Sage was walking towards a manor in Orichidia that he somehow didn't know of. He was requested by a young lady named Marlee. Sage was just wondering pass by her cheese shop when he saw a missing poster located near her shop. He read through the content and it was the owwner of the cheese shop. He walked into the shop and he and Marlee both tlaked. She first started by saying that she and her fiance had a dream of opening up a cheese shop in Crocus, the capital of Fiore. So to fund the new adventure theat they were about to take, her fiance had searched for buyers to buy their current cheese shop. One day, her fiance went to a big manor house located near orichidia town to see a possible buyer. She waited for a few days and her fiance had not yet returned, she was so worried about him she sometimes couldnt sleep at all. All of that was from Sage's memories. He was wearing his white cloak and had his sword on his sword, saddled securely on him. He was walkijng towards the manor as some sort of exercise, plus if he had the energy, he could easily beat a horse with his speed. But he must not waste his energy as he was expecting some sort of fight that would be happenig anytime soon. especially once he got inside the manor. It even sounded suspicious just thinking about a big manor hiouse outside of the town.

As sage got closer to the big manor house. he could see its white building wiht gardens on its side. But something was wrong, or perhaps wrong to sage. He didnt see any gardeners or workers on the outside, proabably they were all just resting inside having a cup of tea or proabbly somehting elses. Sage then walked around the manor, watching it carefully so that nobody would spot him. He had to sneak inside the building as Marlee's fiance would be no where except inside the big manor house. He dashed towards the back of the big manor house, leaning against the wall so that novody from the inside could see him coming. He then walked sideways towards the center, trying to find a back door that would let him in. He then saw one and quickly rushed over it and tried to open it but it was locked. He grinned a devllish grin as he was prepared for such thing to happen. It was bound to happen if he were to sneak into a house. He grabbed a hair pin from his pocket and bent it in a way and inserted it into the door's lock. He moved it in a way and then there was the sound of a click and he truned the knob and the door was pushed open. He grinned to himself, he knew that trick could be useful even for a rune knght. he hid the pin inside his pocket and walked in.

WC: 503

As Sage wakled in, he found himself in a kitchen, it was quite dirty and it seemed like it wasnt touched for so long. he walked deeper into the corridor and suddenly he heard the sound of something banging form his back, he turned around and he oculd see that the back door he walked into suddenly shut itself tight, then a grill dropped on the door and it seemed like he was walking into some sort of a trap, his hand was ready to take his sword out and fight but after a while of waiting and sweating, nothing came out. he was still worried about it but then he could see a presence watching him, he looked around and he saw a duck. Yes, a duck watching him. he looked back at the duck and it seemed pretty harmless and innocent. but he could still feel something wrong with it. he decided to not care about the duck and started walking deeper into the big manor house, as he walked into the house, he could still feel something was watching him. So he turned around, looking at every corner but he couldnt see anybody there. Then he noticed one thing. The duck from before was still watching him, it seemed like it was folllowing for some reason. Sage then moved towards a direction with complete intentionally to see if the duck was following him or not. He looked, and yes the duck was indeed following him. Sage sighed and he told the duck to go sokmewhere else. For a moment he thought he was crazy to talk to animals. He sighed again and leave the duck alone and yet the duck still followed him nevertheless. Sage opened the doors that was in the big manor house. He wondered what was in there, the first door he opened revealed to what seemed like a clinic of some kind. He entered the room to check what was inside the room, he could see many medical items that he usually see in a hospital. He wondered what were they all doing there, but he didnt want to question as he could diverge from his real mission, which was to find Marlee’s fiance. And he had to figure out a way to get out of the building but he guessed that whoever lived there had known and sensed his presence inside the big manor house. So he thought it would be just fine if he somehow decided to burst one of the door open or even destroy and make a hole in the wall just to get out. Sage got out of the room and entered the next, inside he found even weirder items that he oculdnt actually describe in words. He wondered what they were used for but he guessed it had something to do with magic and mad science as he couldn’t see such thing as a normal thihng for normal doctors and for any fields of studies or such thing.

