Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei - 𝕁𝔸𝔼𝔾𝔼ℝ

Ch. 9 - Sleepy Meeting

After the events of yesterday, Hiro laid in his bed, exhausted from the use of his power. The spike mages were powerful however- he also had a limiter laid on him by the Saegusa with the help of the Yotsuba, this was a precaution to take because of how strong the power was. This also meant that using small amounts of the power would drain him more than normal to keep him under control but, of course this could be improved upon through average training. "It'll do me good.. to get some sleep.." he said to himself in a tired tone as his eyes closed. The dream he was about to enter would be one of the longer mental battles that Hiro would have with Maelstrom.

His eyes opened within a cold, black area, with a man standing in front of him as he looked up. The man seemed to have clothing that resembled a Viking's tunic, "Anti-climactic, now wasn't that..?" he thought to himself as he echoed throughout the entire area. "I apologize." a deep voice cut through his almost immediately, "You will be stuck with me here for awhile, child." the white hair Maelstrom had shifted to look at Hiro face to face. Cold blue eyes, a heavy contrast to Hiro's crimson red eyes stared at each other. His face shifted to one of disappointment as Maelstrom mentioned that he would be stuck in a literal dream.

"Now.. you are here because- my power will overwhelm your physical body." The man stated bluntly as he looked Hiro dead in the eye. "You are an artificial spike mage thus, it is not encoded in your genetics to support my power as a whole." Hiro began to open his mouth to speak, "In essence, you're trying to tell me that using any more than what I have could prove fatal..?" he asked which gained a quick reply from the spirit. "Yes! You're a quick learner." Maelstrom always liked those who he inhabited to be a quick learner, and always enjoyed a chat with them to see if their priorities would align.

"I've seen.. war.. love.. hate.. jealousy.. everything. The spirits of spike mages tend to feel for those the mage loves. We share a body so, of course, I know who you have feelings for and against." The white-haired man said calmly as he flashed through Hiro's memories. They could physically see them however; they could not interact whatsoever with the people in his memories, actions were said and done, they were like mere ghosts. There was a trend noted by Maelstrom- "Miyuki," he said abruptly. "She shows up.. quite a bit in your memories. Indeed a beautiful girl." the man said calmly as he looked towards Hiro, well, in a dream Hiro wouldn't be able to control his emotion, so his face was nearly beet-red.

"Right." He said as he kept searching and stopped on a specific memory. It was one from years back, in East Germany. "You were my salvation.. he was yours." a specific memory they approached showed exactly how he gained his powers. Hiro, at the time, Mattias, was in the middle of a spell circle. The room began to light up blue as the spirit of Maelstrom was forced into the child, little by little, their pushions merged. This painful process was only the beginning of what was to come- with the pain being so great that he passed out. "Your DNA was not compatible with mine however; you were able to maintain myself within your body. I believe the only way I've really been kept in here is your mental fortitude." the memory then cut to the doctor. "Mister.. where are we going?" the young child asked as he ran with the doctor. "I am not joining you.. Mattias." they stopped momentarily. 

The man crouched down in front of him and placed his hand on his head: "I need you to run. Frankfurt is only a few miles away from here however, there will be someone to help you." he said hastily. "The Saegusa are Japanese.. they are very good people. I released a letter to them a few days ago- their intelligence unit is cooperating to take you. East Germany is not the place for someone like you; they will use you for your power and discard you once they are done." The explanation was cut as they heard deep yelling, "I think I hear their voices!" a group of soldiers ran down the hallway as their gear made metallic sounds. Mattias looked up at his doctor and received a smile as he was pushed in the direction of Frankfurt.