As morning began to rise Rean was seemingly sitting next to the old campfire that

Joshua and Estelle had set up infront of Draco Shrine seemingly pondering while

looking at his cursed arm that he had unwrapped the bandages from so he could

examine it. After looking at his arm he then sighs and begins re wrapping his

bandages. While he was wrapping his bandages Rean immediately senses

someone watching from behind but immediately recognizes the presence"

morning Fie your up early" he says " hm figured you notice me" she responds

while walking towards him and then sitting next to him. " Im guessing the others

haven't woken up yet" Rean asks " pretty much" answers Fie after a bit of time

Elliot and Laura also wake up and notice Fie and Rean sitting next to the old

campfire " good morning you two " says Elliot as he and Laura join them "

morning" says Rean but Fie chooses to remain silent which Rean happens to

notice " she must still feel upset at Elliot and Laura" Rean ponders. After a bit of

time Fie looks to Rean " hey Rean can I need to have some alone time with Elliot

and Laura do you think you could you know" Fie says in a whisper" sure if you

need me I'll be over there" whispers back Rean while pointing over to a tent"

thanks" she says. As Rean left the atmosphere suddenly became tense between

the three " we'll this starting to feel a little nostalgic" says Laura " yeah it feels like

our field studies again huh" says Elliot but very uncomfortably. Fie immediately

sighs " umm guys I think its about time we talked " she says " huh oh yeah listen

Fie I'm really sorry for what i happened and for what I said about your family" says

Elliot " I'm sorry as well I never should've stooped so low" says Laura" no I'm sorry

if it wasn't for what I said to you two you probably wouldn't have responded that

way" says Fie looking away from the two " and I'm pretty sure everyone else is

sorry for what they said as well" says Fie" but we can deal with reconciling with

everyone else later right now we Rean is currently dealing with something that he

needs our support with more than ever" she continues. " your right we weren't

able to prevent Rean from ending like that the least we can do is help him

recover" says Elliot. As the three were having this discussion Rean was standing

next to the extra tent as a smile slowly crept on his face. After Fie, Laura, and

Elliot had reconciled Rean joined them to enjoyed each other's company as

the others slowly started to trickle out of the tents. Once everyone was awake the

group began planning to enter Draco Shrine. " So what's our strategy for entering

the shrine" asks Joshua " we'll when we entered Lohengrin Caslte we had Rean

use the beacon that the crystal gives him to track it down but since were so close

as is it might not be a good idea to have him use it due to the dramatic increase

in pain it causes him" says Altina " but if Rean is the only one that can track it

down we probably won't ever find it if he doesn't use it" says Estelle. As everyone

was brainstorming what do to Elliot seemed to be pondering something which

caught everyone's attention. "what's on your mind Elliot?" asks Laura " well i was

thinking maybe we won't need Rean to track it" says Elliot " Elliot has a point

actually remember Draco Shrine is basically a straight shot to the end with few

twists and turns" says Joshua " and if what you said about the size of these

crystals is true they'll need a big room be in and the only room that big is at the

very end" adds Estelle. " I guess that means this will be a short trip huh?" says Fie"

seems so but we shouldn't let are guard down remember we don't know what could

happen once I've touched the crystal" says Rean the others nod. So with the group having

made their plan they begin to head into Draco Shrine. As Rean, Fie, Laura, Kurt,

Elliot, Estelle, and Joshua were making there way through Draco Shrine Rean, Fie,

Laura, Kurt, and Elliot noticed that the place appeared to be empty" hey Estelle;

Joshua when you two were exploring did you take out all the creatures in the

Shrine" asks Elliot" this wasn't us actually this is partially the reason why we were

asked to look into this place" answered Estelle" do you think this an effect caused

by the crystal" asks Laura " were not sure but it could be considering what you

told us from Lohengrin Castle " answers Joshua " the more important question

though should be why?" he says which immediately got whole grouping thinking

about what the reason could possibly mean but before anyone could give a

possible answer the group had arrived at the final entrance which led to the end

of the Draco Shrine. " Looks like we'll have to discuss this later" says Laura "

agreed, alright then everyone once we enter we'll need to be prepared for

whatever is in there " says Rean " we should make sure to stay on guard and

keep a safe distance away while Rean interacts with the crystal" says Kurt

everyone nods in agreement and enters to the back of Draco Shrine. As the

group enters they are suddenly flashed with the light that the crystals usually

emit but this time about ten times larger then what was from Lohengrin Castle.

As their eyes adjust to the light they immediately stare and both shock and

amazement and the sight. The crystal that they were seeking that was in the

center of the back platform seemingly had expanded and covered almost the

entire back part of the shrine and also seemed to show signs of further

expansion to the other walls. " no wonder why Rean could feel it through his hood

and bandages" says Kurt " it's out of control" says Elliot " and its a lot bigger then

the one in the old castle" says Laura. once the group had gotten close Rean

began to feel the crystal call to him like it did before but this time he didn't go into

a trance like state" alright then Rean it's your time to shine " says Estelle " right "

he says and begins walking toward the crystal" so he just touches the crystal and

it explodes?" asks Fie " we'll theirs a little bit more than that" says Elliot " how so"

asks Joshua as Rean unwraps his corrupted hand a places it on the crystal.

Immediately it magnetizes Rean's hand to the crystal but less forcefully then

before and begins resonating and seemingly starts transferring the curse

remnants from his hand into itself. As the the crystal was transferring the curse

remnants Rean again turned into the berserk form of his ogre form but this time

it wasn't trying make him pry his arm off as if it was pacified by the crystal. After a

bit of time the the crystal seemed to stop transferring some of the curse

remnants and let his hand go. As Rean's hand was let go he also deformed from

the berserk ogre form. After a bit of time the growth the crystal had started to

shrink as the crystal started to glow then eventually disappeared while emitting a

blinding flash of light which forced everyone except to Rean to cover their eyes.

As the light dissipated the group uncovered their eyes and saw that more of the

curse remnants had left Rean by a further changes to his appearance which were

mainly to his corrupted arm having patches of normal skin then being all

corrupted and the tips of his hair were starting show his normal blue tinted hair

again. After Rean looks over his changes he exhales a small breath and looks

towards the others with a smile" looks like were one step closer" he says " but it

doesn't it look like anything has changed much beside the crystal not being here"

says Luara " thats true but at least it looks like Rean starting look more like

himself again" says Joshua " yeah it really looks like were starting to make

progress" says Elliot while Altina seemed puzzled about something "whats on

your mind Altina?" asks Estelle " hmm well doesn't something seem unique about

his interaction with crystal" asks Altina " I've had the same question on my mind"

says Kurt " true the crystal and Rean did have a slightly different reaction to each

other" says Laura " how so?" asks Fie " well the first two times when Rean

interacted with these crystals in any way he would completely lose control in his

berserk ogre form almost as if the remnants of Ishmelga's curse was afraid of

these crystals but this time was calm almost pacified" says Elliot " its almost like

these crystals are changing its ways of interacting with Rean " Elliot continues "

wait you don't think" Estelle begins to say" are these crystals sentient?" asks

Laura. suddenly loud crashing noise comes from outside of the shrine

immediately snapping everyone from their conversation" what was that?!" asks

Elliot " no idea but we should probably figure it out for now we'll put this talk on

hold" says Joshua " right" says Rean. So the group immediately runs to the exit of

Draco Shrine to investigate what was happening outside.