Chapter 14: The Mission of the Cinch
Oxid is the name that my grandfather gave me, I have been following my grandfather to learn spells since I was sensible, this is not a fantasy, my family is the only remaining mage family in this world, the years have passed, many spells have been lost, because some spells are not everyone can practice, and I am already outstanding in the family. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
My grandfather said that when I was eighteen years old, I would inherit the family mission, which was a secret that the family had guarded for thousands of years, and only the heir would know what that mission meant, and then pass it on to the next successor, and the cycle would be passed on over and over again.
I am the heir of the first generation, and even my grandfather can't count them, but I only know that this is a promise from ancient times, and I will never leave it for thousands of years.
My brothers and sisters have gone out of the mountains to pursue their free lives, and this mission is sacred to me, but it is also an eternal imprisonment, and I must fulfill this mission with my life.
Whenever I have time, I will go to the top of the mountain to look into the distance, see the end of the world, the stars in the sky, look at the bright moon in the distance, listen to the insects and birds in the jungle, and feel the long flow of the mountain stream.
I grew up with my grandfather, I never saw my father and mother, I would occasionally ask, my grandfather always said sadly, they went to a far place, but one day they will come back, you have to remember, you will definitely get together, until grandpa died, grandpa still repeats the same words, he told me, no matter what happens, you must be patient.
I heard from my brothers and sisters that one day the Changling Stone on the top of the mountain was cut off by lightning, and my father and mother went up the mountain to repair it, and never came back, they took the road that my grandfather walked up the mountain every day, and the people in the village searched the whole mountain, but they didn't find it, and my grandfather's hair turned gray overnight, and I became an orphan from then on.
Before leaving, my mother put her jade pendant on my body, which was a jade pendant with a half-sun and half-moon inscription, crystal clear, pure white as snow, whenever I saw the jade pendant, it was as if my mother appeared in front of me, and I seemed to hear my mother's call to me.
That year, it rained heavily, and many places in the mountains were washed away by the rain, and I guarded the Changling Stone day and night, worried that the entrance would be damaged, and that was the day I saved her.
When I met her, her clothes were already soaked in heavy rain, and she fled very embarrassed, I saw her frightened eyes and panicked expression, and heard her keep shouting to me, help, help.
Several big men roared after them, they didn't look like locals, they were carrying a lot of suits, they didn't look like bandits.
I used stealth to cover her, a few big men couldn't find her and looked elsewhere, I found her some dry clothes and food, she still didn't release from the fear, her hands were still shaking, I flicked my fingers to summon a ghost fire, floating in the air to warm her, she seemed to be frightened, I told her not to be afraid, it was just magic, obviously she didn't believe in this explanation, but she didn't go, because I just saved her, compared to those fierce men, at least I'm safe here.
She rarely spoke, just sat on the top of the mountain every day, as if waiting for something, I didn't know anything about her, I didn't know who she was, where she came from, where she was going, why she was chased by those big men, and I didn't even know what her name was.
My instincts tell me that her appearance must not be for nothing, but she is indeed a weak woman who is helpless, and what she wants to do, I think I can only wait and see.
It wasn't until the night of the full moon that I saw the glowing mark on her arm that I realized she wasn't ordinary.