Magika - Chapter 14 (New)
“Alter the fact?” Said his friends simultaneously when he finished. Nino simply nodded his head. He didn’t know how his ancestor do so. Founder Ninomiya didn’t write about it so he had no idea what spell or method did the four founders do in the past to change the memory of people involved in the war. What did they do to erase Naomi from the history and convinced the others that Samii was The Stranger who went against the four founders?
“So, what were you searching for in the library?” Asked Sho. He was the first to recover from the shock of hearing the alternate history. Nino explained to him how he was looking for any spell that could be used to alter memory or any indication that Naomi really exist. So far, he didn’t find any luck for both.
“How about the books in the basement?” Asked Sho but Nino shook his head. Those books were the first he tried but most of them were written in ancient language so he couldn’t understand. The rest of the books were mostly about healing spell. So, they’re not really helping him to confirm the secret about Naomi.
“So, from the diary, we know that Samii aka The Stranger wasn’t the one who started the war. But, he took responsibility because he was the reason Naomi decided to go against them. She was in love with him but he loves Founder Ninomiya and that makes her jealous. The jealousy was what driven her to continue with her previous ambition to rule the world. Wow, woman can be quite scary when they’re jealous,” remarked Sho and everyone nodded in agreement.
“You have to be extra careful,” said Aiba, addressing both Nino and Ohno. They looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he meant by that. “Erika chan can be quite scary too. Don’t you see the way she glared at Ohno when both of you are together?”
“Ah,” said Nino when he understood what Aiba meant by that. Of course, he noticed that too. Even though there was nothing established between Ohno and Nino yet, Nino had convinced Erika that he was not interested with her.
“Well, never thought that you could think about that, Aiba chan…” said Jun before turning his attention back to Nino “… but, are you sure the diary is not fake?”
“Well, it’s because I’m not sure if the diary is real that I’ve been doing the research, Jun-pon,” said Nino and Jun glared at him in response. He hadn’t called that nickname for a while. It was one of his favourite, especially because Jun hated that name.
“I’ve been thinking…” Sho started but he stopped almost immediately as he tried to recollect his thought “Was it really necessary for them to alter the history? Was it because Samii didn’t want people to blame Founder Ninomiya or was it because of another reason? I’m just wondering because something didn’t feel right. Is there anything else in the diary?”
There was something else written in the diary after Founder Ninomiya questioned himself if he was making the right choice. But he didn’t know what it was because it was removed from the diary. He didn’t know if he should tell them about it so he looked hesitant before shaking his head. Of course it didn’t go unnoticed for Sho.
“Really? You don’t look sure before you shook your head,”
“I’m just trying to remember,” answered Nino and Sho seems to buy it as he didn’t ask any further.
“So, where is the diary now?”
“I left it in the basement. I think it’s too dangerous to bring it outside of the basement in case someone else found it,” Answered Nino and Sho nodded his head, satisfied with his way of handling the diary.
“Well, it’s just like what you say. After hearing it from you, I just want to know the truth. I will try to help you find anything about Naomi but if we didn’t find anything, I think the diary is fake…” Said Sho as he closed his notebook. Nino rolled his eyes, couldn’t believe Sho was taking note when Nino told them about the diary. “… But, now, we need to focus for the first quest. Do you want to discuss our strategy here or in the library?”
They agreed to discuss the strategy in the room so Sho gave them fifteen minutes to refresh themselves. Both Aiba and Jun ran to the bathroom and Aiba pouted when Jun entered the bathroom first when he pushed the other boy away. Sho simply laughed watching both of them before he skimmed through his notebook. Nino turned to look at Ohno next to him when the other boy held his hand tightly as if he was afraid of something. He was surprised when Ohno wasn’t looking at him but staring intently at the window. He turned to look at the window to see what caught Ohno’s attention but there was nothing interesting to look at.
They had a briefing on what the first quest would be on Monday. The first quest will be on Friday. They will enter a wall maze and find a golden egg in three hours. They will face three obstacles. The first two obstacles would give a hint for the location of the golden egg. Once they get to the location of the golden egg, they will need to face the third obstacle. They could only retrieve the golden egg if they overcome the third obstacle.
