Arcanum - Chapter 185

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"Emila can you please finish the story!" Daisy begged as we made our way to Thralkeld .





"Nope . " I smiled, finding her desperation amusing .

"It's not all that bad Daisy . . we know they aren't together . . so maybe they never go together at the end . " Helen replied .

"You never know . " I shrugged to Daisy, making her a little more frustrated .

"Hey guys . . there's something you all might want to see . " Morgana shouted to all of us in the back .

One by one we all stuck our heads out to see what's going on . "Is that a checkpoint?" I asked noticing a bunch of adults in front of us with a make shift rode block haphazardly nailed together .

"Yup but that's text book bandits trying to take our stuff . " Helen said pulling us all in .

"Bandits? what the hell?" I questioned .

"They are probably just desperate . " Jay informed us .

"Well . . Im sure they won't be stupid enough to do anything to Atlantis students . " Daisy answered .

Our caravan came to an eventual stop . "Hey there . " A manly voice shouted out to us .

"Hello . " Morgana replied calmly .

"May I ask what you're doing so far out?" The man questioned Morgana .

"We are visiting Thralkeld . " She answered him .

"Oh? how many friends in total . " He asked, his voice sounding intrigued and slightly excited .

"Six of us including myself . " Morgana answered .

"Can you ask your friends to come out?" he requested .

"Guys they'd like to see you . " She requested, making us all exit from the back coming around the side to see them . They defiantly looked like bandits trying to look as menacing as possible, if I came across them 2 weeks ago I would have defiantly been intimidated . Their shoddy looking leather armour, degraded crossbow that's barely functional and weapons that look more like farming or blacksmithing tools then actual weapons did little to unnerve me now .

"No adults?" The man at the front asked seeing us .

"No . . We're Atlantis students, it's out time off . " Daisy answered, making one bandit in the back have a sword with their leader .

"Fine . " He begrudgingly accepted, "You may all pass . " He said turning back to his men giving them a signal making them open pull the blockade to the side .





"Thank you, sir . " Morgana said with a smile as we all went back in and began making our way to Thralkeld . We all still held our breaths watching closely as we slowly rolled pass all the bandits looking at us like a missed opportunity .

"Jeez I thought that would go sideways . " I let out a sigh of relief .

"Yeah same . . but just a small reminder, remember Paul told us that we can't just start trouble and under no circumstances can we cause fatalties . . " Jay reminded us .

"There was nothing to worry about anyway . . their equipment was in bad condition and extremely worn . . I guess they were trying to intimidate people into giving them money . " Grace answered .


"We should go do something . . you know, stop them doing this to someone else . " I said, feeling angered at the injustice .

"Let's not start something this weekend and just have a relaxing time . " Jay insisted taking s more relaxing seat .

"Fine for now . . but is something big happens we're not letting it slide . " Daisy argued .

"You guys and your moral compass . . going to get us in trouble" Jay sighed .

"Hey Jay, how long till we arrive?" Morganna shouted, making Jay peek out the front .

"Oh, we should be there soon, maybe 30minutres . " Jay smiled .

"Finally!" Daisy smiled in absolute glee .

"Coming from a different world it's kinda refreshing to have journeys like this . " I laughed .

"What is your world like?" Helen questioned .

"Its different . . . much like an enormous city but large with very tall buildings . " I answered .

"That doesn't sound all that bad . " Daisy answered .

"I know . . but the green, the fresh air the peacefulness is truly something . " I smiled, looking outside, absorbing the scenery .

"Feeling excited to see your parents?" Helen asked Jay with a raised eyebrow .

"A little . " He smiled .

"Do you think we'd ever get to see your family?" Daisy asked Grace or Helen .





"I really doubt it . . . First we live in an Elven city and secondly . . we are kinda exiled . " They both confessed .

"Woah Joining Atlantis was a big deal, huh?" Jay asked .

"Yes . . joining a 'human' school was apparently a huge disgrace to the family name . " They answered .

"So how do you both know each other . . since you guys aren't the same type of Elf and from different families?" I questioned .

"Our families are very close, Helen came over often to visit and mess about, that's when we decided to . . . . . run away and join a Human school . " Grance explained .

"Wait what, you guys literally ran away?" We questioned .

"Yup, we had some help, but we got away . " They smiled .

"But why?" Jay asked .

"Like we said before we want to choose our own destiny . " They answered .

"So your lives were like Emilia's? family pushing you into a certain relationship?" Daisy questioned .

"Kinda like we said before when Elves are born their status and name dictates what they will do in life for the good of the 'society', being the daughter of a wealthy and important house, we were born to be diplomats and our families would marry us to broker relationships and forge alliances . Grace explained to us .

