[IRP] The First of Many

[Breadophile]

While talking to Paige, Kalin noticed that the tome in question was quite unreadable, being more than a slightly different shade of red.

Welp, whatever. I'm sure Ray's fine. He's too meticulous to get his stuff stolen and too stubborn to die.

Back to her conversation with Paige.

“Overexertion then. I hope it’s not too serious; I’ve read of some practitioners that have gone into comas. Maybe he just needs rest.”

Just then, a sister from the church walked up.

“The church has been spared of damage thanks to your efforts,” the cleric said specifically to Kalin. “He may rest there safely. I can lead you there when you’re ready.”

"Er-okay... Thanks a lot, sister! I think I can find it though. I'll meet you there. I need to take care of something first."

“Very well. We shall see you in a little while. Please do not take too long, though.” The sister left.

She looked around, but that something was gone. It seems that Paige had already run off. She must be really popular.

O-okay then… guess I’ll be going to the church then. He's not too heavy but I can't hold him all day.

No sooner than the sister had left had a man rolled up on a horse with an extremely worried look on his face. Kalin didn't know him, so she assumed it was an acquaintance of the man she was carrying.

"Sorry, I'm with him. Where did he get this?" Marcus replied, being incredibly blunt. "He didn't walk through the whole of Lycia with this, so tell me, who owns this book?"

"What are you, the lost and found? It's a book like any other. Uh, sort of... He grabbed it off the ground, so I don't know whose it is. I'm sure whoever it belongs to can find another, though.”

Kalin was not-so-blissfully unaware of the situation with nature and elder magic in the Lycian-Etrurian territory.

“In any case, if you are with him, I think you should be more concerned about his well-being. The church was offering a room, so I'm going to take him there… uh… who are you anyway? You're not to far from very suspicious.”