CH102 Thera’s Perspective

Oh thank the gods, finally.

In the days that followed their talk, Thera had gone off to search for any spirits and was finding herself growing exhausted. Usually, she would come across one or two a day as they would float around, but it was only now after days of searching she’d managed to come across an air spirit just at the edge of the forest, mercifully far from anyone who might catch her talking to herself.

“Hello there,” She started, unsure how to lead the conversation now that the opportunity was finally here. “Do you think I could take some of your time?”

It was quiet for a moment, and even though it appeared as a dense ball of mana to her, lacking any distinguishing features, she got the impression it was appraising her.

“I suppose I could stop my journey along the air currents earthkin, what may I do for you?”

Thera was instantly taken aback. Normally when spirits would communicate they would do so through mana, but that wasn’t what was happening here, the spirit she had encountered was talking normally, in a way anyone could hear.

“Is that… a sound spell?”

“I was lucky to see one of the non-spirits perform it and found it interesting. To communicate through the vibrations in the air, what a novel idea? Of course, if you prefer I can talk normally.”

“No this is fine, I was just surprised. I was hoping you might be able to give me some help and direct some life spirits my way if you can?”

“If I see any wherever the wind takes me there’s no issue, but how would any find you? You seem to lack presence as the other non-spirits do.”

Thera turned back and pointed towards the town. “I can usually be found in the town over there if you can direct them that way.”

“Just that one little spot in this large world? How suffocating.”

She knew the spirit didn’t mean anything by it and tried to let the attitude slide, they both experienced the world in such different ways that some aspects needed to be excused, especially when one was a creature that rode the air, never to be tied down.

“Maybe, but it’s home.”

“Alright earthkin, I will spread the message to those I see. Give my regards to the great one.”

“I will let my father know,” She said, before thanking the spirit and letting it go on its way. Air spirits were nice in that they typically didn’t like to chat for too long. An earth spirit on the other hand was more than content to stay in one place and talk her ear off and likely would have taken ages to fulfill her request.

With that done she made her way back to town and decided to stop in at her uncle’s shop for a bit while she was out. After spending the last few days searching for any stray spirit on top of continuing her studies and magic practice while at home she needed the break seeing Falk and Ben could provide, even if her friend was busy practicing one of his skills with a single-minded dedication.

When she got there, Falk was sitting in the front looking emotionally exhausted while Ben was nowhere in sight. “Everything okay uncle?” She asked him with concern.

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“Ah Thera, yeah everything’s fine, the boy’s doing some apostle stuff in the back and it was a little too strange for my taste.”