"Well, that's what happened mostly during the time you were asleep." Yozu told Philip what happened
"Really? Then what about the third day?" Philip asked Yozu because he mostly told everything that happened during day one and day two
"Day three is today, and it's almost night time. Nothing really happened today that is worth mentioning." Yozu nonchalantly said to Philip as he shrugged his shoulders. "It's just that the Cartel is trying to gain Lyre's trust again as she locked herself in her room"
Ever since after Lyre's Mystical Test, she was placed on Yozu's eyes, along with his own daughter, Yuze, and Alex. Their show of their power and abilities during the test were off the charts. He speculated that Philip has something to do with this
With that said, he broke his oath of not eavesdropping on anyone inside the Core Academy and he began to put surveillance on Yuze, Philip, Lyre, and Alex. Yozu heard everything about Lyre's conversation with Sonar
He was racking his brains if he should tell the conversation of Lyre and Sonar to Philip. The only thing that is holding him back is the fact that there is no point at telling him. Philip might have some ideas, especially his display when he suppressed Sonar during the Control Test, but he found it problematic. Besides, Philip might find out about it later
"The Cartel was also roaming around the premises and inspecting the amenities and rooms of the Core Academy. They seem interested." Yozu continued as he can see every Cartel members' location inside the academy
"Aren't they looking for me?" Philip asked as if he knows about something
"You know, I think they are! A lot of them stormed the Infirmary earlier and was looking around inside. They left after they didn't find anyone inside"
"I see... I think I'm interested at them! I want to see them." Philip said with interest and bright eyes
"Whoa whoa, hold on there. You're thinking too fast and I don't think you should associate yourself with them." Yozu said with worry
"Why not?"
"It's because they might take you too and make you a part of them!" Yozu unfurled his crossed arms and began gesturing with his arms and hands
"That might not be bad... Anyways, don't worry, they won't be taking me and they'll be wary of me instead." Philip said with confidence in his eyes
"How do you say that?" Yozu asked with wariness. Philip seemed more confident than usual
"I think I have an idea at what Cartel this is..." Philip said with an uncanny confidence. Yozu felt chills while Yuze was still in her own world while holding Philip's hand. "Welp! Looks like it's late now, I think I want to rest again after being asleep for a few days"
"Hm... Okay, very well then. I'll leave you then." Yozu said as he turned around and about to leave the room. "Not! You think I'm going to leave you two alone here? Yuze! Come!"
Philip was laughing at Yozu's display as he was shouting. He then talked to Yuze, who can't hear Yozu at all
"Hey Yuze? It's time for you to go now, I'll take a rest and see you tomorrow!" Philip said with a calm voice
Yuze snapped into reality and heard Philip's words. She looked around and saw Yozu gesturing to her to come. She also noticed at how late in the night it is. She then immediately blushed as her face turned very red. She clearly has thought of something inside the gutter
"Wah?! This girl!" Yozu couldn't believe what he saw and teleported next to Yuze. He grabbed her and princess carried her. This made her hand holding Philip's hand detach from it. Despite this, she was still swimming in her own world
Yozu then disappeared as he teleported to Yuze's own room and dropped her off. He then teleported to his office and double checked if he left some work on his table
Philip was smiling the entire time at the daughter and father relationship display. If only he experienced this when he was still a child. His negative emotions started to cloud his mind but he immediately dissipated it and was replaced by sleepiness
The room was dark and only the moonlight shines through the window
During his time in this odd place, it has been a wild ride. He saw different aspects that shouldn't be possible in the real world. He was glad that Magic became real in this world, even if Magic is still in its early development, Magic is still Magic
Before he sleeps, he wanted to do his ritual gestures one last time and test the validity of his Fate Control, just like the good old days
He lifted his right arm and raised it in front of him, as if he was grabbing the ceiling. He then lifted his left hand and pointed two fingers at the ceiling
He then started to grip the air with his right hand, as if he was reaching for something in front of him. With this gestures, images and visions began to fill his mind
His memories, his imagination, reality and fantasy, everything that he saw in his past and present and everything that he can imagine flooded his mind
Despite all of this distractions, there is one concept that is clear in his mind
"End the world!"
