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I silently cursed the world when the ground started shaking.

I hadn't noticed it at first, just a slight tremor in the ground, but by the time I started applying my body mask on my back, the whole room was shaking violently. Then, at the moment when it was the worst, it stopped.

That stupid curse! I had finally made it most of the way through my body mask, too. Now even the ground was going to refute my right to peace, even for a moment!

The last time the ground had shaken this much was when that old geezer had…

No, it couldn't have been the Pope. The earthquake back then had knocked over one of those (expensive) pillars, causing it to break. There's no way that he would do anything similar again, especially after seeing the reparation bills. So, what caused it? It's not like Leaf Bud City is an earthquake zone, either. Quickly washing off my mask (no one had knocked yet, thankfully, but they probably would later), I evaluated the possibilities.

It was most likely some type of powerful magic. Otherwise, it would have to have been either an explosion large enough to level the city, or the crash of something rather large falling from the sky. Well, I'm still here, so the city hadn't been leveled, and I'm pretty sure that this city qualifies as a no fly zone, so that leaves magic.

I had just managed to finish getting dressed when someone (Adair) knocked on my door. Ah, there goes the curse. "Knight-Captain Sun!" He didn't even bother waiting for my reply this time, yelling through the door. He sounded distressed and, was that confusion? From Adair? "They need you immediately at the training grounds."

"Who is it that the benevolent god of light wishes for Sun to greet this day?" Who's calling for me?

"That would be the Pope and Knight-Captain Judgment."

"Then Sun shall find those who have yet to accept the forgiving nature of the God of Light." Let's go.

When we arrived at the training grounds, I spread my elemental vision out so that I could see what was going on there.

The first thing that I noticed was Judgment, who seemed troubled. Next to him was the Pope, who looked both fascinated and excited about something. All around were the other holy knights. They seemed like they had been threatened by Judgment not to get any closer than they already were, based on their nervous looks.

The next thing that I noticed was a crater, and inside of it was-

Before I could get a look at whatever was inside of the small crater, my elemental vision cut off, and I stopped walking. (After all, I couldn't see without it.)

Someone then spoke in my head, seeming somewhat upset.

No, no, no. This won't do at all. Here, I'll give you something, but remember, it's only temporary. I collapsed, confused. Who's messing with my head now?

When I came to, my elemental vision was still gone, but this time it wasn't coming back the way that usually did when I woke up.

Who could have done that? I thought I had good defense against mental attacks.

Above me, I could hear Judge calling my name. I know that the best way to let Judgment know that I was fine, and that I was awake was to open my eyes, so I did, even though the action was useless other than that.

And of course, I passed out again immediately afterwards. Gracefully, of course.

I could see.