"Little Sophie is fine." Aunt Sofia's voice came through, sounding somewhat dissatisfied, yet also helpless, "She said you told her to stay in some kind of circle, and no matter how I tried to persuade her, she wouldn't come out. Now she's so tired that she fell asleep."
"Uh, this..." Andrew felt apologetic but also deeply moved. He thought to himself that the little girl truly took his words to heart. Well, let her sleep then.
The battle had been raging since nightfall and it was already quite late.
However, some things needed to be done right now.
"Taking down Humboldt only represents overthrowing the old rules of Wildfire Town.
The new order hasn't been established yet..."
There was a gleam in Andrew's eyes as he kept encouraging himself, "I can do this. I absolutely can accomplish what needs to be done next, and do it well! I am now a Water Mage after all!"
Becoming a Water Mage was not an end, but truly a beginning.
