4 「Learning Migraine」 (2/2)

The trio dismissed his almost calling Ninya a girl as a simple mistake, even though it was truth.

”So if you want me to stop, then you have to get him to tell me that he no longer wants to learn magic from me.” Cipher kept his arms crossed as Peter's arms fell to his sides. ”Which also means not being able to help him track down his sister's whereabouts.”

Peter and the others froze in that moment. Did that mean he was teaching her his magic this way in order to ready her for magic that would help find her sister? Yes, yes it was.

They quickly surmised that it would be unlikely that they'd be able to tell her to stop. Even if she was a humble person, her determination to find her sister was incredibly strong. It was the whole reason she was even here with them, other than acquiring a Sword of Darkness.

”Your giving us an impossible choice...”

”Yes, I know.”

”That's not very cool of you.”

”I know.”

”Stop saying you know, dammit!”

”I kn– Oh sorry. I'll try, though there is no try, only do.”

The three of them just stared at Cipher as he started talking in riddles.

Ninya entered the room, and paused as all heads and eyes were on her. ”Uh...H-hey guys?”

”Wuzzup?” Cipher raised a hand, giving it a gentle jerk, a modern wave.

”N-noth-thing?” She looked at the three of her friends having cornered the man who was teaching her how to use magic faster than even her talent normally allowed. ”What's going on?”

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”Nothing.” Cipher was quick to respond before Peter went to raise a hand with a single finger extended.

Whipping around and looking over at Cipher, Peter's frown deepened. ”You don't get to do that.” He turned himself around to look towards Ninya.

”Guys, what's going on?” She was immediately worried with Peter and the other's not looking pleased. Instead they seemed to be just as worried as she was.

”For your own health, we want you to stop learning from him. For the past few days, you've been laid out, exhausted and in pain after every lesson. You need to stop.” Peter and Dyne seemed to be the ones mostly trying to convince her.

She didn't give much of a verbal response. They'd give a reason, she'd shake her head.

She wanted to save her sister, he was going to help her achieve that goal. It may be selfish, but she knew how much of her potential could be reached so much faster than predicted with his help.

Peter tried to make the decision final, Ninya refused. Peter wanted to leave, he wanted the party to leave with him. Again, Ninya didn't want to leave and Dyne didn't feel right leaving her here alone.

Lukrut on the other hand tried to tease, but found himself practically shunned, despite just tryin to alleviate the growing tension.

”Cipher,” Ninya nervously called upon their host, all eyes moved to him. ”Is there anyway we can rework our agreement...?”

”As long as both parties agree to the conditions,” Cipher responded as if he was some sort of automated voice as if he was on autopilot.

”If.. If you join the Swords of Darkness, will you help us find my sister with your own power?”

Instead of just helping her, she wanted him to help them. In a way, this meant she wanted him to lead the way instead of him teaching her. At the same time, protect her if she couldn't protect herself.

He had no problem doing that either. After learning more about adventurers through them, he found that exploration and doing quests would allow him to experience the outside world he had yet to see more of.

”When do you want to go looking for your sister...?”

This question caught her off guard. When? Not Where? She stared through him for a minute, her eyes wide and confused.

”I don't think I'm strong enough, even with the help you've already given me. So... In a couple of weeks?” Meekly these words left her lips, she sounded unsure, as if it was undetermined.

”A couple weeks... Fourteen Days. Sounds reasonable. In that time frame I can join the Guild and become an adventurer of some merit. I accept.”

Peter frowned, getting only partially what he wanted out of this. At this point he didn't even want him around. ”Then we'll ready to leave in the morning”