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"No- come back...!" She was alone again. She always found herself alone. She hoped he would be back quickly.

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"..." Shieta bit her back molar, tense.

As Shieta was from a family of fallen nobles, during her family's prime, they had enough money to build a teleporter within their residence that is able to teleport them to any major locations.

But as their downfall happened, Shieta's family had to sell it and rode carriages instead. She remembered the gloomy atmosphere of her family at the time. Every time they rode carriages, Shieta was more focused on making sure she wasn't stepping on any mines around her family, rather than enjoying the outside view.

Shieta shook her head gently, no, that was all in the past. She has more freedom now, more than ever before. Sheita turned her focus of the red-head and properly introduced the teleportation scroll to her.

"...I'm glad. But i'm afraid this is slightly bit different from riding a carriage." On the surface, there wasn't any waves in her expression, as Shieta's voice was calm and gentle, with the usual monotonousness as before. But you could tell from her body language, that Shieta's mood dropped slightly.

Shieta calmly showed the teleportation scroll infront of the redhead, using her index finger to guide the others line of sight on neat, yet unintelligible writing, scribed on the scroll.

"You see, using the unique magnetic field between the earth, time, and space, and then combining mana within it. Magicians are able to formulate a way for everyone to go from one place to the other. But that was a 298 years ago. Now, it is possible to infuse and use the same structure as the formula and apply to this scroll." Shieta paused to take a breath before continuing to ramble. this is all bs btw

"Ofcourse inscribing it the scroll is much more time consuming, as you have to make a new one every time you decided to go somewhere new. But it is possible. I have done it, but this is the first time I've done it with another person.." Shieta paused and looked away, her ears slightly tingly.

Perhaps this was Shieta's way of not outrightly saying that Elvira was the first time for alot of things for Shieta.

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Kendo's boots clicked onto the floor, periodically, as he struggled to breathe, as the man pulled him along by the collar. The man had locked shackles around his wrists. normally, this wouldn't have been a problem. But it was mana-locking shackles.

He hated this feeling, the feeling of being weak, powerless.

He was thrown, roughly into a sort of office.

A well-dressed man in a sharp black suit, with golden hair, sat at a desk, dismissing the butler beside him.

"Is this the kid?"

The man beside Kendo pulled Kendo up by the arm.

"Stand up, brat. Face the boss."

kendo wrenched himself free of the man's grasp, facing the blonde man.

The man laughed.

"Exactly as I was told. Wonderful to meet you, Satou. I'm Arthur."

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She paced around silently. Was anyone even watching her right now? She couldn't hear anyone. So she tried to erode the metal bars with her magic.

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Only a few minutes had passed, and the footsteps approached the cell once more. The door sung open, and Kendo was thrown on the ground, unceremoniously.

kendo groaned, as he pushed himself up, rubbing his wrists.

"...Bastards..."

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Sera jolted and backed up slightly, tilting her head once she saw Kendo back. "Kendo... You were gone for so long..."

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"But I'm back now."

he smiled moving over to her, sitting down next to her.

"I'm sorry. Those guys were mean, and decided that they anted to bully me. I'm okay, though."

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"Are they going to do me next? I don't want to be next... It'll make Jack upset if they hurt me like... Someone did before...?" She looked down. More bad memories coming back.

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"...Don't worry. I talked to them, and they decided not to hurt you."

he smiled wearily, pulling Sera into a hug.

"Don't worry. It'll be alright."

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She frowned and looked up at him from her place in his arms. "What did they do...? Did they hurt you...?"

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"No, they didn't hurt me. I talked to their boss, and we agreed on a deal. You'll be okay, i promise."

his smile was a cheery as he could make it.

"I promise I'm not lying."

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She nodded slowly. "I'm tired.... But I don't want to sleep... What will we do, Kendo? We should... try to break out. I started on the bars..."

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"...I don't think we can escape."

His smile wavered.

"I'm nothing without my magic, after all..."

he steadied his perfect, neutral smile.

"You can sleep. I'll protect you, I promise."

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"When I sleep, then my body hurts..." She shook her head. She couldn't sleep. "Jack didn't tell you what I showed her... But I kept getting these lines on my stomache and back and legs and they really hurt... I don't know what they are..." She turned around so her back faced him and raised her shirt halfway so nothing was too exposed- except for the whip marks. Some of them looked fresh enough to bleed if they were scratched at.

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Kendo froze.

"...What the hell?"

He stared at the marks.

"... Sera, look at me for a moment."

he fished through his pockets.

"...What happened to you?"

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"I don't know... I just remember a lot of voices and being in a lot of pain when I slept..." She tried her best to remember more. "And.... I was standing up with my hands above me and I couldn't move... And I heard a lot of cracking sounds..."

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"...When did this happen?"

He pulled out a small pill.

"Does it hurt?"

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"Only a little... I don't know when it happened. It's all a blur, and I couldn't see anything, even when I was awake...." She looked guilty. "I'm sorry..."

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"It's okay."

he took her hand, gently, placing the pill in her open palm.

"Swallow that. It'll make you feel a little better."

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She nodded and quickly swallowed the pill, sitting down and leaning against Kendo. It was so quiet, and she was so tired.

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