The Adventures of Rose Hood

Chapter 106: The Magicless Elf

Over the next week, I taught more and more abstract concepts that were in the world Kala made.

I still wanted to get home, and everyone knew it, but I still wanted to teach what I could before then.

No other fighters got in. I assume that after those guys got in, the hole was moved.

I talked with Amanda occasionally. We shared stories, and I really wanted to tell her, but I knew that that was up to Kala to tell her. I did tell her about Amy though.

"Is she really that strong now?"

"Yep, she is one of our strongest fighters, and a lot of us are pretty sure she'll be dating Ausar."

"Wow, to think that she became so strong and seduced a deity. Makes me kind of jealous."

"Eh, it's a hard life. She had to go through a lot of shock, plus she had to realize that no matter how strong you get, you can't save everyone."

"That would be a hard lesson to learn."

"Yeah, and she learnt it in one of the harshest ways possible."

"How?"

"She saw one of the strongest fighters she'd ever seen crying as he held his dead liege."

"I see, that would certainly be an eye-opening thing to see."

"She also saw a dragon sobbing as her boyfriend took his last breaths."

"That must have also been terrifying."

"In my opinion, if you lose something, you will simply view yourself as inadequate and delude yourself into thinking you should have done better only if you were better. I know because I went through the exact same thing but seeing others, people far beyond you in terms of power, fail to save someone they care for. It makes you realize a powerful lesson. Death is part of life. No matter how much you blame yourself. They died. So, move on, and get stronger. Not so you can assure yourself that you could've saved them, but so you can make sure that it doesn't happen again."

Amanda seemed deep in thought after what I said. I intended the speech for her, but she didn't realize. Living in her home for a week, I could tell that she had let herself go since Amy disappeared and that she clearly held guilt for what happened to Kala as Heather.

"Well, I'm going to scho-"

"Rose?"

"Ye-oomph."

"Thank you for that."

I smiled and hugged her back before going back to school.

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I walked to the school and got to class when I heard the announcer's voice was different.

{"Rose Hood, could you please come to the front office"}

The teacher looked confused but said.

"Alright, well I'll catch you up when you get back."

I left. I already knew that something was wrong. When I got to the office, my fears were proven true.

The principal was tied up, and Amanda was in a chair next to him, also tied up.

"You're not a 400, are you?"