Kurai had gone missing and so she had been staying with Jin, it wasn't as if she knew her way home she had been wearing her veil the entire time. Jin wanted to know more about her, her home and her magic there was a few problems with that least of all was the fact that she couldn't speak like someone of her age. It gave her an innocence, but it also made it where she would very easily be remembered. So the first one was out, the second thing was out because she spent all of her time in a dark room bound like a rabid dog and again wore a veil when she left. The only thing she could do was help answer his questions about her magic, but, even that was going to be difficult because of the lack of words so it was better to show him she guessed.

Jin had gone out for a task and told her to go explore but try not to wander too far, problem was she had no sense of distance and ended up in the village of Ssoshi near the middle of the night. It had been the first time she had travelled without wearing her veil, Jin was trying to get her accustomed to not wearing it, it wasn't really going well but he had hidden it this time and said she could have it back when he came back. She had just accepted it even though she didn't like it. The light had hurt her eyes so badly and so tried to remain in the shadow as much as possible still there were times that the light was so bright it had physically made her cry. She was so thankful when it was dark even though she had no idea how far she had travelled.

"Want to know magic..." she said to herself, she believed that since she was by herself she wouldn't get in trouble "Get more..." she said looking down to the red spider lily she carried with her always even as she hugged her grimoire to her chest. It wasn't glowing which meant there was no death near her, she bit her lip as she tried to think of how to do this. She collected people and things that had just died but only killed when she was told to, she had no orders to assassinate or kill anyone but there was no death. "I wait do?" she whispered softly as she tried to decide if she would travel around in the hopes that at least one person would kick the bucket that night or if she herself would kill someone to show him.

She didn't think that the first one would happen any time soon and she was told not to wander far, she was scared that she would get into trouble if she wasn't back where he left her by the time he returned. That left only the other option, she had to kill someone. She didn't feel bad for the thought of taking some random strangers life, she was told that was what she had done from birth; starting with her own mother. She apologised, every time her birthday came for taking the person her father apparently loved from him. She was ultimately forgiven after a few hours of abuse where she just said sorry over and over again begging for him to have mercy in her own way while wanting the suffering to end. She was thankful when it did and he left, it felt like she was loved in that one action.

She knew no better, it was how her life went. She was lost in her own thoughts when she heard something... footsteps... she moved to hide around the corner of a building. It was a woman, a guard. She bit her lip for a moment "Help..." she whispered, it was barely audible as she wasn't used to speaking to others without permission. Due to it being so quiet in the street the guard stopped and looked around only to see the frightened Aeila. "Did you just request aid?" the man asked, Aeila nodded holding her grimoire close to her chest. "What's wrong?" he asked as he walked closer but she backed away into the alley, of course, she wasn't scared given what she was planning to do but she needed him away from the street so no one witnessed it, she didn't need that kind of trouble.

"There's nothing to worry about, I won't hurt you. What's wrong?" they asked she stopped when they were far enough from the street. "Sorry." she said making the man seem confused. "Howling moon." she whispered as soon as she did, a dire wolf stood at her side. It stood two meters tall and three meters from snout to the tip of its tail, its fur was a dark grey almost black colour and had golden amber eyes that can look almost feral as it looked at the guard, Aeila stroked it giving it the command via the mana tether to attack. Before the guard could even make a move the guard was already on the floor after being pounced on by the giant wolf, Aeila ran after it and stomped on the guard's throat twice to prevent them from making a sound as they were mauled by the wolf.

She stroked the wolf lovingly and hugged its neck almost as if thanking it for protecting her from the enemy, she was so happy that it had accepted to join her. "Thank you" she whispered in its ear kissing its head. She knew it was dead but she honestly didn't care, it was a guardian to her and protected her as if she was part of its pack. She didn't quite understand that at the moment but she was sure she would understand its nature in time. She moved to the guard and knelt by their body closing their eyes after placing her grimoire and now glowing spider lily down "Come to my graveyard, we can play together forever." she said gently the grimoire's cover and pages opening the body of the man started to faintly glow for a moment, before it started to quickly almost decay and dissolve what looked like sparkling particles going into her grimoire before the grimoire closed as suddenly as it opened.

