The sky was starting to darken, but the Arcana Academy was still lit by magic lights. I was starving now, so I went to the academy cafeteria. The atmosphere was very crowded; there were new students who ate with their friends, some who got acquainted with their seniors, and some who ate alone, of course.
I walked to one of the canteens and ordered fried rice, hot tea, and steak. After waiting for about 5 minutes, my order was ready; I immediately picked it up when I had picked it up and looked for a seat, but it turned out to be a lot of it that had been occupied.
Instantly, someone patted me on the shoulder, "Hey, freshman, are you confused about finding a seat? What if you are with me?"
That one had a blue-haired girl ponytail, an academy uniform, a golden yellow ribbon, and a 5-star on her collar. I was sure she was a senior. Instead of getting into trouble, just follow his will.
"Of course, senior"
I followed her and headed to her seat when I saw three other girls sharing a table. Two of the Ribbon Girls had an emerald green ribbon with only two stars, while the other was the same as me, not wearing a uniform.
"Oh... Friska, who are you bringing? Wait... Isn't he Kai von Salvador?"
"Who is he? Is he the oblivious brother?"
Friska looked at her friend with a puzzled and curious expression.
"He's a younger brother, your rival when you nominated the chairman of the council and your duelling rival who put you in the treatment room for a few days."
I immediately saw the girl next to me, and the girl next to me also immediately knew that I was the younger sister. Then she put the tray on the table and immediately grabbed my shoulder, bent her knees, looked at me with tears in her eyes, and scolded me.
"You won't tell your sister I took you roughly, right?"
"Of course not, senior friska, I won't do that; I apologize on behalf of my sister for taking you to the treatment room, so take it easy, senior friska."
I helped her to his feet; she was still looking at me with tears in his eyes, and I felt sorry for her.
Suddenly, she hugged me to surprise him, his friend, and everyone in the cafeteria.
"Thank you, junior, you are so gentle and caring."
I couldn't move; her hug was too strong. This senior seems to be classified as a strong person even though she is below my sister.
"What did you do to the other person's little brother, bitch"
Instantly, I was surprised by the deep and threatening female voice I heard. Senior Friska was immediately surprised and began to be frightened again because he heard the voice.
I immediately looked at the source of the voice and saw a woman with black hair and bright red eyes; she was my sister, giving off an aura of intimidation and threat. With a modest determination, senior Friska answered my sister's words.
"Obelia... Why are you here? Don't you rarely go to the cafeteria?"
"I'm here because I want to invite my brother to eat together; I didn't expect him to be with a wild woman."
Senior Friska, who was frightened, was hiding behind me. Wasn't it sad for a senior to hide behind her junior? I then stepped forward to calm my sister.
"Sister, aren't you exaggerating? Don't take out your aura; you scare me and everyone here."
Obelia was silent for a moment and then looked around. She saw some people surprised and some even frightened. After that, she saw the woman behind the kai hiding behind the trembling kai's body. Obelia kept staring at her more sharply for a few minutes, then...
"Huuuhhh... Alright, brother, it's my fault, forgive me."
"It's okay then that; why don't you apologize to the frisky behind her friend and me."
"Tch... forgive me, Miss Friska, for my behaviour; I'm sorry if it makes you uncomfortable."
"It's okay, just relax."
Friska replied to Obelia's words, still shaking a bit even though it had subsided. Obelia then walked closer to Friska's friend's table.
"I'm sorry, friends, Miss Friska, it seems I'm a bit too much."
"It's okay, oblivious lady."
"It's okay, senior."
They were all smiling, although their smiles were a bit forced. After Friska said that, she headed towards me.
"So kai, I've said it, now do you want to eat with me?"
I was silent for a moment and looked at Friska. Friska turned to look at me with tears in her eyes. I also looked at Friska's friend, who was still trying to maintain her fake smile and glanced at me.
"Haaahhh... I'm sorry, sister, it looks like I want to eat with my new friend."
Obelia, Friska, and her friend were surprised by my words. I was confused as to why they were surprised.
"KAI! How can you call them friends when you've just met them?" Obelia said this while holding my shoulder and moving it.
