When I went outside the inn it was already evening again. I went to the forest to hunt more monsters. I wonder if there's something like a bounty or so on them? Who knows maybe I can get some extra money if I kill enough of them? But that doesn't matter right now. I want my reward for slaying 200 monsters. I want that asap! Hach I just don't know how much it is. Maybe I made a fortune with that? I went to the inn again and asked where I could get my reward from. I got my answer and went to the guild building. There I brought all the corpses of the monsters. The village elder than showed with his index finger to a door and I nodded as a sign of understanding what he wanted from me. I stepped on a pentagram and greyish light was lit up. It was a ritual but I didn't know what it was. As soon as it was over the village elder looked on me with so serious eyes if looks could kill I would die a hundred deaths in some seconds. He said with a deep voice and this look:' Leave as soon as possible this village and never come back! I don't hold a grudge but my descendants do so. Therefor I invented this ritual to help you guys. I saved already 3 from your kin. Please leave. Give our village your blessing and then leave!'. Without any questions or comments I left as soon as I could. I wished my farewell to everyone except Durian Reed. I looked for him but couldn't find him. I went to the border of the village and did the blessing ritual which could only be performed by us spirits. We just use some of our mana and pour it in the environment instead of curses we use a magic only usable by spirits. This magic then normally gets sealed in a place and the place itself gets the title 'blessed by a spirit' the higher the spirit grade is the stronger the blessing and the more it has any effect.
Suddenly there was a strange noise around here. I thought there was a beast or so on but it was just Darian. I wanted to bid farewell to him too but he approached me and wanted to talk with me. And he said:' You are a spirit I guess? Is that correct?'. I answered the question and packed my belongings up:' Yes, I gave your village my blessing and now am heading straight to my Master. I bid you farewell and hop you stay safe. See you.'. I slightly bowed and wanted to leave as Darian started to cry all of a sudden and mumbled something. I couldn't understand the beginning but it were just two words as I used my wind magic to listen to him. ' Do.. y... real...think that... I would let you leave like that? Why are you monsters all so arrogant? Your kin took my parents life as it were a plaything. I will never forgive any spirits! We all loath them!'. I rolled my eyes. I can't believe that such a small child had to suffer so much and was already going the path of racism against spirits. I only replied:' I'm sorry for you. But it's none of my business. I'm a spirit. Yes but I'm an individual! How dare you pack my kin together as we all were the same? Is there only one kind of humans also? I will say some words now remember and think them trough, will you! By God's sake I don't hate any human. It's just their views that corrupted their hearts. Nobody is born evil. I still like you and I hope you like me also goodbye and I wish you a long life from my bottom of my heart.'. And with this said I left and went in the deep forest where he couldn't follow me as he was to weak for that. I just hope Lady Puncella is safe she is strong so I doubt she is hurt.
I went back to the training 'court' to talk things with my Master through. I would want to tell her that I know a bit of her past but I don't know how to apologize. If things just could stay easy. When I arrived at my destination I cried. Everything was in flames! It all burnt and burnt. I looked around to see if Master was around here and I couldn't see her so I extinguished the fire with my magic. The saddest thing on this scene was that the fresh green grass and hills were all grey and swallowed by a big fire. I came to late. If I arrived one day earlier there would be the possibility of extinguishing the fire without anything coming to harm. But maybe I can save everything here with my magic. I was just wondering if Master was buried here or if she went outside for a bit. I hope she's alright. As soon as I w Sasa finished and I found myself crying again I saw Lady Puncella and said to her:' I don't know who did this, but I extinguished the fire using my magic and used what you taught me.'. I ran towards her and all she did was also crying. She suddenly got her composure back and said with a face without any facial expressions:' I abandoned you and you came back? Then you put my training and meditating court on fire, felt guilty with that and say you don't know who it was? I give you ten seconds to disappear or else I will fight you and kill you! And I won't hold back! Leave as fast as you can or this court you burned will be your grave! '. I was shocked, surprised and cried again. All I said to her was:' I wish one day this sad and heart breaking misunderstaning will be solved and I can learn more from you. I hope there's a future of the two of us together as friends and not as enemies.'. I ran and ran as fast as my legs could carry me. I was sometimes fast enough that I produced a small wind and sometimes so slow that even something comparable to a slug was faster than me. I don't know where I can go anymore. The village is now no place for me anymore. My master's place is also something I can't go anymore. Where can I go now that I'm alone again. I was on the open road and saw a old woman coming towards me. The woman seemed to be escaping death as her face looked like it would wither. Every part on her made me feel uneasy! She said to me with a kind voice and something hidden inside her words that I couldn't guess but later it should prove what it was:' Hello young boy! You seem troubled how can I help you? Oh so rude of me my name is Witch Arandea!'. I looked sad at her and said:' My Master left me and is now my former Master. It all happened due to the biggest misunderstanding you could imagine! I don't know how I'm called so that's why I can't introduce myself. I'm sorry.'. I don't know how but she noticed that her old appearance made me feel uneasy. She changed in a woman in her early thirties. Arandea's hips winded, the legs skin was more stretched, the belly itself shrunk, her arms skin was also stretched and Arandea's facial wrinkles completely disappeared! She was looking actual kind of hot but I didn't dare to comment on that as she was some seconds earlier looking like a woman who was close to her life's end. She then said:' Poor soul! Your master abandoned you and you don't even know your name! What kind of person is he?'. I looked in her eyes and answered abruptly:' He is a she and normally really kind. She wanted to kill me first but that changed as she saw talent in me.'. Arandea held my hands and said as she was was looking in my eyes:' I know that you are a spirit. What is your Master called? Is she also a spirit? I hope so I mean how could someone be as strong as you and be trained by a human? If you are willing you could come to my place. I'm also a spirit and can teach you something if you want.'. She took all the effort to talk to me I possibly can't turn her down. And she maybe knows something about my Master! I replied to her with a bright grin:' I would be glad to come along. Also my Master is called Lady Puncella. Maybe you know her.'.