It was time to select a mission.
The first practical evaluation of our second year at Mythos Academy had begun, and as Rank 1, I had the privilege—and the responsibility—of choosing a suitable challenge.
The list of options was vast, a scroll of assignments that ranged from subjugation of rogue beasts to artifact retrieval in dangerous ruins. Plenty of missions, each stamped with its own level of importance, each with its own dangers.
But my eyes stopped on one.
Mission: Investigation in the city of Redmond. Collaborate with the guilds and discover the root cause of the disturbances in the city.
Redmond.
That name alone was enough to make my mind sharpen.
It was a place of silent warfare, a city of veiled threats and unseen puppeteers. More importantly, it was where Reika Solienne was.
Although I'd already met Reika in Avalon, Maveren Academy—her academy—was located in Redmond. That meant she was there, living under the looming shadow of a secret war she had no idea about.
