f M A Ы Š 2 x ү ፖሥመ፦። όν LEARN FROM YOUR BROTHER’ 5 ВЕЕМ 50 HAVEN'T PLIANT. | RILIPHIN? THE REST 9 [Д РРЕРАРЕ LUNCH. RILIPHIN, YOU COME WITH ME. ፡ ያ Дж 2 |. /) : n τὰν >| N | p АА Ы. б N Cé MY SPELLS \ / ኮ К EN’ STILL ME. Km I CAN DRAW SMALL AND QUICKLY. UP IN THE CORNERS, THE TEACHER DOESN’T NOTICE. x
THANK YOU, RICHEH. YOUR BRILLIANCE IS WHAT KEEPS ME GOING. THAT UP, I'LL NEVER FADE AWAY. REMEMBER OUR DISCUSSION, RICHEHLETTE. AS LONG d (6 / С /ዉ AS I KEEP = = EA SPELLS I WANT TO DRAW ARE SECRET AND SWIFT... SMALL AND FINE, THEY MIGHT NEVER Ж BE NOTICED. BUT WHEN THE TEST...
MATTER. THE RIGHT ANSWER, DECIDED BY ADULTS. 7 SIMPLY DRAW AS I ..EXACTLY YOU... OTHER PUPILS “4 МАКЕ ІТ =Ñ OUP ON A BRIDGE?
IF I DO WHAT THE ADULTS SAY, I'LL STOP BEING MYSELF. BUT IF I SHIELD MYSELF FROM CHANGE, I CAN'T HELP WHEN IT’S NEEDED. I GUESS I САМ'Т ВЕ THE REAL RICHEH DURING
TO DO? Wy Ἐς ча ኑ- = м <S 2 DO I MOVE FORWARD BUT STILL BE THE PERSON I WANT TO BE
о Cpa ете / ΝᾺ | J = > С 2 (A 50 ТНАТ MEANS THE TEST WAS ALMOST
THE MYRPHONS ARE LUCKY. ANIMALS NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING TRUE TO THEMSELVES. = < S = ME HANG ON. I'M TAKING
PLURK ኗን ГДЕ: / SEALS... гг AREN'T QUITE THE SAME AS WHAT’S IN THE PRIMER.
“И-МУ HANDS WON'T STOP SHAKING.” IT SEEMS LIKE... eee THERE'RE MORE SIGNS THAN USUAL. МЕ І FEEL SOMEONE'S EYES, I TREMBLE SO BAD, THE LINES GET ALL WAVY.” HE MUST USE THE EXTRA SIGNS I CAN SEE TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT HE MEANT. THE POWER HE NONE OF IT IS LOSES TO THE VERY STRAIGHT. UNEVEN DESIGN. 2 Va AN በን « —— += (Ss 7 ረሽ _ ІШ INST SN Š 0 | ж” i КУ С THEY'RE ALL ORDINARY PRIMER BUT АТ ΤΗΕ SPELLS... SAME TIME, YOU'RE Here МАМ Д INSIDE EVERY ==
^. MY FEAR MADE ME STUBBORN. I REFUSED TO STUDY. THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU WHO YOU ARE NEVER DISAPPEAR. EVEN AFTER I КАМ AWAY TO MASTER QIFREY’S ATELIER, LEAVING THE GREAT HALL FAR BEHIND... eA UNTIL І WASN'T ME ANYMORE. I THOUGHT THAT THE MORE SPELLS I LEARNED...
2... AND THE WAYS YOU MAKE UP FOR YOUR WEAKNESSES. [48 fa | ША ЖЕТЕ / By Г, М h NOT AFRAID OF OTHER PEOPLE’S SPELLS ANYMORE. oe THE HEAVY THOUGHTS THAT WEIGH ON YOU... ALL OF THEM ARE FOREVER WITH YOU. BY TRYING TO PROTECT MYSELF...
“CAUSE I’M THERE INSIDE THE SEALS, TOO. INSIDE EVERY AND IT’S НИЕ ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. EVER SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.
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THE MYRPHONS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. THAT’S WHY THEY NEVER HESITATE.
В. / AND THE ፡ ድሙ. HEM OF MY ( ROBE 15 ) FILTHY. a HOW LONG MUST I ENDURE THE STENCH OF BIRD DROPPINGS? SOON I'LL BE BACK TO THE HALL'S SWEET SANCTUARY... WAS TODAY NOT THE DAY OF TH HAS THERE SECOND 4 BEEN SOME TEST? DELAY? CHAPTER 259 END
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I ENDEAVOR TO KEEP | ABREAST OF ALL " pool AN MAGIC-RELATED HAPPENINGS PRECIPITATED ፆ u BEYOND THE BY THOSE... | » GREAT HALL. ... UNABLE ТО KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR OWN APPRENTICES. H-HARDLY OF COURSE, NECESSARY, THAT'S A I'M SURE/ THE PRODUCT OF OUTSIDE WORLD THE ORDER'S IS A MODEL RELENTLESS OF PEACE AND CAN LEAVE MY 2 APPRENTICE ዘ. EFFORTS! TRANQUILITY! THE PROCTOR’S y CARE WITHOUT A WORRY!
