"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 outside…
[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 rights…
I must reach there. I must find out what is going on… I must run…
And after running for around a minute…
"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 exactly…" 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 importantly…
"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 apologize…"
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 adventure…
"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… plus…" 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.
"Evelyn…"