“ I Also Want To Go Back Home , ”

It was already dark when he got home. Archius kept asking him a bunch of questions but Jodeus had questions of his own.

"Were you there when the Azurite Stone had talked to me?"

But Archius had shook his head, "Nowhere," he simply said.

They entered his house and to his surprise, King Malue and the Counselor, whose name was never mentioned, were still lounging around. They both turned to look at them as though they had expected them for a while.

"Oh good. You're back," Malue said innocently as he stood and approached both of them. He looked at Jodeus expectantly, giving a slight look at Archius, who ran off somewhere. "Have you decided?"

But Jodeus shifted his gaze to the floorboards. As he did so, there was a slight disappointment in Malue's eyes, (who then turned to the Counselor and mouthed 'get the bag'). For a moment he tormented himself. He had thought about it on their way back and the decision was difficult. But he eventually had to say it out loud.

"I'll work with you and… I also want to go back home,"

And he felt somewhat lightened.