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Chapter Nine
Seyruin
The End or the Beginning?
“What are they doing?” Gourry asked Amelia back at the castle.
“Some type of meditation,” Amelia answered, looking in on Xellos and Lina.
The two were sitting, legs crossed, on the floor of the castle shrine, a golden sphere of spell energy surrounded them as they each held on to their links to the Mother. Lina’s sword retransformed into a ball of light.
“How long have they been like that?” Gourry questioned further.
“For about two hours.” Amelia motioned to the door. “We better leave them alone; Lina told me it could take quite a few hours.”
Gourry nodded, “Lina will get mad if we interrupt her. Where’s Zelgadis?”
“In the garden having coffee; let’s join him.”
Meanwhile in the sphere.... Lina’s sword was talking to them.
“So that is what the Mother has planned for us.”
“A bit larger than I had expected.”
“What about Gourry and Zel and Amelia?”
“They have their own tasks.”
“I see. That’s why he has the sword, I wondered.”
“It will not be easy.”
“Interesting tasks never are, are they?”
“It’ll give you worlds’ of flowers to discover.”
“There is that and a whole pile of new magic.”
@--- } @--- }
The three other adventurers were sitting quietly in the Garden sipping tea or coffee depending on their preferences.
“So what’s in store for us now, I wonder?” Zel mused.
“I’ll go with Lina; I have a new sword now,” Gourry proclaimed.
“I have to stay here,” Amelia told them sadly. “Daddy says it’s past time I settled down and learned about ruling. I know he’s right but I’ll miss you guys.” She smiled at Zel. “Mr. Zelgadis, I’ll keep the librarians looking for a cure for you.”
“Maybe I can go to the new world to look for clues,” Zel mused then grimaced. “Unless, of course, Lina has a new emergency for us.”
“Actually, we do and we don’t.”
The trio turned and saw Lina standing in the door, Xellos behind her with an enigmatic smile on his face.
“But first things first, where’s the food?”
After clearing a table or two, Lina sat back contentedly and patted her belly.
“I needed that, now where was I?”
“New emergency, Lina,” Zel answered with an edge to his voice.
“Oh right.” Lina smiled. “First of all, Gourry you have to find Sylphiel. She’s gotten mixed up in something and needs you to take care of her.”
“But Lina, I’m your protector, I can’t leave you.”
“I’ll take care of her, ” Xellos answered. “We have another mission to a place where you can’t follow. I swear that I’ll die before anything happens to Lina.”
Gourry was visibly upset. “Xellos, I know you mean well, but taking care of Lina is my job.”
Lina reached over and took his hand, “Gourry, we’ve been through a lot together and you’ve been the best protector a girl could ever have, but Sylphiel really needs you right now. I didn’t get the specifics but she’ll die if you aren’t with her. That is why you were led to your sword. I’m a lot stronger now and Sylphiel really needs you.”
Gourry nodded. “Well, at least she isn’t as bad tempered as you are, and she cooks a lot better and doesn’t...
“FIREBALL.”
“...fireball me if I say the wrong thing,” he continued weakly smoke wafting from his hair. “What did I say this time?”
“Where are you going?” Zelgadis asked.
“We’re not really sure,” Lina answered glancing at Xellos. “But the Mother has other worlds in which we have tasks to fulfil. When the Mother created this world, she also created three others. Each of these have their own problems and from what I can understand different types of rules under which power magic operates. We’ll have to play it by ear. She did give us access to some information to help out here before we leave.”
“What type of information?” Amelia interjected.
“That empty village, it was an elven village. Amelia, you have to create a haven for the elves before they are all gone. There is an illness among the elves that will take your white magic to heal and all the information you can gather. Zelgadis, with the knowledge you have gathered on your search for a cure you must help her.”
Zelgadis felt a twinge of bitterness; there goes his search for a cure.
Lina continued, “The monsters and the dragons will be dormant for a while. Filia and Milgazia will emerge as the leaders of the dragon clans and will be great help in the future. I don’t know what Sylphiel and Gourry face, but the Mother said it was important.”
Lina smiled mischievously and nodded to Xellos. “There is one other ability that contact with the Mother has given us, do you want to see?”
“This won’t blow up the castle, will it?” Amelia asked suspiciously.
Lina looked at Xellos as they both laughed. “It shouldn’t, but I don’t think you’ll care if it did.”
Lina reached out to Xellos and grasped the hand he held out to her, the golden light surrounded them as Xellos crystal and Lina’s sword glowed brightly. As the pair began chanting, the other three jumped for cover behind the stone benches which dotted the garden. As the chant ended they felt a ripple in the magic of the area.
“Lina, why did you scare us like that? It was, it was...” Amelia broke off and stared at Zelgadis as he emerged from behind his bench.
“We thought that it would be less distracting if Zel didn’t have to search for his cure.” Lina smiled smugly.
Epilogue
"Lina, I don't think we're in Seyruin any longer," Xellos observed with muted tones as he stared at the large silver apparition in front of him.
"I think you're right," Lina answered, as she looked down at the stars under her feet.
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