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.