"Messenger?"
"Yes Grandma, Mr. Zionlir gave this to me, he said I can ask him a question about the Grimoire."
Grandma Ami looks at Grandpa Arni with a hint of worry.
"Amelia, you can't just accept things from the stranger" Grandma Ami said
"Why?"
"How can you randomly trust people, not all Grimoire are safe. Some Grimoire once read causes the Majica to go insane. Luckily the man you meet is probably from the Duke of Ruze. This Grimoire is also safe." Grandpa Arni said
"Sorry, I was just excited to this Grimoire" She admitted
"As long as you know. For your coordinate, we needed equipment for that. Your Grandpa Arni will buy it tomorrow at town, first lets sleep and rest" Grandma Ami said
Amelia said her good night and went inside her room.
Amelia! Why don't you feel scared of that man? He is also a male species, why open up to him immediately?
Yes, isn't it weird, even if you think that he will not harm you, you wouldn't drop all your guards.
We already told you before that not all Grimoire are good.
If you're in guard, you wouldn't read it. Why did you read it?
Amelia, why?
Is it like, love at first sight?! Isn't that like that?! A prince charming and damsel in distress?
Shut up! Amelia wouldn't like that moss guy!
He is also weak.
Extremely weak.
He doesnt deserve Amelia.
He can kill Amelia in seconds though?
Amelia can also kill him in a second if she uses us!
"You seem to forget I'm a guy" She answered with a light chuckle as she lay in her bed.
She also didn't know why she felt that way to Zionlir, she just felt close to him. The moment she saw Zionlir earlier, she saw a red mole in the middle of his forehead. She thought she was hallucinating because of anxiety but as she calmed down, the red mole didn't disappear. It was extremely small but prominent and kind of blinding, she also has that one, even way before. The difference, hers, was in a flower shape, four petal red marks in the middle of her chest. Even upon transforming that red flower mark didn't disappear. She didn't know why even what Zionlir has is just a mole, she felt it was the same as hers.
Amelia sleeps with a lot of questions in her mind.
•
Amelia looks at the endless blue sky while breathing heavily. She felt tired. As Grandpa Arni said, they hired a female swordmaster and taught her about Silver Affinity. It's been a year and half and Master Elisa was able to impart all her knowledge to her but she still couldn't defeat her.
"Amelia, the prime difference between us is that I have killed numerous people with my sword and yours is still clean, so you cant defeat me. I hope you never will."
For Amelia, Elisa was a wonderful woman. She has a large built and wild personality, she has the pride of a warrior.
"Adventure is fun Amelia"
"I hope you'll explore this world someday, you'll meet different people, love and lose them. It will be a fun experience, and those moments will never be forgotten as long as you live"
Master Elisa left earlier, she said she wanted to take a new adventure and wished to meet her someday on the road.
In a year and half, Amelia also saw the life of her family slowly being lost. Their capability to walk and talk. Amelia once wondered how she could fight the passage of time, to stop it, just to let them live longer. Amelia knows Grandma Ami and Grandpa Arni are still holding on because of her, just to see the moment she can stand on her own.
Amelia went inside the house with a heavy heart as she heard them coughing and laying in bed.
"Grandma! Grandpa!" She utter hurriedly
"We're okay, how's the fight?" Grandma Ami asked
"I lose" She answer dejectedly
"That's good" Grandma Ami said with a hint of laughter. "How can my dear Amelia win against Elisa? I'm glad you lost Amelia, this means you never broke your promise. I'm glad." She further added
"Amelia come here" She said as Amelia walked towards the bed.
"This necklace is the Affinity Space we have been using since our prime. Many grimoire, old books and concoctions are here. There is also money and your clothing."
"Why?" Amelia said with a choked voice as she held the red string with a black circular pendant.
