Chapter 73: One Fallen (1/2)
Throughout the rest of the shopping trip, I was in a daze asalleyway
Was I already beco senile?
"Mom… Aunt Tabitha… Do streets in Xyrus… er… ht, even though it ca streets?" I could almost see the manifestation of question azed quizzically at h as I looked back at the street where Xyrus Elixirs now stood
"Did so happen at the elixir store, Arthur?" Tabitha asked
"You didn't cause trouble in there, did you?!" my mother followed
"Do you assume I cause trouble every time I'm away, Mother?"
"Of course," both my mother and sister responded in unison
Ouch
I clutcha laugh out of everyone
The rest of the shopping trip went by without any other occurrences that broke the laws of matter or physics My new DC uniform had to be ordered from school since it was different fro else I needed to buy
My ain tried to use e store clerks joined in while occasionally taking peeks through the changing roo at fresh meat
Was it weird that I feared for eons?
After hours of shopping, the staggering as were probably enough to open up a small store Fortunately, the driver came by every hour or so to relieve us of the bulk of our purchases
Out of that pile, the only clothes that belonged to me were a set of sleepwear that I found to be too comfortable not to buy Supposedly it was made from the wool of a particular type of an its further descent froplot of land
As we reached the carriage waiting for us on the other end of the shopping district, I noticed that there was a separate wagon attached to the back, holding all the clothes and accessories we (they) bought
"Mo back ho onto the carriage
"Why? Is so?" A jolt of panic flashed in ht it wouldn't be good to keep everyone wondering if I was dead or alive," I chuckled
"Ahh, it was just that Go on then, of course you should tell everyone that you're back safe and sound Just don't make any other detours on the way back," ave me a stern look
"Gotcha!" My voice came out nasally as I replied
Sylvie and I watched as everyone cli back tothat I had to be back in time for dinner, I turned and headed towards Xyrus Academy
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Xyrus Acade district but it was still a bit of a distance to travel on foot The sun was beginning to set as we made our way to Director Goodsky's office, which was on the top floor of the second highest building in the school, losing only to the bell tower that served as a useful lookout post for the Disciplinary Coot closer, I willed mana intoSkirting fro to the next, the view aroundclearly visible being Sylvie, as racing alongsideour way to school in silence,
It hen s that I would rather not think of
The scene of Alea's last lory andalone What if the one that I held in my arms hadn't been Alea but Tess?
My body shi+vered at the thought
Hoas she doing? Was she well? Did her assi…
No You can't think like that, Arthur Positive thoughts
Gritting hI ran faster, as fast as I could possibly go, as if running away frohts
The wind bent tos almost seem to resonate and keep me in balance by its oill The moisture in the atmosphere kept hter as I passed them by
I'd noticed before but the more my mana core evolved, the o as far as to say I was becorated with the ht back to when I first met Virion I wasn't nearly as sensitive to mana back then, but even I could tell that, around him, the mana would fluctuate and h both Virion and Director Goodsky ind attribute es, the way they influenced the mana around them were vastly different
For Director Goodsky, the ht breezes of wind that danced around her; for Virion, it was the opposite Theany wind in his vicinity It wasn't as apparent nor mode, it felt like even the air was afraid to move near him
If that sort of phenoe, ould it be like if they broke through to the white stage?
I felt a twinge of regret when I realized that Alea was the only white core e I'd seen in person so far Yet, because her mana core was coh her, even the er loved by nature
"Kyu!" 'We're almost here!'
Sylvie's chirpy voice snapped ht co out of theof Director Goodsky's office