inimical

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CHAPTER 2: YOU BRAINLESS IDIOT 

He looks at the spell you placed around him in panic. "What?! What is this?!" 

You gently shrug off the boards on your shoulders, being careful not to hit any nails that could injure you. Unfortunately some snagged on your black trousers, which rip a bit of fabric. Yet you don't have time to worry about that right now. 

The swordsman approaches your spell and goes into a stance with his sword. 

"S-Stop!" You yell. 

But you knew you were too late. 

His sword was emanating a black aura when it hits your shield. 

CRASH! 

Once the spell breaks, the drunk man desperately gets on his feet and attempts to run away. He stumbles sometimes, as he is focused on the swordsman preparing his next attack. It was going to be a flying slash like before. 

You bring out your grimoire again while you ran. "Glass Magic: Glass Roses!" 

Shards generate and grow from the ground, they blossom into beautiful flowers. With a flick of your wrists, they float to the swordsman's attack path. His slash easily destroys your roses but his magic is weakened into a harmless flying attack. 

Yet the drunk man is still terrified. He runs towards your glass horse, he may be thinking it's a real one. You are afraid that he'll tamper with your package. 

"Glass Restraining Magic: Glass Rose Garden!" 

You could feel the complex spell quickly draining your mana, it's somewhat painful. This was a result of your unsharpened magic skills. 

The ground around the drunk man had glass rose vines clutch his legs then grow around his body. You successfully stop him from reaching your package. 

Letting out a sigh, you then turn to the swordsman— 

"Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Avidya Slash!" He yells. 

The flying attack heads for the man once again. You instinctively pull him away with your overgrown roses since you had hold of him, but you weren't aware of the sacrifice that comes after. 

With the drunk man out of range, your horse was next. Your Creation Magic wasn't that great so the spell was sure to be destroyed. You watch in horror as the dark crescent attack shatters your beloved horse, and the package it once held crashes onto the stone floor. The fall rips the weak paper covering, and the contents spill out. 

(  . . .  ) 

You never felt this much anger in a while. 

Magic power radiates off your form endlessly, it covers you and rises irrationally like a growing flame. If it weren't for you being blinded by your rage, you would be exhausted by now. Your grimoire rapidly flips pages before stopping at one near the middle. 

You glare at the swordsman. "YOU BRAINLESS IDIOT!" 

He slowly turns his head to return the look. "Huh..? What did you call me?" 

The drunk man runs away since he was distracted. 

You extend a hand on the side. "You heard me..!" 

"Glass Creation Magic: Fragile Feral Claw." Glass generate from your elbow and envelope your forearm. Sharp pieces extend from your knuckles to form five glass claws. 

He smirks at your spell. "Oh? You want to fight?" He cloaks his sword in his dark magic in preparation. 

You grew vein. "You'll pay for that package!" 

The two Magic Knights charge at each other instantaneously, but before their weapons collide, they find themselves frozen in midair. 

You couldn't move; you were restrained inside a strange blue orb. Your magic was stopped too. What..? 

"I was wondering where you went, Yami." 

That voice..! He had blonde hair and a robe representing the Grey Deer. 

You abruptly land back on your boots, the spell disappears. 

"J-Julius Novachrono! Captain of the Grey D-Deer!" You hated your nervous stutters. "I greatly apologize that you had to witness me in such a state!" You bowed. 

He smiles. "Oh, don't worry about that! I'm glad that I got here before things got messy... Did Yami do anything..?" 

The raven-haired male, who you assumed was Yami, instantly replies, "I did nothing wrong." 

You grew a vein and gave him a look. "Liar!" You point to your broken package. "You destroyed my glass horse and ruined my things!" 

He didn't faze one bit. "If you didn't want your horse to get hit, then why protect the old man first?" 

Another vein. "Because you were going to kill him!" 

"Then that's your problem." 

"WHY YOU—" 

Julius brought up his hands. "W-Well, why don't we all just turn in for today? I'm sure we all learned something from this... experience." 

━━━━━━ 

"Where were you? You almost missed supper." She was concerned about you. 

"I'm sorry captain, I met this troublesome man on the way back." You reply, it was the truth. 

A girl chimes in. "A man? Of course! They always get in the way, don't they?"  

Your fists clench. "It irks me that I couldn't beat him up because the captain of the Grey Deer interfered." 

"That's unfortunate... In any case, I'm glad you're fine." She hands you a neatly folded blue fabric. "Here's your robe." 

"Thank you captain." 

Ah... I'm so happy she is understanding..! You expected a punishment. 

You went straight to your room, immediately looking through your salvaged items from the package. They were high quality herbs and magic accessories that you personally had to order from the outskirts of the kingdom. To be specific, it's half of what you ordered. 

KNOCK KNOCK 

"Come in," you respond. 

You recognize that rosy scent. 

"Are you skipping dinner?" Charlotte asks. 

You nod. "I'm not hungry so I'll be going straight to bed after this..." 

The tension slightly rises. "It's not lady-like to skip meals," she says, then leaves. The door closes behind her with a click. 

You sigh with a smile, knowing she was just worried for you. 

━━━━━━ 

"Hey, Yami!" The giddy captain starts. 

"What?" He didn't share his energy. 

"[f/n] Roselei, what kind of spells did she use?!" 

"Huh? Who's that?" 

Julius sweatdrops. "She's the woman you just fought with... She was also at the Entrance Ceremony..." 

CHAPTER 2 END