'I feel a deja vu.' Just when Blake was thinking about what to do next, something had covered his eyes and mouth with a kind of cloth and then he was lifted and felt like they were taking him to some strange place, and thinking how useless it was resisting the last time, he just let himself be carried away by the situation until he felt himself entering a place that he quickly recognized by the smell that reached his nose and by the voice that had sounded at that moment.
"Okay, girls, you can lower it." After Blake's eyes were uncovered again, he could realize that he was right, he was in the village pharmacy when he noticed how both Marian and Sakuya left the room and then noticed how in front of him were two women who were looking at him with a too serious face.
"Good evening, Blake." Shino's calm voice was the next he heard at the same time that Blake realized that he had no escape.
"Hello... Excuse me, but what's going on?" Blake no longer cared where he was, but seeing his masters together in the same room and being kidnapped for some reason made him think that things would not end well at all, and the broom hit he received the second following was enough to convince him even more.
"Unfilial disciple, you don't even deign to come to say hello to your master in the last few days and I find out that you're cheating on me with a younger woman!"
"But I…" Those words could be misunderstood in many ways, but Blake had no chance to speak.
"I don't want to hear a single word more, I already found out about all the problems you have in your hands, I should punish you to see if you feel guilty that way!"
"Don't get upset Marjorie, indeed, Blake didn't understand what problems would have been generated, but in the end, everything turned into something more incredible, besides you should have explained it to him from the beginning." Shino tried to calm Marjorie down a bit, but it seemed impossible at the moment.
"And how was I to know that this brat was going to try to become a Runic?! Besides, you should have noticed the runic essence within him before all that, just imagine what would have happened!"
"Well... It could be said that it was my mistake too." Listening carefully to his master's talk, Blake was able to connect all the dots and get an idea of why he was there and the attitude of his masters.
"Well, let's leave that for later, now, boy. What do you have to say in your defense for cheating on us?"
"I had already said that there was really no problem with having more masters, but I still feel a little hurt, Blake." The scene had changed abruptly for Blake as he could see how the attention was totally focused on him, he could feel how those pair of eyes were analyzing it in depth until they were even able to discover its deepest secrets, causing a great nervousness to be generated inside, but it quickly subsided when some laughter was heard around the place.
"Hehehe! Scaring children always makes me feel several years younger!"
"Ufufu, he really did look like a scared wooly at that point." Blake continued to have a confused face for a few seconds, but when he noticed his masters' expressions and comments about him, he knew they were just making fun of him.
"Well, it was nice to tease you a bit, but if you're wondering, that's not the only reason we brought you here." Marjorie had let go of her teasing side as a somewhat serious look came to her face.
"More specifically, we need to have a serious talk with you about what's happening to you, Blake." It was the same for Shino, and Blake knew it was time to keep quiet.
"I understand..."
"To sum things up, Shino has already explained to me about you creating an elemental core and that your talent for runic abilities is just as ridiculous as for magic, you should have seen my expression when she told me, but having seen everything that had happened before, I had no choice but to accept everything as normal."
"We also talked for a long time about what this particular element that you have an affinity with really is, but unfortunately we couldn't have an answer, it's really something that has never been seen and we don't even have enough information to find out."
"But don't be disappointed, we will continue to investigate as much as we can and tell you anything feasible, what we want to know now is something else. Haven't you had any problems lately after having runic essence and elemental essence within you?" There was nothing unusual about Marjorie's question, and Blake answered truthfully.
"Not really, I feel the same as always except that I feel stronger and faster than before, besides, I can use both spells and runic abilities without any problem."
"Well, right now that was our main concern, we were afraid that you could suffer some kind of mishap inside your body, you must understand that the elemental essence and runic essence should not be able to coexist in a single body, for us, it is too unique your situation, so we worry that something even stranger could happen to you."
"You are someone peculiar, boy. I would have liked to know where you are from or who you really are, but with your memory loss it is something impossible at the moment, I even have the idea that you could be some kind of experiment or an ancient being that just woke up, but apart from all the strange things that are happening to you, you are normal like any other."
"I also thought of that possibility, but I checked his body and there is nothing strange, it is as if he could simply do what would be completely impossible for others."
"So, you must understand that we care about you, we are your masters after all, hehe."
"It's true, apart from the fact that I have to repeat it to you, you shouldn't let more people find out about all this, anyone who has bad intentions won't stop to lay hands on you and give you to anyone who offers enough, and if you wonder, no, what comes next wouldn't be nice." Despite a shiver running down his spine at what he just heard, Blake felt great warmth from the concern shown by his masters at that moment and realized that that was appreciated by them. "If you really understand it, you should make sure to come with us if you notice something strange, we will do everything in our power to help you."
"Even if someone bullies you, you just need to call us and we'll teach they a lesson, ufufu."
"Hehe, Shino's right, it's always relaxing to tease young people."
"Thank you, I'll make sure to remember all your advice, although I think I can take care of myself about hitting others."
"Haha! well said, by the way, there is something else we wanted to ask you."
"That's right, it's something we were discussing all afternoon."
"What thing?" Now Blake was curious about what his masters had to tell him, but when he heard their voices in unison, an expression hard to describe appeared on his face.
"Will you be a Six-rune Wizard or a Runic emperor?"
[Progress… Saved.]