1 The conscious shadow and the sleeping light

In the humble village of Brisnoa, people prepare to celebrate the sixteenth birthday of a young girl of the place. But why does such a common event arouse so much interest? In fact, for in the continent of Eucarias is the most expected moment by the great majority. Sixteen years after birth, a partner or entity decides to spend the rest of your life with you. These beings are commonly called partners, Entities, materialization of consciousness or simply "companions".

-Hey! Nida, I finally found you… Where the hell were you?

-Just sitting here waiting for the big moment.

-Look what I got you, it wasn't easy -He was excited while holding something in his hands.

-A sage willow leaf? For what? I've already done the test twice and you know I have affinity to light.

-Yes, I know, but I mean the second part of the test.

-The one that measures the amount of spirit?

-Of course! Now that we're so close to your birthday, it's probably going to work, shall we try?

-Hm, I guess I don't lose anything doing it.…

-That's the way to talk!

At the time of receiving the leaf I had a bad feeling. Ignoring this I put the thing on my right palm, then the other over covering and pressing.

One, two, three, four, five… Already! I separated my hands letting the leaf fall to the floor. Now we will see… Well, it was to be expected. The leaf began to become white ash from the edges towards the center. Of course, this always happened since I never had trouble determining my element, light, by the way.

There are six types and in turn six respective colors, obvious in my opinion; Water (blue), Fire (red), Wind (green), Earth (yellow), light (Ash white) and shade (dark purple).

In short, the only thing that failed on the test was the second step, because once the leaf was colored complete, it was common to start burning from the edges to the center. The burned portion indicated the inner strength of each person, usually called amount of spirit or spiritual strength. This is where the problem was, because with me it just skipped that part, it just didn't burn.

The leaf was almost completely white. Firion was very excited, much more than I was.

-I'm anxious, I have a feeling that this time it will burn. I just know it!

Although I knew there was no reason for it to happen, it was worth the effort just to see how excited he was. Firion had always wanted to have someone to venture out with and because my element was light, my partner would probably have healing powers or would be a great support. Being his entity Stella, a fire element entity, which in my opinion fit perfectly with his character, we would make a perfect match to walk the outskirts of the town.

Continuing with the blade, it had already finished changing color and surprisingly began to burn from the edges inward, however, what caught my attention was not that. From the root species that stretches through the center of the leaf, a black color expanded to the edges. Firion was too busy exclaiming, "I knew it! I knew it would work!" to notice it.

The leaf stopped its change of color leaving white with black ramifications, but only for an instant, because when it seemed to have finished the process of coloration burned instantaneously and completely. Who was with me composed just to say:

-Did I hallucinated, or it burned out completely?

-Hm, I don't think so, unless double hallucinations exist.

-And what does that mean? I don't remember hearing anything like that from the old man. Did I just miss that class?

-I doubt it, I went to all of them and I don't remember him mentioning it.

-So, what do we do?

-Just out of curiosity, did you notice what happened to the leaf? I mean, besides getting burned.

-Don't think so, though I seem to have seen that its ramifications thickened and protruded, but I thought it was my imagination.

-The leaf became half black and half white, and it was just before it was completely burned in an instant.

-Well, how do you want me to remember everything that happens? You know I don´t even have memory for breakfast.

-But it just happened! Good heavens. Hey… What if we ask Stella?

-Oh, sure, I hadn't thought of that. "Flame that doesn't extinguish or turn off. Stella can you hear my call?"

This was called "Remembering the pact" or simply "call" and was used to summon the entities. Keeping one in the material plane required an expense of conscience and "spirit". With training and dedication, it was possible to maintain it all the time materialized, but this was only for people with high spirit.

Firion had the right and necessary, which meant that if he trained well he could manage to keep Stella materialized as long as he is awake.

After having said the call, a flame appeared in front of him and from there began to materialize Stella.

She had the image of a young woman, long blond hair except for some pink pigtails she had on both sides of her head. She wore a one-piece red dress, plus a large solid belt attached to her waist, her face had a stern expression. As she come she immediately stared at Firion.

-Hey Stella, do you know anything about the test of the leaf changing color?

-Of course, I know something. Did it happen to Nida?

-How sharp, just like her partner.

Stella looked at me with a different face than she commonly shows to Firion, as with a more peaceful expression, though she still seemed annoyed. I knew she wasn't, but she just always had that expression.

-I must assume that your partner changed its mind about being your companion. What element will you be now? Water? I think it's the most perfecto for you, ignoring your hair being light white, of course.