Philip made that sentence clear in his mind as he tried to use Fate Control with it as the subject
He then closed his right hand as if he has grabbed something and clutched it tightly. He then snapped his left fingers and an audible sound reverberated throughout the room
Silence covered the entire room as he let his arms fall to his sides. He now looks like a starfish
"I wonder how that will work..."
Philip was not sure if "ending the world" will truly happen after he has shifted the fate of the world to creation, rather than destruction. To discovery of Magic, rather than a Zombie Apocalypse
"Well, my wish has come true... I would die happy now... Please, send me to another world!"
Philip was content after seeing Magic for the first time and close to him. He was ecstatic. But it became different after he was impaled in his chest by a large metal spike from out of nowhere and all of his abilities being overloaded, even the ones that has been forgotten or burried
"If I could control this much Fate, then I was somehow chosen by Fate? But for what purpose and reason? What is my Destiny?"
Philip began to question his abilities that suddenly worked after the discovery of Magic
"Why did it only happen now?! Why didn't this happen before I was suffering?! Maybe, I was just recently chosen..."
Philip's mind began to get filled with depression, one of the worse emotions to create. It seems that he has no plans on manipulating and removing it
"If I am being controlled by Fate or someone that wanted to play with my existence, I would rather die and extinguish my concept"
Philip tilted his head to the right, only for the moonlight to illuminate his face. Tears began dripping down his eyes. His eyes became dilated as he stared at the almost full moon
"It's a Waning Gibbous... Tomorrow's going to be Full Moon... I wonder what will happen..."
Philip closed his eyes and slept straight away. The angle of the moon has shifted that it started to not illuminate his face anymore. His face was covered in darkness as his tears started to evaporate and dry up
Philip slept soundly
~~~
At the far north west of the Mystical Academy, at the top of the hills and cliffs, several robed figures started to appear and their numbers total at not more than a hundred
At the very front of everyone, two figures appeared in red robes and blue robes. They both removed their hoods and began to talk to each other
"What is our purpose on infiltrating this place again?" The girl with sapphire blue hair tied into a pony tail asked. She is the one wearing the blue robes
"The higher ups said that a Divine Star is being kept deep inside of that castle. We are tasked to obtain that material and bring it back." The red haired man answered in a grouchy voice. He is the one wearing the red robes
"What is a Divine Star again??" The blue haired girl asked innocently
"Have you not been listening to your teachers? Or have you forgotten most of it?!" The red haired man angrily asked back
"I didn't understand most of it... Or I probably forgot most of it! Hehe! Well, I would understand if you explained it though." The blue haired girl said obliviously
"Haiz... Kids this days..." The red haired man face palmed and shook his head. Even though this girl was short and seemed childish, this girl is actually the same age as him, at early 30's. The man likes to call her a kid or a child to mock her and they have a close relationship
"Anyways, the Divine Star is the most powerful Spirit material that was detected by the higher ups. The top sect leaders also said that it's the most pure cultivation material that can make a cultivator breakthrough past the Mythical God Stage. You know how important and valuable this material is, right?" The red haired man explained carefully to the blue haired girl
The man waited for the blue haired girl's reply but there was no answer. He then looked towards the girl's direction and saw her looking at a certain direction towards the big castle. The girl's blue bangs flutter from the night breeze as her gorgeous face is being illuminated by the moon
"Tanzanite?" The red haired man called out to the blue haired girl, which is named as Tanzanite. As he uttered her name, her eyes transformed into an intense blue color with violet hues. Her eyes started to refract the light and started to shine under the moon. "What do you see?"
