A few days passed and Nephis brought me the seven memory I asked for. Nothing special, just an Awakened rank locket with cold resistence. All of them looked the same, so I think these are massproduced.
Only that one of them was of ascended rank.
Memory Name: Locket of the northern wind
Rank: Ascended
Type: charm
Description: Created by a blacksmith of Valor, when worn it provides resistance to cold.
"Thank you, these will help a lot."
"Hmm, I hope they do."
Nothing happened for the rest of my time here in the NQSC and the time to board the train arrived.
"Sunny, how have you been?"
"Good. You know, it still freaks me out when you call me out while I'm coming from behind. I'm pretty good at hiding myself. By the way, I saw you contained a Gate mostly by yourself, good job."
"Did you stalk me again?" I asked teasingly.
"I didn't stalk you—I saw it on the news. Do you think I have time to stalk you?" he lashed out.
"Okay, okay, don't get angry—I was joking."
We boarded the train and began our long journey toward the port.
"How much do you know?" I asked Sunny.
"Not much. Just the basics—a chain of Nightmare Gate outbreaks is happening, and we're part of the first army being deployed there. Also, that you somehow found out about a government secret, and Master Jet gave me an earful, thinking I was at fault."
"Sorry about that. I told her it wasn't you."
"So how did you find out? I doubt Neph told you—she wouldn't want you to go there."
"I have my ways."
"Keep your secrets then."
"Anyways I need your help with something."
"What is it ?"
"I heard you are an aspiring sorcerer, so I was wondering if you could help me create a memory."
"I can manage if its simple and you have the enchantments you want."
"I knew you were my man." I said smiling.
"Don't smile like that, its creepy."
"So I have this sleeping bag and I want it to have this charms cold resistance and this things enchantment which is producing heat. You know, I bought this thing in the Brilliant emporium, do you know of it ?"
"It's my shop, I think I can do it."
He studied the memories and just before we arrived he finished the weawing.
"Here, its done."
[You have recieved a memory]
Memory Name: Enchanted sleeping bag
Rank: Awakened
Type: tool
Description: It produces heat and shields you from the cold.
"Thank you, as for payment, I will give you this and a clue to how to find your conviction." I said as I transfered him the [Endless Spring].
"You know how to ? Everyone said I have to figure it out myself."
"Well they are not wrong, but I can give you a direction and explain why surviving isn't good enough."
He just nodded.
"The problem with just survival is that its too vague and its easily overwritten, like how it happened in the Crimson Spire. You wanted to survive, but you would have remained behind for Nephis. But it doesn't mean you have to have a great ambition, like saving the world."
He looked at questioningly.
"All you need is something you believe in wholeheartedly, be it an ideology, people you care about, a place, it doesn't matter as long as you really want to reach it, protect it or something like that."
"I don't really understand it."
"Don't worry about it, I feel Antarctica will be the place where you will get it."
Just as we finished talking we arrived at our destination, stepping off the train. Jet was already there, waiting for us in a government-issued suit.
"You're here at last. Everyone has been waiting for you two."