After fifteen minutes of trance state, Itsuki finally regained his consciousness, he stared at the orb that had lost its shine, he is rather confused.
"Itsu, how is it?" Seito asked, rather curious.
"I... don't know. I can vaguely remember that I reached a plain closed area, but aside from that, I can't remember anything." said Itsuki, still confused.
"Hmm... This means that you were actually in a mental state just now." said Maria, Itsuki nodded as he agreed with Maria's statement.
"But why can't he remember anything?" Seito asked.
"Well, I guess it might be the orb that doesn't want Itsuki chan to remember it. But I'm not sure about it though. Maybe I should ask Darling." said Maria.
"Mmm... Maybe Sky can give some clue on that. Hold on, where is Sky?" Seito asked.
"Ah! I totally forgot about him!" Maria exclaimed.
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Sky's room. Sky had once again fallen asleep on the chair as the result of exhaustion and is once again having some weird dreams...
In that dream, a white striped cat led Sky to a cave that is filled with mice and lizards, the cat meowed once before leaving Sky alone in the cave along with mice and lizards. Sky is totally disgusted by the sight and is a bit uncertain of what should he do. After a while, the white striped cat returned with his fur covered in dust and mud, the cat 'roared' and successfully chased away all the critters, clearing the cave. Then, Sky woke up again.
"Ah... What a random dream." Sky murmured.
"What dream? You had another dream again?" said Maria who suddenly opened the room's door and entered the room.
"Ah!!! Damn you, Maria! Please at least knock on the door before coming in all of the sudden!" said Sky who is a bit startled by Maria's sudden appearance.
"Ah... Sorry about that, but what dream is it this time? Anything serious?" Maria asked again.
"Hmm... Let's see... I believe it has something to do with Chris..." said Sky.
"Heh?! Chris chan?! What is it about?" Maria asked, rather concerned.
"Well, in the dream, I was bullied by a white striped cat that somewhat as mean as Chris." said Sky.
"Eh?" Obviously, Maria doesn't expect to get this sort of answer...
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Meanwhile, Null Dimension.
"Ha-chiu!" Without any doubt, Chris sneezed... Again.
"Seriously, the frequency of this really makes me wondering if I actually caught a cold." said Chris out of the blues.
"I start thinking would I have this character setting as well." said Dark Prince, not very surprised by that.
"Don't worry, I believe with your unique profile, you will. Anyway, where were we just now... Right... I was thinking if we could forcibly remove that crack by breaking the link through the clashing of two contrasting magic forces." said Chris.
"I do read of something similar from the dimensional library before, but two contrasting magic... Do you mean light and darkness?" Dark Prince asked.
"Yes, my main magic type is light magic while yours is shadow type, so I was thinking if we could try it out on that crack." said Chris.
"I see... But don't you think it's a bit too risky? From the record, the success rate is half-half, and the damage of that clash would be lethal." said Dark Prince, who doesn't really agree with Chris's suggestion.
"I had thought about that as well, but at the situation right now, I need to fix that crack ASAP, I can't afford to waste any more time for it. But don't worry, if it actually failed, I'll use damage absorbing magic, you would not have to suffer any damage from it, I will bear it all alone." said Chris.
"Tsk... You know I didn't mean that. My own safety was never my concern." said Dark Prince. Chris sighed and stared at Dark Prince for a while before laughed out a bit.
"Haha... I always know that side of you, just that I have my own reason. Trust me for another time, I believe we would not fail." said Chris with a smile...
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Kapis Dimension, 9 am. Training hall. Sky, Maria, Seito and Itsuki are in the hall.
Sky had instructed Itsuki to try activating that orb again but this time, no matter how hard Itsuki had tried, he failed to activate that orb. Sky took the orb from Itsuki and starts examining it.
"By right, if you were able to activate it a moment ago, it should not be a problem for you to do it now... But why?" said Sky as he carefully examined the orb.
"Itsu said that his mind reached a closed area just now when he activated the orb, could it have anything to do with that?" Seito asked.
"Hmm... Probably." said Sky.
Then, Sky starts focusing his concentration on the orb in order to feel any magic flows from it, and to his surprise, he felt eight different types of magic from it.
"Hmm... This is interesting, I have a feeling that there is something that 'live' in this orb. I'm making a bold assumption that when Itsuki was in the trance state, he actually met those things but having his memories removed due to some unknown reasons, and I believe it is also related directly to the reason why Itsuki cannot activate this orb now. So we need to find out what Itsuki had experienced in his trance state before we are able to reactivate this orb." said Sky after a short thought.
"But how are we going to find out about that? Itsu can't remember anything." said Seito.
"Ah... This is the time I really missed Chris and his memory's magic." said Sky.
"Chris chan had surely pampered you too much, Darling ~" said Maria while snuggling at Sky's arm.
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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