To give more time for the students to prepare for the quest, all of the morning classes were cancelled on Thursday and replaced with specialty training class for two hours. After that, all of the students are free to do their own practice.
Ohno waited alone for his friends near the lake. He just finished his class with Jun but the other boy wanted to go to the restroom and asked him to go to the lake first. It was Sho who suggested to practice near the lake after the class because less people will be here so they could concentrate in their practice.
While waiting for his friends, he practiced controlling the water. It was easier for him to make water ball after he accidentally created water-Nino. Now that he had mastered the art of making water ball, he tried to create other shapes. However, no matter how much he practice, he couldn’t help but feeling anxious while waiting for his friends.
He didn’t like to be alone nowadays because he could feel someone was watching him and might attack him if he was alone. Remembering how his mother told him that his father died because of magic, he couldn’t help but think someone murdered his father and now the murderer wanted to kill him too. Maybe someone was holding a grudge against his family and that’s why they hide from the magic community before this. That would explain why his mother was worried to let him go to the school.
He let out a squeal when someone closed his eyes from behind, thinking that finally his stalker was ready to kidnap him. However, when he smell the familiar scent, he sighed in relief as he removed the hamburger hand and brought the person to stand in front of him.
“Nino,” he called the other boy softly and Nino flashed his trademark smirk. Ohno took a seat, looking at the lake and Nino followed suits.
“I didn’t expect you to squeal. In fact, I thought you will not have any reaction…” Said Nino as he examined Ohno’s finger “… Where is the diva? Weren’t you suppose to be with him?”
“He went to the restroom. He asked me to go here first,” Nino nodded his head and simply watched him practising with the water.
“I can see you’re getting better in making water ball now,”complimented Nino and Ohno lowered his head, feeling shy to be praised. “You can make other shapes too. You make me wish that I could see the water me that you created in class. J told me it’s really amazing,”
Ohno could feel his cheeks turned redder. They never talked about it before because it’s embarrassing. But he like how Nino casually bring it up.
“How about you? What do you do in your class?” Asked Ohno, trying to change the focus of their conversation to Nino instead of himself. He already knew what Nino did in his class and it sounds amazing so he wanted Nino to show it to him.
To prepare for the quest, Sho made a research by asking the seniors what kind of quest would it be. Usually, the quest would cover three aspects; theory, application and combination of both. For the first part, it would be a quiz so Sho suggested that they studied all the facts in History of Magic and Magical Law. For the second part, there would be a demonstration of their specialty magic so they need to sharpen their skill. For this, Sho had asked them to describe what they’ve learnt in their specialty training so they can predict what kind of demonstration they would have to do. They were not really sure for the third part because it varies every year. The previous year, the students need to duel a magical creature and the year before that, the students need to prepare a potion.
Nino told them that he learnt how to change features of his face. He never saw Nino do a significant change to his face while practising. All he did was changing the colour of his eyes or his hair. However, he heard from the other students from Nino’s house how advanced Nino’s skill is. He wished that he could see Nino’s face turned into someone else.
“Hmmm…. Nothing interesting,” answered Nino, obviously didn’t want to show Ohno his true skill.
“Liar,” said Ohno as he pouted. Nino tried to talk with him but he pretend to ignore him.
“Fine, Ohchan” said Nino, clearly giving up. Ohno smiled innocently as he knew he succeeded to make Nino change his mind. “If you want to see it so much, please close your eyes,”
Ohno did as he was told. It was quiet until Nino asked him to open his eyes. He opened his eyes and screamed loudly, surprised to see who was standing in front of him. He was looking at his own reflection. But, it wasn’t for long. In less than five minutes, Nino was staring back at him.
“It’s really hard to change all the features of your face at the same time. If there are more people, it will be harder to focus because I need to trick everyone to believe I’ve become you,”
“Can you do something else?” He asked for more but Nino shook his head. He knew the other was lying so he pouted and refused to talk with him again. He enjoyed seeing the way Nino sighed in defeat whenever he was sulking.
Once again, Nino asked him to close his eyes and opened it back in five minutes. He did so but when he opened his eyes again, Nino was nowhere to be found. He could hear Nino laughed but there was no one in front of him. However, he didn’t have to wait for long when Nino slowly appeared again in front of him. It was shorter this time, probably because it was harder to make the whole body disappear.
