In this world, Magic is Everything. All people, all races, are granted with the power to perform mystical and magical feats via grimories, mystical tomes granted to each and every child on their 15th birthday. Those blessed by the mana can have their names written down in legend.
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Post by Akemi Shengxiao on Apr 15, 2022 19:12:51 GMT -5
Hands inside his pocket, whistling a sad tune, Akemi walk on the paved road of Kikka. The castle town is near of his region. The large population makes him little uncomfortable. People drain his energy and annoying him. He prefers to smoke in the darkness and feel in peace. The paved road disappears slowly while he approaches the forest. The branches of the trees dance with the wind. The old broom-maker refuses to just sell him his broom. He claims he doesn't have any blessed magical wood. Akemi had deposited his money on the counter, but the old man was stubborn. “You have to work to get what you want“The old man treat him like a peasant. He may choke wit the wood, he thought. This broom-maker refuses his money, and pledge that he will offer him.
In front of the forest, he senses some mana in the air. It’s probably the blessed magical wood. He follows the way of the mana. As he walks in the forest, he feels the mana denser, stronger. His heels turn on the right direction and follow this new path.
Behind a bush, he sees a shadow. Akemi stop whistling and go around slowly. Crap, it’s the girl. The same freak from the flower blossom fete. So annoying. Why did he have to see her again?
- Klara
His face gives off his usual coldness. A little smile in the corner of his lips. He looks down on her. She saves him for the drowning, but he feels miserable, humiliate. He feels like he is weak and remembers him the words of his dead father. His back rests on the bark of a tree while he takes a look around them. She seems alone.
- Here we go again.
Maybe she can do the whole of work. Chop this wood for the both of us. He is weak physically but has a strong mana. He doesn’t really appreciate the hard work. He prefers to work with his brains.
- Let me guess; the old broom-maker send you too for the magical wood?
He tries to see if he can saw some wood already but with the bust and the shadow of threes, it’s hard to really see.
-- The god should hate us to meet again like this, but it’s maybe a sign.
A sign of her for doing all the work while he just watches and claims a broom. The snake boy is not from the Shengxiao family for nothing. That darker spot on his birthmark-like on the back of his right hand proves it for sure. Akemi is cunning and will tries to have what he wants without a bead of sweat.
A girl walked alone in the forest in Kikka. She wore a emerl Cloak with a tan tunic and black shorts. Her head hung down with her hood covering her head. Her reason for being here was both simple and complicated. The simple answer was that she was on a side errand to help a shopkeeper so that she could get a broom. The long answer however was a bit more saddening. After the Flower Festival, she found herself standing on a different line with her family. All of them, from her siblings to her mother deemed her unworthy of her name. She could not meet their expectations and she was not allowed to return. After all, only the strong could be considered Shinsei. Her big brother however did have some pity for her and gave her a small note. That note laid in her pocket, unread. But why did that lead to the girl being in the forest alone? The simple answer was, she was forbidden from using the family’s money thus she had to earn things herself.
Today was not the day for crying. Even under her hood she forced herself to smile. Even though she thought nobody was around to see her, she kept on her facade. It was all she had left. It was all she could be. It was funny really. Now she had no expectations, no more people to please, no more reason to train or fight hard. She was a nobody. She was no longer… Before she could finish her thought, she heard a name she often gave out when she was hiding.
The voice belonged to a stranger she met at the beach. It was funny. You would think that when you saved someone’s life, they would be grateful but this man… despite being of the same class as her, at the time, acted as if he should have drowned or something. He was so rude. If She had not been so down and fighting to smile, she would have punched him in the face right here. But, she did not even have the mental energy to push out such a thought. At the end of the day, it did not matter. It did not matter so much that she did not even respond when “her” name was called. Though she did stop walking.
Eventually she would respond to his question. “Maybe… Why do you care? I kept my promise Mister. Is there something you need?” She raised her head high enough so the man could see her smiling but no higher. He was probably one of the last people she wanted to see her in her distraught state. “I don’t see any water… so I assume you don’t plan on… well… you know.”
The girl then started walking. She did have a map on her but she was in no rush to find this special wood. It was not like she had a place to be, perks of being a nobody. The direction she was going was supposed to be the correct direction perk the client, but if it was not, then she would eventually figure it out. “Sorry… but you don't sound very wise when you talk like that..”
