"Congratulations. Star-Moon Bay has a third Sorcerer now."
Ingrid spoke as she watched the testing Magic Stone flash. Unlike Annan, who had been tested before his awakening, the boy had already awakened his Sorcerer talent, just like Claudia.
"A third? Who are the first two? Oh, never mind..." Still preoccupied with Leila, Annan was distracted. "But neither of them seems much like a Sorcerer."
"They certainly pale in comparison to you." With that, Ingrid stepped into the room.
"Della, was Ingrid insulting me?"
"I don't know," came a reply from the shadows.
Annan left the details of finding the boy and his mother a place to stay to Ingrid, then ran to the beach to meet Leila.
The little wooden boat carrying Leila and her catch had just run aground. She dragged a sea fish only slightly smaller than herself onto the sand and urged Annan to open the Portal.
Annan called over the Guards patrolling the street and asked them to take the fish to the Lord's Manor.
On the way back, Leila happily recounted how she had caught it. Annan listened quietly with a gentle smile, their long shadows pressed together.
Back at the Lord's Manor, Leila picked up her prize, and Annan obligingly opened the Portal aboard the New Origin One.
"Summon Faster to see me!" Lei raised her chin.
"Summon Faster to see us!" Annan planted his hands on his hips.
"Oh..." Francois sighed and walked away.
Annan was still posing alongside Leila when he noticed Abby quietly waving from the corridor. He left Leila and went over. Just then, Faster entered the cabin carrying his fish. When they saw that the two fish were about the same size, eyebrows rose on both sides.
"That girl keeps wanting to go out..." Ai said uneasily. "I'm