- Rakuen Chou
Greetings, everyone!
And we’re back here again with this story.
I’m Rakuen Chou, your fourth storyteller so far.
At this story point, our Rael will go on his search for Aurielle Salore!
Just in case, I’ll summarize what happened during the prologue first.
Then we’ll continue with his journey.
So in a nutshell, we made our boy called Rael. And he’s supposed to be the hero of this story.
After obtaining his wood magic, he wiped the bandits and dark wizards, until the point he finally realized the criminal rate is still going up as ever.
With that profound realization, he started vibe checking the bandits to figure out what’s going on.
Trust me, Rael’s considered a hero here. I’m not sure if he’s actually murdered any of those bandits though.
Anyways, he found out the bandits received an order from a big guy called The Minotaur.
What’s next? Of course, Rael hunted that big guy down. Then they fought until both sides were down.
The Minotaur is later arrested, and Rael got sent to recover in the Silent Tower.
Later, another guy called the Exiled told Rael to find Aurielle Salore.
Hmm… Yeah. That’s pretty much the whole thing so far.
And here, some tea from Valerie before we dig into the next part.
I’ll let you guys have that tea and relax first.
If you don’t take them, it’s fine, as long as you guys are chilling now.
Phew…
Hehe, I’m still not used to this thing…
But anyway, let’s continue the story now.
After talking and bidding a farewell to the Exiled, Rael headed towards Summer Hold to look for Aurielle Salore.
It was morning. And a lot of townspeople and some travelers were doing their own thing in Summer Hold. Although a small crowd in the town caught Rael’s attention.
“Move.”
A stern voice ordered. As two Magic Council soldiers made their way out of the crowd, with two unconscious criminals on their back. The smaller soldier stopped and noticed Rael. “Rael Mills, right?”
Rael nodded as a response, as he recognized the other soldier beside the smaller one. “Yo, Issac. Do you know where’s Aurielle Salore?”
“Aurielle, huh?” Issac wondered as he glanced at the fellow soldier. “Uh, Ace. Have you seen her lately?”
“I have. She’s at Riverville yesterday.”
Issac nodded to Ace and answered Rael, “Oh, cool. So yeah, Rael, she’s at Riverville. Or maybe somewhere nearby like Ironport.”
Rael thanked both of the soldiers. And the smaller soldier named Ace warned him, “Run.”
“Huh?”
“I recommend you to run right now. Aurielle might be leaving Riverville this morning.” Ace glared at the confused Rael.
“Ok…?” With Ace’s glare and Rael’s concerns about Aurielle’s location, Rael bid a farewell to both soldiers and left Summer Hold.
With Rael’s departure, both soldiers headed towards the nearby Magic Council camp. Issac was concerned about what Ace just said to Rael earlier, but Ace simply shrugged that off.
“What made you say that, Ace?”
“Efficiency.”
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It was late morning already. Rael had arrived at Riverville and checked inside a few shops for Aurielle. Until he stopped at the tailor. Inside the tailor’s shop, two ladies were talking; the tailor herself, and another lady who fit The Exiled’s description of Aurielle. The tailor clapped her hands as she noticed Rael, and told Aurielle about something.
“Ah, Auri. Isn’t that the boy who defeated the Minotaur? I saw his images from John’s newspapers!”
“Oh, that’s him?”
“Mhm. My brother John even told me he’s even taller than the shop’s door! So yeah, I’m positive about that.”
“All right, could we continue this later?”
“Sure! I’m going to get some lunch anyway, so… See ya!”
“See you, Jane.”
Jane the tailor went upstairs. And Aurielle looked up at Rael. “The Exiled told you about me, I assume?”
“Yeah. You’re Aurielle Salore, right?”
Aurielle nodded as a response and chuckled. “Hehe, there’s only one single knight who sent the wizards to this place after all.” After bringing up the Exiled for a bit, she got up from the seat, grabbed her backpack, and gestured at the window.
“Anyways, would you like to talk outside? We can discuss your training at the fountain. It’s over there.”
Rael nodded and left the tailor shop after Aurielle.
After arriving at the fountain, they sat down on the bench and had some talk about Rael’s whereabouts. He did mention his family and concerns over his own magic control. As he could summon a spell by thinking of doing so, there were times his thoughts went out of control.
Aurielle assessed Rael’s situation for a little and asked about his bandages. At arms, they came from the moment Rael guarded some of the more dangerous attacks, such as the kick and the ax spin. And at his stomach, they came from the moment Rael took an ax throw in his guts. The fact Rael survived all those and met Aurielle was already a miracle.
“You’re lucky, aren’t you?”
“Yeah.”
With Rael being caught off-guard during the talk, she had already summoned a small light magic circle on her fingertips.
“Pew.”
“Huh?”
A tiny blast of light hit Rael’s arm as Rael swung his arm back at her by instinct. He didn’t even realize Aurielle was preparing to attack him earlier.
“…Did that hurt?” Since he knew he did swing his arm at Aurielle, he asked her in concern right after that moment.
Aurielle, who already backed away raised both of her unharmed arms. “Oh. Don’t worry, that didn’t hit me.”
In an instant moment of relief, Aurielle fired a tiny light at Rael’s arm again. He did duck away from the light, although it scraped his skin a little. As a small unspoken test, she continued firing light attacks for Rael to dodge. It ended up with either Rael being scratched by the attack or Rael blocking the attack with his bandaged arm. At one point, Aurielle stopped this short trial as Rael’s bandages began to tear from the blocks.
“All right. We’re stopping here for a little. Have you eaten anything?”
With Aurielle’s question, Rael was reminded of things he did after getting out of the Silent Tower. Meeting up with the Exiled, visiting the Summer Hold, running through the whispering forest, and arriving at Riverville. With all those things he spent during the morning, he realized he hadn’t eaten anything so far. “… I haven’t.”
“Here, I’ve prepared this just in case.” Aurielle picked out a bag of hoagie from her backpack. Rael received the bag of hoagie, asked her if he can really eat it now, and started eating the thing. Now that Rael thought about it, this hoagie had a similar flavor profile to what he ate back in Doom Village. The turkey, tomatoes, and other flavors you’d expect from a village that hunts for a living… Where did she get this hoagie?
After finishing the hoagie and forgetting about the thought earlier, Aurielle asked Rael one thing.
“Before we proceed, how did you do in that fight?”
- It was an easy win.
- Pretty Great.
- Decent.
- Bad.
- How the hell did he survive in that fight?
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