Chapter 9.18 E

Chapter 9.18 E
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Chapter 9.18 E is the 24th chapter of Volume 9. The E stands for Erin Solstice.

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Erin discovers her craft and gets a "hat"
Wiskeria finds elementals of law and binds one to a physical body to create Traffle.
Erin and her group leave with additions of Nanette and a Sariant Lamb

We come back to Erin's training in the Unseen Empire with Wiskeria. Here she struggles to learn Wiskeria's lessons which involve a lot of mundanity. Wiskeria makes Erin sweep without using skills, sit in on meetings with Laken, and practice making her hat among other things. At the same time, they and the rest of Riverfarm had to deal with the recently revitalized elemental that inhabited the nearby river. It had been put back, but it was getting angrier and more rowdy. Wiskeria and the other witches were good at finding Erin's insecurities and making her introspective. Erin admitted to a lack of confidence and certainty, particularly towards her abilities as a [Witch], which, if nothing else, helped the others understand her perspective. As the situation with the river got rainier, Wiskeria dealt with her own issues of not understanding social cues and more recently hearing a shrieking noise in her head that she could not pinpoint. The two still worked together though, and eventually Wiskeria revealed the purpose of her mundane-seeming chores. All of them were to show that if tasks are done to perfection, one can find magic in even the most simplistic activities such as the perfect clap of hands. Erin was able to use this inspiration to level up and even gain a new verse skill: [From Witchcraft, Sorcery Ariseth].

Here she finally started making progress. She made an imperfect hat and felt on the verge of discovering her true craft. Erin even started to understand Wiskeria better as well as the girl's difference from others as a [Witch of Law]. The two embraced and at that moment, they both heard the shrieking that had been plaguing Wiskeria as well as another more digital noise. The two followed the noise all the way to Hedag's axe, and surrounded by other witches, Wiskeria confronted the noise. She took the axe and entered a void of darkness as her consciousness left her body. Wiskeria entered a realm of law which she found to be filled with elementals made of every kind of law. There was one for the recently introduced traffic light, one large and dying tree representing Hedag's law and axe, and even one to represent the ancient laws of death and possession. The pure power of these elementals of law nearly killed Wiskeria, but she woke up finally with a way to utilize her craft.

Wiskeria used her newly vitalized craft to scare the river elemental into submission, but Erin used her newly found craft of wonder to apologize to the river elemental and give him a gift. She dropped a scrying orb into the river, so he could watch people without harming them. With the river issue settled, Erin and her group started to head home. Before they all left, Laken removed Nanette's [Witch] class bringing her back to a semblance of normalcy. They all said their goodbyes and Erin's group went back with two more souls: Nanette and a Sariant Lamb that had snuck on board.