I had made up my mind and finally walked to the head council office where the elders all sat in their seats waiting for my arrival. Interestingly, the atmosphere of the room wasn't tense, it wasn't comfortable either. It was this long stretch of silence that kept everyone's mouth shut. I looked at them wondering what kind of secret they were about to speak about.
"Master Rial, you may take a seat." Madame Uka said, with her usual calm.
Looking at them just made the atmosphere more and more uncomfortable, I didn't even feel safe, even though I haven't heard anything yet.
"I know this may be comfortable for you but there is a reason we called you here..." Eric narrated.
"First of all, let me ask you this: Do you believe in god?" Dorothy asked me this time.
"Of course I do. There are many things that prove his existence." I said to them.
"This will be a bit tedious but we have to start at the existence called: 'The Mylodians.' These are creatures that are like us humans but a bit different." Sir Joseph said.
"The Mylodians! What are they?" I asked.
"We have little intel about them. But from what we know, the Mylodians are creatures that feast on a world's charkra. Legend even says that the first king Ryou was related to one which explains his eyes. Since, nobody has been recorded to have it." Sir Peter said.
"They eat on the charkra of a world. Which means they don't need a planet to live on." I explained.
"Precisely, but there is more bad news to come. They also have a close relative by which, we call: the beings of the end. For them we have no clue about them." Sir Eric then again laid out this information to me.
"Okay... But why are you telling me this?" I asked them.
"The reason is really simple, but we also wanted you to investigate them with your pure eyes. Mrs Stella already told us what abilities you have and you can help, can't you?" They said.
Sighing a little, I made up my mind again but this time to investigate these god-like beings. Even though I had spoken to god before, he never mentioned another god being there.
Or did he create them?
"It is true." Garmish said, deep inside me.
"What is?" I asked.
"The Mylodians and the beings of chaos. They are both aliens also created by god but these creatures don't have the capacity to feel or love. All they want is to just destroy and end everything until they finally achieve the ultimate goal." He said.
"What is the ultimate goal?" I asked.
"You can't find out now."
He said and right after left with questions in my mind. "I guess Max has to get his memories back or get ask Eigi to investigate the Northern, Moon and Star kingdoms.
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Conversation:
It eight in the morning, this was after the elders had informed about the god-beings.
At first, I originally planned to travel to the secret of library of forbidden knowledge but I currently need more power to fight it I want achieve victory.
Anyway, I need to visit the library here.
"Ahh! I feel tired." I muttered, while I still laid in bed.
Feeling motivated today, I readied myself early and begun planning for the library. I have one, two, and three books to return. One is about swordmenship, the other about mana control and the last is about the story of of Makiry Karasuki and Ryuo the chosen one.
"Hey, big-brother. Are you going to the library today?" Mary asked holding some books in her hand.
"Yeah, I will after I am done with breakfast." Said I.
"Then if it not a problem, can you send these books for me and get the ones one this list as well?" Asked her.
"Sure, how many are they?"
"Um. I think they are about five books." She narrated.
"Wow! You finished five books in a week. You must really like reading huh?"
"Well, with all the things that happened. You know I had to do somethings to get my mind of my situation." She said quite quietly.
"I guess you are right, I'ma get ready soon."
"Kk." She answered.
She left and I took a bath. I got dressed and headed down-stairs while Aishia, Alma, Alphia , Sera, and Mary were all siting. Being the only man in this house was extremely awkward so I ate as fast I could.
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Library:
Surprisingly, the library was incredibly empty. There weren't many people around many people around to vent and disturb other which made it one of my favourites places to visit. The people in the spirit village like to do things on their own which made only people who like read visit the library.
"And while I am here, I might as well grab another volume of Cote, SC, and the angel next door," I murmured to myself.
I took a quick glance at the library, storing in many information I could use in the near future. Which, first of my list: Stopping him from using that thing.
That should be my first priority before thinking of doing anything else.
While looking at the library, I was girl struggling to get a book from a high book shelf. Wanting to end her suffering, I slowly approached and grabbed the book from the shelf to her.
"Uh, sorry to butt in but this is the book you wanted right?" I asked curiously.
"Yeah, but not what you think. I was that it was in a different shelf section so I wanted to put it back." She replied.
