The ruckus by the quest board became bigger and bigger until almost 10 guys were wrestling on the floor.
Shaine who seems to be spacing out was playing with the straw from her drink, her thoughts are stuck from her previous fight which was still blurry.
"Say Halxian can you explain more about magic?" Elly said in a calm but eager tone, this caught Shaine's attention. 'Magic.' she thought.
Halxian smiled and placed the cup back on the shelf, "Well magic has many forms and is possessed by almost everyone but only a few can take control over it. There are different types of magic, from elemental magic to manipulation magic and many more to follow."
The trio listened carefully to every word Halxian has to sput out. "Kids like your age are sent to the Magia Academy, there they learn how to control their magic and they also learn different basic types of magic." Halxian continued. "Maybe Master would send you three there shortly," she added with a chuckle.
Shaine slightly raised her hand. "Halxian are there any more guilds in this capital?" she asked.
"Since this is the capital of the kingdom, there are about a few more official guilds, there are also mini guilds where new wizards accept easy-to-achieve requests. Moreover, the guild is the first-ranked guild in the capital, after all, it has 5 S-ranked wizards and mages and 1 wizard saint. " Halxian chuckled once more.
Abby tilted her head looking confused, "What and who's the wizard saint?"
Halxian smiled, "That would be master, a wizard saint is one of the highest-ranked wizards to be. There are 12 wizards saints and only 4 of them are official guild masters, those wizards help balance out the country and the magic guilds, but I still can't believe Master is one of them."
" Why is that? " Elly asked before taking a short sip from his drink.
" Master isn't reliable when it comes to paperwork, I always find him sleeping on the couch in his office. Always slacking off. " Halxian replied with a smile but with an annoyed stare.
'So that's why he got a lot of paperwork last time.' Shaine thought then chuckled to herself.
Halxian smiled once more, " There is also a guild which we call the Dark Guilds, those guilds aren't exactly officially registered as a guild, some wizards aren't satisfied with what they got for now so they would go rouge for power and end up in one of the dark guilds." she sat on a chair from inside the counter and looked at the trios cute eager faces " the ones that takes care of dark guilds are the 12 wizards saints along with the Magic Organization. " she added.
Elly hummed and tapped his finger on the wooden counter, "There sure is a lot to learn. By the way is the Eridena the only kingdom in this continent perhaps?" he asked.
"Nope, there are tons after all this is a big continent. But there is one kingdom that's just right next door. The kingdom of Esteria, that kingdom is the closest one to us and had been the mortal enemy of Eridena for many years."
Abby tilted her head and asked, " Was there a war between both kingdoms?"
Halxian let out a small laugh, "Yes there was, hundreds of years ago, it was named the boundary war because the territory of each kingdom is only separated by a long line of tall green mountains. Many perished in the war but it was put to an end after 5 years of nonstop slaughtering. "
" How did such a war put to an end? " Shaine asked leaning more to the counter.
" As I can recall, the one who ended the war was the Great Mage. There's even a statue of her within the boundary mountains to show peace between both kingdoms, although both sides aren't still on good terms. " Halxian answered.
"Who is the Great Mage?" Elly then asked.
Halxian smiled sweetly before answering, "She was one of the greatest wizards ever to live on land, Mystique the Great Mage. She was together with the other 2 greatest wizards, Lyxion the Holy Wizard, and Amytrues the Sacred Demon. All three guided the whole continent with their incredible magic and balanced out light and darkness. "
" They sound amazing. " Abby said with an amused look, her lips slightly stretched to form a small smile.
" They are. They're the reason why magic is alive and blooming today. " Halxian added.
" Where are they now? " Elly asked but was in disbelief when Halxian's sweetness fade into a sad smile.
" Sadly they had already passed away a long long time ago. The Great Mage was a human but was blessed with a longer life than a normal human has. The Holy Wizard passed away because of another war, he had sacrificed himself for peace in the entire continent. The Sacred Demon also sacrificed himself to seal away a rogue demon lord. They were all legends of all legends. "
A silence emerges from the conversation, it wasn't long before Halxian broke the silence with a sweet cheer and return to her work.
'To think that magic was this complicated.' Shaine thought, her hand holding her chin and her eyes wondering about it.
