Re: Love & Magic

The next day….

“What?! Br-brother is dead? How!” Sia was shocked as she hurriedly checked the Internet for news in Starline city while fully naked on the bed as her twin peaks trembled at the shocking news.

[A very gruesome death has been witnessed late at night on the 4th street of B.A Avenue. We have yet to know who that body belonged to since nothing is recognizable, but experts have linked it to a car accident that happened nearby with its driver missing. After investigation, it is found out that the car was bought under the name of Harry Scott, the son of chairman Lawen Scott.]

Suddenly, Sia saw another article live posted below the first one, which finally disclosed everything.

[After asking Harry Scott, who was safe and sound, he shockingly revealed that he had lent the car to his friend, Galen Gio. After further investigation of various cameras, it is confirmed that the splattered body indeed belonged to him. Galen Gio is…]

Sia didn’t read further as fear enveloped her whole body. Her mom and dad were not here but at the Lankrena region where Magic guild headquarters was located. They went there to train and hunt some rare magic beasts for ingredients in Blue Swamp Forest near the Lankrena region. So, they will find out about this soon.

‘Grandma…if she found out, it’s going to be hell,’ Sia thought as she trembled.

The main problem was her grandmother. She was also not at home right now but in Astral Land. Once she found out that Galen died, she might just go berserk. The reason? Galen was her only “male” grandson. He was going to inherit the wealth and legacy of the Gio family.

Sia’s uncle had two daughters and no son, so Galen was literally the only direct male descendant of the Gio family in this generation.

“What happened, babe?” Sia’s boyfriend, Kanel, woke up as he rubbed his eyes, “is it morning already?”

Kalen had a slim muscle-built body like most of the male students, and his height was 5.8ft. He had short dark blue hair and was good-looking.

“Galen is dead,” Sia said as she quickly got up from the bed and wore clothes.

“What?!” Kanel was shocked but seeing Sia, he doubted, “he is dead, and you are not even spilling a single tear?”

“Humph, must I shed tears for him? He is dead, his story over. But now, new troubles will begin because of this,” Sia spoke frustratingly.

“Eh, I thought you two had a good relationship with each other,” Kalen said with a miserable smile as he got up and wore his clothes while thinking, ‘damn, no wonder I never saw her worrying for me. Is she that apathetic?’

…

Zevien groggily opened his eyes as he saw a familiar ceiling above him, but it seemed bluish. He felt numb all over his body and felt very uncomfortable.

After a few seconds, he finally noticed that he was inside a tube filled with light blue liquid, and his whole body was covered by some kind of soft jelly-like dark blue material.

Suddenly, he saw Touma’s face appearing in his view.

“Nice, you woke up pretty fast,” Touma wryly smiled before asking, “now tell me, what the hell did you do to become like this?”

After learning about the whole situation from Dan, Erica, and Vernisia, he was positive that Zevien killed the people inside the Villa. The question was, how? How did he do that?

“Whatever you did to achieve that strength, it had cost you dearly. Literally, every bone in your body is cracked, your organs are injured, and your overall physical body’s cell activity and vitality are totally exhausted. On top of that, your magic eidos body is overexerted. It’s better that you don’t use mana for at least a month.”

Zevien couldn’t even nod, let alone move his body. He just blinked his eyes in response.

There was a mask over his mouth with a pipe going inside his body for treatment of his internals.

‘Good job, Zev. But I wanted you to be more sane in that situation,’ Tarto appeared over the tube, causing Zevien’s eyes to widen, ‘What are you doing by revealing yourself?!’

‘Relax, they can’t see me,’ Tarto spoke with a smug smile on his cat face.

Indeed, Zevien noticed that Touma was not registering Tarto’s existence and internally sighed a relief before thinking, ‘anyway, I will have to reveal to them about this fairy summoning magic sooner or later and benefit from it.’

“Just take a rest for now. You will likely be able to speak after a day, and we will get you out of this tube after two days. But your treatment will continue,” Touma smiled before he left.

‘Treatment, my ass,’ Zevien internally rolled his eyes as he knew that they likely wanted answers and research on his body due to this new incident.

‘So, what are you going to do about what you did? As you told me before, nobody has access to fairy spirit magic labyrinth here, and even in Astral Land, advanced magic labyrinths like fairy spirit labyrinth have conditional awakenings. That’s why most people only gain an unawakened connection with it and can’t fully awaken it.’

‘Oh? So there’s something like Advance magic labyrinths as well?’ Zevien was surprised.

‘Yep. It’s a bit complicated in fairy spirit labyrinth due to its live nature of magic, but you will know about it if you manage to go to Astral Land,’ Tarto said as he lay on the tube.

‘Oh yeah, there are also random fairy summoning magic spells as you created. People can summon random fairies, but the one with an awakened connection can benefit more with awakening magic spells exclusive to only those who awakened the fairy spirit magic labyrinth.’

‘I see,’ Zevien nodded before wishfully thinking, ‘wish I could fully awaken the fairy spirit magic labyrinth.’

Suddenly, Zevien thought of something and asked, ‘by the way, I managed to awaken two magic labyrinths. Is this possible in Astral Land? Because I have never heard of it happening before.’

Tarto rolled his eyes, ‘Of course, it’s possible. Although none awakened their 2nd magic labyrinth as you did because there are proper steps and conditions to be met to awaken another magic labyrinth. Your magic core hasn’t even evolved once, so its capacity and utility are low. However, due to it already having two awakening magic spells, it is magically fortified.’

Tarto then stared at Zevien before continuing, ‘I also sensed something that I couldn’t grasp in you. It’s like some higher power touched you.’

Zevien became alert, but then he thought of something and laughed in his mind before saying telepathically, ‘yep. I am indeed touched by a higher power, but I don’t know much about it. Just continue to accompany me, and you will eventually find out.’

Tarto glanced away before licking its paws, ‘nice try. But I don’t go back on my words. You fail to impress me in five years, and I will leave. Anyway, all magic labyrinths have drastically changed, and it has become much more interesting now, hehe,’ Tarto grinned, ‘you will be surprised when you go inside next time.’

‘I will know that when the time comes, but I am stuck here now with nothing to do,’ Zevien internally frowned, ‘such a huge waste of time because of you.’

‘Humph, I wanted to see if you could do that or not,’ Tarto snorted, ‘if I deem something possible to do by you, I will tell you to do it. And if you fail to do it, I will say farewell to you.’

‘Fuck!’ Zevien cursed his misfortune to summon this cat, but then he was also fired by the challenge, ‘I acknowledge your power, which is why I will accept this. If you deem something possible to do by me, then I will fucking do it! Bring it on!’

‘Meow!! Good, I like this spirit!’