《Ariana: Weakest Reincarnation》Chapter 2 We meet again
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The world was dark… Just like last time. Am I dead again?
“Why howdy there” A familiar voice said to me. Yep, it's her that all-powerful girl. I would call her a god, but she said she doesn't like being called that as that title is too much responsibility.
“Huh what happened did that hit the-”
“You're fine, you're just knocked out right now” She interrupted me. Huh, am I able to talk again? Well I guess I should ask some questions.
“So why am I back here? It's only been a day or so” I ask.
“Ah right to the question, ok then I'll answer.” She would then smile. It was more of a grin than a smile actually.
“The reason is… Because I wanted to just chat while you were knocked out.
“What! Really, that's all?” I was surprised.
“Yep, but I also thought that I should also answer a few of your questions” She said to me.
“Ok then” I would think of a few.
“First one is why can't I talk?” I asked her.
“Oh that, that's simple. I just overloaded your brain a bit by giving you the ability to understand the language in this new world” She said to me. Huh? Really, does it work like that?
She then smiled. “Is that all you wanted to ask me?” She says like she was expecting me to ask more questions.
“No of course not… Uh” What should I ask? Oh yeah, I know what.
“So did you give me any kind of cool powers?” I asked hoping I got something. She stared at me, like she was thinking.
“Yep” She answered. I got excited and wanted to know what.
“And what are they?” I asked impatiently.
“I gave you two skills of importance, but i'm only going to tell you about one” Well that's disappointing but that's better than nothing.
“The skill I gave you is the-” The world would begin to warp.
“Oh you're waking up, guess I can't explain it in detail but i'll tell you the name of the skill” She would grin as she spoke.
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“The skill is Sage, I'm sure you can figure out the skill yourself, don't waste it. It should be a great skill for someone like you” The world would fade away and her smile was the last to fade away.
Voices would echo in my head. “You alright?” And “Please wake up” My eyes would open and I was met with two faces. One of them was familiar to me and the other was new. She was wearing a mage costume?
“Oh great, you're alright!” The girl would hug me tightly. She seemed so worried for someone she barely knew. The mage just watched and then walked to the side of the room. I looked around the room and it was the cabin I was next to before I was knocked out.
The mage walked over to the ones who were planning on capturing this Sage person. Sage person? isn't my skill called Sage? Guess i'll figure that out at some point.
“So you were looking for me?” The mage said. Huh, her? Wait, is she the sage? If I remember, aren't Sages like super old. Don't tell me… I'll put that on hold for a bit.
“So were you?” She asked again. She was glaring at them with a serious glare. She had a staff on her back.
“N-no, of course not, why would we?” He said, shaking in fear.
“Oh… Really? Sorry about that. I must of miss read these plans to capture a Sage that was staying in the town” She then dropped a bunch of papers of the plan to capture the Sage.
“Oh well I’m sure you can explain it to the knights” She said. The criminals were taken away by some knights and now I was alone with the two.
“Are you ok, they hit you pretty hard?” The girl asked me.
I would nod to her as I got up.
“Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you my name. It's Sara. What’s yours? If you have one, that is” She said. I wondered if I should go by my old name? No, I think this is time for a fresh start. I would tell her I don’t have a name by shaking my head.
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“Oh, you don't have a name? That makes sense considering you came from an e- '' She then catches her mouth. I guess she didn’t want to tell the other girl about where I came from just in case.
The girl turned over to us. “Well now that this is over” She would walk up to me.
“Who or what are you?” She asked me. I was a bit worried about that question and could only shrug to her.
“You have dark red hair, meaning you have a very high affinity to a certain magic. Interesting” She said amused.
“Your hair color does look familiar… Huh! Don't tell me you have that affinity?” She said surprised.
“What, is something wrong with her hair color?” Sara asked, confused.
“Let's not speak here, come with me. I'm staying at an inn in the town” We then would make our way into the town. We maybe it to her in and walked into her inn and walked into her room.
“Ok, so if your hair is a certain colors. That means you have a high affinity for certain magics. So that means I got an affinity for magic. I wonder what the sage is. She does have bright purple hair. I wonder what her affinity is. I want to ask her, but I have to figure out how to speak first.
Maybe all the information in my head is mixed up. If there was a way to unscramble it. I'll have to figure that out.
“So what is her affinity?” Sara asked.
“Well at first you could mistake it as a fire affinity. But her hair is too dark to be a fire affinity. So I came to the conclusion that her affinity must be…” She did a dramatic pause. Just say it already!
“It has to be Calamity magic” She said, both of us stared confused.
“Uh, what’s Calamity magic?” Sara asked.
“What! Really, you don't know? You should have at least heard of it if you're training to be a mage” She would suddenly jump from her calm self.
“Well I mean i'm only doing this to help my village. So it's not like something like that is needed” Sara responded calmly with a smile.
“Well I guess it's not the place to tell you what to learn” She says. She didn't seem to want to start a fight over something like this.
“Now maybe I should appraise her skills. If she has that affinity then she might have a bunch of other skills” She would look at me. Wait like right now.
“Before that, may I get your name? You haven't told me yet” Sara asked. Yes it would be good to know, better than just calling her Sage.
“Oh yeah sorry, the name is Stella Aster” She said. Sara would look surprised at this.
“Wait, really…” She was at a loss of words. But why? Was this person that important? I mean she's a Sage so that probably made her important in the first place.
“Yes…”
“Oh I thought you would have red hair” She said. I look at them confused as I didn't really know anything about this world. I think i'm being a bit overwhelmed by all this. Even if I could talk, I don't know if I'd be able to force out any words.
“Well, i'm the only one in my family that doesn't have bright red hair” She said. She did seem to be a bit uncomfortable to say that, but she forced that out.
“Now if that's over lets check her skills with my appraisal magic” She walks up to me. I wonder how this would work, or how it would feel. She lifted her hand up to and open to me, her hand would light up with a white light.
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