Location: Lake Town, Arseid estate
As the sun starts to rise its rays begin to shine through the window of
the vacant room where Rean laid. Then Rean begins to stir and starts
to wake up from his seemingly unconscious state. As Rean fully wakes
up he then begins to look around the room he was sleeping in. Then he
tries to raise his right arm only to feel something keeping it down.
looking over he is immediately startled to see his cursed arm not just
unbandaged but being held by Laura who was resting her head on the
side of the bed he was resting on remembering his sudden collapse
made him realize that she was probably waiting for him to wake up
making him give a warm smile. The sudden jerk of his hand made
Laura start to wake up to where she immediately looked face to face
with Rean as he was smiling which immediately caused her cheeks to
blush slightly she then immediately springs back up letting go of his
hand and back to a sitting position " morning Laura i see you feel awake
" says Rean " y..yeah i see that you've woken up as well" says Laura
slightly flustered "I... I'll go tell the others" she says and tries to leave
quickly" hey Laura" says Rean stopping Laura in her tracks " y..yes" she
says Laura trying to hide the the growing blush on her face " thanks for
watching over me " says Rean smiling " oh we'll your welcome" says
Laura who then leaves the room. after a few minutes of getting himself
prepared for the morning and rebandaging his arm he then leaves the
vacant room where he runs into Laura's father the Viscount " ah i see
your awake Rean especially since what happened yesterday" he says "
thank you sir" says Rean " do you know were everyone else is?" he then
asks " i believe their at the Bracer guild Laura just went to get them" the
Viscount answers " alright then i guess i should wait for them then since
i don't have any protection for my face out there" says Rean " that would
be the best option we wouldn't want you collapsing unconscious again"
says the Viscount, so Rean decides to wait in the estate for the others
to come to him. After a few minutes of waiting the group enters the
estate and find Rean in the Viscount's study reading one of the books
off the shelf. noticing the group he immediately closes the book and
puts back on the shelf where he found it " we'll looks like sleeping
beauty decided to wake up today" says Crow jokingly " yeah i guess so"
says Rean " so what happened while i was out?" he asks" not much
besides giving the entire training hall a heart attack" says Ash" not to
mention practically shocking those three other pupils with the touching
reunion you two had" he adds looking at both Rean and Laura " yeah we
should probably explain to them what that was all about" says Rean
then as if right on que the group hears a knocking at the front door of
the estate " i wonder who that could be" asks Millium " i can make good
guess" says Laura who immediately heads to the door while everyone
else follows her. As she opens the door her suspicion is confirmed as
the person who was knocking was the third pupil who usually comes to
tell her that the other pupils had assembled at training hall " instructor
Arseid im sorry to be knocking but i came to tell you that..." he starts to
say but stops due to realizing she had company over " oh are you
busy?" he asks " no I'm not, I'm assuming the others have assembled at
the training hall ?" Laura asks" yes they are currently doing their basic
warm-ups and are waiting for you" he answers " very well then tell them
we'll be their in a little while" Laura answers " we" asks the third pupil
who then looks to see the others " oh i didn't know you had company"
he says " i see your friend is awake" he adds looking at Rean " yes he is"
says Laura " is their anything you needed to tell me?" she asks " no
master I'll be heading back to the training hall" the third pupil says and
leaves. " we'll then i guess we should go join them" says Laura " i guess
ill have to wait here then" says Rean" i mean i don't have any protection
for my face so i guess I'm stuck here" " not necessarily" says Crow" how
so?" asks Rean Crow then shows Rean what seems to be a long red
piece of cloth" we couldn't find your old one but luckily a shop near buy
had this cloth that they weren't gonna use so we took off their hands"
he explains " thanks you guys" says Rean who immediately wraps it
around himself like a scarf then a fixing the back to be a make shift
hoody " how do i look" he asks " like a homeless man with tastes"
answer Ash which everyone proceeds to laugh a little at his smart
remark " yeah your right" says Rean " we'll im ready to go now" "very well
then we shouldn't keep the pupils waiting" says Laura so the group then
head to the training hall. once the group enters the training hall Rean
takes off his self made hood from the red cloth which immediately
catches the attention of every pupil in the area. Immediately Rean and
Laura are rushed by the pupils and are bombarded with questions
varying from Rean being this swordsman Laura always mentioned to
more uncomfortable questions such as how deep their relationship is.
meanwhile the others were also bombarded with their own questions "
whoa hey one at a time" says Crow " so this is what it feels like to be in
Rean's shoes huh?" asks Kurt " more or less" answers Altina. After a bit
of time the question slowly start to die down leaving the group mentally
exhausted from answering so many questions " we'll they sure do like
to be informed huh?" says Rean " you have no idea" says Laura " you
guys can rest here i need to get started on teaching in the mean time" "
sure take your time" says Rean. As the rest of the group mange to
catch their breaths the rest of time at the training hall seemed to go
well with the group watching Laura teach her pupils" man she really is
good instructor for these guys" says Crow " no kidding its like she
understands what their problem is by just watching them" says Juna.
