Chapter 17:

The Mysteries Of The Past : Part Three

The Creature Hunter: Soul Of The Wind


At sunrise, I woke up to the sound of the door opening. And since I checked Yuma, and he was still sleeping, I thought that no one was awake and the door had just opened to the wind.

But after a couple of seconds, Roam entered the room.

He looked at me and said,

"You are awake huh, Orano?"

Then he said,

"Well, that is good. We have a lot of work to do."

A lot of work to do? What was he talking about?

But before I said anything to him, He said,

"Follow me."

And we went out of the house.

Since the sun was still rising, it was very cold outside and I could feel I was shaking. But Roam kept walking without shaking a little bit. And after we reached where the logs were getting stored, he turned to me and said,

"Since you are at the beginning, you'll be carrying these little branches."

And showed me another bag. Like he said it was full of branches, but I still didn't understand what was his intention of me doing this.

I asked him,

"Mr. Roam. Why are we doing this? Why do I have to carry these branches?"

He didn't even become uncomfortable with me knowing his name, without him telling me. He just slowly took his bag on the ground, he put five to six huge logs into his bag and turned to me, Then he said,

"Even if you're here for a week or a year, you have to understand that you have to be prepared for any situation. It's true that together we will look for a way out for you, but there will be situations where I can't even protect you. So it's time to take on the responsibilities that require your goal to be accomplished with success."

Then he added,

"From now on, you will act under my training. First, we will train and prepare your mind and body for all kinds of situations. After that, we can move on to actual training."

After he started walking, he stopped before entering the forest and finally said,

"But while you're here, you can be who you want to be. After all, you have to choose a good profession to investigate yourself, for there will be times when you will also investigate on your own."


His words made me remember what Yuma said,

*Since they had permission to go anywhere.*

All of them combined in my mind. Making a single objective for me. I was going to find my way out. Even though it cost me all of my time. And I understood that I wanted to be a creature hunter.

When I caught up to him, I asked him once more,

"But what we are going to do with these logs?"

"We have to deliver this to a witch that requested from me weeks ago."

"Is it your job?"

"It has been my job for years. But now I give my everything to it."

"Did you have a job before?"

He didn't answer my question. He just kept walking.

We walked through the forest for an hour without saying anything to each other. And we finally reached a city.

Roam then said,

"We are now in Belimore. So stick with me Orano. People here are not that friendly."

Him saying that made me a little bit worried, so I quickly followed him.

There were dozens of witches and sorcerers walking around, a lot of potion shops, and a couple of stone roads that lead into the other parts of the city.

We walked past people and many streets. Then, after walking for fifteen minutes, we arrived at a little wooden shop that was located near the center.

Roam slowly approached the door, knocked on the door, and waited.

And after seconds later, a witch opened the door with confusion in her eyes.

She had long dark blue hair and had blue eyes. She was also wearing glasses, a witch hat, and a long robe.

And after she took a good look at us, she smiled and greeted us,

"Ah! Mr. Roam! You are finally here."

Roam replied with a kind voice,

"I'm sorry. I had a lot of business that got in the way. And because of that, I wasn't able to bring these to you earlier."

"That is no problem at all. I was busy too." She said while still smiling.

Then she looked at me and said,

"Who is this young man?"

"He is under my protection for now."

"Under your protection?" She asked with a confused tone of voice.

"Actually there is something that I must ask you about him. Since the other witches would call me crazy if I told them. I thought I could trust you."

"What is it?"

"This kid came out of a vortex. Right in the middle of Rawara. Do you know anything about a spell that can do something like that?"

She looked thoughtful and said,

"I really don't know. There can be a very powerful spell that I haven't read, but I really can't remember anything."

Roam then said with a nervous voice tone,

"I don't want you to get mad at me, but do you know anything about the wit-"

She immediately got angry and interrupted him,

"Roam!"

"I am sorry. But I have to find an answer for him." 

She then sighed and said,

"I am sorry, but I really can't help you with that. You must have to find answers on your own."

"Then I will be leaving the logs near the front door." Roam said as he slowly left.

"That is alright. If you need anything else please let me know."

And then we then slowly walked out there and made our way back to the house.

I was still confused so I asked Roam out of curiosity,

"Roam, who is the witch that you were talking about?"

But right at that moment, when I asked him that question, another witch heard us and said,

"If it isn't Roam."

And when we turned our backs, we saw her.

She had long silver hair, blue eyes and she was almost six feet tall. The things she wore were the same as the other witches. But her clothes looked more expensive and she looked like an authorized person.

Then she approached and said,

"Why are you here again?"

Her voice tone was very annoying and she looked angry about him being here. 

She then started talking once more,

"You're not here to defend that shorty's teachings again, are you?"

This time Roam was the one who looked annoyed by her question and said,

"I'm just here for a simple job, and that is none of your business, Rosa."

"So it is like that? Don't worry, Roam, because the Royal Society gave us the right to live in our own kingdom, we don't interfere in the affairs of people like you."

Roam then said in an angry but in a quiet tone,

"Is that why you threw one of your people out like a useless piece?"

She got angry too and said,

"Can you really think a dark magic user could continue to live her life freely among our people? She was crazy and she was on the wrong path, that is all. And your words are nothing but delusions."

He turned his back to her and said,

"Before calling my ideas to a delusion, you must find out your own illusions."

Then he looked at me and said to me,

"Come on Orano, we are leaving. Our job is done here."

The woman looked behind us angrily. And after a couple of seconds, she turned her back and walked away from there. I wasn't so sure why they were angry at each other and had no idea who that "witch" was.

So we just continued to walk and arrived at the house again. I followed Roam and helped him with carrying that day. 

Then we entered the house and I went to my room. And at night time, Yuma's mother came to the room and prepared the beds for us. After that, she smiled and said,

"Goodnight kids." 


And left the room.

I thought it was going to be a normal night, but when she left, Yuma got out of bed and called out to me,

"Tatsumi! Hey! Tatsumi! Wake up!"

I turned around to see him standing in front of my bed.

He was signaling me to follow him somewhere, and I did. So we went out of the house and walked away for a bit.

Then we stopped a little further away and he said whispering,

"Look at the thing I have learned! It took me some time, but I have finally learned it!"


He then opened his hands and started to point them at each other.


At first, it looked very confusing and nothing happened. But seconds after, snow crystals started to appear from both of his hands. And they slowly merged with each other, forming a snowball.

It was just like the movies that I saw. But it was happening right in front of my eyes and It was something truly beautiful to see.

He then smiled, looked at me, and said,

"See! I did it! I have been trying to do this at least for a week!"

"But, How are you doing this?" I said while I was looking at him excitedly.

Yuma replied,

"You remember the spellbook that I have shown you right? I learned it from there. And since the elemental spells are the easiest to learn and I liked winter so much, I decided to learn this one."

When I was still looking at the spell that he had created with amazement, it suddenly disappeared, and the air got colder.

After that, he looked at me and said,

"Well, let's go to sleep for now, since it is getting colder. We can discuss and learn new things tomorrow."

But before we got inside I said,

"Uh! Yuma!"

He turned around and looked at me. Then I said,

"You were talking about "Creature Hunters" yesterday right?"

"Yeah, I did. But what about them?" He said while looking at me confused.

I looked at him deep in the eyes and said,

"I want to know more about them. I need to know."

Yuma then replied with a smile,

"Well let's go inside and find out, shall we?"

After that, we talked about Creature Hunters all night and I have finally found out what I had to do.

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But at sunrise, the same time as yesterday, I was awake again.

And it was the same situation.

Roam looked at me and said,

"Kid, your training begins from now on."