The Path of the Body

When Nano wakes from his restful slumber, he sees that Kalcoria has finally moved on and that the sun is now visible again. Soaking in the evening light, he sees smoke coming from one of the houses in the city. He later learns from Natilee that there was a fire last night, and eye witness reports stating that a creature was seen leaving the house before the fire.

After that small exchange of words, Nano visits King Anji at his request. There he receives five hundred marks in prize money from the tournament as well as a small mysterious wooden box. Inside the box was a mysterious amulet that Anji said would protect him from evil. It was supposedly a gift from Limial. Anji asks Nano to keep a look out for her in his travels.

Shortly after the conversation with Anji, Lord Ekks appears. He heard that Nano was looking for training, so he offered his services. A short sparring match ensued at the arena, then Ekks had Nano run around the city for ten laps to increase his endurance. There he met this little demon girl who ran along with him. Once they were done, she gave him a Everlasting Glass Water Bottle. After a long grueling training session, Nano managed to learn the Image Amplification technique that allowed Ekks to make several copies of himself.

After a long, hard day of training Nano decided to head back to his room for some much needed rest. Along the way Leran met with him. Heading to his room, an assassin attempts to take Nano's life but Leran was able to turn the attackers knife back on him. Shortly after Carmichal appears before them and introduces himself as the first prince of the kingdom. Once he left, Nano gathered the traumatized Leran and went to bed.