The city of Dravemont of the Luminara Kingdom was already buzzing when Cici arrived.
"Miss Jody… I won't disappoint you!" Cici muttered as she recalled her teacher, Jody Lombarde.
Soon, she looked around her surroundings.
The capital of the Luminara Kingdom had been transformed into a festival of arcane brilliance, its streets lined with banners, its plazas filled with vendors selling enchanted trinkets, and its skies crowded with airships descending from every corner of the continent.
Cici adjusted her spectacles as she stepped off the carriage, her notebook already in hand.
She was a reporter for the New Era Chronicle, the most influential newspaper in Vale's Shadow Country, owned by Jody Lombarde, Vale's longtime friend.
Alongside her were two colleagues. They were Rynel, a sharp-tongued columnist known for his biting critiques, and Marra, a young photographer whose enchanted lenses could capture aura signatures in vivid detail.
