Chapter 8:

Knowledge, on the verge of death

Light through my window


"Ah, how could I forgot, you two don't know each others names, how could you two forgot to ask it"- She silently chuckling.

"We saw the/"- My golden-haired partner tried to explain, while blushing. But her master said with danger in her voice:

"Don't tell me things I don't need to know. So maybe we should introduce ourselves? Esmeralda Oberon, I am. And your beloved is Aurelia Von Argos. And you are?"- she asked.

"Yasei."

"Yasei , you have very interesting sword."- Suddenly she made two moves with her fingers and her threads started moving completely capturing Aurelia, I managed to jump back and looked at her with a question. She smiled, but it was cold and empty smile:

"You still have to pass my little test"-She began to love her fingers gracefully and furiously. Threads followed me with fabulous speed and movements. I started to retreat to the deeper forest , with way more obstacles, but yet, she was able  stress free , control her threads, and zero of them tangled. Everything looked as if she could see the whole forest and the trajectory of each if her threads.

It's meaningless to use Umbra against her, she probably knows how it's works and can use it against me. I tried to cut the thread, but as I thought, you can't cut them so easily. Maybe I could use a magic, but which would work against her. I could not use thunder because its gonna hurt Aurelia, fire ,water, air or earth probably gonna be useless. I let her catch my sword:

"Do you give up, young boy?"- I decided to do something crazy, and send my energy flow through the sword in the threads. Breaking her control on them for a few seconds, and then:

"Umbra." - I disappeared with my sword. and appeared right from Aurelia's master's shadow attacking her back with my sword and...

She disappeared, I jump back in the shadow, and dodged her attack from the back. This lady is inappropriately dangerous. we both jump out of our hideout. Threads from one of her hand disappeared and to replace them, there was mirror. This mirror had aura way more dangerous then threads.

" Very interesting technique , I would like to point out, so you took control of threads for a few from me , impressive, very impressive! Young boy. Altea V Gorgo!!!"

She screamed and mirror starting glowing and send rays of light , every place touched by ray  turned to stone and light created by her removed all shadows. She's definitely trying to kill me- that though come into my mind. And what is with name of her artifact doubled?

"If you want to beat me , you should use full true name of both of your artifact, technique of your cloak is good"- She said with madness in her eyes. 

Two? Right I took two things from home. I noticed , that she giving me hints.

"Schrodinger V Umbra!" The whole earth was covered with an impenetrable shadow and the strongest shadow was under her master. And I'm gone completely.

"How exiting"- she looked around started to turn earth into stone , but my shadow appeared on top of her stone. And then, she was amazed by my cancellation technique again, but not because if technique itself, but user was Aurelia. And whistle hit her mirror with arrow, cancelling her ability.

"Why am I getting no fun here?"- And started shooting one arrow after another into her master.

"Don't regret your choice, silly girl, I know almost every your love"- She used her threads to deflect arrows. And suddenly her movement, every movement stopped, every threat freeze in the air.

"Quick! let's put this to the end!"- Shouted I, jumping out of her shadow, completely shackling her and pointing my sword at her. But she break my magical ability and rushed grabbing a mirror:

"Good games here, little kiddos. Altea V Gorgo X!!!"- And her mirror disappeared, but in her hand was sword replacing it. And she fired a small beam, I managed to dodge, but she hit me in the shoulder, completely petrifying it and the area around. She shot all over my limb, pinning me in place, again. Terrible pain went through my body. I resisted my scream. And I noticed, that Aurelia was in the same condition. WE completely lost, and she did not even tried hard. She pointed her sword at my head.

"It's game over, maybe gonna see you alter"- She activated her ray, I heard Aurelia screamed. And I saw how my death coming my way, it flied right into my head, tome slowed down, but I had no options here.

"Just kidding, I am an excellent actress, you should have seen your faces"- Almost rolling on the floor and holding her stomach she laughed. And yeah, she just changed trajectory in the last second, just cutting a bunch of my black hairs. She freed us, carved chairs from petrified trees, a table and invited us to sit down with a wave of her hand. Materialized a tea set and sweets from the air and offered to eat it, I was wary of such a change of character.

"Don't worry, there is no poison"-With the purest smile she sipped her tea. I took a sip, and she said:

" I mentioned only poison, so its fine"- with a devilish smile she laughed, it send me chills:

"It's all because Aurelia like daughter to me, and I wanted to check how worthy you are"

" And you almost killed both of us"- said Aurelia pouting.

"But not killed" -Shrugged her master:

"So lovely birds, why are you two here, not just to visit this old lady?".

"We need your help, master, The people of the kingdoms of Argos and Landos haunt me, and my partner suffering from the light of the sun"- Explained Aurelia.

"I know."-calmly spoke her master, leaving us wordless. 

"Okay let me fix one problem quick"- And she showed us how to hide our magic. 

"But what about your young husband problem, let me show you two."- She got her mirror and said me to watch in it, and I saw...



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