The Magician Who Rose From Failure: Volume 6 [Parts 1 to 3] by Gamei Hitsuji

Author:Gamei Hitsuji
Language: eng
Format: epub

Once Arcus was gone, Ursula rose to her feet and gazed for a while in the direction he had disappeared. Darkness had overcome the alleyway, wedged between two buildings, leaving the moonlight as the only source of illumination. If she stayed much longer, even that wouldn’t be enough to save this path from drowning into the black.

Ursula pulled out a lantern and lit the wick. The walls around her were bathed in an orange flame that elongated the shadows and deepened the darkness it could not reach. Then, she raised her head.

“I know you are there, Yahanni.”

At her call, a hooded figure slipped out from a shadowy corner beyond her lamp. They were shorter than Ursula and wore the same style of windbreaker cloak over their kimono-like attire. They kept half of themselves steeped in the coiling shadows as they replied.

“He was the Seer, was he? He bears all the signs.”

“Yes, and he seemed familiar with that form of address. He must be the one we are looking for.”

“He did not seem to agree.” There was a teasing lilt to Yahanni’s tone that failed to elicit a reaction from Ursula.

“Would you not react the same way in his position? I think he was rather calm, given his age.”

“Yes... No child could do what we are asking of him.” Yahanni let out a resigned sigh.

The same held true for his vigilance. Arcus’s alertness had struck both Ursula and Yahanni as being far beyond his years.

“Look into Arcus,” Ursula instructed her companion, “but do so within the confines of courtesy.”

“Are you certain? Wouldn’t sneaking around in his shadow make him even more wary?”

“We must know the Seer well before we can do anything else. Only then can we be sure not to offend him.”

“Likewise, I must avoid offending him as I go about my investigation.”

“Exactly.”

“That will not be easy.” But Yahanni did not say that it would be impossible. “I do have to wonder whether that child truly is the magnificent Seer the prophecy speaks of.”

“Do you distrust our lore, Yahanni?”

Despite Ursula’s sharp gaze, Yahanni came back with a jovial response. “I have heard it enough to make my ears drop off. But seeing it all with my own eyes, I am forced to wonder.”

“Did he not seem like the Seer to you?”

“No. What about you?”

Ursula did not respond. She was particularly devout, even among the Heoga Tribe. Yahanni knew well the resolute faith she held for the legend.

“Do we even need to play along with prophecy?” Yahanni went on. “The Seer himself suggested invasion as an option; he wasn’t wrong.”

“That would break the taboos set by our Tribe’s founders.”

“It does not make sense to me to let our clans suffer so for tradition’s sake alone.”

Indeed, the Heoga Tribe was on the decline. It was partly due to their lack of a permanent home, and the pressure placed on them by the surrounding nations had recently led to skirmishes that exacerbated the problem. It didn’t make sense to wait for the prophecy’s fulfillment if it meant the tribe would be wiped out in the meantime.

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