46 Â [Memories!]
"Ummm⦠Adam⦠who is Evelyn?" Layla asked as she slightly tilted her head in confusion.
"Layla. It's not a good prank," I spoke as I looked at Layla, wondering if this was some sort of joke they were playing on me. But Layla looked at me with even more confusion before speaking,
"Prank? Adam⦠is everything fine? You are behaving really strangely."
My eyes widened as I turned around and concentrated outsideâ¦
[One Way Out!]
[Frenzy!]
And I ran outside towards Evelyn's home to confirm something.
I ran with all my might, I changed directions, took many lefts and many more rightsâ¦
I must reach there. I must find out what is going on⦠I must runâ¦
And after running for around a minuteâ¦
"Huh?" I questioned.
"What was I running again for?"
I felt like I was forgetting something important. Something that I needed to do.
"Just what exactly is going on⦠what exactlyâ¦" It felt like a sting in my heart as I tried to recall more⦠It felt within my reach but it was still too far.
"Hey. Adam! What are you doing here?" I suddenly heard a call from behind, only to find Oriel standing behind me. His eyes looked a bit shabby but more importantlyâ¦
"What the heck?!!" I was surprised with the big scar on his face. It looked fresh as if his entire face had been slashed by something.
"Ah! This⦠I have been hearing about it from so many people," he laughed a sheepish laugh making me look at him with surprise," So? What happened?"
"Nothing much. I just ended up falling on my own sword. Must have been too dizzy last night⦠I don't even remember half the things. Woke up about an hour ago with all this shit on me," he said with a tired face as he complained to me.
"Is that even possible?" I chuckled as I moved towards him before speaking," Hey, remember yesterday when you said how you would teach me some light spells if I could show at least basic mana control?"
"Yeah. What about it?" He asked as he looked at me, making me smile cheekily as I created a light ball in front of me with ease. His eyes widened as he looked at that ball with pure surprise.
"You didn't make a deal with a devil, you bastard?" He exclaimed at that mana ball before looking at me. He analyzed me before asking," since you can do this much this fast⦠how about we twitch things up a little. Though firstly I apologizeâ¦" n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Confused, I looked at him as he began explaining.
"Yesterday when I saw you with no mana control, I didn't have any hopes from you. But being a senior adventurer I just gave you the basic things, heck I even told you to read from a basic book and forgot about it," He bowed in front of me before getting up and smiling,
"But it seems like you have something special. And with that in mind, I am planning to give you a chance that I normally don't give."
"??" I was getting confused as I looked at him before he finished explaining,
"Normally I would teach a bunch of spells and move on with my work. But if you can do two things for me, one is to reach a higher level of mana control. About 3 times higher than this, I will teach you a set of special skills. The other thing you need to do for me is to help me out with a quest, if you do happen to succeed in it, I will teach you another spell that is kind of unique to me."
I looked at him with a slightly surprised expression and he added," consider this an apology for looking down on you. Also⦠with your feats⦠I feel like you are going to be very special in the future⦠so it's also more of an investment from my side."
Looking at him saying all those words, I smirked," so many words. You are making me cringe."
"All right then. I will get back to work. You can find the books to Advanced Mana Control within the guild building. It costs about 5 gold coins so save up some amount and even if you can't reach that point, meet me in a week. I will at least help you out a little," he spoke as he moved away from there at a rapid speed.
'Nice guy, huh? Not something you find everyday,' I smiled before wondering what I should do next. Should I go on an adventureâ¦
"Though.. What am I doing here?" I questioned again as I thought again. I remember waking up in the morning and finishing up the book before moving out. Then I talked with Layla a little⦠What did I talk to Layla about?
"Hmmm⦠I talked about something and ran here⦠Hmmm⦠I don't think my memory is that weak⦠plusâ¦" My eyes turned serious as I saw my [One Way Out!] and [Frenzy!] on cooldown right now.
"[Frenzy] might be understandable but [One Way Out]? Unless it's my life on the line or the enemy is too strong, I doubt I will be using this," I mumbled as I stood there amidst the crowd, before looking around the area.
'Should I call Alepsia and try talking with her about it?' I pondered before deciding not to do that. My relationship with Alepsia was more like a business deal than a friendly one. Even if she knows something, I can't be sure that she will be telling me everything.
"Well. My intuition says that I will surely find something. And even if I don't⦠It's not like I can't repeat the entire thing again. Not much loss," I weighed the pros and cons in a flash before.
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My eyes opened as I woke up again⦠and then when I tried recalling what happened⦠a certain name reappeared in my mind that made me gulp in shock.
"Evelynâ¦"