Master Of None

Dinner was done in a flash while Gil and Remey never made it back to the mansion. Remey had become immersed in potions while Gil had recruited the enforces that would be coming with him to make more arrows. They were trying to work on arrows that would more easily speed through the water and maintain their damage. It would be a surprise when they came up with something. 

Most of the family had been too busy with the building of the city and their new interests. Gil's mother had not left the garden since they had come to the larger portion of land. She had somehow managed to befriend multiple elemental spirits without the ability to speak to them. Walker could only wonder how she had managed it. But the effects had shown themselves in the portions of carved out earth which would become a winding path for the garden. 

It had been good to see Lisa taking a break at the dinner table but even when Walker had attempted to pry in to her work she had shut him down. She was even keeping secrets from Alice and Su which made everyone incredibly curious. 

"Walker, Midnight and I are just about ready." Su had taken things a lot more personally lately. She had referred to Walker less and less by the term leader and more by his name. It was something that truly spoke to how close the bond they had now. It also showed that she had finally begun to see that true strength everyone had and focus on her own goals. 

Midnight and Su had cleaned themselves as well as possible. They had the feeling that they needed to be as perfectly clean as possible for the best results. Walker had decided to clear a place in the training field for them to do this ritual in. He was going to wait for the waning moon to be directly overhead before they began. 

The air was still and cold as if the world itself had been waiting for this to happen. Su was toughing the cold air out with her resistance skills to cold and Midnight just shook off any child she felt. They were both clearly nervous but as they looked at Walker standing confidently with them they were able to brush the feeling away. 

" Midnight, I know it might hurt a little. But we need a drop of your blood for this." Midnight had prepared for it and knew exactly what this meant. She could already feel the connection between her and Su growing. But as she used one single claw to draw a drop of blood her very being was vibrating. It was like someone had started to shake her very soul and it was crying out for attention.

Su had thought hard about how this would go and what she would say. She was not going to breeze through this as if it was nothing. Thai was more proof of her commitment to her family and who she would protect. She never imagined she would be standing here in this way, but it felt right. It was exactly the place she belonged and that feeling would never fade. 

Walker wanted to hear the things that they would say to each other, but what surprised him most was that they did not speak. Instead, there was a wave of mana from each of them. They were making their own pledge in a way that only a draconic guardian and a champion would do. Words were not needed to prove that they would be there to protect the other. Words were a worthless thing to a real dragon. Words could be dropped at a breath. But the core of somethings' being could be shown and shared. The desire and pledge based on ones' soul could be shown bare. 

The single drop of Midnight's blood fell and melted in to Su. Her eyes seemed to glow with mana showcasing the skill she received when she first became a draconic guardian and realized the bond she had created with Midnight. Su had taken it on herself to rest with Midnight when they had received their hero titles. She had been there when Midnight could have been taken from this world of the living. The bond was small but had a foundation that nothing could shake. For any other draconic guardian and dragon champion, this would take decades. 

The mana around them instantly retired causing Walker to feel as if he was in a place lacking all mana. The feelings he had before were gone. Now he could tell that Midnight and Su were much closer. But even more, he could feel an increase in the mana that Su and Midnight had within their bodies. Midnight began to collapse in front of Su who tried her best to catch her. 

Su did her best to slowly let Midnight down as he lost her strength as well. The smallest piece of scales scraped Su's face and she started to bleed slightly. Before Walker could cast a light heal spell it fell on to Midnight and seemed to melt in to her scales. 

The two were more than done for the day and just as Current said, they looked exhausted while they slumbered. 

"Zephyr said she felt that the mana around here was acting strange. I came as fast as I could but it looks like everything is safe. Let me help you get them inside." Gil had been waiting patiently trying his best not to interrupt. With the help of Onyx, the two managed to get both Su and Midnight inside to their beds. Walker could feel that there was a change occurring between them and opted t keep them close by in the same room. But he couldn't just walk away. He chose to meditate on the natural mana around him while he waited for them to wake up again, even if it took the full day like he had been told. 

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