As both Nora and Sheila leave the Phoenix Guild, in front of the building they are greeted by a carriage. The carriage is gleaming with gems all over it, and the craftmanship of the carriage looks like a top tier woodcarver creation. The wheel also has some shiny silver pieces on it to gives it an extra look. A truly remarkable carriage that has to be used by many noble before, even the royalty probably have used it with how beautiful the craftmanship is.
"Umm.. Isn't this a bit extraordinary?" Said Sheila as she has an awkward and confused face. As people around the building start to look at them with intense glance.
"Of course not, it's Guild Master disciple anyway. So this is just a simple courtesy, just tell us Phoenix Guild if it's not enough." Said Nora calmly as she gesture her hand to enter the carriage.
"This is more than enough!" Sheila replied as she quickly goes inside the carriage.
Nora bow down to Sheila and the unconscious Noir and wave a goodbye hand to them.
"See you again tomorrow, Ms. Sheila Rakshana and Mr. Noir Bolevante!" Said Nora as she went inside the Phoenix Guild.
As the carriage starts to move, the carriage starts to lead them to the north. A view minutes pass by and both Sheila and Noir have arrive at the tavern Nora is talking about. The inn has a huge sign that said 'Black Bear Inn'. As Sheila leave the carriage with Noir still on her back, she bow down to the driver bow down back and tip his fashionable hat and proceed to leave.
As Sheila approach the Black Bear Inn, she proceed to enter the simple style of door that looks like it came from the north, Eurensia. A very simple shoving door that can be push and pull. Sheila could hear a very loud and bustling noises on the inside of the tavern.
Sheila proceed to open the door, on the inside everything is made out of wood. But from closer inspection each part of the building, the wall, the roof, and the floor has some sort of unique engraving on it, each is unique and original. A view steps to the front, Sheila could see someone is standing in the back of the wooden counter. Sheila approach the counter as she proceed to greet the person in front of her.
"Hello, My name is Sheila Rakshana, and I am here because the Phoenix Guild told me so." Said Sheila to the woman behind the counter.
Upon closer look the person behind the desk is a woman with long straight black hair beyond her shoulder. The woman is very short than average people, the woman is around as tall as little Noir. The woman starts to introduce herself.
"Helloooow! Welcome to Black Bear Inn, ma name is Amanda! Your room is on number 10 Ms. It's upstairs. It's all have been registered by The Phoenix Guild Master himself." As Amanda proceed to get the key and put it on the counter.
Sheila proceed to take the key and bow down as a courtesy. and proceed to went for the room instantly as the Dusk arrive, the moon starts to rise. Sheila is standing in front of her room that has a carving of 10 on the door.
Sheila starts to open the door, as the door creak quite loudly at first but the sound start to quiet down. Sheila step in for a bit and on the inside is 2 bed on the left side of the room and the other on the right side of the room. A big window at the end of the room, and a small table just below the window. The room looks all tidy and clean, almost no dust can be seen. The architecture of the wall carving is truly remarkable as what everyone would notice the most out of this room is the unique wall.
Sheila puts down Noir on the bed and she sit on the other bed. Sheila lay down on the bed as she think of what happen today. Sheila looks at Noir for a second, and a lot goes through her mind. She wonder if one day, the same thing happen. Where she become useless and Noir has to step up, and ended up died from it. Sheila think that she wouldn't be able to bear that guilt, it will rot until the day death approach her.
Sheila wonder and wonder, as she has the same resolve like Noir. She wishes to become stronger and much stronger than now. As Sheila keeps wondering how to get stronger much faster, her eyes start to get sleepy and slowly closed her eyes, as the crescent moon rise brightly for the night.
In the middle of the night, little Noir start to slowly woken up. He got startle as his surrounding is completely new, a wooden wall on his right, and he lays on a mellow bed. His head is laying comfortably on the fluffy pillow. Noir looks around his strange surrounding as he slowly turn to the left, he sees Sheila sleeping on the bed. Noir starts to get up as he sees that it is now night time. Noir gets up and start to go outside, he open the door slowly as it creak quite a lot, he stop. Noir looks back at Sheila to see if she wakes up or not. After a view second making sure, Noir keeps opening the door and close it quickly.
Noir starts to walk around and goes downstairs. as he sees there is still some people drinking and eating on downstairs. He slowly walk down and start to go for the exit, as Noir got halted by a noise calling him.
"'Scuse me kiddo, where ya going?" As the woman behind the counter called out Noir.
"Oh! Ah.. I uhh.. Going t-to.. Get some f-fresh air.. He heh.." Noir replied to Amanda as he sweats profusely.
"Alrighty! Just don't get too far!" Said Amanda as she continues on scrolling through her book.
'O-oh.. Yes!" Said Noir as he leave the Black Bear Inn.
On the outside, Noir looks on the sky as the crescent moon is lighting the night today. He starts to look around the street of Kortopia, it is much quieter than the afternoon they strolled around the town. As Noir keeps looking around the street, he could see a small shadow quickly ran by near the alleyway beside the Black Bear Inn.
Noir who is still a little kid, got curious and approach the alleyway. As he enters the alleyway, he sees that a shadow is scraping through trashes. Noir slowly approach the shadow figure, as he chant a Tier 1 Magic.
As Noir got closer and closer, the shadow figure seems to notice Noir. As the spell Noir intended to use is finally casted. A thin mirror like sword appear in Noir right hand.
[Tier 1 Magic : Vorpal Hollow]
A simple magic that anyone could use, but the user need to create it in detail inside his mind. Something special with Noir is that he is still a child, so his imagination is wild. And so, Noir manage to create a holographic sword out of thin air, very similar to the real sword he usually use.
"W-Who are you?! S-Show.. Yourself!" Shout Noir to the small shadow figure.
As a view seconds pass by, the cloud starts to shift away from the crescent moon, and the light of the moon shines through the alleyway. What Noir sees is something that he never seen in his whole life.
The small shadow figure in front of Noir has a brown hair, a roughed up body as he could see bruises all over their body. The figure got a brown eyes just like a bear fur, and a round chubby face to complement it's cuteness. At the hair of the figure is what looks like to be a bear ears. As the creature put both his hand in their hip to act tough, follow up with a growl.
"No! Who Are YOU!" Said the creature in front of Noir, as he hesitate a bit.
"Mmm... My name is Noir... Noir Bolevante... Now can you tell me your name?" Ask Noir to the figure in front of him.
"Hmph, My name is Polpo... Polpo Easton." Answer Polpo to Noir, as the moon shine even brighter than before, Noir could clearly see that the figure in front of him is a little boy with a bear ears on him.
Noir puts up a surprise face as he never think he would met with a race called 'Anima'. A race he only heard once from a book that his mother read when he was 5. As Noir keep standing still being surprise on what he just sees. All of the sudden a voice called from behind him, calling out Noir name, as Noir turns around to see...