Pov Mari:
The suns had just risen and I was walking to the Guild alongside Carlos to start another day at work.
“I’m glad we’re back to business as usual now that we’ve just dealt with the aftermath of the monster wave and the Undead Dungeon is destroyed.” (I)
“Don’t remind me of all that, these past few months have been horrible, nights and more nights I’ve been sleeping in my office where I’d wake up covered in a pile of paper the next day.” (Carlos)
“There wasn’t a single moment I could get away from work and drink my beer.” (Carlos)
“The worst thing was every time I thought I was finishing work and could rest, you came in with a pile of work you still had to do, I thought that hell would never end.” (Carlos)
“You did your job very well during these difficult days, but you know who to thank for that.” (I)
“Eclipse Shadow, if it wasn’t for them getting rid of that dungeon things would have gone bad by now, I have to thank Diana and Zenos later.” (Carlos)
“I’ll try to talk to Diana to arrange another day for a visit, without sneaking in again, okay dear?” (I)
“It was only once I did it, you know I was desperate to destroy that ridiculous Dungeon, I couldn’t wait at the gate.” (Carlos)
“You don’t need to explain yourself to me, you just need to remember not to break into your friends’ houses, you’re not Lucas.” (I)
“OK.” (Carlos)
While talking to my husband we arrived at the Adventurers Guild starting another day of work.
Carlos has gone to his office to try to finish off today’s work and I’ll be giving instructions to the receptionists while I help organize the Guild for when the Adventurers come to pick up their quests this morning.
That’s when one of the receptionists said someone left a letter for me last night, he said that this person was a beautiful pink-haired woman who showed up right after Carlos and I had left.
I pick up the letter and realize it’s named for me and Carlos, so I open it and read the contents of the letter.
[ I’m writing this letter to say goodbye to you Mari and Carlos too, I’m leaving the city of Valen and I have no plans to come back, Diana and the others wanted to say goodbye, but I said it would be better not.
Don’t get me wrong, I just didn’t want anyone trying to stop me from leaving or watching my steps, so I decided to leave this way.
I want you to know that the time I spent in this city may have been short, but it was very important to me, you and Carlos helped me and the rest of my group a lot, so thank you.
One of the reasons I don’t tell you two why I’m leaving or where I’m going is so I don’t have to lie when someone eventually comes looking for me, so please don’t forget to burn this letter afterward.
I want to assure you that I will take good care of Diana, I know how much you both care about her, also thank you for referring Diana to Trigan Mansion when she wanted to buy a house in my name, living in that mansion was amazing and that’s where I built a house with everyone around me, I also have to thank you for that Mari.
I don’t want the letter to get too big so I won’t say too many things, all I’ll say is me, Diana and the others will miss you, we’ll miss Carlos too, hope we meet again, goodbye.
PS.: I’m taking the mansion with me since I bought it, if you see me explaining this to Duke Valen, hahahahaha…
Zenos ]
“…” (I)
“What has this strange child done now?” (I)
Sigh
“The first thing I have to do is show this to Carlos.” (I)
I go quickly to Carlos’ office, had some Guild employees passing some information to Carlos while he signed some documents, I kick everyone out and put up a barrier so no one can hear what we’re going to say here.
“What’s going on, honey?” (Carlos)
“It must be something serious for you to have kicked out the other Guild employees and erect this barrier.” (Carlos)
“Read this letter and you will understand.” (I)
Carlos was confused by my reaction after entering his office, he made a serious face as he looked at me asking me to explain everything to him.
I take the letter and hand it to Carlos who starts reading, at first he seemed to be reading it calmly, then his expression was one of sadness, but I noticed that soon his face went white and his expression was frozen in one of shock.
