The Life I Gained From Dying

Chapter 47 - The Fall of Aestus Part II

"Kuria!"

"Yes, Uncle Tez." Answered Kuria from her cozy bed.

"Where's your sister?" Tez asked as he walked through the door frame of the twins' bedroom.

"I don't know. Our classes were canceled, but she said there was something she wanted to check out."

"Ughh, I really hope she isn't with Lady Aira."

Tez promptly left the room, leaving Kuria to quietly become lost in her own thoughts. She gazed out of her window with a melancholic look on her face.

"I'm lousy." She stated softly.

.....

"Yhup, we're in the swamp now, so that circle is somewhere around here." Tanner stated.

"Is it just me, or is this fog getting thicker?" Mano questioned, waving his hands around. "I could barely see my own hands in front of me."

"..."

"Camie?"

"I'm over here."

Mano spotted Camie's shadow waving at him from behind a tree just a few feet away from him.

"What're you doing over... wait, where did Tanner go? Tanner!?"

Spinning in place and observing the area made Mano realize that Tanner was now missing.

"Camie, did you see where Tanner went?" Mano questioned with concern.

However, Mano then turned back to where he saw Camie's shadow, which was now gone.

"Camie? Tanner? This isn't funny, guys."

While an uneasy feeling was building inside of Mano, a larger shadow formed behind him, and with one quick strike to his neck, Mano was knocked unconscious.

"..."

"Mano, Tanner, I'm sorry, but I needed you two to be my cover." Camie stated to herself as she climbed over large tree roots.

It was then that a blue light illuminating from the fog caught Camie's attention. She quickly ran towards it and was relieved to find that the light was emitting from what she had been searching for. She reached into her shirt and pulled out the metal sphere that was in Jayson's bag before. Moving hastily, she grasped it with both hands and attempted to twist it but struggled initially.

Click

The two hemispheres of the device shifted in opposite directions, which led to the sphere opening slightly and releasing a red mist. Fire essence. Camie reached into her shirt again, but this time, she couldn't find what she was looking for.

"Huh, where are they?"

A slight glance over her shoulder made Camie notice the same shadow that knocked out Mano was standing directly behind her. If she hadn't noticed them, then she would've been knocked unconscious with the same move, but with quick reflexes, she dodged it by rolling out of the way.

"Looking for these?" The shadow said in a distorted voice.

They held out Camie's spark gloves.

"My gloves!"

"I thought we confiscated all of these. How did you get them?"

"None of your business, just give them back!"

"So you can destroy the village? Are you stupid!?"

The fog began to clear around the two, just enough so that the unknown figure would be revealed. Camie was stunned and became heavily nervous after seeing that the shadow was Elder Mildred.