'And to think that we're acting normally although we still don't know where we are or how we got here.' she thought.
" Hey, Shaine," Elly whispered. "What do you think?" he asked.
Shaine blinked twice before answering back. " About all of this, it's not like we got any other choice. We don't know how to go back or even where to go back," she answered looking dull.
'Learning magic may be the only option we got for now, but how exactly?' she thought.
Abby was staring at her sister the whole time, and she felt uneasy. " Elly, she's been spacing out lately. "
" Now that I think about it." Shaine suddenly spoke, "If Eden is the royal capital of this kingdom, shouldn't there be a palace or perhaps a castle?" she added.
Halxian giggled, " There is my dear, it was built a few kilometers away from the capital."
" Who ruled over the kingdom?" Elly asked once more.
Delighted, Halxian answered, " The royal highness King Evander Akibrus Dray Nemredith, his family has been running the kingdom for hundreds of years. Mainly because their family was known to bore boys most of the time. " she giggled, " The queen however died after giving birth to her youngest child, such unfortunate she was a great queen. " she then added.
" Wait why is the palace built away from the capital, as far as I know, the castle should be at the center of the capital," asked Elly again.
" My, aren't you guys the curious ones, the castle was moved after being attacked by bandits and assassins, and the royal highnesses decided to keep the people away from danger after all the first princess was blessed by the family's royal miracle. "
Abby lightly raised her hand before speaking, " I thought their family has always bore boys most of the time. "
" The first princess was the queen's 3rd born, even if their family mostly give birth to princes, when a girl is born it is blessed by the gods with great holy magic. A magic that only chosen ones can have. As far as I know, there were only 5 princesses that were born in their family but that was a long long time ago. "
Halxian placed a plate with three slices of sandwiches in front of the trio, " You see holy magic can be learned too although the number of spells and chants are precisely low, and only a few are blessed with the great holy magic. It is a great deal to the royal family but there is one problem. "
The trio looked at each other and anonymously asked what.
" The princess can't seem to control the magic within her and to worsen the situation the princess fell ill after trying to use her magic to heal wounded soldiers, so far until today nothing came out about the princess."
Each grabbed a sandwich and calmly eat, their thoughts are still on the words that Halxian said. 'This place is getting more and more complicated.' Elly thought.
" Enor, Rene, Dale please see me at my office right now. " master Verg yelled from the terrace on the second floor.
The trio finished their food and walked up to the master's office.
The trio stood in front of the master's desk, master Verg was writing on a piece of paper then after finishing he pushed the paper towards the edge of the desk.
Master Verg put his hand on his chin and smiled. " I've already finished preparing your stay in my inn, I have taken care of all your basic needs, from rooms to food." he tapped his finger on the paper and then said. "although as payment I want you guys to work at my inn."
" By work, you mean like as waiters or maids?" Shaine asked and earned a small nod from the old man.
" You still need to learn how to control your magic to go on quests and earn your own money, so I'll consider the time you spend working in my inn as payment for all the things you need. " he calmly said with a smile. " and if you need pocket money don't hesitate to ask me but only if it is an important matter," he added.
Elly grabbed the paper but frown to see weird scribbles, he slightly scratch the back of his head and spoke. " I'm sorry master but I can't understand what's written on this. "
The master blinked twice and sigh, he grab another piece of paper and wrote something on it. When he finished he handed it to Elly and said, " Give this to Halxian." Elly nodded.
" I will bring you myself to the inn this evening and tomorrow you will be introduced to the workers by the muse of my inn. I will also assign a teacher for you three to learn the language and text in our continent." the three nodded to what he said.
' I feel like we're being played.' Elly thought to himself.
The three were excused and they slowly made their way back to the bar, each sat back to their sit from earlier. Elly handed the paper to Halxian who gladly accepted it while reading she let out a small giggle and then smiled at the trio who were clueless.
Abby fiddled with her fingers on her lap, 'I miss Grandpa.' she thought. Lost in thoughts she was startled when a hand patted her shoulder, Shaine smiled then lightly patted Abby's shoulder for a while before looking away, Abby looked back at her lap but with a sweet smile, 'It'll be fine as long as I'm with Shaine and Elly.' she thought then let out a light chuckle.