-Well… My leaf changed color after it was white, and it did from the center. There was a black color expanding from the ramifications.

-The leaf was half white and black, plus it burned completely -Added Firion.

-Curious… I don't imagine what it would be then. But if the leaf had two colors, chances are you have two elements that were fighting to be the one who predominates, and you just did the test when the meeting happened. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Oh! and Firion, I want to be present when the entity of Nida materializes, always the apparitions are spectacular and more if it is the first time. Until then -That said, Stella was consumed in flames before disappearing. Nothing to do, just wait.

I decided to spend the rest of the time touring the village, with some luck I could find the old man and ask him about the matter. Though the truth, if Stella didn't care, then less I should do it myself.

This was a pretty quiet place, small, but with good people. In addition, we had the presence of the elder, a teacher who reached the maximum potential with his partner and got blessed with longevity beyond normal.

If one manages to make his partner take advantage of his spirit to the fullest, this will be rewarded with any wish that you ask, however, the wish will be fulfilled only if this being has the power to make it reality.

The old man had told us that he had asked for the following; "I wish I could live as much as my spiritual strength allows me". In general, this is the desire that everyone asks for different reasons. and short story, since then we had him between us.

I remembered that when we asked him why he wanted that, he said that what made him happier was to spend time with people. And, according to his reasoning, the more he lives, the more time he could share with other people.

He had lived so much that neither he remembered when he was born, not even his own name, and so we called him "Master", "Old man" or "Elder."

I went on my way to get through the preparations for my party. There were many people working together with their partners, repairing the food and games stalls.

Sometimes, I wondered if the 16 years had always been celebrated as a carnival, although for me it would always have been like that since I remembered. And, as I thought about it, I saw how everyone used their Grimoires to give their partners the tools they needed to help with the arrangements.

With so much that had happened I was about to forget about that… How my Grimoire will look? As I knew it changed color and shape according to the entity that the person materializes. I was hoping that I would get one that looks nice, after all I would have to go everywhere with the book.

The Grimoires were books, whose function was to be a connection between the world of the entities and ours. However, the knowledge to bring something from there was to be achieved by working together, training and experience.

When you write something on one of its pages this is deleted immediately if it was not an "adequate pact", whereas if the pact was correct this remained written and at the end of it appears the phrase in our language as reference, which was always the same, but with each letter replaced by their respective inverse.

There were other ways to get pacts, but they were less personal because they depended on others, like having another person write in your book a pact that he had.

For example, a basic light elementary pact I had learned with the old man was "Tesu xo juayo", elemental recovery to be more precise. If you put all the consonants in order of alphabet and then put them "back to front", besides doing the same with the vowels, "Tesu xo juayo" says "Hoja de Sauce (Willow Leaf)". It was for this reason that the entities were also considered as the reflection of us.

This strange dialect was a language almost entirely different from ours, but it was the one used by the entities in their world. They know our language and can spoke like us, but their world didn't, and that was why to bring something from there had to be call it that way.

There were countless things to "call", not just objects, but also skills, but all this depended on your level of spirit, if you didn't have enough and the phrase was written on your book, at the time you pronounce it, nothing would happen.

To use the Grimoire, you just need to open it and say, "active the pact", then any pact that you use would be considered active until the Grimoire is closed or a new one is pronounced.

The purpose of the Grimoire is to store all possible pacts, so that they could be used when they will be needed. It is near impossible to remember them all, but highly recommended to memorize the most useful. Finally, its cover contained the pact to call the entity, and it was the only pact that was pronounced in our language.

-Hey Nida, you're all set, let's go to the party - Firion came running to me.

-Ahhh of course, let's go.

The whole town was present, besides the old man who was at the main table on the side of where I was. I was entertained by paying attention to a game in which Firion won a huge teddy bear that he gave to Stella, she seemed delighted, well, enchanted until the moment the poor bear was toasted after hugging him. After a little laugh about the situation I headed to the main table to talk to the old man.

-Good morning, Master.

-Nidavel, what a pleasure. Ready to start?

-I must ask you something first.

-There's no time, watch, everybody's looking at you -All the people were silent while observing in our direction-. You'll tell me later.

That said, he put a totally white grimoire and a golden feather in my hand. Making sure everything was properly done began with the speech.