"I know you know that we are only waiting for this time. I'm sorry Amelia, we couldn't hold on a little longer. We wanted to be with you a little longer. We wanted to see you have a family, live as a boy again, and have friends. Amelia, the world is extremely wide, the small village you came from is not the world. It didn't define the world, so I hope you will not view living in this world negatively. But at the same time I wanted you to be always cautious on who you give your heart to, don't judge people easily but also don't trust them. Humans are fickle creatures, but power is absolute. Absolute power will make everyone not have the ability to touch you, so practice again your Black affinity. I know you have been purchasing and reading Grimoire but you never use it, we're giving you now permission to use it. Just promise me one thing, live happily." Grandma Ami said slowly
"Yes, I promise, rest now Grandma, Grandpa. Thank you for everything Grandma Ami and Grandpa Anri." Amelia said while crying
"Good"
That was the last word from Grandma Ami and Grandpa Arni left much earlier. Amelia clutches their hands and cries painfully. She thought she was ready for this, but she wasn't, how could she? She also felt like dying but she doesn't have the right, the life she has right now carries their memories. As long as she lives, they will be remembered, being forgotten is much scarier than being dead. She didn't want to end their lives by not remembering them.
It takes Amelia an hour before she is able to stand and goes to the backyard looking at the setting sun. She got a shovel and began digging. She didn't sleep and took her time digging and making a coffin using her plants. She then places them together and closes it. She bowed three times to their grave before burying the coffin. Amelia did everything methodically, not stopping until the sun rose. She laid beside the grave as they greeted the new morning.
•
It takes a week before Amelia functions again properly. She took a bath and ate proper food. She then looks at the things inside the Affinity Space. Affinity space is created using an S+ Spirit Monster Core that's why it's extremely expensive but this Affinity space was with the Corna Grimoire. Grandma and Grandpa didn't go in detail on the location where they found it nor did Amelia ask. If the person who owns the affinity space wants to look at what is inside , a virtual image of everything inside will be shown. Like Grandma Ami said, it was a collection of Grimoire, some golds and jewelry, money, female and male clothing, old books and a personal experience diary of them when they were still hunters. She conjured the Diary and opened it.
Amelia, if you're reading this right now it means we're gone. We're sorry for not being with you much longer. This book was created by me and your grandpa the moment we found you. We just know that you will need it someday.
Amelia's redden, as she traces the first page and turns into the next one.
This is the guide of being a Majica.
Go to the Majica Association Registration, the nearest one is in the City of Genesis. It would take 3 months to go there.
Look for Maria in that City, she will help you.
Take affinity testing and get an ID. Even when we allowed you to use the Black Affinity, if you can, I want you to find a way to repress it in Affinity Testing. We think that you have a very high affinity percentage of Black Affinity and it wouldn't be good for your sake in the long run. So, find first a way to repress it, if you didn't really find anything, be strong enough before taking affinity testing.After you get your ID you can either become a hunter like us or go to the academy, choose.
For the following days, Amelia kept reading the Diary repeatedly. The following section of the book was the things they never teach her, how to kill sneakily, the extreme monsters in the wild, and how cruel life can be especially when it comes to profit and power.
•
Amelia looked at the horizon as she read the letter from Zionlir.
To my dear Amelia,
I have not heard anything from you for almost 2 months. Did something happen? How's your practice? If you have any questions and need help, just reach out to me but I might not see it until next month.I hope you're well. Goodbye.
Sincerely, Zionlir.
Amelia grimaced remembering that she forgot about Brother Zion. For a year and a half she almost wrote a letter every 3 days to Zion but Zion explained that his 5 months vacation just ended and he needed to enter the High Land of Knowledge again. He can only receive the letter every first day of the month and reply until the second day. Usually Amelia writes 8-10 letters every month but for two months she didn't write, she also did not receive a letter the first month it happened so she somehow forgot about it. As a year and half passed, she learned a lot about Green Affinity from Zion and learned that he was a student in the High Land of Knowledge, the strict rules of that school system and at the same time the amazing teachers and benefits. Zion doesn't usually write anything about the High Land, and just usually answers her questions and comments on the things she shares. Amelia suddenly remembers her Grandma's warning and precaution.
"Amelia, do you really want to give your personal coordinate? Personal coordinate is extremely private it can be use to track you down"
"Then why did Mr. Zionlir give his?"
"There was an alternative personal coordinate, it was like a personal coordinate but it was not really towards the person, it will be deposited to a medium and that third party medium will be the one who will send the letters to his personal coordinate." She explain
"Then how could I know if it's really his personal coordinate or not."
"You can't, so people can just lie or trust, but we needed you to be careful so we will not send your personal coordinate, alright?"
"Whose coordinate then?"
"This house coordinate"
Amelia folded the letter and went inside. She gets a new sheet of paper and writes.
