Unless Ilya specifically is the one to request my mage’s return after she clears her name then I think my Mage is just gonna don a new set of robes, maybe a mask and be a wandering spirit(ist) somewhere in the world who only shows up to do mercenary work or visit aunt Bess and Ilya.
Too bad we exiled Cethleann, the savior of Param. Now she doesn’t want to come back all that much after Leon punched her in the face and Arcadia’s breaking down the gates to the castle as we speak. Not a fun time all around.
The only difference between Barbecue Mage and Exile Mage is that Exile Mage would be a lot less vengeful and wouldn’t actively desire to burn Leon and his entire kingdom to the ground.
– Mage, please come back.
– …
– Yes, I’m a dumb-dumb. Please, come back?
– …
– I won’t cook ever again!
– . . .
– And if you don’t, I will have to make some comfort food for Saine and Ilya.
– Okay, okay, stop threatening me, I’m coming, don’t you even dare to touch a saucepan!
But the drama tho. You gotta have that drama. I just can’t wait to see how Leon and (my) MC will completely malfunction when meeting each other again. Because “Hi, I’m back” and “I’m really sorry for what happened” don’t really cover this whole mess, do they?
Honestly, I’m just giddy to see what the reaction will be to my mage who’s personality did a complete 180, but not in the way expected. When they met the WF, my mage was stoic and reserved. Now that Eli is back, they’re basically a firecracker of energy that bounces off the walls.
Exile would have been understandable, I wouldn’t have been enthusiatic about it but I could have understood it, with what they knew before Ilya came through.
With the burning… there is no hope in Hell of reconciliation, I will have Leon’s head, and anyone else’s who sides with him.
My mage definitely would have been a brooding, uncooperative nightmare for Tahlia and the rest of Arcadia otherwise. Eli is the only reason they’re happy again, which isn’t healthy, but it’s better than being a dead inside lump just forced to exist again.
Which is what happened to my mage. sure he’s happy that Eli is alive and well, but he personally feels he was better off dead; now that he’s alive and forced to work with the arcadians, he’s just going with the flow with the only real motivation being keeping his loved ones alive (i.e Eli, Saine, Illya, and Leon even though he’s still not forgiven). He couldn’t really give an F about much else, they burned along with him
Mine would. Aside from Ante, Leone and the nobles, he doesn’t have anything against Param. He would love to reunite with Illya and Saine. I mean, this isn’t really a change from my current character. Just a bigger grudge against Leone.
Opposite with my character. His thought process being “Being alive again rules! Death was fucking boring.” Eli also being alive is just more reason to be excited. If he could just reunite with Illya and Saine, this’d be perfect. Working with the Arcadians isn’t that big a deal for him either. Yu and Eli are fun to hang around, and Flyss grows on you eventually. And this whole New Arcadian Empire thing sounds like a good cause to fight for.
My mc isn’t one to look out for number one, he needs a greater purpose. Living a quiet life sounds dull and unfulfilling, especially with so many people who need help. He’s ecstatic to be back in action.
Flyss has definitely been growing on me but I still want to know what their issue with me is. Because if it’s an inferiority complex I’m throwing hands.
There’s a side story on the Patreon that goes a bit into F’s background.
If i remember it correctly F was a slave who got rescued by sister and who then took her to the Arcadians as such F is a pretty big believer in the Arcadians cause and was also friendly with Mireil thanks to the whole rescuing them thing.
So i imagine it’s a mixture of the fact you use to work with Param against F’s side making her distrustful of the Mage to start with and also holding a bit of a grudge for killing Mireil.
I see a lot of people assuming her ire is because she approved of Sister’s plan. I can see how one would get that impression but I don’t think that’s the case.
ok, I am kind of kinky and into the whole lovers-turned-into-enemies drama, so I romanced Leon in my second playthrough. So my original intention was to take revenge on him after i am reborn, but omg i seriously did not expect the dungeon scene with Leon in his route was so heartbreaking, and i did sort of like him for real now. So i spent the whole time stuck in Arcadia moping and trying to escape, i find that if you don’t agree with Tahlia’s ideals and dont hold grudge against your former friends ( i may be an extreme case), what Tahlia did to the MC is pretty awful. She took away their freedom again, even though the MC literally grew up imprisoned, being put on a collar by Sister and died bc of that, and now once again being manipulated against their will. I really like the choice where MC cried after the failed attempt to escape, it’s well-written.
Will we ever find out why Mireil didn’t just take MC and Eli straight to Arcadia instead of letting them get attached to Salantira and it’s people? The world may never know.
In my opinion, it was her own twisted way of protecting them. Because I just can’t think of another answer.
