The Rescuing Magical Aircraft was very fast. It took only thirty minutes for it to arrive on land, time that Lucau spent talking about the events prior to that to the rescuing team. Linfel didn't want to catch anyone's attention, so he just stayed by Lucau's side all the time, looking at everything with curiosity.
Once on land, Lucau had to go through some procedures, which was just the norm. It was already late afternoon when they finally stepped out of the rescuing facility and left on their own.
"Sigh... Guess I will file the report of the loss of my boat to the insurance company tomorrow," Lucau was obviously tired. That was truly an eventful day for any person, let alone someone old like him.
Suddenly, a different vehicle approached, landing near Lucau. A young man, probably around his teens, quickly came out and hugged Lucau. "Dad! How are you?! Are you hurt?!"
It was obviously Lucau's son. "No, but you will definitely break a few of my bones if you don't release me soon," said Lucau.
The young man nodded and let go. "What happened? I heard you were attacked by a Level Two Magical Beast! I came straight from the academy when I received the news. How could a Level Two Magical Beast appear there?!"
As the father and son talked, Linfel looked curiously at the Familiar on the young man's side. It was quite easy to identify it since it looked just like the charm Lucau had in his boat. "I believe you are Felia, right?"
The Familiar nodded at Linfel. "That is correct. But what about you? Why are you with the old master?"
"I'm Linfel-"
Before Linfel could continue, Lucau called everyone's attention. "Alright, we can talk more at home. Let's go back, and then we can talk about all of it."
Everyone entered the young man's car, which was a self-driving vehicle. Even if the young man wanted to, he didn't have the license to drive it anyway. Lucau's son noticed that Linfel followed Lucau, which he found strange. He didn't know his father had acquired a Familiar. "This is..."
"Home," Lucau stopped his son. "We can talk at home."
The young man understood his father's intentions and entered the car with his own Familiar. The car he used wasn't his but provided by the Magus Academy instead. To make sure they weren't used for anything illegal, they had cameras inside, so their group could only stay quiet all the way.
They arrived at a coastal district of the city where one could see many other boats, just like the one Lucau lost. One of the houses near it was Lucau's, and that's where the car left them all out. It then took off on its own, leaving the group behind.
Inside the house, the group could finally talk again. "So... can someone explain to me why all this secrecy?"
Lucau smiled and introduced the wisp. "This is Linfel, a Wisp... whatever it might be." He also did the opposite. "Linfel, this is my son, Alvin. He is fifteen and a Level One Magus. You probably noticed it already, but the Familiar on his side is Felia."
Linfel didn't mind being introduced as a Wisp. If Lucau trusted his son, then so did he. "Hello, Alvin, Felia. Your father saved my life and is helping me out. As he mentioned, I'm a Wisp."
"I used Felia's name to make a name for him," Lucau also added.
Well, Alvin and Felia were obviously confused. "Alright, let's start from the beginning. Hum... first, what is a wisp?"
"A Wisp is a Wisp..." Linfel answered. "I don't know how to explain better than that since my race was supposed to be quite famous... for how good a source of energy they are for other races."
"Never heard about," Alvin and Felia answered at the same time.
"Alright, let me tell you everything that happened up to this point," Lucau took the chance to start his explanation.
Alvin found the story quite weird from the start. However, when Lucau mentioned how the Wisp cleaned the Magical Energy of the Stone, Alvin's eyes changed. "Wait! What did you say? He cleaned the impurities of the Magic Stones?"
Linfel nodded. "Yeah, but the process isn't exactly that good. I lost around 90% of the Magic Energy due to it. This Magic Energy of yours is just too impure."
"Fuck that!" Alvin still couldn't believe it, so he quickly ran to the back of the house. A moment later, he brought a few Magic Stones. "These are the same Magic Stones my father used in his boat. He probably explained to you they are low-level ones. To be more specific, they are called Yellow Magic Stones. Let me ask you. After you cleaned the energy, did the energy you released into the sea change color?"
Linfel thought about it for a moment and confirmed. "Well, there was very little of it left, so it was hard to spot any color whatsoever. Nonetheless, I think the cleaned energy was somewhat red? Maybe a yellowish red, but definitely more towards red."
"Show me! You can use all these Yellow Magic Stones if you want," Alvin asked in a hurry.
Linfel looked at Lucau, who nodded at him. "Don't worry, you can absolutely trust my son. Well, that's if you trust me as well. I told you before I didn't know if this cleaning process of yours was something impressive or not. Seems like it was."
Linfel could only accept and take the Magic Stones. It took a few minutes for Linfel to clean that energy. Well, at least clean it to the same level as before. "This is the most I can do at the moment. My Primordial Pool doesn't have more space." Finally, a feeble red-ish energy gathered in the middle of the room. It was very little, but because Linfel concentrated it all in a few centimeters of space, it was easy to see its color.
"It's really red!" Alvin's heart almost stopped. He looked at Lucau, who seemed concerned, and then at the Wisp. "Linfel, you must absolutely NEVER tell anyone you have this capability. Do you understand me?"