Re: Love & Magic

“Your magic power is over 600 right now,” Merax said with slight disbelief in his voice, “is this the spell you were talking about? Transform into a cat-like humanoid to boost magic power?”

“Eh, nope,” Zevien shook his head and grinned, “this is exclusive to me. For you all, it will vary. There’s also no guarantee that you will personally get a boost like me, but nevertheless, your overall power will certainly increase.”

“Too vague and so much suspense; at least tell us something about the spell,” Blondina said with slight dissatisfaction in her voice.

“Wait for the city lord to arrive,” Zevien grinned.

…

Half an hour quickly passed as everyone spoke about some essential things and things regarding Lucas and Hilary.

They told everything to Zevien as it concerned him.

“Sorry for troubling you, but there is no way I would have let that bastard live. If I had let him go, he would only bring more future troubles,” Zevien said with a somber expression, “at least, they had yet to find out that it was me, thanks to you. But if I had let him go, he would have come directly at me or people around me.”

“Don’t worry; you are our valuable asset now,” Touma grinned.

“Humph, you are also my business partner. As long as it’s within my reach, I will help you. Also, I can’t wait to get some shares in your company,” Raven grinned, “I am fairly sure you will need more funds as just the money you get from Bonecretto potion won’t suffice.”

Zevien nodded with a smile, “you don’t know about my main product, but I will call you later one day and show you. After that, you will know the true value of Zenith Corp.”

“Interesting, I can’t wait, hehe,” Raven chuckled before looking at Merax and Blondina, “aren’t you two interested?”

“Interested, but no time,” Blondina shook her head, “though we can give you money in exchange for some shares. Passive income is always welcome.”

At this time, city lord Cargil finally arrived.

“Interesting,” Cargil said as he looked at the transformed Zevien, “will you show the spell here, or do we change locations?”

“We should change locations and go to a vaster place,” Zevien nodded.

“Then let’s go,” Cargil said before turning around, “I have arrived here on a helicopter so we can go to the Starlight forest quickly.”

While walking, Cargil said, “I have high expectations because of what you said the last time. Let’s hope you do not disappoint us.”

Zevien ruefully smiled while walking and undid his transformation as he had almost fully recovered in the past half an hour, “I said that because of my experience and theory on how it might work on others. But, as I will be trying this for the first time, it may not go smoothly. Nonetheless, you will not be disappointed after learning about the spell.”

…

Everyone sat down in the helicopter before moving towards the Starlight forest.

Everyone landed on top of a vast hill with only a few trees. The hill mainly had grassy land and was vast, so Cargil landed the helicopter here.

After landing, Zevien stood in one place while Touma, Raven, Cargil, Merax, and Blondina stood five meters away from him and looked at him, waiting for him to start.

“Tarto,” Zevien said.

Touma and the others saw a black cat appearing on Zevien’s shoulder out of nowhere.

“A…fairy spirit?” Cargil narrowed his eyes as he tried to sense Tarto, but after a second, a shocked expression appeared on his face with dread flashing past his eyes.

“Chillax, old guy,” Tarto said, “I may be more powerful than you, but I have no interest in using my powers here. Not even to help this guy as I only have a five-year contract with him, and if he fails to impress me, ta-ta bye-bye~”

“Ahem,” Zevien smiled weakly before saying, “Tarto is a fairy spirit that I summoned.”

“Wrong, I am a fairy spirit that answered your summon; you have no power to summon someone as powerful as me,” Tarto said.

Touma and the others looked at each other with a dumbfounded expression.

“Sir, is that fairy spirit really more powerful than you?” Blondina whispered.

“You doubt my words, lady?” Tarto narrowed his eyes.

Cargil nodded solemnly while thinking, ‘I have seen fairy spirits in Astral Land, but none like this one.’

“So, how did you get the fairy summoning magic spell?” Raven asked with a slight shock, “each of those kingdoms or families with fairy summoning spells have kept it tightly bound. Even after much work, we didn’t manage to get our hands on one.”

“I can’t tell you how I got it, sorry,” Zevien said with a smile.

“Didn’t you create it?” Tarto said while licking its nails.

“Cough…cough, no,” Zevien glared at Tarto before looking at Cargil and the others, laughing hollowly, “how can I create such a magic spell? Haha… Anyway, the important thing is that only I can use this magic spell properly because I have an unawakened connection with the fairy spirit labyrinth.”

“That, I know,” Cargil nodded, “only people with unawakened or fully awakened connection with fairy spirit magic labyrinth can use the spell properly.

“But other people can also use it to get random fairy spirits instead of clanned or royal fairy spirits as long as they learn the summoning magic intent and the spell formation.”

“We have been trying to get one, but no one was willing to give this magic spell to anyone on the Gaia continent. There are some conditions such that all fairy summoning magic spells connect to different regions inside the fairy spirit labyrinth and summon fairies of that type,” Merax said, “that’s why those who have this spell don’t give it to outsiders.”

“I see,” Zevien nodded, “I didn’t know about that, but the spell I have here is different.”

“Let’s hear it,” Cargil nodded with a rare smile, “the fact that you have a fairy summoning magic spell is already good news.”

“Yes… But as I said,” Zevien spoke as he faked a cough, “ahem, this spell can only be used by me properly, and the interesting thing is that I can let others have the benefit of this spell properly even if you don’t have an unawakened connection with the fairy spirit magic labyrinth.”

After speaking, Zevien pointed his hand in front of him and used the spell; a small colorful vertical whirlpool formed with a transparent, ethereal field around it.