Tanzanite narrowed her eyes and a sound was heard coming from her like a glimmering gem
"There's an incredibly powerful energy emanating from the castle." Tanzanite said as her voice shifted in a different tone
"Oh! It's probably the owner of this place. I heard he's the Headmaster." The red haired man inferred that what Tanzanite see is Yozu
"No, I see the Headmaster. I see someone more powerful than him. That person emanates more light than the Headmaster." Tanzanite explained to the red haired man at what she sees
"What?! That's impossible! The Headmaster should be the most powerful individual in here! We already have the device to keep him occupied. Now we have to deal with another?" The red haired man angrily complained at having another powerful individual suddenly appearing during their infiltration
"That other individual is worrying, we might need to retreat and come up with another plan..." Tanzanite worringly warned the red haired man
"What?! We're already here! Tomorrow is going to be the full moon. That is the time we attack after the Waning Gibbous. We are called as the Night of the Waning Gibbous for a reason." The red haired man angrily replied
"Look, Sunstone, if our mission failed because of the unknown variable, I'm going to blame you, okay?" Tanzanite angrily came back at the red haired man, who is named as Sunstone. She had enough of his impatience
"Don't worry, let's use the device on the unknown variable instead, okay?" Sunstone became nervous at Tanzanite's threat and wariness
"Whatever you say so... I'm still wary of that individual." Tanzanite was extremely worried at the powerful individual and she was having second thoughts about continuing this mission
"Look, we are permitted to use our Ignitions if push comes to shove." Sunstone assured Tanzanite that everything will be fine
"I guess you have a point, we'll have better chances of survival if we were ever got backed into a corner." Tanzanite was relieved at Sunstone reminding her of the Ignition special ability
"Alright then... In the name of the Night of the Waning Gibbous, we will infiltrate the Core Academy and obtain the Divine Star for our main organization under the rule of the Paragon! May Paragon guide us! Everyone, to your positions! We'll attack tomorrow as soon as the crack of dusk"
Sunstone declared their purpose throughout everyone present in the hills and cliff. He gave a speech before all of the other robed people disappeared into the nightshade and started to move in fast speeds
Tanzanite and Sunstone wore back their colored hoods and disappeared into a red and blue blur
~~~
At the far south east of the Mystical Academy, beside a large Pine Tree in the middle of a Pine Forest, two figures appeared
The first one is a well built man with a spiky hair and an emotionless face with bright black eyes. The man wears a sleevless black leather vest with a white tank top and white fur on the sleeves, chained belt, bracelets, necklace, and chest wrap, black leather pants stuffed with fluffy white fur, and black shoes
The man stood beside the tree with his arms crossed. He eyes the Core Academy like he was looking at an insect or parasite
The other one is a well developed woman with a short brown hair and also an emotionless face with glowing amber eyes. She wears a white cap that covers the upper half of her face, a black long sleeved sweater, black skirt and a white shorts underneath, and a white sandals
The woman stood at the other side of the tree with her hands inside the front pockets of her black sweater. She eyes the Core Academy with her glowing amber eyes and began to surveil every individual inside of the premise
"This academy... It was built after the discovery of Magic and development of abilities..." The man said with a low tone
"It was also the purpose to take advantage of the unsuspecting and ignorant young ones by studying and experimenting their abilities..." The man said as the atmosphere around him dropped
"They wanted to contain the powerful and cultivate the weak by giving them the false hope of helping the world advance to a more developed world..." The man said as his face distorted in pity as he sees the future of the students in the academy
"Such pitiful fates they have fallen upon to... That's why we are here to thwart the academy and save the students!" The man clenched his hand as he became eager and excited
"Chloe, what do you see?!" The man turned towarfs the woman to his left
"Yup, I see the fate lines coming from the students. As well as from the individuals such as the professors and the so called Guardians." The woman, named as Chloe, said with seriousness as her amber eyes glowed
"What about the owner of this place?" The man asked about the Headmaster
"His fate line is so thick that it looks like an orbital strike from a satellite, we're good to go." Chloe said as he focused at the top if the Core Academy
"Excellent! We'll wait here and act tomorrow!" The man said with excitement and dread
Chloe had the ability to see fate lines from certain individuals and assess their abilities. With her amber eyes glowing, her vision turns completely black. The environment around her is outlined by blurs due to training her sixth sense. She had to train it to compensate with her ability
As she used her ability, she could see everyone with a glowing light, like a star. The bigger the star, the more powerful the person is. If the person has a line, which she called as fate line, that stretched through the sky and into space, that means that person has an impact in the world in some way in the future
