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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4

Year 3024

11:21 AM

Elli was anxiously fiddling with her fingers as the man named 'Alvin' was getting treated by Leo "I didn't expect you to come back here so early and with another one at that" he said and glanced at the man sleeping in the hospital bed

"But something has changed in you though. Perhaps you had successfully summoned it did you?" Ellie was a little taken aback by his words "How did you know?" she asked so he tilted his head

"How? Its my job to know, Miss Sylvester. I could also see the change of mana inside of you" she only nodded in response "By the way, can I leave him here for a minute? I'll come back tomorrow" she said as Leo fixed his glasses

"That may be the most good option" he said so she was confused "What do you mean?" she asked "For some reason, none of his family members are answering the phone as if they didn't want to get involved with him" he explained so Ellie looked at the man with a worried look

"I'll pay his bills for the meantime" she said making Leo sigh "I don't have a choice but to follow you, don't I?" he said like he can't do anything to change her mind so she sweetly smiled at him "Thank you, Doctor" she said.

When Ellie went to the school, both her and Jake and went home and she was thankful that the next day was a Saturday. "Hey" Ellie went back to reality when Jake called her out

"What is it? Does the food taste bad?" she asked with a faint smile as they were eating dinner. Jake's eyes furrowed at the weird actions of the sibling "Is something bothering you?" he asked so Ellie showed a smile

"Its nothing that I can't solve so don't worry about it" she said but Jake wanted to know but held himself back "Will you get angry if I became an error?" Ellie froze on where she was seated and the lovely atmosphere earlier was quickly crushed.

She looked coldly at Jake "What kind of question is that?" she said, her grip tightening on the fork "So its a no, huh?" he said with a hint of disappointment in his face so she couldn't stand it and harshly putting down the utensils making a loud noise

"Jake, I tried very hard on getting you out of that house and here you are wanting to dig your own grave" she said, her throat tightening at the memories flooding back to her

"But I am different from him, El" he said and at that moment Ellie could see his face on Jake's as if it wanted her to remember. She harshly stood up making a loud screech of the chair

"And how could you know that, Jake?" she said as she searched something on Jake's eyes "I am not listening to any of your words relating to that subject" she said and before Jake could even answer she had already walked out.

Year 3024

1:27 PM

That morning, Ellie had ignored Jake because of the conversation they had last night and to be honest she was still angry at it. She eventually couldn't stand him and left the house so early so she thought on visiting the hospital.

Once the hospital door was opened, she was quickly welcomed by his smiling face "You must be Ellie Sylvester, right?" now that the blood was gone and any injuries were not visible she could clearly see his face

"Good thing your awake" she said with a smile and closed the door behind her "I came to visit you" she said as she neared him

"Right, I already talked to the doctor earlier and I can be discharged tomorrow" he said as she put the fruits on the side table as he talked "Is that so? That's good to hear" she said

"By the way, I'm sorry about what happened yesterday" he bashfully said so she shook her head "Oh no, its okay. I'm glad that your okay because you were in bad shape yesterday" a blush crept his cheeks

"I'm sorry about that again. That man was part of a group that scams people on their money and sometimes hurt their families if they don't get what they wanted" she smiled at his explanation "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Alvin Cain, nice to meet you Ellie" he said with a smile and after he had uttered his name a tab appeared in front of her.

[Name: Alvin Cain

Sponsor: Guardian of the West

Spirit: Wesley

Type: Wind Spirit

Skills: Invisibility, wind barrier]

"It seems like your a beginner, huh?" she looked back at him when he spoke "Hm?" she hummed still taken aback at what happened "How do you know that?" she asked so Alvin chuckled

"You looked as if you didn't know what to do yesterday" he said making her embarrassed "By the way, can you explain me how this works? I'm still not used to it" she said making Alvin nod "Of course" he said and cleared his throat

"You know Agnis, right?" she nodded "Agnis is much bigger than you imagined and many bad things happens in it. Whenever people fought they will have sponsors that is interested in them that can be your backer" he explained and she nodded in understanding

"Every error has two abilities that is connected to the spirit you have been linked with" he said while showing two fingers "And its also not everyday you see a beginner winning a fight" he said

"It was because my spirit is strong" she said so he shook his head "No matter how strong your spirit is it will be useless if the error is not even cooperative with it. Its like buying a battleship but doesn't know how to use it and a gun without bullets" he explained

"It will be useless without the two of you" he said so Ellie didn't know what to say "By the way, have you thought of going to the underground Agnis battle?" he asked, eyes twinkling

"Huh? Uhm... I don't think I can do that" she said while shaking her head making Alvin frown "But why? Your strong enough to fight and can't you try just one time and if you really don't like it then I won't force you again" he said and she was already ready to refuse but couldn't let it out of her mouth because of the look Alvin was giving her.

Ellie avoided eye contact and sighed "Fine" she surrendered making Alvin smile "YES!!" he cheered while punching the air as if he had won the lottery making Ellie chuckle.