I know I asked, but I honestly didn't think Medwin was going to do anything. He tried to lunge at me with a hidden dagger drawn, which I slapped away since it was so slow.
"I-I…! Y-You…!" [Medwin]
His face was a mixture of emotions. Rage, frustration, fear, and so on. It was a calling card for most villains.
"Do it, Roland!" [Medwin]
I turned to see a terrified Roland running up to Fina with some kind of cube in hand. It appeared to be completely white in color, until he thrusted it at Fina.
"|Banishing Touch|!" [Roland]
Fina raised her arms in order to defend against whatever Roland was about to do, but it had no effect. What actually happened was some kind of darkish blue energy getting sucked out of Fina until the cube Roland held turned black.
"...Huh?" [Fina]
She was left confused for a moment. A few seconds later, pure fear and anxiety emerged.
"My mana…! It's gone!" [Fina]
"What?!" [Leyhna] [Solace]
Fina stretched her hands out and tried activating a number of spells.
"|Reinforce|! |Flame|! |Create Water|! |Gentle Breeze|!" [Fina]
She casted simple spells that required little to no mana to use, but nothing happened.
("That can't be! I need to see for myself! |Analyze|!") [Solace]
I usually would not want to invade Fina's privacy… However, this was an emergency.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Name: Finea Kaleid Von Haverend
Race: Human
Class: Summoner
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Level: 42
Health: 3227/3900
Strength: 722
Agility: 475
Intelligence: 619
Willpower: 994
Status: Distraught
Skills: |Flame Lv. 6| |Ashen Arrow Lv. 9| |Reinforce Lv. 7| |Flame Cannon Lv. 4| |Liquid Bullet Lv. 9| |Low Cure Lv. 7| |Light Lv. 6| |Physical Boost Lv. 8| |Mental Boost Lv. 9| |Pain Tolerance Lv. 5| |Shallow Breathing Lv. 3| |Wind Edge Lv. 5| |Cleanse Lv. 9| |Mystic Tongue Lv. 22| |Basic Fist Arts Lv. 3| |Sprint Lv 4| |Stealth Lv 3| |Leap Lv. 3| |Adrenaline Lv. 4| |Amplified Hearing Lv. 5| |Trap Detection Lv. 6| |Danger Sense Lv. 2| |Shock Resistance Lv. 2| |Fire Spike Lv. 2| |Frozen Trails Lv. 4| |Ice Shards Lv. 4| |Holy Enchant Lv. 2| |Alchemy Lv. 4| |Play Dead Lv. 5| |Appraisal Lv. 4| |Appraisal Resistance Lv. 2| |Magic Engineering Lv. 3| |Basic Sword Arts Lv. 3| |Basic Dagger Arts Lv. 8| |Basic Bow Arts Lv. 4| |Throw Lv. 5| |Basic Shield Arts Lv. 2| |Basic Spear Arts Lv. 5| |Sewing Lv. 7| |Cooking Lv. 12| |Lie Detection Lv. 1|
Unique Skill: |Karma|
Titles: |Forsaken| |Half-Baked Sorcerer| |Jack of Trades| |Studious Inept|
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There was much to read. To be honest, I was pretty sure the amount of skills she had rivaled mine. In any case, I was not very pleasantly surprised to see that the "Mana" section was gone.
"Her mana is literally gone!" [Solace]
Medwin cheered hearing that.
"You fools let your guard down and now you pay the price. That girl will never activate a skill again!" [Medwin]
So he said, but what can be done can usually be undone.
"Roland, you little rat bastard! C'mere!" [Solace]
I marched to Roland as he backed himself into a corner. I then snatched the cube from his hands and placed the sharp fingertips of my crimson gauntlets near his neck.
"Tell me how to undo this or else I'll tear out your throat." [Solace]
Now that I'm recalling these events, I think staying in this world has changed me. I would have never been this violent on Earth.
"I-I can't!" [Roland]
I pressed my fingers against his throat so he could feel the cold metal on his skin.
"I'm not bluffing. You better tell me how to return her mana." [Solace]
"I told you I can't!" [Roland]
I pressed harder, enough that my gauntlets actually drew a bit of blood.
"Eek!" [Roland]
He let out this kind of pathetic whimper when I did that.
"Spit it out, NOW!!" [Solace]
Tears started rolling down Roland's face.
"I-I don't know! I only know how to remove someone's mana! This artifact can only do it once!" [Roland]
I wasn't sure whether or not to believe him. I would've been inclined to do so upon seeing his tears and newly wetted pants, but this was a Medwin we're talking about. I'm pretty sure this guy had killed a few of his wives before this so I would think he may be a schemer.
("How can I make sure he's not lying?") [Solace]
That's when I remembered a little thingamajig Master did once.
"Swear by the gods." [Solace]
"...What?" [Roland]
"I said, swear by the gods. Swear that you don't know how to undo it." [Solace]
There were a few flaws to this plan, but I was certain it'd go my way. It was either he got disintegrated by the gods if he lies, which also kind of takes the answers away- Or, he would crack under pressure and tell me what I want to know.
"I… I swear by the go-" [Roland]
Just as he was about to finish, Fina's family kind of barged in. Her brother, Relton, came crashing in with their Father; somehow breaking and dropping a large chunk of ceiling onto Roland. I can also say for certain that Roland was now something akin to tomato sauce.
"I will have you resign from your seat, Father!" [Relton]
"You will never be capable of doing so, you unfilial child!" [Haverend]
The two continued their brawl by crashing through another wall, leaving me standing there speechless.
"...Are you kidding me?! Can't something go my way for once?!" [Solace]