Tales In Taira

• Chapter 5 •

"What it takes to be a student of Magic |"

"Me?" Shine, dumbfounded, confused... Theo raised a brow as an answer.

Lee blocked his sight, "Wait-- what does the red card have to do with Shine?!"

Theo pushed her aside as he explained himself, "If we don't pull this off, we'll be missing a grand opportunity! We can't let a rookie ruin it for us!"

"SHINE'S NOT A ROOKIE!!!" She screamed too loud that Aidan had to check the sides of the hallway. He waved his hands, trying to calm them "Keep your voices—"

"Shine can use Magic! She's good at it!"

Ashilla stepped in the circle, "Wait... You can?" Shine behind Lee Slowly Nodded. She was now clenching at her sleeves, should I just run? There's nobody out there to catch me—

"What's your Magic" Ashilla inquired, Shine gave her a quick glance, "Crystal-"

Her eyes popped out "CRYS—" She even tried pressing on her ears to see if she heard right

"Theo!!! YOU NEED TO TAKE HER!!!"

"You can't be serious, this is an opportunity for us all and you're making a risky decision, What if she messes up?!"

"She won't then..." Ashilla stated, then she slowly looked at Shine and enunciated each word "You won't, Right?"

Shine was taken aback, instead of her pressure being snatched from her, it was back and heavier. She nodded, "Right."

—•<★>•—

After an hour of traveling throught the city, Shine spent the next minutes standing behind the team as their 'eyes' behind their backs.

"What was the description again?" Lee whispered.

"Tall bulky man, with a funny haircut..." Aidan replied, Lee pointed. "like him?"

Shine slowly pushed Lee's arm for she was being too obvious, Right now They stood on a tall tree enough to see through a building with thick walls, though it may sound hidden, one wrong move and they will be exposed.

Theo rummaged inside his pockets and opened the envelope."It says... We need to look for a historical artifact made of crystals and gold..."

Ashilla leaned over to see the illustration and searched the over the walls again.
Shine muttered to herself, "What do they want to do with the artifact?"

Aidan turned to her and gave her an exhausted look, "Well... All we have to do is retrieve it, it's none of our business to know more..."
Lee scratched her scalp, "But how long are we supposed to wait for them to—CRACK"

Her eyes widened, then the moment they all turned their heads, five silhouettes of men dressed in black jumped on the same branch as them!

Theo quickly turned to Shine and yelled "SHINE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO—"
"—sorry..." She said.
the men raised their arms at the same time then destroyed their platform and they all fell!

Luckily all of them were trained and they knew how to land without getting severely injured, except Shine so Ashilla carried her before she even touched the ground.

After the dust settled, They twisted their heads left and right to realise they were inside the building they were keeping eyes on, but then someone appeared before them,