"Oh, sorry I thought differently. I will put it in the right area." I said.
Holding the book, I searched of the shelf that contained sci-fi books.
"It is the one beside this shelf." She said looking at me.
"S-sorry but I am new here." I exclaimed to her.
"I can see. You are the guy Sera, Alma and Alphia have been talking about. Sorry but you know me, I have been busy so that is why!" She narrated as she looked sorry.
"It nothing, we all get busy sometimes so it is fine." Said I.
"By the way, you are going home after this right?" She asked.
"Yeah, after I get books for my little sister and myself."
"Then, do you mind if I go with you. I haven't seen the girls much this days so I wondered if that would be okay?" She asked.
"I don't mind, you are welcome anytime!"
"Thank you!" She excitedly thanked me. "By the way, my name is Aria, and yours?" She asked.
"My name is Rial Karasuki. It is nice to meet you." I said.
"Ha! Ha!"
I quickly excused myself to return the books. I made my way to the accountant desk where a young boy sat.
"You are..." Peter, he sat at the library desk, taking and searching items and books for other customers.
I searched if there were other workers but there were none. And so, using illusion magic, I over wrote the name on the library card. Instead of the "Rial" which is my normal name. I changed it to "Ryah" changing the I and L in the name. With this, he couldn't associate himself with me.
"Oh! Rial-kun how are you doing? I haven't seen you in two days!" He said with a smile that almost seems devilish.
"I am good, but how are you?" I asked.
"I have been well, you know trying to live my life as best as I can. Leaving regret will be a shame you know?" I exclaimed, looking half tired.
"Ah! Sorry but I don't quite get it?"
"You will someday. The day when you get your work," He said as he began to type in my fake name.
Before, I originally had my real name on the main account but after seeing him here, I changed it to the fake name as the line approached him.
"It is done." He said.
"Thank you for your service!" I said to him and left.
Heading back to Aria, I noticed her sitting on a bench outside, at the same time I noticed Peter staring outside at her. In this world, fairies, elves and humans are closely related, but divided through special circumstances. Elves par say, is a half human, half spirit being. Meanwhile, Fairies were born with twenty-five percent human DNA, fifty percent spirit and twenty-five percent mana (mana that has been made conscious).
I walked up to her and stated: "We can leave now. I also took out the books you recommended."
"I am very pleased!" A smile formed on her face as I said that.
I turned around to look. I moved my left eye towards the down pavement, which was connected to a window. This window also was on the floor Peter worked at. As I looked, I saw the extreme anger he was in. He looked like a red-tomato.
Do I tell her or not?
No, I'm sure by this time, even she could have figured it out by now. No body is that stupid.
"Let's go home,"Said I.
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Fight with the centaur:
As we approached home, I was met with a challenge on my door way. Apparently, Uzuma had this great idea to test 'who is more powerful'.
On the surface, it looked like any other challenge a friend would request as the mock battle. And by using Alphia's incidence, she can use that excuse to fight me and potentially embarrass me. But, if she looked deep in my eyes, she would immediately know that she absolutely had no chance of defeating me.
And so again, I stood at the training ground with Uzuma. She glared at me with disgust in her eyes but it didn't shake me in the slightest.
The elders also attended this fight, there were no civilians around in case something bad happened.
"You both can choose your weapon of choice." Sir Emmanuel announced.
Looking at the options available, I immediately noticed one thing about the swords here. Each one of them can actually absorb your magical capacity; what this means is that the wooden swords that are available to me right now could absorb mana. The normal swords at the Star and Northern kingdoms, can't absorb mana. All that we do is that we cover the blade itself with mana instead of absorbing it.
I immediately grabbed a sword with a long edge to it. It looked closely to my sword, the only difference being; my sword is a real gem stone custom made sword and this being a wooden one.
We both stood at the arena ready to clash. She chose a spear as her weapon of choice.
Uzuma readied her spear and charged at me with incredible speed. Using my sword, I sliced straight-forwardly in the air. The pressure in that attack alone left her grounded but she still charged.
Her spear was sharp and to make it more difficult for me, she had prepared her strikes which were ready for me.
"Man, you are serious aren't you!" I said.
"You can't dodge this you lowly disgusting brat!"