OF COURSE, IT’S NOT LIKE YOU KEEP SUCH A CLOSE EYE ON THE OUTSIDE WORLD... OUT OF ANY LOVE FOR PEACE AND SAFETY. «IN STOPPING THE WITCHES WHO STAND TO DISTURB THAT PEACE. IT'LL ALL WORK OUT “CAUSE ΤΗΕ WORLD'S AT PEACE, HM? QUITE THE OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK. I'D WAGER YOU TAKE MORE PLEASURE IT IS BECAUSE WE KEEP WITCHES IN „THAT CHECK... PEACE IS MAINTAINED, UTOWIN.
THE UNIMAGINED FREEDOM MAGIC GRANTS COMES WITH A NEED FOR INTENSE SELF-RESTRAINT. A WAND AND A FEW DROPS OF INK ARE ALL IT TAKES TO ALTER ANOTHER’S “а 2 З The Tower of «OR THAT THE GREAT HALL RESTS UPON THE SEABED І5 NOT A CHOICE SOLELY DRIVEN BY NEED FOR SECRECY. HE FACT THAT KALHN WAS BUILT ON AN ISLAND... RIVER OF THE MARSHWOODS...
... AS SELFУ o = 2 сен бе 2 ш ot (е; ος THOSE ... WITH POWER TO TWIST THE VERY FABRIC ... RE ALL "T BE , OR MAYBE WE JUST A BUNCH OF RECLUSES BOTHERED TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS WHO CAN
\ А HEY, SIR EASTHIES! THINK I'M DYIN' FOR SOME ACTION! I'M GETTIN’ ALL ANTSY COOPED UP DOWN HERE! HOW LONG BEFORE OUR NEXT DISPATCH?!
BEHAVIOR LIKE THAT IS WHY YOU NEVER GET SENT OUT! GET TO GO, І DON’T EITHER! YES THERE 15! IF YOU WANNA SEE SOME ACTION OUTSIDE OF ARE YOU T THINKING, WERE ANYONE AMBUSHING ELSE BUT HIM, НІМ LIKE YOU WOULD'VE ` THAT?! LANDED THE BUT THERE'S NOTHIN' WE CAN DO ABOUT IT!
πλ = 7» THING, TOO. OTHERWISE, EVERYTHING DOWNSTREAM WOULD HAVE гр say BEEN A TURGID ANOTHER MESS. COLLAPSE IS UNLIKELY. — ጋመ WITH your | азуы m PENNANT: Sa he. δ᾽ N ፈረ [ ў ch SK $ ጀመ “በደረ NR Ди «ο ኣን № ma 274% YN SIR, IN REGARD TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE STAIRCASE „IT SEEMS RIVER... THE PULVERIZED BANKS HAVE BEEN HARDENED AND THE FALLEN BRIDGE REPLACED. LULUCI AND I SURVEYED THE AREA... «BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND TRACE OF ANY SEAL OF COMMENSURATE SIR EASTHIES! GALGA WON'T GIVE BACK OUR SPEARS!
ў THEY ARE NOT TOYS TO TRIFLE WITH. OBLIGED, LULUCI. CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED AT A MEDICAL FACILITY IN KALHN. 22.8 / MIGHT ፲ REMIND YOU BOTH THAT THE PENNANTS ARE CONTRAPTIONS PERMITTED ONLY TO THE ORDER. di e A 4 SE (а < THE YOUTH INJURED AT THE RIVER HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH A SEALCHAIR TO ASSIST HIS MOBILITY.
WE'VE LEFT THE MATTER Д IN THE HANDS ' ; Vie 2d г : OF LOCAL SEE THAT | қ > 7 WIE YOU DO. ДЕ If: | መጨ» - Д WITCHES... THE YOUNG ONES HAD YET TO PASS | | THE SECOND АУЫ | ONCE THE BOY A TEST. κ 15 WELL, WE'LL RETURN TO ASSESS ANY PROBLEMATIC MEMORIES. ከ р“ BEEN SEEN CASTING. — адме OUTSIDERS LACK + BUT d ха... THEY ARE KNOWLEDGE... Я ር. NOT FOOLS. Ы s ΑΝ, , INI THE SMALLEST BE EVER Б VIGILANT. AA - SLIP COULD Ë Е J ነኣ EXPOSE EVERYTHING. 7 X. N Lë
AND LULUCI, PREPARE A WRITTEN REPORT FOR SUBMISSION TO CAPTAIN VINANNA. I WANT US ALERT AND ON TOP OF THINGS AT ALL TIMES! PROCEED WITH EKOH AND ETLAN TO ROUND THE TRAINING UP THE GROUND. REST OF THE ORDER FOR TRAINING. ANNIVERSARY OF THE PACT DRAWS NEAR. WELL SEE ALL MANNER OF WITCHES COMING AND GOING ONCE PREPARATIONS FOR / | SILVER EVE ARE UNDERWAY.