Dear Brother Zion
My Grandparents died. In the last two months I got forgetful and was not able to write a letter informing you, but I'm okay now. For my practice, I didn't meet any bottleneck and everything is going smoothly. I'm planning to practice more in the following years and I'll write every time I have a question. Always be careful.
Sincerely, Amelia
She then folded the paper and wrote Brother Zion coordinates as the letter was covered with light.
"Are we going to leave?"
"Were leaving?"
"We'll stay for a year here. I need to find way to repressed you guys before taking the affinity test"
"Repressing an affinity is easy!"
"Hmm you just need to gather all the shadow power inside you!"
"How?" She asked
"We don't know"
"Do you think He have a book"
"I think too"
"Summon Him, then sign a contract."
"Can Amelia summon Him?"
"Probably, Amelia affinity is high"
"How high?"
"I don't know, but its high"
"Who are you talking about?" She asked curiously as she got the Anima Grimoire and looked for clues.
"We can't say His name, just keep on turning the page. We'll stop when you reach His page"
"That!"
Amelia looks at the Shadow Monster in the book. It doesn't have any diagram, just the name and the summon circle.
Kage
She thought she began learning the summon circle and went to an open space. She draws the circle using shadows, it takes her hours to complete the circle.
"Beautiful"
"I wish I can be summon by Amelia"
"Amelia, you needed to set a barrier before summoning. He is powerful if you really summon Him, it might notify other people"
"I forgot about that!"
"How?"
"I think you can use your plants, you know how to use the Amiss Flower right? That flower can confuse people and also use the shadow to cover the area."
Amelia controlled her shadow and covered the whole upper hill then covered them immediately with the flowers creating a dome like flower garden with gray colors. After confirming everything and leaving some shadows to observe the area Amelia conjures a needle and drops a blood on the summon altar.
Amelia immediately felt chill, she expected to see a huge monster but what she saw was a man sitting in a throne-like seat. Amelia saw him open his eyes, his eyes were like a deep pool of black water.
"A kid summoned me?" He uttered with a hint of laughter.
"I'm Amelia, I wanted to form a contract with you" She answered with a trembling voice.
"I can" He answered lightly with a hint of boredom.
"Really?!" Amelia asked happily, she didn't know it would be this easy.
"Yes, didn't your shadow friend inform you? I usually agree to this kind of contract but the contractor die in the process."
"What process?"
Hearing her question, Kage laughs loudly with a hint of amusement.
"I live in the shadows, the shadow world in general. Once a contract is formed I need a new medium, and that will be your shadow. How large is a human shadow? It can inhibit someone like me, so they die." He said arrogantly
"Why are the others in my shadow even when we don't have a contract?" She asked curiously
"Now, you question it, I wonder. Well, do you want to form a contract?" He asked with a sly smile
"Yes" Amelia didn't know why, but she just knew that she could safely form a contract.
"Alright"
"I, Amelia Rulia form a contract with Kage"
"I accept"
Kage waited a little to see the young girl die in a second when suddenly a contract was bound to his core without being transferred to a new medium. He was still in the Shadow world common medium but the contract was formed.
"What happened?!"
"It was done?" Amelia asked the other shadows
"Yes it's done Amelia"
"Congrats, you can now command Kage"
As Amelia and Kage heard a countless laughter of the shadows.
"Shut up!" Kage exclaimed, the shadows trembling in fear and leaving the premise. Kage looked at Amelia and wanted to shout but he couldn't, she also looked confused.
"What do you want?" Kage ask irritatedly
"A Grimoire, the others told me you have it, a book to repress affinity for limited time." She explained, Kage immediately conjure a Grimoire and throw it at her. "Don't summon me everytime!" He added and came back to the shadows. Kage thought how lucky, his master is innocent.
The moment Kage leaves the chills disappear. She also removed the barrier and went inside the house while receiving the reports of the other shadows.
"No one notice"
"Amelia, if He act like that again you can just command him"
"He don't have a right to disobey you"
"It's alright, I'm the one who needed him. I'm just thankful, and also thank you guys for the help."
"Alright if you say so"
"Amelia"
"Well"
The other shadows were about to say something when they felt chill, they suddenly remembered that Kage was now connected to Amelia senses. Amelia didn't mind the sudden silence and proceeded to read the Grimoire.