Burning Soul

The next morning Lumier gathered everyone for some reason,

“Today we will step out of this world, right now I believe it’s early in the morning outside, so won’t be an issue in getting adjusted to the outside time!

Now for the reason, I gathered us all!

Skadi has something to tell you Kid!” Lumiere looked at Theo, he already had an idea about it.

“There is something I have to give you,

Here! Take this,”

Saying this she handed him a small potion looking thing, it certainly wasn’t one as those looked a bit different. The small bottle she handed contained a shining gold-coloured liquid, in a small portion though.

“That’s…” looking at which Aeneas and Lumiere had jaw dropped expressions, though Theo was a bit confused.

“Yeah, it is what you think it is!” She replied reluctantly,

“What is it?” Theo was still clueless,

“Can’t blame you, it’s just so rare!

It is called Aurelian Blood! It is a concentrated form of Mana. Even a drop contains an explosive amount of Mana, it is so difficult to get that it’s the rarest element in the mortal realm!

How did you?” Aeneas who had a slight idea about it answered his curious,

“I was told to give it to him by someone! Though on a condition of not revealing his identity!” She still had a frowned expression, pressing on it would do no good was what Aeneas’s gut told him.

“He also told me to deliver this message to you, Theo,

‘Stay away from that bow guy for a while and travel to Myne’s territory after you step out first, you’ll find something interesting, your mother would really want you to see it for yourself!’”

Hearing this he had a loss of expression, “How does he know? And what is waiting for me there?”

“Unfortunately that’s all that I heard! Also, now you know that the person was a ‘He’, I guess you’d find it sooner who is the person.” She gave a smile easing his stress a bit, “Also, for you to proceed to the next stage, you’ll need approval, return here whenever you are ready and I’ll bestow it upon you.” She patted his head gently saying so.

“Now it’s my turn!” Lumiere cleared his throat and spoke.

“Here is the other sword, I believe you noticed what happens to you when you use an Artifact class weapon unprepared! You can use these two identical swords, it’ll help in balancing and also won’t wear you down too. You can keep Himari aside for emergencies.”

Saying so he handed the other sword form the set, they both weighed identical but were different,

“Are they infused with different elementals?” Theo asked Lumiere after looking at both swords carefully,

“Pretty knowledgeable huh! Yup, they’re infused with two different types of elementals.

One is infused with Ice while the other with Fire! With proper practice, you’d be able to use the elemental reactions and boost the damage caused. That is one way to make up for the less damage that crystal swords deal, these are no mere swords, these are Mana Swords! They do draw a bit of user’s Mana, but you’d be fine as the rate is pretty low!”

Lumiere explained his creation proudly.

“Also, that’s not all!

I also built some instruments while I was at it!

These would help you ascend in Legendary Ranks! I know an old man who can help you do that, Dimitri!

Allow me to explain the stats to you!” Lumiere pulled out a wooden case while saying so, Theo was overwhelmed by his generosity by now and was at the verge of breaking into tears!

“That we can do after we get to the castle, can we not? Dimitri can explain better!” Aeneas butted in his explanation as he was getting more and more agitated for no reason at all!

“You know better that I won’t come all the way to that dumb idiot’s place!

You just want to get away from all the informative stuff, well, whatever, I need to come to infuse these with you so….

Argh!

I hate to admit it but I’ll be stepping in that place!” Lumiere looked a bit stressed for some reason,

“Let’s go, Let’s go!” Aeneas was singing and being all happy for some reason.

“Okay then, will meet again after some time kid, let’s see how strong you get by then!” Skadi’s Avatar waved goodbye to them as she opened the portal for them to step out.

After walking out of the portal they were back to the Tavern.

“Finally back to the fresh air!” Aeneas blasted off the door, looking at him both Theo and Lumiere had an awkward expression.

But he entered just as fast as he blasted off through the door, “what the heck happened?” he had a shocked expression, looking at his pale face both of them were confused, “what do you mean?”

They all walked out of the door only to see all the surrounding busted up quite badly, “What the heck is this all?” Now all of them had the same expressions.