The first thing I did after waking up was to put the Dragonstone Ring off. The ring was already turned purple. went to the closet and put on my suit, I brushed my hair until it was perfect. I walked to the desk and picked up the letter laying on it. I scanned a bit trough it, but most of the things we already discussed. ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
We planned everything out. We planned on leaving by tomorrow. It had to be perfect or else we probably die. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ. Our plan was to steal the Family Sword, before it is gifted to the prince. Stealing the sword would be Momo's job. Everyone had to be distracted by the cooking contest, so that Momo could steal the sword. ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.
I walked to the door when suddenly someone knocked on it. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ... ๐๐ฐ... ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด! I walked to the kitchen to grab a knife and put it in my coat's inner pocket. I opened the door with with my hand near the pocket.
"Hello Reuben!" It was a girl taller than me. Her pink hair and soft face immediately came to mind. It was the girl who worked at the hospital named Katelyn.
"Katelyn...? What are you doing here?" I heard Asmo and Levi talking a lot about her. ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐น ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
"Whoa I recognize you! You are the one for the magic test. Doctor Moisturizer told me you could use all of them, Impressive." ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด?! ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ. She bowed to me and asked, "do you have plans today." ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.
"Yes." I stepped outside and locked the door behind me. I walked straight through her to the entrance. ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ.
However Katelyn pulled me by my coat. "Hold on, hold on. I took a day of to spend time with you. It felt bad to lie to Moisturizer, but a girlfriend has to spend time with his boyfriend right?"
"Boyfriend?! You do not look to bad, but I am very picky. Sorry, won't do!" I turned around and tried to walk, but she still had not let my coat go. "Please do not touch that. It was very expensive."
"I understand you want some alone time, because of your father, but I can help you."
"First of all, he was not my father. Second of all, I did not care about him. Not even a little bit."
"Oh..." She had not expected that reply.
"I am leaving now."
"I will go with you!"
"No you will not!" The girl started to annoy me.
"Why not?" She was making a plead face, but it did not effect me.
"Do not try to get closer to me. I will leave this village tomorrow."
That sentence had quite a shock on Katelyn's face. "You... leave...?"
"Yes, can I go now?" ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด.
"Like your brother would agree with that." ๐๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฉ? ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
"We already discussed it."
"Discu... How?"
"None of your buisness."
"Oh come on!" she pleaded more.
"No!!" I said it with with a hard and direct voice what again shocked her.
"I will go with you guys!"
"You what?!" ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต?
"I will go with you guys," she repeated.
"Oh no no no. You will not. Besides you have a job and house here." Well so I thought at least.
"A house? No I still live at my dad's place and I hate him. I always wished someon would kidnap me away from that man. And I have a job, but it is not the job I was striking for. I want to become a doctor myself. It feels bed to leave the doctor and the village alone with no light magician, but I choose my own path right?" Katelyn took a deep breath, "Reuben... do you want to be my kidnapper?"
I did not know what to think of that last sentence. It was weird that was certain. "Well... eh... That does not mean I will let you join me."
"Pleaseeeee. I can teach you more light magic. Light users are hard to find you know?" ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ.
"Than show me what you got."
"Well... hehe..." You could imagine the big sweat droplet on her face with that voice. "You can only use light magic by doing something good, you know...?"
"๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ..."
It was silent for a moment. ๐๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ? ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ. "Fine... but one mistsep and you are out."
"Really!! I do everything you want me to do! Thank you, thank you!!" She was really hyped about it. ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฑ... ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต.
"Okay I will tell you the plan."
Katelyn instantly had a curious face. I told her about stealing the sword and opening the air gate. "I see... but you realize the sword will be guarded right?"
"Yeah... we probably have to kill them."
"Are you crazy?!" she said with a shocked face. "There is a death penalty on that. Even if you got away out of this village, they will spread your face all over Vloricus."
"Like they would not if I steal that treasures sword."
"I suppose so... Why do you want that sword anyway?"
๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ. "That sword is worth a lot. But it will not be for selling. It is also the strongest sword I would ever be able to touch in this world."
"I see... but how did you figure that out?" ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ?
"Do you want to help me or not?"
"Yes of course. Sorry Reuben." ๐ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ. "Well... if we want to get that sword we need to be unseen by the knights."
๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ... ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ... ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ... "Katelyn I can use your help."
"Reall?! I want to!"
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ. "Can you make a light sphere."
"Huh? I told you..."
I cut her off with, "it would really help me."
"It will help you?! Okay then..." She tried her best to make a light sphere.
While she tried I focused on opening my air gate. It was way more easier than the first gates I opened. A bit of air came trough my hand. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ.
"I did it!" she said.
"Okay hold it!" I used my air and made an air sphere around the light sphere. I moved the air sphere with the light sphere in it and I could feel Katelyn lost it. I moved it a bit and than, "๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ." At the moment I let go of the air the light sphere released its light, because nothing supported it anymore.
"Whoa!! You are so smart!"
"Like this you and Momo can blind the knights and knock them out with earth magic." ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ.
"Eh... who is Momo?" ๐๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต...
"Momo is my brother. He is the one in yellow and awakes on tuesdays."
"So he is not Reuben?" Katelyn asked.
"He is Reuben. You better call all of us by Reuben in front of others, we can not give ourselves away." I was very clear about it, our identities could hinder us.
"Understood, but what is your name than?" ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
"My name is Lucian."
"Whoa! That name is so cool!" she did not look like she was acting. She really was impressed.
"I know, I know." I waved my hand to make it seem like it was nothing. "Anyway... You have to train on that light of yours, because we need to be able to blind them." The light was to soft to blind anyone.
"Yes Lucian! You can count on me!" she said full of confidence.
"You have to train and make it work before tomorrow. Remember that you will really help me by this."
"Yes I will help you. Will Momo trust me?" ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
"I will leave a note about the whole plan. Do not worry about it. Meet Momo at the same house."
"I will!"
So now the plan was settled. It had to work. It was now up to Momo to do it. "Good luck Momo."
TO BE CONTINUED...