COI C245
The children of Raker Mawn guild members are having fun inside the guild tower. For how dangerous are the stairs are and the height they are playing at are indeed dangerous. Yet these young children belong to the elder lady, well behave even in this messy playground they are making. The toddler girl is on her arms as she points out someone from the distance.
“Now, now, I know they are causing trouble but. Oh, it’s Tabitha. You still remember her, huh?”
The girl shakes her head.
“Oh you”
She kisses her great grandchild on the cheek as she looks at Tabitha rushing down.
Excitement on Tabitha’s face as two women are chasing her.
“Kiege! What did you tell her?”
“I didn’t say anything, Juela. I was busy making her calls”
“Is she still calling out the other guilds? You know her situation”
“Says who? She is finally acting up beside hiding from the guild. I’d say don’t make her the princess in this guild tower”
“At least give me the details”
“Like I would know . . .”
Tabitha runs down the stairs “Excuse me! Pardon me! Please make way, I’m in a hurry”
Tabitha arrives at the entrance. Whereas Daygen is waiting for her with her paper works. A seal of approval from the Dexter Guild is here. There is also a package for her adventure as well. All together in one area as she finally goes out from Enders Bridge. She reads the papers and found the condition to be harsh.
“Wait!? I can’t bring Archivist with me. Kiege, Yui, and anybody from the guild?”
Daygen reads the forms “I’m afraid so, Voldemyr was been to those places”
“What?! But Voldemyr is available at this moon cycle. Why would they won’t allow him?”
“I see. Let me take a look of your request”
Tabitha handed over her request form and he was astonished what he had saw.
“Interesting”
“. . .” Tabitha goes silent from how Daygen reads the names
“R-cord and McS4, from what I’ve read and their badly spoken names. You are requesting the Dexter guild’s old military corps”
“But. They are the people who are with me inside the sphere”
“The purpose was because you must learn to be a leader. Yet, you desire a strong team to get through . . .”
He goes silent continues to read and sees why
“Another resolve. Tabitha dares to go another dangerous journey”
Tabitha had grown confident thanks to the equipment made by Yui. Those cards work splendidly as spell cards and booster cards for Archivist. Because of that, she is grown to fight along with them. Their experience to the most bizarre and unimaginable enemies including the connections from the guild mistresses. She had her piece of the fight and the dangers had come from Isekai City. But now, her true purpose is the most controversial one. Excited maybe, but lies within her is the desperation to save them.
Daygen is beside with Spokesman. Spokesman sees Yui’s made equipment is shielding her from being identified. Being well protected from the eyes of the daemos is sure has its uses. There is a problem though, the wearer is not informed about personal interaction from mood and their mana. Her mana shows deep determination. The thought of doubt wasn’t there. Disappointment and anger are sure is wild and bright. Only left for her worries to ease is she is able to survive. East Coast is a reason that cause so many traitors to go there. So close both forgotten enemies and the Circoston invaders. Luckily, they are never united.
Spokesman responds “May I seek further deep down her mind?”
“You may”
He was a bit shock when the guild master answers him. With no questions ask to the guild master, his concerns grew as he understands why. Inside her head, there is a secret deep down that she must resolve. Comparing it from saving the residence in Fuku City, this one is personal to the extend of wanting to forgive herself. Spokesman can’t say a word, but only nodded as it is true.
Tabitha will not be easily convinced to back out her rescue at East Coast. The Enders were not confident to go there because of the chaos between friend or foe. The reports of Lady Constantine from Not Worthy Guild left them to make sanctuaries because of many of false helps and lies. Others like Voldemyr can only be done in small numbers, but the fates of others are doomed who are left behind. It is a trade of their consequences. One of each of them will be saved, but others will be left behind and maddened from their own grief.
Daygen and Spokesman watch her and Juela go out from the door. Where Kiege didn’t join them and said to Daygen
“Is this really necessary?”