She said at so low that Aiphia and Aria would hear. Considering, that they both had incredible hearing abilities.
Facing this difficult task, I used my mana to create water balls which shoot ice. I shot about three of each, which was about 9 bullets each.
The impact of the water ball left her in a painful situation. But still she somehow managed to stand up. Except, this time she was more strategic than the first time.
"So, you are learning how to fight like an elite huh." Said I.
"Shut up you bastard!" Irritated she screamed.
Using my sword, I blocked her strike and followed up with many series of attacks. I hit her stomach, blocked her arm joint and clashed both of her jaws together. The attacks weren't deadly but extremely lethal.
Uzuma coughed out blood, her stamina interestingly surprised me. Even after dealing with which blows, she could still stand on her own. But, even with strength and stamina, she wouldn't stand long in a fight with Ichika, Nanase, AI, or Lily.
I don't know about the others but Aishia, Alma and Alphia most definitely could defeat her.
"Is he taking it seriously at all?" Asked Aria.
"Chances are he is getting serious but is still holding back to see how much she could manifest on her own." Replied Madame Uka.
"If that is so, then why is he throwing her around like that?" Alma asked.
"Uzuma is someone who hates losing and has a lot of pride in herself. Her confidence is at the top." Sir Eric narrated.
"But, Sir Rial is the kind of person who will teach you to know your place, even if he has to use the most extreme methods." Sir Emmanuel exclaimed.
"Are you even human? You fight like you are out of mind." She said, while panting heavily.
"Are you ready to give up yet?" I asked her.
"I'm not about to get into that with a person like you!" She said as her anger poured out.
I was getting tired of this meaningless back and forth, so I decided to end it right here and now.
I filled one of the shirekin with mana, which was thrown at her. She dodged the attack unable to predict what was going next.
I confused my mana on the shireken, my eyes were closed. As the metal flew past her face heading to the horse-like features. I teleported to her back and formed an unwavering spear which I slammed at her back.
She fell back and forfeited the match. She was extremely angry and shouting things like: "Why do I have to live with him! or "This wasn't fair!"
"What is going on," I asked myself.
"Sir Rial, I am very pleased that you defeated my daughter and accepted her as your wife to be!"Sir Eric said proudly.
"Huh?" I asked.
"When a man defeats a centaur warrior, the man must marry the woman since from then on the woman would be seen as weak. It is seen 'good' when the victor makes her his wife." Alphia explained the process to me.
"Oh, so that is what was going on. Well 'NO' I don't really like her in any sort of romantic sense." I said calmly.
"It is understandable that you have mixed feelings about her but she is a really good girl, you know!" Madame Dorothy said.
"It is not that I have mixed feelings towards her. It is just that I am not a person wealthy of her plus I really don't have any type of romantic sense of her."
Sir Emmanuel nodded and said. "If he rejects her then she will have a very hard time finding a partner in the near future."
Knowing him, I immediately noticed where the patterns came from.
"The future isn't visible but one thing that I know is: no one can tell what will happen."
"Alright, you will or be forced into this anymore." Sir Eric said.
You never had the chance anyway.
I walked to the outside door to refresh myself, but as I went and certain someone followed me along.
"So, you have noticed the patterns as well," The person asked.
"Yeah. He is trying to get my name by getting me engaged to his. Since, I was to get engaged to her today. I would have to ask her with my full name, but luckily he underestimated me."
"That was quite clever of you. You used him, even though you have never seen him." The person said.
"When it comes to outsmarting someone he did a good job there, but his only weakness was letting you know him." I said.
"I guess that is true."
"Well. I am going to get out of here before anyone becomes suspicious."
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(The person holding on to the death magic ball perspective:)
"So, you have started to annoy me huh! That will be your last and worst mistake of your little life!"
Because in the end, I am going to win. No matter how good you are with holding information. I am going to destroy what you hope and steal your spirit of myself.
As, I turned. The angel of death himself paid me a visit.
"Do you want me to investigate him for you?" He asked.
"Why do you ask?"
"Because, he is more troublesome than anything you will ever face on this earth." He exclaimed.
"That makes it the more fun. Bring everything you have at me, Ryah-kun!"
"I will be happy to see you fight." He said.