The Edelin Chronicles: The Search for Cindias

Chapter 19: Which do you prefer, the Sword? or the Fire?

I honestly feel like we're in a heist movie. We found out what we need to get and where. We're making the tools and all necessary items ready for the mission. And we also agreed to do our plan at night, so no one would spot us in broad daylight. Yeah, that checks all the boxes, like were in Oceans 6, even though I honest to Mirailia don't know what that is.

Nevertheless, while Professor Dracon got the counter-enchantment ready. We needed the phoenix fire and metal ready to make a weapon to break the Mutansera chains. Princess Adriana volunteered to get the fire from the Royal Phoenix. Roman agreeing to accompany her. While Raina, Vesta, and I, need to get the metals needed to be forged.

The sun was beginning to set as Raina and I waited in my room for Vesta.

"Are you ready to do this?" she asks. I nod, as I start to lie down.

Since I've noticed one thing that has happened if people can see me like Cindias, and maybe some of the guards and Aiden, as well as Domiens picking up scents from the red room to me being able to blast fire in both the red room and my room in the Arce de Fumus. I wanted to test whether or not I was able to take items from the red room while I was sleeping. So I close my eyes as my mind starts to drift.

I find myself back in the red room. Checking to make sure that no guards were present as I walk over to Cindias. I grab a small pencil, with a sharp enough tip, as I dig it into the ground. After about a minute. There was, surprisingly, a small hole, the shape of the pencil tip.

Then I turn to the chains, this time grabbing a small knife that Raina had. I kneel in front of them, gazing at the face of the man whom I'm trying to save. Sighing, I turn back to the chains, deciding on one of the looser links. I set the knife on the chains and start to cut. When a shock for magic flares, making me stop. I try flipping the knife a few times or trying different links. But no, it won't let me cut.

At this point, I'm starting to get rightfully pissed, as I feel a small bit of fire magic pulse through my hand, which held the knife as I went for another try. But I could see sparks flying off the metal as I came off. I grabbed the piece of metal, the purple hue fading as I could see Cindias get some more life back, if only for a second.

But something else came out of the small chunk from the chains. As the purple magic faded, something of the same hue, started to spill from the chains, even if only a small portion escaped. It is still very alarming. As it takes the form of a small, purple snake. Slimy, and almost like murky water. As it looks around, then focuses on me. Making a small hiss, before jumping, aiming for the throat. I reach out my hand and end up catching it. I see it squirm as the heat in my hands intensifies, burning the thing to a crisp, killing it... I think? I don't know if it was ever alive.

However, I don't have time to contemplate the small slimy purple snake as I wake with a start. To find Raina next to me, and the small piece of metal in my hand.

"Is that it?" Raina asks, helping me lay back down slightly, as my eyes start to droop slightly.

"It is, all I could get off due to the enchantment," I reply, rubbing my eyes to stave off sleep.

"Well, it's a start, we won't be able to forge anything out of this, but at least we can identify what the metal is," she smiles, I smile too as I move to stand. Noticing a small pencil-sized hole in the mattress.

"What's that?" she asks.

"A little experiment," I say vaguely. Though confused, she nods as someone knocks on the door.

I hand Raina back her knife as Vesta enters, holding a set of keys.

"It took about two hours of bribery, promises, and a whole other load of nonsense, but I was able to get the keys to the royal forgery," she sighs, handing them to me before collapsing on my bed.