Chapter Six

Past Mistakes
Iglas and Genovieve separated from the rest of the group once again to return to Oriflamme, where Iglas intended to gather valuable information for the upcoming mission from Lady Tessleen. Meanwhile, Gen was to retrieve her weapon from the city. After a loving parting, where the two promised to meet inside the office building connecting to Tessleen's properly, Gen made her way to see Lorian, unaware that the boy had already been informed of her budding relationship with his enemy by his companion, Sesamy. Upon being greeted, Lorian confronted her about her failure to kill Iglas as ordered and questioned wherever she had truly fallen in love with the ice mage. Gen's rebuttal led to Lorian wondering if she had been aware of Iglas's grievous crimes of the past, which he then elaborated on with the intention to pierce a dagger through the bandit's heart.

Lorian retold the story of Palinoia and how it was used to harvest mages to fabricate phylacteries. As one of the sacrifices, he recalled how he had discovered his powers during his early childhood and was quickly abandoned by his parents, forcing him to be relocated into the farm's kindergarten. As this was where he originally met Iglas, he credited him for his loving upbringing alongside another mentor and emphasized how much trust he had put in Iglas, as he was only a kid. During this time, he also met Eponine and Kyrill, eventually falling in love with the latter. Lorian's trust was eventually tested when Lorian was taken to be sacrificed for the creation of another phylactery, receiving no help from his beloved mentor.

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