At this moment, she could see eighteen fate lines that stretched through the sky, including the Headmaster, and over a hundred stars that differ in sizes
Although she could see fate lines that stretches into space, she doesn't where the fate lines point and end up. She only concluded that the fate lines is connected to the very essence and fate of the world and that's the reason she deduced that these individuals has an impact in the world
At this point, Chloe squinted at a certain large star at the middle floors of the Core Academy. A few seconds later, the star suddenly enlarged and became bigger and bigger
"Huh?" Chloe couldn't help but to mutter in confusion
"What's wrong?" The man couldn't ignore that apparent confusion from Chloe
But before she could answer, the star became so big that it engulfed the Core Academy and it still kept expanding. Eventually, the expansion of the star reached her position and she couldn't help to close her eyes and cover it with her hands as she stumbled backwards and land on her buttocks
Her senses were screaming and the hair on her skin were spiking
"What happened?!" The man was alarmed and went closer to the woman and tried to assist her
Chloe tried to open her eyes only to see a world of bright yellow with sparkles of yellow. She could see a white silhouette coming from the origin of the expanding star. Her vision is being swept by the world of bright yellow as if she was flying through it or she is experiencing an explosion with the star as the bomb
"AAAAAHHH!" She immediately closed her eyes and screamed
"Chloe!!" The man was concerned as he looked towards the Core Academy. He thought that there was someone who spotted them and tried to block Chloe's vision or ability. He was about to attack the perpetrator only to be stopped by Chloe's words
"Von, let's get out of here!" Chloe said with a cracking voice as tears appeared on her eyes as she clutched her arms and began to tremble
"Why?!" The man named Von asked in curiosity
"There's... There's someone in the academy... Who is more dangerous than the Headmaster... That... That person has the biggest star that I have seen." Chloe said while trembling
"How big?! What about that person's fate line?!" Von was surely alarmed right now because the last person that they met with a big star was powerful enough to start a war or move a continent. If this person has a bigger star, then the situation has changed drastically. He also has no clue how big the star is
"Undetermined." Chloe said as she can't measure how big the star became, all she knows is that the size of the star reached them when they are several kilometers away from the academy
Chloe's amber eyes glowed again as she tried to see the person's fate line. She was surprised when she saw that the star was shrinking but the color changed from yellow to intense bright white, extremely different from the color of the other stars, even Yozu's star is yellow, the same as the rest of everyone
She was then shocked after she strained her eyes to see the person's fate line
"Everywhere." Chloe said while her voice started to crack once again
"What?!! What do you mean?! Shouldn't it be only in one direction and it's up?! What I meant is what's his fate line look like?!" Von was incredibly confused from Chloe's words and behavior. Cold sweat started to drip down his forehead
"There are several fate lines originating from that star. It's connecting to other stars and several other lines are stretching through the sky. I can't count how many the lines is--" Chloe said with trembling voice only to abruptly stop as she slowly lowered her head as if she is following something
"What's wrong?" Von noticed Chloe's behavior and couldn't help to ask
"T-t-this..." Chloe stuttered as tears fell out of her eyes
"Spit it out!" Von yelled after Chloe is delaying her answer
"The fate line from that person's star stretched and connected to mine!" Chloe raised her head and looked at Von while crying, "It's even connected to you!!"
Chloe began to cry more as Von's heart dropped after her revelation
This could only mean that no matter what they do, they are connected to what's about to happen in the Mystical Academy in the future. They cannot leave anymore as they will be swept by it throughout their lives
Von stood tall and stared at the Core Academy with a piercing glare. He tried to eye the person who had the unusual star but to no avail. He was thinking twice if they should continue their mission, but Von has a firm conviction
"Chloe, don't cry now... I'll protect you if something happens! We can't escape from this and might as well fight! Okay? Everything's going to be alright." Von tried to assure the crying Chloe
No one knows why Chloe was crying upon seeing such a strange and different sight, not even Von. Perhaps there is something that she knows regarding the incredibly largre star and the countless fate lines. She just can't say it, or maybe she saw something within that world that threatened her existence
"We'll wait here and keep observing for now. We'll move when the dusk has fallen tomorrow." Von sat beside Chloe and closed his eyes
Chloe wiped her tears and looked at Von. At this moment, the both of them jolted as she turned her head towards the Core Academy, particularly past it. It was also the same for Von as he abruptly opened his eyes and looked past the Core Academy