Spokesman sadly answers “Strength comes from sufferings, we all experience it, Kiege. Tabitha has more than just wanting to go home. Not alone is what I can tell”
The guild tower spreads the words of Tabitha finally leaves the Bridge where more so to hear when Archivist won’t be joining her. They see his mark on his body, written by Sanquin herself. He is secretly chained here made them questions for letting her go to the cesspool of shamanism, runes, and neutral mana at East Coast.
The form is almost complete, it needs Tabitha to officially acknowledged it and send it to Lord Lori’es herself. Juela was a bit skeptic at first, then she reads the all ordeals in East Coast. It is hard to tell what dangers lie there. Losing Voldemyr and his knowledge about that place show signs of throwing Tabitha away to her death. Furthermore, of all the members are not allowed to go. Juela is partial joining her. As her expertise of her scroll magic, her sashes are formidable to against anything. How come, she only be needed to be reach a certain destination.
The conditions provided from the Dexter Guild is downright bad. Only Tabitha, Juela (temporary), R-cord and McS4 from Dexter Guild, and a few more from Isekai City. Tabitha was mentioning of requesting them to join her journey. Which is a smart idea as they were involved at East Mountain or the Undergrown from what elves called it. They have so many kill counts under a short period of time. If Tabitha is going to go somewhere dangerous, those two might support her. This is also made her nervous though. Their weaponry are very destructive, sometimes it might destroy them by their own firearms.
“Where here” Juela sighs where they are now.
At the building where all the guild masters, mistresses, and the Lord held are assembled. Tabitha is willing, but lacking a few good people on her side makes her want to complain at the Lord. Somehow, she can’t. This is because of her not understanding the logistics of manpower and strengths within this Bridge’s situation. She turns to Juela for support. Juela nervously smiles and put them a bad start to get into the door.
Later that night, Juela holds a special box and runs up to the center of the guild tower. The magic circles on the floor lit up then sends her up to the floors. To where the floor is the equipment warehouse for storage. Tabitha didn’t able to reach her. She stops and look around as everyone is staring right at her. The face from what they know have brought her into an embarrassing situation. Momentarily, the young girl walks to her with a drawing at hand. She gives it to her
“What’s this. A drawing?”
The drawing is looked like on the beach. Tabitha understood what it is
“Oh, is this East Coast, right?”
The toddler girl nods quietly and runs back to her great grandmother.
The scared little girl keeps hold onto her great grandmother and hides her head on her shoulder. Tabitha couldn’t understand why she acts that way
“Why is she behaved like that?”
“Silly you, you don’t know how this baby is worried about you”
A drawing on Tabitha’s hand and smiles at the young girl “Don’t worry, and thank you”
The young girl turns around and shakes her head in denial. Then she returns to her great grandmother’s shoulder. Tabitha felt like at home when the Elder Lady shows her great grandchildren.
Yui comes out from Daygen’s office, infuriates for some reason. She looks down on the balcony and sees Tabitha on the ground floor. There is also a trail of hidden magic was recently passed by. This is what Daygen told her. The hunch of her own unexpected adventure will begin very soon. They need preparations, and she has limited time for reprepare a new deck for her without Archivist. Questions stale her voice to say it out loud. Even in her own family members mention about her cousin requesting the daughters’ guardians. Why is Tabitha getting popular all of a sudden?
Kiege appeared at her side and pats her head. Yui’s small stature reacts impulsively as her image fades away and changes places from her head to her shoulder. The two has show both of their hostile reactions.
“You too?” Yui looks disappointed
“Fight me”
“Who cares about that?”
Kiege smiles with an infuriating expression. Tabitha needs to explain why she has to go to East Coast, especially in a very short notice. The guild continues to spread Tabitha’s situation with great haste. One of them speaking through the news is Dewn. The infirmary doctor says to them
“As always, Sanquin is not convinced”
Meanwhile, Spokesman is with the Guildmember. His telepathy connects each in everyone of them to properly understand Tabitha’s situation and at the same time hide what both secrets between her and the East Coast itself. Both of their minds speak each other
“You sure don’t want to let anyone to get curious, are you guildmember?”