"Sister, I was quite surprised by your instantaneous and logical answer, but what's wrong with that? Is that right, Senior Friska?"
Friska patted me on the shoulder and slowly showed her face to the obelia even though her body shook.
"That's right, sister Kai... hiii!!"
Obelia instantly looked at Friska, which made Friska hide behind me again. Obelia was silent, then looked at Friska's friend and suddenly smiled.
"Then kai, what if the two of us eat with them? I'm sure Miss Friska's friend doesn't mind, right?"
"Of course not, Miss Obelia, of course, you can join."
Obelia smiled and then stared at Friska behind me instantly; Friska nodded her head several times.
"Then wait a minute, I'll take the food."
Obelia walked away from our place, glancing at us a few times; after moving away for a moment, Friska and her friend sighed.
"Brother Kai, you are my saviour; thank you for your help."
I immediately sighed and looked at Friska, curious about what his sister had done to her.
"Senior Friska, stand up, calm down; my sister won't do anything to you."
Senior Friska hugged me tightly and smiled brightly. I was quite surprised and a little fascinated when I saw her. At a glance, I could see the charm: Brownish hair with dark brown eyes.
"What are you doing, Miss Friska?"
"It's okay."
Obelia comes with her food on the tray while the friska returns to hiding.
"Let's eat kai, I've already brought my food."
I then sat down on the empty chair and frisky next to the new student while Obelia took the chair from the empty table and sat down next to me. We ate quite awkwardly at that time, with the trembling Obelia and my sister silently staring at everything.
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After a few minutes passed, I parted ways with Friska and her friend and apologized to all of them. My sister and I walked side by side towards the Arcana dormitory; I was surprised that my sister was in the same dormitory building as me.
"Kai, if something happens, don't hesitate to come to my room, I'm in room 4th floor no. 4C."
After my sister said this, we parted ways on the stairs, and she smiled and waved at me.
I went into my room immediately and sighed at the incident.
"It was so chaotic earlier; it seems like my sister is very protective of me; I appreciate her but hope she changes his nature a little."
I walked towards my bed, and suddenly, a sound of magical light appeared on the roof of my bed. A girl fell on top of my bed. She was pretty familiar with someone I knew; she had white hair and a short stature. At first glance, she looked childish, but I could feel the mana that was quite large and abundant from her.
I approached her slowly and saw the figure I knew when I was 13 years old; she came to me when I was teaching Kirana about mana control. The girl's name was Astravel, and she was the girl who was together when I told her about the opponent's Spell Seize magic control technique. She was pretty noisy because she asked about things related to magic and my knowledge of chemical concepts that had not been developed that far. Since magic uses the idea of 'Imaginary' or 'Dreamer' of the user, science is not really needed unless you are someone who wants to become a researcher and enter The Council of Magic.
I saw that it was pretty messy; his clothes were torn on several sides, and blood was visible all over his body, including his face. Still, I saw some dark mana on his stomach and a puncture in her stomach with the most dark mana. I wasn't surprised if he fainted after an attack like this; I was curious about something he wanted to fight against.
"Where is this dark... Black magic, huh? It seems like I can't cure it with ordinary healing herbs."
Black magic was the opposite of light magic; any ordinary healing could not cure except light healing, and the saintess' extraordinary light healing, 'Luminous Benediction,' would eliminate it instantly.
It seemed like I had to heal her; I closed my eyes and focused on pouring mana into my hand, then...
'Focus, feel the mana flow in my body, channel it slowly in my right hand, visualize the energy core that emits photons, resembling a small glowing sun with a manageable intensity. Light has the property of duality, being able to behave like electromagnetic waves and particles (photons). Each colour of light has a different wavelength. Light can be reflected, refracted, or split. Manipulate the mana vibration until it reaches a frequency corresponding to the light wave. Imagine a spectrum of colours, creating light that can shift from pure white to a specific colour depending on the wavelength chosen. Imagine how light can be focused into a beam in hand and then visualize the external and internal wounds becoming closed, healing and disappearing, and the poison and dark mana swirling around the body disappearing. Eventually... '
(Elemental Conjure: Luminous Benedictus)
The creation of magic succeeded, and I was exhausted from using many of my mantras; even so, I kept my body from falling. I slowly pointed at her. Then, instantly, a bright light shone on his body, slowly healing the wound and removing the dark mana on her body. However, the light was very dazzling. This was the reason why the saintess always wore an eye patch. Because of the glare, I closed my eyes.
