Two weeks before the Trial of Frieden Academy…
'Here it is again,' Charles thought as he felt the familiar urge to go to the mountain take over his senses once more.
Over the past few days, the urge to head there had only grown stronger.
When he had first felt it, he had simply thought he was starting to hallucinate from all the training he'd done. But after a few days, the urge had come and gone again and again, each episode longer than the last.
Charles had been able to endure it in the past, but the call this time challenged his limit. The inexplicable pull felt so strong, he felt like his head would break apart if he didn't give in to the voice calling out to him.
"Come…"
The haunting voice was too ambiguous, sounding neither like a man nor a woman.
But that was the least of his worries. He knew that if he didn't go, he might lose his control over his mind and go crazy.
