"I will miss you..." [Diana]
"Don't cry... You make me want to stay in Amleth with you..." [Farhah]
"Can't you? Elegast is here!" [Diana]
"Can't I? Unfortunately I can't..." [Farhah]
"It's your job... It will be lonely!" [Diana]
"Same here! If only I had another grandchild. Farhana, why don't you marry little Apollo?" [Farhah]
"Mother! I'm still young!" [Farhana]
Today is the day that Grandma Farhah is going back to the Elven Kingdom. I will miss her so much! I promise to write her letters regularly. She taught me so much, from plant magic to the basics of healing magic, which at least made the healing fairy Shifa feel inclined to help me whenever I am in trouble.
"Bye. Take care of yourself. Make sure you brush your teeth. Make sure you eat well. Please visit me whenever you can. I'll try my best to visit you too" [Farhah].
"I will. I promise!" [Diana]
"Elegast. You take care too... Why don't you marry someone and give me a grandchild as well?" [Farhah]
"Mother..." [Elegast]
"This is actually a good thing. I can't believe you can actually take care of yourself" [Farhana]
"Look who's talking" [Elegast]
"Excuse me!?" [Farhana]
And so the elven delegate and grandmother Farhah say goodbye to us. The others from the Vars family are also here to say goodbye. We even prepare some lunch for them on their way back. I hope she likes the sandwiches I made.
Trying my best to lift my spirits, we head for the other gate. Master Merlin, Princess Siti, Teacher Tiara, Teliara and JOATMON are already there, waiting for Dana, Fie and me.
"Why is she crying?" [Teliara]
"Grandma Farhah..." [Diana]
"I will miss her too. It's okay. I'll make sure I go to the Elven Kingdom with you." [Dana]
"Promise?" [Diana]
"I'll try my best" [Dana]
"Meow!" [Fie]
"Yes Fie. You're invited too" [Dana]
The eight of us check our luggage one last time. The carriage conditions we will use are good. The autonomous golem that will carry us seems to be okay, but Nar and Sas still help us with a final inspection. Sister Khamisah also helps me with the documentation. I can do it myself, but she insisted on doing it for me.
"Take care and don't get into trouble" [Nar].
"I will and I won't!" [Diana]
"Even if you get into trouble somehow, just beat them" [Sas].
"Good advice. I'll listen to it" [Diana]
"Don't encourage her!" [Nar]
"Just make sure you stay close to them. Dana, it goes without saying, but you be careful too" [Khamisah].
"And please stay out of trouble" [Nar]
"She would cause the trouble" [Sas]
"Thank you Khamisah, and as for you two, shut up!" [Dana]
The carriage is a big one. It's big enough for all of us. Its red cushion is soft. There's still room for me to put my legs up. The other one, who is obviously much bigger than me, also seems to like it.
"And here we go. Have you visited Emas before? Dana, Diana and Master Merlin is a matter of course, but how about the other?" [Princess Siti]
"I haven't " [Tiara]
"Neither have I. Surprising, considering my position" [JOATMON].
"I have, though I couldn't remember the last time" [Teliara].
As the carriage began to move, Princess Siti began to tell us what was happening in the dungeon.
"There is a newly discovered dungeon in Emas. Much deeper and richer than our main dungeon. No one has fully explored it yet because of a ghastly knight. A strong Ghastly Knight, even capable of slashing and defeating our head knight Rentap. Even some A-class adventurers are defeated by this knight. Somehow, through an unknown method, it also caused a halt in the production of other dungeon minerals and golems, hence our current crisis" [Princess Siti].
"A ghost. I still couldn't believe that the church there couldn't purify it" [JOATMON].
"That is why I first asked Master Merlin for help, and now she wants me, Teacher Tiara, and Diana to join her to make our witch art even more powerful. You two special knights of Amleth are more than welcome to join as well" [Princess Siti].
"I just hope the ghost isn't as scary as the one in Diana's dungeon" [Tiara]
I will gladly help Princess Siti. She's a good princess. She, along with Teacher Tiara and myself, are learning more and more about witchcraft and the soul through Master Merlin. Speaking of learning from Master Merlin
"JOATMON, Teliara, don't you both want to learn more from Master Merlin?" [Diana].
"True. I think you two are quite compatible with witchcraft." [Tiara]
"You can tell that much? I'm impressed. You are definitely getting better every day. As for you two, don't you want to?" [Merlin]
JOATMON is one of those rare people who is not from Aru Village and yet is able to use all kinds of elements. A rarity of her own kind. Teliara is the daughter of the wandering sage. According to the wandering sage, she's just as talented as he is, so I'm sure she'll benefit from learning from Master Merlin. Besides, as Teacher Tiara said, they're compatible with witchcraft.
"I will, but as soon as I master the blood arts and a few other martial arts I currently practice, but I will definitely learn it one day" [JOATMON].
"Same, but I don't want to lose to Grandpa Sage! He learned it by himself! I definitely want to beat him! But if I fail..." [Teliara]
"That's an interesting reason. If only I am compatible" [Dana]