Journal of the Amnesiac Wizard: A Setosorcerer/FyreUk/GoldSolace Story

- Entry #13: Foresight {Part Two of Two} -

"Arkana Eksplodo!" I chanted before a green mage circle appeared. But the spell from the staff was more powerful than expected, completely destroying a tree and the recoil knocking me back off my feet.

"Seto!" Violet exclaimed before running over to me as I sat up. I chuckled a bit. I looked at her as she went on her knees beside me, looking worried.

I smile at her. "I'm fine, I'm fine. Just wasn't expecting such power," I said as I pushed her hands away. I looked at the staff. I didn't expect such power. But this is Master Nicholas we are talking about, he was a first-generation Guardian of Estir. So it should be very powerful.

But there is something about this staff that I have been feeling. A feeling of familiarity. It's like I have seen this staff before.

And given how come I'm a second-generation Guardian, the feeling of familiarity with a first-generation item shouldn't be strange. I run my hand down the dark wood. It's funny how it looks. It doesn't look like it should hold such great power, and yet, it holds the power of a first-generation Guardian and perhaps one of the greatest or at least most accomplished.

"Why not, Uncle Nick?!" I heard a voice shout before my surroundings change, but unlike normal, I see two figures. 

One looking like a much younger version of me, seeming to look at least fourteen years old. The other was a man. A man dressed in shades of black and green, baring a leather trench coat with the hood down, the Guardian Crest of Aether on the back of his coat. He wore a smile, looking at the child with a playful look in his verdant green eyes.

But what stood out was he had Nicholas's staff in his right hand. Is that Nicholas?

He chuckled, crouching down to the kid, leaning on his staff as he smiled. "You know, Harvey, one day this staff will be yours. I've foreseen it," he said before he poked the kid on the nose. "But until then, you need to focus on your studies. Your father would have my head if he knew you weren't at your daily training and instead was with me--"

The kid grabbed Nicholas's arm as he stood back up, stopping him from walking away. "What he doesn't know won't hurt him--"

"No, but it will hurt me. I get threaten enough to display this so-called 'proper conduct for a Guardian' that he is so obsessed with. I need to be yelled at for distracting you," Nicholas said making me smile. The kid lets go of his arm, but instead of leaving, Nicholas stayed, staring at the child. He sighed. "Well, I'm going to Rence City in Elatus Clan territory. I'll be gone for...three days at most. It would be irresponsible of me to take a child along...especially when it would disrupt their education and training."

The kid smiled. "Indeed, but that is the type of irresponsibility that you constantly seek," he said.

Nicholas chuckled. "True, true. Well, I'll lie and tell your father it's an...how about educational field trip? No..no, that's what I said last time I stole you away...I'll just not tell him at all this time," he said

"He'll fear I've been kidnapped," the kid said.

Nicholas shakes his head. "Lord Notch can keep a secret. He'll control your father, now, go pack some things and tell your father that you need it for training purposes. I'll be at the teleport gate, waiting for you," he said before the kid nodded and ran off.

I smiled, looking back at the staff. So...I knew Nicholas when I was a child? And he apparently was quite the troublemaker too. That's nice. I gripped the staff. All the more reason to keep this staff. But given its importance to Ianite, I don't know if I should keep it.

Wait...Nicholas foresaw this? Was Nicholas a Seer as well as an Archmage? But if he was a Seer, he would have foreseen his death and been able to stop it. So...why did he allow himself to die if he could have stopped it?