WC: 501
Total WC: 1004

Sage looked even at the corners of the room to see if Marlee’s fiance was there or not but it seemed as if everything was done for, he couldn’t find him. He then went to the next room, he noticed that the duck from before was still following him but because the duck wasn’t showing that much of a nuisance or wasn’t harmful or even seemed harmful, Sage just let it follow him. Plus he got a bigger thing to deal with at the moment, he had to find Marlee’s fiance before he got discovered, not like he didnt know that he was discovered anyway. He then checked form room to room and then he checked this one very suspicious room, he opened the door of the room, he swung it opened and peeked inside, not letting his physical body through first as he was afraid if there was something behind the door that could hurt him. He then could heard somehting walking along the floor of the room, he pushed the door even more and peeked inside, his hand was on his sword, ready to pull it out at any given time if danger was going to pop up soon. What he saw next shocked him, he wasnt scared but he was glad, he let a deep breath out as he saw Marlee’s fiance squatting on the ground. “There you are!” he exclaimed with such joy that he forgot he was sneaking in but still he already knew that he was known that he was in the big manor house. As he approached Marlee’s fiance, he started to quack like a duck, he made his arm turn in a way to resemble that of a duck’s. Sage looked at him with horror in his face, “Just what have they done to you?!” he excalimed, he didnt want Marlee to see his fiance in a state like that, there must be a cure somewhere in the room. He started by rummaging through stuffs that was one the table, reading anything that was written down just in case if there was some sort of an instruction that could tell him how to reverse the effect of what was affecting Marlee’s fiance. He then found two vials, each containing green liquids. Both were labeled with, ‘cure’ on it. Sage didnt know what was it a cure for but he must bet his all that it was a cure for Marlee’s fiance’s condition. It must be or not he he couldn’t think of nything else that would help as he had looked through all the stuff and nothing was related itno curing something or reversing and effect. He then heard an evil laugh from the door he wallked in from, he turned around to see who it was, his right hand reached for his sword and he unsheathed it making a slight metal brushing sound. “Oh my,” the evil voice said as he walked into the light of the room, revealing his face.


WC: 500
Total WC: 1504

The face of a mad man emerged into the light, his stained lab coat showed that he was the mad scientist behind all this. Sage clenched his teeth and gripped his sword even tighter. He knew that the man need to face justice. The masd scientist didnt say much but he saw the cure vial near Sage and from the looks of it he went berserk. The mad scientist looked at Sage with such anguish Sage sweared he could feel the flames in the mad scientist's eyes searing through his body. The mad scientist then reached for a vial in his pocket and removed the cork, he then started to drink its content until the vial was empty. He then threw the vial aside, breaking it once it had reached the ground. Sage looked at the mad scientist with intense caution as he expected something will change about him after he drank the content in the vial. Something did change about the mad scientist, his body became more bulky and he turned bluer. Sage clenched his teeth but he was grinning. Any sort of a fight excites him and he dashed towards the now something who wasn't human anymore but instead a monster. Sage slashed his sword while the monster punched the sword. They were caught in a clash and a forceful impulse produced from it. Sage knew he didn't need to cast any spell and that he believes that this all would end in a matter of seconds as he judged the monster with its lack of fighting skills, although Sage must be careful as it packed quite a strong punch. Sage used his speed to his advantage and dashed at the back of the monster, jumping to the air as the monster was quite high. He then slashed his sword against the monster and it fell down, knocked out by the hit as it's skin was quite tough for the sword to penetrate but the force from the sword was enough to knock it out. He then took a few moment to breathe for air and he looked around, the duck was still there and it looked at him like before. Next to it was Marlee's fiance acting like a duck. He sighed and walked towards them, reaching for the cure vial in his pocket. He then uncorked one of it and forced Marlee's fiance to drink it. After a moment he gagged and he talked like normal again asking his whereabouts. Sage then answered his questions and calmed him down as he was so shocked of what had become of him. Sage then grabbed the man and led him out of the big manor house before anything else happens. Sage broke down one of the door and fled with the man. The then reached Marlee’s cheese shop and Marlee was so happy to see his fiance alive. They both thanked Sage and Marlee rewarded Sage with a few jewels, Sage said your welcome and left the building.

-exit-


WC: 500
Total WC: 2004