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❝Across the sea, will we finally find freedom?❞
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#007F03 ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #B20070】
|| Need you Now || Lady Antebellum ||
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#007F03 ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #B20070】
|| Need you Now || Lady Antebellum ||
Erika was having a seizure. "Master! Master, oh no, Master!" Khryia whimpered, not sure what to do. Khryia was the only one allowed in with her because - after the ceremony was done to revert ownership of the dragon back to Erika - she was the only one immune to the miasma exuding from Erika's body. It was taking her over, not like how it was for Clover, but it was eating her alive. The major difference was that while Clover's miasma could spread just by being close, Erika's was a danger only to those she physically touched. Well, at least anyone without mana could be allowed in to see Clover. "Master needs help!" Khryia banged on the door, not sure what to do. While both of the girls were finally saved... in a way, they were still very much at risk. What kind of life was this, to have the black energy running through their veins? The dragon was in tears.
Rosemary had come to examine her once again, trying to find out what was going wrong. Erika was thrashing and so Khryia was ordered to hold her down as best as she could. Luckily the dragon was quite physically strong so she could pin her limbs and stop her head from hitting anything in this somewhat fancy room in a protected corner of the Spider's Nest. "Here, this should help." Erika was in no state for anything for the time being, she needed to recover from both the pregnancy and the effects of the miasma poisoning. It was like what had happened to Estelle - and Rosemary had to stay strong. She gained Estelle back, only to lose her again. Maybe a better mother could have saved her, but that better mother was not her. But she was determined not to lose any of her remaining three children, even if it cost her life.
"So according to my information, there's this ritual." Mallier spoke to the round table of mages. Eamon was tending to Erika at the moment, and Cookie was playing with Clover but otherwise, everyone was gathered. "We can cleanse the land of the miasma and fix the mistake the mages of the old had made." She drew the points on the map of the known land beyond what was once their Barrier, the place that was keeping them safe from the miasma until Estelle shattered it. "We'll need five strong mages for five elements. Erika will be the shadow mage, Rosemary is our healing mage, and Alistair can handle the creation magic." She pursed her lips because the next two were a bit more spotty. "Seraphina, you're going to have to learn Earth magic. Maple's the closest we have to light, but both of them are going to need more training to qualify." Everyone else, meaning Mallier, Fiyero, Khryia, and Theodore would be remaining at the Tower for defense. In an emergency, they would give up their lives to make sure Clover got out safely, preferably on Khryia's back.
So they would probably have to set out after three days. Three days to let Erika recover and regain some of her strength, three days for Maple to do hard drills to practice the light magic Estelle had left behind for her, three days for Seraphina to tap into her heart and learn the magic her mother, Victoire, might just have for her to inherit. And it was during one of those three days that Mallier set up the mental screens for Erika and Clover to finally speak. "Did you hear?" Erika asked as she studied her magic books on shadow magic to learn more tricks, despite already being the strongest shadow mage in the world now. "They know how to cure us. The miasma will be gone once we do the ritual." Her eyes narrowed and she yawned tiredly, hiding in the corner of her room like a scared rat. "I ordered Khryia to protect you with her life. Please get along with her while we're gone, okay?" Her voice lowered and she thought... but knew that she had to say it.
"Seraphina will be one of the mages going on the journey. Is that okay? You know that we're not getting back together, right?"