Hiraeth

C1: Epistle

I woke up and saw myself in the middle of the forest. I don't know why I'm here and I can't even remember anything. I stood up and start to walk.

It's pretty dark and kinda cold. While I'm walking, I saw a house near a lake. I hurriedly went to the house and knocked on the door.

The door opens and a tall man is standing in front of me. I guess he's around my age. Wait. How old am I?

"How may I help you?" he said.

I don't know what to say. It looks like he noticed that I'm shivering in the cold so he let me enter the house.

The house is not that big but I think 4 people can live here. It's not cold anymore. He offers me a seat. I thanked him and sat on the chair.

"Are you an adventurer?" he asked.

"I don't know," I replied that makes him confused.

I just told him what happened to me and How did I end up here. He just sighed. Did I say something wrong?

"You can stay here if you want," he said.

"Really?" I said excitedly.

"I'm gonna leave this house too. So you can take care of it," he said.

"Why are you leaving?" I asked.

"Because I'm gonna travel the world. My parents didn't agree but I don't want to give up my dreams," he replied.

He suddenly pats my head and said, "So take care of this house while I'm gone." I just nod that makes him smile at me.

"Why do you trust me? Don't you find me suspicious?"

"You're kinda suspicious but I know you are kind and you can't hurt me," he answered.

As i reminisce, Its been 4 years when I first met him. I'm still staying at his house and waiting for him to come back.

"Nyx," someone called my name. I look around and saw Irene standing at the door of the classroom.

I approach her. "Irene!" This is the first time in this month that she visit me in the classroom. She's been busy these days because her graduation is near.

"Can you help me on practicing some spells?" she asked.

I notice the dark circles under her eyes. I guess she didn't have a proper sleep these days.

"Okay," I said that makes her smile.

Our teacher is sick thats why its our free time today. Some of my classmates went back to their home and some are not.

"Thank you," she said.

Irene is the one who took care of me when Aeron left the house. She's so kind and caring.

She wants to cast spells while me I want to enhance my Swordmanship. Aeron taught me some swordmanship but I want to learn more thats why I saved money to pay it for my tuition in this academy.

We arrived at the Werion. This is where they practice casting spells. Theres a barrier in this room in case if the student mess up in casting the spell. So that the school will not explode.

"Can you cast this spell?" she said and gave me the book.

"Seiro Vio,"

The room become dark and you can hear a crushing noise. Suddenly a lightning strikes on the floor and it didn't stop. Some of the floors crack because the lightning strikes everywhere. But it didn't affect Irene because Nyx already controlled the spell.