"Lict, do you have 'The Twelve Holy Books of Heavenly Secrets'?" Akagi said to Lict while Lict was setting the dinner table.
"Huh? What will you do of those?" Lict said.
"What's that?" Vierne said.
"*Cough* Let me explain" Melissa said.
"The Twelve Holy books of Heavenly Secrets' are twelve books which contain the description of all the different magic and events that take place inside the entire universe.
Legends say that only Elite stars posses these books with them. And if you learn all twelve of these books, you'll be able to answer any question related to this universe... or something like that."
"Why would you want something like that, Lord Akagi?" Vierne said.
"I want some answers. Do you have it or you don't?" Akagi said.
"I do" Lict said "I'll give them to you... but, you must take care of them. If they tear-"
"I KNOW I KNOW. Hurry up, will ya?" Akagi said.
Lict drew a star on the floor and made musical notes over it while chanting a silent spell.
Suddenly, all the lights went off and everything turned dark.
As he raised his hands, they were surrounded by twelve books, each with a different symbol on it and were shining bright golden.
"Wow! Lict you can do this too?" Vierne said as she looked at the books.
Lict smiled and said "You like it? This is nothing. There's something even better." Lict said.
"What?" Vierne said.
"Touch the book with a river drawn on its cover." Lict said.
"Un.... This one?" Vierne said as she touched the book.
As soon as Vierne touched the book, the book opened and a river gushed out the book and water started filling the room.
"GAH!! WE ARE DROWNING!!!!" Vierne said.
"Stay calm, Milady." Lict said as he held Vierne's hand.
"The Twelve Holy books of Heavenly Secrets' Ah! I know the story." Melissa said as she sat on Akagi's shoulder.
"These books were made by God for the twelve elite stars of the universe. Each book is named after each elite star." Melissa said.
"R- REALLY?" Vierne said and finally the room was filled with water.
They all were finally submerged in water.
"MMM!!!" Vierne said.
"Ha ha Don't worry, you can breathe, Milady." Lict said.
Vierne opened her mouth and took in some air.
"I can breathe!" Vierne said.
"That's not all that has changed." Lict said as he pointed towards her legs.
"Huh?" Vierne said and looked at her feet "I HAVE A TAIL!!! I'M A MERMAID?? FOR REALS??!!" Vierne said.
"Yes." Lict said.
"What is this? The room is slowly disappearing." Akagi said as he looked around.
He too had a red mermaid tail now.
The room slowly started vanishing and as the walls disappeared, they found themselves in the ocean.
"What's happening?" Vierne said.
"This is the book of the elite star of water 'Quench Her Thirst'. It holds all the secrets of the ocean." Lict said as he held the book in his hand.
"AMAZING!!!" Melissa said "I've only heard of all this! THE REAL THING IS AMAZING!!!"
"There are two ways of reading these books. If you open it from the front, you will experience the secrets but if you open it from the back- It's just a normal book. You can read like you read any book." Lict said.
"How do we go back?" Akagi said.
"Easy. Just close the book" Lict said as he closed the book and as he did it, all of them came back to the room.
"THIS- IS- F**KING- AWESOME!!!!! WHERE DO WE GO NEXT??!!" Melissa said.
Lict kept the book back from where he took it. All the books rotated around him again.
"Hey! You are an elite star too, right?" Vierne said.
"Yes." Lict said.
"T- Then that means you have a book too?" Vierne said with excitement.
"Yes, I do. That one, with a treble clef drawn on it. It's the book of 'The Star of Music'." Lict said as he pointed towards a book.
Vierne touched the book and took it in her hands.
"Let's see...." Vierne said as she opened the book and suddenly they were surrounded by musical notes.
"WAH!! I'M FLOATING!!!" Melissa said as all of them started floating in the air.
Faintly, they could hear a piece of music which slowly started becoming louder and louder.
"...Wha-.…. the feels." Melissa said as she continued floating.
"Can we go now?" Lict said.
"...Once more-"
"NO!" Lict said and closed the book.
"MAN! THESE ARE AMAZING! I WISH ALL BOOKS WERE LIKE THIS!" Melissa said.
"These are amazing but if they are damaged, they loose their magic. So be careful." Lict said as he turned towards Akagi.
"I will." Akagi said.
Lict collected all the twelve books and handed them to Akagi.
"Really? Are you gonna read all of these?" Vierne said.
"Yes." Akagi said and went to his room.
"What about dinner?" Lict said.
"I don't want it." Akagi said and closed the door.
"Nothing in this either." Akagi said as he kept the book aside and opened the other book.
'That blue light we saw during that parade'. He thought as he read the book.
'It was so unusual. It's not a star's magic- That's for sure... I've never seen something like that..... what was it.... I have to find out.' He thought.
"MILORD!!" Melissa said as she hugged Akagi.
"It's so late... Let's sleep already..." Melissa said.
"I'm not sleepy yet. You go ahead." He said without raising his eyes from the book.
"NO! I CAN ONLY SLEEP AFTER I WATCH YOU SLEEPING!" Melissa said.
"Melissa, I'm not a kid anymore." Akagi said "Just sleep"
Melissa made a pout and jumped on the bed "I'LL OCCUPY THE ENTIRE BED! LET ME SEE HOW YOU SLEEP!"
'Hm? This one?' Akagi said as he looked at the book.
'NO, it's different.' Akagi said and flipped the page.
'This is so confusing! Firstly, because all of them are not in Russian or English. Which language is this?' Akagi thought.
'Lict can translate all these, right?' Akagi thought as he got up and went to Vierne's room.
He was about to knock at the door when-
"Do you want something from Milady?" Lict said from behind him.
"....Dude, don't you sleep?" Akagi said.
"I heard your footsteps." Lict said "What do you want at this hour?"
"These books are not in Russian, can you translate these?" Akagi said.
"I can but I won't." Lict said.
"What? Why?" Akagi said.
"Don't you know? The first ten books are the only ones readable by Demigods, the rest two have dark secrets and spells of the universe." Lict said.
"So?"
"Only a god can read those. If you try reading them, you'll go blind." Lict said.
"What?" Akagi said with surprise.
-To be continued