-Ahem, inhabitants of the village of Brisnoa, we are here to commemorate a remarkable event that concerns all of us. Both those who already have an entity, and those who wait for that great day. Today, Nidavel Naglfar, will be blessed with her own partner and days that continue living to reach the maximum connection with it, not only at the level of spirit, but also on a personal level. I hope that your partner and you forge a bond of friendship that transcends death and someday the wish you want to ask to your partner becomes reality. Having said that, we only must wait for Nidavel to call it.

At that moment all the people stuck their eyes on me, I could tell Firion jumping and shaking hands. I was afraid, I would have preferred to ask the old man about the leaf, but it was no longer an option. I swallowed saliva and started with the rite of the first call.

-I, Nidavel Naglfar, at my exact age of 16 years, would like to know how to call you, you have waited long and today is the day we meet. Would you want to show up to be partners?

As I finish the sentence, a bright sphere began to form about ten centimeters in front of me, at the height of my eyes, from which came a voice:

-Vidofnir is my name and I will be your partner, it makes me very happy to start writing our story together, read my call and let me materialize for the first time.

The grimoire started to get a little darker, it was the distinguished white ash color, apparently, I was worried about nothing.

Some letters began to appear on the cover, forming the call, and once the text was completed I proceeded to read it.

- "Light of hope that in the sky spreads. Vidofnir could you introduce yourself?"

The light strangely began to take shape and before I knew it a girl who seemed my age appeared before me.

Drowsy face, blue eyes and a short white hair. she wore a black headband with a knot in the center, a light blue tunic full-bodied and most impressive… She had wings! My partner was great.

All people surrounding us seemed very impressed, including Firion who had stopped jumping like a idiot.

-Hi, I'm Vidofnir, nice to talk to you face to face after 16 years of being part of you.

She approached me and hugged me, then whispered in my ear; "Don't be afraid when you met him". She let me go and turned to the village saying.

-Thank you for treating Nidavel so well, every good thing you did for her, you did it for me as well.

They all shouted in unison "and we'll keep doing it!", that was unnecessary, but everyone seemed delighted with it.

-I'm sleepy, I'm sorry, but I must go…

There was a flash of light that forced me to close my eyes, when I recover my sight Vidofnir was gone.

-Well, apparently, we have a new friend among us. We will continue with the gifts for Vidofnir and Nidavel, leave them at the table please -Said the old man raising his voice.

Murmurs were heard as "I would like to give it personally." or "Did you see how beautiful it was? I'd like a partner like that.". Some people told me when they leave the gift; "Be sure to tell her it was me who sent this." or "Could you call her to give it to her personally?". When Firion was given the turn to give me the my gift with Stella, he proved to be quite excited.

-I'm anxious to spend time with you. Besides, you got light, we can go out and venture together and… ¿W-What's wrong with your grimoire?

Then I looked away to see it. I had it under my arm, but it was clear that something was wrong, the edges of the cover changed color to dark purple with small ramifications pointing to the center.

-Nida, your shadow looks weird -Firion was dumbfounded pointing.

It was true, the moment I turned to look at it seemed to be darker than the others, and then I heard inside my mind a deep voice that seemed to echo.

-Good, I waited a long time, 13 years is a long pass, I hope that we get along well.

The cover of the grimoire stopped changing, it kept all the dark and branched edges. Under the pact to call Vidofnir there was another sentence now that said: "That which the roots of life like to gnaw. Nidhogg, could you lend me your power?"

-Master, look, my grimoire changed, what does it mean? -He gave it a glance and then indicated that I would use it-. Is it safe? I mean, I've never seen anyone else who has two calls, and you never mentioned it in your classes.

-Try to call him, maybe the entity will explain it to us.

Waiting for the best I read aloud the new call.

-"That which the roots of life like to Gnaw. Nidhogg, could you lend me your power?"

My shadow began to extend vertically until it reached my height, it looked like a door, although to tell the truth it looked more like a hole that was held in the air.

From this strange thing a boy appeared, seemed about 14 or 15 years, younger than me. He had a security face in himself, black hair and green eyes. He had a different look than that of Vidofnir, more aggressive.

He was completely dressed in black and purple clothes, including a cloak and scarf that covered her face from her nose to her neck. As he came out from the hole, the thing started to disappear causing my shadow to return to normal, the boy pulled down his scarf showing his face.

-What's up? -Absolute silence.

All people looked like they´re waiting to know what was happening, including me, who was half stunned when the old man broke the ice.

-Nidhogg, right?

-That's my name.

-Could I ask you a favor?

-Sure, old man.

-Could you tell us what you're doing here?

-I guess, but in a more private place, I'm not in the mood to talk to so many people present -He was talking like he was bored.

