"Come on, pick up your things. Head back to the castle, I have something important to say to all of you," Gilleut requested.He took a glance at Phize."Again, I ask forgiveness for my brash actions. I will provide a full explanation there."He headed toward the castle."Shouldn't we run now?" Hazel asked them.Gilleut answered her, "Go ahead and do so. But if you do, you'll lose a truth you can never seek from other people. I promise I won't assault any of you any further. What do you say?""Lili, are you sure we can trust him?""I feel like he's telling the truth. I don't feel any hidden intent," Lili responded."Come to think of it, if he did, he would have killed Phize already, if he truly wanted," Hazel replied.Phize interfered in the conversation, he coughed, "Are you guys really going with this? Maybe he's trying to lure us in.""Hmm, let's take it. I have a good feeling about this one. Look, even my tail is wagging," she pointed out.He coughed, "Fine.""But I actually didn't
Lili went down the stairs and met up with the others on the ground floor.Trif pretended to know nothing and ask her, "What did the two of you talk about?""We just talked about things about the castle really, he gave me a short tour and a bit of explanation. Nothing too important, I suppose he was a bit lonely that he wanted to share some of the details of the castle he found interesting.""Ah, sheesh, did he really have to call us out for that?" Phize asked."He has favorites," Hazel concluded."A well-crafted lie, however, I overheard your conversation, so I can just about infer the things that you two talked about. You must still be overloaded with the reveal of your true identity, and I'll respect that by keeping a silent mouth," Trif surmised."Tch, that guy really wants to waste our time, doesn't he?" he grunted."Now, don't be mean. He's only misled," Lili defended."Yeah, yeah. Let's go, I'm tired. We'll buy some new clothes in the process," he told them.They had only notice
The party of four went back to the city of Hiometry by entering the northwest gate.They were all silent."Who was that?" Phize asked."None of us know about him. He's probably someone from a dark organization," Trif replied."Trif is your neck fine?" Lili asked worryingly."Don't worry, it's all good," he responded.Hazel suggested, "How about we just forget all about this event for the time being? Shouldn't we go and buy new clothes?"Phize agreed, "I think that's a good idea. Find any tailor shops around here?"Lili sighed, "Do we really have to go and explore right now? I'm exhausted.""So am I," Hazel responded."I'm sure we all are," Trif agreed."Yeah, we should go and take a rest first," Phize suggested."Where do we even stay at?" Trif queried."Should we rent?" Hazel asked."Rent? As much as I'd like a place to rest, we haven't earned anything yet. Even if we're rich, we should consider budgeting our money," Trif answered."Ahhh! Trif, why are you always so cheap and stingy?
"So what do you guys say? Are you in or not?" Trif asked."I'm not sure if we really have a choice here," Phize answered."Yeah, it's not like a mentor is gonna come out of nowhere and teach us is there?" Hazel jokingly replied."Besides, I think this is a good time to try and know each other. The walls between us have been taken down, so it's a great opportunity really," Lili responded."Speaking of which, where do we even start training? Are we going out there again?" Phize queried."What if we come across another one of those creeps? Maybe we should limit ourselves to a place within this city," Lili proposed.Despite what she had said, her motives weren't exactly the best, she thought, "Also because I'm feeling lazy from walking and walking."Trif questioned, "Where exactly do we do that then? Hazel, go check the map."She murmured, "Why am I always the one to check the map?"She pulled it out of her right pocket.She explained, "This map is the world map, so I can't see the smalle
"Magilation? I recall you saying something like Inmagilation back when we tried to search for the Thysine Rose," Phize said to Trif."Not bad. Do you recall my definition of Inmagilation?""No, not really."Trif explained, "Inmagilation is either the lack or abundance of mana present in your body, to summarize it is the inappropriate amount of mana in a person's body. Now, with Magilation at its root word, you can infer its meaning as that referring to the appropriate amount of mana in a person's body.""So, it has something to do with the mana present in the body?" Hazel asked.He answered, "Yes, you may say it's somewhat like that, but its applications go far beyond. Let me explain. Which of you can create a large rock?"Hazel answered, "I can. Create Rock."A large rock was conjured before her."Thanks. Now, observe. I'll punch this rock."He faced the rock, "HIYAH!"He punched the rock but it seems to have been a normal attack since the rock didn't budge at all.He spoke, "That hu
"Fine, I'll go focus on some spells first," Phize spoke."According to Trif, my weakness is supposed to be a lack of assault spells, which is primarily true, I can't cast Explosion or Continuous Explosion on a whim or I'd get caught up in it. So what spells should I perform?" he pondered.He recalled his fight with Tara."I vaguely remember her sword catching itself on fire. What exactly did she say? I only remember the fire part," he thought.He gazed at Lili."Maybe I should ask Lili, she seems to be most knowledgeable about magic," he figured.He went to her.She focused on maintaining Magilation, so she was stiff at times and moved her limbs after a period of 5 seconds. She took notice of him."What? I'm pretty occupied right now," she told."I wanted to ask you something.""Can you make it quick?""I'll make it as brief as I can. You happen to know any magic spells that give a sword a fiery glare?""Hmm, let me see... Nope, unfortunately, I don't know of anything like that. Howev
They went through the alley and were back into the streets of the city. The air was fresh, but there was no wind, because of the numerous houses inside the city and the walls that prevent any kind of wind from entering. Despite the absence of blowing wind, the city was very cold and chilly, almost as if it was experiencing a kind of sea breeze from a body of water when there was in fact, none nearby. The lights of the homes illuminated the entire city from the insides to the window panes and into the outside pathways."We spent too much time in there," Trif stated."You're telling me. We went overboard," Phize answered."Thanks for that exercise, Phize," Hazel offered her gratitude."I'm not going to be hustling with you anymore.""EHH??? Why?""You keep aggressively charging me! How am I supposed to teach you if you keep doing that?""Weren't you supposed to put me under pressure?""I was trying to! But you kept hitting my head with your wooden sword, at least hold back!""Quit your
The Adventure Semester extended up to 4 years. The students were given no further messages other than the notice sent by Eauvis Monsoor. Almost none of them made their way home because they were unsure of what to do.In the hotel that Phize lived in, Lexia was running around in circles.Vhint opened the door."Did you get a message?" she asked hastily."Still none. The soldiers prevented me from passing through," he answered.Lizia went and hugged Lexia, "Mom, is big brother okay?"Young Lizia has grown a bit since then, she was now 7 years old.Lexia comforted her, "Don't worry, I'm sure he's fine. He's just out there... exploring the world."Laze went out of the bedroom. He too has grown taller.He rubbed his eyes for he was still a bit drowsy.He tugged at his father's shirt, "Dad, how was big brother like?"Vhint smiled, "He was a brave boy, he was strong, fierce, and very intelligent.""Why hasn't he come home yet?"He couldn't give him a concrete answer, so he said this instead,