AND THE OTHERS TAKING IT TODAY ARE A LIST OF APPLICANTS SO THAT'S WHY YOU'D LOOKED INTO THIS. ‘COURSE, AN THIN ኒነ ‚..SEEMED | LIKE A PRETTY ORDINARY, ዘዛሃ Go AVERAGE KID OUT OF TO ME. YOUR WAY?
TAKE CARE NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE BASED ON AGE, UTOWIN. CHILDREN ARE THE MOST UNHINDERED BEINGS IN ALL THE WORLD. AND THAT YOUTHFUL LACK OF SELFRESTRAINT 15 NOT FREEDOM... OUTSIDE WORLD IS A MODEL OF WY THAT IT BE AS 7 Ww | + UNENDING. yas Те ; PEACE AND ሠል5 THIS QUIET SEABED UPON WHICH WE REST.
WE MUST, ABOVE ALL ELSE, ENSURE THE ERRORS OF YORE ARE NOT REPEATED. IF WE FAIL TO LEARN FROM OUR PAST, THEN IN TIME... „.. THE WORLD WILL...
THE ORB SAYS WE SHOULD HEAD STRAIGHT DOWN HERE!
= | f THANK FIRST-AID, BUT Я 2 MAD RICHES QIFREY LOOKS ኣ RIBBON OF ТО BE INA LOT E y / CRYSTAL OF PAIN. 4. Í WITH ME. IF WE FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE ORB, WELL BE TOGETHER AGAIN. I CAN MAKE x — 22] MY OWN WAY PUSH eS መጋ ON FOOT, YOURSELF. P Ф ALAIRA. JUST LEAVE IT UP TO MY STRETCHER SKIFF. г CAN'T HAVE YOU LOSING USE AS A WITCH OF YOUR AND ALL. DRAWING HAND. IMPORTANT ›15 THAT WE LOCATE THE APPRENTICES.
one OTHER DANGERS MAY BE LURKING. CHAPTER 26% OLD MAGIC PERMEATES THIS PLACE. THERE'S NO TELLING... YOU AT LAST...
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YOUR FOOTING. WONDER HOW MUCH FURTHER IT 15 TO THE EXIT. SURE IS A PAIN NOT BEING ABLE TO FLY. THE WHOLE SERPENTBACK САЎЕ'5 TOPSYTURVY THANKS TO ROMONON MAGIC. THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW IF WE'RE WALKING ON FLOOR, WALL, OR CEILING.
50 IT COULD BE REALLY DANGEROUS IF WE SLIP.
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MASTER’S HURT! HE SHOULDN'T BE FIGHTING?! MISS ALAIRA, PLEASE! YOU HAVE TO HELP HIM/ AND I CAN'T WE STILL JUST ABANDON | x x NEED TO YOU TWO AND Ë 2 MAKE SURE PURSUE THE Α `“ 3 THE OTHER BRIMMED CAP. Кү, CHILDREN ARE Neg
SO... PLEASE PROMISE | በቦ WE'LL HIDE NOT TO HERE, UNDER MOVE 4 THIS TENT FROM THIS J WE'RE THE REASON MASTER GIFREY GOT HURT. HE WAS PROTECTING US.
HERE. I’M LEAVING YOU THIS SEAL. IT CREATES A BARRIER OF WIND. IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, USE IT TO PROTECT YOURSELVES. BACK WITH QIFREY. IT WON'T TAKE THEY'LL BE ALL RIGHT, WON'T THEY? I FIGURED THAT NOW MIGHT MIGHT p BE A GOOD oe “ያያ 44 CHANCE ТО HANDY 4 LATER. DRAW SOME SPELLS... ш
WHAT'S GOT YOU SO FRIGHTENED? OR A SPELL TO DRILL FOOTHOLDS SIMPLE TO HELP US STUFF THAT EVEN WE CAN DRAW! LIKE, BANDAGES BASED ON RICHEH'S RIBBONS... YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! WE SHOULD DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP!
LIKE THAT LIVING DOWN THERE’RE CREATURES LL D GO ኤ = ul ህነ = > Gd DO TOU THINS HE 5 D HURT. „BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HE
GET OUT ALAIRA'S WIND WHEN ANIMALS ARE SCARED AND INJURED... «IVE HEARD THEY CAN GET REALLY AGGRESSIVE!
Y У) =, m. S DID IT JUST Ay .N PROTECT Y — A-ANOTHER ጊኒ US? WHY?! А X SCALEWOLF?/ A sr & NS 4 ያረ Убе: №, МАТ! IT’S NOT A «..1Τ΄5,,, A BRUSH- BUDDY?!
OH, THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE RICHEH'S Ў , RICHEH Ei ' АМО ЕШМ |£ — рр” | AREN'T WITH r c መሙ OUT OF THE CAVE. «+e MARKED WITH A SEAL. A FORBIDDEN