Chapter two

P O V : Alexander Clairina Balckhood.

The crowd bursted into gosips and whispers as the wise winzard, - as people refered to him, exclaimed these words. The wizard gave ron a a final glare as an indication to free me and the family.

I got of my knees as they cuted the rope. My comparitively stronger but still weak physque made it impossible to walk. But i decided to make one step at a time with what i jad left.

But what to do with this much strength was not as confussing as to the questions regarding this wozard. The council of wizards, mainly called and known ad the council of dwarith exist to help people irrespective of anything,- the only thing that mattered was that if the person under their care was innocent in the eyes of the council.

I refuse to believe that my actions match the rules of the council. But still going out of his way to save me by creating such a hoax, announcing that i am important to them seems a little off.

The athority of these wizards are remarkable in Esfer. Maybe even close to the athority they had at dwarith

I gave the wizard a side eyes as i walked past him.

"I thought you will atleast like to have a audience with me" Ha said. Well it was foolish to think i will be able to walk away from the eyes of him so easily. I stopped, - which my body considered a relif. I slowly turned to him with my weak deminear.

"We haven't officially met, yet" I didn't reply "I am william sovereign wizra of the council of Dwarith. My friends call me will" He stretched his hands out for shake, which he pulled soon back with awkward face, for i had a injured right hand and a painful stomach in which i had pressed my other hand.

"I appologise for the unconsideration, we both know that this isn't the best place to.." These words could barely make it to my mind before my weak physique let me down and i started to feel unable to breadth, as if i was falling down, wet, as if i was drowning. With a gentle current pushing to my right side.

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I opened my eyes and saw black water, which i am frequently exposes to. This black river, no ocean felt calm as always as i slowly drifted above, the more i saw the light coming from above making the water brighter (Not like sunlight), the more speed i gained, the more the flow of the current declined. My eyes slowly opened, it was only after closing and opening my eyes for few times that i questioned my location and state.

"where am i" I questioned as i forced my weak body to stand up, - but failed, falling to a unexpectedly soft surface.

"ugh" I said in a bit of agony "damn it"

"Uh, you're awake, don't stress your body by trying to wake up !"

I turned my head to the voice, it was coming from the tent that had been settled to my side, to the other was a warm fire. The voice was the same voice that i heard right before drowning, the wizard.

"You fainted" He said

Figures, well it seemed like the wizard have some kind of use of me from the way he was acting before. So i guess i am save for now.

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"How long has it been" I asked with consious that it have been atleast twele hours,For i did have some fatal wounds. The sun had gone down, maybe 8 or something in the night.

"Well you fainted in the morning, about 9, it is close to 11." I was right.

"Where am i" I asked again looking around.

Our surroundings were dark and hard to get a hold of. But i did see trees, not enormous or small. So we are likely in a forest with numbers of them, also not too deep, the trees at the edge of a forest is smaller than the ones we see as we continue on.

The other forest except for the one that were partially part of the land of the lindaworms and close to the village was close enough to reach in eleven hours, so this have to be it.

I was correct, we were at the forest that exits us from the land of lord azrial. Who was the landlord of about 6 villages.

"I apologise for dragging you quite far from where you were. But i couldn't just leave you there eithet, with what happened. And lets say i had a little bit of personal agendas relating with you miss blackhood which we will talk when your feeling a bit more better"

One thought that i wished wont come to materialise resurfaced my mind, i had no choice but to accept it this time. No good will come if force it down to the depth of my mind.

The wizard..... He surely know more than i like him too.

Wizards are imortal beings often spoted relating with magic and secretive information known to only athorities and blinded to common masses. So there is no dout how he understanda the risks and consequences of not taking my breadth.

So there is no dout in how he could have easily killed me at any time i was unconsious. But he didn't, that only means one thing, he has a greater use of me than what i had exspected before.

But what ?. No, my biggest concern now should be how much he knows about me.

"Now that we both are in the same page" I uttered not knowing where to start "How much do you know"

He answered after smirky laugh "Yes, we are on the same page. And about how much i know, lets say i know a bit from here and there from the palace of kenzess"

"Bit ? From here and there ?. Your stories of explaination feels more like a anecdote"

"I know what you are......" He said cutting me off then spreading a thick atmosphere filled with silence around us.

"I have a mind filled with questiones about your journey.....perticularly regarding your destination." I was right, he does know more "Your desire is well wraped around a mist of riddles leading to a wrong....or right conclusions, which i am yet to comepletely understand"

"I wouldn't get much except these same words from you regarding this question, would i ?. And i would like to add emphysis on 'from you', who else knows about this ?"

"Only me"

I took a moment to process all of these information.

"What do you want from me ?" I asked after thinking about it for while

"Alliment"

Alliment ?"

"Yes, allyment with you."

"In what ?"

"Quest" He said after a pause "We wizards, its our responsibility to take care of all the duties and problems related to magic. And sometimss these duties may br harder and confussing than usual. Lets just say i am trapped in one of these difficult ones. But i know for sure that it is not a riddle that wont be too difficult to solve in your presence"

"That may not be, but the riddle you just spoke is definately a lot harder than ypu think." I said scornfully "Be more specific"

"I believe you will join me on this quest even without a specific explaination"

"What makes you so sure"

"A basic meaning that a mortal mind craves, a reasoning to live."

"I am not sure what you mean" I said not knowing if i should question the wizard more or be suprised.

"I am afraid there is no other way to explain it" He uttered "You crave it dont you ?."

My mind was emersed in pure comfusion, something that i have felt frequently but different. A feeling that cannot be defined using words. As if i didn't know no.... couldn't even think properly to calculate my next move.

"That makes me sure that you will join me." He said

"How do you know ?" I asked the first question that came to the surface of my mind in complete shock.

"Wizards are magical beings after all...... i have another mind for things such as this"

POV : 3rd person prespective

She didn't know what it was, curiosity, a extreme feeling to know about the wizard, specifically about what he knows about her. Or was it hope... A belief said to be given by only deities to the ones in need.

A hope that maybe.... maybe she could atleast get a firm grasp onto it, a feeling she knows she lacks, A reason......

"A quest huh ?" She replied after a while