In the Castelia Kingdom, over a year after their initial arrival to the Kingdom, the gang has made many advancements in their endeavor. They have already searched at nearly every Adventurers Guild in the Kingdom, to no avail. Winston has recently received his official Witches staff. Twig, Violet and Pollie are undergoing training under a seasoned, retired knight. Cam is also undergoing swordsmanship training during his free time. However, he has strangely not received any word from Edreus, his beloved grandfather.

Early in a chilly morning, Cam, now 14 years old and Leo take a morning jog around the castle. Cam, panting in exhaustion, says "Come on, you getting tired already?". Leo smirks confidently and runs forward, ahead of Cam. "Hey, haha. Wait up!", says Cam as he runs after him.

After taking a bath, Cam goes to see his friends and starts by saying hi to Winston, who is practicing advanced water magic with his new staff. "Hey Winston, how's the staff training going?", Cam asks but sees Winston's room drenched in water. "It's going..well..sorta.", Winston, now age 15, says nervously. Cam smiles and moves on to Twig and Pollie's room. He opens the door to find Twig and Pollie, now age 13, playing with paint explosives. "Hey guys!", says Cam, ignoring the chaos. Twig says "Hey Cam, I'm totally gonna win this time!", however Pollie says "Hi Cam, I'm gonna destroy her this time!". Cam leaves the room, however, his smile fades away when he passes the room belonging to Violet, who is now 14. Leo utters a cute roar at Cam and he answers "Yup, we still haven't talked much about..it, yet.", referring to the incident that occurred on their first night in the castle.

Cam goes back into the Castelia archives and searches through all the local guilds once again. Winston enters the archives and sees that Cam is losing hope. "Hey, Cam. Come on, this has to be the one. Twenty-first time's the charm.", says Winston trying to cheer him up. Cam sighs and says "Thanks Winston, this has to be the one.". They set off to the last Adventurers Guild and Cam walks over to Violet's door, but hesitates to knock.

When they arrive at the last Guild, they strangely find it empty. They walk over to the reception and ask them a question, "Why is this place empty?". The reception answers by saying "Our Guild offers the most dangerous missions in the kingdom, only for S class Adventurers.". Cam sighs and asks "Do you know the name Lydia?". The receptionist simply says no. Cam shouts in desperation "What!? You..You have to know..Come on! Please! You have to know something!", Winston and Twig pull him back and he breaks down. "This..was..it, we searched everywhere..", says Cam as he breaks into tears.

When they return to the castle, they return to their rooms in despair. Cam finds Violet's door open and she steps out. "Cam?", she says quietly. "Did you find..anything about..?", she asks. Tears fall down Cam's face and he says with a shaky voice "I..I can't.. go..on..". Violet says with a sorrowful voice "Oh, I'm.. sorry.." as she retreats back into her room, however, she is stopped by Cam who begs her with a shaky voice "Please, just talk to me!". Violet says softly "Let me go, Cam.", but Cam persists "I may have just lost all my chances of finding my mom! But I don't wanna lose you!". Violet says "Cam..Please.. ", asking quietly for him to leave her alone. "I know I did something stupid that night, but please..don't let it ruin what we had..", but he is stopped by Violet, who pushes him aside saying "You didn't..Just leave me alone!". Cam runs into her room and accidentally pushes her down onto the bed. "But..why?". Cam notices her tears falling down her face, and she says "Because I'd hurt you again..". Cam hugs her tightly and says with a whimper "I don't care..if it's you..". She hugs him back and says "I hate myself..for loving you..". Cam leans closer to her face and they share a deep kiss.

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As they kiss, they are overcome by lust and they start exploring each other's desires and bodies. Violet's hands travel from Cam's chest down to his stomach, and even lower. "You've been exercising, haven't you?", she whispers in his ear. Cam nods slowly and his hands shake as they approach her hips, however, Violet says to him "Go ahead..", and he caresses her hips. She removes his shirt and his hearts starts pounding and he shakily asks "Are you..?", and she answers "I'm ready..for you..".

Cam removes Violet's clothes and they lose themselves in the moment.

As the bed creaks due to all the motion, sounds of sultry pleasure fill the room and their sweat drips from their naked bodies. They continue to devour each other's bodies for the night.

The next morning, Cam wakes up, and looks to his side. Surprisingly, Violet is nowhere to be found. Assuming that she's taking a bath, he lays back down, unsure of how to feel. He looks to Violet's side of the bed, only to see a blood stain where they committed the act. Cam jumps out of bed in worry and just as he places his hand on the doorknob, he sees a letter on the night stand, slightly nervous, he reads the letter:

"Cam

I hope you're the first to see this letter, but as you've already noticed, I'm gone.

I've left on my own journey, a journey to find myself.

I know you're gonna try to look for me, but please don't.

I have to take this journey to find out who I truly am, what I'm meant to be.

I've left the remnants of my past life behind, and please know, it's not your fault. I do love you, but I need to be a person worthy of loving you.

I don't know how long I'll be gone, but please move on from me..

Love,

Violet."

Cam's tears fall onto the letter and he drops to his knees, his expression unchanged. Later that day, Cam delivers the letter to the king and he says "What!? We must search for her! We must...", but Cam says, with a depressed voice "She said not to look for her..", but the king grabs him by the collar and shouts "If you loved her, you'd look for her, nonetheless!", in tears. Winston separates them and Cam walks off, clutching his bag and Leo follows. "Cam!? Wait up, man!" says Winston as his friends follow him.

Cam walks to the castle gates and Winston yells "Cam, where are you going, Cam!?" Cam stops one of the kingdom's horse-drawn wagon, completely ignoring his friends' pleas. Twig grabs his arm and says "Don't do anything dumb, Cam. You know she said not to look for her!", however, Cam removes Twig from his hand and says with a sorrowful voice "I'm not.." , and he gets onto the wagon. "I'm continuing my journey, alone.", he says. Winston, with tears in his eyes, says "But, we're in this together!", Twig and Pollie say "Yeah, we gotta stay together..we've always been.". Cam interjects by simply saying "Not anymore..", as the horse-drawn wagon starts moving. As the wagon leaves, his friends try to run after him, ultimately failing.

Cam sits in the wagon, hiding under a hood to conceal his tears. Leo licks his face to cheer him up, but all he says is "Please, not now, buddy. I just..need to be alone.."

Cam's journey takes a lonely turn as he continues this journey as a lone Vagabond. His eyes locked on an empty horizon and an uncertain future.