“It’s….. Amazing,” said Ohno and he didn’t realized he was putting a soft kiss on Nino’s cheeks. It was when Nino lowered his gaze that he realized what he was doing. He couldn’t help it. Nino was so cute when he was laughing at him for trying to find him that he felt the urge to kiss his cheeks.
“Oiiiii,” He turned behind when he heard Jun’s voice. His face turned red when he saw Jun and Aiba were laughing at them while Sho was just shaking his head. Actually, he found it weird that the boys haven’t show up but when he saw them laughing, he realized that all three of them must have been here for a long time and was waiting for the perfect moment to tease both he and Nino. Ohno turned to look at Nino who kept his eyes on the ground, refusing to look at anyone. Ohno found it cute to see him being shy like that.
“You shouldn’t kiss in public,” remarked Jun, obviously happy for getting his chance to tease them.
“How long have you guys been here?” Asked Nino. He tried to look angry but failed.
“We’ve been watching you flirting from the beginning,” said Jun. “We’re just waiting for the perfect moment to make our grand entrance. Thank God we arrived earlier. If we don’t, who knows what will the two of you do then,”
Nino was about to defend himself but stopped when Sho urged them to start practising as they are a little bit behind schedule. Ohno was getting ready to practise when he noticed a silhouette hiding behind one of the trees from the nearby forest. He turned to look and in a glimpse, he saw a woman in a white robe watching them. He didn’t get to see the woman’s face as she was quite far from them. He looked at his friends and from the way they acted, he assumed none of them saw her. He looked again at the same tree but the woman wasn’t there anymore.
A/N: So, if I have to summarize, there's more in the diary than what Nino read. But, the pages were missing. Ohno also thought that someone is watching
him. And maybe it wasn't his imagination. There is a mystery woman watching them so maybe she is his stalker. For the next chapter, it will be about the quest. Anyway, I hope you will like this chapter and comments are appreciated and <3
Off topic, are any of you reading the Endgame series by James Frey? I bought the first book. I download the epub for the second book and now the third is out. I tried to find the epub but there is none in the website I usually download from. I would feel grateful if anyone can help me with the epub for the third book.
“So, what were you searching for in the library?” Asked Sho. He was the first to recover from the shock of hearing the alternate history. Nino explained to him how he was looking for any spell that could be used to alter memory or any indication that Naomi really exist. So far, he didn’t find any luck for both.
“How about the books in the basement?” Asked Sho but Nino shook his head. Those books were the first he tried but most of them were written in ancient language so he couldn’t understand. The rest of the books were mostly about healing spell. So, they’re not really helping him to confirm the secret about Naomi.
“So, from the diary, we know that Samii aka The Stranger wasn’t the one who started the war. But, he took responsibility because he was the reason Naomi decided to go against them. She was in love with him but he loves Founder Ninomiya and that makes her jealous. The jealousy was what driven her to continue with her previous ambition to rule the world. Wow, woman can be quite scary when they’re jealous,” remarked Sho and everyone nodded in agreement.
“You have to be extra careful,” said Aiba, addressing both Nino and Ohno. They looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he meant by that. “Erika chan can be quite scary too. Don’t you see the way she glared at Ohno when both of you are together?”
“Ah,” said Nino when he understood what Aiba meant by that. Of course, he noticed that too. Even though there was nothing established between Ohno and Nino yet, Nino had convinced Erika that he was not interested with her.
“Well, never thought that you could think about that, Aiba chan…” said Jun before turning his attention back to Nino “… but, are you sure the diary is not fake?”
“Well, it’s because I’m not sure if the diary is real that I’ve been doing the research, Jun-pon,” said Nino and Jun glared at him in response. He hadn’t called that nickname for a while. It was one of his favourite, especially because Jun hated that name.
“I’ve been thinking…” Sho started but he stopped almost immediately as he tried to recollect his thought “Was it really necessary for them to alter the history? Was it because Samii didn’t want people to blame Founder Ninomiya or was it because of another reason? I’m just wondering because something didn’t feel right. Is there anything else in the diary?”
