After talking with Rosie I went back to the inn. To undo this spell we will need a powerful source of magic. Something that can take care of all this mana. I thought that she might have something like this but even someone as powerful as her couldn't help. 

Well, there are many things that can store mana. Special stones, crystals, even monster parts. 

After examining this spell we came to the conclusion that we will need something really strong. I don't know how I will get a hold of something like this but I need to try.

Anyway it was weird that this spell was that strong. I didn't use that much mana. It shouldn't be that powerful. 

As I was thinking about this I was getting near to the entrance of the inn. It was placed in a really poor district, and after this sleepless night I just wanted to rest.

When I looked at the door I saw a familiar blonde girl leaning against the wall of the building. After she saw me she approached me with an angry expression. 

"Want to tell me anything?!" she said angrily. 

I didn't knew what she meant. Was me sneaking out that much of a deal? 

"I'm sorry?" I replied after a moment, and she sighed. 

You should relax Morgana. It's not like I wanted to make you angry. 

"Why didn't you wait? We could go all to the guild today." Morgana asked and looked me into eyes. 

And what else? You wanted to look at me when I transform into an old man? Maybe wanted to show it to Arthur and Vyliana? Go ahead and destroy their young minds. I won't take part in this!

"Don't want to tell me?" she said after I didn't answer her. 

You really are curious. 

"I was ashamed..." I replied slowly. 

It was normal to be ashamed in situation like this. What was I supossed to say when they see me becoming an old man? "Surprise, I could be your grandfather!" sounds bad. But it didn't convince her.

"That's all?" she asked calmly, but with a scary face. Wasn't that a good reason? 

When I was thinking about this she leaned down and looked me into eyes. We were on the same level now, and I could see her eyes clearly. She didn't looked angry now, but rather sad.

"I thought you might run away from us." she said. 

"I wouldn't..." I tried replying, but I couldn't be sure that what I was about to say was true. 

I thought about this few times. At first we were just adventuring with some people we barely knew. But now I think of them as my friends, and I don't want them to know the truth. Is this something wrong to do?

"Don't do stupid things anymore." Morgana said as she stood up. 

After that she took a good look at me. 

"Anyway, it looks like they couldn't help you." 

"Yeah.." I replied and after that I told her the whole story. 

I told her how I met Rosie, and how we tried to cast the spell. After that I told her how we failed, and how now I want to become an old man again, not only to be myself, but to try casting this spell one more time.

It was weird that it didn't work, and Morgana seemed to be surprised too. She looked like she was thinking about something for a moment and then she looked at me. 

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"So, what do you want to do now?" she asked. 

"I want to find something with enough power to undo this spell." I said and looked at her. She looked like she was waiting for me to say something. I knew what it was, but I felt a little bit embarrassed about that. 

"Will you help me?" I asked and she smiled. 

"I will." she replied and we went to the inn. 

Inside I saw both of my friends now looking at me. They were sitting at a table with some food and drinks. When they saw that I entered the room they stopped eating. 

Are they angry at me? 

"H-Hello." I said as I approached them.

After that I sat on one of the chairs, and Morgana did the same. They weren't talking, and I was too scared to say anything. That's why we just stayed there in silence. 

Why aren't they saying anything? Did Morgana told them everything? No that's not the case. Even if she did, they deserve an explanation. I need to say something!

"I'm s-sorry I went on my own yesterday. It was not a nice thing to do." I said and looked at them. 

Their expressions changed a little, but they still didn't say anything. 

Morgana just looked at us smiling, after that she grabbed something to drink. 

"Just tell them what you want to do." she said and took a sip from mug. 

Tell them what I want to do? I want to become an old man again. No, I cant tell them that. Not now. 

What else I can tell them? What I want to do? 

After thinking about that for a moment I found an answer.

"Thank you from coming with me here. I know that it was our primal objective, and we did it. But I want you to help me with something else. I want to find a powerful...." I couldn't end my sentence. 

I was interrupted by loud sighs of Arthur and Vyliana. 

I really don't understand them. 

"Really?! You want to spend your time with us?" Vyliana said something weird. 

"I don't under..." 

"I will help you with everything!" Arthur joined her. 

They were smiling now, and looking at me. 

"As I wanted to say, I don't understand." I said. 

"Don't you see? They thought that you wanted to run from them." Morgana told me and took another sip from her mug. 

Ahh, so that's the reason. It must have looked like this. Our objective was to get to the capital city, and we didn't knew what we will do after that. If I just disappeared after getting here...

It must have looked like I was sick of them. 

"I'm sorry! I really, really like you all!" I said, drawing attention of everyone from the inn. 

They all must have looked at me because of how loud I was, but I didn't care. I had something important to say. 

"R-Really?" I heard Arthur's voice. For some reason he looked like he was about to cry right now. 

"I mean it! I like you!" I shouted one more time. 

"And me?" Vyliana raised her hand and said with a smile.

"I like you too!" 

After my show of love I remained silent for a while, I was to ashamed to say anything, and a lot of people were looking at me now with smiles. I could only blush a little. 

"How lovely!" I heard woman's voice. She was one of customers, and now she was looking at me. 

"Anyway, as I tried to say, I want to find something powerful. Something with a lot of mana, that can help me cast a spell." I said, trying not to pay attention to people around me. 

It was hard because of my stupid behaviour, but I needed to ask them... No, I wanted to ask them for help. 

"Will you help me?" I asked, and they smiled. 

"Of course we will." they said at the same time. 

After that we talked a little about what we want to do and how. I needed something really powerful. It won't be easy to get something with that amount of mana. I told them, what kind of objects can be used, and they just listened to me. 

There are many powerful crystals in this world, but many of them were too hard to find. We could try to find a monster that have parts with a lot of mana. They can be used in alchemy or when you are making spell, but it would be hard to find a monster like this. 

Many of more powerful monsters were killed years ago, and if I were to use something, it should be as strong as dragon heart. There is just one problem, there are no more dragons now. They were all hunt down. 

"I think that's all." I said after explaining it all to them. 

I thought that after hearing that we might have to fight something really powerful, they might want to resign, but they didn't. It was really comforting for me, but they weren't normal people. Vyliana was a succubus. A race known for they power and agility. And Arthur? Arthur played with a giant wolf and he's still sitting here alive with me. It's not like they need to be afraid of anything. 

But still, I was happy that they wanted to help me. 

"So, what do you want to do now?" Morgana asked me. 

Now? Now there is only thing I want to do. 

"I want to sleep." I replied with tired voice.

After that I stood up, wanting to go to my room, but I was stopped by Vyliana. She grabbed my arm and when I looked at her she was really happy.

"Master! I know a dragon!" she said with a cheerful voice.