Sean dragged Marissa to his home. He then pressed her by the shoulders into a chair.

Annoyed, Marissa said, "Ow, you're hurting me. What are you doing?"

"I need you to tell me what happened, Marissa. How were your eyes cured? I heard from others that eighteen years have passed. What happened? You're all grown up now. You're so different from before that I almost didn't recognize you."

Taking a deep breath, Marissa replied, "It’s all thanks to you, Sean. We wouldn't have won if not for you.”

"Me? What do you mean we’ve won? I heard that Sir Draco and Sir Dominus fought that person on top of Mount Regent and that we were saved after he was killed. They're also saying that a mighty eagle appeared in the sky."

Sean recounted the stories he had heard over the past month, stories that had spread throughout Navia.

"Were they referring to this?"

Marissa transformed into a mighty eagle, her wings almost bursting through the walls of the house. Shocked, Sean stumbled and fell to the grou