Chapter 8 : The man inside a room.
It was dark. Antony was floating through what seemed like space. He couldn't feel anything nor could he move his body. He had no sense of touch, smell or sight. It was as if he died.
"Is this how the after life feels like?" Thought Antony to himself.
As Antony was floating through the endless darkness, he was a light. A light flickering towards him.
"Wha... What is that..." Confused Antony as he looked towards the flickering light.
Suddenly a bucket of water is splashed on his sleeping face. It was water that was flickering through the endless darkness
"Ugh!" screamed Antony as he jolted up.
As soon as he woke up he saw Shiro with Eris and Arthur sitting in front of me.
"Who... Who are you guys!" questioned Antony as he stood up.
"You don't remember the person who you just lost to?" said Eris with a grin on her face.
"I'm sorry! Please forgive me!" begged Antony while he was bowing on the ground.
"We will forgive you if you cooperate with us." said Shiro.
"What do you want from me...?" asked Antony as he slowly lifted up his head.
"Who ordered you to kidnap Arthur and why?"
"It... It was the pr..." Before Antony could finish, his body jerked.
Shiro noticed Antony's weird behavior and he backed away while carrying both Eris and Arthur.
"aagh. Uag!"
Antony's face started to become pale and his body started to blow like a balloon. His eyes started to pop out from the sockets and blood started to drip from his nose, eye sockets, ears and from every where.
His body blew up like a balloon and it blasted. Guts flew over every where and as some were coming towards Shiro and his people, Shiro quickly dodged them with Arthur and Eris on his both hands. Blood and guts of William splattered everywhere around the ground and the trees nearby.
"Ew!" Disgusted Eris and Arthur. Eris almost vomited at the scene but she controlled herself.
"..." Shiro was speechless at the scene as he never saw anything like that.
While Arthur just looked at all the guts and blood everywhere.
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"Looks like we won't be getting information here." said Shiro as he stood up.
"Shall we go back?" said Eris while holding Arthur's hand.
Arthur looked at Eris' hand trembling and nodded. "Yeah. Lets go back."
Shiro looked at the both of them and smiled.
As Arthur and Eris started to walk. They heard a distance scream coming from behind them.
"Aaargh!!!"
They both looked behind and saw a survivor of the kidnappers charging towards the couple with a knife in hand.
Noticing the raging kidnapper rushing towards them, Eris pushed Arthur out of the way.
As Arthur fell backwards, the kidnapper stabbed Eris on the left side of her stomach. Blood started to drip out of the wounded spot.
"Eris!" screamed Arthur.
Shiro started to rush towards the kidnapper with his sword out. But it was too late.
The kidnapper's head fell of suddenly. Shiro saw that Arthur's sword had blood in it.
Arthur had apparently sliced the kidnapper's head of his body.
Arthur rushed towards the falling Eris and grabbed her.
"Eris! Stay awake! Nothing will happen."
Tears started to cloud Arthur's vision. His head started to spin. Rage started to overcome him.
Shiro noticed Arthur's rage. He saw the wind started to tremble as Arthur's magic power started to run wild.
"You need to calm down Arthur!" said Shiro.
Arthur looked at Eris not responding. "But... Big bro Shiro. Eris. She is not responding."
"I will kill them all." said Arthur as his power started to clash within.
Shiro suddenly knocked Arthur out by hitting him onhis nape.
"You need to calm down first. The wound is not fatal."
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Arthur gained consciousness. He saw that he was in a hospital cabin. Arthur looked around and saw Shiro sleeping while sitting on a chair.
Arthur started to move slowly to get up but to not to wake Shiro up.
Shiro woke up from the rustling.
"Arthur, you are awake?" said Shiro while rubbing his eyes with his hands.
"Oh. Did I wake you up? I'm sorry..."
"Its okay. How are you feeling now?"
"Better than before. How is Eris? Is she alright?"
"You don't have to worry. She is currently resting."
