Nikami POV
I opened the book, then gently placed it on the table.
I caressed the front page and skimmed through the book until I found an interesting topic.
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MPM is very common for all magic users.
MPM, or Main Point Of Mana, is where most of our Mana is at.
Mana circulates around our bodies, but MPM is where it is the most strongest.
It is so strong there in fact, that sometimes when the emotions of a magic-user get out of control…
They will generate their main element in where their MPM is.
In each element, there are different common MPMs.
For water, it is the palm, for fire it is the knuckles, for earth, it is the feet, for wind it is the knees.
For the MPM of Light, Dark, and Healing… It varies from person to person, some can even manipulate where their MPM is.
That is what makes Light, Dark, and Healing Elements special. And due to their flexible MPMs, it is natural that they would be strong.
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Yasachu seeing both of us now starting to read, panicked, since she felt like she was being left out.
She quickly tried to get the nearest book possible and she took out an animal book.
When she took out the book from its shelf, a smaller and thinner book all in grey fell.
"Ah..?" Yasachu was slightly surprised at the thinner book being dropped.
"Ho? What's this?" Yuutsu bent down and picked up the book.
"Ehh... It's super dusty…." Yuutsu groaned and patted the dust off.
Shukona looked up from her book and sighed.
"Why are you two so noisy? This is a library." Shukona glares at Yasachu and Yuutsu.
"A-ahh! Amatarini-sama… It is because of this small dusty book that fell out when I took a book…" Yasachu shivered to see Shukona glare at her.
"It seems like it has been a few years since this was opened! Wow, this might be an ancient spell or something…" Yuutsu grins and keeps slowly patting the dust off the book.
"How unusual…" I thought out loud.
"Hm? How so Nika?" Shukona turned her head towards me and tilted her head.
"Afosíosi Magic Academy is a very high-class institution… And to leave such a dirty book here in the library, it doesn't make sense…" I told them, wondering why it was there.
"Oh well! Weird or not, this is an interesting find! Alright, opeeenn sesame!" Yuutsu opens the thin dusty book, her tail swaying around excitedly. Her eyes glimmered with hope for this book to be amazing.
Her excitedness and expectations rubbed off us, her overdramatic outlook made us want something intriguing inside the book as well.
"..." I was silent, but really wanted something good as well. After all I am always a fan of new spells and ancient magic.
"Oka-okay!" Yasachu smiled at Yuutsu opening the book, her face full of excitement. The large lock of hair on top of her hair swung around heartily.
"Hmph! As if something like that would exist here!" Shukona groaned but did want it to happen.
But it all died down when Yuutsu's face turned from bright to brooding.
So we all expected something un-engaging because of that.
"Ugh, it's just a normal poem! Ahh, I expected something more…" Yuutsu sighed.
"O-oh… that's Unfortunate…" Yuutsu nervously laughed.
"..." I lightly tapped into the table, signaling my disappointment.
"Kh, I told you! You two are just so imaginative!" Shukona rolls her eyes.
"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to read it now…" Yuutsu caressed the first page with her index finger and started to read.
"In all times, in all of our lives. You were always by my side. Reincarnated to always meet. Without you, I am incomplete." Yuutsu started to read the poem.
I flinched at the sudden talk of Reincarnation since I was in that situation before.
Since… I was reincarnated here...
[What the… No way, this isn't just a simple coincidence, right? It has to be a coincidence… But… No… I-] In my head I was conflicted, why, out of everything that poem could have been… Why reincarnation?
"Reincarnation? Such an original concept, so original in fact, that it has been talked about for thousands of years…" Shukona spoke sarcastically, groaning.
I nodded to Shukona's words.
"That's right… It's a common theme… But still, why here, and why now? This book feels like it hasn't been touched for a while…" I thought, still feeling eerie from the situation.
"Ah… Romance…" Yasachu smiled at this, like any normal girl… She also has dreamed of magical love, when Yasachu thought that she would turn to me.
My eyes goes to her, wondering why she would look at me.
Yasachu turned red and covered her face with the animal book she got earlier.
I brushed this off and continued listening to Yuutsu.
"This time I was chosen as a crow, I never stooped so low. Dark and evil, a source of bad omen. Another life, I have awoken." Yuutsu continued to read.
"Oh, How tragic…" Yasachu felt pity for the character, her smile quickly turned into a frown.
"Hah? You feel sorry for someone that you don't even have any connections with? Kh, you really are so soft, aren't you? Commoner." Shukona glares at Yasachu.
"..." As always, I stayed silent as I observed them.
"Seeing your petals, I knew you were a flower. Why did I feel like I shouldn't bother? Your existence is too good for me. A puny crow on a tree." Yuutsu dramatically said it in a sorrowful way, putting her hands on her chest and then wiping off a non-existent tear.
Yasachu let out a giggle due to Yuutsu's over-dramaticness but continued to listen.
"Kh, really, fake noble? You can't do anything better than that? And besides, reading it like that makes the already bad poem worse. How inelegant." Shukona sighed.
I nodded in agreement.
"Ahahaha! Geez, it's really hard to please you two, huh? Well, The more tough you are on the outside, the softer you are on the inside~" Yuutsu winked at both of us, grinning.
"Continue." I commanded, I was interested in what this poem was.
After all, it has a theme of reincarnation.
"Okay okay geez…" Yuutsu giggled at my demands. Fliping a page of the dusty thin book.
"You were beautiful and colorful. Cheerful, powerful, and wonderful. Just looking at you makes me full." Yuutsu continued to read.
"Awww how sweet… They are really in love with them…" Yasachu smiles at the poem, still feeling like a maiden in love.
"Does that even count as rhyming?! They just abused the «Ful» ending!" Shukona groans at this, quite obviously disgruntled about this.
"..." I was slightly dissatisfied with this, I kept tapping my finger on the table.
"Even so, I took care of you, providing you water, sheltering you. To you, I flew, even if I was black and blue. When you started to wilt, my heart melt. Was my love too much? Or was it too little?" Yuutsu read the poem.
"O-oh no!" Yasachu exclaimed, feeling anxious about the situation.
"Poor flower…" Yasachu lowered her head, looking down. Sadded about what happened to the flower.
"Now what will the crow do?" Shukona seems to be slightly interested in the poem, now that the climax is here.
"..." I kept tapping on the table, waiting for what they will do?
Yuutsu flipped another page and then looked stunned.
"Huh… Weird, the last page is ripped off?" Yuutsu caressed the left of the torn off the page.
"Ri-ripped off?! Eh? Why?" Yasachu stands up, and goes over to Yuutsu.
She looked at the thin book, and there wasn't a page there. There were small pieces of paper left from the rip.
"How inelegant! Ripping off a books page!" Shukona groans at this, even annoyed that the poem isn't finished.
"We must tell Kiyu-sama, this book is Afosíosi Magic Academy's property. And the person who did this needs to be punished." I spoke up, with the same cold voice that I have. My voice was more furious than usual.
[I love books, I completely cherish them… And to think someone would disrespect them like this! Such small things… They give such wonderful knowledge, even though that poem was awful… It was still part of the library.] I thought, still furious about the page.
Then there were two noblewomen going to our table and bumped into Yasachu who was standing up. Looking at Yuutsu who had the thin book in her hand.
"Tch! Watch it, commoner!" One of the noble ladies sneered.
"So disgusting." The other noble lady spat.
"O-oh! I-I'm so sorry…" Yasachu lowered down her head, and started bowing.
Even though they were the ones who bumped into Yasachu she was the one who apologized, and they could have even avoided her.
"..." I stared at them, I was already irritated about the book. And now them?