Season: Spring.
Time: Night.
Day: 3
Location: Academy Dormitory.

『So... does Baster know about it?』

「About the spells I placed into the seals?」

『Yeah...
It's very unlike you to share, such magic like that...

Wasn't those the spells you used before to fight as a dragon?』

「The circumstances called for it.
And besides, I like hard-working people like him.」

『Ho? You're oddly being very open about it...』 she grins.

But Tori shrugged...

「Revitalize: Which Restore one's energy allowing him to travel further and surpass normal limits.
It should help him escape any kind of monsters he meets.

Rejuvenation: Which mends lesser and major wounds, as long as he has his head on his shoulders it should keep him alive.
Even he should understand what it means to deal with monsters as a 13-year-old.
 
Then finally Purification: Light magic which can remove any form of curse, toxins or even illnesses.
He went and cried to me when he asked me about it.
Though, I can sympathize with those affected by such gruesome effects like that. 」

「Advanced Arcane Light Magic which took me takes 20 to 30 years to master. 」

Talie then said.

『All in a single pocket.』

Tori said in reply.

「Rejuvenation: It took me at least 5 years.
Revitalize: 10 years due to the fact restoring my own fatigue was way difficult than I imagined.
Finally, Purification took me a total of 15 years.

Because mixing multiple spells in one universal spell was extremely difficult to do...

If I was still alive, I wouldn't have any problem sharing it.
Sad to say all my knowledge died with me didn't it?」

 

『Yep...

Not to mention the fact that...

Took you forever to learn that spell.
Even I had to sleep through all that...

But...
Are you sure you're not going to tell him?』

「I've warned him to never lose them,
Even he should understand how incredibly powerful they are...」

『I see...
So, you were worried for him.』

「So were you...」she retorts.

『Yeah...

Though...
I wonder what he would probably think if he discovered this fact.』she grins.

「I'm curious myself.
But he told me this spell also didn't exist in this thing he calls a game.
And the fact that he will treasure it with his life.」

『That's quite a dedication he has...』

「I'm quite surprised that the ark seals are capable of borrowing this kind of magic.
The fact it allowed people to use it despite their lack of training is revolutionary on its own.

Sadly, it feels like they rely on it too much that...」

『They forget that magic is a part of them.
The biggest flaw of the Ark Seals is probably the fact...』

「It prevents the user from altering the magic in order to gain the result they want.

If it's a single blast of magic, it will only release a single blast.

However with us...
We can alter it into a vicious homing blast or amplify its power based on our own will.

Though, I fear while this piece of technology is great.
It is also a hindrance that made most people a bit too reliant on it.」

Talie remained silent.

『. . . .』

『In my world, they relied on a weapon called the atomic bomb.
A tool that brought peace.

But it also took the lives of many to make an example.

I suppose it's the same thing with magic if they were to turn it into some kind of weapon.

But given the situation of this world.
I wouldn't be that surprised anymore if that actually became a reality.』

Both of them sighed.

「The Powerful Devours the weak... huh?」Tori said as she sighed.

The two right now were in their bedroom dorms of the 2nd floor.
The Academy provided them a simple yet reliable place to rest in.

It was mid-night in their time as they conversed regarding magic.

But they soon noticed movement outside their porch as they felt the presence of magic.

「Talie, I'm going to bed」She calmly said.

『Got it.
I'll deal with that...』

She flickered the light off in their room as Tori went to bed.
Talie, on the other hand, was about to visit this strange visitor in the night.

Talie's Pov:

After a few hours...

*click* *click* *click*

[It's only been at least three days since we joined this place.
And there's already a break-in, not to mention this idiot is a damn novice.]

*Ka-chick* the door open and the person infiltrates their room.
The person wore a black mask covering his face and a black jumpsuit.

The porch door was a distance away from Tori's bed.
while Talie was lurking in the dark beside the door where the intruder entered.

Talie was wondering about what to do next...

[Let's see what he intends to do. First...]

The person soon went to the place she never expected he would go to...
Was the drawer then pulled out something inside of it and placed it in a white sack.

[Ah... just a pervert.]

They were Tori's underwear.
He was happily putting it all in his sack emptying it.

[I expected him to be some kind of person who would assault us in our sleep or an assassin.
But it's just a loser who just wants our Undies?]  

She was disappointed in the intruder who is basically now just a thief...
[I wanted to torture him,
but if it is just something as harmless as this...

I'll probably just bound him up and give him a nice dream.]

