Kairi was following a man. They were going up the stairs, seems to be going to the rooftop.
"Uh, uncle? what are we going to talk about? " Kairi asked the man in front of her.
As soon as Kairi said that, the man immediately scanned his surroundings, he then looked back at Kairi.
"What I'm going to say to you is important, that is why I have to make sure nobody but us will hear what I have to say" the man answered.
"So we're going to the rooftop?"
"It's currently raining, nobody should be there by now, my water magic can protect us from getting wet"
"Okay"
The two of them continued. Once they arrived, Kairi's uncle again scanned the surroundings, he double checked the path they used to see if anybody was tailing them. He then closed the doors that leads to the rooftop.
"Now, do you know the Tower of Creation?" Kairi's uncle asked.
"It's one of the three branches of the Magic Tower" Kairi replied.
"Yes, it is. Most of the people of our race don't know this, but the Tower of Creation is dangerous"
"How?" Kairi was curious.
"I can't say for sure, but they are researching a forbidden ritual, in order for it to be completed, it needs -"
Before Kairi's uncle could even finish, a cloaked man appeared behind his back and stabbed him.
Blood could be seen gushing from his body.
"R blood" These were his last words.
"What a failure, you were not supposed to tell her that, well at least you completed the first phase"
The man said.
Kairi fell down to the floor, her body can no longer move. This man was carrying a sword, which almost nobody uses since Magic is more dominant. But there is a man who uses this. A man with unparalleled strength and speed. The Legendary NightBlade. If this is true, then whatever she does, she will be killed. Rumors say that nobody who have seen the NightBlade came out alive.
"Anyways, let's get you out of here, but don't worry, the one who was with you was nothing but a clone of the original Elder" the man said as he suddenly appeared in front of Kairi. The man stretched his hand to take Kairi away, but another hand stopped him.
"Get AWAY from HER!"
It was the shadow who always helped Kairi. She then remembered Kaito, he said that he will protect her, so she maybe thought that Kaito was the Shadow. But this time, the shadow surrounding it's body is rampaging, as if something enraged it to the state in which in would kill someone by just touching the Shadow.
"An uninvited guest?" the man said.
The Shadow didn't answer but instead rushed to the man and threw a punch, the man quickly reacted and blocked the strike with his sword. When the Shadow's fist and the man's blade came in contact, it made a very strong pressure to the wind. The two didn't stop as they continued exchanging attacks, both of them didn't flinch. The man retreated but the Shadow immediately caught up with him in just a second. Kairi wanted to escape but she is hesitant. What if the Shadow lost as she escaped and she met students along the way, she would only be dragging them to their deaths. And what if Kaito was really the Shadow?, then she would abandon him. He had also helped her.
"Enough with this!" the man said. A terrifying amount of mana surrounded the man, a huge icicle appeared and was thrusted at Kairi. The Shadow immediately went to block the attack, but as soon as it blocked the icicle, the man finished another spell, a magic circle appeared and a violet ray of light, it was directed at the Shadow. It penetrated the Shadow's body. The rampant shadows around it calmed down, the Shadow fell to the ground. It looked at Kairi as it said:
"I'm sorry"
The Shadow's body then disappeared. The cloaked man then went back to Kairi.
"Now, where were we?, oh right, I was supposed to get you back to the Tower of Creation"
A hand then patted the cloaked man's shoulder.
"You're not gonna take anything" Kaito said.
"I have really bad luck, don't I?" the man replied.
The surrounding area's temperature dropped as everything including the man froze, except for Kairi. The man then released a fire aura to melt the was ice, then a strong wind pressure blowed him away.
"Speedchanting?" the man was surprised to know a student who can Speedchant.
Kaito didn't stop and sent two attacks, an icicle from his left hand, a flaming spear at his right hand. The man then covered himself with an earthen dome. After the attacks, the man then jumped away and floated at air.
"I didn't prepared for something like this, I'll be going away but I'm going to get back for sure"
After that, the man flew away. Kairi was still shocked, if the Shadow wasn't Kaito, why would it help her?
"Can you stand?, Val was with me, she should be here any minute now" Kaito said as he approached Kairi.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"What is it?"
"There was a shadow who helped me before you came, do you know anything about it?"
"It's probably my Shadow Beast"
"Then why does it want to protect me that badly?"
"You remember what I told you before right?, the reason I wanted to protect you?"
"Ah, yes"
"That Beast sees her in you"
"But why?"
"You don't hate commoners do you?"
"..." Kairi was silent.
"You don't have a record of a single fight with a commoner, except for the tests. You even let them surrender. If you were like those Nobles, you would have already taken the chance to beat them up"
"So, is she like me then?"
Kaito looked at Kairi.
"Except for a few things, you two are clearly alike"
"Then is your Shadow Beast somehow connected to you?"
"It's not that we're connected, we are one"
"What do you mean?"
"I haven't got a chance to tell you but Shadow Beasts can only be formed by human emotions who have experienced death"
"Then why-"
"I am already dead"