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Black Clouds of Catastrophe

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Chapter 1 - #1 - Chat at Cafe

The clouds start uniting with each other in the sky, looks like it's about to rain after all. I look at them, and then look back again at my coffee and my friend in front of me.

Same like me, she also staring at her teacup with her red-colored eyes. Then she glance at me, smiled, and raised her cup.

"What are you looking at before, Khidr?" She asked, then took a sip at her tea.

"Well, nothing in particular." I leaned closer to the table. "So, Vignette, what're your thoughts about this place, The Great Land of Azqur?" I said, looking at her face closely.

"If you ask me…," she stopped mid-sentence as she looked at the restaurant ceiling. "I don't think it's a great place to enjoy, Khidr. Seriously, too warm in here, even though this land will maybe receive heavy rain," she sighed, glancing at thick clouds in the sky as I do before.

Well, it's normal. The country of Azqur is a land surrounded by desert. So the air here is hotter than anywhere else.

"Well," I took a sip at my coffee, "you know that I'm an Azqurian. Of course, I want to enjoy my holiday in my beautiful hometown," I said with a small laugh. "Did I tell you before to choose another place instead of following me here? If I already told you, then enjoy the hell, Vignette."

I raised my cup, as if in a toast, then lowered it again. It is enough to make his face gloomy. That makes me smile, I don't know why.

"And, I have something to do in here, actually," I said. "I've been met my long-time-no-see little sister yesterday. She's now working on İzmir Sihirli Şirket, a company from the Republic of Guvenli."

"Ah, That Nagist research company? It's great, in what section does your sister work?" Vignette asked.

"Well, she's working on the Research section of it, just like her dream." I replied, with a proud smile. Vignette then nodded, slightly surprised with it.

I looked up at the ceiling of the restaurant, which was brown with a scenic hue. It is really nice when combined with a good mood on the soul.

"Well, Nagist is really complicated, isn't it?" Vignette said, closing her eyes with a smile. "When we found that magic energy can be combined with science and physics thing, we then named it Nagist, and then we worked for it in several years, and can't still even unleash its true potential." She opened her eyes as she said the final sentence.

I really agree. I worked, researched, and invented my brain skill on it, and still can't produce anything special. Only a single long sword with mana absorption and mana release power is the result of it, and now the sword is on my hand.

"Even the smartest nobleman little sister has to put her hand on it," she laughed while staring at me.

"Well, please don't mention that 'noble' title. I don't think I can hold the title," I asserted. "I am not working for this country anymore, now I work for the Confederation. In that means, I am not sure I can still be called 'Your Honor' or something else."

"Well, the nobles carry out their noble bloodlines, right? In that means, you still can be called like that." She winked. "Isn't it right, Your Honor?"

Vignette laughed loudly after that. I thought I have nothing to say, so I just silently mumbled. It will be just continuing if I got angry about it.

"So, can your little sister handle the work?" She asked. "Yeah, I know she's smart, I've been admitted it since I met her before. But I think it's too early for her." Vignette glanced around, which was already getting quiet.

"Too early, you mean?" I laughed at her opinion. "Hah, maybe you should take a closer look at history. Many inventions in the world are invented by who? The youngsters," I said while looking at my cup, that has been empty. "The Nagist inventor is youngster too if I remember it correctly."

"Sorry, but I skipped the entire history subject at school, so please don't mention it," she answered curtly, then she got up from her chair. "I think it's time for us to back to the hotel. Dark clouds started duplicating themselves, there will be heavy and long-time rain, with noisy storms that I hate so much." She mumbled about the storms, which is funny for me, I don't know why.

I laughed out loudly for a second and then follows her to go back.

After we paid for our drinks at the counter and stood in the doorway of the restaurant, the weather quickly turned from arid to windy.

We think that the rain will come faster, so we start running faster too. But after ten steps of runs, we, and everyone in the streets, stood in surprise while looking up at the sky.

"What the hell is that?" Vignette shouted out while staring at the clouds, that now have a big black-colored hole on it.

"Will there be a tornado? If so, that's terrible!" A police officer, who is next to us shouted, quickly running to the guard post.

After that, the announcement about the possibility of a tornado being broadcasted. The sound starts echoing throughout the city, making every people in the streets run away with a fearful face from where they stand before.

Not like them, Vignette running faster and closer to the hole.

"What the hell? Vignette! Don't go there!"

She's not hearing me. I have to catch her, then. When I am succeeded to catch her, she then looked at me and told me to do something.

"Khidr, you have a telescope in your hand right now, yes?" She asked

"But for what?" I asked back, don't know what she meant and will do with the telescope.

"Just take it! Look at the hole with it!"

The hole? What's wrong with it? Because of my curiosity, I took my portable telescope from my bag, opened it, and started looking at what Vignette pointed.

"What the hell is that?"

I see something unusual falling out from the holes, and landing on earth calmly.

"That's people falling out from the hole!" I screamed.