But the moment his hand reached towards Talie's.

She then made a move...
Hands of darkness came from the shadow as he was pulled upwards towards the ceiling.
It closed his mouth before he could react as his sack fell to the ground.

Talie then revealed herself from their intruder.

『Hello...』

The person's eyes widened in terror as Talie gazed at the intruder with a sinister smile.
She then gave him a sweet dream by placing him in a curse.

As Talie went to pick up the sack and tied up.
She then tossed it out of the window.

Tori at the moment was sleeping as she had full faith in Talie dealing with the intruder.
Talie giggled as she slept while the intruder was left in their ceiling and unconscious.

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Morning came...

As soon as the light illuminated the hands,
Their grip disappeared as the intruder fell to the ground with a loud.

*THUD* as the voice of a boy is heard as he fell on the floor.

Tori woke up, surprised with the sound.
She was still wearing her pajamas.
While Talie was on her underwear as she was dressing up for the next class.

『Morning.』She happily said to Tori and the person she had captured.

Tori was puzzled she was gazing at a person who fell from the ceiling and Talie who was calm and collected.

「At least explain yourself!」She shouted at her.

A few moments pass by...

The person was now blindfolded and healed by Tori.
Talie, on the other hand, explained that the intruder was nothing more than an underwear thief.

But then as Tori was checking her things.

「Talie? where's my underwear?」

『Ah, that man stole it.』

「Then. where. is. my. underwear?」

Talie shrugged and pointed at the blindfolded man.

Tori at that point then conjured magic.
『Domain of Silence.』a pulse of magic spread around their room.
It sealed away.
Any noise from escaping their room.

A curse type of magic utilizing Shadow Attribute.

She approached the man then...
It was needless to say,
What is next to be seen is not pleasing to the viewer's discretion.

*Insert: Elevator Music*

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*Ding*

-In the end, Tori couldn't find her underwear and borrowed Talie.-

Talie intention was a success, however.
Her goal was to make Tori make her delightful tea in exchange for letting her borrow her underwear.

Talie herself is unable to make it herself.

[If only I could imitate her ridiculous tea's.] was her only gripe in her current life.

Tori's tea was overcharged with long years of experimentation of trial and error.

She knew the right amount of magic and content to produce such extraordinary taste that is like an addictive liquid,
except it was just Tea.

She wondered if Baster could imitate and make the tea for her...

However, she then recalled it...
During her experiment...

Sometimes it was absurdly disgusting and just completely plain.

But the worst of it all was the fact...
Even as a Half-Dragon in her past-life who is supposedly resistant to poison.
Tori was unfortunately poisoned by her own experiment with just tea alone.

It technically meant that if any human drank such tea.
They would meet a grisly end in the hands of magic and tea experiment.

If anyone dares try to imitate it.
She gave up the thought of it.

As for herself...

(She has no talent in using the Light magic.)

Even though she carried the trait Light in her arcane Test.
She wasn't able to control it properly unlike Tori who earnestly learned it through sheer hard labor.

She regretted that she slept inside of her for years until she finished her training.
Talie wasn't able to learn anything aside from basic forms of it.

Though she was glad that Ark-seals exists and all she needs now is to request her to create copies of it.

But she was troubled by the tea she sometimes makes,
and often schemes on making her create it for her own selfish desire to have another taste...
 
Which resulted in these mischiefs.

As for what happened to Tori's Underwear...
It was later found by one of the female staff.
As they found it in a white sack with her name written on it.

As for the underwear thief himself.
He had a nightmare about a little girl fiercely beating him up.

Tori healed him while brutally striking his face with her hand imbued with her magic.
As his yelp from pain and screams are completely sealed away in their room alone.

Fortunately for him.
His memory became dull due to how hard she was striking him.
He oddly had a satisfied expression on his face as he recalled that moment.

His only dismay is he couldn't remember which girl room it was...
Believing it was just a simple dream he continued his life with a deep sigh.
As Tori and Talie presented to the dorm master in secret while he was knocked out.

They didn't want any strange rumors like letting a man stay in their room in the middle of the night.

So the two left him hanging by the door all tied up.
The school severely punished him by temporarily suspending and reporting him to his family.

As for Tori herself.

「That was refreshing!
But where the heck is my underwear!」as she shouted in dismay.

She then went to the next class with Talie with a troubled expression.

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Tori's Pov: //Free time in the Academy. //

Three more weeks, huh?
As much as I am eager for it.

