The soft but quick jolting of the train stopping woke Lorien up and in his view, he could see other passengers getting up, quickly taking their bags and leaving through the now open door. after taking his bags and leaving the train station, he had arrived on the streets of City, the capital city of the Human Union Empire.
The massive towers of concrete and glass speared into the sky, however, the beauty of the blue sky was still evident.
"better find a coffee shop or at least a store to buy a drink, I'm freakin parched! I knew I never should have taken Sarah's advice on waiting to get here before buying a drink." His face a mix of annoyance and resignation, his shoulders slumped which nearly caused his bags to fall on the floor.
Sarah was Lorien's best friend since he was around 14 years of age. At that time Lorien had been a loner, who was scared to interact with others due to his weight. However, Sarah noticed him all alone and being the hard-headed person she was raised to be by her father, she had forced him to go outside and play with her. Often times he had refused but over time he started going out regularly with Sarah.
Over the last few years their relationship had grown stronger and had become the best of friends.
As he walked through the crowded pavement then up a row of stairs he sees the city hall and the massive statue of a person dressed in ancient battle wear, a set of armour that was black in colour with golden and blue accents, a holy sword with its guard in the shape of a cross.
That was Grismone armour. A set of armour with the best defences equipped into it.
The statue had its armour's helmet on
Normally the face of people given a statue would be shown but the person this statue was made after was so lost to time their face and gender was lost to time, in fact the statue had to be made in an androgynous way to not offend the knight.
"Now that I see it with my eyes, Mr.Marione was not kidding about the size. I mean as the history teacher he had to tell accurate information." Lorien quietly whispered. His brown eyes staring fixedly on the statue. As he thought this, he remember Mr.Marione's lessons on history and this city with.
He recalled how this capital, actually this Kingdom was formed.
he was told it was founded around 2326 years ago by the the great ruler, Alho. This person lived so far in recorded history that historians couldn't even decide or agree upon the gender of them.
Alho led the empire in the great battle of Elncrad against the Tsiaca Republic, The Eklstrom kingdom and Gruie Kingdom.
The most destructive war ever know and with effects lingering to this day. The resulting clash had caused a massive crater on the left of the ice continent which was situated on the eastern side of the world. Some estimates by scientists measure it to be about 80 kilometres
Shaking his head of these memories, he quickly but carefully, as to not drop his bags, searched for a coffee shop.
When he arrived and entered, he noticed that not many people were inside. "Good for me, just means I get more space. With the added bonus of faster waiter response. Sitting at a table next to the window displaying the walls of bricks and windows, crowds with loved ones or on their phones. After a few minutes, a waiter with long flowing black hair and reddish-brown eyes appeared with a smile and greeted, "Hello sir, my name is Seraphina nightangle. What will you be having today? If you are up for it, would you like to try our special?"
The beauty asked, however Lorien was in a state of shock of her beauty. Was this what they called: Love at first sight.
I definitely need to ask her out!
awkwardly clearing his throat, Lorien with a charming smile, answer. "oh ah yes, I would like...I don't have a menu..."
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry, let me get that real quick!" With a blush of embarrassment, the waiter, Seraphina, quickly rushed to the counter to get a menu.
"That was cute..."