After flying for about three days Saria, Solara and Ava had arrived in a city called Noswell. It was located a few miles outside the kingdom of Astria. The city of Noswell was built on the bank of a natural harbor. Behind the city was an expansive forest and a large valley of mountains. It was a port that transported goods overseas to other lands as well as brought a great deal of business to the city. Saria was looking around as she waited for the mana crystal on the ship to be recharged. Solara waved goodbye as she dragged Ava down the street to a healing center she saw when they got off the ship. Ava's wound wasn't as bad as it was last night but she was still in pain. The wound kept opening back up despite Solara's efforts to use her magic to prevent that. 

They entered the healing center greeted by a versipellin who was watering plants. When she noticed Ava she frowned as she placed her watering can down and rushed over to Ava and Solara. 

    "What happened?" The versipellin questioned as Solara looked at Ava with concern. Ava winced in pain as she started to speak. 

    "I was stabbed with a dagger made from an armored dragon's scales." She said in pain as the Terran frowned as she helped her down the hall. She pushed open a door to a room. She placed Ava on the bed and walked over to a cabinet that had vials of potions. The potions were different colors and created using different substances throughout the world. She grabbed a vial that contained a gel-like substance in it. 

     "The scales of an armored dragon are comparable to metal and weapons made from them leave shrapnel in wounds. This can cause the wounds to grow irritated and lead to infection. Also, it makes it difficult for healing magic to have a meaningful effect." The versipelln said as she placed the vial on a table next to the bed. She began to grab tools in order to pull out the fragments of bone in the wound. Once the shrapnel was out then it would be easier to use a healing spell to speed up the recovery. The versipellin put on a set of glasses and began to operate. She gently spread the strange gel substance onto the wound before she began to start pulling out the fragments. Ava squealed in pain as the versipellin began digging in the wound with a pair of tweezers. Solara bit her lips as she stood by and watched. The versipellin began placing the tiny fragments of dragon scales in a small container. It took about twenty minutes before all the fragments were out. She sighed as she wiped a bit of sweat off her forehead. She then waved her hands as a small magic circle appeared floating over the wound. A radiant grassy green light began to glow off the wound as it slowly began to close. When she was done she sighed and slowly stood up. 

"I'm going to require you to stick around for a bit so I can monitor you a bit. I'm going to check out these scales to make sure it doesn't have any harmful enchantments. Ava nodded as she watched the versipellin leave the room passing by Solara as she left. Solara sighed as she rubbed her fingers through her long curly fiery colored hair. 

   "Well I'm going to try to buy some supplies so you just rest for a while. I'll be back soon,okay?" Solara said, causing Ava to nod slowly as she leaned back and closed her eyes. Solara but her lip as she began to wonder what they should do for there would be consequences to come if they went to the kingdom of Astria. If the quest they interfered in was one requested by the queen herself, there would be dire consequences. Solara left the room leaving Ava alone where she tried to sleep. As she began to fall asleep she could feel someone breathing over top of her. She began to tremble as she became afraid but she kept her eyes closed for fear of who it might be.

"I'm not here to kill you so calm yourself." A deep voice said, causing Ava to slowly open her eyes. Vesryn was standing over her with a serious look on his face. He's wearing a long fur jacket that came down to his knees. He is wearing armor under the jacket and on his belt are vials of potions and two pouches that both contain something. His shoulder length wavy hair is hanging low covering most of his face. Ava hesitantly sits upright but winces as she does so. Then she looks around the room hoping for help to come but no one else is around.

"If you're not here to kill me then what do you want?" Ava asked nervously as Vesryn stood silently as he stared at her. Ava was utterly terrified of Vesryn and she's always felt uneasy about him since the day she met him. Being alone in a room with him was the last thing she wanted but she knew he's not someone you can run from.

"Did you know about the demons invading our land?" Vesryn asked, causing Ava to shake her head slowly.

 "I stay at our guild house in Astria and haven't been home since I had a falling out with my family years ago. Taegan never really told me about home cause I never asked...which I regret now." Ava said with a tone of shame as she looked away from Vesryn. He grunted as he turned away from her to think something over. He then waved his hand as a portal began to slowly open. 

 "You're going to take me there so I can see what we're dealing with. Also, if I'm lucky I can maybe steal the sword back." Vesryn said as he looked at Ava with a serious look. She hesitated for a moment before realizing she had to go with him and she had no choice. 

 "I thought you can't open a portal anywhere you haven't been." Ava said, causing Vesryn to roll his eyes as he pushed his hair back. 

"We're going to use a ship. I had to purchase one of my own since I'm no longer welcome aboard Saria's." Vesryn said as he slowly made a gesture to the portal causing Ava to get out of the bed. She staggered over to the portal trying to prepare herself for the venture before her.