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Chapter 7 - Magical Insight and Water's True Power

Leon walks into the town of Mosspoint with his companions, immediately the guards surround them and a man in fancy attire walks out "So you brought friends Naomi? Well, considering this is the end for all of you, I can tell you that she's being kept in the dungeon of the main castle, the most secure place of this city." The man grins and waves as the guards run up and slaughter Violet and overwhelm Naomi, Leon tried to save them but he couldn't, he lays down and waits for his death too, a few guards approach him and stick their swords into him, Leon feels his body stop responding and he gives up as the world goes dark yet again.

Leon opens his eyes to Violet and Naomi looking down at him, he feels a cold sweat drip down his cheek as he sighs "A-are you ok? Darling, if your sick please tell me." Naomi gives a worried expression as she also makes an assumption "If your ok please say something." Leon laughs and pulls them both into a hug "You two knuckleheads, I'm not dying, it was just a bad dream." Violet shivers a little bit and hold onto him tightly as Naomi wraps her arm around his back and sighs in relief "I'm glad that your ok, we needed to go save Selina today."

Leon explains his dream to them as Violet remains attached to his side, she keeps one arm on him at all times "I see, that must be foresight of the upcoming event. Then if it's truly a foresight then Selina is in the dungeon and we have no reason to enter through the front gate." Leon nods and grabs his bow and his coat "Shall we get going? Both of you are reasonably strong if you use your abilities right."

Naomi grabbed her dagger and Violet held on to Leon as he put out the fire, Violet leaned in and whispered into his ear "What if you end up actually dying? I wouldn't be able to handle this without you." Leon looked at her clinging tightly to his arm and laughed "Is that why you are clinging to me so much?" She nods and Leon smiles and leans in and whispers into her ear back "I'm not going anywhere darling, I love you too much." Then to top it off he kisses her cheek, Violet's face turns deep red and she lets go, Leon smiles and stands up to walk off before he snickers too loudly.

Naomi had set up a small crystal she had into the ground outside of the cave, Leon walked out looking back at Violet "So, is that your quick way of getting us to Mosspoint? Is it a teleportation crystal?" Naomi looked at him and sighed "No, those are so rare for being multi-use items, these are Set Stones, they allow you to set a location then go somewhere else and use them to go back to that location, but with only one use before they break they aren't that expensive." Leon thinks for a moment and walks off into the cave, coming back out with a similar crystal and Violet who followed him out of curiosity. Leon sat down against a tree and analyzed the crystal as Naomi set up the other.

Leon smiled and told Violet who looked confused "I can alter the properties of this crystal, as long as I understand them I can change them in some ways. With the changing of a few things here and there and changing the shape into something more useful..." Leon tinkered for a few moments then shaped the crystal into a ring shape and slid it onto his finger "Now it has infinite uses and I can save multiple locations! It did take a lot out of me though, I'm pretty tired now." Violet peered at him and looked in awe "I remember when you told me about your unique magic but I didn't think it was that powerful, any normal person wouldn't have figured out that much using that magic. Your so amazing darling!"

Leon sighed and mutter to himself "That's really all you got from that? This ring is now the most useful tool in this world and you think I'm amazing?" Violet looked up at him with a different feeling behind her smile "What did you say, darling?" Leon flinched and looked at her with a smile "Nothing my love, just admiring my love for you." Violet went back to her peachy self as Leon went up to Naomi and held his ring up for her to admire "Well, I've got one of those and its got infinite uses too." Naomi dropped the crystal she was holding and looked at him with a demon's aura "You had that and you didn't tell me earlier?"

Leon sighed and backed away as he came up with an excuse "I just made it, it took a lot of magical power, and I'm super tired now and all." Naomi sighed and walked up to Leon, pressing her chest against his arm, Violet came up on the other side and did the same, with less chest "W-why are you both doing that? Just hold my arm or something. Plus I don't even have the location saved in the ring!" Violet backs off and hold his arm, Naomi grabs her crystal and holds it up to use it "Wait, I might be able to change something to transfer the location data."

Leon snatches the crystal from her hand and holds it in the hand with the ring, he braces himself and pours magic into the crystal, he immediately saw the location enter his mind, he put it into the ring and as the crystal stopped glowing, the light transferred across his hand to the ring "D-done." Leon stumbles a little as Naomi and Violet hold him up "Maybe we should hold off until your at your peak?" Naomi offers to him but Leon waves it off and stands back up on his own two feet "No, I can do this, lets go save your friend."

Naomi sighs and holds his hand that has the ring, Violet quickly hold it too as Leon pours more magic into the ring to activate the ring's abilities. They feel a slight shift in their balance as they land just outside the town of Mosspoint, Leon almost falls over but quickly regains his balance as he tries to hold his exhaustion in, in front of the girls "Here we are, Mosspoint, the fortress town known for its slave labor off the backs of the poorer citizens." Naomi lets go of Leon's hand as he brings it back to his side but Violet just grabs it fully as they walk towards the city.

Leon looks at Violet who is clearly still tense and anxious about him going here, he stops when Naomi isn't looking and pats her on the head "Don't worry, I will be fine, I know I will because I have you to watch my back right darling?" Violet still hesitates and Leon starts taking it seriously by lifting her chin up to look at him "I trust you, and I believe that you won't let me die if the chance arises." Violet smiles and Leon realizes how close he pulled her, Violet figures it out too as Leon smiles, and slowly their lips inch closer to meeting "Hey, are you guys coming? I couldn't see you guys behind me anymore so I came back."

Violet stomps and yells at Naomi "I was so close, why did you have to show up now of all times?!" Leon laughs and walks up to Violet and pats her on the head "Maybe next time you seduce me with your charms sweetheart until then, let's go and save Naomi's friend." Naomi just looks confused as Violet walks off and Leon follows, Naomi just stands there with complete confusion on her face "B-But I just called you guys."

Leon reaches the segment of the wall where he decides is a good spot to get in, he puts his hand to the wall but Violet puts her hand on his and tells him "You shouldn't use your magic too much, let me cut a hole in it." Naomi laughs and walks up "How are you gonna cut a hole in the wall with water magic, its basically one of the lamest elements of magic ever, it can't do anything except drown the enemy."

Violet pouts and Leon sighs as he removes his hand from the wall and gestured for Violet to cut it, Violet puts her hand to the wall and traces a line making a shape big enough for all of them to fit in, then she pours magic into it and the wall crumbles away "Wh-what did you do? That's not water magic." Leon explains as they walk into the hole "She can release water at high enough pressures to cut through stone, so she can cut through walls and crumble them by adding enough water randomly to break apart the strength of the wall."

Naomi stares amazed at Violet as they walk out of the other side of the wall and Leon looks up at the tall castle in front of him, he grins and waves "Let's go save Selina, our newest companion!" The girls giggle then follow him as they smile "Right!"