our main character Sam has now gotten himself a Seishin, allowing him to finally use magic after 15 excruciating years of being discriminated for not having any, but now he's faced with a new dilemma… who is the person that took away his girlfriend's Seishin? time to find out…
the next day Sam woke up by his mom calling him out of bed
Sam's mom: "hey magicless brat, it's time for school, get out"
Sam: "hey, who are you calling magicless?"
Sam's mom: "it's not like you have any magic do you?"
Sam said to his Seishin through his mind "how do we teach her a lesson?" eagerly awaiting Zetra's idea
Zetra: "try the silencing spell, it's a balanced yet efficient punishment"
meanwhile, Sam's mom was getting impatient
Sam's mom: "well? ain't i right?"
Sam: "sigh~ let this be a lesson to you mom… Quientus"
his mom was then shut up by her son's magic
Sam: "i'll open your mouth again when you learn to treat your son with the respect that a son deserves"
Zetra: "words to live by"
Sam went downstairs to have his breakfast, his brother about to scare him when he turns the corner at the bottom of the staircase, however.. Sam's magic allows him to sense his brother's presence and decides to use an illusionary spell to scare him instead. when Sam's little brother turns the corner to scare him, he was faced with what looked like a terrifying monster, almost giving his little brother a heart attack as he ran away.
Sam: "so this is what it's like to use magic on a regular basis… cool!"
Sam makes his way to school, meeting his bullies along the way.
Bully 1: "look who it is~ hey magicless! you still owe us money from yesterday! unless you wanna make up for it by taking a beating~"
Sam, despite his newfound magic was still scared since he hasn't trained it as much as them yet. in his mind, he reached out to Zetra "help, what do i do? they're gonna beat me to a pulp!"
Zetra: "leave it to me… do i have permission to take over?"
Sam: "what's that even supposed to mean?!"
Zetra: "say yes or no!"
Sam, in desperate effort, finally agreed to let Zetra take over. then, Zetra Rophyn took control over Sam's body and talked to the bullies
Zetra: "hey shitbrains! this guy over here ain't magicless anymore! now step aside and respectfully let us through will ya?"
the bullies started to surround Sam who was controlled by Zetra
Bully 2: "that wasn't very smart of you to say.. we expected better from a loser like you…"
when they were about to attack Sam, Zetra started teleporting him away.
Bully 3: "wait.. he can actually use magic now?"
Bully 1: "doesn't matter! get him!"
but they couldn't keep up in the end due to Sam and Zetra's immense amount of mana in their magic, allowing them to teleport up to 50 meters at a time. eventually Sam took over again and hid in the same alleyway as last time again, where there were bounty hunters, again, the same ones.
Hunter 1: "hey look.. it's that boy again…
Hunter 2: "hey kid, we've heard you got magic now… but we know you didn't have money for that infusion…
the three hunters start surrounding sam, number 3 takes out a scanning device and finds that Sam has a Seishin now
Hunter 3: "looks like you got yourself a seishin… care to tell me what it's called?"
Zetra warns Sam mentally
Zetra: "Sam, don't tell them my real name! they will know it's me!"
Sam thought for a few seconds
Sam: "(Zetra… Rophyn… Zet.. Ro… Ze- Ro? Zero!)"
Sam tried making up for the time of thought by saying
Sam: "sorry i was thinking, forgot the name for a sec…"
Hunter 1: "well then? what is it called?"
Sam: "my Seishin is called Zero. Zero Hart"
the bounty hunters looked at eachother, nodded, then looked back at Sam and said
Hunter 2: "well, sorry for wasting your time then… but…!"
he bend down and said right into Sam's ear
Hunter 2: "if we find out you're lying, you're gonna be in a lotta trouble…"
the hunters left, the now newly named Seishin "Zero" telling Sam
Zero: "cool name i gotta say..~ they have no damn idea~"
Sam: "you bet they don't! now let's hurry to school!"
Sam places his hands on the ground in front of him, getting in the position to sprint
Sam: "at the speed of light.. at the speed of a man.. make me the fastest on the land… as a lightning bolt hits the ground, i can reach the speed of sound: Dash!"