“On the contrary, I am curious who is Sanquin’s. This is strange. She has little to no connection within our guild. More like. This is going to hurt”
The two felt pain through both of their eyes. A sting on the eyes is very strange when it comes to telepathy. For Spokesman, he clearly sees it
“A vision, within our telepathy, guildmember”
“Pardon me, but I think I should stop listening them for a bit. I accidentally reach Oue for no reason. She gives me a punch in the eyes”
“Sigh* Aw, and I thought we have something more with Tabitha’s journey”
“And it is, we need to give her some help. Will you?”
“I prefer her team that needs help. Guildmember, please keep in touch with Juela. I’ve been there before. I just hope they shouldn’t be alive down there”
“The first step, and a temporary one”
Tabitha made it to her room. She got distracted from overthinking about Lord Lori’es, and the agreement about ensuring to have none of the hostile Enders to come and find them. The Secrets about this bridge is proven harder because of her getting the data. Yet, she knew this is where to start to. Agatheus City had told her about this place and more of its rumors to have leave this world once. She was lucky to join a guild that has actual interest of her escape in this world. Now more and more about the Enders don’t want to go near them had finally spoken out to her.
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The ticking time bomb is still ticking as Isekai City will stop them from leaving. For Tabitha though, she has no longer expect them all to leave. She must find a way to get through and bring the people she cares back home. Elrond, the Enders elf is watching over her. He is going to provide her the future she needs back in her own world. The lost of her time should be making her life back home. His offer was not yet revealed as her training continues.
“They’re gone . . .” Tabitha suddenly twitches. Memories of her past begin to haunt her again. A twist of her one of her cards quietly blinded her and stopped her from thinking it for a moment.
“Magnet, where are you . . .” Her own voice comes out from her memories.
All of her emotions fill up into her memory, remembering what had happened. She can’t believe how it returns after all this time when going through in Enders Bridge, literally busy finding to get out of this world.
When the blinds slowly darkened, someone is already inside her room. The sounds of bottles placing at the table, plates served with snacks, and angry murmuring sounds of two people. As Tabitha clears her eyes, it was Yui and Kiege are readying her for a party. Tabitha felt her cheeks with tears, she wipes it off before them noticing it.
Kiege talks to Yui “. . . Juela, even Juela is not going into the East Coast”
“Say that again when Voldemyr is not also part in her group. If I was him I would”
“Don’t brag and nag on me. This is Tabitha’s room”
“Uh, hey guys?!”
Suddenly to turn confront Tabitha from their bitter faces, the two opens up to her in open arms. Tabitha sees their actual faces, remained grouchy and deliberately annoyed as they rather look interested to go to East Coast. From what she heard from Lord Lori’es before, they are really want to join a survival journey. She shakes her head and wants to hear what truly going on with those two.
“You guys! You know I’m on something dangerous”
“Dangerous!? More like you are heading to your death” Yui blurted out.
Kiege looks at Yui being timid after all they have to pull through. She too had none of it
“Oh scourges, there goes her mood”
“You be quiet! Tabitha, when on Horsin are you not going to tell me on your long journey?”
“Journey, I was. Yeah, I recently heard about East Coast. It would be hard to get through from what it is”
Kiege freaks out “You got to be kidding. Your own city is pulling up the guts to smothered their adventurers inside the sphere. The Enders are showing everything they can muster to get them out from the central core of the guild’s gate”
The two watches Tabitha holding back herself. The moment of silent brought to her into tears as her memories being piled up both hope and hopelessness back-to-back. Their expressions drastically change to all of them. Kiege is shock, Yui shakes her head in disappointment, and Tabitha is in tears then said to Yui
“Why are you looking at me like that? Sniff*”
Yui grabs her cheek “You have some nerve to play victim as you are going into somewhere very dangerous. After all what happened this afternoon, you should know how concern we are . . . Ouch! Who hit me?”
