Journey's Dawn[]
Mina is a renowned traveler whose journals are widely read by the Aurorians of Astra. In one of her travel logs, Mina describes a regret she has held in her heart ever since she was a young girl. When she was growing up in a village along the banks of the Gold River, she formed a deep friendship with a knight from Lumopolis named Sheriozha, but, in the end, they had to go their separate ways. In this story entitled Journey's Dawn, the veils on both the Lumo Knights and Luminatics will be lifted one by one.
Introduction[]
Although she was turned away upon trying to enter Lumopolis, Mina was lucky enough to be given another chance to enter, and a free chance at that. After successfully making her way into the city, Mina inquired about Sheriozha's residence, but was met with nothing but unreliable information.
Volume IX: City of the White Night (Volume I)[]
After leaving the port of Lumopolis, we headed to the north, and the road seemed endless. That was when we came across a wounded courier who had encountered an Eclipsite on her way to Lumopolis. After the Darkover Crisis, Eclipsites can often be found venturing inland. She was slumped over the back of a reindeer, her wings and lower leg stained with bright red blood dripping down the reindeer's fur.
Sif and I took her to the nearby post, where the other couriers healed her wounds with Luminatics. To show her gratitude, she suggested that we rest at the post for a couple of days. Eventually, the matter of our failed attempt to enter Lumopolis came up.
"There are tight restrictions on all cargo and travelers entering Lumopolis," she looked at us with a smile, "but the Courier Union doesn't transport cargo, and we're not travelers."
"We have special permission to enter and exit Lumopolis. All we need to do is show proof of identification to the guards."
She took something out from her pocket—a notebook that I had seen countless times at the post near my hometown. Couriers used it to record their travels. It was affixed with two badges, engraved with the image of a flowing feather quill.
She removed the badges and pinned them to our chests. "With these, you'll be able to travel in and out of Lumopolis unimpeded. I can lend them to you only temporarily, and you must not tell a soul."
Sif and I followed the courier to Lumopolis and boarded an airship reserved exclusively for union personnel.
As we took off, my hand fell upon a rolled-up piece of paper in my pocket. It was the last thing Sheriozha had sent me.
(to be continued)