Hisie

[Hisie]

If you climbed all the way here out of curiosity, you'd better start going down now.

Professor has been under the weather nowadays.

What are you staring at, traveller?

The Laphine standing in front of you is tall and dark-skinned, and he has small wings.

He seems to be a mix of Dona, the upper class Laphines, and Papang, the lower class Laphine.

Moreover...

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You, Laphine?

Why do you look exactly the same as Kardui?

Is your job saying random things?

or is it commenting on my looks?

Who on earth are you?

Did Kar send you?

......I guess Kar didn't tell you about me.

You didn't even ask the name of his brother and just came?

I'm Hisie, Kar's older brother.

The reason why we look alike is because we're twins.

You're here to bring me that letter in your hand, right?

Maybe this is what he meant when he told me that I might have a guest over soon.

I'll read the letter. Just wait over there.

It will only take a few minutes.

Not yet, I'm still reading.

Just a minute.

I'm sorry for making you wait.

I read the letter.

He said he wanted to introduce his friend, and I guess it's you.

He probably wanted to surprise me.

He hasn't changed a bit.

I look pretty unique because, as you already know, I'm half Dona and half Papang.

It's a long story, but I think you should know.

There was one more thing Kar mentioned in the letter besides introducing you.

But then...

Why is he looking for Avant now?

He wants me to find Avant.

And he says you'll be a great help?

Avant is a scholar of magical powers...

...and the father of me and Kar.

But why did he choose you?

If it's something that he didn't want to tell anyone, he could have just told me.

Anyway, I don't know Avant's whereabouts.

I don't want to know, and I want to stop Kar looking for him. But there must be a reason.

He's just our biological father.

In reality, we're nothing more than materials for his experiments.

We are just objects that were made in an effort to prove his hypothesis.

So, there can't be any relationship or love between us.

Kar could be looking for Avant in order to eliminate him.

Do you know about Seneth, who became Mayor even though he was half breed?

Avant must have been interested about the fact that half-blood became Mayor.

So, he developed a couple of hypotheses and did experiments in order to prove them.

Kar is a piece of work that Avant created with thorough preparations,

while I am an accident that always happens in experiments.

Anyway, Kar became the king but lost his whole life.

However, his hatred for Avant hasn't changed a bit.

But now, Kar is looking for Avant...?

Maybe he changed his mind or he has a plan.

After becoming Mayor, that crybaby has grown so much.

You must be kidding that he's a crybaby.

The Kardui I know is very confident and skillful...

You're right. I know.

His personality has changed a lot ever since he became Mayor.

I've wanted to see that with my own eyes.

If I do, younger Laphines are going to be scared.

I'm not Dona nor Papang. I don't belong anywhere.

What Florence wanted to do once upon a time, creating a lineage of mixed blood.

Wouldn't he have wanted to create something like me?

Anyway, we should look for Avant?

It's been decades since his stupid experiment was caught by the elders and he disappeared.

I'm sure he's somewhere celebrating the success of his experiments.

He is like that.

I'll let you search the inside of Eclage.

He was an excellent scholar of magics, so scholars who belong to the gate of the truth might know something.

I'll be searching outside Eclage on my own.

I'm lucky if I could find the slightest trace.

Now, let's move!

I ask you to be in charge of searching inside Eclage.

There will hardly be any clues, so it's going to be pretty tough.

Did you find anything?

A scholar of magics sponsored by the Chief of Staff?

We'd better ask who he is and where he came from.

You can easily find Dustballs and bookmarks made of fallen leaves anywhere in this tower.

Just do what he asked you to do for now, and try to gather some information.

Was there any progress?

Tell him about the information you received from Minuel.

We should go check who the scholar of magics that Shenime sponsors is.

I accidentally found a laboratory Yai in the east.

But since it's a Yai that is opened just like any other Yais for residence or a simple research...

it might not be a place for secret experiments or where Avant would hide in.

Let's go check who he is since we don't have any clues other than that.

This is my plan.

I want you to pretend that Shenime sent you and bring him a Dustball and 10 bookmarks.

I'll hide and check from afar whether it's Avant or not.

I'm thinking about going into Eclage without anyone noticing me.

Meet me at the forked road before entering the plaza of Eclage.

Don't forget to bring the materials for experiments.

Did the Chief of Staff say that?

Unless he wants to surprise everyone with a great research,

I'm sure that scholar of magics is not a normal Laphine.

Usually, those geeks of the gate of the truth take pride in their works and don't like hiding it.

There is definitely something about that scholar of magics. I'm concerned.

We'd better do some research about him.

If we can't get any information about the scholar, we could track down Shenime.

I'll leave that part to you.

I'm concerned about something, so I'm going to go and check it myself.

I'll be looking forward to hearing some good news!

Good, this is enough.

We need to find the materials for his experiment in order to approach him casually.

Let's bring him the materials and pretend Shenime sent you.

Fortunately, I've found those materials for them the other day. I just have to find the same things again.

There were 10 Dustballs and 10 bookmarks, right?

Although he changed his hair color, it was Avant for sure.

Just like they say 'the beacon does not shine on its own base.' keke...

I have to tell Kar about this.

Hurry up

I need to see what Avant is researching about.

Let's hurry.

You were supposed to bring Avant's research materials to Kar.

Why are you here?

I see they are tightening the guard around the Orb...

and I feel like I forgot about something..

That wicked man is just laughing and not saying anything.

He's just repeating the same answers like, 'because it's interesting,' or 'because it's fun.'

Although I was expecting this...

dealing with his personality makes me just so annoyed.

Moreover, he's the one who rejected me as soon as he saw me. But he seems so interested in my body now,

and everytime I see him, I feel like I'm being examined and it horrifies me.

He's just amazed to see how I grew up to so clearly represent my mixed heritage.

I'll probably never admit that a person like him is my father!

....!

Oh, right! The Chief of Staff!

How could I have forgotten about him?

I was too focused on Avant that I totally forgot about him.

The Chief of Staff doesn't know that Avant is imprisoned.

If he's the one who was pulling wires from behind, he'll be worried by now...

Thanks for suggesting.

Please, help us out.

It doesn't look good if Kar or I go and handle it ourselves.

Especially, if Kar does so, other Laphines might misunderstand him.

Prejudice can be very hurtful.

Since you had interactions with the Chief of Staff constantly, it'll be easier for you to approach him.

Although Kar is Mayor, he might be the one with the least power throughout history.

Most Laphines want Kar to just keep the informations inherited from all the previous Mayors

and pass them on to the next Mayor quietly.

When he tries to do something, there is always a lot of resistance.

Kar doesn't have many people on his side.

So, I want you to be a help to him

I'll leave the Chief of Staff to you.

If you find out something, return to where Kar is.

Let's go to Eclage.

I'm going to talk to Kar.

I've been spending more time at the palace thant here.

Since I have to send my magical powers to replace the Orb's inner core...

I'm so thankful to you for your help.

Once everything goes back to normal, I would like to talk to you some more.