Mortal

Chapter 10

We all go to the dining room. The maids have bowls of soup at a table for us. Well, except for me. Because I'm a mortal, I'm not allowed to eat what the deities are eating. Not without permission. I stand behind their chairs.

"Hey, can you pour a bowl for our mortal?" Phareth asks a maid.

"Of course, lord Phareth."

She runs back to the kitchen.

I suddenly start feeling pressure in my head. I have a very bad feeling.

"I think something is going to happen," I say.

"What? Is it your vision?" asks Tsareth.

"I think so. I don't know what's going on," I say.

"Try meditating. The last visionary, Nalla, used to meditate so that she could focus on her vision," says Tsareth.

"I don't know how to meditate," I say.

"Bro, maybe you should hypnotize her," says Tsareth.

"I'd better take her to a quiet place, then," says Phareth.

He gets up. I follow him back to my room, and climb into the bed.

"I don't know how to get your vision to work. Let me try a few things. Breath in... and out," says Phareth.

While I breathe in, I relax, but it doesn't last long. I can't relax with my vision giving me constant anxiety.

"I can't relax," I say.

"Not even a little? Are you too stressed?" asks Phareth.

"Very. My vision won't let me relax," I say.

"That's strange. Let me think... try focusing on the anxiety. What might it be trying to tell you?" asks Phareth.

I close my eyes and try to focus. I see an image, but it isn't very clear.

I get out of bed and try to walk back and forth. After a while, I feel myself fall into what feels like a trance.
I suddenly see red. As the image becomes more and more clear, I make out what seems to be a scene.

I see Thermapondreix. My vision focuses on the orange crystal around his neck. Inside, I see faces. One of them is Visphione.

I finally open my eyes. I realize that I've been walking back and forth for a long time.

"Phareth I got it! I know how to save Visphione!" I shout.

"Really? How?" asks Phareth.

"Thermapondreix has an amulet around his neck! It contains Visphione's essence. If we break the amulet, she'll wake up!" I say.

"And all the deities he's stolen essence from. Good job, Shadow. We need to go tell Eldwinus ," says Phareth.

We leave the room, and walk back to the lunch table. Tsareth is eagerly waiting for us.

"How'd it go?" He asks.

Phareth sure down. "We know how to save Visphione."