“I did!” Juela comes in. The looks of her angry face show no bound to see her friend hurt. Yui is not having to bring this misunderstanding further, then her ego kicks in. Her Auntie attitude starts kicking in. Did they never understood the dangers what is going on at Kinteinnou region? Yui didn’t back down
“I heard the news, congratulation. But what cost are you trying to do going to that place”
“Yui, this doesn’t mean you have to go here and make Tabitha cry”
“Cry?! Ah you girls, think before you’re trying to spout nonsense here. Kiege, the drinks”
Kiege reacts “All of sudden”
“The drinks!”
Kiege left, Yui gives way to Juela, and as Juela reliefs Tabitha. Both Juela and Yui show scowling at each other as this quarrel continues. Juela said to Tabitha
“It’s alright, we need to get everyone to understand. Ok?”
Yui feels the irony “Huh?”
Juela didn’t listened and continue to help Tabitha. They wound up at the seat with the table filled with snacks and drinks. The aroma of the snacks is fresh and none of it being fried. All of them are freshly made both meat and vegetables. Where four of them get together, they look around for anyone they thought should be here.
Kiege notices “Archivist is not here. Where is he anyway?”
Tabitha answered “He is with his parents. Words got out that there are guild members doing their own quests. They have some money problem because of the incident”
Kieges talks back “You mean Archivist’s mother lost her scavenged ship”
“It was not intentional. Who would’ve known that ship moves on its own after being a wreck like that?”
“But our pay with the data, has it not even paid after we’ve been through”
Yui shakes her head from their curiosity “It wasn’t about the pay. It’s the resources. They are looking for a special equipment like your robotic arm, Kiege”
A mechanical arm pops out from Kiege back then swoop down the glass filled with alcohol then raises it to Kiege’s mouth. Kiege gently drinks it like a lady. Yui is not impressed
“That’s not how you drink it. You look like you are trying to annoy someone”
“Jealous for not having this arm, aren’t you?”
“Culturally, I am not going into that. We have too much on our hands and neither of them are bad nor useless”
Yui flicks her finger with a coin. It absorbed her spell into a rune and casts it out to the numbers of bottles. All at the same time floats every small dosage into a cocktail. She raises her glass. It collects itself into it and places a piece of fruit. With class, she bit the fruit then drinks her glass. Adding a kiss to her fingers and swipes it in the air with a wink.
Tabitha watches the two getting on from their behavior made her chuckles a bit. It was not long as she focuses on the snacks they brought. She caught from her eyes is the seafood they have brought. There is something familiar to one of the plates. Sushi is placed as it looks so expensive. She picks it up and took a bite on it. Strong flavor in a the right texture, she starts to chow them down as it was been this long to have taste it from her city. The girls continue their meal.
“Hey, Tabitha? HEY!” Tabitha lost track as she is busy eating and sees Kiege nudging at her. She points her to Yui and Juela
“They are start quarrelling again. Better to eat with us as those drunks are going overboard”
A little taste of their drinks, the last time they were drinking they are fine with having a bottle or two. Same brands as before, but when Tabitha takes a glass and drinks it. The strong taste comes hurling into her throat as her mouth never feel so good.
“Wow! I mean hick* whoa. Are these the same drinks we were drinking?”
Kiege shows her the box. A name was written on it from who belonged to. After a closer look as Tabitha’s eye blurred then slowly fixated it. It clearly from the Elder Lady.
“Whait? ‘s shi da on hu hic*”
She immediately fell down on her face flat on the couch. Yui and Juela stop quarrelling at each other and sees Tabitha’s dropped down by one glass. Kiege, the only girl remained sobbing, flips her pony-tail hair to the other side of her shoulder and sees everyone is going tipsy before her.
Yui speaks out “Hic* This mage drink additives really kick us to a good mood. Gulp* But she lies flat really like a child”
Juela agrees “Also, she starts to speak gibberish. It always a sign for a drunk to go down”
The two quickly made up as their laughs grew to see Tabitha is out. Kiege on the other hand, she is no mana caster and is not affected from the mana alcoholic drink. Yet, this is a nice taste to her likings. The mana side effect serves its purpose. There are still snacks on the table, which are also good. Sadly, she couldn’t finish the bottle, but a meal is a meal for her tonight.
