—So you are Pandora's reincarnation, uh?

A voice resonated within Lia's mind. She squinted at the Shuck. It could be an error to reveal his telepathy. If it was him, of course.

—Yes, it's me who is talking. If you are mute, you just have to think about me and then think about what to say, I've already created a link between our minds, so you don't have to do anything.

"I'm Aisha. Who are you and, what is your objective?"

Her expression went back to normal as she presented herself to the black ghost. The three men probably knew this would happen because they didn't make strange faces when Lia began to converse with someone they couldn't hear.

—I am one of Echidna's children, She gifted me to Pandora to serve as a familiar. Now, if you bestow me with a name, I will be yours.

Lia answered with an "I see" and continued a bit afterwards, "Your name shall be 'Maverick.'"

Maverick bowed his head a little as new messages appeared:

You obtained the familiar 'Maverick'Remaining available slots for familiars: 1

Status WindowNameMaverickLevel20Health500Mana1000ClassFamiliarRaceBlack ShuckAlignmentDarknessHealth Regen/Sec2.0Mana Regen/Sec2.0Strength26Agility47Wisdom73Intelligence85Stamina38Vitality50Dexterity43

Skill ListCorporeal Form (Active)Beginner lv.1Luck Stealer Bite (Active)Beginner lv.1Sickness (Active)Beginner lv.1Locator (Active)Beginner lv.1Sacrifice (Active)Beginner lv.1

"Skill list information"

Said Lia after she read the content of all the pop up windows.

Corporeal Form (Active)Allows the familiar to take physical form to fight alongside its owner.Cost:5 MP per second

Luck Stealer Bite (Active)A cursed bite that takes away the enemy's luck.Effects:-5% LuckCost:100 MP

Sickness (Active)Spreading its wretched smoke, the black shuck makes the poor souls that touch it suffer unsupportable diseases.Effects:-5 HP per secondRadius:10 metersDuration:5 minutesCost:500 MP

Locator (Active)Creates a glittering black string, only visible to the familiar and the owner, that connects the familiar to the searched person, object or place.Radius:50 metersCost:1000 MP

Sacrifice (Active)Using its own life the familiar can restore the life of its owner.Cost:5 HP per second restores 1 HP

"Okay. But if you follow me around like that you are going to get in my way."

Having read every message, now the problem was transportation.

—Do not worry, as a familiar I can be conjured and banned to your liking, but I can also modify my appearance as I don't have a real body.

"Can you become a bracelet?"

She lifted her right arm toward Maverick as his smoke raised from the ground and began encircling her wrist until it became a pitch black bracelet.

"Are you done, young lady?"

Rastin suddenly spoke, but Lia didn't react surprised and simply nodded, turned around and walked with them back to where all the soldiers were. She considered their offer to go with them. Yes, there was the possibility to encounter Johan, but her mental exhaustion was enormous at the moment. Rastin, Alve, Yare and Lia were the first to pass through, followed by the twenty soldiers. They ended up in a large stone room, with windows at half of the room's height, while the teleport circle was surrounded by a stone contraption, attached on the wall, on which there were engraved white runes. Ten to fifteen sat near both sides of the circle while meditating. When the last four soldiers passed through, the priests all opened their eyes and sighed in relief, then they slowly got up and left the room as Lia talked one last time with Rastin and Alve. It seemed like some religions wouldn't really appreciate her. In the end Yare accompanied her out of the mansion/castle and surprisingly they didn't meet Johan. Though, as Lia neared the 'Loose Goose,' she got hugged from behind.

Elisabeth went to open the door while she ate the last bit of her sandwich. Outside there was Abigail with a cute one-piece white dress and a huge bag on the ground at her side.

"Come on in, Abby"

Abigail brightly smiled at Elisabeth's invitation and entered the house.

After days and days of continued lecturing by Elisabeth, Abigail was finally brainwashed into trying out Hyria. Before coming here she had taken a shower and also had already eaten lunch, so the two women went directly to the Capsule Room. One capsule's lights were on, while the other was open and with the lights off. She already knew what to do. She let the one-piece fall to the ground, then she proceeded to unbutton her brassiere and take off her panties. She had a really nice and fit body, but strangely, no muscle showed remarkably on her. Her chest though was a perfect A. Maybe she didn't drink enough milk. Abigail chose to not modify her appearance, although, differently from normal, she had let her hair down. As for her starting town, she choose Thyw, the same as Lia.

Once in the plaza, she spent a moment to be sure she was accustomed to her "new body." Using the knowledge Elisabeth gave her, she looked around to find a guard and once she did find one, she asked two things, where the Swordsmen's Atelier was, and where the 'Loose Goose' was. She followed the guard's instruction and in only 10 minutes she was able to find the atelier. The instructor was really happy to have a new "companion on the path of the sword." Abigail ate some bread as she went to the 'Loose Goose.' Apparently, she had barely missed "Aisha." The owner's wife said Aisha would come back in two or three days.

"Can I wait for Aisha here?"

A puppy-eyed Abigail asked the burly old man, who obviously wasn't able to say no. For five days she went to train in the forest from dawn till midday, went back to the 'Loose Goose' and did various chores as long as the restaurant stayed open and after that she went to bed. On the sixth day, as she went back to the 'Loose Goose,' she saw a young woman standing in front of it, with an half consumed armor dyed by dried blood, nice curves and white hair. Abigail felt really happy, she started to run and at the right moment, she jumped and contemporarily hugged the girl from behind, making both fall on the hard ground.

She giggled as she continued to hug the girl and said enthusiastically:

"Welcome~ back~!"

End of Volume 1, part one.

And school started once again. For me, if it wasn't clear.

So~ part one is over! Grats to me~ lol

I initially wanted to talk a little about the next part, but know that there will be new characters! Maybe. Haven't really figured this out yet.

Here's the picture of Abigail, don't mind the kunai lol:

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