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Chapter 21 - Preconceived goodbyes

" Anti-magic field!" Instantly, a transparent blue field encompassing all seven of us came up and the circles about us suddenly disappeared like a violent flame quenched by a pool of water.

Zephyr and the King were outside and they appeared to be conversing amongst themselves.

" Miss Zephyr" I called and in response, both her and the king paid heed as they stopped their conversation and faced us once again.

" Hmmm, This is a bit of a surprise even for me but don't worry everything is alright now"

" The field before you acts as a suction and absorbs any trace of mana existing outside thus putting off magic before it even forms"

" Those magic circles that appeared on your bodies must have been for teleportation."

"Perhaps the Sorcerer lacked enough Mana to send you straight to his God and you all somehow landed here but knowing this, he placed a dormant spell upon you all. One that feeds on concentrated Mana existing near range to solve his Mana inefficiency"

" What?"

" He did say he was going to send us to his God and we all know that this isn't where he intended us to be," Germaine said

We all looked at him and could not deny his theory.

' Where would we have gone if that spell had activated?'

" it's alright now, we can just erase the magic circles and try again," the fairy king said and just after he did, the field came off.

" If it was inscribed on our skins, we should have seen them when we cleaned our bodies," Germaine said.

" Good point" Jake sharply responded.

" Hahaha.... You all are so oblivious that it's almost comical, forgive me for saying this. Unless you're more powerful than the caster or possess skills that can discover concealed things then I'm afraid that seeing it will be beyond you. Dormant spells are usually concealed in some sort of way, some might go invisible, some might be placed in places one eyes wouldn't notice"

" That's how they are, I don't use them since they don't suit my style"

" That's that but Zephyr" he immediately turned his attention to Miss Zephyr.

" You mentioned that they had enough Mana to the point that using magic would not pose a problem"

" This means you used your eyes of keen perception skill, isn't that right?"

" Yes my Lord"

" You should have noticed then"

" I don't know what went wrong but I didn't notice magic circles on them"

" Hmmm"

" I'll look them with mine then" Just as he said this, he turned back to us. They didn't intend to leave us in the dark about this as we could perceive their thoughts through Miss Zephyr's spell.

' She did say we can use magic, I wonder what supernatural powers I'll be able to acquire if I can harness this power' I thought

The King stared at us, his golden eye shone brighter and it was like he could see through us. This phenomenon happened when we first met Zephyr and just like the King's, hers shone with golden light as well.

" Hmmn, it's just on your skins now, at your chest region"

" Really?" immediately, I pulled off my loose shirt, and there it was. A magic circle was indeed inscribed on our skins. Others checked theirs as well and they confirmed it.

" It wasn't there earlier when we had our baths"

" Hmmm, Zephyr claimed she didn't see them as well. This is all too strange"

" Well, I will research that once I get you home. Now, show them to me, I'll put them off"

I opened and showed him mine and he came close and placed his index finger right in the middle of the circle somehow, the circle shone once more and cracks form around it until they broke apart and disappeared.

" Now that's done"

" Zephyr, get the ones on the ladies"

" Yes my Lord"

Within a minute, they all were done and the king came forth.

" Whatever that sorcerer meant doesn't sound good, It's been a while since I've tried inquiring about other races but it turns out I can't do that anymore"

" I'll have to look into this"

" Now, let's do this again"

Just like before, lights formed at his fingertips and streamed about, and once again the circles came about our feet.

" I guess this is goodbye, Miss Zephyr, Fairy King," I said

" Yes, this is goodbye" the King responded while Miss Zephyr just remained silent.

" Thanks for everything," I said

" Thank you" we all chorused

" Reverse Summoning"