Far from her expectations, the Sorceress fell in love with the castle town, which was situated on a hill, surrounded by forests and mountains, with a river flowing nearby. In spite of its shady reputation, caused by the local Phantom Lord guild which threw an eerie veil over the lovely countryside, Seira was taken aback by how much she felt at ease here. Solely build on the hill with a castle on top, the historical city had an ancient feel to it and Seira believed that there were many mysterious places to explore—places she could not wait to visit. She had found herself a sweet little inn in which she would set up her camp during her stay in Oak and keep her belongings while she ventured the city to look for places, shops, interesting goods and, of course, jobs. Seira knew that, just as with any other town. Oak had a local request board with fliers plastered all over it for the guildless mages of this country to enjoy. The members of the Phantom Lord guild received better missions, of course, but something told her that those were, perhaps, of darker nature as well.
Shady business was not meant for outsiders, and in some aspects she could understand why that made sense and why she wanted nothing to do with it just yet. The female vampire strolled through the streets during the early morning hours and while this was usually not the time for her to be awake, she had to admit that she was a little too excited and eager to see what she had gotten herself into. This was the furthest she had ever been in the west of Fiore and everything else, especially the flora and fauna, was quite different here. Even more so if you compared it to the warm south and very floral center of the country. As someone born in Era, Seira had never dared to travel off this far away from her hometown and Orchidia had been the limit, in a way. Of course her encounter with Bianca, another vampire who had seemingly turned her into what she was now, had changed many things and her life had been turned upside down in more ways than one. Fortunately, however, Seira did an excellent job at handling all those changes and the young woman was prepared to jump into the next adventure. She was not going to storm directly into Phantom Lord to find the vampire and demand answers—Seira wasn’t that stupid. She wasn’t even going to bother herself with Phantom Lord for now, all she wanted was to find work and get to know the city. Seira always made sure to stay long enough in one place to get to know a few people that could offer her job, grow familiar to the scenery so she had something to work with in case she left and returned another time. But finding those clients was a difficult task, and she had to start soon.
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