The mage drink additives start to react. Yui sends the mana into their heads, except for Kiege. Juela is drunkenly looking for her magic scrolls from her sash. Busily munching on the snacks as Juela carefully joins in the magic spell. The mana interlinks them, all of their subconsciousness gathered for this special magic spell. The playful gatherings they always have has become an important talk to all mana users. It is an important convenience to the busiest researchers of the society.
Tabitha is asleep, into a dream she always had been wanting to go, home. A big city with flourishing people passing by. Vast area with vehicles, lights, and other utilities not influenced by mana have been steadily going throughout the night. She is here sitting on the park where numbers of deer going around the tourists feeding them biscuits with every passing moment. On her hand is a snack and on the other some nice cup of tea. The sigh of relaxation on her face as she begins eating and drinking. Then she sees two people right in front of her.
It looks like a mother with her daughter. A long black hair and the other with white/silver hair with a charming hairstyle. The moment Tabitha says to the young girl
“Oh, what a cute girl”
She pats her head out of habit. When she looks at the mother, she sees only a troubled face. A familiar face reveals to be Juela. Tabitha says something she shouldn’t be saying to someone with her. She quickly looks at the young girl. The thought of doing this to Yui give a grave look on her face. But it wasn’t her. It was anime girl?
A dream like state can give you this kind of scenario. The young girl is definitely in a Lolita costume. For her to have a dream like this is really makes this look so weird. Tabitha feels the magic in this dream as her subconsciousness is on control.
“Phew* It is a dream. I thought . . . Wait a minute, why couldn’t I wake up?”
A question on her mouth as she feels someone next to her. Someone took the young girl’s umbrella and uses it for herself to make pose as she sits. While the other side is tsking but they couldn’t hear her. Tabitha looks at both sides, it is them.
Her world fell into a room, where the two stands up and sits to their side of the corner of the table. Tabitha senses magic inside of her, there is a connection and bond link between them. Without any resistance, this must mean they are the people she could trust.
“Yui? Juela? Are you really inside my dream?”
The look at them as they see what happened. It was not splendid to see something like that, better than the other times for personal interest from what they privately thought. Juela says to her
“It is for the best we shouldn’t see what you have dreamt of”
Tabitha is in full shock “What!!? I’m sorry. Yui, I didn’t mean to . . . Yui?”
Yui still keeps the umbrella and still dazzled from the Lolita costume “I wished I would wear it like that. If your people didn’t have to give a meaning what it really meant for wearing it”
The umbrella blazes up into ashes, no fire effects just quickly sent into black ashes, and letting the wind blows it away like they are dandelions. For the two understands that this is a dream, Tabitha remained in a panic.
It was not long as they handed over the panel board before her. The same UI panel showing on screen for her to see. Where the scattered ashes moved around them, Tabitha was surprised that the report is from Voldemyr. The difficulty is already what she had expected, but not enough to reveal something that given many city states leaders are suspicion in that area. The danger lies not from the enemies of Kintennou region, the Circoston. It was more than that. This report shows a powerful being hidden below.
Tabitha gasps “But this region belongs to the Heroes Faction, right? Why are they making them their enemy?”
Another panel shows up and made her know everything. The cause of her people to leave their city is the same being who brought them there. Many people were lost and taken, the gripes of her mind as she begins emotionally angered by it. Wild grieves spread for her mouth. The dream helps them not hear her every word in total rage. The only words it got out from her is
“. . . If they didn’t stop the Foundation, we were all sobs* . . .”
Juela comforts her and Yui feels the same anger as Tabitha. This is the right choice for her to make this decision. The Elder Lady is sure knows how to make someone go wild about the truth. Their sleeps with ease them, but when they wake up is a different issue. The dream holds firm as she can’t be able to wake up. The drinks did its purpose, the body will sober and she will wake up in the morning. They hope, this morning they would have a better day after what Tabitha discovered. There are more things to do to prepare as the day in anew.