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"Lightning in the sky, listen to my words, be my strength and this law of sinners (Stormcall Eternity)."
Dark and black clouds appeared and merged into a giant black cloud with lightning surrounding it; instantly, a lightning strike struck the body of a man shrouded in black mist. A significant lightning explosion occurred when it collided, but the man was okay.
"Not bad, someone with the power of Grand Enchanters puts out such a thing, but UNLESS!!"
The man then removed the fog and put his hand on it.
"Let's end the game of Grand Enchanters, I don't have a long time to play with you."
"Damn... Hah... Hah... Hah... JUST DO IT!"
A white-haired girl was regulating her breath due to exhaustion while her opponent had brought out a black man in her hand.
"Darkness sucks everything (Black Hole Collapse)"
A black hole appeared and began to attract everything to the girl.
"Blanket my body with your lightning and increase my strength and speed (Static Veil)."
The girl managed to dodge a black hole's pull.
"Then (Black Hole Collapse) (Black Hole Collapse) (Black Hole Collapse) (Black Hole Collapse)(Black Hole Collapse)(Black Hole Collapse)(Black Hole Collapse)..."
The man used his magic continuously and spawned many black holes because the more black holes, some monsters and animals were also sucked in, let alone the plants. The girl approached the man at high speed.
"Lightning creates a weapon for me against sinners (Thunderforge Genesis)."
A lightning spear emerged from his hand, and he took a lightning bolt and aimed it at the man's body.
"Darkness creates a weapon for me against my barrier (Abyssfang)."
The man fended off the spear with his black sword and emitted black mana and darkness.
"Damn, (Stormcaller Strike)!"
The girl attacked at high speed with a stream of electricity, although some managed to be held back and some managed to injure the man.
"(Living Shadow)"
A black tentankel emerged from the sword and held the girl's hands and feet.
"Disgusting..."
"Sorry then"
The man then pointed his sword at the girl by pulling out his black mana and stepped forward to stab her, "Game over."
"Yes? (Static Guardian)"
The man's attack was reflected, and the black man disappeared. "What?"
"Make this my battleground with the lightning elemental path to destroy the sinner (Voltveil Sanctuary)."
A giant yellow dome with lightning enveloped the two of them, and then the girl shattered the tentacles that held her back.
"Blanket me, make me as pure as my element (Thunderstrike Avatar)."
Instantly, the girl turned into a pure lightning bolt and then came forward and attacked her several times with her spear, causing a scar.
"Darkness takes away everything (Oblivion Surge)."
The man then fended off his attack surprisingly. The girl became ordinary again, without lightning enveloping her and blinding her to surprise.
"Darkness dominates everything (Abyssal Dominion)."
Surprisingly, the giant dome became black and dark.
"Darkness catches my enemy (Void Chain)"
A black chain tied the girl's hands and feet, and the girl, feeling the man's sucking, approached at high speed and stabbed her in the stomach.
"Cough... cough... you damn it..."
"Will you be able to survive this time, Grand Enchanters?"
"Ugh... cough... cough. haaahhh... Of course... Lightning... in line... straight... (Stormbreaker Cannon)"
An immense lightning strike instantly struck through the dome and fell between them. The man jumped backwards.
"Make it. I'm a pure element... (Thunderstrike Avatar)"
At high speed, the girl escaped through the hole that was formed. But the man in the black blanket chased after him. The girl then saw a necklace with a round crystal in the middle given by a young man.
"I... can't yet... die... I want to meet that young man again..."
The girl remembered a conversation with the young man as she held the necklace.
"If you are in danger, hold onto that necklace and then say..."
"(Teleportation)"
The girl was enveloped in light and then disappeared.
"What happened?"
The man was just silent, watching the place where the girl had suddenly disappeared before her.
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Sunlight penetrated through the open window, hitting the girl's face. She slowly opened her eyes. In front of her was a very familiar young man. He looked at her and then smiled at her.
"Good Morning Astravel"