Nameless King

“One last kiss? That sounds so romantic, of course, I agree!” Eva exclaimed and kissed Wain.

They were falling from a great height into the unknown, but they weren’t paying attention. Wain followed Eva and also dismissed everything else but his desires, even if it was dangerous and reckless.

The waterfall was so high that no bottom could be seen above, and Wain and Eva disappeared into that abyss.

They did not take their lips off each other until they finally reached the end. They fell to the watery surface and plunged to the bottom of the waterfall under a mighty torrent.

Wain was at the bottom, and he took the brunt of the blow. Even though he was on the edge of the Second Chronicle, falling from such a height was dangerous. He vomited a mouthful of blood and sustained injuries of varying severity.

Eva was not badly hurt as Wain protected her, but she still lost consciousness from the impact.

They slowly sank to the bottom and gradually suffocated. No one could help them as they were in a dark and cold place with nothing but water.

However, when Wain and Eva almost reached the bottom and suffocated, someone swam up to them.

…

‘Ah… Where am I?’ Eva thought with difficulty as she opened her eyes. 𝙗𝒆𝒅𝙣𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝙚𝙩

She looked around and saw Wain lying on a bed not far from her.

‘Is this someone’s house? Strange, I’ve never seen an interior like this before.’

The beds on which Wain and Eva lay were unusual and made of many leaves and stems of plants. It was bound together with a viscous substance resembling tree resin.

In the center of the room was a wooden round table with several potted plants. Dim lamps lighted the room in the ceiling with special glowing plants inside.

“Wain, wake up.” Eva said, walking up to him, but her words were ineffective.

Wain was seriously injured and needed considerably more time to recover than Eva, whom he had protected.

‘Damn, damn, damn, what have I done. If it hadn’t been for my recklessness, Wain wouldn’t have been hurt, and we wouldn’t be in this position.’

Eva blamed herself for what had happened. She didn’t understand how she could ever have gotten the idea to jump off such a huge waterfall whose bottom was not visible.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Blood dripped slowly down the leaves from Wain’s bed, and drops fell to the floor covering it.

‘He’s still hurt. What should I do?’ Eva began to panic. She’d never found herself in a situation before where she needed to look out for someone and protect.

Eva’s eyes changed, ‘Stop, get a grip, you stupid bitch! This happened because of your decision, so you have to take responsibility for it!”

She was able to calm down and decided to deal with the situation.

Eva looked around carefully but found nothing of interest. In addition to the table and beds, there was a small closet with some fruit and various plants in the room.

‘Is this food and medicine?’

Snick.

The door opened, and Eva prepared to fight. She was determined to protect Wain, even if she had to suffer for it.

A short silhouette stepped inside. Eva was ready to attack at any moment.

“I’m back.” The silhouette said and looked at Eva, from whom a dangerous aura was emanating.

It was a guy. He had pale green skin, some green leaves on his arms, legs, and cheeks, and hair in the form of short vines. He shuddered with fear and dropped the cup on the floor. It shattered, and shards flew apart.

“Are you a Plant? Who are you?! How did we get here?!” Eva said menacingly.

The guy got even more scared, his teeth clattered, and he could hardly say anything.

“I… I just wanted to help you!!!”

Eva’s aura began to subside, and the fire in her eyes gradually went out. She calmed down but was still alert, “Did you save us?”

The boy quickly nodded his head; he was afraid to hesitate to answer. “I was on my way home and saw you fall down and didn’t surface for a long time. Though with difficulty, I was able to drag you here.”

‘Hmm, almost no energy fluctuations are coming from him. It’s pretty weak. At most, it’s on the edge of Primary Chronicle, which is good.’

“Home? Where are we?”

“We’re in Vrifal, the city of Plants. It’s under a huge waterfall that’s even higher than the clouds.” The guy pointed to the top, saying this.

Eva nodded.

‘So there’s been a city under the waterfall all this time. That’s not surprising considering its size.’

Eva knew what Plants were, Wain had told her about them, but she had never met a member of this race before.

“What’s your name?”

“Feno Velnar.”

“Thank you for saving us.” Eva bowed in appreciation. She knew that if it weren’t for Feno, that kiss would probably have been the last one.

Feno smiled and was even a little embarrassed. He scratched the back of his head and said, “You’re welcome. It’s not like I couldn’t get past people drowning, ahahaha.”

“Also, thanks for curing me.” Eva pointed to the ointment on her hands.

“Yeah, I was just on my way back to get the medicine, but now it looks like I’ll have to make a new one…” Feno said, looking at the splinters under her feet. The cup contained the healing ointment he wanted to anoint Wain’s back.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you. Is there anything I can do to help you?”

“Yes.” Feno nodded, “The ingredients for this ointment are pretty simple, but I’m having trouble making it.”

“Hmm? Why? Don’t you have something?” Eva was ready to get the necessary ingredients to help Wain.

“No, that’s not it…” Feno lowered his head and said uncertainly, “To make the ointment, you need to grind the nuts into a powder, and I don’t have enough strength.”

Eva smiled, “Don’t worry, I’ll help you. Tell me what needs to be done. We’ll work as a team!”