Smolder in the Afterglow | Tales of Luminozenko

Chapter 3| The Magical Woman Teaches Me How To Kebab

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This chapter contains strong language, violence, blood, cutting off limbs, and death, which may not be suitable for some readers. Discretion is advised and stay safe.

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We tore through the night, tense silence blanketing the car. Mom's grip on the steering wheel remained tight, her knuckles going white. Morris had another couple of beautiful daggers out, her apple-green eyes focused on the road.

There were several enemies in our tail and something else, she said. She explained that whenever there was one of them, there would be more of them. And that something else, was a creature those people use as transportation. She told me that she would explain more once we had gotten out of trouble.

I opened my bag and stared at the objects inside. Packs of chocolate chip cookies, a thick sketchbook, a pencil case, my phone, a swiss army knife, my self-defense keychain, motor key, and a comb that had a small knife inside. I took out an already opened packet of cookies and took one, munching it.

I extended it to Morris. "Want some?"

She looked down at it. "I'm amazed you can eat while being in danger."

"Food is essential anytime, anywhere."

Nevertheless, she picked out one and bit on it but froze as soon as she started chewing. "They destroyed my bird," she said, voice and face grim, which made me swallow hard. "They're a kilometer from us, and they're moving fast."

With that, Mom stepped on the gas, taking over other vehicles on the road. But even so, we knew we couldn't outrun them. Not when they were moving this fast.

I took out my phone and typed down some things. I turned to Morris and tapped her shoulder. "Do you have phones there?" I asked her.

"No." She shook her head. "We usually write down letters and send them through familiars. But we do have faster ways to communicate like devices called Watchers and Envoy."

"Like the Yer a Wizard Hairy Series?"

She frowned at me in confusion. "What?"

"Nothing. But dang, that's cool," I remarked. "Having familiars, I mean. Do you have one?"

"I don't, at least not yet. But I'm quite close to my Master's familiar, so I can send letters to him without trouble."

"Ooh. Anyways, I'll show you the greatness of human technology." I scooted close to her and showed her my screen. "You go here and there." At first, she frowned in confusion, but she quickly got what I wanted to say. Then, I (for real this time) showed her how to message someone on the phone.

"Huh, so you search for something like this . . . " She began typing her answers on the phone, albeit slowly and showed them to me. "And you get those results?"

I took the phone and nodded. "Yup, you get it fast."

"Luminozenko lives with magic, and magic continues to develop because of the brewing wars. So, as I said, we have different ways of communication."

Silence once again ruled inside the car and I used the moment to message someone, then threw Morris a question. "So . . . I'll have to train like a soldier there, right?" I stashed my phone back inside my bag. "Because my father is a General."

"Well, technically, it's your choice if you want to be a knight or not." She pointed at herself. "I'm currently a knight-in-training, so if you want to join us, I will be there to support you." She lifted her thumb.