"That little brat! I'm gonna pound him!" Lucas snapped.
"Calm down." Theo told him.
The room was frozen, as of a blizzard was inside the room. It was cold, very cold, as the rage of the people there burned silently, like a candle about to go up in a blaze.
"The Magic of One, Aegis Le Philia and the Artifacts of the Ancients." Van enumerated. "Arata... he is still hiding something."
"What could he be hiding?" Ange asked.
"I don't know but Arata must have a reason." William stated. "Let's trust in him."
"Just trust him when he might be doing something that could kill him?!" Theo exclaimed.
An arguement breaks out between the two, Lia and Andrew try to calm the two down.
"Arata won't do sonething reckless as long as we keep an eye on him!" William shouted.
"He would do something regardless of whether or not we watch him!!" Theo answered in anger.
While they were arguing as to what to do about Arata, Addy and Eddy, who finally had the chance to talk to Arata who was alone, made their move.
Arata who was enjoying picking blooms from his flower bed felt the slight change in the Vi of the area and turned to the two. He was cautious, summoning Growth to watch hidden beneath the blooms.
"Le Fleur, my name is Addy, this is my brother Eddy. Please, please, save our master!" Addy bowed her and head and Eddy followed.
"Your master?" Arata asked carefully.
"The Fifth Called One, the One who bears the Role of Beacon, Licht." Eddy answered as he bowed his head.
"Hmm... hold out your hands." Arata said and the two did as told and he placed a bracelet on both of their wrists. "Truth bracelets. I'll remove them after we're done."
"As you wish." Eddy answered.
"Firstly, tell me why are you two here." Arata stated.
"We are here to ask for your help, our friend, Licht is being controlled." Addy stated.
"He is?" Arata asked a bit surprised. "By who?"
"Not who, but what." Eddy stated. "It's an ancient artifact I'm certain the Le Fleur is familiar with. It is, the Gem of Arcane Sin, Melancholy."
"Melancholy... so he did have it." Arata said as his face grew serious. "How did he get it? And the other Gems of Sin."
"It's a long story... will the Le Fleur have enough time to listen?" Addy asked and Arata nodded.
The two tell him the story of how their lives changed. Of how Licht, a kind and gentle person who wanted to be light for others, became the darkness that would destroy them all.
"Licht and us grew up together in the same village, we played, cried and did everything together. Licht didn't have any family around and he was hated by the village." Addy stated. "Our parents also hated him and forbid us from playing with him but... to us, Licht was just a lonely person, without anyone by his side. So, we played with him and spent our time with him."
"As time went on, the people of the village finally began to accept Licht as a member of our home till one day..." Eddy said. "Chimeras raided our village in search of the Beacon. It was during that attack, that, when Addy was nearly killed, Licht awakened as the Brave of the Beacon. Licht drove away the Chimeras but was driven out of the village. We followed him when he offered us his hand and smiled, saying that we could finally be happy outside the village."
"It was our dream. To see the world outside of our village but... when we finally saw the outside world. We were taken by its darkness." Addy stated. "We had no idea, the crueler world outside the village. We also had no idea, about the darkness in Licht's heart."
"As we followed him, as the days passed, as the seasons changed, Licht began to change. He suddenly grew distant and cold, and one day, he became like the man he is now." Eddy said. "We only discovered the truth too late. Pierrot... he was trying to corrupt the master, and when his efforts failed, he impaled the Gem of Melancholy into Licht."
Arata was silent throughout their whole conversation. The two were wondering if the Le Fleur would believe them when Arata closed his eyes and finally, after opening his eyes he spoke.
"Then we have to help him." Arata smiled. "If you can help me find where Pierrot implanted the gem in Licht, I can help him."
"Thank you, Le Fleur!" The two exclaimed with joy and Arata could hear shouts and yells coming from the cafeteria.
"Head back for now. Come to me again when I'm alone." Arata told them and took of tehri bracelets. "Hurry."
The two nodded and disappeared and Arata, who could hear the shouts coming from third floor sighed and went into the school to see what was the cause.
Meanwhile, back in cafeteria, the cause of the shoust and yells, Theo and Willia were still arguing when finally Mayumi steps in to stop them.
"Theo, William, I think we all know the reason why Arata is doing this so can you two please stop?" Mayumi smiled as a blizzard formed behin her.
The two boys sat back down and she calmly fixed her hair and skirt. She say back down and with a sigh, began their discussion again.
"I think we already know why Arata is doing something like this in secret. Arata is using it as a backup plan in case he, or we fail." Mayumi stated. "Meaning, as we are now, Arata doesn't believe we'll succeed. He thinks we're still weak and frankly I agree with him."
The room's mood turns melancholic as they all come to am understanding. They all know what they have to do to stop Arata from using that spell of his, that is, for them to grow stronger.