Legend Teller

...And now it's gone. It's gotta be around here somewhere, I should look around some more.

Done running, eh?

(This is one weird cat. It's like, it's here? But it's also not.)

Aw man, not again!

What in the world?

Uh oh! It's sucking me in!

Urgh...

Ow... If you're gonna drop a guy out of a swirling vortex, maybe be a little nicer next time? But hey, on the bright side, at least I know I'm not dreaming.

Definitely have never been here before... Is that a castle?

Cress!

Hey that's--

Mint!

You got dropped here too, huh?

Yes! Whew, I'm so glad I'm not here alone.

Same. So...where ARE we? Do you know?

Not a clue.

It was dark, and I was chasing a glowing cat. Then this strange light appeared and sucked me in...

Same thing happened to me! You know, something about that light reminded me of time traveling...

Perhaps we've been sent through time to an unknown era, then?

HEY LADY! MISTER! GET OUT OF THE WAAAAAAY!!!!!

Wuzzat?

Yipes!

What's the rush kiddo, jeez.

I don't know what that was all about, but...

Something about it doesn't seem right. Like he was running away from something. Something bad.

Then we need to go help!

Indeed!

It looked like he was heading towards the forest over there.

Where there's forests, there's monsters. We should hurry!

Uggh...

You okay?!

Oh...you two, from before...

Cress, he's injured!

Damn! We were too late!

Hmmm... That's weird... I don't see any monsters...

Mister! Watch out!

I see how it is. Too chicken to go toe to toe?

If you want the boy, you're going to have to go through me! Mint, tend to his wounds! I'll take care of these guys.

Got it! Cress, be careful!

And that's that.

How's it going on your end, Mint?

Almost done.

Mint! Behind you!

Yipes!!

Get out of the way!!!

Hey, I recognize that arte!

Teehee! Hertz, don't it!

Arche! I knew it was you!

Leave it to your girl to make a striking entrance!

First, I saw this weird cat. Then, I ended up in this strange field. THEN I entered this odd forest... So when I saw the two of you and that funky monster, I was like, "Wow, this is all very normal!" Needless to say I'm still in a state of shock about the whole thing.

A weird cat...

Sounds like you got here the same way we did.

Right, but what about the kid? Were you guys not going to tell me about your little secret here?

Secret WHAT?

S-Secret?! Arche! We just saved this boy!

ANYWAY. Hey kiddo. Care to tell us what's going on? It looked like you were running from something.

Actually... I was running from my parents...

Running from your parents?

A runaway eh... Why?

I'm not a runaway! I...

I ran, because my parents have been acting strange. Taking more than they need for collection, strong arming people who can't afford to pay...

Collection? Are you nobles or something?

I...I'm not really sure how it all works, but I think we are? They used to be so kind, and now it's like they are completely different people.

How awful...

I was on my way to visit a family friend. I thought maybe they could help, but...

When I tried to enter the town, friends of my parents were waiting for me, and...

And you ended up running away from them...

But isn't this all a little weird? People don't just change all of a sudden.

Please, could you guys help...

Theeeere you are, my boy.

Who's there!

Mother... Father...

These are your parents?

You had us worried sick!

We'd like to extend our thanks for taking care of our son.

Ah, uh, well, you see...

(Something's not adding up. They seem like perfectly normal people?)

Go on, dear. Thank these people.

Mmm...

Thank you, sir. Ma'am.

Now, if you'll excuse us, our carriage awaits.

Did we do the right thing just now?

If we had asked about the collections, they would have found out the boy told us...

Yeah. it's all very suspicious, but uh, hello? We kinda have bigger problems to solve.

You know, like, where in the world are we?

Indeed, before we do anything, we should look for a town.

That should be easy, lemme just fly up and take a look around!

Let's see... The carriage went...that way!

So what do we do while we wait?

......

Hello?

Sorry, was just thinking...

About that kid's parents?

This forest is filled with monsters. And his parents just waltzed in like it was nothing...

Hey yeah, now that you mention it, they didn't have any sort of protection either.

Honey I'm hoooooooome!

You find anything?

There's this adorable little village just past the field over there. Might as well go take a look, right?

Agreed. I still have so many questions...

Then let's head to town. Once we're there, we can try and find some answers.

He went in the opposite direction. We should hurry!

Do you think he went this far in? I have a feeling we may have overlooked something. Why don't we retrace our steps?