The Floga family, it is the arrival of the night

"Sanryu..." Zaria gets Sanryu's attention.

"Yes?" Sanryu replies to the girl, with a questioning look.

"Remember when you said that if I ever wanted to talk to anyone, you would be willing to listen to me?" Sanryu understands where Zaria is going.

"Of course, I don't take back what I said yesterday, are you ready to talk about it?" Sanryu thinks that moment came sooner than expected, but it doesn't matter, if Zaria wants to talk about it, he will listen to her.

"Exactly, I would like to talk to you about my family, the Flogas." Zaria mentions the name of her noble family, Sanryu looks focused, ready to listen to what Zaria has to say. "My family dates back centuries, almost as long as the royal family. The Floga have always been trusted servants of the crown, carrying out the tasks the Ryleighs sent our way." Apparently the Flogas are serious and dutiful people. "My family is famous for the talented magicians who are born in it, powerful magicians linked to the element of fire, capable of incinerating the enemies of the kingdom, with powerful and complex fiery magic, my father is an example of this. Even as a child he demonstrated great talent in controlling flames, and as you can well imagine, as he grew older he became more and more of a genius in the arcane arts of fire."

'If I'm not mistaken the Marquis is called Berdo.' Sanryu tries to remember the name of the city's Marquis, as well as the current patriarch of the Floga family.

"Once upon a time my father was almost always with his family, I remember that he always had a smile on his face." Zaria remembers those times with a nostalgic smile on her face. "But everything changed when my mother died due to a serious illness, my father never fully recovered from that event, I never saw the smile he once had on his face again. But this did not change his duties as Marquis and patriarch of the family, she is still a skilled magician and a good leader of the kingdom, she still cares about her subordinates and the civilians she protects, but she carries a pain in her heart that can never be filled again." Zaria takes on a sad expression. "Now he spends little time with his family, and spends most of his days carrying out tasks for the city, increasingly neglecting his daughters."

"Daughters? So you're not an only child, Zaria?" Sanryu interrupts the story for a moment, asking the girl a question.

"No, I also have an older sister, who is currently in the capital training as a knight. Unlike me, she is not a fire mage, but a swordswoman of flames, she fights with melee weapons, she is at the same time, she can use basic fire magic...the Floga family has had misfortune in its descendants in our generation.Because my sister can't cast powerful and complex magic, typical of the Floga, but it's me who can do it, I can't control them. ..always causing trouble with my flame explosions. This is one of the many reasons why I have never been able to be part of an adventuring party, who would ever want a wizard who can cause more damage to his companions than to the enemies themselves?" Zaria puts on a sarcastic expression.

"You are forgetting one person, my dear Zaria." Sanryu draws Zaria's attention towards him. "I wanted to have a party with you, so I'm proof that there are definitely people who want to fight alongside you." Zaria feels something in her chest heat up, but she remains surprisingly calm.

"Because you're stupid, and not everyone is like you." Zaria flicks her finger at Sanryu's forehead, and Sanryu lets out a small "auh." "Returning to the story, due to our incompetence, the renowned Floga family has seen its reputation plummet, and since my father does not want to marry any other woman, there is no possibility of producing capable heirs. My father he has no brothers or sisters, the only brother he had, died during the war of the fang, which occurred ten years ago, against the invasion of the orcs. In that period, my mother was very close to my father, consoling him for the most of the time, ending up making him fall in love with his wife more and more." Sanryu is almost moved by the love story of the two nobles.

"Aren't there any secondary branches of the family?" Sanryu asks if there is a secondary family capable of providing the main Floga branch with talented young people.

"Yes, but none of the young nobles live up to expectations, bad luck has not only struck me but my sister. I joined the guild to try to gain experience in the field, to see if I could control my powers, but It was all in vain, even the magicians my family called lost hope in helping me control my magic, saying that I have so much power that my body can't control it." Apparently, Zaria's power is greater than expected.

"Isn't this great news?" Zaria is surprised by Sanryu's sentences. "It means that you have great potential, but that you still can't control. It means that you just need a magician capable of teaching you properly, you just need to find one who is right for you." Sanryu seems very confident on this matter.

"Easier said than done, my family hasn't been able to find a good teacher either, where do you think you'll find one?" Zaria thinks Sanryu is talking nonsense.

"Mhhh? I know someone who could suit us, but we would have to return to my village." Sanryu reveals that there might be a person who suits them.

"Really?! There is such a wizard in your village?!" Zaria can't believe her ears, she almost rises from the ground, almost knocking Sanryu's head off.

"Hey calm down! I didn't say there is a wizard, but there is a person who knows a lot since she spent most of her life exploring the world." Sanryu calms Zaria's boiling spirit by detailing what he revealed earlier.

