We were in the Fairy King's midst again and just like last time, he looked feisty and was still at his spot floating with his legs crossed like he was meditating.
' Does he ever leave this spot?' I thought forgetting that our thoughts can be perceived unwarrantedly.
" I do move about sometimes young man" he made me aware still at his fixed position.
" I'm sorry I brought that up" I hastily apologized, I knew it wasn't wrong of me to speculate that but perhaps due to his position, I felt the need to apologize.
" My fellow guests, good morning!"
" After hours of reminiscing, I got back something important. It's been a while since I've used magic outside my daily activities so I got to admit that I've been a bit rusty you see" he continued
We simply stood still while he feeds us his words.
" I mentioned yesterday that you were brought here by a summoning spell of some sort however if I recalled correctly, you never mentioned anything resembling esoteric symbols imprinted anywhere around the vicinity"
" We saw no such thing" I responded
" Right! From my large vault of knowledge and many years of experience, I haven't heard of summoning spells that occur without magic circles"
The thought of inquiring about a lot of things came up as he spoke but I dismissed them as I found them unnecessary but just to soothe my curiosity.
" All these may sound strange since you all are unfamiliar with magic but I'm certain that with all you have seen so far, you can't deny the existence of the concept known as magic"
" Now, what I'm saying here is that you most likely weren't brought here through a summoning spell rather, a spell that shifts and phases targets through dimensions"
" You may be wondering, " why are you telling us this?", " is this is important?"
" However..... the possibility of you getting back if it was a summoning spell is much higher. Visualizing the exact place and a bit of magic from me will get you all back in a heartbeat but since that isn't the case, I'll have to try other means"
" Also, this session was to clear my conscience. I wouldn't feel comfortable if I hadn't corrected my wrong perception" he said and giggled a bit.
" Get ready," he said and changed his position like he was getting ready for something.
This alerted us and we became wary and disoriented a bit as we began to look at each other, moving back bit by bit.
" Don't be afraid, I wouldn't harm a fellow sibling unprovoked"
He suddenly started turning his arms and as he did, lights formed at his fingertip and traced everywhere it went like a stream.
" Here it goes!"
Almost instantaneously, Light grew under our feet and strange signs were carved glowing blue, many moving about as if they were a puzzle wanting to be solved as they interjected between each other under very little time
" Magic Circles are usually inscribed by using a pointy sharp object bathed in Mana against whatever surface one intends to inscribe it upon however, I can bring forth magic circles with just intent. Ready yourselves!"
" Reverse Summoning!"
However, what happened thereafter wasn't what I imagined would happen. The light of the magic circles appeared dimmer and dimmer with time and the glowy essence from them in a sort of way streamed towards us rapidly.
' Is this part of the spell?' I thought, for some reason, it appears a lot more eldritch than earlier.
Unbeknownst to us, strange circles came into view around our chest region floating about above our clothes and appeared to be pulsating in response to streaming blue light.
" What's this? This isn't part of the Spell." as we all heard this, we felt anxious and afraid. Magic is an entirely new phenomenon known to us and while Miss Zephyr has shown that it can perform good, we also know full well that it's just as dangerous and dreadful.
" What do you mean not part of the spell" Fredrick roared, perhaps he was the only one brave enough to make this stand as the rest of us simply stood there waiting for answers.
"Something is messing with my spell.... No, it's more appropriate to say that it took in my spell as a catalyst"
" You mean that any moment from now, a spell unknown to us will activate and do whatever it was instructed to do?" I asked
" Yes! however, I won't make that happen."
In that short span of time, the strange circle had suctioned whatever was within the Fairy King's magic circle and made it disappear without a trace. It instead had the glowy essence the king's magic circles had and it glow brighter and brighter around our chest that it seemed that a large ray of light will erupt out of it at any moment.
" Anti magic field!"
Instantly, a transparent blue round field large enough to contain us seven came over us and the circle dimmed and disappeared.