Preparation
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"Is that Night?" Heart asked me in a whisper when we saw the woman in the middle of the training area, creating a sphere of magic from her hands. For someone who barely uses magic when she's around us, I can't help but watch intently what she's doing.
We stayed at the path, watching her closely as she levitated from the ground and the sphere of magic became color black as it slowly enveloped her whole body as she levitated higher. After a few seconds, the sphere expanded into a larger area. A gust of wind blew throughout the whole area, passing us. We both shivered because of the cold wind that passed through us.
Slowly, she went back to the ground. Unlike earlier, the place seemed brighter. Maybe it's because of her magic, as she's blessed with the powers of the goddess of night. It occurred to me, the area she's in was darker than other places. Especially when she uses her magic.
We walked towards her. She must've heard us as she looked at us with widened eyes.
I noticed, some of us are having late night rendezvous recently. Well, only three of us, this is the first time I saw Night sneak out to the training area at night.
"You're here?" She asked with faint worry in her voice that made me chuckle. I think she's nervous that we saw her here at night. "I- I was just... I didn't sneak out." She tried to reason making me laugh. Heart started warming up at the side with Agnes who I summoned.
"I didn't know you're sneaking out at night." I teased her as she flushed with nervousness.
She waved her hand to dismiss me as she stuttered, trying to reason out. "I-I... t-this i-is—"
"I'm just teasing you." I laughed out loud and pinched her cheeks. She looked like a kid who was caught sneaking out candies from her mama's bag.
She pouted while I continued pinching her cheeks. I suddenly missed the kids when I would randomly pinch their cheeks when I got nothing better to do.
"August, you mustn't pinch a woman's cheek excessively. That's not polite." Agnes told me while keeping her eyes at Heart who was warming up.
Night made a face at me, making me laugh before letting go of her cheeks.
"Why is your magic white at first before turning black? Is that Nox' magic?" I asked.
She released another sphere of magic and showed it.
"Not exactly."
Agnes looked at us and saw the sphere Night was holding. She went closer to us as she examined Night's magic. After looking at it, she looked at Night with amused eyes.
"Miss Xyrene, that's not Nox' magic." She said.
What did she mean that it's not her magic? Xyrene is a worshipper of Nox, therefore she has her magic. She even had a crest of Nox on her ring, just like mine.
"Aren't you a worshipper of Nox?" I asked.
She nodded her head and held the sphere closer.
"Not exactly." She said.
Now I'm confused. How is she 'not exactly' a worshipper? That's not possible. It's either you are, or you're not a worshipper.
"Do you know the term primordial?" She asked.
I nodded in response. Primordial means created first. For example, Nox is a primordial goddess in the pantheon, and she's said to be the personification of the night. She's one of the first goddess in this world. Ah, I remember our meeting in the astral plane, I felt how powerful she is just by standing in front of me.
