Find It! The Wishes Hidden in Winter #2

Chapter 3: That Feeling

Emiyo stared back at the stranger. "What do you mean in danger? Is the other world the Noble Kingdom?"

The stranger stood up, he barely reached Emiyo's stomach. They seemed rather embarrassed with their plead for help.

"My name is Phronesis Abmessungen Cosmos." they cleared their throat, trying to sound more grown-up.

"I am an sorcerer, an alchemist if you want the larger details." they said, Emiyo noticed how high pitched it was. No more then nine years old."I awaken every seven years." they said, trying to deep their voice under control,"When the genie bottle reawakens."

"The genie bottle?"

Phronesis's sky blue eyes weren't blinking. "An enchanted object that holds a jinn or a genie, if you will."

Of course Emiyo was well aware about genie bottles. They were a solid part of her childhood, anyone's really. She just wanted to make sure she was actually hearing them correctly. Not a single trace of astonishment, at this point she could believe just about anything.

"I have prevent the same mistake from happening again!" Phronesis's lip quivered and their eyes stared down at the snow.

"That's why I'm here."

"What mistake?" Emiyo asked quietly.

Phronesis didn't look up.

"Being unable to stop the Seven Deadly Sins from using the three wishes."

Emiyo was sure her heart had stopped. A loud ringing sound overcame her ears. It certainly blocked out any other sounds.

"Three wishes." she gritted her teeth.

Phronesis clenched their golden sceptor.

"What...did they wish for...?"

Phronesis looked Emiyo in the eye, "One: Forbidden passage for their enemies. Two: To take the form of the Seven Knightly Virtues. Three: Manipulation and chaos shall come to pass."

Emiyo found herself remembering that she never questioned how the Deadly Sins swapped roles, even purposely trapping themselves in stone.

Such effort she thought. But not really.

"This enchanted object seals a trickster genie who has caused multiple disruptions over the course of history. I was tasked with preventing human disruption from reaching it." they said, "Which is why I agreed to the conditions of connecting myself with the genie."

"This genie bottle, my domain is at the very center of the Noble Kingdom hidden away from prying eyes."

Emiyo only had ears for Phronesis, which is why she didn't hear or see Kameko and Lisa stand on either side of her. They had come running a few seconds after Emiyo, but she had forgotten about them.

"My domain has many defenses, such as golemns and traps inspired by the egyptians. Sadly, that wasn't enough. They were able to defeat and pass through."

"Did you fight them?" Kameko asked.

"I did." Phronesis gave a single nod of his head. "Seven against one aren't very good odds, but I still did. And my form looks like this after using all my power. The genie granted their wishes in exchange for freedom. I was forced into slumber for the next seven years. I've always been familiar with the guardian Yume and the existence of Precure. As soon as I awoke I searched for the place with the highest magic affinity."

"The Deadly Sins are dead." Emiyo whispered, her voice shaking, "There was never a moment were they spoke of such an entity and we haven't come into contact with it in our month of freedom."