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Chapter 7: The Price of Information
By the third day, the twins found themselves starting to settle into Ironbell's hectic rhythm.
The sailors moved across the deck every so often, adjusting ropes and reading the wind and doing whatever it was sailors did that kept a ship pointed in the right...
Chapter 6: Strangers on the Ironbell
The blue sea. It was as large as the sky, stretching endlessly in every direction. No one knows where the sea ends, or where it even starts. It's still one of the many mysterious of this world which certain Seekers hope to solve one day.
On this sea, a...
Chapter 5: Farewell, Dolphin Island
The upcoming three months flew by in a blur, each of the twins going through their own set of training—Mika practicing spear forms until his palms blistered under Soro's critical eye, and Maya learning to use as much of her magic as possible. Mika's friends...
Chapter 4: Together
It became, unexpectedly, the quietest part of the day.
Soro had moved to the kitchen to make tea, which he normally always did badly and without apology. Raiko remained at the table, having taken out a small worn journal from somewhere in her travelling clothes and...
Chapter 3: The Radiant Girl
The walk back through the forest was slow.
Raiko carried Maya without complaint, the younger girl's limp form draped across her back, blonde hair falling loose over Raiko's shoulder. She moved through the dense trees carefully, stepping over roots and ducking...
Chapter 2: Saved by the Lightning
The forest didn't care that Ryota was running for his life.
It offered him no clear path, no mercy, branches whipping at his face and arms as he crashed through them without looking back. Not once. He wouldn't even allow himself to take a second to rest.
"I...
Chapter 1: The Promise
"Will you stay with me forever?" A young girl asked, tears in her eyes.
"Yes, I'll be with you forever." A young boy answered, trying his best to hold back his tears, but in that moment, it simply felt impossible.
A moment of silence fell between them, the only sound...