"A-ah okay, sorry." Zaria apologizes to the boy. "So we just have to go to your village, how long is it from here?" Zaria asks how long it would take to get to Sanryu Village.

"A week on foot, but knowing your origins, perhaps you have some horses that could get us to our destination faster, so I lie by five days." Sanryu does some quick calculations in his mind.

"Of course we have, a noble family that doesn't own horses can't call itself such. So when do we want to leave?" Zaria is so enthusiastic that she wants to leave immediately.

"Unfortunately, I have a matter to take care of first, I promised Lurue to accompany her to a place. But if you're really that keen to find a master, I can tell you where my village is, so you can go there alone." Sanryu remembers the promise he made to the goddess, she would take her to where there is a threat that is currently worrying the citizens, so he suggests Zaria go to the village alone.

"Ah I see...I'll think about it." Zaria looks disappointed, for some strange reason.

"I think it's time to get out of here, I feel like my body has recovered enough to be able to walk." Sanryu moves her body, and seeing that she responds to his commands, he gets up from Zaria's pillow, wanting to return to the city.

"I see, then I guess we can go." Zaria seems sad to return to the city, but they have a reward to collect, and they have to hurry, already half a day she has flown away.

The two set off and head towards the city of Deria, to inform the guild of their success in the mission. The couple of boys reach the guild and collect the reward for killing the fireman, having earned forty silver coins, divided by two, therefore twenty each.

"It was great, Zaria, I had a good time teaming up with you, let's collaborate together again in the future, what do you think?" Sanryu holds out his hand, waiting for a response from the girl in front of him.

"Of course, I will honor you with my presence, a noble must educate a plebeian, it is a duty." Zaria shakes her hand with Sanryu's, not forgetting her noble character.

"See you next time." Sanryu smiles at Zaria's attitude, and she says goodbye to her, returning to the inn where she is staying.

"Until we meet again." Zaria does the same, she returns to her family's mansion.

Sanryu enters the inn, intending to take a nice bath, but is called by the innkeeper who has something to tell him.

"He's not in the room? What does that mean?" Sanryu learns shocking news, Lurue is not in the room where they are staying.

"Just what I said, this morning we brought breakfast to your room, but your partner wasn't there, we only found the window open. She definitely came out of there, since no one saw her go out the door." The innkeeper explains how the situation went.

"I thank you." Sanryu thanks the innkeeper and immediately heads towards their room. 'Damn Lurue, what's gotten into you?' Sanryu cannot understand the goddess' thoughts. 'I hope you will return, otherwise how will I be able to keep my promise' Sanryu enters the room, finding the bed empty and the window closed, the maids of the inn must have closed it.

The boy puts down his equipment and heads into the bathroom, intending to wash himself. 'I certainly can't stop her from going and doing what she wants, but could you at least leave something written down?' Sanryu gets lost in thought as he immerses himself in the wooden basin.

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"It's almost evening...are you ready, Fenrya?" Borz asks his companion if she is ready for the assault on the Floga mansion.

"Of course, Borz, otherwise I wouldn't be here with you now." Fenrya responds to Borz, her gaze directed towards a dilapidated building in the center of other buildings. This mansion has an emblem posted on the entrance gate, a lion, standing on two paws, intent on roaring towards the sky, with a large flame in the background. The building that Fenrya is observing is none other than the Floga mansion, their objective is inside.

"There will be many more knights than expected defending that mansion, without the distraction of our brothers, we would face more enemies." Borz and Fenrya are currently stationed on the roof of a building located a medium distance from the Floga house. "Luckily they don't have an air guard in this city, otherwise we would have had fewer hiding places to take refuge in." Borz looks at the sky, noticing that there are not even a patrol of knights on griffins in Deria.

The griffin knights are a renowned Aerial elite legion of this kingdom, they are the only Aerial troops that Alterac has, but they are very skilled, luckily there is not the slightest presence of them in this city, for some strange reason.

"Better for us, but birds with their tin men on their backs certainly wouldn't have stopped me from carrying out my mission." Fenrya seems to fear no enemy, and is very sure of herself.

"You are very combative, she is determined, the spirit worthy of those who are part of our race, not like Luzu." Borz thinks Fenrya is more worthy of being a tabaxi than that cowardly half-wolf. "I haven't seen you use that one yet, you'll use it for tonight." Borz looks at Fenrya's back, where a strap holds a sheath attached, where in this sheath is a particular sword.

"Because there was no need, but now that we will face a guy like the Marquis, I think the right time has come." Fenrya touches the lining behind her back, feeling some sort of connection to her weapon.