"Mom?!" Alex exclaimed.
"Mrs. Winter?" Estela's group said in unison
Alex looked at Estela and asked "You know my mom?"
Estela was about to answer when, "Hello sweetie, I could see that your friends have been chosen," Mrs. Winter greeted them.
"Wait I'm confuse, how did you do that and... What?!?" Alex was so baffled by the situation that he can't even put into words what he wants to say.
"Did what sweetie?" Mrs. Winter said innocently,
"How did you pop out of thin air?" Alex asked.
"I used space magic, what else" Mrs. Winter shrugged as she continued to act innocently. Alex was starting to get annoyed while Estela's group was stupefied that Alex is Mrs. Winter's son.
"Wait wait wait," Nile was first to react besides Alex.
"Hmm?"
"Is he your son?" Nile asked.
"Well what else would be the reason that he calls me 'mom'" Mrs. Winter said with a smile on her face.
"I-" Estela's group was speechless, Alex was actually related to such an amazing person.
"Hold on for a minute!" Alex shouted catching everyone's attention, "Some please explain what the hell is going on, and how do you know my mom?" Alex ended calmly
Estela then faced Alex and said, "Well for starters, your mother is known for helping the other chosen and convincing them to go and save Phantasia, she is also known for guiding the chosen home after they finish their mission,"
Alex was looking between his mother and Estela as she continued her story,
"She is also known as a reviver when a chosen dies during their mission, because her- ehem I mean your race has a unique connection to mana but she never tells more than that,"
Alex's friends were also listening intently, not asking or saying anything. They feel like this is a bombshell for Alex as it was obvious he didn't know any of this.
There was an eerie silence for a few minutes before Mrs. Winter broke it when she answered Alex's question "As for your question sweetie," Mrs. Winter started, "Each of them was picked by a specific spirit, mainly the spirit of creation, spirit of Light or the spirit of Darkness, the spirit of Beasts, the spirit of Nature or the spirit of the Cosmos, and the four elemental spirit, mainly water, earth, fire, and air.
"It has been a tradition to answer one question from each of the current chosen and the chosen before them to enlighten their questions, I don't knw how but each chosen is somehow only able to ask one question each, some only able to ask twice if their question gives information that would help them all,"
All of them listen intently as even Estela's group didn't know that they were limited to one question as they all agreed that each of them would ask one question before they meet the chosen before them.
Leslie was first to ask, "How much time do we have before we have to go?"
Everyone of Alex's group looked at Leslie with wide eyes, except Alex himself who is current looking at the group in deep thought.
Meanwhile on the other hand, Estela's group seemed to be happy that one has is already ready to go.
Mrs. Winter was the one who answered, "At most dear you have about two days," she said while smiling.
"But when we leave, won't people look for us?" Joana asked,
Estela then looked at Joana and said, "No they won't, once we transfer our magic onto you all, people would forget who you are and we will return to our respective lives like nothing ever happened, no memory, no magic, no nothing, just like we never left,"
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