The room was filled with three concentrating people. Katelyn's, doctor Moisturizer and me one of the Reubens.
It was doctor Moisturizer who spoke first, "there is one thing what can help us out. Reuben is not registered in the Lori Village so he can't find you in there."
"Why not? You have the power to do that right?" Katelyn asked.
"Correct, however Reuben isn't twenty yet and hus parents aren't in Lori Village. I need an adult before I can register him. Right now it could be used in our advantage."
"What if they ask for his name?" Katelyn asked.
"We do your tactic Katelyn. We'll lie."
Katelyn started to smile and ran Moisturizer's desk.
Doctor Moisturizer followed her and used a key to open a drawer. He grabbed some papers out of it. "This is the list of everyone in the village. Reuben are you sure earth magic is the only magic that's used?"
"Well... ehm... I think so..." I was not sure. It was dark and I felt sick, so it was not me to blame. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘋𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵.
"Okay we need backup names." Doctor Moisturizer started to search in his papers. "There is one kid named George Beckham he is a fire magician your age. Julius Lardo is a water magian he is only one year older than you. He has blue hair as well, so that could be handy. Arlo Warrick is an air magician also 16 years old. You have to memorize all three of them."
𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵?! 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. "Ehm... can I do that?"
"I know a trick!" It was Katelyn who had an idea. "Okay so we have three people and three elements. First we have George Beckham. His last name begins with the B for Burn. Fire burns and he is fire. Then we have Julius Lardo. Here we use the L from liquid and water is a liquid, so he is water. Last we have Arlo Warrick. He has the W from wind. Air magic is sometimes called wind magic, so he is air."
"..." 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴? 𝘐𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯.
"Let's test it! Air is?" Katelyn was testing me and it I knew all the names. Her wat extually worked. I wish dad learned me like this.
"Great! It will be the knight's job to catch the none existing earth magician. Just tell him you can't remember his face and we're clean." Doctor Moisturizer was very confident about the plan. "However we don't know what will happen Reuben and we won't be here to help you, so be prepared to improvise."
𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯... 𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯.
After a few minutes the knight knocked and came inside.
Katelyn kissed me on my cheek and left. She made me blush for second.
Both of them left the room what left me alone with the knight.
The knight looked like a nice man with a lot of patience. He wore a green suit and carried a sword with him. His hair matched his suit with the green color. For some reason he made me think of one of my brothers in my dream. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯? 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴... 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵! 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘮𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵. The knight walked to a chair in front of me. Before he sat down he asked, "may I?"
I nodded for him to sit.
"How are you feeling?" the knight started with a nice question. He probably did it to comfort me and it worked.
"I'm feeling better now," I answered.
"Good. Do you want something to drink?"
"Some water please." I probably needed it. Drinking is kinda stress relieving.
"I will be right back." The knight extually went to grab some water.
I heard a crane so he wasn't a water user or he was saving mana.
He came back with a plastic cup of water and handed it to me. "Here you go."
"Thanks." I accepted the cup.
He sat back in his seet. "Back in Magnimum we used paper cups. I gotta admit that the earth magicians can make better cups."
"Are you born in Magnimum?" I asked.
"No, I used to live in Carleos. I was a good air magician as a kid, but I had poor parents. My father sold me to the fire kingdom. They trained me as a knight and transferred me to Vloricus." This knight had quite some past.
"Are you a slave?" Maybe I shouldn't ask that question, but I was too curious.
"Sort of..." He felt sad to me while saying that, but he kept smiling. "Is Martin your father?"
"No, he was my teacher.'
"So you use fire magic?"
𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤, 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤. "No."
"What magic do you use?" The knight asked everything as if we had a normal conversation, but every answer could make me guilty.
𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵. "Water." I drank some water and the cup was already empty.
"That is an interesting one. Every team needs a water or light magic user for healing. Water could also be used for fighting of course. If you can controle that power you could find a lot of jobs. Could you show me some?"
𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵. 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯? 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘵. "Sure." I helt my above the cup. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦. The cup started to fill with water. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤!
"Can you hand me the cup?"
𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?! I handed him the cup anyway.
He held a finger above the cup and the water started to float. "Wow it feels heavier than expected. How old are you?"
"Sixteen." I answered.
"That is incredible. I am using air magic to make it float. My magic overmasters yours, but it feels too heavy for a kid. You have a real talent. Even if Martin was a good teacher, this magic seems stronger than something he could use." The knight dropped the water back in the cup and placed it on doctor Moisturizer's desk.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘋𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮? 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘔𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴.
"If you keep training you could overmaster me someday," the knight said.
"Really?"
"Yes this is incredible. Does your dad know that you are this strong?" he asked.
"I don't think so."
"Do not tell him alright?" he sounded serious.
"Why not?"
"Nevermind about it. What is your name?" There was the question I had prepared for.
𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥. 𝘓𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘓. 𝘓 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘰. 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘰. "Julius Lardo."
"Nice too meet you Julius. I am Jeevan, we both start with the J." He made me wonder, if he really liked me, cause it felt like he did. He reached his hand out to shake mine. He had some fine leather gloves.
"Nice to meet you Jeevan." I shook his hand.
"Julius? Back in the alleyway. Do you remember who attacked the two of you?" I knew this question would come sooner or later.
"No... I'm sorry."
"I see. Do not apologize. I will find this earth user for you and you will be the first to know about it."
"Thank you Jeevan." 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵?
Jeevan stood up. "That was everything I wanted to know. Thank you for helping me out Julius." He bowed to me and left the room.
𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺... 𝘐 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.
Katelyn came into the room and ran too me to hug me. "You did it!"
"I guess so..."
"Your brother with the pink hair is such a liar. You aren't eighteen years old," she laughed about it. She seemed really happy.
Doctor Moisturizer joined the room after talking a bit to Jeevan. "Good job Reuben. You to Katelyn." She patted Katelyn on her head.
Our plan extually worked.
TO BE CONTINUED...