Revolution Spire's Descent

Aftermat
It had been five days since Sadtrist's attack on Girasol and people were still repairing the city. Cue was still inside beating himself up for losing Sadtrist.

"Hey where's Cue?" Dahlia asked Renyen

"He's at his house. He's still upset after letting a lead to Arkaeus slip through his fingers. He might need a friendly face," Renyen theorized

"Okay. I'll﻿ go over and cheer him up," Dahlia decided.

Dahlia then spedily ran away.

"Cue! Cue it's me, Dahlia!" Dahlia called out as she knocked on Cue's door.

"Go away Dahlia!" Cue yelled from inside.

"That's it," Dahlia said storming into Cue's house.

"Get up," Dahlia told Cue pulling the covers off of him.

"What are you doing!?" Cue asked angrily.

"What happened wasn't your fault Cue. You don't have to fight alone," Dahlia told him

"Arkaeus is my responsibility!!!" Cue yelled

Dahlia then slapped him across the face.

"What was th-" Cue stopped as he saw that Dahlia's eyes welling up.

"Why! Why can't trust the us to help you? After all we've been through together!!?" Dahlia cried

"You're right. I'm done feeling sorry for myself. I'm sorry I couldn't keep the promise I made when we met. I said I would never make you cry like you did when you lost your parents," Cue told her as he stood up.

"It's okay," Dahlia said as she dried her eyes.

A new mission
A week had passed and repairs had finally finished.

Cue was looking﻿ at the S-Rank request board trying to find a job worthy of his time. Cue's eyes then fell on a particular poster. The job was 'Defend our Archaeology Dig', the reward was 28,000,000 Jewel.

"Why so high?" Cue pondered

"Hey old man, I'll take this one Cue said giving the poster to Marco.

"You're leaving? Can I come?" Dahlia asked Cue.

"Uhh.. I guess so," Cue said feeling ambushed.

"Great let us move out," Hotaru suddenly invited himself.

"Hey wait, Hotaru what are you coming for?" Cue asked

"Sounds like fun," Hotaru replied.

"Alrighty. Let's go!!!" Dahlia suddenly said walking off.

"Hey um Dahlia. The docks are that way." Cue told her.

The Legendary Sword
As Cue's group arrived at the site a man came up to meet with them.

"Hello there, are you the mages from Watcher Eye," he asked

"Righty-o!" Dahlia said

"Okay. Welcome. I am Furui, the Head Archaeologist at this site," Furui introduced himself.

"Hello there, my name is Cue and this is Dahlia," Cue introduced.

"And this is... Where'd he go!!?" Cue tried to introduce Hotaru, but found he had disappeared.

"Oh there he is." Cue said pointing over towards a rock that Hotaru was trying to hide behind.

"Hotaru Jullenelle. Do you have that 10,000 Jewel﻿ you owe me?" Furui asked.

"He he, Not yet friend." Hotaru replied.

"Too bad." Furui said

"Anyway, why do you need protection for an archaeology site?" Cue asked.

"Ah, that is the right question Mister Cue. We are excavating are very special site. Legends say that long ago, the gods gifted a mage named Susa a sword with untold power. After a while Susa died and his descendants sealed the sword away on a far away island. Based in my research I believe this island to be the resting place of Kushinada. The reason we need protection is because that a number of undesirable people would like to use Kushinada to further their own nefarious ends. Your presence is simply a precaution." Furui explained

"Do you think us fools, Furui?" Hotaru asked

"Only you, Hotaru," Furui answered.

"That cut me deep, Furui," Hotaru said holding his hand over his heart.

"Clever quips aside. You probably wouldn't offer such a large reward if you didn't already have someone attacking you. So, do you want to rephrase your previous statement." Hotaru said being serious again.