There was something else written in the diary after Founder Ninomiya questioned himself if he was making the right choice. But he didn’t know what it was because it was removed from the diary. He didn’t know if he should tell them about it so he looked hesitant before shaking his head. Of course it didn’t go unnoticed for Sho.
“Really? You don’t look sure before you shook your head,”
“I’m just trying to remember,” answered Nino and Sho seems to buy it as he didn’t ask any further.
“So, where is the diary now?”
“I left it in the basement. I think it’s too dangerous to bring it outside of the basement in case someone else found it,” Answered Nino and Sho nodded his head, satisfied with his way of handling the diary.
“Well, it’s just like what you say. After hearing it from you, I just want to know the truth. I will try to help you find anything about Naomi but if we didn’t find anything, I think the diary is fake…” Said Sho as he closed his notebook. Nino rolled his eyes, couldn’t believe Sho was taking note when Nino told them about the diary. “… But, now, we need to focus for the first quest. Do you want to discuss our strategy here or in the library?”
They agreed to discuss the strategy in the room so Sho gave them fifteen minutes to refresh themselves. Both Aiba and Jun ran to the bathroom and Aiba pouted when Jun entered the bathroom first when he pushed the other boy away. Sho simply laughed watching both of them before he skimmed through his notebook. Nino turned to look at Ohno next to him when the other boy held his hand tightly as if he was afraid of something. He was surprised when Ohno wasn’t looking at him but staring intently at the window. He turned to look at the window to see what caught Ohno’s attention but there was nothing interesting to look at.
They had a briefing on what the first quest would be on Monday. The first quest will be on Friday. They will enter a wall maze and find a golden egg in three hours. They will face three obstacles. The first two obstacles would give a hint for the location of the golden egg. Once they get to the location of the golden egg, they will need to face the third obstacle. They could only retrieve the golden egg if they overcome the third obstacle.
To give more time for the students to prepare for the quest, all of the morning classes were cancelled on Thursday and replaced with specialty training class for two hours. After that, all of the students are free to do their own practice.
Ohno waited alone for his friends near the lake. He just finished his class with Jun but the other boy wanted to go to the restroom and asked him to go to the lake first. It was Sho who suggested to practice near the lake after the class because less people will be here so they could concentrate in their practice.
While waiting for his friends, he practiced controlling the water. It was easier for him to make water ball after he accidentally created water-Nino. Now that he had mastered the art of making water ball, he tried to create other shapes. However, no matter how much he practice, he couldn’t help but feeling anxious while waiting for his friends.
He didn’t like to be alone nowadays because he could feel someone was watching him and might attack him if he was alone. Remembering how his mother told him that his father died because of magic, he couldn’t help but think someone murdered his father and now the murderer wanted to kill him too. Maybe someone was holding a grudge against his family and that’s why they hide from the magic community before this. That would explain why his mother was worried to let him go to the school.
He let out a squeal when someone closed his eyes from behind, thinking that finally his stalker was ready to kidnap him. However, when he smell the familiar scent, he sighed in relief as he removed the hamburger hand and brought the person to stand in front of him.
“Nino,” he called the other boy softly and Nino flashed his trademark smirk. Ohno took a seat, looking at the lake and Nino followed suits.
“I didn’t expect you to squeal. In fact, I thought you will not have any reaction…” Said Nino as he examined Ohno’s finger “… Where is the diva? Weren’t you suppose to be with him?”
“He went to the restroom. He asked me to go here first,” Nino nodded his head and simply watched him practising with the water.
“I can see you’re getting better in making water ball now,”complimented Nino and Ohno lowered his head, feeling shy to be praised. “You can make other shapes too. You make me wish that I could see the water me that you created in class. J told me it’s really amazing,”
Ohno could feel his cheeks turned redder. They never talked about it before because it’s embarrassing. But he like how Nino casually bring it up.
“How about you? What do you do in your class?” Asked Ohno, trying to change the focus of their conversation to Nino instead of himself. He already knew what Nino did in his class and it sounds amazing so he wanted Nino to show it to him.
