The sun shines brightly over the rustic home of their owners. The birds chirp loudly signaling the bright start of their new day. Roth leans on the wooden desk in one of the rooms they are staying in as he writes two letters with an ink and quill feather pen. He finishes and lets the ink dry before folding the papers and stamping them with a red wax to seal them. He leans back in his chair balancing the two wooden legs as he rocks back and forth. He stares into the ceiling looking at the two perks he has received the other day.

  [PERK UNLOCKED: THEANITAS BLESSING]

  [PERK UNLOCKED: LOVERS PROTECTION]

  He does not move from his leaning chair. He continues to stare at those two perks hovering in front of his vision. He is still baffled how is level went up by over six hundred percent. He chooses Theanitas blessing to read the description again.

  [PERK UNLOCKED: THEANITAS BLESSING]

  LO AND BEHOLD, YOU HAVE CAUGHT THE GREAT GRACES OF THE GODDESS OF THIS WORLD. YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY HER DIVINITY AND HOLY LIGHT AND SHALL BE REWARDED. ALL STATS AND LEVEL HAVE INCREASED BY 614%!

  He closes the perk and rereads the other.

  [PERK UNLOCKED: LOVERS PROTECTION]

  INCREASE MAGICAL, PHYSICAL AND POISON RESISTANCE WHEN REACHING BELOW A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HEALTH

  He sighs as he sets his chair back to normal and rubs his face with exhaustion. He sits in silence, taking the moment to decompress as he listens to the birds chirping outside. A sudden knock on the door can be heard as Roth speaks up to allow whoever was outside to come in.

  "Good morning, Master, did you sleep well?"

  It was Amaya coming in, walking with her royalty mannerism.

  "Ah, good morning Amaya. Yes, I did."

  "That is good to hear master. How is your arm? Are you going to heal it properly now that you have rested? From what lady Mina has told me, you possess an unusual high amount of light magic more so than Minas'."

  He looks down at his arm and holds it gently.

  "I healed it but... the scar will remain.

  "Oh? You're leaving the scar intentionally master?"

  "Yeah... I am..."

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  "But... but why?"

  "That night was the most terrifying moment of my life. I sensed how powerful that man was and just showed how weak I still was compared to him."

  Amaya walked closer and stood next to his side listening carefully.

  "Thank goodness I had that teleportation spell. I knew it was the right call to save it just in case a situation like this ever happened. Even if it was only a one time use. The thought of losing you two, especially what I have been through, I just couldn't let that happen. I want to keep this scar as reminder. A reminder of another failure that I made and have to live with the consequences."

  "Master..."

  Amaya said in a soft spoken tone. Her eyes slightly watering but refused to shed a single tear.

  "It's okay Amaya. But I now know I have very powerful friends that can help and support me. It just took me a lot longer to realize that. I just didn't want to lose you two as well."

  He smiles and places his hand on her arm. She smiles and nods when Mina suddenly walks through the door.

  "Gooooooodmorning big brother, so what's the plan now? Are you all healed up?"

  "Yeah, just about. I have to send these two letters to Aufnier and Saudia."

  "Okie dokie, what's next? Are we going to scout for that idiot who hurt you badly? I want to give him a piece of my mind after what he did to you; my blood is boiling just thinking about it."

  She puts her fists in the air and starts shadow boxing as if it were him. Roth turns back to look at her and slightly scolds her.

  "That is out of the question. After these letters are sent, we are going back home. Back to Galobethrogga."

  Mina stops her imaginary fight and yells in protest.

  "What?! Why not?! We know exactly where he is, and we are just going to let him get away?!"

  Roth places his hand up to block the sound of her yelling as it was giving him a slight headache, which also made him very annoyed.

  "We can't let this opportunity pass us by now. We know where he is staying. If we can take him out now, his whole operation will fall apart! We need to strike now!"

  "YOU DIDN'T SEE WHAT I SAW OKAY!"

  Mina stepped back from being confident and assertive to a now surprised and taken back look.

  "You were scared when you saw that crazy woman Frida right? This man is ten times more powerful than her. For crying out loud I nearly lost my damn arm, and you want to go find him already?! I taught you to be smart in fighting or are you just going to throw everything out the damn window?! Well?!"

  Mina held her hands together in front of her and lowered her head in embarrassment.

  "I... umm... no... I'm sorry big brother. I just... I don't know..."

  He exhaled with a slight of regret in his voice as he saw Mina become a little timider. He rose from his chair and walked towards Mina who was still looking down towards the floor. He gently took her mage hat off and gently placed it onto the wooden desk. Her eyes slightly twitched unsure of what he was doing. He gently brought Mina closer as he embraced her with a gentle hug. His arm holding her head as he comforted her.

  "I'm sorry Mina, I know you mean well. He is just far too dangerous for us right now. I don't want to lose you too. We're family, remember? I don't want to lose anyone else close to me, okay?"

  Mina's eyes began to swell up until tears began to pour out. She leans in closer to his hug as the tears fell on to his shirt.

  "I'm... I'm sorry... I just... I don't want anyone to hurt you anymore... I hate seeing you in pain big brother... I..."

  "Shh... shh... it's okay. We'll report what happened back to the guild, explain the situation and come up with a plan, okay?"

  "...okay..."

  Mina nods her head as she continues to sniffle and cry in his arms. Roth hugs her tighter to comfort her as he almost begins to shed a tear but refuses to let one out. Amaya stares at the two and smiles brightly at how wonderful he thinks of his little sister.

  "What?! Why not?! We know exactly where he is, and we are just going to let him get away?!"

  Roth places his hand up to block the sound of her yelling as it was giving him a slight headache, which also made him very annoyed.

  Mina's eyes began to swell up until tears began to pour out. She leans in closer to his hug as the tears fell on to his shirt.

  "I'm... I'm sorry... I just... I don't want anyone to hurt you anymore... I hate seeing you in pain big brother... I..."

  "Shh... shh... it's okay. We'll report what happened back to the guild, explain the situation and come up with a plan, okay?"

  "...okay..."