Jane's Story

Chapter 1

A week later, in the room, Jane woke up to.

The young woman stood in front of a mirror, totally naked, inspecting her body closely. It was amazing how much healing magic could do wonders; there wasn't a single wound left, and only a few barely visible scars remained. Even those would disappear after a little while, based on what the healer had told her.

[{ - How come you can't do that, Anna? I mean, aren't you a mage? }]

Jane felt like her friend was squirming a bit in her mind, as if she were embarrassed about her weak spot being pointed out.

{ - Well, I did try to learn healing magic. But it turns out I have no talent for it whatsoever! I'm only useful for destroying things! }

At the end of her sentence, she sounded really proud for some obscure reason. That made Jane sigh a little while shaking her head. At least that fire mastery showed itself really useful the last time; if not for that, she wasn't sure they would have been able to survive at all.

When her thoughts returned to what had happened a week ago, the smile brought on by Anna faded a little. She still had some difficulty processing that her parents weren't alive anymore. She couldn't really understand why that Ouroboros group wanted to erase her family from the world.

When she talked about them with Eliza, they hadn't gone into much detail because Jane was feeling weak and had to go back to sleep.

But now that she was up, it was time to go and understand more about them and about the mysterious white-haired woman.

After all, during the week she was here, she could see how respectful each servant was toward Eliza. The place they were in was also quite lavish. Jane knew for sure that her hostess wasn't just some little receptionist at all. Far from that. She couldn't even understand why Eliza had rescued her, and from what she understood, Eliza had sent someone powerful enough to scare away a leader, maybe the leader, of that organization.

A sigh escaped her lips before being replaced by a smile. She turned around and started to walk toward the door, her clothes appearing on her body step by step.

{ - Really, I still think that's cheating to do that! I wish I could have been able to do it, too. }

[{ - And I wish you could use healing spells, but I guess we can't have everything, right? }]

That response made Anna go quiet, while Jane chuckled to herself. It was time to talk to Eliza.

When she got out of her room, a servant approached her and bowed respectfully.

- Hello, Miss Denki. I see you're feeling better already. It's impressive how fast you recovered, even with the healing spells. Do you need anything?

- Hello. Yes, I would like to speak to the lady, please. Where can I find her?

- She's in her office. Let me accompany you, Miss.

Without really waiting for Jane's response, the servant turned around and began to lead her through the hallways of the lavish mansion. After a while, they finally approached an intricate-looking double door. The servant knocked on it and opened it when she heard "enter" from inside.

The room looked almost the same as Eliza's office back in Vanel. The white-haired woman was sitting behind her desk, writing something on a piece of paper. She looked up when she heard the door close behind Jane, the servant having excused herself out.

- Good morning, Miss Denki. Please, take a seat.

Jane did as told, smiling at her interlocutor.