She Professed Herself The Pupil of The Wisemen

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The Sage’s Room occupied the entirety of the topmost floor in the Tower of Sorcery and was split into four distinct areas: the Elder’s private room, their laboratory, an office and their aide’s room .

A transparent membrane blocked both the front and back of the moving elevator . Mira waited for the device to arrive at its destination and, when that membrane raised to allow her access into the floor, she went through the front exit . Then, after crossing the semi-transparent tube that linked the elevator to the floor, she arrived at a circular corridor and gazed at the door right in front of her . It was the door to the laboratory .

“Heeey! Luminaria! Are you there? Answer me!!”

Mira brought her tiny, balled-up fists to the door several times . It was possible to hear, echoing in the corridor, the bell-like voice of a little girl and the dangerous sounds of a door about to give in to her strikes .

After becoming one of the elders, nearly all of Luminaria’s ingame time would be spent confined inside the laboratory . So, if there was one place she could be in, it would most probably be there .

That was why Mira went directly for that door and started hitting it, waiting for Luminaria to scream “Keep it down, will you?!” while kicking open the entrance to her laboratory . However, that usual exchange between them didn’t happen this time . Finally, Mira stopped her fists and tried listening through the door .

“She is not inside…?”

Luminaria, in the rare moments when she actually left her room, would often conduct dangerous experiments in the nearby forest .

(As expected of someone who cannot read the mood . )

Disappointed, Mira thought about her friend and, while placing a hand on her chin, pondered about what she had to do now .

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“May I ask who you are?”

Mira, who had been walking left and right in front of the door, started to consider whether or not to wait there until Luminaria came back . Abruptly, at that exact moment, a calm and composed woman’s voice called out to her from behind . And it sounded pretty familiar to Mira .

Indeed, when the little girl turned around, her sight was greeted by a beautiful woman dressed as a secretary . Wearing glasses that suited her position and possessing a blond hair that reached her shoulders, she stared at Mira with her blue eyes, revealing a puzzled look on her face .

“Ohh, it has been a while, Litalia . Do you know the whereabouts of Luminaria?”

That beauty, called “Litalia”, was an aide working directly for an elder . It was known that those who became elders would receive an NPC dispatched by the Kingdom to assist them in their research and daily chores . So, in short, Litalia was Luminaria’s aide .

Incidentally, that woman belonged to the elven race . Viewed by many as a dream-like species, their longevity meant that even after a long period of time her beauty would still remain intact .

Although players in Ark Earth Online couldn’t choose any race other than the human race, NPCs weren’t bound by that restriction . And not only Elves, there were many other famous species from fiction they could belong to, such as the Dwarves, Gnomes, Sires, Werewolves and Giants . Game-original groups also existed, including the sturdy-bodied Garidia Clan and the ones known for having a human-like appearance, except for their cat-ears and tail: the Meow Tribe .