Majimonsters: Rosewood Journey

As the morning came and the light of dawn washed over the town, the monster horde and fog of war surrounding the town had disappeared. Every man, woman, child and binder let out a massive sigh of relief...well I did at least, Savina and Lavian were catching up years of missing each other so I just left them be.

[This place is wrecked...it's a good thing majimonsters dont't leave corpses, otherwise this place would be even messier], Voxea commented as we walked through the town.

[Oh it's not that bad], I replied.

Voxea wasn't exactly wrong about the damage though. Parts of town had been throughly wrecked from the attack, the aftermath of various techniques leaving scars on the earth and some buildings were also damaged beyond repair. Some buildings had scorch marks, others had claw marks and one was encased in ice. On the plus side, no one died. There were a few horrible injuries but those were on the binders and those were considered occupational hazards.

[Oh right, shouldn't we go find Sir Agiros now that the night is over? We did kind of ditched them out of nowhere to deal with the rest of the monsters], I asked Voxea.

Voxea stopped floating leisurely when I mentioned Agiros and I could feel the apprehension coming from my bond with her. This was the second time she weirded out over Agiros, but I didn't know why.

[You alright? This is the second time you weirded out over him], I asked concern.

[You felt that huh? Curse you magical soul bonds, alright. I could keep it secret and lie about it, but since we are bonded via the monster-binder relationship, I might as well be honest. The reason why I panicked was-]

"Miss Vex, ma'am"!

[I'll tell you later].

Running towards the two of us was one of the Imperial Binders that I saw working with Agiros. The soldier binder snapped off a quick salute at me after stopping in front of me.

"Miss Vex, ma'am! Sir Agiros had sent me to ascertain whether or not you survived the night after you baited the Grim Shrieker, ma'am"!

"At ease soldier. As you can see, my fabulous self has managed to survive the night most gracefully", I replied with that weird accent Voxea made me use earlier.

[At ease?], Voxea asked incredulously.

[Soldier talk, I overheard it once or twice].

"Yes ma'am", the soldier visibly relaxed when I told him to be at ease, "It's good to see you have survived ma'am, Sir Agiros will be most pleased. He has requested that if you had survive to tell you to meet at the front gate of the town ma'am. Would you like an escort"?

"No need sirrah, I can make my own way there".

"Very well ma'am", the soldier said with another salute, "then if you'll excuse me, I must attend to the secondary mission of checking on the total of damages and casualties. Oh right, due to Monster's Night now being over, please dismiss your majimonster as per normal regulations, ma'am". After saying that bit, the soldier ran pass me and went to survey the damages.

[How long until he finds the blast zone?], Voxea asked.

"By the gods"!

[Never mind. Let's go].

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[So now can you tell me?], I asked Voxea after we had walk for a good ten minutes. After the soldier left, Voxea had returned to the drajule on my neck as we made our way to the front of town.

[About Andorvan right?], Voxea replied.

[Well if that's what's setting you off].

[The short answer or the long answer?], Voxea asked.

[Which is easier]?

[Andorvan is the name of my mother's family].

[What?!], I said as I stopped myself from tripping.

[It's not that big deal, my mother's side of the family was known for its large size and military tradition. No big surprise that there's one working as a New Empire soldier], Voxea said nonchalantly.

[Voxea, don't you get what this means]?

[Yes, but you're probably about to monologue anyways].

[No idea what that means, but Voxea; you still have living relatives! Don't you want to meet them? Catch up? See how they managed to escape the Collapse?], I couldn't help but ask.

Voxea had been locked in a magical ice prison for at least ten lifetimes, I'd assume she'd be happy to see any family members regardless of how distant.