To prepare for the quest, Sho made a research by asking the seniors what kind of quest would it be. Usually, the quest would cover three aspects; theory, application and combination of both. For the first part, it would be a quiz so Sho suggested that they studied all the facts in History of Magic and Magical Law. For the second part, there would be a demonstration of their specialty magic so they need to sharpen their skill. For this, Sho had asked them to describe what they’ve learnt in their specialty training so they can predict what kind of demonstration they would have to do. They were not really sure for the third part because it varies every year. The previous year, the students need to duel a magical creature and the year before that, the students need to prepare a potion.
Nino told them that he learnt how to change features of his face. He never saw Nino do a significant change to his face while practising. All he did was changing the colour of his eyes or his hair. However, he heard from the other students from Nino’s house how advanced Nino’s skill is. He wished that he could see Nino’s face turned into someone else.
“Hmmm…. Nothing interesting,” answered Nino, obviously didn’t want to show Ohno his true skill.
“Liar,” said Ohno as he pouted. Nino tried to talk with him but he pretend to ignore him.
“Fine, Ohchan” said Nino, clearly giving up. Ohno smiled innocently as he knew he succeeded to make Nino change his mind. “If you want to see it so much, please close your eyes,”
Ohno did as he was told. It was quiet until Nino asked him to open his eyes. He opened his eyes and screamed loudly, surprised to see who was standing in front of him. He was looking at his own reflection. But, it wasn’t for long. In less than five minutes, Nino was staring back at him.
“It’s really hard to change all the features of your face at the same time. If there are more people, it will be harder to focus because I need to trick everyone to believe I’ve become you,”
“Can you do something else?” He asked for more but Nino shook his head. He knew the other was lying so he pouted and refused to talk with him again. He enjoyed seeing the way Nino sighed in defeat whenever he was sulking.
Once again, Nino asked him to close his eyes and opened it back in five minutes. He did so but when he opened his eyes again, Nino was nowhere to be found. He could hear Nino laughed but there was no one in front of him. However, he didn’t have to wait for long when Nino slowly appeared again in front of him. It was shorter this time, probably because it was harder to make the whole body disappear.
“It’s….. Amazing,” said Ohno and he didn’t realized he was putting a soft kiss on Nino’s cheeks. It was when Nino lowered his gaze that he realized what he was doing. He couldn’t help it. Nino was so cute when he was laughing at him for trying to find him that he felt the urge to kiss his cheeks.
“Oiiiii,” He turned behind when he heard Jun’s voice. His face turned red when he saw Jun and Aiba were laughing at them while Sho was just shaking his head. Actually, he found it weird that the boys haven’t show up but when he saw them laughing, he realized that all three of them must have been here for a long time and was waiting for the perfect moment to tease both he and Nino. Ohno turned to look at Nino who kept his eyes on the ground, refusing to look at anyone. Ohno found it cute to see him being shy like that.
“You shouldn’t kiss in public,” remarked Jun, obviously happy for getting his chance to tease them.
“How long have you guys been here?” Asked Nino. He tried to look angry but failed.
“We’ve been watching you flirting from the beginning,” said Jun. “We’re just waiting for the perfect moment to make our grand entrance. Thank God we arrived earlier. If we don’t, who knows what will the two of you do then,”
Nino was about to defend himself but stopped when Sho urged them to start practising as they are a little bit behind schedule. Ohno was getting ready to practise when he noticed a silhouette hiding behind one of the trees from the nearby forest. He turned to look and in a glimpse, he saw a woman in a white robe watching them. He didn’t get to see the woman’s face as she was quite far from them. He looked at his friends and from the way they acted, he assumed none of them saw her. He looked again at the same tree but the woman wasn’t there anymore.
A/N: So, if I have to summarize, there's more in the diary than what Nino read. But, the pages were missing. Ohno also thought that someone is watching
him. And maybe it wasn't his imagination. There is a mystery woman watching them so maybe she is his stalker. For the next chapter, it will be about the quest. Anyway, I hope you will like this chapter and comments are appreciated and <3
Off topic, are any of you reading the Endgame series by James Frey? I bought the first book. I download the epub for the second book and now the third is out. I tried to find the epub but there is none in the website I usually download from. I would feel grateful if anyone can help me with the epub for the third book.