Tales In Taira

• Chapter 6 •

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

Shine's legs were shaking to the point she dropped to her knees. Her tears were hotter than the fire spreading across the heavens.
I'm scared... She whispered to herself. Shine hugged her arms and coiled into a ball, rolling on the ground full of ashes and soot. It's Frustrating. I don't even know what to do anymore!

Two options were clashing in her head: run after the carriage and warm the others. Or turn back and tell the Campus- but if she did, they would be long gone by that time.

It felt as if the ground was devouring her, she wanted to get up but it was like she was being crushed by an unknown force. It made Her tears continue to roll down her cheeks. Biting her lips she played every possible outcome if she doesn't move now.

It was at that moment she realized she can do something without being there! She had completely forgotten about one person!

-•<★>•-

"-Sit down and shut up kid..." The Lecharian said to Ashilla, now being tightly embraced by ropes.

"You grabbed the wrong kid, what are ya gonna do now?" One of them asked,

"It's fine... I'll get her... You just wait." The Lecharian replied.
A second voice came: "And what of that girl? Do you plan to take her along?"

He turned his head and looked at Ashilla, "Nah, we don't need her..."

Ashilla bit her lips before speaking, "Why do you want Shine?!"

He titled his head and pulled something from his cloak, "Didn't I tell you to shut up?"
The object was illuminated by a ray of light and the reflection of a blade had blinded her eyes.

Ashilla tried to open her mouth again but no words floated up her throat.

The Lecharian said with a smirk, "Good."

"You said the Girl had something to do with this artifact, right?"

The Lecharian hummed, "Yeah, if we get that thing back to the headquarters we might actually drained the hell out of that girl."

The one in charge of driving laughed "ARE YOU EVEN SURE SHE'S THE DESCENDANT OF THAT HERO?!"

The Lecharian smirked, "Doesn't matter..." He followed with a chuckle "... As long as we can summon the Dark Queen then we nothing to lose."

Ashilla's eyes almost popped out of her sockets when she heard the last thing the Lecharian man said.

Though she was scared, she wanted to know- As her pupils shivered, she asked in a whisper: "You... Melina... She could be summoned?"

"Huh?" The Lecharian raised a brow, he seemed to be surprised she even spoke. After a few moments of waiting, he scoffed "Of course... If something could be sealed, it could be freed."

Just when he was about to lean towards her, a thunderous noise came from outside the carriage and the passengers rolled and were thrown wildly left and right- The carriage had Flew in the air! Spinning and crashing through trees it Broke in to pieces. Ashilla painfully rolled in the ground which made her bite her own tongue as the dust flew in the air.

She coughed a few times as her head throbbed. Her sight was blurry due to the cracked glasses she was still wearing. Ashilla was still tied in ropes- she stretched her legs and crawled out of the place where the accident occurred.

Just as she was about to stand, she felt her arms loosen from the ropes grip! She looked up, And saw layers of metal perfectly aligned to a figure of a Knight. In his grip a sword which was illuminating a faint blue glow.