The Elderien Chronicles

A strange friend in a hellhole

"A mage. Now that is something I did not think I will be seeing today. But you know how the universe works. We make our plans and it just does its own. Or, isn't that right, Mage?" The man asked Alastair but he just nodded.

"I need to get back. I left someone behind. I appreciate your help so far but I got it from here." Alastair said to him and the man chuckled.

"Who did you leave behind?" The man asked him. The carriage bumped and Alastair could hear the man curse.

"It was my ward. She is all alone in the streets now and she must be scared. I need to find her immediately." Alastair replied. The man nodded and looked at him.

"Why don't you use your magic to find her? You can do that, can you not? You can do anything with this power of yours. Give it a try. Come on." The man persisted. If Alastair did not know better, he would have thought that the man was obsessed with magic.

Alastair closed his eyes and focused again, but still, something was blocking that particular spell. He trie