I looked over the map and where the different circles may be as well as where they already are. It seemed rather cliche for all this magic star and magic circle bullcrap. With everything I have seen so far there shouldn’t be a need for magic circles. Everything I have seen was a form of mixing herbs or mathematical equations mixed with physics. Nothing like this had even come up before.

“So why are they using a magic star? It doesn't make much sense to me.” I asked.

“It’s not that it’s needed for them to do the ritual. It’s more so to help them control it. Like a barrier. For example if you’re cooking something with oil in a pan and it gets too hot it can send hot oil flying everywhere. However, if you put a lid over top of it then it will stay inside the pan.”

“I understand. But if that’s the case we should destroy them.”

“Are you stupid? There are two reasons why that’s a bad idea. Either they succeed in the ritual and instead of only affecting the people inside the barrier it affects half the continent. Which would be horrible. The other reason is that they may want to be safe and just kill some random person again to repaint the circle.” he replied while pinching the bridge of his nose.

“So what do we do then?”

“Well… I don’t know. I guess you find Elysif’s mother. I’ll go to Warwick castle and see if I can get a few agents to help us. This is a major threat so I think they’ll be able to spare a few people.” He said as he stood up and headed over to his room.

“Alright, sounds good to me.”

“Another thing, don’t engage her.”

“Got it.”

“At all. Don’t even attempt to do anything to her or she might fillet you worse than the Ripper did.”

“I doubt that.”

“Anyways go check on Elysif, would you?”

I walked over to my own room and opened the door to see nothing. Just the bed, wash sink, and dresser. Elysif wasn’t in there at all. The window was also open which was letting in a shallow cool breeze. I went over and closed it and began looking under the bed and anywhere else that she might be hiding. I didn’t think she was actually hiding but I still wanted to check.

“Um, Scott?”

“Yes.”

“Did Elysif go to her place?”

“No.”

“Well she isn’t here.”

“What do you mean she isn’t there?”

“I mean the window was open and the room was vacant.”

“She couldn’t have gone through the window. I would have heard it.”

“You were drinking most of the day and I am positive that at some point you took a nap. Plus I greased the window because it squeaked all the time while I was trying to sleep.”

“Well now she’s gone. Her psycho mother is possibly murdering people and she disappears like a child.” he said as he sat down on the bed and grabbed his own chin.

“Well what did you expect?”

“Her to be a little more mature and at least tell us she’s leaving. That’s all I would have liked for her to do. Anyways, new plan. I go to Warwick while you gather as many people as possible to help you find Elysif. We can worry about her mother after Elysif is found. Heck, she may even lead us to her mother.”

“Works for me.” I replied before I headed out the door.

Scott grabbed a few things and stuffed them into a small bag. Among them was his pair of gloves and the bottle of rum that I had just bought. He threw on his coat without one of the sleeves on because of his broken arm and headed out the door as well.