The Last Utopia by Michael M Finch

Author:Michael M Finch [Finch, Michael M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-12T22:00:00+00:00

- Eight

Leave the Caverns. That was my next goal. I had hatched this plan throughout the first few nights in this place, after my talk with Sophie had stoked my homesickness. Going back home was important. I had to tell Amy and Nate that I was fine. I wasn't cruel enough to let them worry about me for no reason. However, after some thought I had soon laid the plans aside.

Getting into the Towers of Knowledge and meeting up with Eileen was more important for now. Even if the old Mystic was wrong with his ominous riddles about the towers, at the very least I could have Eileen help me out. As an official mage herself, I was sure she could get me, a lost straggler, back into the city's training program for aspiring mages.

Most importantly, I could never exclude the possibility that the old lunatic was right. The consequences if he was and I ignored his warnings were too severe, no matter how little I wanted to believe. He was a mage after all, if nothing else.

Maybe, once my training was finished, I would be allowed to pay a short visit to my family back aboveground to make sure they would no longer worry about me, before I embarked on my journey into the towers. Certainly, the Mystic would be accommodating towards this one simple wish.

In many regards, the strange old man had proven much more lenient than I had first expected, at least outside of training. Lonely as he was, he must have relished in our company and would surely understand my desires if I was just open with him.

However, things were different now. With Amy a target for Lester, I had to get out of here as soon as possible. I had to warn her of the coming danger and make sure she was safe. The Mystic would never agree to my leaving the Caverns before I had finished my training. There was no telling how much longer that would take, but I was certain that it would be longer than whatever time this little stunt had bought me.

Since I couldn't rely on the Mystic's benevolence anymore, I would have to take matters into my own hands. At least I knew the way. I could get outside the same way we had entered. Then I would take a short trip to our crumbling mansion, talk to Amy to make sure she found refuge at Nate's before I would go right back here. If everything went smoothly, I would return before dark, with the old man none the wiser. Everyone would be happy. I had planned out the entire thing. Nothing would stand in my way, I thought.

However, the one thing I hadn't expected was the betrayal from my only ally. When I reached the spot we had jumped down from, I could already see the problem. With my eyes trained in magic detection, I could see right past the fake wall. There, behind the hidden entrance to the sewers, Sophie sat on a backpack, cheek in hand and bored to death.

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