“…” (Carlos)
“That can’t be, he couldn’t move something that big, right?” (Carlos)
“…” (I)
“This must be a joke, if the mansion had disappeared this news would have spread throughout the city, that would be impossible.” (Carlos)
“Let’s go there.” (I)
“No, what he says in the letter is true, he had many eyes on that mansion day and night, his group strengthened at a pace that people could not understand, influential people in the city realized this and began to pay attention to him, looks like he realized that and walked away.” (Carlos)
“He didn’t seem to like attracting attention, but the letter hinted that an enemy of his was approaching, so he left without telling us anything or saying goodbye so as not to leave any clues.” (I)
“What you said makes sense, but for some reason, I still feel my head hurt when I look at the final sentence of the letter.” (Carlos)
“This smells like another pile of work to me.” (Carlos)
I could see Carlos’ face change between worry, sadness, doubt, and happiness.
“I have no doubt he will treat Diana well, but it worries me that there might be someone after them.” (I)
“What I’m worried about is about the mansion, if that really disappears then it’s going to get a lot of attention, not just here in the Kingdom.” (Carlos)
“We’ll go there after dark, we can go without anyone noticing.” (I)
“I just hope that the last sentence is a joke…” (Carlos)
———-
After dark, Carlos and I put on our old black clothes that we used during some missions in the past, with some magic I used on myself and on him we were able to avoid drawing attention from the people watching.
“(There is something wrong, this is an illusion, the mansion is not there!!!)” (I)
Carlos looks at me I’m surprised by what I’m seeing, I’m using my skill, and thanks to that I can see a little bit through this illusion, there’s nothing there.
I warn Carlos about what I’m seeing using a telepathic spell I cast before I got here to talk to him without revealing that we’re in hiding.
“(What do you mean? That would be impossible, how would he make such a big mansion disappear?)” (Carlos)
“(Let’s go inside, it doesn’t seem to have any sort of defensive or attacking Magic, so I think it’s safe.)” (I)
We go inside hidden so no one can see us, after going through the illusion, what I see is a big crater, it wasn’t just the mansion that disappeared, all the terrain around the mansion also disappeared.
“(How he did it.)” (I)
Pfft…
Carlos seemed to be holding back not to starting laughing out loud as usual.
“(I must admit he knows how to make a great exit.)” (Callos)
“(Don’t praise such an attitude, this is a new level of irresponsibility, I wonder if he has someone with a Space element along with his group.)” (I)
“(Is that the only thing you can think of? What kind of powerful mage will be able to move all this gigantic area?)” (Carlos)
“(This is going to give us a lot of work.)” (Carlos)
“(Carlos, let’s get out of here.)” (I)
“(Alright, let’s go straight to the Guild, it must be empty by now, we can talk there.)” (Carlos)
Carlos and I went out while we were hiding, I didn’t want anyone to care what a big incident this is going to be with us after we get back we go straight to Carlos’ office and he goes to the bookshelves, he takes out three books and takes two hidden beer bottles, Carlos hands me a bottle and starts drinking his own.
“I really hoped it was a joke.” (I)
“The Duke won’t believe it when he hears about this, the worst thing is that it didn’t break any laws.” (Carlos)
“Since it’s his house, he had the right to take her if he wanted to, I’m just surprised he managed to do that.” (Carlos)
“Haven’t you noticed? The miasma is gone too and not a single brick is left of the mansion.” (I)
“I think he did well to leave, I got a letter from the Third Prince of Cartoza, he said he’s coming to register as an adventurer here in a week and a half.” (Carlos)
“Why did he send a letter just for that?” (I)
“Actually he also mentioned in the letter that he wanted to make a temporary group with Zenos, he asked to speak with Zenos if possible.” (Carlos)
“Having a noble keeping an eye on you is cause for concern, but having the Prince of a foreign realm paying attention is a sign of trouble one way or another.” (I)
“Yes, I hope Zenos will be okay wherever he goes and take good care of Diana.” (Carlos)
“By the way, I don’t think we ever told Zenos about Diana’s family, I don’t think she even told him.” (I)
“That’s their problem now.” (Carlos)
Carlos and I spent a few hours talking about Zenos’ letter and the mansion that disappeared.