Post by Akemi Shengxiao on Apr 17, 2022 14:26:01 GMT -5
Surrunded by the threes, hands in his new black suit, Akemi stares Klara. Hiding all his feeling behind his coldness. His back rests on the bark of a tree while he listen her stupid words. Why did she hide under a hood? As she raised her head, he can see her little smile. He keeps is own and don’t show any reaction. Akemi concentrate on her a little bit just enough to give her a little warning. He extends his right hand in her direction and boil for a short second her blood. The red light in his eyes seems darker while he just again put his hands inside the pocket. He doesn't want her to see the marks of mutilation on his right wist. Three distinct marks swollen and reddish.
- Shut up, show a little bit of respect or I can do worst. And it’s Funny. I never ask for being saved.
It’s a little lie. With the panic, he screamed like a poor soul and he want to forget that. Forget this humiliates moment.
- Im just here for that and wanted just to know if you are here for the same things or another reason. Why are you like hiding with this hood in the middle of this forest? Maybe you here for killing someone.
He can’t ever imagine this girl inflicts pain with pleasure to someone. The proof is she saved him from a cruel drowning without knowing him. He doesn't know why she did that. His father would say he doesn’t deserve to breath. Despite his behavior towards her, he doesn’t hate her. He’s indifferent and a little bit confuse about her and he don't like that. Akemi wants to use her for having these woods, claiming the broom and go home without a bean of sweat. It’s working with our brain.
- I will not be on your low level and insult you like a child. I don’t care about you, but I can clearly see you force a smile. I don’t care the reason, it’s certainly me and yeah I will find my own woods alone same if my arms hurting because of a stupid brat.
He tries to manipulate her by the emotion. It slowly lifts off the shaft ready to turn around.
He glances at her.
- I’ll find someone with a better heart to help me find the wood, so my sick mother can stop worrying.
His mother is not sick but he can just add a little lie for being sure he can touch her in a way. Why is his heart so rotten? He feel a little bad to act with coldness and cruel with someone save him with no reason to do it.
Suddenly a burning painful sharp feeling rushed through her body. As she moved her body, the pain worsen. It was like a metal spike was digging into her her muscles and shooting out more spikes which would dig deeper and release more spikes. This was only the beginning. Her heart started rushing. It hard to breath and every breath she took burned. She tried to curl her arms to brace the pain but it only got worst. Then it stopped... or at least, she felt a cool sensation seep through her body.
Everything ached. It was like she ran a marathon after swimming around a lake the size of the city before scaling a mountain both ways. Then she heard the man's voice. This was his doing? A fire hotter than his little party trick burned in her but she just coughed and laughed. "Your right mister. That was rude of me... Allow me to show you the proper respect you deserve." She slammed her fist together and summoned amber over her hands and feet then she went to punch the man in the gut. Assuming she was successful, she would giggle. "Next time I wont save you, ungrateful swine."
With that out of the way, she returned to walking to the forest for the wood. The man would continue to talk to her despite all that had just happened. Deep down she wanted to just shout at him but well, then this job would take longer so she humored him with a fake smile. "Maybe I'm here to murder the one who made my blood boil... or maybe I am here to do a peasant job. As for my hood?" She chuckled, "I'm just protecting my beautiful skin from the sun. Maybe you should get one so... oh... it looks like its too late for you."
When the man tried started to flip flop again, the girl just rolled her eyes. "Well, I would love to help you but... I wasn't asked to save you. And I would hate to impede on your rights as a human. In fact... I think I hear a river." The girl would just keep walking, "Good luck with your sick mother..." With that she had nothing else to add to this jerk. In fact, she realized they were almost to to the magical wood. In the forest. Lucky for her, she would not have to deal with this man any longer.
As she arrived at the location the old man gave her, she noticed magic radiating from the plants. It would have been really beautiful but the girl's mind was clouded with too many things and as a result, she lost the ability to taken in the wonderful things about this world. All she could see was the fears that plagued her mind. She needed money, she needed the broom so she could move around. She needed to do something to proof to herself that Klara was better than Maria.
The girl pulled out an axe from her bag and took a deep breath. She filled the tool with mana and then began swinging away at a one of the magical trees. It was the biggest tree in the lot thus the girl figured she could get the amount of wood she needed. It was a lot of work, a lot of swings, a lot of effort. Still, the girl had to power to do and once the tree was down, she did her best to split the wood into the sizes the old man requested. In her efforts, she accidently made 4 extra pieces so... well, if the other man decided to follow her, he would be able to pick up these pieces and turn them in as well. The girl grabbed her pieces and then ran off back to the man to turn them in. In returned, she was paid for her work and he began work on making her a broom.
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Last Edit: Apr 27, 2022 12:53:59 GMT -5 by Deleted