Sam began Dashing forward at incredible unhuman speeds to make up for the time he wasted and made his way to school, somehow still arriving at the same time as usual. he enters the classroom to be empty, except for his girlfriend and a few of her bullies
Bully 1: "look at you! you always used to be top o' the class, and now you're to weak to even defend yourself!"
Bully 2: "yeah! where's your dumb Seishin now?!"
Bully 3: "come on guys, let's beat some sense into her!~ we'll show her how low class magic users are treated!"
Sam: "not so fast…"
the bullies look around to see Sam, already surrounded with a dark aura
Bully 2: "oh god, guys just surrender… this guy is thought to have a black Seishin.. those are legendary…"
Bully 3: "so what? this dumbass probably doesn't even know how magic works even if he does have it!
Bully 2: "i don't know bro, he did cast that flare…"
Bully 3: "listen guys, it's all rumors.. he's weaker than a fly!"
Bully 3 then tried to burn Sam with a Flare of his own, but Sam used a counter spell
Sam: "disrupt the heat: Frost nova"
Sam casted a regenerating ice wall to block the Flare
Bully 3: "w- well how about thi-"
Sam: "Quientus"
the bully couldn't say a thing anymore
Sam: "well then… anyone else who wants a turn?"
the other two bullies flee the scene, Sam then turns his attention to his girlfriend
Sam: "baby, you alright? don't worry, they're mean to me too sometimes…"
soon enough, the break arrives. Sam and Elisa walk down the hallway hand in hand while talking to eachother
Sam: "i never expected that i would finally possess magic one day, but the best part about it has to be the fact i get to stay with you~"
Elisa blushes and responds
Elisa: "oh stop it~ this school would've been hell for me if it wasn't for you being here though, i'm glad to be here with you too~"
Sam: "i wonder if awakening magic with the help of a seishin counts as natural awakening…"
at that moment, the two were stopped by a strong magic user, from the school building on the opposite side of Sam's
???: "hey, i heard you casted a pretty nice flare during M.E. recently~ so i wanna challenge you… to a war of wizards
Elisa hides behind Sam as this guy's face looked pretty familiar to her
Elisa: "n- now i remember… he's the guy that took Maggie from me… his name is Mercury Asfer, he was stronger than me during our fight, therefore won… i wagered my own Seishin thinking i would win… but i lost grandly, i didn't stand a chance… Sam, don't fight him, if you do he'll…"
without further thought about it, Sam responded
Sam: "alright Mercury, i accept your challenge, meet me after school"
Elisa: "EHHHHH?!!!
(a war of wizards is a battle between two magic users where a laser beam is cast from both sides, clashing together. the user that overpowers the other beam with his or her own is the winner. buff spells are allowed during this contest)
Elisa and Sam walk to class as break is over, Elisa still freaking out
Elisa: "Sam! you can't just fight him! he's too dangerous! e- even i couldn't beat him!"
Sam: "Elisa, do you think i'd have accepted if i knew i would lose? sure, i still have a lot of learning to catch up to, but with the help of trusty ol' Zero here, i'll learn in no time flat!
Zero: "you bet your ass you will! i got you covered!"
Sam: "he just confirmed what i said, trust me on this Elisa, when has your trust in me ever failed you?"
Elisa was silent for a few seconds before answering
Elisa: "...be careful, okay?"
they made it to the next class, the teacher was gonna give a lecture
Teacher: "alright, is everyone present? let's see… alright then! so for today's lecture, we'll be talking about Seishins' special abilities. we all know there are five subclasses for Seishins: white, yellow, orange, red and the rarest kind you'll ever find: a black Seishin. every subclass has a normal form and a form we call a Spirit Art. a Spirit Art is a state in which the Seishin has reached its full potential and unlocks a special ability!"
Sam looks at Elisa
Sam: "ooh! i wonder what Zero would get at that point!
Elisa: "i don't know.. i don't remember what the books said about which type of Spirit Art it has"
Teacher: "with a white Seishin your Spirit Art is called "Lord of the skies" allowing you to fly at will whenever you want, wherever you want!"