After finishing one of their usual drills Laura calls the pupils to meet her
on the sidelines of the sparring arena she then enters the arena and
turns to her pupils and says " now then i would like to invite Rean my
fellow swordsman that you met earlier and that you witnessed take on
my three strongest pupils to help demonstrate a very rare sword style
that's not commonly known here in Legram in fact their are only six
other practitioners of this style" she then looks to Rean and nods in his
direction signaling for him to come infront of pupils Immediately
catching Rean off guard " well well look who just put in the spotlight"
says Crow " guys i don't know i still haven't fully recovered from last
time" says Rean" don't worry it'll be fine come on their waiting for you"
Crow says " okay then" says Rean as he stands up and makes his way
toward the sparring arena . Once Rean enters the sparring arena Laura
asks the three pupils from the trial to place about six training dummies
on the sparring arena and spread them out. After Rean giving a brief
description of the eight leaves one blade style he attempts to perform
the craft gale of the second form for the sword style on the dummies
but before he can demonstrate the entire lake town seems to start
shaking suddenly making everyone stumble to the ground. after about
a minute of this violent shaking everyone begins regain their footing as
they immediately start to hear a commotion coming from outside the
training hall . wondering what's going on the group heads outside
immediately noticing the reason for all the commotion. across the lake
were Lohengrin Castle stood the entire town could see a weird aura
emanating around the castle. after few minutes the aura starts
dispersing and becomes that imposing fog that Rean, Elliot, Crow,
Millium, Kurt, Juna, Ash, Musse, and Altina saw and experienced from
when they got here into the outskirts of the lake town. As Rean was
looking at the event he immediately realized that he didn't have his
hood as whatever was in Lohengrin Castle started bombarding his
mind with a signal like presence which immediately causes him fall on
his knees, grab his head ,scream in pain as his cursed veins begin to
glow brightly. Immediately realizing that Rean was in pain the group
instantly spin around as Kurt and Ash half carry and drag him into the
training hall do to him being unable to stand because of the searing
pain. " whats wrong with him" asks the third pupil noticing the group
coming back in with Kurt and Ash half carrying and dragging Rean "
somethings affect Rean but we don't know what it is" answers Laura"
somebody get the door close " she says to the pupils where one
immediately snaps out of their stunned state and begin closing the
door to the training hall. As soon as the doors completely close the pain
in Rean's head seems to disappear leaving him panting from the mental
exhaustion as his glowing veins started to dim down from their
glowing. Still clutching his head with one hand he attempts to stand
up but immediately drops to the floor on his knees" Rean what
happened? " asks Elliot " i...i felt some...something, it was like a...a
beacon" answers Rean struggling to speak" a beacon ?" asks Kurt "
ye...yes but also it felt so familiar" answers Rean " how so?" asks Crow "
it was the same feeling as...as the Archaisms from before" answers
Rean " not the Archaisms completely but the crystals that they had
piercing from the inside of their body" says Rean " so were was the
"beacon" coming from" asks Juna " i..t...it was coming from the...the
castle I'm not su...sure where exactly but its there" answers Rean" we
should probably let Toval know about this" says Altina " yeah but right
now we should let Rean have a minute to catch his breath " says Kurt.
After a minute of letting Rean recover from the event the group
immediately heads to the bracer guild to tell Toval what happened. After
explaining what just happened Toval gave the exact response that they
were all expecting from him " your kidding right?" asks Toval " somehow
we knew you'd say that but its no joke" answers Crow " that's odd when
i explored the castle i didn't notice anything the entire time i was in
there" says Toval " maybe its not because you didn't notice anything
maybe its that whatever it is didn't want you to find it" says Musse "
wait so your saying this corruption is somehow sentient" asks Ash" not
the corruption itself but its possible that the source could have some
sort of awareness and currently it wants Rean to find it" says Elliot " all
the more reason for why should see what's in the castle" says Rean "
whoa now hold on a minute there i know that we may not be effected
by this but apparently if even you come into contact with the corruption
you end having very negative effects to it so what do you think is going
to happen when you come into contact with the source" asks Toval " i
don't think its a smart idea having you go their" " but if what Musse and
Elliot are saying is true and it wants me to find it I'm probably the only
one who could track it down" says Rean " but there's a possibility it
could be a trap" added Laura " if it wants to be found their is no telling
what could be after". After hearing this the group than began pondering
the possibility it could be trap until Rean immediately stands up " then
that's a risk I'm willing take" he says with a determined expression Elliot
and then Laura also stand up with the same expression " Rean's right
ever since Rean, Crow, and Millium left the rest did nothing but feel
sorry for ourselves and constantly worry about the future we'll i refuse
to take that path ever again" says Laura " now that we them back it's
time to start the revival process of what Class 7 was even if we still
have members scatter around the the empire maybe starting with this
will not only allow help revive the spirit of Class 7 but it will also give us
confidence to confront the issue that resulted in its death" says Elliot
after hearing this the group hears Ash laugh a little in the back then
stand up as well " man i forgot how sappy this whole group is count me
in" he says immediately every member from both old and new in the
guild were standing leaving Toval to be the only one still sitting " man i
forgot that you guys always were like this you can count me in as well
then" says Toval joining them " so what's the plan?" " first we need to get
prepared to explore the castle and we'll need to get boats prepared"
says Rean " I'll handle getting the boats" says Laura " alright then we'll
handle with getting any supplies we'll need" says Rean " right" says
everyone and they immediately head out of the Bracer guild to prepare
then within a few minutes of time begin their journey toward Lohengrin
Castle.