The man's corpse no longer anywhere to be seen her hands coming together "For those that have come and gone, through love and strife, whether you are forgotten or remembered thanks is given to you all so we can continue our paths undisrupted." she whispered before picking up her grimoire her flower now looking normal once more. Standing she dusted herself off and looked to the wolf holding out her arm "Bite" it seemed to not want to do it "Okay." she said petting its head, she wasn't about to make it do what it didn't want to, she would feel mean if she did. "We go." she said walking off beside the wolf problem was she came across another guard who looked less than thrilled to see a young woman in the middle of the night walking with a feral animal down the street.

Before she could even make a move the guard had already let out a devastating lightning attack that dealt damage to her but all she did was wince but also destroyed the wolf that was by her side. She was so used to pain that she didn't make a sound but continued towards him, she couldn't move as fast thanks to feeling almost paralyzed but still, she kept going forward. She knew that she couldn't have this fight go on for too long as it would have attracted anyone else in the immediate area and the last thing she needed was to be swamped. Luckily she had called another wolf from behind the guard who again had pinned him to the ground and taking chunks out of his shoulder as it bit in before pulling its clenched maw away. This had made the man scream in agony and move into shock so couldn't really react.

She shook her head before taking his sword "Sorry." she whispered before pushing it right through his left temple. The Red Spider Lily once again glowed its bloody hue and again she knelt beside the guard placing her grimoire and flower on the ground before bringing their hands together. "Come to my graveyard, we can play together forever." she whispered once more. The grimoire's cover and pages opening the body of the man started to faintly glow a purplish colour for a moment, before it started to quickly almost decay and dissolve what looked like lightning going into her grimoire before the grimoire closed as suddenly as it opened.

The man's corpse no longer anywhere to be seen her hands remained together as she almost prayed "For those that have come and gone, through love and strife, whether you are forgotten or remembered thanks is given to you all so we can continue our paths undisrupted." she whispered before picking up her grimoire her flower now looking normal once more. She really hoped this wasn't going to be a continual thing if she was honest, she wanted to get back to Jin and show him what she managed to do and these disruptions were starting to become somewhat annoying to her. She knew her father would be proud of her for gaining so many new soldiers, well she hoped he would but she was still unsure about that.

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Stats:


2/3 guards killed.

1st guard pounced upon and bitten by a wolf before Aeila stomped on their throat twice.
2nd guard was pounced upon from behind and had their shoulder torn from their body before Aeila took their own sword and put it right through their left temple.

Both guards claimed into her grimoire.

Spell:

Name of Spell: Howling Moon
Spell Element: Wraith
Spell Rank: Junior
Mana Cost: 10 ¦ 5
Type of Golem: Balanced
Applicable Perks:Puppet Master
Description:
At the point of death, this dire wolf stood at two meters tall and was three meters from snout to the tip of its tail, it's fur is a dark grey almost black colour and has golden amber eyes that can look almost feral when it is told to attack with the command 'howl' via verbal communication or the mana tether that she holds with it, though it has been known to attack on its own if Aeila feels afraid. Even though not a special wraith and she has the ability to create more so longs she has enough control, she tends only to keep this single wolf out unless she feels more are needed capping at a possible five wolves being able to be summoned at any one time. The wolf was found alone but over time, it created its own pack but takes the role of the leader of it and often likes being a lone wolf. Its teeth and claws are classed as magically backed attacks and deals junior damage, this damage will never exceed the rank cap. The wolf will not allow itself to be used as a mode of transport.

These wraiths are also very capable of tracking their prey when told to 'hunt' and give out an eerie howl when they have found what they were told to look for.