Sam: "i wonder if it also works inside school restrictions…"
Teacher: "a yellow Seishin would have a Spirit Art called "Archangel of light" which amplifies your resolve along with your action and thinking speed, basically making you more durable mentally and faster physically!"
Sam: "hey is it just me or does that name sound familiar?"
Elisa: "that's probably just you, unless you've read the handbooks in the library too"
Teacher: "an orange Seishin's Spirit Art would be called "Piercing heavens" turning any part of your body sharper than a razorblade, allowing you to cut even through certain types of metal! of course, the user themselves would be immune to this"
Sam: "good, cause otherwise people might just cut their own hands off otherwise…"
Teacher: "and last but not least: the red Seishin's Spirit Art would be called "Fire and flames" which allows the user to amplify the temperature of any item or object to a higher temperature! the item itself wouldn't look a tad bit different, it only increases the temperature of anything that touches it, but the item itself remains normal!"
Sam stood up shaking his head violently for a second before responding to the teacher:
Sam: "whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa what?! what do you mean "last"?! you skipped the black Seishin's Art!"
the teacher sighed and responded:
Teacher: "sorry kid, there haven't been made any records of a black Seishin's Spirit Art before… most people say it's because nobody has ever worked their way up far enough to get a black Seishin to unlock its Spirit Art… others say that those who tried to get records of it didn't survive. after all, a black Seishin is pretty powerful compared to all the other ones you know?"
Sam sat back down in disappointment, comforted by his girlfriend Elisa
Elisa: "hey, it's okay Sam! we'll find out what a black Seishin's Spirit Art is! you have a Seishin of that class after all"
the teacher stood up and replied with a hint of disbelief in his voice
Teacher: "n- not possible.. you're the kid that got a black Seishin? but you were always magicless before…"
a kid in the back chuckled as he commented on the teacher
Student: "you should've been at the recent M.E. class then! he totally annihilated that target!!"
the teacher thought to himself
Teacher: "(a magicless kid that develops magic from a symbiotic relationship with a Seishin without having a magic infusion first? an magicless human would've died from the strain! besides that point, Seishins can only multiply magic levels from their master, not add to it. could it be that…)"
the teacher looks at Sam as he realizes something
Teacher: "(he might not have been born magicless after all?!)"
the teacher sits down again
Teacher: "i see, then. okay everyone! open your books at the page you left off on and make what work you still can before the semester ends. Sam, i need to talk to you after class"
everyone started working in their books, Sam however tried really hard, but couldn't focus on a single problem in his book. after about 20 minutes class ends, but Sam remained seated like agreed to
Sam: "so… what exactly do you have to say?"
Teacher: "Sam, you adopted a dark Seishin into your body while you had no magic to speak of before that happened, am i correct?"
Sam: "uhh… yeah?"
the teacher looked at the door as he ordered Sam
Teacher: "come with me, there's something i need to show you…"
they walk to the school library. the teacher hastily searches for a certain book, opening it at a page somewhere midway the book
Teacher: "look at this… it says here that one born without magic cannot adopt a Seishin without consequence… any subclass below black lets you off with severe internal damage if you get lucky…"
Sam: "and what if you don't get lucky?"
Teacher: "any physically weak magicless who adopts any Seishin into their body will suffer greatly before dying, that's what happens in an unlucky situation"
Sam: "but then… how come i didn't die? especially considering the fact that i got a black Seishin…"
Teacher: "i don't know… you might be an exception to the system… sadly, nothing like this has happened before so i can't provide with a lot of information…"
Sam: "i'll find my dad! he's a magic scientist! he probably knows more info about it!"
Teacher: "i wish and pray for your luck kiddo, from what i've heard from your mother he moved all the way to the other side of this country."
Sam: "i'll find him! no matter the cost!"
Sam was preparing to leave, but his teacher stopped him
Teacher: "hey, before you go, take this with you, it might give you some hints to unlocking more of your Seishin's potential"
he handed Sam the guide book about Seishins, before eventually they part ways. soon enough, school was over, and Sam knew what was waiting for him outside of school…
Mercury: "so… have you gotten enough time to prepare? or do you prefer to train for a few more years?"
Sam: "quit speaking bullshit, let's get on with it…"
(TO BE CONTINUED)