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"just waiting for..."

his eyes catch sight of the glimmer in the grass.

Shadow looked to where he was looking... She saw it and got closer to the shiny thing.

"careful shadow...you don't know what it is"

he said warning her.

Shadow nodded and used her special vision enhancer to see what the item was...

What Shadow sees is a golden locket in the tall grass, and there's nothing unusual about it, no magic traps, etc.

Meanwhile, Vermillion finishes up sanding down the two large wooden wheels as he then sets them aside to check how well he did.

"Hmm... These are perfect. They'll last for a good long time until I can get back to Alexcia. Now it's time to--Oh!" said Vermillion as he got interrupted by sensing something.

Vermillion senses that someone is trying to contact him.

"I see... One of the creators wishes to speak to me. I have to contact them right away." said Vermillion

Vermillion then gathers up his power as he creates a special spellcircle surrounding him which will allow him to contact the Great Spirits.

"It's Lady Orica... Hmm... What fortunius timing as I too have something say to her as I discovered." said Vermillion

A few moments have passed as then a giant golden-white shining ball has appeared before Vermillion.

"Lady Orica, it's been a while." said Vermillion as he then bows before her

Shadow gets closer and she gently reaches out her hand to touch it...

Nothing special still happens as Shadow continues to slowly stick out her hand to touch it.

Meanwhile, at the forest, Vermillion and Orica talked about many different things about his travels, meeting new towns, and meeting new people (Especially Shadow and Ion). As they were about to wrap things up with their conversation...

"Oh! I just remembered something before we go. Remember I told you about the madam that I've seen today?" asked Vermillion

"Yes, I indeed, remembered. She's a Neko, correct? What about her?" asked Orica

"Well you see, something happened today when I met her for a while." said Vermillion

Vermillion then explains everything as to what happened during the time that he has lost control of himself, and that he hallucinated mistaking Shadow for Orica.

"I think that this was probably the biggest reaction that ever happened to me ever. I think something about her trigger something so strong for me to remember you...especially that one time..." said Vermillion

"Indeed... Hmm... I think you should stick around and investigate, don't you think so, Vermillion?" said Orica

"Hmm... Agreed... I think I can keep myself in check for sure this time, now that she told me about it." said Vermillion

"Just be careful, okay?" said Orica

"Understood, and don't worry. Leave everything to me." said Vermillion

The giant ball of light vanishes along with the spellcircle surrounding Vermillion.

"Now to get back to work, and then soon to start my investigation." said Vermillion

Vermillion retrieves his two wooden wheels as he heads out of the forest to go back to his wagon.

Shadow picks up the item and examines it as it sits in her hand.

Seeing that it is a locket, it does have a notch that will allow it to open up, but will find out that it's impossible because it requires a bit of magic from the locket's owner.

Meanwhile, 10 minutes has passed as Vermillion lugs the two new wooden wheels behind him. Eventually, Vermillion gets out of the forest as he heads out to see Shadow and Ion still nearby his wagon.

"Oiiiii! I've finally finished making my new wooden wheels for my wagon, sir and madam." yelled Vermillion at Shadow and Ion joyously

Shadow turns to him with the locket in her hand. "That's great news!" She exclaims.

"Yeah. No trouble at all, and you should take a look at the craftmanship of them. I say I've done a very good job at least." said Vermillion proudly

Vermillion meets up with Shadow and Ion as he then sets aside the two wooden wheels apart on the grass. Everyone can see that Vermillion has done an incredible job with them.

"Now then all I need to do is to slide them in, and she'll be all fixed, but first I need to take off the metal bolts first." said Vermillion

Vermillion then heads on over to the lower left side first to unscrew the metal bolt...by hand...

"You're gonna do that by hand?" Shadow asks.

"Yes, madam. No other way otherwise...unless you can levitate a 35-pound wooden wheel with magic, of which I don't know such magic. I don't even think such a convenience does exist, though it would make my life more easier if it were." said Vermillion

Vermillion finally gets the metal bolt off of the lower left side as it drops on the ground with a thud. He then heads on over to lift and roll the wooden wheel in. The labor was very strenuous as it took him at least two minutes to get the wheel in.

"Whew... It takes a lot of work, but it has to be done." said Vermillion

Vermillion then lifts the metal bolt, much heavier than people would expect how big it is, as he screws it in place in order to tighten the wooden wheel in.

"Okay, that's one down... Now for the second one..." said Vermillion, sounding pretty exhausted

Vermillion then makes his way over to the top right side of the wagon as he then proceeds to unscrew the metal bolt on that side.

"But I can use such magic." She says as her eyes glow gray and she lifts the wheel up without even moving. She brings it closer to him and helps him hold the wagon up. She still hasn't moved...

ion sighs

"always willing to show off, arn't you shadow?"

ion says playfully

"I'm not showing off, I'm just trying to help." She says to him. She doesn't move after that.

"i know, i know, and that's great."

he says, pulling back his joke

"Alright..." She says and she keeps holding up the wagon for him.

Vermillion was astonished as how she was able to not only lift the wheel, but also the wagon a bit, since it's extremely heavy.

"How did you--Wait a minute! What did I say about... Oh, we'll talk later..." said Vermillion

Vermillion quickly places the wooden wheel quickly as he then picks up the metal bolt and screws it in, thus finally finished repairing the wagon.

"There... She's all fixed..." said Vermillion as he now makes his way towards Shadow, with a slightly angry, amused, look on his face "Now if I recall, I did say that I didn't need any help, nor that I don't want a lady like yourself to help...right, madam?"

Vermillion then crosses his arms together as he awaits for Shadow's response.

"You specifically said that there was no other way to fix the wagon without this magic and you asked if I had it. So it's your own fault." She said. She chuckled slightly.