"Last light of the sky." Harley recalled as he sips his tea in his house parlor. They have arrived in the Myran summer mansion, a place where Harley were born and grew, the biggest mansion the family have under their name. "I don't quite understand your choice as to be a wizard itself. Let alone that thing that you said in the carriage."
"Last light." Harley's voice deepen as he remember that night of horror when he was seven. The night of the blood moon. A simple night to celebrate by simple gatherings with simple feasts and simple people. Myrans celebrate it the same way like everybody else.
However the Myrans want to mention about how simple they were, Myrans simplicity is an extravagance for the peasant. Family of wealthy peasants, a lot nobles titled them. There were no known title embedded to that family.
However, as the light power blossomed into the land, Myran's wealth grow from their luck on discovering crystals and flower fireworks, great ways to channel the free power of light into private wealth.
A family of distinguished talent, a lot people must say. They are the new generations of inventors. Making the world brighter longer without the magic of light dust that the southern mountain wizard must renew every single day. Myrans inventions helped the wizard to rest from the travels they had to do to renew these short-timed light dust lamps.
Everyone in the land thanked the Myrans of their inventions. As from there, they grew famous. Starting when their inventions were distributed through the land. They were acknowledged as the great family of inventors and businesses, future science and brilliant possibilities.
Myrans was the talk in the noble events, as their scent of wealth grew thicker to the nobles who needed fresh business partner to have around. The children of Myran household are also participated to debut in the most talked events in the noble circles, winning over a lot of nobility hands on marriages and business partners. The Myrans started to become well-known as they start their investments in new world businesses such as casinos and theatres. They started to become an eligible ally as their value grew higher each day their names exist.
However, the value of Myrans in the talk of the town were only around their wealth and family name prosperity. There were no other value within the name of Myran. They are not blessed with pure power or beauty from the light like the nobles. They come from normal name of peasant who made their way to higher society by soil wealth. They have no sacred power to be strengthen in any kind of way during the Blood Moon.
But that does not stop them from celebrating the Blood Moon, especially for the madam of the household, the wife of Myran.
As Myran is a name of wealthy merchant family, the lady of the household was a noble lady who married into the family name. She was born into a poor noble family which was in their last breath of their golden light. She was the one that brought beauty and power to the family. She was hoped to bring prosper to the name of Myran. This sole reponsibility was yet withered as she failed to bring attention to brought protection into the name of Myran. This tragedy of her however happened after the uneventful night of Blood Moon.
As the blood moon arisen, Lo and Ve of the Renum Family arisen from their sealed slumber. Not every people in the land knew what actually happened but one thing they knew for sure that on that supposedly celebrative night, half of the land suddenly cursed and was dragged back to the dark era.
Myran is one of the household name that was shockingly known to be affected by this tragedy. As the light force of the land was sealed by the Renum's daughters, the family of nobles are struck with great curse of their own. These curses were not yet to be mentioned for years as they grew fond beyond their fortresses, trying to release their name from curse that the Renums brought to them years before the Blood Moon Tragedy. However this was known to be impossible as their holy light magic vanished from the land during Lo and Ve rising.
The lady of Myran was struck with a great curse as she still bring her noble blood within her. Harley, who was in the room with her mother when she experience her power suddenly stripped from her was traumatized by the view. Until then, he never knew that his mother have illnesses that forbid her to live since she was born. He never knew that his mother was once brought back to life by the highest wizards with the forbidden spells that was known to be dangerous to be used over someone's life. He never knew his mother's health could deteriorate without the sacred light flowing in her veins. He never knew that her health problems would suddenly affected his father and little siblings. He never knew and quite confused of why his little sister died out of the same complications like his mother.
Growing up he never knew what to do to bear the grief of two sudden deaths of two beloved ladies of Myran's house. But now, Harley finally knows everything that could have been the cause of those traumatizing events.
"This girl is not suppose to be born." Harley states with despise on his face. "She brings such terror into this land and live care-free while all of us suffer?"
"No, Harley. There must be some kind of explanation." Digu shakes his head.
"Oh, damn you with your wizardly 'there-must-be'. You should have leave her to rot in that academy or something. Why would you help this girl?"
"Because she brought answer to this world's question."
"We were living our own peace before she came!" Harley stomps his cane, showing discomfort into his face. "How could you say she answers a thing, when we never asks any?! We were happy!"
Digu shuts his mouth. He once heard that he could never have a great discussion with a grieving soul. He sighes and picked up all of his faith to help Miya from the floor and looked to Cyclops who glance with the same look. Cyclops, without mentioning anything, agrees that they could not have good discussion with Harley.
"Harley, I understand how hurt you are. As the protector of this land, I am terribly sad to be stripped away by the power I used to bear before these tragedies and it took pieces of me the same way it took pieces from your family too. Right now, Miya is the Prodigy of Light that could save us. There is no other option, she is the sole bearer of the last light of our sky. And I need to protect her no matter what." Digu stands up as he wiped his hand from biscuit crumbs. "Me and Cyclops would like to prove that we could bring back the land's Light. We will find a way. And if that time finally happen, you owe me a grand tea party."
Harley scoffs away his sadness and gaze upon his dear friend. "I'd promise that if you promise me you'll be back alive."
"I'll at least send my regards from the heavens above if I could not fulfill that wish."
Harley smiled and took a deep breath. "I'll let my servants to prepare your Miya girl and some lugagge to bring with you. I don't want my only connection to the wizard towers cease just because you decided to starve to death and get cold on your way to whatever places you are going to after this."
"Thank you, Harley. I owe you my life."
"You always are, brother. You always are."
"But Digu..."
"Yes, Cyclops?"
"Do you think that Harley had a point? What if Miya could not safe us? What if she doesn't know how to protect us?"
Digu and Cyclops are now sitting next to each other while waiting for Miya finishing her preparation in the room next to the hallway where both of them waiting.
"Then it's our job to remind her how powerful she would be."
"What if she disregard her own ability the same way she did it in the academy? What will we do?"
"Then we will be her protector until she is ready to bear her power."
"Even if it means that our life is on the line?"
"Even if it means our life is on the line. Yes."