Re: Love & Magic

“Why did you deactivate all cameras? Any anomaly?” Touma asked.

Raven nodded as she looked at the two cameras inside the glass chamber, “I felt some strange electric waves. You know that I have three types of lightning powers due to my awakening magic spells, due to which I am sensitive to electric waves.”

“Hmmm, it could be that unknown person who sent proofs about real culprits behind those four younglings’ deaths,” Cargil speculated with a frown. “If that person is powerful enough to hack this lab and even get live feedback from the cameras, then we have to find this person.”

Zevien was hearing everything from inside the tube, and his throat turned dry after what Cargil said, ‘it’s better that I tell them about Yowen before they catch him. But not now. First, I’ll have to execute my idea of fairy summoning magic and extend my VIP status.’

“I will work on it with Raven,” Merax nodded to Cargil before he looked at Zevien, “but first, let’s ask this brat what he’s got up his sleeves.”

Zevien grinned at him.

“So tell us, Zevien,” Raven smiled, “what did you do that night in the villa? We are curious because it’s unreal for you to kill them, yet we are sure that you did it.”

Cargil, Touma, Blondina, and Merax also looked at Zevien, waiting for his answers.

“I indeed killed them,” Zevien nodded calmly, “I also killed Galen, and if his family touches anyone close to me, I will also kill them.”

“Do you know this is enough to put you behind bars for years?” Merax said with a straight face. Though he only wanted to scare Zevien by saying that.

Zevien rolled his eyes, “are you interested in putting me behind bars or knowing how or why I did that?”

“Because Vernisia was kidnapped?” Touma asked before he nodded and spoke with a cold smile, “you did the right thing by killing Galen. If anyone harms my student despite them not being at fault, then I would’ve killed them myself.”

Zevien angrily gritted his teeth and nodded, “that Galen wanted to ruin Vernisia’s life and bind her to him using forceful measures and hypnotize magic that one of his people had. I would damn myself and curse this entire world if something happened to Vernisia.”

“It’s been just a month, and you are already so deeply in love with your classmate?” Raven chuckled.

“For you, it may seem like a month, but for me, she is the beginning and end of everything, “Zevien said as he smiled cheekily, “I want to be with her until the end of eternity.”

“Until the end of eternity? I see what you mean there,” Raven grinned and chuckled, “with that smooth tongue, why would she not fall for you? hehehe.”

“Back to the topic,” Cargil said indifferently, “how did you manage to kill them? According to the investigation, there was one 3rd class magician, two 4th class magicians, and four 5th class magicians.”

“One 4th class magician and that 3rd class magician were bodyguards of Galen that came with him here while he called more people later on the same day he landed in the Starlight city,” Merax said as he had investigated everything, “to keep an eye on you.”

“Yeah, I bet he wanted to beat me up and scare me to stay away from Vernisia and forget about her. I would have handled everything, or you would have if he made a move on me after finding an opportunity, but he went for Vernisia,” Zevien coldly grinned, “he courted death.”

“And we need to know how he courted death from that high in the sky,” Touma said with a wry smile, “you did it personally, or do you have someone powerful who works for you?”

‘Since Tarto said that people can awaken 2nd magic labyrinth in Astral Land, then these big shots who know about Astral Land should also know about it. Hmmm…,’ Zevien thought for a moment before he decided to reveal this. By revealing this, he could actually get help from them to become powerful.

He could procure the blood of various magic beasts from them since they are powerful and could have access to more magic beasts and even some unique, rare magic beasts. There are some unique magic beasts with strange power and they are also hard to spot since they are very low in number. If Zevien could get his hands on their blood, he could become very versatile.

“Ahem, so….the reason I could fly is related to a lucky coincidence on that fateful day when I helped someone,” Zevien spoke long windily as he looked at Cargil.

Seeing Zevien looking at him, Cargil guessed, “the day you saved my grandson?”

“Did you awaken your second magic labyrinth that day when you disappeared instead of entering your first magic labyrinth?” Blondina asked as she speculated.

