Cold air permeates the destroyed room. All the Minotaurus turned into frozen statue. I standing alone in the middle of it, the magic circle still active, i can hold them frozen to eternity if i have infinite mana, sadly I'm not
Steam come out in every breath I release. Is the air supposed to be cold now? Ah, I miss feeling coldness
(You can't get cold right, brother?)
A memories flashed in my mind. In a small room, I was writing in the cold winter, because I was hooked into it, I didn't notice it's already midnight.
(I wonder how you can still move your fingers in this coldness)
Tak- tak- tak-
"I can go whatever length in my world, don't disturb me"
She always annoys me, we almost can't meet one time in every month. But every time it happens, she always stick to me. I don't even know how to deal with her
(Hey, brother… what do you do if you come to your world?)
Ta-
I stopped writing, I don't know how to answer it… she didn't know what it feels when I write, so I must think the best answer…
"This is my world, of course I'm the hero when I'm writing it… but, if there aren't any plot, I just… want to live inside of it"
(…)
(Then, what about the other characters? Do you plan to visit them?)
A weird question… Hmm…
They are there for the plot after all, but if there's no plot… haaah, i wrote them to have their trouble, because it's fun to solve it and become their friends…
The scene started to faded, it's become hard to maintain the magic, my mana almost depleted. In the blurry memories, I heard her mumbling
(…i hope…become happy)
…did she ever said that? I slowly forgotten my former world. She probably means the characters to have a happy ending… I'm sorry to forgotten it and write a tragedy
"Hey, Dream! We're ready! Get out of there!"
Behind the Minotaurus statue is my classmates that gathered and chanting their powerful magic together. It looks like Liliya choose to kill them with the power of friendship
I walk out the magic range, the statues start cracking because the supply of mana stopped.
Crack-
"Wait"
Creeekk-
"Ready!"
CRASH-
"NOW!"
They shout their most powerful magic together. All kinds of elements magic combine, some students got pushed back by the force. A huge rainbow coloured magic coming towards the Minotaurus that has freed from the ice
ROARR-
BOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!!!!
The explosion blasted the whole room. Even debris didn't get spared and disintegrated by the explosion. The explosion forming a cloud like nuclear blast, leave the students in awe at the chaos they've created
"We did it?"
After a while, the cloud disappear and showing the blasted room, and the Minotaurus… completely unharmed
O_O? (Student)
OoO?? (Minotaur)
Oh… i forgot, Because all students in this academy have the most unique magic, their spells can't fusing with others. So create this very beautiful powerful harmless magic of all time. That's a little get pranked moments i wrote before…
ROARRR!
The Minotaurus rushes towards them with a smirk
"What the f*ck, what happened!?" (Liliya)
"Aren't you bold now?" (Dream)
"Uhh it's not the time! Dream!"
Well, we already do what we can. Now let the teachers do their jobs, I muttered her name
"Mrs. Silvermoon, help us"
A large blow of wind coming towards us, diverting the students attention to look at it, but… The blow just disappear before touching them
Thud-
At the same time, they heard a little sound in front of them. What they saw is Minotaur's head rolling in the ground.
THUD-
"Hiek"
Their body follows after, scaring some students. I looked at our saviour, a black haired woman, with grey eyes, silver robe, and a staff that as tall as her. Rea Silvermoon
*
The incident is said to be another surprise test. At first, they complained 'what the meaning of this!' but after they heard the story of anyone else, they accepted their fate
The test is just can be described by two words, 'Random and Absurd'. Some need to race in a mountain, some need to escape a maze, and some need to stand in the darkness for many years 'they said'. And they didn't even said anything about their objective
So the conversation turns out to be 'who's finish with the most absurd way'… is it because of this ignorance the magic academy still standing proud like a legend even when chaos ensues every now and then?
"Kya! WHAT THE F*CK" (Dream)
I was eating in the cafeteria, listening to the murmurs of other students. Then a raven landed in my shoulder scared the sh*t out of me
Caw-
The raven seems mad i shout at him and cawking like I'm a bad person that stole his wife
"Shoosh shoosh, do you want me to eat you! Wait, why am i talking at this fool bird anyways"
I just saw that raven's head bulging in anger then he fly upwards
Caw caw caw
Oh no, i have read about ravens habits. When they're shouting like that, they was asserting their dominance to their prey… did he want to prey me?
"You want a fight? Bring it on!"
The raven take that as a signal and diving down at breakneck speed. I didn't plan to kill it, so i need to use a spell that can stop it without him making a collision. I close my eyes and running my mind at fast speed
'Imagine'
'Adjusting barrier spell, make it soft rather than hard'
'The raven will penetrate it, so make it thick like a pillow'
'The force when abruptly slowed down will destroy his inside, so… let's froze his time when he entered the barrier'
I write, erase, then rewriting again. The magic circle spinning and changing at speed that can't be seen normally, adjusted to what I want it to do
Then it's completed, the process just take 1 second in real life. For others it looks like I just created a magic circle like normal, but actually i just created an entirely new spell based on barrier in real time.
