Remis Prime Volume I: The Wanderer

Chapter 9

Relainian Mage Academy
31st Sixtillis, 1055 A.E
When Hinmus came back she looked completely different. Her usually cheerful and hopeful demeanor was replaced by a soulless lifeless husk. Doing everything as quickly and coldly as possible. She was an A grade student but her grades dropped as her magic shifted from a once prominent and powerful holy magic to dark magic.

I could see it in her eyes, wherever she went completely broke her. She even began to sit by herself under the tree in the garden during lunch break. I wanted to do something but she distanced herself.

"Hey Hinmus, you good?" I asked, sitting next to her under the tree. She didn't respond at all, her eyes still as cold and lifeless like they were when she came back. Everybody celebrated her return. It was true that her family went into a financial struggle after a sudden influx and devaluation of gold.

Her family lost much of their stocks so she went to the adventurers guild and joined a group to get some money. The split payment was more than enough to cover her family's needs for a month. So when I learned she was taking up a job as an adventurer I wanted to go with her but she said she would be fine and you wouldn't have to worry about her.

After all she was just catching a beast even though beast catching was hard she was shown to be proficient in knocking out her targets as well as healing.

"Have you ever been to hell and back?" She asked, her voice just as emotionless as her eyes.

"What are you talking about?" I asked her, but she didn't answer the question immediately like she was contemplating.

"I've been taken over by demons. They take over my body and they could hurt anybody I know without my will. All I can do is watch nothing more than a puppet on some strings. That's the hell I'm talking about.'' She said coldly, I didn't know what she was talking about but it sounded like religion could fix it.

"Demons? Why couldn't you get baptized to get them out?" I asked, although I didn't understand where she was coming from, all I could do was give her an answer to the best of my abilities.

"Can't. They are too powerful. All I can do is to wait until they tell me I'm truly free. The things they've done to me are beyond our understanding. We could come up with a solution, they'll just find another way to control me just as easily as they changed me." She said, I didn't understand what she was saying. What she was talking about was that nothing except the gods could change someone to the point of being able to change a person's spirit and body.

Then she got up from her spot. "I have to go." She said emotionlessly while getting up and began walking towards the main campus building.

"Can I go with you to make sure you're safe?" I asked her, she stopped and turned around and looked at me.

"I'm sorry but they've ordered me to go alone or kill anybody who dares to follow me." She said she then continued her walk. I just stood there in shock. I then gathered myself quickly and summoned a spirit when she was out of earshot.

"Vocate Spiritus Equerd." I said a summoning circle appeared in my hands and a horse-like person appeared.

"My lady, you have summoned me, what are your orders?" It asked.

"I need you to follow Hinmus to make sure she's fine and doesn't get into trouble please? I can't follow her or she'll kill me by whoever is controlling her." I said to the spirit.

"Right on it ma'am!" It yelled and then disappeared into the walls of the school.

"Please make sure she's fine."

Hinmus's mental state wasn't exactly the greatest. Her mind wiped any and all emotions as a defense measure and what little of her soul remained was hidden under a thick veil of emotionless poker face thoughts.