The announcement ceremony was finished and it was quite the spectacle. Various nobles from the capital came visiting Iode one after the other, some giving him gifts and others were sweet talking to him, employing him to join their families or have him as an ally.
Iode was physically and mentally drained, his face was sloppy and was dragging his feet moving along the hallway.
"I expected this but not like this... how does the Archmage and the Senate committee of every tower handle this everyday, man it's exhausting".
He was moving along the hallway when he noticed the balcony of the third floor was opened. He decides to go there to take some fresh air and cool down his head for a moment.
He stood behind a parapet and glanced at the stars above.
"They are beautiful aren't they?". A person said entering the balcony. She stood beside Iode also staring at the stars.
"It a pleasure to meeting you, the direct successor of Igor". She said.
The girl is a mesmerizing beauty, with her blonde hair, white smooth skin, pristine yellow eyes, narrow sharp eye brows, flashy eye lashes and narrow shaped face, her beauty deserves a miss universe award.
She wore a yellow rope with complicated but beautiful designs on it. All her appearance speaks of beauty.
"I'm Anushka de Iropa, the third successor and descendant of Seraph Zenivia, it nice to meet you ". She said.
Iode blinked his eyes twice, the girl beside him is also a successor of one of the original five. Unlike him, she is not a direct successor of the original five, she has two predecessors and also a descendant of Seraph, making her the fourth person to harness the yellow energy.
Seraph Zenivia the creator of the yellow tower had magic ability to travel through various planes. Her successors before Anushka are Sokka and Irma, the two who are also Seraph's descendants.
Seraph married Eren de Iropa, and the Iropa name became the family name of her descendants.
"It is a pleasure to also meeting one of the successors of Seraph Zenivia". He said to her.
She smiled at him and replied
"Since our original predecessor are related means we are also related to some extent ".
Iode squirted his eyes, where this conversation is heading, he doesn't like it one bit.
"Iodine, in the future you and l will work together ". She continued saying.
Of course where would the conversation land to before but... Did she just called him Iodine?!
"Did you just call me Iodine". Iode asked stunned.
"Isn't that the other name for Iode, a very important ingredient used in healing potions". Anushka said.
"It's not the other name, the word Iode which my name comes from,is the word for iodine in the language spoken in the northern part of Stickmanlandia". Iode said.
"Still the same thing ". Anushka replied.
"The point is every language spoken in the Heaters has it own word for iodine and for the northern part of Stickmanlandia it's Iode and that's my name so call me Iode not iodine ". Iode protested.
"Okay, since that what you want ". Anushka begrudgingly gave in as she giggled.
"It seems we are already getting along pretty fine, like we have known each other or related ". Anushka said.
Speaking of relation, the original predecessor, Seraph Zenivia and Igor Zenivia were siblings. According to what history taught to them, Seraph and Igor came from a very wretched background with no parents and were living on the streets.
Being the older sibling, Seraph sought and struggled to protect and provide the basic necessity of life to her little brother but everything changed when the nation of magical creatures were morphed to different forms because of a magic plague caused by magic research, and tribes of the nation started to form.
Each of the magically formed tribes were able to distinguish themselves mostly through the shape of the ears and body characteristics. The elves and fairies have narrow elongated ears, but the fairies have wings and small bodies.
The Nekomata have cat face and bodies, the Kobolds have dogs face and bodies, and the Orcs have boars. The wizards have wide ears with the tip of the upper part a bit elongated. The Goblins have wide elongated ears with long large noses and green skins.
The trolls have fairly large elongated ears but a very hairy and large bodies. The Valkyries have elongated ears but are all females. The dwarves do not have any elongated ears but short wide ears and are... dwarves.
In the newly established tribe of the wizard, Seraph and Igor, together with Orpheus, Larmore and Barbara, surprisingly possess more magic power compared to other people of the tribe. With their strength and power, when the 'Great war' happened, these people were at the frontier and help claim the land that belongs to the wizard tribe today. They also created the towers that is still in existence.
"Say, are you a descendant of Igor"? Anushka asked.
"No". Iode replied.
"That's rare, usually only descendants of the original five get to succeed them, you are the second person to defy this". Anushka said.
"I know, Krueger Zuul the second successor of Larmore Aetheria defied it first ". Iode replied.
"Yes, due to him it made it us change our thinking that anyone can succeed the original five, but it would revert back to their descendants ". Anushka explained.
"Anyways, both Seraph and Igor shared a lot of memories together and their companions, you would have seen it in Igor's library". Anushka said.
"Library"? Iode said dumbfounded.
Anushka looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"You are the successor of Igor, don't tell me you don't know such thing exist". Anushka asked.
"I do know, i just haven't gone there yet". Iode replied.
"Well you should, it will help you know more about Igor and some of his special magic, at least only you, the Archmage and a few privileged ones can enter ". Anushka said.
Anushka is right, Iode also want to know more about Igor, his magic powers, why he took a long time to manifest it, his stigma in his left wrist as well as his nightmares.