On that day, Raven was not there, but she heard about what happened there later. Nodding her head, Raven agreed with Blondina, “that could be the case.”

“Eh, you are right,” Zevien nodded, “I awakened a second magic labyrinth called Inviolable Blood Garden. The awakening magic spell I learned in it can allow me to transform into any creature if I have that creature’s blood.”

“So you got a flying magic beast’s blood and transformed into it? Interesting…” Touma rubbed his chin with his eyes glinting, “I have some blood of various magic beasts stored. Let’s experiment with this magic spell later.”

“But with just that, you can’t kill 3rd class or even 4th class magicians,” Merax said with a frown, “your magic power and body are not powerful enough to acquire the strength of high-grade magic beasts even if you transform into them using their blood.

“Your mana also can’t invoke their true power. You will likely get a small boost overall and get the same or similar physique of the beast you transform into using that awakening magic spell,” Touma said as he agreed with Merax.

Cargil and others also nodded.

“Cough…I know. I told you how I killed Galen, not how I killed those people in the villa,” Zevien fake coughed before speaking with a wry smile.

“Then tell us already how did you kill them,” Raven rolled her eyes jokingly, “that is the thing that we are most eager to know.”

“Short answer: By using a tier-1 or even higher tier magic spell,” Zevien grinned, “long answer is too long, and I can’t even demonstrate the magic spell to you right now. The interesting thing is, you can also….non-technically use this spell and quite possibly increase your strength by 50% or even higher.”

Touma, Merax, Cargil, Blondina, and Raven were startled hearing that. They also deemed this as bull shit but what Zevien said next caused them to think twice.

“This magic spell was why I got such a huge boost in power, which allowed me to kill those people in the villa. Naturally, this time’s boost was unnatural because I went way past my limits to acquire more power to save Vernisia, resulting in my current body condition,” Zevien finished speaking as he saw everyone staring at him with various emotions: doubt, curiosity, shock, disbelief, etc.

Zevien continued speaking after a short pause, “Normally, I can have enough power to kill 5th class magician or 5th-grade magic beast without suffering consequences like this. But since you are all stronger, you can have a boost equivalent to your level.”

Zevien didn’t want to reveal fully regarding fairy summoning magic right now. So he just labeled it as some tier-1 or more powerful spell and didn’t even tell them the name.

Cargil recovered earliest and spoke with a nod, “If you indeed killed them, then we can believe that such a magic spell really exists and can even be used by you, who is not even a 5th class magician yet.”

“If we can use such a spell….” Merax muttered before his eyes gleamed, “what is the magic spell’s name?”

“I will tell you when I display the magic spell to you,” Zevien said with a smile.

“I guess we will have to wait for a week or two more if we want to know about this spell from Zevien,” Touma sighed, “because he can’t use mana right now, and as such, he can’t display it to us.”

“Exactly. So, see you after two weeks,” Zevien smiled, “I hope nothing happens to Vernisia and other closed ones to me during this time.”

“Is this magic spell your chip to extend your VIP status?” Blondina asked as she raised her eyebrows.

“Indeed,” Zevien grinned, “trust me, you will be pleasantly surprised when you see it.”

“Fine,” Cargil nodded indifferently, “we will return after two weeks. Also, even without you using this as some sort of chip, I wouldn’t let anyone harm people that are close to you.”

After saying this, the outside cold but inside softie city lord Cargil left the glass chamber.

Zevien also sighed a relief hearing that before he fake coughed and said, “can I talk with Vernisia and my friends? I am literally dying since I haven’t seen Vernisia for more than ten days now.”

“If I die, then you won’t get to see this mystical magic spell,” Zevien spoke with an utterly serious expression.

Touma, Merax, Raven, and Blondina became speechless.

“Fine, I’ll bring them here tomorrow,” Touma said with a helpless smile, “after all, we can’t have you dying now.”

“Right?” Touma asked as he innocently looked at Merax, Raven, and Blondina.

“Do as you wish,” Merax said as he turned around and left the glass chamber, “just don’t reveal too much to them.”

Blondina also left after rolling her eyes.