The Arcane Guardians Chapter 78: Chapter 72: Mister and Missus Pagonis

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The siblings were the last to step inside the house. Marcia looked like she had just seen a new colour, while Felix looked like he had just tasted it. His head was spinning so quickly, it was a miracle he hadn’t tripped over his feet yet. Titus and Orpheus, on the other hand, found their seats and patiently waited for their companions to enter. They did not give the siblings any looks of confusion, of course. The family’s surname already sufficed to explain their reaction. After a few seconds of groping around awkwardly, Felix finally sat himself down on a metallic chair. He did not take his eyes off his ‘parents’. They looked younger than he remembered, although not as young as Vulcan. He’d put them in their late thirties, give or take five years. In other words, the same age as him now. “You alright there, lad?” Apollo stared at Felix. “Something spooked ya? There isn’t anything out of place in our house, is there?” “N— No…” Felix blinked a few times, before shaking his head frantically. “I’m just… Uhm— Tired.” “Well, I can hardly blame ya,” Diana said cheerily. “Visitors from another world! You lot must have come a long way to get here. Do you need any healing salves, perhaps?” Felix flinched slightly as the woman put the back of her hand against his forehead. “It doesn’t matter,” he stuttered, moving away from her. “Let’s just get on with what we came here to do, Mo— I mean, Missus Pagonis.” “Diana will do, dearie!” The woman snapped her fingers and the table shifted, producing another row of spellcrafts. “Now, back to business. Pardon me, this might be a little tricky.” “Alcaeus mentioned you were looking for The Winter Solstice, am I right?” Apollo asked. “I’ll be honest. We only have a very faint idea of what that is, but we know enough to create a chain of information to find out.” “What’s that mean?” Orpheus asked curiously. “My wife here has an exceedingly useful ability: Psychometry,” Apollo explained. “Her power allows her to acquire any knowledge and skill by touching objects in the right order. She’ll be able to explain everything you need to know at a master’s level in no time at all.” “Hmm, let’s see…” Diana pored over the long row of spellcrafts. “Where to begin…? Ah, perhaps I’ll start with you.” The woman reached for a thick book— “Wait,” Marcia spoke for the first time since she entered the house. “We have the Summer Solstice with us.” Red flickered in Apollo’s eyes as Marcia let go of the tome, allowing it to get pulled into the man’s hand. Felix almost smiled with nostalgia. It had been so long since he last saw his parents wield their Meta abilities. “You’re a sharp one, lass.” Apollo gave Marcia a small smile. “Not many people know when to let go. You must have experience dealing with psychokinetics. Speaking of which, we forgot to ask you to introduce yourselves!” Felix shifted uncomfortably, so his sister spoke first. “I’m Marcia. I can telepathically communicate with animals,” she said simply, obviously not willing to give away her surname. Felix decided to follow suit. “I’m Felix, and I’m a… telekinetic.” “Orpheus, Necromancer.” “Titus, Physical enhancement. Charmed to meet you.” “Well met, well met.” Apollo shook their hands. “Two psychic-based Metas! What are the odds? Like my wife, I’m psychic-based as well. I can control gravity.” The man tossed The Summer Solstice lightly, allowing it to drop in an unnatural parabolic curve onto the table. “Well, well. This certainly makes things a lot easier.” Diana smiled warmly and placed her hands on the tome, closing her eyes. A gentle white glow emanated from behind the woman’s eyelids. Felix could already sense the psychic field around her beginning to churn. Residual psionic energy floated out of the book, as though pulled by something. It swirled in the air and mixed with the latent psychic field surrounding the woman, before being sucked into her body. The others remained silent, even though they were simply watching Diana’s eyelids flicker once every