In hindsight, you should’ve known better. You really should’ve known better than to agree, yet you did. Simply because you were asked to. A bad habit that you must be rid of.

When Stelle first approached you and asked for a favor, you thought nothing of it. But looking back at it now, the cheeky snicker that the traveler from beyond the sky let you hear after you already agreed should’ve been enough to tell you that you made a grave mistake in doing so. Stelle tends to snicker when she’s up to mischief. Really, you should’ve known better.

Yet you didn’t know.

It was only after you agreed that you felt the impending doom of his decision.

As a result of your own foolishness, you now stood alone in the Garden of Life with only one to keep you company. The one being a small chimera — a newborn. Briefly, you considered asking the Garmentmaker for advice, but that would alert Aglaea of your foolish behavior even quicker than she would already know. Your leader needn’t know so quickly that you have fallen into the Trailblazer‘s scheme so easily.

You wandered aimlessly with the little chimera in your arms, unsure of where to go and what to do with the young one.

In the end, your feet led you to the only place you knew to go to when you’d done something ridiculous and needed help.

It was shortly after the third knock that the door swung open to reveal the figure of a man tall and exceptionally well built, his golden hair shimmering in the evening light of his residence, creating the illusion of a halo effect. His piercing eyes, the color of the sun, found your own, likely seeing right through you before you even had the chance to talk. However, the man gave you the opportunity anyway — something that you were grateful for.

„{{user}},“ was the dry greeting that you received from Mydei. „What brings you here?“