I chanted the name that comes to my mind
"
A wall of translucent ice formed in front of me. The raven will stopped and can't moved without my will. Come here!
Swush-
Catch-
"…"
The raven fly past my barrier and eat my salmon behind me…
I looked at it, he f*cking snickering at me. I can't believe he just do that…
he slowly eats my salmon to show me the sight…
i can't even eat a breakfast and he stole my lunch?…haha… fine, then
"You are my lunch now"
PAK-
Before i can cook this damned raven, Liliya slapped my head with a flushed red face, then dragged me out the cafeteria
"But, I still not eaten my lunch!"
"Don't. Embarass. Me. Anymore. Understand?"
Why am i embarass you… of course I'm not dumb enough to say that at this Liliya, she will kill me before I even know the answer. I obediently follow her
Clunk-
"Welcome, sit"
"Yes, Mrs Silvermoon"
Liliya bring me to principal office, i know it. As expected of her, she already find the related person for this chaos.
Rea Silvermoon, affinity sound. With her position as a principal, she can hear almost all conversations in all corner of the academy
Sadly, that position make her easy to be watched and distracted by the shadows without her even knowing
Heh, they underestimate her. Soon, she will be the one to watch them, I already planned and revise everything that I need to do at this semester last night. That's why I'm very tired this day and get shouted by Liliya a lot… I probably need to apologise later
"Do you know why I'm calling you two here?"
Liliya still didn't get it. She probably still thinks that this academy is safe from the shadows. That's what Count Vito former teacher here and Selena former the best student here said after all. It is safe from the world before the principal changed. Then what i need to do? Of course
"No maam"
"…"
*
Rea asked a few questions without getting to the point, but they didn't give any information at all
She was sure, this group of students is hiding something… something related about the world forces that somehow breaches the academy and disguised themselves
But she can't do anything. She can't just give an info that the Theodore academy that since it's built, wasn't ever get controlled by any forces in the world, now when she takes over, is doomed to fail the record
She is frustrated, the boy seems to be using his ice magic to cool down his heart so she can't read his lie by the sound of the beating heart. How did he know? So suspicious. Meanwhile, the girl chose to stay silent and not focusing in the conversation
"Sigh, you two can go now"
"Alright, thank you Mrs Silvermoon"
They got up, opened to the door, but before they can close it, Rea open her mouth again
"If you guys need anything… call my name"
"…yes, Mrs Silvermoon"
Clank-
'Huh, a strange boy. I even heard him asking for help earlier but still pretend not knowing anything… no, he didn't pretended at all. Is he was conveying that he knows something?'
Rea decided to keep an eye at them
Liliya walk with Dream in the hall. Thinking about the conversation earlier. Eventually she reaches a conclusion and pull his robe
"The shadows is here, right?"
It's not that hard to guess by what Dream doing earlier and Rea questions. But her point is not that
"Did you… trying to gather their attention to you?"
"Why do you think that?"
"That in the class, you used eternal ice you always hiding before. We can hold the Minotaurus even without that. Then you get the principal attention. That puts you in a high ground to be shot by an arrow"
Liliya even didn't know what she was saying, but Dream get what she needs to say. She was saying like this 'you are suspicious as f*ck, and showing off to the enemies to get killed' it was a deduction without a reason and evidence but she actually got it almost right
Dream sighed, Liliya always knows him best. Sometimes he wonder whether Liliya already knows he is a transmigrator or not
"Yes, i did that"
"WHY?"
Liliya didn't like it when Dream chose to endanger himself without discussing with them. After all, the reason is her, they should live a happy life without her!
"Tell me, what are you thinking!? Or-"
"Or what? Haa. You still didn't get it, I'm not doing this for you"
Liliya is furious, she want to say something, she clutches her chest. Tears start to form in her eyes
"Can't we do it together like always? I'm here too, Hiiro and Celyn too"
Liliya hoped, she very much hoped, that Dream will say sorry, then they can discuss it together their plans
Dream sighed and put his hand to her head. And destroy her hope
"Actually, I think it's time we go in a different path"
"…what?"
Liliya can't understand it, isn't he was fighting the shadows, same like them?
"What do you mean…?"
"I meant i will avoid you from now on"
Liliya's heart broke. She didn't think it will come to this. Is he mad at her? Is there something wrong? Why did it come to this? SHE DONT GET IT AT ALL!
"Argh, STUPID DREAM!!!!!"
Liliya run away without looking back, leaving Dream in the hallway. The sunset paint the hallway red through the window
"You can't get it Liliya…"
'I wrote them, i know them the most, I'm the only one that can fight them…
Because I'm the Author"