Huh...? Where am I?I let out a dazed groan as I shook my head to try and get rid of the cloudy feeling in it, but it only made it worse, my head spinning a bit. I began to reach for the side of my head with my hand, but I couldn't, my arm coming to an abrupt halt, followed by the sound of metal clanging.What the...?My eyes widened as I looked behind me, to see shackles around my wrists, with thick chains connected to them and embedded into the wall. Shit, these are Ether-blocking shackles, I can't use my Magic!"Hm...? To, is that you?" Came Lilac's voice from my left, sounding like she was half-asleep.I glanced in that direction, to see that she was in the same predicament, her wrists shackled and chained to the wall, along with her ankles. My ankles were restrained too...we were in an empty, windowless room, with a thick metal door in front of us."Damn it, we messed up...we should've had our guards up more," I remarked with a grimace.The instant I noticed that mist flowing in

Point-of-View: Sapphire Roselle ———————————————————————————"Tch, you're an Apex Mage? This is going to be a real pain," I sighed wearily."It doesn't have to be...just let me kill the fat piggy behind you and I'll be right on my way," She responded with a smile, Hritch flinching as she glanced at him murderously. "Not gonna happen.""Guess I'll have to do it the hard way, then. Oh, well...ah, before we start, I should apologize. Specifically, for the actions of my former colleague, Lect Flair. But he's dead now, so you don't have to worry about him anymore!" She remarked with a slight smirk, wind swirling around her body as she approached us.I see, so she's affiliated with whatever group that Nox Mage is-...or apparently, was...-a part of. Well, whatever, it doesn't change what I need to do here. "[Ice Art: Frost Breath]," I chanted, before firing out a massive wave of freezing, icy wind straight at her."[Wind Art: Wind Wall]."A shockwave of cold air exploded out as my attackin

"We're almost home, To," Lilac informed me, as we began descending down from the clouds."I see...," I muttered in response, barely paying attention, as my mind raced with several thoughts.About an hour had passed, and after Luxuria got away, I went around and freed all the townspeople from the effects of her control. Once that was done, Lilac and I left the town and headed back to Skyrouge City.But I couldn't focus on anything else, my thoughts were completely occupied by the memory fragments that had been triggered back there. It's an almost incoherent mass of random images, nothing concrete...it's barely answered any of my questions, and it's actually given me even more questions than I had before.I can see fragments of Luxuria, or at least, I think it's her...it's images of a kid that looks a lot like her, so it's probably her when she was younger. How long have I known her for? She can't be any older than five or six in these flashes of memories.There's also fragments of a ma

"I see, that sounds like it must have been a pretty harrowing experience. I'm glad the both of you are okay, at least," Remarked Iris, as she slumped back in the couch and munched on a chip."Yeah, that could've ended up a lot worse than it did. It really helped that that girl, Luxuria, just kept talking. I probably wouldn't have broken free from her control otherwise," I replied with a grimace, before adding, "Anyway, based on what you said about your Quest, it sounds like things didn't go too much better for you."It was the next day, around 5 PM in the evening. Iris's group got back from their failed Quest early this morning, and she'd just woken up about half an hour ago. She had a bite to eat, and then joined Lilac and I in playing some board games. Before we long, we got to talking about our Quests yesterday... "It was a disaster...we failed to protect our client, and while I'm not too torn up about his death, he was a real asshole, the fact that I was so completely helpless to

Well, this was a massive waste of time. What gives? The hell is going on here, anyway? I mean, seriously, who sent me that letter? Somehow, I don't think this was just some dumb prank... On the bright side, I get to go home now, and since Ifeus is here, I just need to meet back up with him and he can teleport me right back to Skyrouge City.So, at least I don't have to worry about taking the long journey back by carriage. Still though, I'm kinda pissed, I don't like that I just wasted a whole lot of time on nothing.As I walked down the street, muttering to myself irritably, I was snapped out of it as someone came jogging this way, trying to swerve out of the way as they closed in on me, but in their rush, failed to fully get out the way and ended up bumping into me, getting knocked down with an alarmed cry as I stumbled back a bit before regaining my balance."Uh, sorry about that, are you okay?" I inquired, offering my hand to help them up. It was a young woman, she was carrying a