People had personal space. Someone was friendly to get a hug at the first meet, but someone wasn't like that, kept distance, and didn't like anyone came close. I was that type. My mind was filled with theories of magic and my private opinion. I wasn't accepted to have someone read my mind so easily like this.
Get out of here! Your Psychotic!
I spelled bad words a while before he sighed back.
[It's not good to listen. If you don't want me to read your mind, you just separate it. You have to practice.]
I continued to swear.
[I heard all of it.]
[You can practice until out of time. I'll mute and come to check from time to time.]
I stopped.
I… was a mature person. If I couldn't fire him, I would use a more efficient method. Reducing the score. I would cut all his scores and sign the contract with others.
[…]
"Let's start the magic test!"
The countdown was 24:58:24 left. I prepared a lot of magic books on my desk, the list for testing magic. Except for one thing, a staff.
"Do I have to use a staff?"
The magic was related to Elements. The staff with a water gem would control Water Magic efficiently than Fire Magic. A careful Sage would have many staffs, me too but my staffs were in dimension store.
[You have me. You don't need anything else.]
Oh. So much confidence.
[You're not going to use magic with the rule of the world, it's no need to receive supported power from staff.]
Ah yes. He would create magic for me.
"Then how can I use magic?"
[You just tell a magic name. Please be careful if you tell wrong or short, the delay will occur.]
"Delay?"
[It means slowly than normal.]
So much an ancient word. Free Trial and Avatar too.
"Can you speak like normal? I can't translate these words. Where they come from?"
[Many places. I travel a lot. I wish you don't mind.]
"So, where does this dialect belong to?"
[Please focus on the test.]
So many secrets. If it related to their place, it was fit that he didn't tell me. I didn't want to waste my time I would ask him later.
I pointed my hand out and used the magic I tried to use many times.
"Fireball!"
The fireball appeared at the end of my word. It came out… Finally, I could use magic.
"Can I have more? Fireball! Fireball! Fireball!"
Small fireballs continually appeared. I tested other magic elements. Bubbles from Water Magic. Wind from Wind Magic. Soilball from Earth Magic. Before I increased the level of magic, I had to protect my property in the room.
"Light Wall!"
The transparent box covered me. I truly could use magic it wasn't a dream. I enjoyed this happy time when I could stop my excitement, I realized.
The way to use magic changed.
Magic came out although it didn't have MP flowed inside my body… Nine was truly created magic instead of me.
Just told the magic name, you could use every magics. No need to practice. No energy left and not limited by the amount of MP in the body.
Cheating and unlaw. This was the power of NUMBERS.
[Do you like it?]
"…Fast to decide. I don't end the test yet."
"The Swing Tower of Water."
The double magic cycle was over my left hand. When they disappeared, a small water cyclone at two palms height occurred.
[You modify magic from original. Do you like the result?]
Original?
[The first. Like a first edition. If this original appears, will Tower be a collapse?]
"…Maybe not. This room's wall has protection magic spell on it."
Because it was Sage's room. It had a durable ability to protect exploded, fired, or ice but I wasn't sure it could endure 10 meters cyclone.
[Thank you for the detail. A Sage room has this function, Umm…]
I kept myself out of a strange word. Liked recently magics, even I increased the magic level, the result still was like I wanted. Both creation and movement. The water cyclone moved because I wanted it to move.
Even the control way that had to blend MP, he still did instead of me.
…How far he can follow.
"Let's test it!"
The water cyclone stretched out and wobbled around. I always used it to clean the floor. The dust was attracted to the cyclone core, the water surface liked a mop, and if I lifted the cyclone, the wind could blow the floor to dry too.
The best magic for cleaning. If the creator saw me doing this, he would scold me for sure. Because in the past, this magic was strong protection magic.
Nine laughed.
"What is funny?"
[Very much. Your think is interesting.]
He looked so fine, moved magic for me might be an easy job. He didn't miss a thing.
Everything would be as my design, hm…
I had to test it.
"Decrease speed 10%. Decrease height of water 15%."
The speed and water height decreased.
"Decrease speed 20%. Decrease height of water 60%."
Most of the water stayed at the bottom of the cyclone. It cleaned my hand that filled with dust.
"Decrease speed 30%. Changed the rotation to anticlockwise."
Its changed rotate direction. Water at the bottom was back to wrap around the cyclone. With dust, it was changed to a black water cyclone.
What would happen if I ordered without specific talk?
"Stretch out!"
The water cyclone stretched out like a rope, connected two sides, and became a ring shape. I tensed my left hand squeezed it to reduce the void at the middle of the ring.
"…"
I didn't sense any power, so I had to be careful about my fingers. I squeezed it until the void was disappeared and became the water sphere around palm size that floated above my hand. The inside was a high-speed water stream that was sharp more than the knife.
…So perfect.
Changed one magic to another one magic by customized inside process… More than an expert, he must have agilely to follow me. He was so fast like I used magic by myself.
Magic Flow was clean and stable as an ideal. Did I could do it at this level before… I wasn't sure. When this power was in my hand, I had a horrible thought.
I thought I could do everything.
…
Nine looked at the result and smiled. He was the one who create magic for Elliot but the one who sent the method to create magic was Elliot.
Normally, Contractor wanted only the result. NUMBERS just made that result came true and sent it. it was an easy job. No one was interested in process and customization like Elliot.
NUMBERS could create everything but to created everything, they must have exact knowledge. The creating magic too.
Elliot's thought stayed on the logic and reason of magic. He used his intelligence to predict the next step and the result. The correct path made the ideal came true.
Genius High Sage…
This word wasn't a lie. Elliot didn't receive the High Sage position because of his enormous MP or birth. Liked the conductor who controls the orchestra. The perfection of magic was occurred by his guide.
As expected for High Sage. He played with magic like a toy.
Nine knew what level he should support, knew how to use this precious guideline. He grinned with a highly pleased.
The things that were undone, should be done.
…
[That right High Sage. You can do everything.]
I listened to Nine's voice.
[This is the reason you're the important person of us.]
[With your birth, your talent, your numerous MP, and your job status. No matter what magic you use, no one doubts it. If you're careful, it won't conflict with the rule of the world. With NUMBERS' power, your magic will be more perfect. You can go to the next step of possibility.]
Such a pain but it was right. Like theory became true. He had the power to create an ideal.
"You… you aren't here but how do you create magic. No… Your knowledge levels. Eccentric has Sage members too? You're High Sage too?!"
The grinned sound came back.
[We can do everything.]
"Who are you exactly?!!"
[Enemy of God. This is enough for you.]
[If you want to know more, you have to find the answer by yourself. Then one day you may know about the true face of us.]
"…"
[What do you think High Sage, how many of my scores?]
I couldn't find a mistake point. Damn it.
There were many mysteries. I was going to play with the dangerous thing I didn't know but I was still smiled.
I… was exciting.
"I think we should know about each other more than this."
I wanted to use magic again. I couldn't hide it, Nine laughed.
[We're a true match.]
His pleasure voice. He was excited too.
He was the one who followed the perfection path like me.
The countdown of Free Trial was 21 hours 20 minutes 19 seconds left.