Mana: Before The Rise

As you enter the tavern through the old, hardwooden door, you"re welcomed by dancing people and clapping hands. The bartender is working hard, but still manages to welcome you with a wave.

It"s as charming inside as it is on the outside. Sqaured, stone beams support the upper floor and the decorational lights attached to them. The walls are completely empty, besides the lighting, most likely because customers stumble against the walls too often and would knock off anything on the walls..

The tavern itself is packed. Pa.s.sing traders seem to be the primary clientele here, which is probably the best clientele for the owner. Several long tables are occupied by several smaller groups of people. The other, smaller tables are also occupied by people who seem to be enjoying themselves a lot, perhaps too much, if such a thing is possible. Even most of the stools at the bar are occupied, though n.o.body seems to mind more company.

Miyu and Piers sat at one of the tables eating breakfast, Miyu was here to look at some of the coral based planets here. In order to study them, Port Shire is home to them, and they are the type of plants that can"t be moved or migrated inland.

So, she herself need to go out to see them. After finishing eating Piers watching as Miyu went and looked through her research notes and started to write a few things down. After a while the two left the tavern and travel down to the closer beach by the sh.o.r.e.

The water was crystal clear and looked purified, this is due to the coral based plants that act as filters and clean out the beach water to make this clear effect.

Piers had step up a tent like area on the sand as Miyu had went directly toward the waters. Her bare feet touched the cooling water, walking a little further in, tiny little fish swam up and nibbles her feet.

Rainbow Fish are prominent sea water fish that live close to beach area where coral often grew. The little thing feed on a type of microorganism that lives on the surface of the corals and the sometimes the skin of most mammals.

Miyu stare at them and felt the ticklish but pleasing feeling of when a small and adorable animal comes up to you. Piers soon joined and grabbed her hand, before he casted a small spell. That allowed them to go underwater without getting their clothes wet.

She let Piers pull her further into the water, Miyu was curious as this was a first-time for her. She looked curiously around at everything. When she eventually saw her target the coral-based plant and rushed over to it with Piers in tow.

Meanwhile…..

Duke Retgil stood in front of the locked doors of the little store Miyu opened, along with his son. They had waited for quiet awhile, but, the store had not opened.

"Lady Jenna won"t be back" said a pa.s.serby, who noticed the two n.o.bles gazing at the store.

"Who?" Duke Retgil said frowning.

"It is the name, Veronica had taken after leaving the Duke"s household" Louis whispered to his father.

"Do you know where she has gone?" Said Duke Retgil, then asked the female pa.s.serby "Or when she will be back?"

"No idea, but, actually. This store is actually being sold, altogether" the pa.s.serby said nonchalantly.

"What?!" Both Duke Retgil and Louis said shocked.

"Then what would, Lady Jenna be doing then?" Duke Retgil broke out into a sweat, thinking the worst.

"Well, from what I understand she is going to migrate to Blessed Mountain."

"..." Duke Retgil was speechless, while Louis was pale.

"Blessed Mountains is a very dangerous place..." Louis voices trailed off.

Andrea looked at her plans very happily, she may have not still been able to get much information about the Heroine, but she can make her suffer by taking her business. She handed her draw plans to her a.s.sistant who happily took them and executed.

She didn"t want the Heroine to get any type of upper hand or take her fiancée, she would need to sabotage and get rid of her instead.

After studying for a day and nearly almost all night, Miyu had fallen asleep comfortably in the tavern they were staying at. When she finally woke up both her and Piers travel to the Shinder Lava Swamp.

Stationed beside a volcano.

There a type of plant that had a unique property of catching on fire. Pretty much what she was curious about, having a pot with a patch of dirt Miyu grew some strawberries. Piers looked surprised at first but was rather enjoying the sweet berry"s and the beautiful sight of being next to the person your trying to court.

At some point Piers fell asleep on her shoulder, Miyu just looked at his sleeping face and poked his slightly chubby checks. It was soft and squishy, soon enough she turned her gaze back up to the sky. Closed her eyes and dozed off as well.

The climate around the Lava swamp is as much as you expect, Hot.

Miyu and Piers sat by the cliffside of the Lava Swamp watching the plants below catch on fire from a safe distance. They bought some cold refreshments from the town. That kept them from backing due to the fumes from the lava gushing out. She wasn"t really fond of high temperatures, she really wanted to study the plant but was suddenly getting turned off by it being a swamp where the water is lava and the plant itself constantly catching on fire.

She then turned to Piers who was giving that face, that just kept giving out hearts.

(๑°꒵°๑)･*♡

(・-・)

She is not really sure what"s she is supposed to do here, obviously. Turning back her face she wondered about the plant again and then decided to leave and go straight to Blessed Mountain.

Blessed Mountain is said to be the original of where all human came from. It"s filled with rare undiscovered herds and plants of all types. But, the mountain had deep forest areas and plenty of mythical and dangourus creature. Its basically a place full of mysteries just waiting to be discovered.

Many people are off-put by the amount of how many people go missing in those woods. They leave no trance and sometimes their belongings are just found abandoned. No one is sure what happened, and most investigator don"t come back. The one"s that do, don"t really have anything solid either.

The forest below Blessed Mountain was modest, radiant, and ancient. Its covered by hickory, asp, and maple, and the twinkling lights bursting through their crowns allowed for a mosaic of mushrooms to reign the boulder covered grounds below. Basically many, many mushrooms, edible and poisons alike covered a decent part of the ground around the trees.

Curling creepers dangled from the trees as well, and an array of flowers, which desperately tried to claim the last remnants of light, added colorful, scented elements to the otherwise brown backdrop.

Miyu picked up and unusual rock as she sat down below one of the tresses, Piers had already set up camp, and was cooking something in a pot. He would occasionally glance at Miyu.

She drew a face on the rock and stared at it blankly.

ԅ(≖‿≖ԅ) – The Rock

（ｏ_ｏ）, she had made "the Rock", she t.i.tled her before putting her rock down, she picked up dirt to turn it into another rock as she drew more faces on the d.a.m.n thing.

"Here" Piers handed her a bowl of soup, Miyu put her rock on top of the pile of rocks she made, that had all sorts of goofy faces on. She politely took the bowl and started to eat it, quietly.

She already planned to make this place her home, she looked at Piers who was quietly sipping his soup. Which in fact was really good and tasteful despite being in the ages where travel food isn"t really all that well, thought out.

"Should we get married?"

Spirt

The Sudden comment shocked Piers so much that he couldn"t keep the soup from going down, he looked at Miyu in shock.

（○□○）

"Umm, why do you think so?" Piers asked, not sure what to make of it, sure he had been trying to court and he had also been hoping to marry her someday. But, wow.

"Cause your Mother said you would be proposing to me"

"...." Piers wanted to yell at his mother, but, to bad she isn"t here.

"And besides I have always been curious about it. Rachel only ever said that marriage is a commitment, where you have s.e.x and make small people."
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"Who"s Rachel?" Piers was still in shock after listening, so he only managed to ask that out of everything she was saying.

"I am interested in it; I want to know what it feels like to have s.e.x and have children."

Piers looked down and then back up and then back down and finally said. "I"m a week man"