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The kid known as Wildcard had returned to the main center of operations for the Fire Wraiths. There he was with two others of the Flame Wraiths circle. The first was the old man from the Black Rock prison, and the other is an unknown person. His hair was red, he was sporting a torn up jacket and a bunch of scars could be seen on his arms and face.

"Wildcard, how did your little project in the woods go," the old man asked.

"Not too well, got nothing except these."

Wildcard presented Proxy's goggles, which had caught the old man's attention.

"Who did those belong to?"

"Some kid that was able to give me a good challenge. Didn't win, but he gave a good effort. Why you want them?"

"No, I was only curious as to who they belonged to."

Wildcard looked around and noticed that the head of the group wasn't there.

"Where the boss at," Wildcard asked.

"He's speaking with the client."

"Then why was I called back here?"

"Because we needed to see if you were still alive out there," the old man explained.

"Ah, I see. In that case, I'ma head on out. If I stick around here, I'm going to get bored. But I already hunted everything in the nearby forest, so I don't wanna do that again. Oh, I know! Scar, you wanna fight?"

"Why would I want to fight someone like you?"

His straight-forward response was a cold, harsh rejection.

"Geez, then I'll just find somethin' else to do then, dick!"

Wildcard left the room, steaming from his nose like a tank-engine while stomping his way out. Leaving the old man and the young man named Scar.

"Those goggles belong to a young man I met in prison. He had a fiery spirit, but most importantly, a drive to fight, like us."

"Is that so? Well, whatever, I'm heading out."

Scar left the old man in the room to himself.

"Haha, it appears that the boy is still alive. I wonder if Gilhart lived as well? I guess time will tell."

Moonlight castle - library/observatory - afternoon

Selena had just gotten done with writing down the events that had occurred today. She noted in the journal about the poison in Richard's blood and how it affected him. It seems as though it acted like any other poison by destroying the organs in his body, but thanks to Selena's magic they were protected from any real damage, and the poison was removed from his body completely. While she was healing, there was something else that was helping combat the poison in his body. While it didn't do much when she was holding it back, it must've kept it from spreading too far when he first got infected. It must've run out of power, and if it didn't, then it was low on power. This anomaly amused the witch quite a bit.

"I see your habit of stalking me is not going to change?"

She stopped writing and waited for the one hiding in her library to show himself.

"Why did you put your hands into their affairs? Were you not the one who said you were merely an observer?"

"I did but I felt pity for those children. Is it so wrong to aid them just a tad bit?"

"You did more than aiding, you interfered with events."

"And what of it? Are you going to lecture me on interfering with such things? If so, you would sound like a hypocrite."

The knight in white-clad armor made a low groaning sound.

"Is that all you wish to speak about?"

"Yes."

"Then I suggest you please leave my library. But I guess I don't need to tell you that."

She turned to see that the knight was gone. She felt gracious that he at least knew not to make a scene when leaving.

"Once a lone knight, forever a lone knight."

Selena knew her hold on him would not last long, eventually, he'll make an attempt for the book. It had many dangerous secrets in it, and it needed to be protected at all costs. That being said, she wants to see why fate allowed the book to be discovered by Proxy and Richard. If need be, she'll have to allow the knight to take the book by force.

"This is turning out to be a bit more complex than I intended it to be..."