The world on the surface was had so many interesting looking things. And the air smelled so nice. Everything was much different than what she had experienced so far being under the earth. And it was just like what Shiki had noticed about the daytime. The world was so bright and colorful! Even the warmth of the sun felt so nice when it tiggled her skin. For a while Saya even took of her boots, just so she could walk with her bare feet on the ground. It did not feel too differently from what she was used to. But being in this strange new place was enough to make her imagine that everything might be different.

It did not take them as long as Saya thought it would to reach the human capital. It was about afternoon when they finally reached the forest on the outskirt of Atland and soon they arrived at the capital itself. Already there were a lot of humans gathering at the wall which was bigger than Saya had expected. She could not quite imagine how the tiny humans maganged to build such a grand wall. But that would probably be exactly one of the reasons why they are infiltrating the humans.

Saya was just about to tell Shiki that they should remain calm and act casual, since she had seen the look he gave her, when one of those humans came up to them, followed by another one. She could hear Shiki’s muttering and knew how he felt. All those humans being together worried her, too. So she turned to him and whispered: “Don’t worry. That’s what we are here for.”

Even though she did not know what was going on, they would have to tag along so far. There was probably not much what they could do anyway. When the one with the glasses suggested to get going, Saya nodded and linked her one arm with Shiki after taking the map he was still holding.

“Let’s just follow them for now. We’ll see what they’re planning.” Saya said the words close to Shiki’s ears so the human would not hear her. Then, she raised her voice to talk to the one with the glasses. Since he still had a friendly smile on his face, Saya put on a smile, too. She ran a hand through her hair and tried to look directly into his eyes. 

“You said something about also signing up for the Wallguards? So, you are here for that?”

It might not harm to first get to know what that human male was up to. Since he came up to them, he could be talkative enough to reveal more before either Shiki or Saya would have to explain anything. That way, they could just adjust their story to what he would tell them.