It was weird, but Zaos really ended up considering the smuggler captain and Orleand as his friends. He wasn't supposed to like the first since he was a soldier and had the nature of one. As for the other, he didn't think much of him on their first eting.
"Thank you for these beauties, lad," The smuggler captain said while pointing toward the six ships that he sohow didn't lose in the last battle." I owe you big ti. If you need any help, just use his code… in…"
After whispering so nonsensical words on Zaos's ears, the smuggler captain laughed. Zaos did the sa and then offered a handshake. Even though he was a criminal, he wasn't a bad person per se.
"I wish you two a safe journey back ho as well," Zaos said to Orleand and Noemi. "I hope we can et again in a calr situation."
"Yes, sir Zaos, let's," Orleand said and also offered a handshake. "Take care, and rember, my offer still stands. I will gladly welco soone like you in the family."
"Dad!" Noemi raised her voice. "You said you would stop that. What kind of example does a lying rchant show to others?"
"But I am not making business right now," Orleand said.
"Whatever… goodbye, Zaos," Noemi said. "I hope that you can teach magic soday as well."
"If the opportunity arises," Zaos smiled.
After saying that, Zaos entered the carriage and resud his research. He was about to complete another spell, so he couldn't wait to see the result. anwhile, Orleand and Noemi were saying their goodbyes to Drannor, Erean, and Aria. The trip was supposed to take fourteen days, but the entourage will move slower since those three were heavily wounded.
Drannor entered the carriage with a satisfied smile. He said goodbye to so good friends. Still, he was confident that they reunite soday to party about anything. As for Aria, she was smiling as well, but she was also crying a little.
"Let's end this journey on the sa way it started, with us together in the sa carriage," Aria said.
"Good enough for ," Drannor said.
"Aye, aye, ma'am," Zaos said.
"It seems soone spent too much ti with sailors," Aria said.
Without wasting any more ti, the entourage began to move, and at the sa ti, through the window, they saw the ships of their friends sailing. They kept watching that until they disappeared on the horizon.
The trip back had been pretty straightforward since Drian had brought so of his guards with him. Things got pretty noisy thanks to that since they were as relaxed as Drian himself. That lifted the spirits of the group since of the twelve guards, only four of them were still alive. The maids were fine, but they still felt quite sad even though they didn't lose one of them. It seed that during the trip, the whole group had beco friends.
Even the cold nights of the region got more animated now that Drian was leading the group, he didn't slack on his job, but he wasn't that stiff with rules either. He made everyone feel as relaxed as possible. Even Zaos let out a few good laughs as he listened to Drian's old stories and did his research at the sa ti. Zaos found particularly interesting the ti that they got lost during their recruits years in the north, didn't find anything to eat, and ended up eating so poisonous plants that made them have diarrhea for a week. It was hard to picture his father having such a hard ti, but Zaos felt refreshing it anyway.
You have learned High Regeneration.
Along the way, Zaos finally learned the next spell. While it wasn't exactly the sa that he wanted when he used it on himself, Zaos felt his body becoming lighter and full of life. If he makes so modifications, perhaps he will be able to find the perfect spell to help his mother. Still, Zaos couldn't help but wonder if he shouldn't try to find another way to recover his mother's physical strength… instead of transforming his own mana into stamina for her, perhaps a spell that transfers vital energy will do the trick. One of those probably couldn't be taught by using a magic book, but Zaos could learn after studying other types of magic. After all, he got used to deciphering the magic symbols.
Ten days after they left the port city, Zaos found it hard to focus on his research. He didn't have ti to communicate with his mother through letters, so he couldn't help but confirm with his own eyes that she was fine. He failed miserably for the past six months, but as long as he has a little more ti, he could always learn new spells that could help her in one way or the other.
On the last day of the trip, Zaos barely could contain his excitent. However, sothing happened that began to bother him… it was such a great day to end a journey, but then it began to rain like the world was ending.
"I hate rain…" Zaos said and then sighed.
"Well, too bad that this adventure ended like this, but we can always have others," Drannor said.
"I suppose…" Zaos said.
After a couple of hours, they finally could see the capital, and around noon, they crossed the gates. The whole city was more quiet than usual because that downpour was like no other. It has been quite so ti since the capital had so much rain.
"Captain, Sir Drian, can we drop by Zaos's ho first?" Aria asked. "I think Zaos deserves that. He can always give his report to my father later."
"Sure," Erean said.
"… Right," Drian said.
Zaos thanked Arica's consideration. She had been grown a lot in those last six months… she not only looked prettier but also had the accomplishnts of a princess that deserved a lot of respect. Now that Zaos thought about it, his mother told him that she would wait for him in the garden, and knowing her, she probably would, even feeling under the weather more than a little bit. The royal family had been warned of the day Aria would return, so his father and Lyra probably knew as well.
Zaos felt his heart beating faster when they crossed the bridge that connected the city with the central part of the capital, and Zaos felt like jumping from the carriage. Even more, it finally stopped. Zaos had been in a good mood lately. So, he said goodbye to everyone with a big smile on his face.
"Take care, everyone, see you guys later," Zaos said.
"See ya," Drannor said.
"Bye, Zaos," Aria smiled.
Everyone else did the sa, but Drian and his wife couldn't, but Zaos didn't even notice that. The guards of the mansion opened the gate while making sure to keep their eyes away from Zaos.
"Do we have so umbrellas?" Aria said. "I would like to apologize to Zaos's mother. In a sense, he stayed away from ho for so long because of ."
"No, I am sorry, Aria," Drian said with a dark expression on his face. "Let's go to the castle imdiately."
"What is wrong, dad?" Drannor asked. "You suddenly look so weird…"
"Erean, let's get going, now," Drian said.
Even Erean was caught off guard since he never said Drian like that, but then he noticed that he had acted weirdly at so monts of the trip. He decided to obey it, but Aria stopped him.
"Tell what is going, Drian," Aria said. "Now!"
"Well…" Drian clenched his teeth and his fists.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Zaos's scream echoed through the area.
Erean dropped from his horse, and then Drannor and Aria jumped from the carriage while ignoring the rain. The guards imagined that sothing like that would happen, so they never crossed the gates. After running for a couple of seconds, they found Zaos crying blood tears in the garden and in front of a tombstone. His mother had passed away.
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