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[]
Mina applied to join the Courier Union, but her application was declined. As she waited for Sheriozha's next letter, she began to lose all hope, and finally decided to leave the land where she had reinvented herself to see the outside world with her own eyes. Her first stop was Lumopolis.
Volume VII: Azurite (Volume I)[]
I had tried to join the Courier Union, but I was rejected.
"Mina, you're too young."
"You're not fast enough. It's not your fault. It's just... you can only run with your feet."
"It's too dangerous. One slip up, and you'll hurt yourself."
"Have you ever encountered an Eclipsite? I have."
"The pay isn't great anyway."
"Yeah, that's the main thing."
Even though they complained that the job had all these problems, they would deliver their letters with a big smile every day.
The couriers would not relent, so I had to drop the issue and go back to sorting letters, hoping that I would run across a letter from Sheriozha. But that was not successful, either.
After Sif learned Luminatics, her parents allowed her to go into the city alone. We would sit with the couriers under the oak tree in front of the post, and acorns would fall on our heads. I loved to ask the couriers about Lumopolis, especially the knights, but I didn't get long answers.
"The knights are powerful, especially their Luminatics."
"I once made a delivery to a Lumo Knight. She was the epitome of elegance, even when opening a letter."
"Do you know anything else?" they asked one another.
"I haven't met too many of them, to be honest."
Sif sat back with her hands propping her up, the sunlight filtering through the leaves and dancing on her upturned face. "I'd like to see them myself."
I don't know whether this was the deciding moment, but I had decided. I would see everywhere with my own eyes: Lumopolis, Eraveil, Illumina Undercity, the Rediesel Desert, Umbraton, and even the Secret Territory.
(to be continued)