The elder ended the party and took us to his home arguing that what we will going to be talking about should be left just between us.

Inside the house I sat myself on one side of the table with him, and the boy sit down on the other side.

-Name? -It was the first thing he said once he was installed, looking at me.

-Nidavel -I answered as if I was being interrogated.

-Nidavel, huh? Well, Nidavel, I'm Nidhogg and my element is shadow. Don't worry and relax, after all I will be your partner from now on…

-What?! But I already have a partner! It's Vidofnir, look it's here in my grimoire.

-Yeah, but I also appear there.

-Then… Do I have two companions?

-That's one way of saying it.

-And I can call you both, right?

-Not at the same time, and calling Vidofnir can be quite damaging to you, not counting that she can be very little active on this plane. You must have noticed it a few moments ago.

-Yes, but… What does it mean that she can't be "active" for too long?

-It means that when you use her call, she will be here for a short time, a few minutes at most, then she will leave, and only if the conditions are right. Otherwise it would be dangerous for both you and her.

-And you? It isn't the same with you?

-No, because I'm partly the reason she doesn't hold out much on this plane.

-Then go away, I like her more. And why do I have two companions? I want only Vidofnir, not you -I answered angrily.

-I don't think you understand the situation -For the first time he used a severe tone, unlike the relaxed he had used so far-. I'm here because the amount of spirit you have is very high. For 3 years since you were born that power was sealed, and when you called Vidofnir your consciousness materialized as it usually happens. However, after she had been called by you, you kept on generating spirit. Then your soul reacted in the most prudent way. It allowed me to take care of it freeing yourself up the excess of spirit. Do you notice how my scarf still flutters despite the absence of wind? That's because it dissipates the energy you keep emanating. In short, Vidofnir is the materialization of your soul, and I am the one holding your power, I put it in the simplest way to understand, I hope you understood because I will not repeat it.

-Then… -The old man spoke after the uncomfortable silence-. Why Vidofnir will not be able to materialize?

-That's because she can't dissipate the spirit, it's not meant for that.

-And is there a way to change that?

-There are two ways, in fact, temporal and permanent.

-It can be done?

-In theory, if we could dissipate a great amount of spirit with a pact, the pressure from your own strength will take a little longer to reach you. I suppose by doing this she may be present about five to ten minutes. The permanent form would be to ask for it as a wish.

-Hold on -Interrupted the old man-. Do you imply that if she achieves the maximum potential with you, which is usually achieved after many years, that will leave Vidofnir free? That doesn't make sense, she'll probably live a few years with her wish fulfilled.

-Yes and no. Nidavel doesn't need years, because what the entities need to fulfill the wish is training and spirit, right? You forgot what I said it seems, I have the strength of the spirit of Nidavel and I need no more, I just need to learn to use it.

-Are you saying we must just train together?

-More specifically you need to fill that book as much as possible -He was aiming at the Grimoire-. I took the liberty of separating it in two parts.

He was right, the first half of the book had white pages, the second half was with the edges equal to the cover, with purple ramifications.

-So, what do you say? Do you want to travel through Eucarias filling it? It's better than your dull life here, and it shouldn't be dangerous if you're with me. -He smiled for the first time.

I looked at the old man for help.

-The decision is yours.

-Well… ok… I will fill the book and give Vidofnir the freedom she deserves.

-Excellent, for having responded so quickly here goes a tip. The wish that you ask me, you can use it so that Vidofnir is able to dissipate spirit. But that will be the wish that I will give you, Vidofnir can give you another when it deems appropriate. Pretty good, right?

-Then, can I ask for the same wish as the Master at the same time as when asking for the other?

-Yeah, probably.

-Great, I won't have to avoid fulfilling the wish I had in mind then. It's not as bad as I thought it would be.

-And here's your introductory gift. I looked it up before I materialized, this is a pact that I created before I came here.

-What pact?

-What do you mean by that? -Asked the old man to Nidhogg.

-It's on the cover of the book, right between mine and Vidofnir's. -He was right, now there was something new written on the cover: "Qizoku pi uqpu", he completely ignored the Elder's question.

-What you have there is a fragment of a banned pact, and because of that you can only use it once a day. It was a very dangerous thing that consisted in concentrating a meaningless amount of spirit and dissipating it into a tremendous explosion. The last time the pact was used killed two people. But I edited it so that it would only consume the spirit and not explode.

-That pact… -The old man looked at him.

-Is something wrong, master?

-Oh, not a thing, don't worry.

