Chapter 114 – Left to Rot
"Are you going to stand there just like that?"
"..."
We didn't really know what to answer him with. Well... we can't just leave nor let him out... can we?
"Do any of you youngsters know any self-cleaning spells?" He shrugged, watching us, but his blue eyes mostly wandered towards Quincy.
"Like...?" She asked, drawing a blank for a moment.
"No matter... haaah. How did you two get here? It should be virtually impossible." He sighed, sitting back on his cot, watching us with a calm, unperturbed gaze.
"What do you mean?" I asked, furrowing my brows as, not counting the storm, we got here pretty easily.
"This place is guarded by multiple wards placed down by the top mages of their period, including the one who visited me the last time, leaving me here all alone. Two kids stumbling in here? It is not something that should or could happen. Either you were sent here by someone, or I am beginning to hallucinate. The latter should not be possible as I know my own mental state the best."
"Which is?" Quincy asked without thinking, making him look at her, forming a slight smile under his beard.
"Clarity. I achieved a state that I think very few wizards or muggles could imagine. So... who sent you here? Did the muggles finally discover our existence, and some group wants to free me? Tell them I am not interested in whatever they want to do."
"N-no, nothing like that happened..." We replied in tandem, looking at each other and realizing there would be a long discussion ahead of us. "We got here because we were looking for this place from the get-go."