Waiting is a huge bore...
Especially with all this malice in the air directed at us.

Words like...
"Why is this shorty from the black rose family here?
She doesn't belong here."

[Well sorry for being short.
And yes, I really don't belong here.]

"Didn't the king punish them to become commoners?
Why are they in the noble classes?"

[That's what I wanted to ask the professors.
Unfortunately, they said it was simply mandatory to mingle ourselves among nobles.

Apparently when we requested if we can be transferred among the commoners.
They swiftly said.

No.

As they claim it to be unsightly and unheard of...
But We were pretty damn sure, it's just an excuse to torment us slowly...]

"This little bitch's family murdered my siblings!"

[Ah, yes...
Unfortunately, my healing magic isn't perfect.
It can't bring back the dead to life.

But it can sure heal people.

As long as your head is attached to your limb or your brain is in one piece.
Don't worry, Tori's healing power will put you at ease.

*wink* Tee-hee...]

I suddenly felt embarrassed by imagining myself like that...

I think...
I'm being influenced by those magical things known as Ark-V's.
A screen with moving pictures inside of it.

The advancement of magic made an imitation of Tv straight from Talie's old world.
Unfortunately, mostly it's full of cartoons, people selling stuff and news about the going unrest in the city.

On the other hand...

There were flashy costumed characters wearing weird suits there that somehow riled me up.
I don't understand why, but Talie responded to them as...

"Ah, how nostalgically stupid.".

While I felt a bit dispirited upon hearing that from her.
I tried recalling her memories, but it's been such a long time that I completely forgot about the memories that are not my own.

Though after watching it, I saw flashy movement and felt like copying it.

The only thing, I probably wouldn't copy is the absurdly embarrassing speech.
They make before using slow as heck attack where I can probably blow them up before they finish it...

My brain fizzled at the embarrassing words they said and wished they said something cooler instead.

On the other hand, the flashy lights inside it were what drew my attention.
I wonder if I can imitate those.

Oh well, at that point I stopped watching and simply wondered If I could alter my light magic into something like that, where I make flashy lights explode behind me after finishing off some thug...

Though, I should probably give up on copying their superhuman feats that are obviously fake.

...

After thinking a bit for a while.

Hopefully, Baster gets his airship.
He once said while talking to Talie about the prize...
"It's fine, the 1st place is an optional reward in the game for the protagonist."

I don't understand what they were talking about though...

However...
Once we get an airship of our own.
I might properly be able to send them to their graves if I had the chance.

While I was day-dreaming in the room.
Talie said to me before leaving that she had to do her own thing and left...
She said there was something she was interesting she found and went on her way.

During this time I stood from my chair and went on my own...
I was on my way to meet Baster who was currently having troubles of his own.

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In the distance, people were gazing at Tori above the second floor as she walked on her way out.
A young lady who carried purple hair then said.

"Age 12,
Name: Tori of the BlackRose family.

Unlike her sister, she surprisingly revealed  superb healing magic during her first magic tests."

The young man beside her was wearing a refine clothes then said.

"Her sister is rumored to be able to use her magic at the age of 9.
She was said to be the reason why they were safe.
Though, that was the explanation given to most of the nobles of why they were unscathed during the incident."

She scuff's at him and said.

"As if anybody would believe that!"

As the young lady revealed herself in the light, her face had burn marks and scars on it.
Obtained from the incident during the chaos which happened at the party 3 years ago.

This was the situation which the Blackrose Family now faced.
Many were suspicious of them as their family was the only one who wasn't harmed in the incident.

The fact they were in one piece made them suspicious while others suffered burns, fractures and shrapnel wounds that they had to be opened up for removal, leaving them with scars.

Unfortunately, Tori's healing magic only accelerated recovery.
It wasn't as fantastic as it was incapable of curing scars.

"After they have humiliated me like this...
I won't be satisfied until they suffer as I have!"

But then he spoke.

"Weren't they punished enough?
I recall pirates are now harassing them.

They are currently in debt because of it." he asked her.

"Reavis," she called the man's name.

"Did you forget the reason why my fiance left me?"

The young man beside her sighed.

". . . I don't think he liked you enough to begin with..." he retorts.

"Nonsense!
He once praised me as his innocent flower.

But after the incident.
To be suddenly rejected by my own fiance...
I won't accept this!"

He then sighed again as he thought...

[That asshole only liked you for your looks.

Please, milady...
Grow up from that fact and move on...
Be happy he left you sooner before something else happened.]

Was his earnest wish.