-Well… Can I call Vidofnir with this?

-Of course, explain what we have planned. I guess she'll be happy to know how important she is to you as you plan to spend a wish on her. If you have nothing more to ask me, then feel free to call her. I will not be here during that period of time so tell me anything that I should know. By the way, send her a message for me, tell her I envy having wings -He smiled, I also envied her-. Let's start, and you don't need to open the Grimoire to use that pact.

So, I said, "active the pact, Qizoku pi uqpu! -"Libera mi alma (Free my Soul)"-. Nidhogg, who was sitting in front of me was not immutable, but his scarf was beginning to move uncontrollably.

-Now, call her. It'll be ten minutes since the pact you used, not since you called her. You can also call me if she is present, and I will take her place, remember that, it could be very useful.

Immediately afterwards I said aloud "Light of hope that in the sky spreads. Vidofnir could you introduce yourself?". Nidhogg began to look blurry before just look like a shadow of his silhouette. Then in front of me appeared the same sphere of light from before, only that now was brighter, which dissipated the silhouette of the boy.

Once he was gone, Vidofnir was materialized in the same chair where he was. She was the same as before, only that their wings were much more collected.

-Hello again, he talked to you already?

-Yes, and we come to the agreement that I will use my wish so that you can dissipate my spirit.

-Then… I'm will not be sleepy anymore? And I could be here longer?

-Exactly -As I said this I saw how a smile formed in her sleepy face.

-That makes me very happy…

-Oh, and before I forget, Nidhogg asked me to say that he envy you for have wings.

-Is that so…? Well, you envy that too.

-¿H-How do you know? I mean, what?

-Well, I'm the part that comes from you, isn't it normal that I know how do you feel?

-Oh, of course.… -So, it was like her very deep down.

-Ahem -The old man cleared his throat, had already forgotten that he was here-. Vidofnir, I trust you, but I don't know if we can trust the other entity.

-If you're talking about what he told you before, it's true, or at least the clear majority.

-Then he lied to us about something.

-Not exactly -At this point Vidofnir was very thoughtful-. Don't worry, I suppose that if he didn't tell you then he must have a good reason, and I trust his judgment.

-That's enough for me now -Clarified the old man-. Taking advantage of her being here I'll give you some pacts Nidavel, so we can see how well Vidofnir is at healing -I opened the grimoire in the white sector and gave it to him, on the first page it was only written "Willow Leaf", I wrote it before when we walked here-. Oh, I see you already had the basic, applied as usual. How about if you try it?

-Of course. Active the pact "Tesu xo juayo"! -"Hoja de Sauce (Willow Leaf)".

Vidofnir's wings began to shine, she also spread her hand hesitating;

-I shouldn't say it, but on who should I use it?

-Darn! I forgot to tell who. Um, to the master, I suppose he have received several of these pacts and may qualify you.

At that moment a kind of cylindrical green aura surrounded the old man for about 3 seconds.

-Well, master, how are you?

-I… That's great! -He looked like a kid who tried ice cream for the first time-. I feel 100 years younger!

-Do you want to try? I can use the same pact as often as I want as long as I don't recite a new -she said smiling. That was something I already knew.

-Sure.

Her wings began to shine again, at the same time I saw everything with a greenish tone, it felt warm and refreshing at the same time, maybe a feeling similar to throwing a bucket of cold water in the middle of the desert. I felt really alive at that time.

-How was is it? -she looked sleepier than before.

-It was great, I went to heaven and came back.

-That's nice. Now I must go, it was excellent to spend time with you.

As she said that she began to fade and disappear, the hole was again generated…

-Did you have a good talk?

-What are you doing here? I thought I needed a lot of training to keep you as partner in this world, not to mention that I didn't call you.

-Being here consumes spirit, the more I dissipate the better. You don't need to call me since with my absence you would surely die crushed by your own power, so I'll be here while you breathe, even when you sleep. My conscience is independent of yours, so if you're unconscious or asleep, I can still be here. And no more formalities, you can call me Nid simply -Hell, It will not be fun to spend all day with this child.-; Did you gave her my message?

-Why did you make me tell her that if she can hear everything we say? She knew that you were hiding something from us!

-Hahaha, I just wanted you to take the subject, so she could tell you what you really feel, you should be more honest with her. Also, it was fun, and it worked.

-Aside from that, what are you hiding from us, boy? -said the old man.

-Nothing that you should know, neither the guy who's listening us from outside.

