Warlock Apprentice

When leaving Apprentice Town Eight, Angor saw two people coming out of the Cave Field and heading his way.

The shorter figure covered in a white blanket robe without using his hood was Sailum. The other one was Nausica. She did not use her “blanket uniform”. The lady still wore her usual soft leather armor. Her slim, cowhide boots displayed the curves of her legs to their perfect extent.

Due to their directions, the pair did not see Angor yet.

Are they going to the town to look for me? Angor suddenly got a playful idea. He asked Toby to take off to the sky while he put on his hood and walked toward the two people with his head lowered.

When they walked past each other, Angor noticed that Sailum and Nausica were talking about him.

“… I wonder if Angor already left… I don’t want to miss him again…”

Angor smiled. He intentionally cleared his throat aloud.

When Sailum tried to speak again, Nausica pulled his hand and said, “Let’s do this later.” Nausica thought Angor wanted to ask something about that killer, but it seemed not the case since Angor was being so careful. As someone extremely perceptive to people’s reactions, Nausica decided to stop Sailum’s question.

“You don’t look good. Are you ill?” Nausica changed the center of the topic.

Angor shook his head, considered a bit, and nodded instead. “It’s not an illness, but… close. Or I’ll not go out with a bedsheet on me. I need to use this thing to cover myself up.”

Sailum was still wondering why Nausica stopped him. When hearing these words, he quickly forgot his previous question and showed a worried look.

Angor noticed Sailum’s expression and felt warmth in his heart. “Don’t worry, a week or two and I’ll be good as ever. Nothing serious.”

“Glad to hear it. Do you want me to help out at your house?” Sailum still looked anxious.

“Come on. It’s not like I can’t get off the bed,” Angor complained.

When they reached the bus stop, it finally became quieter. But there were still small groups around them.

“I wonder what kind of destiny lies on Phantom Island. Everyone says there’s destiny, so we want to check it out too. But I still have no idea what exactly we’ll find,” Sailum spoke.

“I happen to know something. But I can’t tell you what kind of destiny because I don’t know it either,” Angor replied.

Sailum’s eyes brightened. “Oh yeah! The master of Phantom Island is your mentor! You must know something we don’t!”

Nausica paid attention as well. The kids did not see destiny as important, but she did.

Angor did not hide anything. Most apprentices already knew what was going on anyway. Nausica and Sailum just became apprentices and did not have many sources of information yet.

“… is what happened. Butler Goode said a destiny will come around when the Sorcerer’s Garden is finished. But I don’t know what the destiny would be,” Angor explained Sorcerer’s Garden along with everything he knew.

“Sorcerer’s Garden huh? I don’t know what that is, but it sounds amazing,” Sailum tried to comment using an experienced man’s manner.

Nausica was also curious about the garden now. “The Sorcerer’s Garden has a law that benefits the human body?”

“Yes, but the law is random. A harmful law can appear too. We can’t control it,” Angor replied.

“I wish we get a beneficial one. Maybe we’ll have a chance to get in,” said Sailum as he looked at the sky.

“Forget it. Why would Mister Sunders let strangers into his private Sorcerer’s Garden? Well, maybe Angor could,” said Nausica as she snuffed out Sailum’s little hope.

“I don’t know… My professor has a really weird character. I can never understand him,” Angor said.

“He should be. All wizards are unpredictable. We apprentices will never know what they’re thinking,” said Nausica. When she thought about her own professor, she quickly got a headache.

A sky bus arrived at their stop.