"Damn . . . that sounds restricting . " I commented .

"Yeah, so that's why we both ran away . " They answered .

"Aren't they looking for you?" I questioned .

"Most likely but they have no power to take away a student of Atlantis . " They both answered .

"Oh I think we arrived . " Morgana said shouting to us .

"We all popped our head out in excitement to see a tiny village . It was a lot smaller than most other cities we've been to, with several roads leading into the city and very small outer wall surrounding it made of stone .

"Halt . " a pair of ill-equipped guard stopped, our caravan and began peering inside .

"Just a bunch of Atlatnis students visiting family . " Morgana answered with a smile, causing them to look at all of us closely .

"Atlantis students?" They asked curiously .





"Yup that's us . " we replied .

"Odd we don't know anyone child that got into Atlantis . " They questioned .

"I'm Jay Carvell, you probably havn't heard of me . " Jay introduced himself .

"Oh Carvell? the local bakery owners?" they questioned making Jay look at them in shock . "everything looks fine . . come right in you will need to leave your carriage at the stables, just follow the wall . " They instructed Morganna .

"Umm could you point us to the Carvell bakery?" I asked them politely as we pass them .

"Sure beside the city square, impossible to miss . " He smiled as our caravan pulled away .

Staring back at them, they watched us curiously as a Guard came up to them to talk . "Hey Jay I thought you was unknown in this town . " I questioned .

"I was . . " He answered, staring back at the guards .

Arriving at the stables, a pubescent stable boy greeted us . We paid 8 silver for him to take good care of our caravan and horses, then began making our way to the city square . Jay looked around with a genuine smile like his memories was all coming back to him .

"See that Tavern over there . " He pointed out to us, "That is where I would hear stories of adventures and new outside the city . " He smiled, "and over there the butcher was very nice to us giving us any scarps of meat that wouldn't sell and was going off . " He smiled remembering the kind people here .

"What's that building?" I asked pointing at a very large nice looking mansion .

"That is Vancliff house . . the family and lord of the city . " He explained .

"This must be it . " I said pointing at a very nice almost new build bakery, with a plenty of nice fresh loaves on display at the window .

Jay peered inside and took a step back in shock as if he couldn't believe his eyes making us all peer in . "Jay, Wrong shop? Daisy asked .

"No, that's them . . . " He uttered in complete shock .

"Let's go in . " I said, pushing open the door .

"Hi! Welcome to Carvell bakery!" Jay's mother welcomed us with a genuine smile but looked in shocked as she saw Jay behind us . "Honey! Our baby is home!" She yelled in complete shock to his father, on the verge of tears .

"Mum? Dad?" Jay asked in shock, also tearing up at the sight .

"My baby boy how are you?!" His mum ran to him embracing him with an enormous hug in tears .

"But how?" Jay questioned, looking at her in complete shock .

"Our mark? and all this?" She looked around with a genuine smile .

"Yeah . . " Jay replied .

"Jay?" Jay's father appeared, looking at him in shock .

"Dad as well? . . How? . . I thought it was impossible . " He questioned his mum in shock .

"It's a lengthy story honey . . let's find you and your friends some seats and some food and we can talk about it all . " She smiled within absolute happiness, making me miss my mum .

"Honey clear a table . " Jay's mum instructed, "So baby, why don't you introduce us to your friends . " She smiled at the rest of us .

"Yes, yes sorry . " He apologised and processed to introduce the rest of us .

"I hope you girls are taking good card of my baby here . " She said with a big smile .

"They are . " Jay nodded with an enormous smile, still staring at his mother .

"Come on in take a seat you must be tired, did you travel far?" Jay's father instructed wiping the table suface with a damp cloth removing residues of flour .

"Yeah, we took a caravan from Maynard," Jay answered while the other placed their weapons neatly in a free corner .

"Oh, so a small journey . . hope nothing happened on the road . " Jay's father questioned before seeing the rest of us . "So son! which one of these pleasant ladies is your girlfriend . " He grinned at his own joke .

"None of them, they are like family . " Jay smiled, taking a seat .

"Mum dad . . how was all this possible? You didn't take a loan, did you?" Jay asked, looking worried .

"You know your dad and I will never take a Vancliff Loan . " They both answered .

"But how then?!" Jay asked, looking around in absolute shock like all of it was unbelievable .

"We couldn't believe it ourselves at first . . but it's been half a month and our guardian Angel has asked nothing from us . " She smiled .

"Guardian angel?" Jay questioned .

"It's a nickname your mother calls him . . his name is Mr Wayne . " Jay's Dad answered making me chuckle .