Jacqueline Spann had been unsettled for the past few days. Adrian Hawthorne hadn't been seen for days, and neither had the Thorne siblings, Jim and his sister. They weren't at school, and the villagers said Adrian had gone back to Tristone to visit family, with the Thorne siblings tagging along for fun.
The villagers spoke of it with great envy. In the minds of Vessaria's people, Tristone and Aethelgard held the same status, but Tristone felt a bit more familiar. No matter what it was, from something as large as a television to as small as a pair of socks, as long as it was from Tristone, the ordinary item would be imbued with a magical aura, transforming it into a high-end product.
