are the hallmark of Divs.

"Relax, we don't know how we got lost here. We just rested and slept under a big tree in the forest, then when we woke up we were already tied here"

The village chief who heard Iron's words felt embarrassed, his face flushed red. It was true, the big tree in the forest was the gate to enter the Village of the Stone Race. So far no one has rested there and they have never experienced anything like this, it is only natural that they feel alert.

"Then why are the Elves with the Divs? They're evil creatures!"

One of the Stone Race men shouted to Iron, which he meant as Divs was Alurra and Iron understood that.

"She's not a Divs, she's Elves' long-lost daughter. We were on the run from the Divs, then met an old man who claimed to be an ancient Druid"

The atmosphere was silent as Iron said those words, then after a while the crowd started to fuss and panic. Alurra had been silently watching the situation, she closed herself to Iron when she heard the commotion.

Is there something wrong with what Iron said? Will they be attacked for being an intruder? Alurra panicked, usually living Alurra just sleep, eat, and throw stools, never once he experienced various events that he experienced in the land of Elves. Just to survive, he felt very lucky.

"Shut up!"

The resolute voice of the chieftain made the noisy crowd become silent, they were silent for a moment. The chieftain of the Stone Race walked towards Iron and Alurra, then bowed before Alurra for a few seconds until he finally stood up straight again.

"Greetings to the Princess of the Elves kingdom,"

Alurra nodded, he was quite surprised as the Chieftain bowed before him. The chieftain was not from Elves Country, he obviously did not need to pay respect to Alurra.

"I've heard the news about Princess Elves who has returned. The old man that this master had said earlier had also come to us the Stone Race"

Iron was shocked to hear the Chief's remark, so this was the Stone Race, they got here unintentionally it was clear that the old man had predicted this. Alurra just heard it quietly, he knew that the carpenter uncle would never get them lost, he was a good person.

Although he did not really understand what the purpose of the carpenter uncle was to send them here, but Alurra was sure that he would definitely not harm them. The old man nodded, he invited the two of them to his house.

Alurra and Iron agreed, they clearly had no other purpose and had no idea how to get out of here, so they could only follow the Chief to his house to have a further conversation.

The Chieftain's house was one of the new houses located in the middle of the village, as they entered a completely different view made them a little interested. Everything was made of stone, tables, chairs, and even a bed. Did their bodies not get sick of sleeping in such a hard place?

The chief invited them to sit down, and he made them a very fragrant tea. Alurra who could not resist the food immediately drank the tea after being invited by the Chief, Iron who saw Alurra who immediately received a gift from the Chief just shook his head, he was worried that Alurra would be eaten by poison if it continued like this.

He took a drink of the tea that had been served, then looked towards the Alurra tea that had run aground, if only the Queen Mother had seen the messy Tata Krama Alurra she would have scolded him.

"Other times slow down Al, you can choke"

Alurra nodded, then drank the tea that had been refilled by the Chief. Iron who saw that Alurra heard his words smiled and stroked the top of his head, but soon the coughing voice stopped his activity.

The chieftain who saw that Iron and Alurra were unaware of his existence made a coughing sound to get their attention, the young man.

"Can we start talking about what's going on now?"

Iron and Alurra nodded, The chieftain felt a little uneasy at their submissive behavior. Iron's large body clearly did not match such a manner, he was more suited if he had a rebellious attitude.

"When was Elves' kingdom attacked?"

"Last night, we were celebrating the rise of the power of the Princess"

The chieftain nodded in understanding, so the cunning Divs took a chance while the Elves were partying. He looked back at the silent Iron after giving that brief explanation.

"Then how did you survive?"

"We fled before the Divs realized where the Princess was, but it turned out that the Divs had realized it and were after us. Then we felt that our bodies were being pulled into a black hole and suddenly we were in a wooden house, where the old man was"

The chieftain nodded again, Alurra looked at Iron who spoke in a long dumbfounded sentence, this is the longest sentence Iron spoke. During this time, Iron spoke more often with body language, when he was tired or there was a problem he would just lay his head on Alurra's lap, when he was happy he would smile very sweetly.

Although Iron was not someone who was efficient in speaking but he was not a person who spoke a lot, the sound of knocking on the door was heard while they were talking.