Melody of Mana 5: A Progression Fantasy by Wandering Agent

Author:Wandering Agent
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2024-03-12T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

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SAFE

Alana

It took hours to go over my story in full, but I didn’t complain. The interviewer was a kindly-looking old scribe who spoke to me very sparingly as we sat in the dining hall. He asked me to go over the story and wrote notes as I spoke. I did notice him making some points to clarify things here and there on the paper.

Father arrived about halfway through, and after hugging me, sat down nearby. He seemed to have a lot he wanted to say, but he held his tongue for the moment and let the debrief continue.

“I used a variant of the portals in a spell form to redirect Rooke’s attack, and it killed him. After a bit of cleanup, we returned here,” I finished.

“Thank you. I do have a few questions, things that need clarification, if you don’t mind too much.” The scribe looked up from his paper.

“Certainly.”

“Let us start with the most important question. Did you happen to see your compatriot, Selene? I would assume she was in the same prison, but confirmation would be useful.”

My stomach dropped. “She was taken?”

“Yes,” the old man said.

“I-I didn’t realize … I heard screaming in the prison after I was awoken, but I didn’t know … I didn’t know they were torturing her.” I let the last bit hang, unwilling to think about it, about that horrible sound coming from her. “I left her.” I could feel the blood leaving my skin as I said it.

“We’re going to get her back,” Father said, placing his hand on my shoulder. “We’re going to go there and kill those bastards and get her back.”

I looked over and saw the look in his eyes. I’d seen him angry, and I’d seen him when he was taking command. What I saw now was a black hatred, and even though it wasn’t directed at me, I still felt afraid of him in that moment.

“To that end, dear, we need to know everything you do about this town. The name and location would be a good place to start, as well as anything you can remember about the people there or the layout of the prison.” The scribe seemed to want to bring me back to the task at hand, the task I could help with most immediately.

“I never heard a name, and I didn’t see much of the prison.”

I spent the next several hours repeating everything I could remember, and drawing poor maps where I could. They wanted the details I knew, but some were coming from the man brought in by Emperor Durin. He’d also been getting debriefed, but somewhere else.

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