The old man stood up instantly, when I looked he was already in the window holding Firion, who seemed not to have noticed that he had been caught. I remembered some rumors saying that the old man was an excellent warrior.

-How did you know he was there? I didn't even feel his presence.

-Spiritual strength is my specialty, and that boy out there expels low amounts of fire element spirit as if he didn't know how to handle it.

-What do you say, shorty?!

-I'm not a shorty, idiot, and you're not as tall as a tree to say that Fosforito.

-Shut up, both of you! -said the old man as he knew about the imminent quarrel.

-Hello Nida -Firion smiled with a total change of attitude.

-How can you greet me so naturally in this situation?

-What were you doing spying on us Firion? If you don't have a good reason you will have a severe punishment -I remembered the last punishment he gave him; A whole week reading his grimoire, with hundreds of unintelligible words.

-Well, I was worried, I also want to travel Eucarias with them, can I?!

-Hm, what do you think Nidavel?

-For me, well, how about you Nid?

-If he's not a hindrance -After the meeting I thought he'd be more stubborn, he was more mature than it looked-; But, if you bother me again, I'll talk to you with my fists, okay? -Mistake, He´s still a child.

-So, it's done, you just have to decide when you're going to leave and collect what you need for it.

-We will leave tomorrow -Said Nid.

-Why so soon?

-It would be today if I didn't have to do something here. Old man, could you lend me your book to see if it has utility pacts?

-Sure, here, I hope my years of use of it will serve you something.

Nid passed page by page quickly and muttering; "Rubbish, rubbish, rubbish, rubbish, could… No, rubbish, rubbish. "

-Apparently, none of those are good enough.

-Almost all are low-rank or elemental pacts, there is none shadow element and I don't want to use my pages with them. Here's what I'm looking for, types of weapons. Go to sleep, tomorrow I will have the useful pacts in your grimoire, we will leave early so you should take some rest. And for you Fosforito.

-My name is Firion!

-Well, well, Fosfirion, take this. -In his hand there was a small black stone, it had no definite shape, it was a simple black stone.

-What is that?

-I think they call it spiritual stone or rock here.

-What?! Those things cost a fortune! Where did you get it?

A spiritual rock was a very rare mineral because they acted as amplifiers of the spirit. Because of its rarity and utility were extremely expensive. Also, they could be used for increasing the spirit, allowing to keep the entities materialized forever, if it remains close to the rock.

-I made it, It's pretty good. I'll see if the next one I do can be red to make you feel more comfortable, but meanwhile take this to see if it works -Firion took the stone and instantly its grimoire began to shine, the red cover flickered, and the letters shone in golden color-. Looks like she wants to go out, try to call her.

-"Flame that doesn't extinguish or turn off. Stella can you hear my call?" -Stella became present-. I feel no pressure or fatigue to have her on the material plane, this is great. Look Stella I have a spiritual stone, you will not have to go constantly from now on.

-That's great… Just great. You… child…, because of you I'll have to babysit him full-time!

After this there was an uncomfortable silence, although it only lasted a few seconds as Nid burst into laughter.

-Hahaha, so that's why you are like that! You have a woman as a partner, the materializations of fire are the most rebellious and impertinent, but also very strong, add to that the attitude of a girl. Fosfirion, you're in bad luck.

-What the hell did you say?! -They both responded at the same time. They turned their backs and crossed their arms as they notice it, both angry.

-Hahaha, you'll kill me from laughing! -It was hard to believe that he was the same person who just acted seriously.

-Keep laughing and you'll really be dead -Said Stella with the worst killer look imaginable.

After Nid stopped laughing he continued to read the Grimoire of the old man. At least the elder asked for something I wanted to know too.

-If I may ask the question… Where does that rock come from?

-Those are the remainder of the pact to call Vidofnir, the great amount of energy I release is concentrated in a small form, the result is that stone. In the ten minutes I was not here I gave the black color to look better because in natural state is transparent and hardly visible.

-So, you can make one a day?

-Yes, and now that I know they're worth a fortune, I think we can use them for the expenses we will have during the trip, don't you think?

-I suppose so.

-Decided, we will use them for that with the next condition, do not spend it as I will give you only one. Remember that traveling is our goal, and we must make it light.

-Good for me.

-Me too -I said.

-So, until tomorrow.

When we got to Firion's house he was still excited to keep Stella. She instead felt exhausted while she murmured curses many times. I kept advancing to get to the house that was on the side, mine, place that after entering my room and changing I set out to lie down to sleep. To be honest I fall sleep in no time, which was obvious as the day had left me completely exhausted.