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Chapter 2 - My Name Is Erina, A Wandering Mage

One night in the midst of a snowstorm that took place in the winter of a place. The place had been experiencing a snowstorm for more than 3 days without stopping.

In the cold darkness, there was a silhouette of a person walking in the storm.

The figure began to be recognizable as a woman from the figure of the body and the long blonde hair of the pointed hat that the woman was wearing.

The woman was wearing a black gothic dress. Even in the storm, the woman was not wearing closed clothing to keep from freezing.

The woman walked inside the snowstorm without shivering. The woman walking in the blizzard should have lost sight but the woman walked as if looking through the blizzard.

The woman footsteps stopped, the woman turned her body to the side and looked forward.

"A child?"

The woman spoke sounding surprised. The voice the woman made sounded very beautiful and melodious.

The woman then walked towards a direction. Then the woman came to a large tree.

A large tree that looked alive even in this terrible winter. The woman was also surprised that there was a tree that could still survive.

But what was even more surprising was that the tree seemed to be protecting something, the woman looked under the tree.

The woman found a child with long black hair with a little white color in his hair lying under the tree with various food around the child.

The woman looked back at the child and spoke in a sad voice.

"What an unlucky child, caught in a snowstorm."

The woman walked over to the child body and tried to do something but her hand stopped when she touched the child neck.

"Alive?"

The woman was so shocked that she was speechless.

There was no way a child alone could survive in a blizzard like this plus it had been 3 days since the blizzard plus the nearest village was 4 days walk away.

Although the woman was confused, she knew her priorities now.

The woman pulled out a card from the air. A golden yellow colored card with the number XIX written on it. The woman started muttering something.

"-Le Soleil-"

Instantly the card the woman was holding shone brightly illuminating the entire area with a golden color.

After the glow began to subside, something extraordinary happened.

The area around the woman had no snow left and even the blizzard had stopped.

The woman then threw the golden card into the air and the card disappeared, the woman then picked up the card from the air once again. A green card with the number II written on it.

"-Le Papesse-"

After saying that, the child body immediately glowed a green color but soon something strange happened.

The green color that enveloped the child disappeared as if something strange was blocking it.

"What? My magic is blocked?"

The woman was astonished by what happened in front of her.

While the woman was still shocked, the child suddenly opened his eyes.

The child eyes were very empty and dark, the child looked at the woman and let out a hoarse voice asking the woman.

"Ahkh... Who...are...you...?"

The woman was surprised that the child suddenly woke up even though her magic had not yet activated on the child.

"Y-you're okay? Don't speak yet. I'll heal you right away-"

As the woman continued to panic trying to think of a way to heal the child, the child fell back unconscious.

"Wahh!!!"

...

"What should I do now?"

The woman sat with a serious face while looking at the child she had brought into her home now sleeping on her bed.

"I brought him here unknowingly but what if this child is looking for his parents?"

The woman looked out the window of her room, the sky had started to clear up since the woman had done something earlier.

"It's been 7 hours, why is this child still not awake? My magic can't see the condition of his body either. Should I bring this child to Helena?"

While the woman was still thinking seriously, what the woman expected finally happened. The child eyes opened.

"Woah, you're finally awake."

The child looked at the woman and the woman also looked at the child.

(Very dark purple eyes, what is this feeling? A feeling of fear? Me? To this child?)

As the woman was confused by the feeling of fear from looking into the child eyes, the child then turned her eyes to look around.

"Where...am I?"

The child voice was so hoarse that it didn't sound like it came from a human.

"Don't talk yet, I'll go get some water first."

The woman walked out of the room to fetch water for the child.

While the woman went to fetch water, the child looked around.

(Where is this?)

Feeling curious, the child tried to get out of the bed.

As the child feet got off the mattress and the child tried to walk, the child immediately fell down like a baby who didn't know how to walk.

Hearing a loud noise, the woman immediately rushed back into the room.

"Woah, you can't move yet. Right now your body is too weak to move. Ah, drink this water."

The woman quickly brought the child back to her bed and handed the wooden cup to the child.

The child looked at the wooden cup questioningly.

"???"

"???"

Both of them were confused with each other.

"Come on, drink up. There's no need to be shy."

"Drink? What's a drink?"

"What?"

"???"

The woman wondered if the child hadn't been given a proper education and couldn't understand normal conversation like this.

"Ahem, then. Let me ask you, what's your name?"

"Name?"

"Yes, your name."

"My name is... I don't know."

"Eh?"

The woman was confused by the boy answer, immediately she remembered something.

"Amnesia?"

The woman remembered hearing about amnesia, a condition where a person loses their memories.

(This is very problematic. If this child doesn't know what his name is, how can I bring this child home.)

The woman was confused about what she should do now until a brilliant idea that no one had ever thought of suddenly popped into the woman's head.

"Ah, right. I'll just take care of this child until he gets his memory back or I find his parents."

The woman then looked at the child and began to introduce herself.

"I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Erina. A wandering mage. From now on you are my discipline."