Tabitha wakes up on her bed. Not remembering what’s going on beside a good taste on her mouth. A big rumble on her stomach as she barely eats last night. The one who offered a tray with a warm meal is the young girl, the Elder Lady’s great granddaughter. She looks confused how she is able to carry it. A wisp underneath the tray appeared and flies up to its mistress. The Elder Lady is busy knitting as there is a pile of cloths and patches with edges of loose threads.
The Elder Lady sees her wakes up “Good morning, everybody is out, helping you with your journey”
“Ow, thank you. But I’m . . .”
The young girl pulls out a spoon and pointed it at her face. She accidentally drops it as her grip slips. Tabitha sees at her sad face and forced to stop talking and beginning to eat her breakfast. It was good, and more so as her stomach felt a warm sensation to cure her hangover.
She continues “Thank you. About today, ma’am. What am I supposed to do? Did the Lord actually give a full detail about it? Didn’t he talk about it the origin of East Coast?”
“Stop right there” The elder lady laughs calmly
“That’s a little too much when it comes to the Lord talking to you. Tell me, is yesterday hard for you to follow up some few details?”
“It wasn’t a few. It’s more like a massive punch to the face. I can’t bring my guild with me. My preferred team is out. Archivist, my tank is out. Kiege is amazing from what I experience before, but she is out. I didn’t even try to get Juela and Yui to join in on a real quest. I feel like being left out because of going to east coast”
“My, my so many challenges for you to deal with. I am not an agreeable old lady, however, there is a reason for it. There is no need for strong people on that mission”
Tabitha feels distressed “But! That’s where so many people tried to rescue. It was impossible to reach there without getting themselves killed”
The elder lady goes to her as she picks up a glass of water “Drink this”
Tabitha drinks it and gives a strong sigh. She continues “Are you calm now, Miss Tabitha?”
Tabitha nods with nervous smile.
“Good”
Elder Lady shows her a frame coming from the founders of Enders Bridge “You see here, these are the people who build this very bridge. Back then, they are not strong and powerful enough to fight the endless swarm of monsters going into its shore of Rune Isles. At the end, we made it”
Tabitha looks at the Enders who are only seven guilds at the time. She is surprised that 3 out of 7 guilds she recognized on the frame. She points it out
“Raker Mawn, Dexter, and that guild symbol that woman who is interested on me. What is her guild again?”
“It’s Unworthy guild, my dear. They are also at East Coast if you didn’t know”
Tabitha feels awkward to see those guilds as founders. The prestige of their history pulled her into embarrassment that she is a member of an old guild with so many legacies keep her left out without realizing it. Then her head shifts as she looks further. The faces, she sees Elrond on the background. It is indeed to be expected to have an elf to live that long. Then another, the Unworthy Guild’s guild mistress is in armor. A feminine armor who is the only one who hides her face. Besides from the Enders wearing armors, they showed their faces. The feeling of the texture of the frame though, it was painted.
“Say, why didn’t the painter draw this woman’s face?”
The Elder Lady sees the woman. She grins at the picture and laughs a bit. “Let’s just say, she is indeed had a nice talk to the painter. If only we are in that very battle, we understand why she wants to hide it”
“But why are you laughing? Don’t tell me that guild mistress is the same mistress until now? Is she an elf or a demon?”
“Don’t be a spoiled girl, you will know someday. Or better yet, you won’t be. You might be on your home world”
Tabitha reaches to her and gives a warm hug. Hearing her saying that made her wanting to cry
“Thank you”
Daygen is at her front door. Folding his arms and waiting for the Elder Lady to fix her up. He turns to Yui from how she tried to expose the secret that shouldn’t be mentioned. Yui is not holding back.
“Her journey is her own, Oue”
“Citizens never have been cautious about their enemies. Voldemyr’s report said so”
Daygen receives the report of confirmation. An agreement that allowed another citizen to join, and it also includes Haw in the agreement. Lady Coheld is providing Tabitha’s team. This offer is so sudden, but the discovery from the reports speak to differ. The opportunity is here, this UI reboot will help them get out from East Coast. Or else the 1st moon cycle will bring the creatures to the surface.