"Take me to her." as Arthur got up from his bed.
"Sure. Follow me."
Outside of Eris' room. Arthur barged inside but he was met with a surprise.
Eris was changing. Her pale beautiful back was shown while she was wearing clothes. Her brown hair was shining as light reflected on it. She looked back and saw Arthur standing beside the door.
Seeing Arthur, Eris' face turned red.
"EEK!!!" screamed Eris while throwing stuff at Arthur.
"Sorry!!!" Arthur quickly ran and slammed the door behind him.
Shiro saw the whole stuff and sighed while smiling.
Inside the cabin, Eris was sitting on the bed with a blanket covering her whole body. Her face was still red from the incident and she had a cute pout on her face.
"Humph. Idiot."
After a few minute. Eris calmed down and called Arthur and Shiro inside.
"Are you okay Arthur?" asked Eris.
"..." Arthur didn't reply.
Arthur charged towards Eris and hugged her tightly.
"A... Arthur?" said Eris while confused as her face turned red again.
"You stupid..." muffled Arthur.
"Haha..." laughed Eris slowly.
"I'm alright." said Eris to calm Arthur while also returning the hug.
"I'm sorry to interrupt such a touching reunion, but she needs some rest right now" said the doctor while coming through the door.
Arthur let go of Eris.
"When will she be discharged, doctor?" asked Arthur.
"You don't have to worry about her, Lord Arthur. She will be discharged tomorrow."
"Phew." sighed Arthur in relief.
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It was dark. It was a interior of a cave. Bats were hanging from the ceiling. An ember was lit on a torch as it brighten up the cave room. Its a jail cell room.
A few guards came towards the jail cell.
A big dark figure was sitting inside the cell while his face was covered in darkness.
"Sir, it seems Antony has failed." said one of the guard.
"But you don't have to worry as he is already been taken care of." again said the guard.
"..." the unknown figure said nothing.
After a few seconds, the unknown figure started talking. "Okay. You guys go and rest."
"As you wish!" said both of the guards.
The unknown figure stood up and went towards the window beside the bed. The night sky was cloudy as thunder roared.
"The day will be here soon..." Mumbled the unknown figure.
A few days later. Arthur and Eris was called by Shiro at the training center. They were told to also bring equipments. The training center was big. It was a huge open space with a glass wall that can be used to see the garden outside. Clara was outside watering the flowers in the garden.
"Why did big bro Shiro called us here?" asked Eris.
"Dunno..." said Arthur.
After a few minutes, Shiro came with a wooden sword in his weist.
He stopped in front of Eris and Arthur.
"Arthur, Eris. Recently both of you had been fallen into danger. It was also my fault since I never taught you guys how to fight back."
"Finally!!!" Arthur suddenly started jumping in excitement.
"So what are we gonna learn?" asked Eris.
"First of all, we need to learn what type of magic we have. Since we already know Arthur's, We have to know what magic type you have Eris."
"Oh. I don't know that since my parents never tested it." replied Eris.
"You don't have to worry about that. I have a way."
"And how will you do that?" asked Eris with a confusing face.
Clara who was outside the training center watering the flower, came inside with a type of black ball on a table. The black ball was made out of glass. Or that's what both Arthur and Eris thought.
"This is a magic ball that is used to identify what type of magic someone has. The color it indicates will show what type of magic you have."
"Wow." said Eris in a surprising tone.
"Please place your hand on the ball and just think of that you are pouring your mana in it."
"Just like this?" Eris placed her hand on top of the magic ball.
Eris placed her hand on top of the magic ball. She closed her eyes and started to pour mana on the ball.
As she poured enough mana, the magic ball started to glow. The color it glown was a different color than the normal color. It was an unknown color.
Seeing the color Shiro was taken back. He couldn't believe his eyes. His eyes widened as the glow started to brighten.
"This..." said Shiro in surprise as if he didn't understand what was happening.
To be continued...