"I see!! That moon group is also here, huh?! Looks like fate is playing around, right Chloe?" Von immediately understood the situation as the pieces fell in front of him
"Looks like there will be a big fight tomorrow!" Von muttered
"We'll have to protect the students and not let them use too much of their abilities, okay Chloe?" Von said as he is dedicated at not letting the students suffer anymore. Chloe could only nod back
"Haaah... Fate is so interesting..." Von sighed as he looked up and stared at the Waning Gibbous moon
~~~
The dawn has broke in the sky and the sun started to rise. Sunlight slowly illuminated the Core Academy which revealed its glorious golden color. The blue orb on top of the academy glows as the day starts for everyone
The sleeping Philip abruptly opened his eyes. He tried to sit up but he felt groggy. Although he felt that his muscles felt comfortable and strong. He then touched his head to remove the feeling of grogginess which he succesfully did it
"Uggghhh... Damn..." Philip muttered as he clutched his head with both hands
"Sometimes... Seeing the future too clearly feels too overwhelming and the realness is absurd." Philip muttered again as if he saw the future with his Future Vision during his sleep
"Has my Future Vision evolve or change? What I saw are not visions but true images..." Philip looked forward with a piercing glare
"Future Sight or Clairvoyance?" Philip thought of the better name for the evolved Future Vision
"I guess I shouldn't rush into conclusions first and keep the name so we could also have consistency." Philip gave up upon thinking a new name. Instead, he thought about the future that he saw during his sleep
"Night of the Waning Gibbous and those two individuals huh..." Philip muttered as he learned about the identity of two parties that will attack the Core Academy later at night
"I'm interested in that woman who can see the fate lines of certain individuals. Those two leaders of the Waning Gibbous group also has the names of a gem, I'm also interested in them." Philip muttered as he clearly knew about the identities and abilities of the leaders for both parties
"Anyways, I guess I have to get up and prepare to attend class today." Philip said yo himself as he stood up from his bed
Philip is an organized person himself, so before he left to go take a bath and eat, he couldn't help but feel annoyed at the disordered bed. He arranged the pillows in its proper corner and fixed the sheet to the point there is no folds. He then folded his blanket and placed it above the pillows in a proper manner
He felt satisfied and he felt his day has been complete. He then went to the bathroom to take a bath. Went to eat breakfast with bread and butter along with a cold water from the fridge. Brushed his teeth. Changed his clothes to a plain maroon t-shirt, black jeans, and white rubber shoes. Of course he couldn't forget his gray hooded sweater since it's his favorite
He didn't like the match between maroon and black, so he covered his upper clothing with the gray sweater to at least match it with the black pants
He then went to the door and looked back at his room. It seems fine and everything's arranged properly and symmetrically. He opened the door and went outside. He closed the door behind him and placed his hands inside the front pockets of his sweater
He looked to the left and right hallway only to see no one
"Heh..." Philip closed his eyes and scoffed as he is aware of himself that he expected someone waiting for him outside of his room. Probably Yuze or Lyre? Or maybe the Headmaster for some reason? He then turned to his right and took a step
He felt a presence in front of him and he immediately pulled his body back so he couldn't bumped into the person. He abruptly opened his eyes to look at this person who wasn't here after he checked the hallway
What he saw is a man with a full black suit with a green striped scarf wrapped around his neck. The man looked Asian and his black hair looked like one of those typical anime protagonists. His eyes were brown and the proportions of his face were perfect like he is almost a real life anime boy
"H-hello!" The man greeted Philip in a shy manner but exudes confidence
"Hello?" Philip greeted back
Silence covered the hallway and awkwardness filled the atmosphere
"So... Nice weather we have today!" The man awkwardly started the conversation with the weather
The man had a nice smooth voice. It was so smooth that it felt like he was voiced by an anime character
"Yeah, true. Too bad it's going to turn bad later in the day." Philip said mysteriously
"Oh..." The man shyly looked to the side as he awkwardly scratched the back of his head with his right hand
"So..." The man tried to continue the conversation but there was nothing being talked about
Philip looked at the man with empty eyes with no emotions present in his face. Upon seeing his face, the man became worried and restless. It was like he is some sort of an anime character that had a worried face as sweat splashes from his head and didn't know what to do
But in reality, Philip was smiling and laughing inside. He couldn't believe that such person existed. He does seem like he came straight out of an anime. It was absurd. This man screams anime
"So, what have you come here for? What are you doing?" Philip asked the important questions from the man. He is aware that this person is a part of the Comfy Cartel, Lyre's household